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By Bonsai Matsu - Scott Martin

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A bonsai based podcast from Melbourne, Australia by Scott Martin from Bonsai Matsu. A diverse, informative and thorough podcast for everyone that loves bonsai! If you enjoy the podcast then become a podcast supporter, it's greatly appreciated. https://www.buzzsprout.com/263290/support


Episode Date
Season 8 Episode 18 - Considerations When Wiring and Styling your Bonsai
May 17, 2026
Season 8 Episode 17 - Practical Advice for Styling your Pines
May 10, 2026
Season 8 Episode 16 - What to Do wth Your Bonsa Now, Don't Over Complicate Issues
May 03, 2026
Season 8 Episode 15 - The Idea of Perfection, Technique Improvement
Apr 26, 2026
Season 8 Episode 14 - Deciduous Autumn Maintenance
Apr 19, 2026
Season 8 Episode 13 - Mid Autumn and Your Bonsai, Bonsai Events
Apr 12, 2026
Season 8 Episode 12 - Good Structure is Good Bonsai Part 3 The Wrap Up
Apr 05, 2026
Season 8 Episode 11 - Good Structure is Good Bonsai Part 2
Mar 29, 2026
Season 8 Episode 10 - Good Structure is Good Bonsai Part 1
Mar 22, 2026
Season 8 Episode 9 - What to do with Whips, Autumn Fertilising Refresher
Mar 15, 2026
Season 8 Episode 8 - When Less is More - Thin Trunk Bonsai
Mar 08, 2026
Season 8 Episode 7 - Is Bonsai Age all it's Cracked up to be?
Mar 01, 2026
Season 8 Episode 6 - Work Planning for Autumn, Start Again Advice
Feb 22, 2026
Season 8 Episode 5 - Leave Your Pines in Peace, Skill of Waiting
Feb 15, 2026
Season 8 Episode 4 - Importance of Pad Separation, Compaction and Pre-Autumn
Feb 08, 2026
Season 8 Episode 3 - Summer Extremes, Where Do I Start?
Feb 01, 2026
Season 8 Episode 2 - Why I Love Junipers and How to Care for Them
Jan 25, 2026
Season 8 Episode 1 - Better Bonsai for Us All, 2026 Goals, Mid Summer Review
Jan 18, 2026
Season 7 Episode 51 - Yearly Plan Review
Dec 28, 2025
Season 7 Episode 50 - Holiday Jobs, Calculated Risks
Dec 21, 2025
Season 7 Episode 49 - Lessons and Reminders from Decandling
Dec 14, 2025
Season 7 Episode 48 - Test the System, Pine Decandling Refresher
Dec 07, 2025
Season 7 Episode 47 - Watch Out for Shading, Time Sensitive Tasks and their Timing
Nov 30, 2025
Season 7 Episode 46 - Pruning for Ramification, Fear of Cutting Vs Health
Nov 23, 2025
Season 7 Episode 45 - Spruce and Cedar Maintenance, Caring in the current Environment
Nov 16, 2025
Season 7 Episode 44 - When is it Best to Just Let it Grow, Short Term Sacrifice Branches
Nov 09, 2025
Season 7 Episode 43 - Candle Cutting Technique on Some Pine Species and What to Expect
Nov 02, 2025
Season 7 Episode 42 - Bonsai Life on the Road, Making a Bonsai from a Bush
Oct 26, 2025
Season 7 Episode 41 - Mid Spring Jobs for your Bonsai
Oct 19, 2025
Season 7 Episode 40 - Compartmentalisation for Us and Our Bonsai, Working Deadwood
Oct 12, 2025
Season 7 Episode 39 - Emergency Action Plan for Early Spring Issues
Oct 05, 2025
Season 7 Episode 38 - Deciduous Development Pt 4 (Final)
Sep 28, 2025
Season 7 Episode 37 - Deciduous Development Part Three
Sep 21, 2025
Season 7 Episode 36 - Deciduous Development Part Two
Sep 14, 2025
Season 7 Episode 35 - Deciduous Bonsai Development Part One
Sep 07, 2025
Season 7 Episode 34 - Repotting Wrap Up and the Lessons, Early Spring Work
Aug 31, 2025
Season 7 Episode 33 - The Story of a European Beech and the Forced Redesign
Aug 24, 2025
Season 7 Episode 32 - Will your Soil Mix fix your problem, Repotting Tales
Aug 17, 2025
Season 7 Episode 31 - Tool Fatigue, Hasty Decisions Lead to Bad Choices
Aug 10, 2025
Season 7 Episode 30 - To Mound or Not to Mound, When is it Yours?
