Bonsai Cut Paste Kit for Conifers & Deciduous Trees
This kit is the easy choice if you work on more than one type of bonsai.
Different trees respond differently after pruning, and it helps to have the right cut paste ready when you need it. Conifers and azaleas are usually handled with the green cap paste, while deciduous trees, tropicals, and most non-conifers are usually handled with the white cap paste.
Instead of trying to make one product do everything, this kit gives you the right option for the tree in front of you. If you have junipers and maples, pines and elms, azaleas and tropicals, this is the set to keep on your bench.
Both pastes are thick, putty-style Japanese wound sealants. They are designed to be kneaded slightly, pressed over fresh pruning cuts, and shaped around the wound area. They are especially useful after branch removal, structural pruning, and other work where exposed wood or bark needs protection while the tree begins its natural healing process.
Why We Like This Kit
- Covers more tree types: A practical choice if you own both conifers and deciduous or tropical bonsai.
- Helpful after pruning: Use after branch removal, trimming, shaping, and structural work.
- Thick putty-style protection: Easy to shape around small, medium, and larger cuts.
- Less guesswork: Green cap for conifers and azaleas; white cap for most other trees.
- Made in Japan: Traditional bonsai wound sealants trusted by bonsai growers.
What Each Paste Is For
- Green Cap Cut Paste
Use for conifers and azaleas, including junipers, pines, hinoki cypress, spruce, cedar, and satsuki azalea. - White Cap Cut Paste
Use for deciduous trees, tropical bonsai, and most non-conifers, including Japanese maples, Chinese elms, hornbeams, zelkova, ficus, Fukien tea, and brush cherry.
When to Use Cut Paste
- After removing branches
- After larger pruning cuts
- After structural work on bonsai
- When exposed wood or bark needs temporary protection
- When you want to support cleaner callus formation over time
How to Apply
- Make your cut with a clean, sharp bonsai tool.
- Clean away loose bark, sawdust, or debris.
- Select the correct paste for the species.
- Take a small amount from the jar and knead it slightly.
- Press the paste over the cut or around the wound edge.
- Smooth it into place so the exposed area is covered.
Use just enough paste to cover the wound. A thick glob is usually not necessary.
Which Cut Paste Should I Choose?
- Choose the kit if you own several types of bonsai or want to be prepared for seasonal pruning work.
- Choose only the green cap conifer paste if you mainly work on junipers, pines, hinoki, spruce, cedar, and azaleas.
- Choose only the white cap deciduous paste if you mainly work on maples, elms, hornbeams, tropicals, and other non-conifers.
Product Details
- Product: Bonsai Cut Paste Kit
- Use: Bonsai wound sealant for pruning cuts and branch removal
- Includes: Cut paste options for conifers/azaleas and deciduous/non-conifer bonsai
- Consistency: Thick putty-style paste
- Origin: Japan
Learning Resources and Bonsai Tree Care Guides:
Bonsai trees are not all the same - and neither is their care. Read our specific care sheets for individual bonsai species. Read the Bonsai Care Guides
Shipping Bonsai Trees:
Bonsai trees are generally shipped on Mondays & Tuesdays to avoid having them stay in the boxes for any extra time over the weekends.
Shipping Non-Tree Items
All non-bonsai items such as bonsai pots and bonsai supplies are shipped within 48 hours of receiving payment. Most orders are shipped either the same day or the next day, depending on the time of day the order is received.
Important Guidelines:
** We cannot ship to a FPO, APO, P.O. Box or to locations in Alaska, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Hawaii or anywhere internationally.
** All Bonsai are shipped direct from the nursery and may ship separately from other items purchased via the Bonsai Outlet.
** If extreme weather is expected, we may delay shipping your Bonsai tree to guarantee a healthy arrival; in such a case we will contact you. We are shipping living trees and must be conscious of the temperature conditions to the delivery address, as well as, while in transit. That said, we reserve the right to hold the tree(s) to guarantee a healthy delivery. We will Hold Your Tree Until It is Safe to Ship.
