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Thanks so much! Seems like as I get older my trees get smaller and smaller!

I honestly never expected it either. I have some cypress seedlings the exact same age in individual 3" pots and they are at best about 8 - 10 inches so I think they're taking advantage of the huge space.

Sorry, I'm just a hobbyist

I eat more chicken any man ever seen! LOL I do eat a lot of ice cream but in my defense I also dry and store the containers for months. The freshness date on some of these is over two years old. They also work for me because they are virtually the same dimensions as the typical oval shohin pot. That means much less root manipulation to go from these containers to a bonsai pot. I've also never found a commercially made oval pot. They're either round, square, or rectangular. Hey, maybe I could contact a plastic pot making company and have them start making an oval training pot. I'll make million!!!! Or not.

Thank you! Tamarind has no thorns. The leaves are also a little larger than the rain tree although they are both legumes so they look very similar. Since I don't know where you live, I couldn't possibly try to figure out what you've got growing in your yard. If you like you can email me a picture to Bonsaibyalan@gmail.com and I'll do my best. My guess is that it is also some kind of legume since all legume trees have a very similar compound leaf.

@@Bonsaibyalan Thanks so much. I will do that when I get a chance.

They will definitely need cold protection in NC. I recommend growing it outside for as long as it's hot and then bring it into a heated greenhouse in the winter. The interior of a house, especially in winter. has virtually zero humidity that makes it very difficult to keep humidity loving tropical trees. I hope that helps and good luck!

Yes. I collected the cones off of two different trees between November and January last winter. It's best if you can get them right as they are about to fall apart but I took mine sooner than that. I planted some right away and stored some in the fridge for about a month. The ones in the fridge began to fall apart in storage and then I planted them too, mostly in February. I live in zone 10 so the timing of when to harvest, how long to store them, and when to plant may vary depending on where you live.

@@Bonsaibyalan I guess what I am asking is, they are still on the tree now. Green, I live in Oklahoma. Can you explain to me what I can do to get my own trees started. I have access to grab them anytime.

@@TimStJohn-xp8rv I would wait until the cones turn brown or yellow brown. I took some green cones very early in our season (Nov) and they were hard as a rock and never did split open and so I got nothing. I can't tell you when that would be because your season is so different to mine but I would say at least two more months or more (Sept, Oct). Sounds like you have ready access to the tree so just keep an eye out for when they begin to change. I got the best germination when I stored the cones in a paper bag in the fridge for about a month. Once again spring comes way sooner for me so you may need to store them for a longer time. Some people recommend storing them in moist sand if the storage time is going to be more than a couple of months. Hope that helps!

@@Bonsaibyalan Thank you for your time and responses! I am going to try the green ones now and later the dried out ones as well. Can't hurt anything by trying. It will be fulfilling either way!

@@TimStJohn-xp8rv I wish you luck! I ended up with great germination and so now I have at least 100 seedlings and in only six months some of them are over two feet tall. I will do a follow up video to show you in the next couple of days.

Thanks! I think in another year or so they could really be nice trees. Looking forward to it!

I have some of those and use them every now and then, usually when I'm going to be working for a longer period of time. For the purposes of these last few videos it was just as easy to grab my work gloves since I was only going to need them for a few minutes.

@@Bonsaibyalan makes sense!

Ha Ha! I've been doing it for forty years!

Thank you so much. These are one of my favorite trees to grow.

I have never heard of that. I'll have to check it out. The tree has recovered beautifully and has sprouted all over the place. I'll probably air layer it again in shorter sections. I love the movement of the trunk so I'm looking forward developing them in the future.

I'm not sure where you live but D+L Bonsai Nursery in Ocala Fl. has them for sale. Not sure if they ship but you might want to give them a try.

Sometimes I feel like such an amateur but I appreciate the kink words. Thanks!

Yes, I agree. In person it doesn't look that bad but in the thumbnail picture its just so glaring! The next time I do the maintenance trimming I'll create a new top. Since it has some branching on top I can root it and it will be well on the way to being a nice little mame tree. Bonus!

Thank you!

Thank you! There's more where that one comes from! LOL

Thank you! I've really enjoyed working with this tree through the years.

I'm so new to all of this that I don't really know how to rectify that. Maybe it was just a glitch. I gave your comment a thumbs up so maybe that's something! I'm glad you liked the video!

I'm sorry but I have no experience growing mimosa as bonsai but since they are both legumes I think you could get very similar results. I say go for it!

I may be more "wacked" than I thought! LOL Good luck on the air layer! I've never tried it on bald cypress but I don't know why it wouldn't work. Let me know how it turns out.

Thank you so much!

Thank you! In the next few days I'll be doing quite a few more!

It was good to meet you, too. Thanks for liking the video! I checked out philippinensis I think you're right so I will start calling it that from now on. I've got a few other ficus species I'll be working on in the near future. I know the names of some of them but a couple are also "mystery" varieties. Maybe you can help me ID those too.

@@Bonsaibyalan you bet. I’ll be happy to look at them on the future videos

Thanks for the info! I was really happy how the existing roots filled a good portion of the pot once I repositioned them. I'm really looking forward to watching this tree develop and I'll keep posting updates on a regular basis. I have the feeling it won't take long for it to be root bound again!

Thank you!

Break out the champagne! What did you think of the tree?

I'm so glad you could use the info in the video! Knowing that people are actually getting something from my content makes it all worthwhile. Thanks for subscribing!

I don't mind the lichen, I think the patina adds to the look of age and I have never really seen trees losing vigor because of it so I tend to leave it alone.

I really need to explain it more thoroughly in the "About" section of my channel. Just haven't done it yet.

Yes, absolutely. I punch a hole through the foam about every 1 1/2 inches. Otherwise in the rainy season it would stay way too wet.

Thanks, going to try this method. Currently got a bunch of small cuttings in random little pots and it’s a pain to water each one.

@@user-nc8se9in8o It really works well for me. It also keeps them more stable so you can let them elongate without worrying about having them fall over all the time.

Very interesting. So there is soil in the chicken tray ; so the cutting grow out and into That? I’ve only done something similar with Kalanchoe and wandering plants but if it works for jade cuttings is should surely employ your method.

@@KareebaAvery I use this method for other varieties, too. Right now I have four trays of premna using the same technique. They're not only way easier to keep watered, growing them like this makes them much more stable. Grown individually without the bottom tray they would be constantly falling over.

I know what you mean. If I bring that limb down it becomes a bar branch with the opposite one. I'm thinking of letting the base grow at the angle it's at and bring the outer portion more horizontal.

@@Bonsaibyalan that is a wonderful idea look forward to seeing this progress. I just started my first few and they are doing well

Thanks for the instructions for a beginner like myself. It seems so daunting. Especially with me starting so late with this journey. I may never see my trees all proportioned and ramification so detailed but I want to learn the process and enjoy it. Thanks

@@KareebaAvery Don't get discouraged! I have trees in all stages of development. I can get just as much enjoyment out of planting brand new cuttings with the anticipation of how they will develop as working on the refinement of finished trees. I suggest getting some material and start experimenting with cutting and trimming and I think you'll find, especially with smaller material, that you can get very nice results in a relatively short period of time.

@@Bonsaibyalan Thank you. I started with a couple of dwaf jades. I have a normal crassula that I want to make tree like and a boxwood that needs to be started .