Aug 03, 2025
Season 7 Episode 29 - Six Golden Rules to Consider Before Acquiring a Bonsai
Jul 27, 2025
Season 7 Episode 28 - Dealing with a Brick When Repotting, Root Rot in Bonsai
Jul 20, 2025
Season 7 Episode 27 - Repotting and a Story about Soil
Jul 13, 2025
Season 7 Episode 26 - Changing Climate and Your Bonsai
Jul 06, 2025
Season 7 Episode 25 - Mindset of Working Small Bonsai, Wiring Tip
Jun 29, 2025
Season 7 Episode 24 - Yamadori Again, Deciduous Winter Study, After Major Work care
Jun 22, 2025
Season 7 Episode 23 - Bonsai Scars from the Past, Winter Protection Strategies
Jun 15, 2025
Season 7 Episode 22 - Bonsai Priorities, Japanese White Pines, Bonsai Don'ts!
Jun 08, 2025
Season 7 Episode 21 - Developing Bonsai in Bite Size Chunks, Trunk Selection and Perspective
Jun 01, 2025
Season 7 Episode 20 - Yamadori Vs Nursery Stock, Terminal Issues with your Bonsai and Leaf Removal
May 25, 2025
Season 7 Episode 19 - Styling Considerations for Conifers, Right Now and Bonsai Moss
May 18, 2025
Season 7 Episode 18 - My Time with Salvatore Liporace in Italy
May 11, 2025
Season 7 Episode 17 - Is Too Much of a Good Thing Bad, Time for Pines!
May 04, 2025
Season 7 Episode 16 - Bonsai Fear, When Short Cuts Take Longer
Apr 27, 2025
Season 7 Episode 15 - The Bonsai Easter Edition, Tool Care, Where Would I Be Without Bonsai
Apr 20, 2025
Season 7 Episode 14 - Mid Autumn Work, Cedar Maintenance
Apr 13, 2025
Season 7 Episode 13 - Pines and Autumn/Fall, What Work is Needed
Apr 06, 2025
Season 7 Episode 12 - Creative Days, The Story Behind the Bonsai
Mar 30, 2025
Season 7 Episode 11 - Branch Cutters, Perfect Practice, Apex Design and Proportion
Mar 23, 2025
Season 7 Episode 10 - Bonsai Wire and Bonsai, The Bonsai Mosh Pit
Mar 16, 2025
Season 7 Episode 9 - Early Autumn and Your Bonsai, Branch Selection Puzzle
Mar 09, 2025
Season 7 Episode 8 - Autumn Fertilising - my strategy, Design Tip for Top Down View
Mar 02, 2025
Season 7 Episode 7 - Formal Upright Bonsai Considerations, Weaknesses Exposed by Summer
Feb 23, 2025
Season 7 Episode 6 - Bonsai Carving Tips and Tricks
Feb 16, 2025
Season 7 Episode 5 - Do the Maintenance, Why Do You Do Bonsai, Focus for Now
Feb 09, 2025
Season 7 Episode 4 - My Fertilising Program for Late Summer, Sometimes You Need to Wait
Feb 02, 2025
Season 7 Episode 3 - Banksia as Bonsai, When to Stop Persisting
Jan 26, 2025
Season 7 Episode 2 - Bonsai Work Practices, Bonsai Respect and Be Like a Forest
Jan 19, 2025
Season 7 Episode 1 - My Process for Juniper work, Plans for 2025
Jan 12, 2025
Season 6 Episode 51 - Bonsai Matsu Highlights, Podcast Favourites, My Bonsai World
Dec 29, 2024
Season 6 Episode 50 - Pre Christmas Bonsai Work Checklist, Sacrifice Branches
Dec 22, 2024
Season 6 Episode 49 - Process for Design, Australian Bonsai and Omiya, Bonsai Immersion
Dec 15, 2024
Season 6 Episode 48 - Decandling and When Not to, Aaron Curtis from Shiro, Watering Frequency
Dec 08, 2024
Season 6 Episode 47 - Bonsai Advice, Bonsai Empire and Shinji Suzuki, Broken Pots
Dec 01, 2024
Season 6 Episode 46 - Trunk Development Strategy, Summer Plans and Mishaps
Nov 24, 2024
Season 6 Episode 45 - The Candle Cutting Procedure for Single Flush Pines, Quality Vs Quantity
Nov 17, 2024
Season 6 Episode 44 - Podcasting on the Road, Fungal Issues and Bonsai
Nov 10, 2024
Season 6 Episode 43 - Western Australian Bonsai Love and Quokkas
Nov 03, 2024
Season 6 Episode 42 - Pre Summer Planning, Your Design, Oh No to Oh Yes!
