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?
I am unaware of the workshop you have attended. As a rule of thumb, if you DON’T apply fertiliser from spring, the internodes will develop closer to each other. You want nodes closer to each other at a later stage of development, when defining branch ramifications. This information would fit to what you have heard.
Hello, I’m Răzvan. I have started my bonsai journey in 2021. Currently, I have a handful of trees in development (Wisteria, Japanese Black Pine, Orange Dream maple, Scots Pine, Oak and Black Locust). My oldest tree, is an air layered (by myself) wisteria chinensis. It can flower so it should be 10-20yo. This summer I have attempted my 1st Hans van Meer technique on a Black Locust Tree. I have some Japanese tools and also a Dremel for smooth cleaning wounds.