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Satsuki Bonsai Demystified
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Добавлен 11 сен 2024
Welcome to Satsuki Bonsai Demystified! Here you’ll discover well-crafted videos packed with valuable information on all aspects of satsuki azaleas as bonsai. Our approach leans on a deep appreciation of your passion for the art while maintaining that our shared enjoyment can also be delightful and fun.
For over twenty-five years, I have devoted my study to satsuki azaleas as bonsai. I take pride in having spent twenty of those years studying with the preeminent satsuki master in Japan. In 2022, I published the book “Satsuki Azalea Bonsai: A Fundamental Study.”
To support our desire to provide high-quality content, we will publish two videos each month. New releases arrive on the second and fourth Thursday.
Be sure to subscribe to our channel and like our videos. If you like them, that is! We love seeing your comments, so please let us know what is on your mind.
For over twenty-five years, I have devoted my study to satsuki azaleas as bonsai. I take pride in having spent twenty of those years studying with the preeminent satsuki master in Japan. In 2022, I published the book “Satsuki Azalea Bonsai: A Fundamental Study.”
To support our desire to provide high-quality content, we will publish two videos each month. New releases arrive on the second and fourth Thursday.
Be sure to subscribe to our channel and like our videos. If you like them, that is! We love seeing your comments, so please let us know what is on your mind.
Project Tree #1 Introduction
Understand the steps involved in assessing your satsuki azaleas to understand what maintenance, if any, is required. Then, apply these assessments to your own satsuki bonsai. You will also be introduced to our first Project tree and observe the maintenance applied in December.
0:00 Project Tree #1: Irodori
0:21 Thank you!
1:31 Introducing Project Tree#1
1:52 Review early December tasks
3:51 Background on Irodori
6:14 Irodori progress in photos
7:21 Maintenance work on Irodori
12:33 Summary and recap
0:00 Project Tree #1: Irodori
0:21 Thank you!
1:31 Introducing Project Tree#1
1:52 Review early December tasks
3:51 Background on Irodori
6:14 Irodori progress in photos
7:21 Maintenance work on Irodori
12:33 Summary and recap
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Introducing Satsuki Bonsai Demystified
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Take a moment to learn about this channel. We are all about satsuki azaleas, 100%, pure and simple.
Fall Maintenance Done Right!
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Proper fall maintenance is critical in preparing satsuki azaleas for the rigors of winter. Learn the fundamental details necessary to carry this out on your own satsuki bonsai. 0:00 Fall Maintenance Done Right 0:22 Introduction 1:13 Fall maintenance objectives 9:32 When to perform fall maintenance 11:28 Subject of maintenance: Hinomaru 13:11 Story behind shohin Hinomaru group planting 16:13 Fal...
Watching from philippines here
That's awesome! Are there many satsuki in the Philippines?
Keep up the great work, we appreciate all the time n effort it takes to make quality content! Azaleas and Japanese maples are my favorite species for bonsai
I am right there with you. Momiji are favorites of mine as well! If I could have imported Japanese maples, I probably would have brought those over as well. Have seen so many fantastic maples in Japan along with satsuki.
Great video Rick. Very clear and informative 👍🏻
Very nice of you to say. Thank you so much!
Great video, thanks for sharing. I look forward to your future videos.
Awesome, thank you!
Thanks a lot Rick.I am looking forward to your next video.
You bet!
Rick - I have a couple of bare root imports that were potted in January. Both thriving. Should I still be pampering them or should I perform the same fall maintenance you show here?
If they produced new growth over the year, then feel free to do all of the maintenance outlined in the video. If new growth was lacking, only remove leaves and dead branches while cleaning soil surface.
'I'm just kind of a lazy guy' well you picked an interesting species to specialize in then!
Ha! Too true!
Hey Rick! The large Toki azalea (featured in your book on how to cut large branches) is still doing well. Glad to see your channel, and looking forward to your next book. All the best!
Hey Sean. Thanks for the update on that great tree. I'd love to see a photo if you are willing. I still think of that tree from time to time.
Many thanks for producing this video....a good compliment to your excellent, informative book. I look forward to the forthcoming episodes. I assume you'll be covering winter care/maintenance and also pests and diseases?
Thanks for the feedback. Winter care is coming soon...
Great information on fall clean up. Looking forward to taking this Satsuki journey with you. 👍
Thank you for watching, and joining us on the journey!