Oct 27, 2024
Season 6 Episode 41 - Let's Talk Defoliation, Reignite Your Bonsai Spark
Oct 20, 2024
Season 6 Episode 40 - An Alternative to Windswept, Mid Spring Chores
Oct 13, 2024
Season 6 Episode 39 - After the Spring Burst What's Next and Ants....
Oct 06, 2024
Season 6 Episode 38 - Is Bigger Really Better? When Bonsai Size matters
Sep 29, 2024
Season 6 Episode 37 - Spiders and Bonsai, AI Images of Bonsai and Your Plan
Sep 22, 2024
Season 6 Episode 36 - Bonsai in the Tropics, Bonsai Educators and Collected Trees
Sep 15, 2024
Season 6 Episode 35 - Fertilising and the Link to Repotting, Pinching, Candle Breaking and Spring
Sep 08, 2024
Season 6 Episode 34 - Pruning Prunus, Fertilising Raw Stock in Development
Sep 01, 2024
Season 6 Episode 33 - Nebari Work, Large Cuts and 'Chipping' In, Watering Systems
Aug 25, 2024
Season 6 Episode 32 - Repotting Learnings, What Happens Post Repotting, Spring Preparations
Aug 18, 2024
Season 6 Episode 31 - The Great Olive Dig!
Aug 11, 2024
Season 6 Episode 30 - Hit the Reset Button, Planning and Expectations, Large Root Removal
Aug 04, 2024
Season 6 Episode 29 - Bonsai Related Injuries you should try and avoid
Jul 28, 2024
Season 6 Episode 28 - The Styling Edition! Design Compromise, Styling Consideration for Australian Natives
Jul 21, 2024
Season 6 Episode 27 - Bonsai Pot Considerations, To Tie or Not to Tie, Yard Work in Winter
Jul 14, 2024
Season 6 Episode 26 - Talk About Soil, Wiring Once and Bonsai Etiquette
Jul 07, 2024
Season 6 Episode 25 - Interview with Marcela Ferreira about Australian Native Bonsai
Jun 30, 2024
Season 6 Episode 24 - Making Split Decisions, Confusing Times, Look at What's in Front of You
Jun 23, 2024
Season 6 Episode 23 - Trick to Removing Buried Wire, Buying Time, Is it Unique?
Jun 16, 2024
Season 6 Episode 22 - Beauty is a Perspective, Was the Cut Correct and Speeding Up
Jun 09, 2024
Season 6 Episode 21 - Bonsai Height Reduction, Plan Variation and Soil Mix Expectations
Jun 02, 2024
Season 6 Episode 20 - Creating a Second Problem, A Bending Technique, Azalea Flower Removal
May 26, 2024
Season 6 Episode 19 - My Checklist for Working Pines and End of Autumn Watering
May 19, 2024
Season 6 Episode 18 - Setting up Stock for the Future, The Mundane and Building on Mishaps
May 12, 2024
Season 6 Episode 17 - Annual Olive Bonsai Dig, Now Better Than Never, Things to Watch for Now
May 05, 2024
Season 6 Episode 16 - What would I tell a some at the start of their Bonsai Journey?
