Weeping Willow Bonsai Update, The Bonsai Zone, Aug 2018
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- Опубликовано: 1 авг 2018
- It's been 2 years since my last Weeping Willow bonsai update! The trees have grown well, so it's time to do some trimming. I also take a road trip to visit a wonderful old willow tree in the park.
Here is the complete playlist for my Willow Trees....
• Willow Bonsai Progression
Music by Jo San, thank you, here is his RUclips channel....
/ @josanproductions8322 
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I've been hoping for an update on this tree forEVER!
Paul Byland me too
same here
Enjoyed the trip to the park to see the large willow tree. It's beautiful, isn't it? Your bonsai willows are really coming along. Well done!
Crocs and socks? You're a dangerous man Nigel!
I had to report you for hate speach
MalcolmXtra lmao what😂
living on the edge, no fucks given
lmao!!
I had to subscribe when I saw that. He is definitely my kinda guy!
Wow, thanks Nigel for showing us around on your bicycle. I can't wait to see an update on that weeping willow.
You should bring back this style of video! Love the inspiration-seeking bike ride excursion.
Nice trees and i love your water tub below the pots, Nigel 👍
I have planted weeping willow about 9 years ago it was about six feet as a skinny branch,what can I say it has grown into a beautiful full size tree and a large spread covering almost half of my garden,Every time I look at it just makes me feel extremely Relaxing,
Willows are very nice trees but keep it in mind if you let it grow it will take full advantage and shoot up.
Wonderful work nigal keep up 👍.
Nigel you amazing wonderful gifted man you inspire many to continue the bonsai tradition .you're the Master hopefully one day i have a inspiring garden such as yours good sir 🎻🎼😁
I just picked up a huge black willow. I'm glad you made some more videos on yours. They look great!
The first cut was a big one. I like your videos very much. Thank you and I really love Willow Trees.
Hi Nigel, it was good to see how your weeping willow is recovering, it will be nice when the new branch has thickened up. The one in the park is a beautiful tree!
That was a great episode. Thank you Nigel.
Thank you Danny!
Wow! What an inspirational willow indeed!
Waited a lot this update! Thanks!
Intense traveling music! I love the journey you are awesome!
One of the most intense bike ride I’ve ever witnessed! Thanks for another amazing video :D
I love biking around, I get all my groceries by bike and rarely drive the car!
I enjoyed your willow tree update..
Nice bonsai the willow out in the green is a marvel...
I very much enjoy your videos nigel. I watch all of them. Thank you
Thank you Jake, glad you enjoy them. I love making them!
Wow, the most beautiful old weeping willow tree, you showed in winter 2019 or 2020 ( I don’t remember ) here it is with all its weeping branches full of leaves. It looks just as stunning as in Winter, just different. Magic ! Thank you Nigel
Glad you found the video, it's a wonderful old tree!
Thank You! Great show and bonsais! (10 years ago, I had an umbrella tree in my back yard, but we cut it because somebody said that” this tree needs a lot of water so it can make the soil around the house dry! ) All of the trees can be Your bonsais( include Your hair ( I am just kiding)) I admire You and llove Your bonsais! Wish You have a nice weekend!!!
Thank you Loan, lots more videos to come!
Great video! Willows are looking great and the trunk on the first one has really got some character. I'll have to agree with you that the willow in that park is one of the nicest around.
Thank you J, I'm not sure how it grows so well, maybe an underground water source? It's in the middle of an apartment block in the city.
I planted a willow cutting several months ago in a water jar and recently replanted it in a bonsai pot, it is really thriving. great tip on putting the pot in a water container to prevent the roots from drying out in dry soil.
Glad you're having success, Willows are hard to kill, but also hard to style!
I'm talking about the First one, It'll become a great bonsai in near future I think. God bless you Nigel, keep your nice works on.
Thank you, with good care, I hope to get it looking good in the upcoming years!
Willow updates are one of my favourites!
Thank you, I'll be starting more Willows in the future.
Always love your videos, I hope you’ll repair that broken pot in a kintsugi style.
The music by Jo San is always very pleasing. And when you say Jo San out loud , it sounds quite similar to "good morning" in Cantonese
Thanks and Jo San Lazarus!
The Willows look awesome. I started some cuttings 2 weeks ago. It's crazy to see the progressions. I have a long way to go. Keep up the great work!
Yes, both progressions and recessions! The main tree is recovering really well from it's major die back. I think next year will be a good year for the willows!
Was waiting for an update for the poor willow, which seems to have grown well. I loved the daytrip to see the big willow!
Thank you Aija, I love going for a bike ride!
Nigel u are such simple man. Your cycling expedition is awesome. very inspiring man. In my place (Bangalore, India) its lot of dust in the air. My trees will be with dust. In your garden all trees looks so fresh and live.