Thank you for the very informative video! You asked if we have questions for future videos to please post them. I am interested in how to reduce large root balls from large nursery pots where they have been growing on for size. Should they be done gradually over a few years or? How much can you safely cut off and I am sure I would need to cut back some of the top to balance out the energy. I look forward to future videos.
Thank you for the suggestion. I've been considering doing something about nursery finds. If I can find suitable material at a nearby nursery, I'll try to work this in. Thank you for watching!
I’m definitely interested in this topic and just subscribed! My azaleas didn’t survive in containers, so I planted a few in the garden. After three years, they’re still small, with trunks as thin as pencils. I know my soil isn’t great, so that’s something I’ll need to improve. Because of the challenges I’ve had with them, I’ve been focusing on other trees instead. But with your channel’s help, I might turn my attention back to them. Looking forward to learning from your guidance! ❤
We'll get you there. When we get to repotting and soil, perhaps that may help you out.
Great video, very good in-depth info. Thank you and hope for more!
There are definitely more to come. Thank you for watching!
Thank you Rick for sharing your knowledge. By cutting off branches, are you going to reduce the number of flowers next year as the flowers appear on the last season's branches ? As your viewers will probably be from around the world, could you give us more information of the weather, rain, temperature etc where you are so at the specific time, so we could adjust the information to our local weather conditions.
You are correct: the number of flowers next year will be reduced. However, any branches that are removed, that possess a flower bud, are removed because they have emerged from undesirable locations and thus, would not be useful in displaying the flowers. The other weak shoots we remove would not produce flowers. That is a thoughtful comment regarding weather variations. I live in the midwest (Indiana) where we have cold winters and humid summers. I deal with this specific topic in my book by using Japan as a baseline climate while exploring compensations I needed to make when living in Northern California. My intent was to show folks how I adapted so that methodology could be applied in the reader's own unique climates. This sounds like a good topic for a video where I can explore this further to help folks establish their own baseline based upon satsuki's native environment.
Amazing Rick! Thank you for doing this for all of us satsuki lovers . Will you cover topics on which variants to choose for beginners and advanced people as there are so many variants and enlighten us on which are stable variants ? Also styling and if there are variant considerations for styling
Good idea! Making a note of this for future topic. Thank you!!!!
@@SatsukiBonsaiDemystified Thank you so much Rick ! This will help us immensely when selecting from imported materials
Hello, would you do fall maintenance pruning and cleaning on young cuttings/materials that we are still trying to grow out to bulk up?
Depends upon when they were rooted. If this year then no as that might risk damaging the new roots before winter. If they are a couple years old, or older, and there are many leaves on numerous shoots, yes.
Well done Rick! These videos will be great supplements to your book. Looking forward to the next one!
@@dougfrench6251 Thank you so much Doug. I really appreciate you taking the time to check out the videos. You hit the nail squarely. We'll be able to elaborate on topics further here offering this channel as a companion to the book. Plus, we'll be adding other related topics as well. Gonna be busy! 😀
Can’t wait for more videos . Your book is probably the single best book on Satsukis I have read . I really hope you can cover all the different pruning techniques for middle stage to advanced refined satsukis and also wiring !!!
Thank you so much for the kind words on the book. I have the video topics mapped out for the first year and plan to address this kind of pruning and wiring in the second year of the channel. I firmly believe that establishing a solid base in how to keep satsuki healthy first encourages success with styling techniques. Too many satsuki are made weak by performing incorrect tasks at the wrong time, and for the wrong reasons. Nonetheless, we will see the results of some of these tasks (pruning and wiring) in videos even though I won't go into detail about them.
Thanks a lot Rick! I can see now that I've got a lot more work to do on my satsuki's than I thought....
No problem Kevin. The great thing about all of the work we do with satsuki is the improvement we achieve with each tree interaction. Subsequent maintenance work will continue to improve. So fun!
Very nice!! Don't feel bad on the debris cleaning. I miss alot of the time LOL. On those shohin HinoMaru were they started airlayers or from thin cuttings? I have a HinoMaru chuhin size. Acquired it last year. Look forward to more videos and knowledge.
Those Hinomaru were imported from Japan. Love the flower!
This is going to be Awesome! Already love your first book! So I will definitely be following your channel.
Thank you! So happy you are enjoying the book.