Apr 28, 2024
Season 6 Episode 15 - Judging Bonsai, Bonsai Demonstrations and Foundation of Good Bonsai
Apr 21, 2024
Season 6 Episode 14 - The Beauty of Bark, Major Bending Protection, Deadwood Approach
Apr 14, 2024
Season 6 Episode 13 - Compartmentalisation of Decay, Deciduous Pruning and Wound Management
Apr 07, 2024
Season 6 Episode 12 - Needle Removal Techniques, When to Stop and Your Skill Set
Mar 31, 2024
Season 6 Episode 11 - The Bonsai Design Podcast - Visual Weight, Is Bonsai Static Art?
Mar 24, 2024
Season 6 Episode 10 - Fertilising Process and Overview, Pine Work - waiting or starting
Mar 17, 2024
Season 6 Episode 9 - Cedars, The Bud Conveyor and Mental Preparation
Mar 10, 2024
Season 6 Episode 8 - A Chat with Bonsai Empire about all things bonsai around the world
Mar 03, 2024
Season 6 Episode 7 - A Plan for Managing Problems, Bluetooth Connectivity and Autumn
Feb 25, 2024
Season 6 Episode 6 - New Zealand Bonsai and Natural Beauty, Keeping it Simple and OMG Watering System
Feb 18, 2024
Season 6 Episode 5 - Working on a Tricky Section plan, How was Summer and Ah-hah!
Feb 11, 2024
Season 6 Episode 4 - Australian Native Pruning, Preparing for a Demonstration in NZ
Feb 04, 2024
Season 6 Episode 3 - Junipers and Mid Summer, Pad Making Process, Wiring and Repotting Preparation
Jan 28, 2024
Season 6 Episode 2 - Bonsai in Australia, How it's Getting Stronger and The Bonsai Open
Jan 21, 2024
Season 6 Episode 1 - The Good, The Bad and the Ugly! Review Time and Bonsai Care App
Jan 14, 2024
Season 5 - Episode 47 - The Yearly Wrap and Recap
Dec 30, 2023
Season 5 Episode 46 - Your Bonsai Decision Making Checklist
Dec 24, 2023
Season 5 Episode 45 - Post JBP Decandling, Australian Native Fertilising, Why I love Ficus
Dec 17, 2023
Season 5 Episode 44 - A Sad but Common Bonsai Tale, Decandling Technique and Holding Off is Ok
Dec 10, 2023
Season 5 Episode 43 - Australian Natives as Bonsai, Creating History and Bonsai Maturity
Dec 03, 2023
Season 5 Episode 42 - Will you Decandle your JBP, Deadwood Creation and Air Layer redo
Nov 26, 2023
Season 5 Episode 41 - Watering System Mods, Yellowing Foliage and Summer, Defoliation
Nov 19, 2023
Season 5 Episode 40 - Bonsai Care Guide, Framing and How Important is Patience
Nov 12, 2023
Season 5 Episode 39 - Sourcing Bonsai Stock, How to Manage Growth Clusters and Intensives
Nov 05, 2023
Season 5 Episode 38 - When is the Right Time, Bonsai Passion and The Network
Oct 29, 2023
Season 5 Episode 37 - Balance, Intensives and More Balance
Oct 22, 2023
Season 5 Episode 36 - Foliage Density Management, Spring Daily Routine and Documenting
Oct 15, 2023
Season 5 Episode 35 - Are there Hard and Fast Rules for Bonsai? Bonsai Shows and New Soil Mix
Oct 08, 2023
Season 5 Episode 34 - A Plan for Tackling Issues, Being in the Moment and Bonsai Security
Oct 01, 2023
Season 5 Episode 33 - Don't be distracted, Plans for a hot Summer and Preparation Work, Fertilising (again)
Sep 24, 2023
Season 5 Episode 32 - The Fertiliser Plan, Hidden Life of Trees, Forest Bathing and Some Maintenance
Sep 17, 2023
Season 5 Episode 31 - Internodes and Bonsai, Genetics and Planning for the Worst
Sep 10, 2023
Season 5 Episode 30 - Pine Spring Candle Breaking, Decision Paralysis, Perspective and a Nursery Visit
Sep 03, 2023
Season 5 Episode 29 - Bonsai Repotting Lessons, To Cut or Not to Cut and It's always the Weakest Link!
