Oriental Bittersweet Bonsai A: April 2024 Update from Seed 🌿

Welcome to the April 2024 update on my Oriental Bittersweet Bonsai journey! In this video, I'm excited to share the latest progress of this bonsai, which began its life as a seedling. Join me as we observe the growth and development of this unique bonsai specimen. I encourage you to share your thoughts, insights, and questions in the comments section below. Your engagement enriches this journey! And if you're enjoying following the transformation from seed to bonsai, don't forget to subscribe for more updates. Thank you for being a part of this bonsai adventure with me! Thanks for watching! 🌿
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[@cynrich1]

Hi Greg, I'm a beginner with bonsai, and have more questions than suggestions, but I wonder since the Oriental Bittersweet is naturally a twining vine, would it be more useful to cut it very short to encourage thickness rather than more tall thin vines? My own thought would be to wire it to shape it now into S shapes and twisty winding two or three shorter "trunks" and encourage thickness and less upward growth for a longer time. I don't know if that would even work, but I've seen huge thick vines of it in the woods here in northeastern CT that have been around for 30-50 years or more, climbing trees of 60-90 feet, wrapped around them. I'm looking forward to seeing how yours grow!

[@GregsBonsai]

Thanks for the comments! I'll be doing some more hard cuttings once the new growth on this matures a bit. It is certainly getting taller in the process, but I do plan on lowering the height and letting them thicken and widen out the base of this a bit more. I haven't gone down the path of wiring yet. I've been making it a goal to play around with that a bit more this year. Part of me wants to watch these guys naturally shape though as I cut them back. It's all a learning process though! :) Thanks for watching!