I truly love your plants and your hair
Thank you, crazy hair and some crazy bonsai!
Really like what you have done for the backdrop, makes it much easier to see what you are doing & how it effects the style
Thank you Geoff!
Such a story behind the main willow tree. I remember how it looked with the full canopy when you were using the clothespins to make the branches weep. The foundation of the tree is still wonderful. I guess one has to be patient with willows. The very top of mine died last winter, but that may have been a design choice by the tree since it died back to a perfect new leader :)
Such a beautiful tree
Thanks Bradley!
These look great, Nigel!
grts
Kennet
Thank you Kennet, the Willows had a good year of growth this summer and should do well for next year!
I love this guy I been watching now for 2 day non stop lol love the hair sir
Thank you, glad you are enjoying the videos!
Nice collection and awesome info
Awesome, thanks!
I know I am quite off topic but do anyone know a good site to stream new series online ?
I love my Crocs! They're so comfortable!
They are great for gardening too!
Love your transportation
Watched a couple of your videos. Very informative! Subbed.
wonderful adventure ^^
Hey Nigel, The way your videos are progressing I really hope to see a full length bonsai movie very soon here in the bonsai zone.. 😃
An interesting idea, actually.....Hmmmm?
Thanks!
Wonderful
Nigel, I really look forward to getting notifications for new videos from you. You're so inspiring, and your way of doing bonsai is so unique! One question I have is; what pot types have you found to crack less? It seems your proper pots crack more often, so I'm not sure which will be best to invest in.
Willows are so pretty
Starting to get really nice bark on that first Willow there..
Bonsai Talk hey mate how are you? I subscribe to your channel and nigels, would appreciate your thoughts on questions i asked nigel in these comments, my name is Michael whyte. Thanks mate
Bonsai Talk have u noticed not many bonsai vids coming out lately? I subscribe to you, nigel and mikbonsai and its summer in north hemisphere but not many vids. Not having a go, love ur vids, just an observation cos i hang out for more info. So much to learn,never really a plant guy untill bout 2 years ago.
What's up Michael.. Well both Nigel, Iqbal and Me with crew are probably in need of some vactation and cold drinks in this crazy heat right?..However, manuscripts are beeing made, vid are comming out. Luckily michael there is YEARS of content to watch for you, and every human stumbling into the artform and hobby..
Yeah fair enough, i just polished bout 12 myself, haha,still not sure what to do w my new plants but, awaiting enlightenment
Sorry, that sounded rude, i just respectfully ask for your opinion
It's been 2 years.. you got a update
Bonsai palm hair!
Thank you!
Willows grow so fast! I planted one in my old garden and it soon shot up. I may have to give willow bonsai a try 🤔
Sounds good!
I found a black willow in the middle of a sandy river bed. The trunk is about 6 inches wide we get droughts every other year so the tree didn't grow tall.I believe the tree must be over 20 years old because of the bark.It came up out of the sand easley. I've had it in a pot all winter. This morning I noticed the first buds forming.Thank you for this video an help .
I hope it grows nice and strong for you! An exciting project Jeff!
inspiration !!!!!
I'm just working on a video now that shows this Willow without it's leaves! It should be uploaded tonight.
Very beautiful willow tree with development and time it will intensify it's beauty very well done
Edit: just realized I wasn't subed fixed that quickly.
Thank you Yogis and thanks for subscribing to the Zone!
Happy holidays Nigel.
Thank you Santos, I love working on my trees over the winter!
Socks with crocs. Love the updates
Thanks, more to come!
Nigel,
I have about 20 willow cuttings rooting and 10 I have already transferred to training pots. I live in the southern U.S. (right outside of Little Rock, Arkansas). As we do get some really cold periods in winter I have a question about over wintering my willows. My transplanted cuttings are sitting in pans of water like your recommend but how about winter time? Do the root bases need to still be able to access water? Do I need to water them over the winter or will they go completely dormant?
They will go dormant, but you do need to keep the roots damp. I have had my willows in the unheated basement freeze solid, pot the pot of soil and the pan of water underneath. The tree survived fine. I do recommend keeping them close to the freezing point of water if possible, but my trees survived -24 C (-13 F) outside on the benches last winter. They are very hardy trees!
Man on a Mission!
I love biking!
How do you get the natural moss and keep it that green? :o
Hi Nigel, awesome series on these willows, I've been watching the whole playlist, can't stop! Would you recommend using the water reservoir technique with any other tree types, or is it just the willow that needs/can stand so much water?
just the willows. lots of IBA
I've got 2 black willows started. In Texas, seeing a black Willow means there's a water source. Hard to overwater as well. A good way to find springs.
Thanks John, they definitely love the water!
👌👌👌...!!!
excellent
Thank you Micah!
