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Thanks a lot! With these, I just used a mix of compost, seedling mix (just sifted compost really), normal garden soil and a bit of sand. The reason being, the garden soil adds micro organism life that isnt in the compost, and will also help the compost retain a bit more water. The compost will help to make it drain better and not get waterlogged.

Yea, I must say the senegalia species handles it way better than the vachellia!

@MimNat Do you have any tips for me as I am struggling with root rot with my spekboom? It's in "the Boons mix," and all this rain isn't helping. I'm keeping it covered, but do you know how I could prevent it in the future even though it's in a well draining soil.

​@@ChillGuyBonsaitheir natural habitat is semi-arid to arid. So if you already have it in well draining soil, then the only other option is to build small greenhouse for them!😅 Thats what I did when I lived in an area that also got a lot of rain. I built a small greenhouse with a few poles and those see through plastic sheets people put on roofs sometimes

@MimNat great idea 💡 👍 I'll see what I can build before midnight because it's raining tomorrow morning 🌄

Yes hou dop, ek gaan die week dit afneem 💪💪

Thanks for the continuous support!

​@@MimNat All I ask is remember me when you're famous 💚💪

Hi! Funnily enough, I haven't really thought about how long it takes. I usually see new growth in about a month. Some take longer, and some will be faster, depending on the climate. I had a few cuttings that didn't have any leaves on, and after a year they didn't grow any leaves., but I also have had cuttings that didn't have leaves, grow. So I tend to try and keep leaves on, but generally, if it's from a branch that had leaves on at the time of making the cutting, it will most probably grow.

@@MimNat thank you very much

Depends on how wild it's growing/how big your grow bag/pot is. I would say the answer is to let it grow until you think you have enough branches to choose your main branches! 1 growing season will definitely be enough. Hope that makes sense?

Haha no problem! I also wondered that when I started out! The trick to getting branch development from a young small plant is time! Let it grow in a big bag or in the soil if you can (no frost areas) and just prune it a bit back every now and then!

Thanks for the support! I tried camel thorns a few years ago, but maaaaaannn they don't wanna be a bonsai! They die very easily when working on the roots and they take for ever to grow, even in large soil bags! I currently have 1 umbrella thorn, but it's in a 5L bag and im just letting it grow wild at the moment. The best thorn trees for bonsai are your monkey thorns (white and black) and the knob thorn. Their barks are awesome and they can be trained into an umbrella shape. I'll make a video about them if you'd like?

@MimNat Thank you so much for the response. I am still in the process of gathering as much information regarding the Camel thorn and Umbrella thorn, and every bit helps. My aim is an Acacia tipe thorn tree with the flat top. Would appreciate the monkey thorn tree video. Keep the content coming👌

Anything high in nitrogen will work. I'm more of a natural fertilizer type of guy, so I have used the all-purpose organic tree fertilizing pellets as well as guano fertilizer. Thanks for your continuous support and feedback 💪

@@ChillGuyBonsai Anything for my 61 subs 💚🫡

@MimNat Soon, it will be 10k!!

Yea, patience is one of the many things it teaches us!

Hey, yea i do have a few wild olives. I will try my best to make a video this weekend

@MimNat thank you. You got yourself a new subscriber!!

Thanks for the feedback, glad you enjoyed! Hope you are subscribed, there's more to come! 💪

No problemmo! 💪 Glad you enjoyed and got value!

Hey, thanks!

Thanks for the support! I had a Spekboom in a 5L bag that did flower once. I can't say for a fact what causes it to flower, but what I did notice in the field and the specific one in the soil bag that flowered, was that it was kind of suffering. Leaves were shriveled up (I forgot to water it), full sun and hot weather. Same for the Spekboom I saw flowering in nature, it's always after a very hot and dry period. And it makes sense to me then why it don't flower for us bonsai people, cause we water it regularly 😂 In summary, I believe it's: 👉Time of the year 👉Conditions (hot, warm, dry)

@@MimNat thank you for your reply!! I shared your videos on instagram through another account name! Truly awesome channel you have. 😁😁

When I first read the word, it was quite a tong twister. I called it the portiSomething afra 😂

@@MimNat I agree! Portulacaria.. the autocorrect on my phone thinks it’s the country Portugal🤣🤣 Spekboom Pafra Tree then 😂