Bonsaify | Don't Cut Your Hawthorn Until You Understand This!

To pinch or not pinch Washington Hawthorn...is that the question? Eric reviews Washington Hawthorn at three stages of growth and discusses spring care, including when to pinch or prune, when to allow shoots to run, and when to wire. 00:00:28 Eric uses a mature Washington Hawthorn to talk about the distinction between developing a bonsai tree versus maintaining one. This tree is actually from Jay McDonald's garden (check out his collection in two of our previous videos:    • Bonsaify | How to Put Moss on Your Bo...   and    • Bonsaify | Styling a Utah Juniper Bon...  ) 00:00:54 Eric explains why he recommends pinching shoots on a mature Hawthorn. 00:01:30 Perfect examples of shoots to "nip in the bud" through pinching or pruning. 00:03:07 Advice for really small and tender shoots - if you can't distinguish between the nodes, wait a few extra days. 00:04:13 How working on small Hawthorn's differs from working on a mature tree. 00:04:33 Small tree #1 has lots of running shoots. Eric's goal is to create fine ramification, so he cuts back those long shoots to 1-2 leaves to keep growth small. He pinches down just emerging shoots. 00:05:12 Since he's more concerned with creating more twigging, Eric takes off long twigs to force the tree to create finer twigs. 00:05:50 Small tree #2 demonstrates that if needs or wants a longer branch, he actually wires it into position, rather than just cutting off the new growth. This creates movement in the twigs and moves him closer to his goal of creating a relatively finely ramified small tree. 00:06:56 For really fine nodes, Eric needs to pinch back "mercilessly". 00:07:25 Eric works on three of our 2 year old starters, which we propagated from seed in the greenhouse before putting outside to go dormant for winter. (www.bonsaify.com/products/was...) 00:08:05 Eric removes wire so it doesn't cut into the bark too much. 00:08:30 Next step for Eric, as he wants these to develop into high quality mame or shohin, is to wire some of the shoots. 00:09:34 Eric demonstrates wiring shoots as if they were the new trunk - he's trying to put some movement into them. 00:10:59 Keep an eye on the wire in a few weeks to ensure it doesn't cut in. 00:11:20 Eric wires the other two starters, and provides a summary of spring work for all three ages/stages of Washington Hawthorn! Thank you for watching! What experiences have you had working with Washington Hawthorn? Did you know that outside the United States, they're spelled Washington Hawthorne? Let us know in the comments below. Please like and share this video, and subscribe to our channel!

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