How to Make Bonsai for Beginners🌲*EASY*

In this Beginner Bonsai Video, we will show you How to Easily Create a Bonsai Tree from Mugo Pine!

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Hi, everyone! I am excited to share another video filmed in my friend Attila Csintalan's garden. Making Bonsai may seem tricky if you are new to it, but in this step-by-step video, we will show you how you can easily do it yourself in your own garden. You don't need any fancy Bonsai tools to get started, and Bonsai wire/Aluminium wire is relatively cheap in smaller rolls.

The Mugo Pine material we're working with is fairly common and easy to find at most garden centres. While these trees aren’t typically grown with bonsai in mind, they often come with certain "flaws" that I'll guide you through correcting in this video. When choosing your material, take the time to really examine the tree—lift it up, study its structure. Ideally, you'll want to look for a thick trunk with good taper, and every now and then, you might just stumble upon a hidden gem waiting to be transformed!

When I first got started in Bonsai, I thought that Bonsai were specific trees from Japan. But the surprising reality is that ANY tree can be made into a Bonsai, though trees with naturally "small growing" foliage definitely make the job easier!

When pruning a Pine, it's important to remember that you should never repot the tree in the same growing season. Pruning is a significant stressor on the tree, and combining it with repotting can overwhelm the Bonsai, potentially leading to poor health or even failure to recover. It is generally safe to remove about half of the foliage without causing too much strain on the tree. However, removing up to two-thirds of the foliage is riskier. While it can be done, it requires extra care and attention to ensure the tree has the strength to recover. With proper aftercare, like appropriate watering, shading, and careful monitoring, the tree should bounce back, but the risks are higher with more aggressive pruning.

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00:00 - Intro.
00:44 - About The Mugo Pine (Raw Material).
02:35 - The Bonsai Tools Used.
03:25 - Revealing The Nebari (Surface Roots).
04:59 - How To Clean The Tree.
07:13 - Selecting a Front (Viewing Angle).
08:26 - Revealing The Bonsai Trunk.
09:10 - Correcting Inverse Taper.
11:29 - How To Make A Deadwood Feature / Jin.
13:23 - Removing a Competing Trunkline.
14:10 - Applying Cut Putty (Wound Sealant).
15:25 - Thinning The Tree & Creating Bifurcation.
18:13 - How To Wire The Bonsai.
19:37 - Removing The Deadwood.
20:47 - Styling The Pine Bonsai.
24:25 - Attila Styling a Mugo Pine.
26:38 - Beauty Shots.
27:27 - Controlling The Watering.
28:25 - Outro.

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[MokumaBonsai]

I just wanted to say that I find it amazing that both of you have about the same amount of hair on your heads, just in different spots. The bonsai is nice as well of course.

[lisachilik]

Excellent tutorial, loved the explanation about the terminal buds

[samanthalonghurst-howes]

Love both of your styles. I will look forward to seeing the journey of two very different but equally beautiful bonsai. Thank you Adam and Attila xxx

[JasonLorette]

It never ceases to amazing me how much you guys take off these trees, lol.

[headingnorth]

Thanks for simplifying for us beginners.

[raymondplodzien]

Never worked on a mungo pine before. I loved what you two did on your trees. Now I feel the urge to buy a mungo to style!

[bryanmorrion]

In the beginning they were so the same and in the end they a so different. Excellent. 👍🦘🇦🇺

[dennisrobinson]

Good work on both, my knowledge will leave the choice to you. What you did looks great, I am still learning. Cheers

[casandraolund]

I love it when you two work together the things you guys do together is awesome

[mattwall]

I’ve done this before with garden centre mugo pine material and it didn’t end well, I cut off a similar amount of branches to you and the tree slowly died.

I’d maybe spray with SB invigorator to try and give the tree a boost, and maybe a copper fungicide later on. Some say mugos respond well to being heavily pruned but I think some varieties in particular are a bit fussy so I’d just be careful in future. Enjoyed the video though, keep it up!

[Steves_Backyard_Bonsai]

Great primer for how to manage Mugos. As one who had killed my first attempt, trying again after seeing this now seems possible.

[resolutebonsai]

Thank you, Adam, for all of your amazing work. I always learn so much from your videos that I can apply to my bonsai projects. Cheers

[charlesmaunder]

You did almost everything the opposite of what I would have done and it looks great. Makes me question all of the decisions I have ever made.

[atomartin]

Design of mugo pined is not easy task. That was good!

[rahbabakahn]

Hi - I really like your videos about trees for Bonsai. So many species to choose. The more that I learn, the clearer it becomes that it may take multiple years and growing seasons to develop a bonsai tree. I have watched dozens of videos about bonsai, but I would really like to see more videos about the life of the trees sequenced over multiple growing seasons. When I see you style a tree, or re-pot a tree, it would be great to see the after care over time, and what the tree looks like later in the year, over several months, or over multiple years and growing seasons. If you are working on a particular tree now, what did that tree look like 3 or 5 years ago? I'm sorry if that becomes a video editing nightmare. Anyway, your videos are very helpful and informative.

[Chris-oqkn]

Very nice detailed video. My first mugo was soo much fun but ALOT of decisions went into it just like urs. It is a complicated mess but u summed it up very nicely. Looks as if my first has died all needles went brown and it was looking to be an amazing full cascade. Good thing i never spent the money to put it in its final pot. Will u be selling lime sulfur on ur website? And ship to the US? Great video and u guys should do more nursery stock videos together so we can see the both of u style 2 trees at once. Good idea

[_Roslinki_]

awesome video and so many helpful tips. one thing I may have done differently on the slanted tree is avoid the handle bars (having two branches appear to be coming from the same point on the trunk)

[alfredomarotta]

Thanks for another awesome video. Always enjoyable, interesting, informative and educational.
Many regards to you and Attila.

[arekushisuruizu]

I love the result, though i think i would have left the deadwood as a first branch and cut the one above it. You guys are great

[XaviersBonsaiRetreat]

Detailed and fun to watch. No matter how much I tried not to - your tree kept screaming out semi cascade to me. Any thoughts?