black pine bud selection

Hi there, I just bought my first Japanese Black Pine. I'm estimating it to be about 3-5 years old. Definitely pre-bonsai. I'm planning to focus on trunk development over the next several years, and prepare it for an informal upright style. My question is this: It is fairly bushy right now...

I’ve been reading through Julian Adams’ book ‘Growing Pine for Bonsai’. Regarding double-flush pines, he mentions that they should be reduced to only a single bud before candle extension in spring: “Each terminal of the two flush pines should have a single bud at the terminal end, energy...

I thought I had seen something on this before but i have searched Bonsai tonight up and down and a little research here and cannot find anything on. My concern is if i allow my vigorous 1 year seedlings with multiple whorls of bud to extend is, it could lead to reverse taper in the section of...