Developing tanuki bonsai with common juniper material

In this video Terry does some follow up work on four Tanuki he created the previous season.

[arnoldmmbb]

Im totally pro tanuki its a vallid way to get a nice tree in short time and also a very cool technique to learn

[birderlife]

I am pro tanuki.
The way I see it bonsai is an art form and if what you make looks pleasing and not tacky/fake then whatever method you have used is a valid one
Other reason is I have seen it in nature. In particular with eastern white cedar and occasionally with rocky mountain juniper. It happens when an old sick tree has cracks or woodpecker holes where seeds sprout, growing roots to the ground and growing up against the old trunk. Eventually the old tree dies and becomes the drift wood. If it happens in to he wild no one really has grounds for complaining about it.
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Thank you for showing us how you have done it!

[sagebonsai]

I'm in the area where a nice yamadori is well out everyone's price range so I make the best of extra young trees or make some tanuki as well. Thank you for sharing with all of us bonsai fans.

[NimrodTargaryen]

I’ve a couple of very old dear trees which will need this treatment ❤❤❤

[davidnewth]

I really enjoyed this that you so much for creating this video and sharing it with us!

[jtkruk]

Wow ! Fantastic tanuki ! I was looking for such video for along time on this subject. Thanks for sharing.

[BASSCHALLENGESA]

Thanks Terry, I have a beautiful piece of ironwood that has been lying in my parents garden as an ornament for the last 20 years when they picked it up on a game farm, I have now inherited it and will be making a tanuki with it. Just waiting to get my juniper to the right size. These videos will come in handy when I start.

[wesleyphillips]

Really enjoyed this Terry, all 4 are beautiful Tanuki but I think the Olive is definitely my favorite. Makes for interesting reading too had to search again after seeing a raccoon :) "In Japanese folklore, tanuki, are shape-changing tricksters inspired by the Japanese raccoon dog. Tanuki bonsai are sometimes known by the less-demeaning term "Phoenix Grafts" in the West, and many bonsai growers outside Japan consider tanuki an acceptable bonsai technique." I am pro-tanuki :D

[bravofoxable]

Very good video as always Terry. I like Tanuki, must just gather courage to actually attempt it...

[davidbrewis]

Impeccable work Terry. Great inspiration!

[johncooney]

Fantastic...have long been a collector of drift/deadwood and now have an idea of how to combine and regenerate old and new...Tunuki opens up a whole new world of bonsai possibility. Opportunities abound!

[isidroalbertgarcia]

Very interesting Terry indeed.greetings from south Europe.

[dhanghale]

Great video w/step by step information..

[Lacky]

I am totally pro tanuki and I love them. Many Thanks for this video

[marklayzell]

Do you use wound putty to fill the gap until it heals . Great work, been looking for a video on what you do when the ties come off 👍🏻

[monkichiboi]

so after only 1 year you can already screw a bunch of holes into it?

[guysolis]

Here in the high country of Colorado, I see many good examples I would like to collect but many of them grow from between granite boulders. I have managed to collect a few that were pretty dramatic. I can't imagine how old they are growing in that harsh of a climate..

[amithramballie]

Great video Terry. What Juniper is the first one?

[popscratchie]

If you have grown the tree in a carved channel and the tree has effectively filled the channel does this not hold the tree onto the driftwood or do you still need to screw the live tree to the driftwood?

[dalespringerwilson]

Actually brass is a better option ! If you don't believe me research corrosion on stainless fasteners in a marine And an even better way to attach to the host is to make the groove deeper into the deadwood and the expanding plant locks itself