Aug 27, 2023
Season 5 Episode 28 - Consistency, Reliability, Predicability, After Repotting Care and Angle Change
Aug 20, 2023
Season 5 Episode 27 - Does Bonsai Need to Change or Evolve? Early Spring Checklist
Aug 13, 2023
Season 5 Episode 26 - Forest Bonsai Setup and Design Concepts and Late Winter Plans
Aug 06, 2023
Season 5 Episode 25 - Repotting Adventures, Dave Grohl and Bonsai and How Serious Are you?
Jul 30, 2023
Season 5 Episode 24 - The First Focus with Repotting, The Mindset of Design Vs Maintenance and Why Wiring is so Important
Jul 02, 2023
Season 5 Episode 23 - Watering System Setup and Maintenance, Finishing Off Pines and Training for Repotting
Jun 25, 2023
Season 5 Episode 22 - My First Year, the need to Thin and Reduce and What Now
Jun 18, 2023
Season 5 Episode 21 - Final Adjustments, Watching a Japanese Bonsai Professional Work and Pot Choice Considerations
Jun 11, 2023
Season 5 Episode 20 - Making a Bonsai Connection, Focusing on Inner Buds, Needle Work Tool Tip
Jun 04, 2023
Season 5 Episode 19 - Finding the Bonsai within, Bonsai Love and Digging for Gold!
May 28, 2023
Season 5 Episode 18 - How to get the most out of a Bonsai Workshop and a Twisted Pine
May 21, 2023
Season 5 Episode 17 - How to Avoid Leaf Burn on Maples, Winter Preparations and Branch Structuring
May 14, 2023
Season 5 Episode 16 - Time for a Bonsai Performance Review, My SA Trip and Late Autumn Activities
May 07, 2023
Season 5 Episode 15 - Scammer Alert, Autumn Activities and Japan Trip Learnings
Apr 23, 2023
Season 5 Episode 14 - Juniper Pad Development Technique, Spider Mites and Japan Repotting
Apr 16, 2023
Season 5 Episode 13 - Fine tuning techniques in Japan, Bonsai Theft and A Scots Pine
Apr 09, 2023
Season 5 Episode 12 - Bonsai and A.I., My Bonsai Plan for now and is Bonsai just a tree in a pot?
Apr 02, 2023
Season 5 Episode 11 - Bonsai Events, Height Reduction Technique, Artistic Talent and What is Your Bonsai Purpose?
Mar 26, 2023
Season 5 Episode 10 - My approach to finding the Bonsai within, Your Bonsai Standards and Practical Skill Development
Mar 19, 2023
Season 5 Episode 9 - Refinement lesson from Japan, Early Autumn Work and Perspective Evolution
Mar 12, 2023
Season 5 Episode 8 - Under watering, Bloody Ants and An Absolute Japan Bonsai Highlight!
Mar 05, 2023
Season 5 Episode 7 - Bonsai Adventures in Japan, Over watering, Fungal Issues and Summer
Feb 26, 2023
Season 5 Episode 6 - Osaka Learnings Summary and a Brilliant Technique you can use to Improve your Bonsai
Feb 19, 2023
Season 5 Episode 5 - My Bonsai Experience in Osaka at Kouka-en and Learning from Junipers
Feb 12, 2023
Season 5 Episode 4 - My Approach to Fertilising, Key Elements for Bonsai Success and a Simple Approach to Feeding your Bonsai
Feb 05, 2023
Season 5 Episode 3 - Summer Setbacks, Where to find the Positives and The Japan Trip Wrap Up
Jan 29, 2023
Season 5 Episode 2 - My Japan Journey continues, Kokufu-ten and Green Club setup, Midnight runs to Tokyo and Lots of Snow
Jan 24, 2023
Season 5 Episode 1 - Welcome to 2023 and it's time for Bonsai Goal Setting, Final Design Fundamentals
Jan 18, 2023
Season 4 Episode 12 - The Bonsai Support Network and why it's so important, my Japan Bonsai Journey saga continues and Fundamentals of Design and Bonsai Part 4
Dec 19, 2022
Season 4 Episode 11 - Japanese Black Pine decandling discussion, Fundamentals of Design and Bonsai Part 3, and another update on My Bonsai Journey
Dec 09, 2022
Season 4 Episode 10 - Fundamentals of Design and Bonsai Part 2, Section Two of My Journey and stuff!