This clump of roots that you cut of looked a bit like a portion of pasta that you forgot in the pan 😄
That soil mix you used for the Black Willow doesn't look like your normal Turface-Perlite mix. Did you add something to it?
Nice idea to give fertilizers do u plant all training bonsai to thicken like this.if yes pls explain what all u put in water
Willows look great!!! What do you use for fertilizer?..thanks
Just a little question,could you make a Bonsai out of a Salix retusa? it's kind of a silly question,but do you know anything about Alpine willows as bonsais?
10:49.. you looking for the bug as it crawls off screen... lol
Mr. Saunders do you bring your willows N in the Winter It gets cold in Maryland
Do you use fertiliser in the water beneath from the moment you pot the cutting? I've just potted 4 rooted cuttings from a local white willow into bonsai pots with water beneath but Im not sure if its too soon to fertilise? (I'm in the uk so I'm getting a similar climate to you at the moment in may)
I use just plain rainwater until the roots start to grow well. I don't think it would hurt to put a mild solution of fertilizer in the water right away, as long as it's not too strong.
I had a willow in my hard, it grew seriously 4' per year, so this is probably good for fast results I'd guess.
Great update! Glad everything is well with the trees I've been worried about these. What time of year did you take your weeping willow cutting? Also, what method did you use to get it to root?
I started the cuttings mid summer and I rooted them in a glass of rainwater in full sun. You can see me rooting then in the first video in the playlist....
ruclips.net/p/PLQouTWwmTQowswWD8xq5Y6tvjmCg0XJQG
I really really love willow trees so ive just recently been looking at videos on how i could make a bonsai one lol
They are really nice trees, not real easy to make into a bonsai, but not impossible!
@@TheBonsaiZone I think willow trees are just amazing and beautiful tbh. I definitely wouldnt be able to grow a full sized one but a bonsai may be possible
Hi Nigel,
I try to roots some cut-off by putting them in a moist mix and I put root stuff on the branches. It didn't work, all branches just died. So I will try again with water. Do you put something in your water, or it's just clear water?
Frank Boucher I would say it all depends on the tree species, not all cuttings will root. I've always just used plain tap water willows are very easy to root this way. I believe Nigel uses rainwater that he collects
Thanks Christian!
Thanks
Yes just water
Hi Nigel! One question: are those double-bottomed pots improvised or bought?
Where could I get one for my young willow?
How did you get the bend in your truck so close to the ground level? I'm starting one from a cutting, but it will be at least 6" of cutting before I can make any bends.
Hello, greetings from Venezuela, what a good video, needless to say :) I love seeing the trunks of your bonsais with lichens and moss, it gives your bonsais an old look; In addition, with the bark and the dead wood it is an art, when they make the finest ramification the smallest leaf uuff great teacher! ! !. On the other hand, how old do you think the old willow tree in the park is? Thank you...
I have a willow cutting rooting right now how many roots should I let sprout before I put it in a pot for the first time? I’d say there’s about 8 inches of roots comin off the bottom stump rn I’m just not sure if I should leeve it for a couple days or pot it now
I would wait until you have a thick mat of roots. If the roots are one sided, you can prune the vigorous ones back to try and get a balanced root system around all sides before potting in bonsai soil. Be sure to keep the soil very wet at first as the roots transition from water to soil.
Well I guess you answered my question should I put it the Shed or can I bring it in the house
Hey nigel how are you? Crazy roots on those willows! I have a few questions if u dont mind. I have been getting impatient w my plants as they are all just 1 year old cuttings, most have had low trunk chop so just sprouted stumps atm, nothing that resembles a tree yet so i bought 2 plants and some wire from nursery today w plan of making kinda "instant bonsai" to keep me interested while others grow out. Plants are green island ficus and a dwarf murraya. Basic plan is to repot into bonsai soil and prune roots for radial spread, remove unwanted branches, do a pretty high trunk chop, wire and shape trunk and primary branches and then clip n grow apex and secondary branching. I have never wired before, can i do this all at once or should i trim and wire in nursery pot/soil and repot/root prune at later date or visa versa. It is late winter here in south east Queensland. Sorry about long question but i really have no idea.
Hello Michael, I always try and get the tree sorted out in the following order, roots, trunk and then branches. It is best to keep the top growth on the tree while you are developing the root base. This will make your root base grow much faster with all the leaves providing energy to grow the roots after pruning. You may loose some leaves after root pruning, but if you keep the tree in high humidity, you won't loose many. Once the roots are sorted out in a radial pattern. you can rapidly grow the trunk in the ground, or a training box.. Once the roots and the trunk are the size and shape you want, then I would start the work on developing a nice compact flowing branch structure. If you do too much work at once, you will actually slow the growth of the tree down and it may take many years before it starts to grow with vigor again.
Nigel Saunders, The Bonsai Zone thank you mate :)
Beautiful video! I love your willow trees.. question: what kind of fertilizers you mix with the water?
