bonsai black pine grafting

[bugman0408]

what is grafting?

[snr69]

this is an excellent video -- thank you for sharing your skill and experience -- I will have a go at this :-)

[rxatheconsumer]

What type of grafting tape is being used plz?

[calypsobombr]

well there is a jamaican bonsai association

[HotHeadCJ]

I'm wondering can I grow a bonsai in the Tropics, because I live in Jamaica and I'm wondering what trees can be used too.

[drychalice]

Very nice video.

[sou3789]

is that gonna grow into it?....

[RUM420PEYOTE]

kinda the cutting will fuse with the actual tree he used and form new growth out of the cutting

[arcadian33333]

yes

[jlhdza96]

wow, thanx

[tbalsillie]

Excellent, thank you for sharing.

[dawg1157]

what is that white stone he's using to cut the angles in the cion? almost looks like a really soft cutting block?

[cbobgo]

it is just a piece of a plastic cutting board that he holds the stock against while making the cut. You can use anything - it just keeps the knife from going into your leg if you slip :-)

[bonsaiartist25]

What is the significence of grafting. does it change the pine niddle lay out or something, does it make the tree more like the mother tree?

[capitansalomon]

yes, of course...in this case the vulgaris pine has been grafting with a black pine so in the future this will be a black pine with all the characteristics of that kind of tree.

[purquiz]

Actually, that is true only if you cut the vulgaris; if not you will have a tree that is part vulgaris and part black pine; each plant part well defined and with its own characteristics.

[cbobgo]

you are all kind of correct. The trunk section below the graft is regular japanese black pine, and will stay that way. It has strong root growth characteristics. The portion above the graft will eventually be removed, leaving just the graft. These are particular cultivars of black pine that have special characteristics like short needles, or stripes on the needles, etc.

[chasnsx]

The commonest pine grafts are Japanese white pine scion to Japanese black pine rootstock, and cork bark Japanese black pine to Japanese black pine rootstock. Less common are Japanese red pine foliage to Japanese black pine rootstock, and my favorite, where John Naka grafted Japanese black pine foliage to Canary Island pine rootstock. I saw the John Naka tree in person, more years ago than I care to admit.

[vonperro]

CHASNSNX, shut your mouth. You have no idea of what your talking about. PLease stop misleading others.

[pirewszazielona]

thank you

[jailbreaker12334332]

when you graft a branch how long till you remove the ribbon??

[cbobgo]

usually a year or two - there is more info about this on my old blog.

[sterlingjbadon]

This was a great visual. Thanks.

[sanfordjunkyard]

I DONT UNDERSTAND

[Cedrusdeodara]

Is that plant flagging ribbon you used to wrap the union? It doesn't look like any commercially available graft wrap material. Clever if it is, and it works for you. Also, fancy knife, not the typical Tina/Kunde/Victorianox. Thanks for sharing. I like the exposed root flair on your understocks.

[capitansalomon]

hello, that it is a masakuni grafting knife for bonsai trees.

[xbeast666]

Bob Potts, I wanna lock in those lyrics.

[cosmichd]

Thanks for sharing skill.

[jesstar2]

Useful info. If you like Bonsai check out my trees.

[surfingsoltan]

I very much enjoy you blog and articles Brent.

It is great to see you in the "flesh"

Please keep the vids comming!

[cimo1]

i like see this video. i can learn from this. thanks

[SpeedDemonec]

Ya, there is need for more bonsai videos.

I would like to see masters vids.

[cbobgo]

oh yeah, the blog is here: http://bonsaiapprentice.wordpr­ess.com/

[cbobgo]

check out my blog for other bonsai info. - bob