Nov 23, 2022
Season 4 Episode 9 - Fundamentals of Design and Bonsai Part 1, Section One of My Journey and the Good with the bad
Nov 09, 2022
Season 4 Episode 8 - What would I tell my younger self?
Oct 31, 2022
Season 4 Episode 7 - The actions we take must be measurable, predictable and accurate, does all stock have potential and how to find it, post repotting focus - what's next?
Sep 27, 2022
Season 4 Episode 6 - Spring is in the air and so is the fertiliser! What is a fertilising strategy, Pinching Maples and the Hottest Day myth
Sep 19, 2022
Season 4 Episode 5 - Do the 1%ers make a difference, Spring is in the Air and the Fear of Action
Aug 31, 2022
Season 4 Episode 4 - Does it add to the design, or distract from it? You don't know what you're not shown, Change of Seasons and Interesting info about Eucalypts
Aug 06, 2022
Season 4 Episode 3 - Root Growth vs Water Retention, Repotting learnings and the beginning of something big for Bonsai Matsu!
Jul 30, 2022
Season 4 Episode 2 - Autumn Work around the yard, Being in the Moment and Beauty in the Detail
May 08, 2022
Season 4 Episode 1 - Priorities in Bonsai, The Summer Review and Natives as Bonsai
Mar 06, 2022
Season 3 Episode 9 - My Two Greatest Learning Points for Great Bonsai
Dec 22, 2021
Season 3 Episode 8 - Developing a Plan, finding beauty in Bonsai and harnessing the Spring growth burst
Nov 24, 2021
Season 3 Episode 7 - What if it's Wrong?
Oct 06, 2021
Season 3 Episode 6 - Don't Leave for Tomorrow What you Should Do Today!
Aug 26, 2021
Season 3 Episode 5 - Refinement versus Development. Which one wins?
Jul 03, 2021
Season 3 Episode 4 - Having a chat with Sam Thompson and Jarryd Bailey
Jun 15, 2021
Season 3 Episode 3 - Jarryd Bailey from Montane Bonsai
May 16, 2021
Season 3 Episode 2 - Perspective
Apr 01, 2021
Season 3 Episode 1 - Maintaining a Shimpaku Juniper
Feb 08, 2021
Season 2 Episode 9 - The 1 to 2 Conundrum and the Yearly Wrap
Dec 25, 2020
Season 2 Episode 8 - The Japanese Pine that was my Teacher
Oct 23, 2020
Season 2 Episode 7 - Scots Pines, Lessons from repotting and Is Progress in Bonsai Negative
Sep 01, 2020
Season 2 Episode 6 - Repotting Aftercare, Bonsai Care Fundamentals, Acquiring Stock advice and the Humble Hawthorn
Aug 17, 2020
Season 2 Episode 5 - Bonsai Repotting - Live!
Jul 12, 2020
Season 2 Episode 4 - Airflow and your Bonsai, Soil Mix, Proportion, Not for Now - For Later
Jun 23, 2020
Season 2 Episode 3 - Bonsai Wiring Tips and Tricks, Autumn Work & Pine Resource Management
Apr 19, 2020
Season 2 Episode 2 - Pad profiling, the Process of Elimination used for pruning and Cedars
Mar 07, 2020
Season 2 Episode 1 - Junipers, Pine Buds and a Broken Pot!
Feb 06, 2020
Episode 12 - Summer Fun
Dec 22, 2019
Episode 11 - Here comes Spring!
Oct 30, 2019
Episode 10 - The Dos and Don'ts of Bonsai
Sep 29, 2019
Episode 9 - Taking the Next Step
Aug 29, 2019
Episode 8 - Moving, Always Moving...
Jul 28, 2019
Episode 7 - What Now??
Jul 05, 2019
Episode 6 - Time for Pines
May 30, 2019
Episode 5 - One Cut at a Time
Apr 28, 2019
Episode 4 - What I love about bonsai!
Apr 13, 2019
Episode 3 - Autumn Bonsai Work
Mar 13, 2019
Episode 2 - Good Structure is Good Bonsai
Mar 06, 2019
Episode One - The Beginning
Feb 28, 2019