I use 20-20-20, here is a video on this....
ruclips.net/video/gXIIpxUqxdY/видео.html
Nice
I have a question! I have a 2 1/2 year old grape fruit tree. It was given to me when it was 6 months old. They put it in a 5 gallon pot. I want to repo t it. If I repot it do I cut any of the roots off at this time? Love your show!
Yes, you should try and correct the roots into a nice radial pattern with each re potting if you can. Here is a video on this....
ruclips.net/video/AcSu8SUQ0kE/видео.html
Great
Thank you Holly!
How long should I keep my Willow Bonsai submerged in Water?
If you are trying to root the cutting, it can stay in the water for a couple of root pruning's with no harm. I have had willows in water for two years.I always keep my more mature willows sitting over a tray of water. They can use a lot of water on a hot day!
@@TheBonsaiZone Thank You Nigel. I currently live in Northern VA so we are in a cold season now. So should I still have water under the pot? Once it freezes will it be OK? Also i grew this willow from a cutting. Once it rooted i planted it in a Bonsai Pot. But with the water under it
You never cease to amaze me sir! Haha! I'll show my daughter in the morning when I see her, she will enjoy this. Question, what is that silver looking moss in the first pot you trimmed after the field trip? It would be good to create the type of forest floor I like. Again, well done :)
That is just my regular moss, and in that light, it looks more silvery. There are many varieties of moss and you can get some really nice bluish silver colour ones. Thank you Marysol!
Thank you! Also, I showed my daughter this video. She still wants a pine, but after pondering the care and shaping, has announced that maybe she is not ready for her own tree yet. Although she will take care of mine while I work away from home haha!
Whenever I prune my willow tree. It gets really weak and looks like its gonna die. I put it In a shady area and keep it moist and it slowly comes back. Question is why do you think it does that? I dont do any hard pruning on it. I dont constantly prune it. I repotted it last year and it dropped all its leaves and a few branches died off.
I think Willow trees need a larger root system than other trees. Most trees will produce smaller growth and finer branching with a restricted root system, I think Willow trees, just reduce the top of the tree instead! I'm going to try and plant mine in a larger pot and see how it goes. I think the size of the root system has to match the size of the top growth for the tree to keep it's branches. it's just a theory, but it's worth a shot!
Curious. Why did you cut all of the roots off?
Hi Nigel, How do the roots not rot sitting it water?
Did you have this in bonsai soil when you were letting it just grow? Did you do an air layering on this tree? I’m nervous about trying my first air layering. Really excited as well. Thank you for all your inspiration.
Willows can be rooted easily in just plain water with almost any size cutting! Keep your water clean by changing it every week or so.
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So what kind of trees can you do this water method to without fear of rotting? And at what size? And must It already be in bonsai soil to work properly?
Yes, I would use bonsai soil for this. There are not many water loving trees, Willows, Bald Cypress, here is an article on this...
www.barcham.co.uk/guides-advice/picking-your-perfect-tree/how-to-choose-the-best-trees-for-wet-soils/
Can all tree cutting rooted in water? If yes what is special about the water that makes them grow?
Do you think adding a water pot under a bonsai pot (as you've done with your willows) would help a Bald Cypress achieve "knees"?
While at a local nursery, I noticed a large Bald Cypress with knees growing around the trunk. Upon doing a bit of research, I found out bonsai enthusiasts have a very hard time achieving 'knees' in pots, possibly due to the great drainage that bonsai soil provides. Some have tried flooding the pot, but that doesn't simulate swamp conditions very well (for a number of reasons). Have you any luck with cypress knees? Any thoughts on this idea? Knees are such an interesting feature!
Yes, I think it would be great for a Cypress tree. The knees might be hard to grow, there are so many theories about them!
I think they are similar to the ribbon roots that I am trying to grow on my rain forest trees.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cypress_knee
Your videos on ribbon roots got me hooked on those too! Such an awesome feature. If only there were a way for us to be a fly on the trunk for a couple hundred years, we might glean natures secret, haha.
Hey. I have some new cuttings that are just planted. Can I keep them outside? I have them inside right now but will get better light outside. It's winter time right now so it gets chilly and I don't want to kill them. Please help!
When do you replace the water in the tub with the fresh water?
Do you ever use cut paste?
Hey Nigel. Have you changed your soil recipe again?It didn't look like your regular perlite/turface mix in the plastic pot. Thanks.
It is the same mix, it just changes over time, organic matter build up from algae and moss and makes the soil go dark.
I came to this video after seeing your first one. I was wondering if you had damaged the taproot by the heavy root pruning? Do you know what caused the tree to nearly die?
I think the roots must have died from the cold as this tree never did have a taproot. It was started from a cutting.
Where did you get those pots?
Is it necessary to have that bowl of water for willows?