Hello, I have a Japanese black pine grown from seed. Currently it’s at a pre-bonsai stage potted in a bonsai container. This spring, it started growing candles. I had removed some of it’s needles to redistribute its energy. It’s primary candle, from the apex seems to have died. It grew new needles around it. Can someone help me understand what happened? Should I act in any special way or should I just remove the dead candle? Thank You!

What would be the best next steps in developing this bonsai?

Hey guys, I have a wisteria chinensis. It was air layered 3 years ago and has stabilised ever since. Last winter, some sort of fungus formed around 2 wounds, although I had carefully covered them with antifungal Japanese putty. I had cleaned it with a knife and sprayed for fungus the whole plant in spring. When the wisteria bloomed, I’ve noticed that whole branch actually was dead. Can someone help me understand what happened? What is the disease? Is it specific to wisteria? Did it cause the branch to die? If not, why did it happen? Thanks in advance! Răzvan

Hi Everyone, Tien and I have had some time off over the new year after quite a busy end to 2025. I'm back into edit mode and a new video is coming out this week. It was one of my favourites we filmed last year, Tien makes a "Forest Style" bonsai by using the raft technique. Keep an eye out here or on Easy Bonsai YouTube Channel. Cheers Matt.

When I attended the Bonsai workshop, the lecturer told me that if my Bonsai starts budding 4 weeks after repotting it, then I should use some fertilizer. Was he talking about the Chinese Juniper or the Maple tree?