I started my first tree last year in the same way, a small Juniper from a local nursery. I'd always wanted to try it so I'm giving it a shot. Don't have a clue what I'm doing but I haven't killed it yet, lol.
So yes, admittedly, this repot was done somewhat out of season. But I've read that with proper post care, Junipers shouldn't have much issue bouncing back from a mid season repot. What do you guys think? Any feedback is appreciated :)
Junipers can be worked with anytime of the year except when frozen solid. If you wish some constructive criticism you have a great eye but your wiring skills are robbing you of the ability to accomplish what your eyse are telling you.
hey Vance, thanks for the kind words of constructive criticism. I suppose that is the nature of art form right? trying to use a medium to reconstruct what the mind plays out. this will obviously only come from further experience but in my defense, aside from the lack of experience, the wire gauges I have we're insufficient to keep the tree in place. not a good excuse I know but at least I know what to fix!
@@daver9643 yes and no.ive had great success with waiting to water and with watering directly after but you wouldn't do A full watering like most other trees or plants until the water drips out the bottom .only water the top half inch or less but mist the foliage if you can guarantee the water will evaporate quickly otherwise you'll end up with fungus killing your tree through it's foliage .junipers store all their energy in the foliage and because of this a dead juniper can still look or appear to be alive for 8 weeks after it's died while it uses up all it's energy in the foliage .If you are a beginner get more than one tree and don't cut on this one tree just let it grow for a few years and learn to care for it's needs .
@@daver9643 also dave if you want your trunk to grow thick then don't put it into a bonsai pot as it'll take 20 years for it to gain 1 or 2 inches in diameter. Put it in a wooden box or a regular nursery pot .bonsai pot and bonsai soil mix is more for refinement of an already established tree like refining branch and root structure after 5 or more years of growth .
@@daver9643 transplant or repotting is best done in early spring as new growth starts to emerge. You can slip pot or up pot by slip potting any time of the year but doing a full repotting will likely end up killing your tree if done out of season .read up and study on bonsai some great books are out there by Peter chan rh wisely handbooks and Brooklyn botanical gardens .
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I bought a Mint Julep Juniper yesterday for £4. It was pretty badly neglected, but has tidied up really well! Amazing what you can find for bargain prices
First off nebari before you even leave the nursery period end of sentence Second off clean the dead zone from the tree before you even touch the roots Third leave it in its pot until the next season if its spring fertilize fertilize fertilize every three weeks until mid summer then in spring work on it Prune back a little and then the next spring cut back to the edge of dead zone and start working on ramification You probably would have had better material but other than that it's not bad at all
I have repotted junipers nearly steadily since early spring 2017 to just recently in south Louisiana, so far haven't lost any, I find them hardy enough to handle it.
My soil is a combination of succulent cactus soil and regular potting soil should I soak it when watering even if it makes the soil soggy and allow the water to drain out the bottom? Another question I recently transplanted it into a new banzai container.
Nice video, always like to see what other people make of nursery stock junipers. Personally I think the tree has a nice natural apex where the nodes are close together and the shoots are short, before they get longer again toward the top.
When you say to only remove 30% of the roots and leave 30% of the soil, what timescale is that on? Like, if I want to take a juniper down a few sizes, could I keep removing 30% each year, or is that too fast? I'm hoping to remove an undesired older juniper shrub from a yard I'm working on, and take it down many sizes over the years, so I eventually end up with a thick trunk (around 2in thick, a fair bit thicker than the one in the video) in a smaller pot, hopefully around 8-10in diameter. I'm an absolute beginner, so if I've asked a question that's bigger than I know, don't trouble yourself too much about it, lol.
My soil is a combination of succulent cactus soil and regular potting soil should I soak it when watering even if it makes the soil soggy and allow the water to drain out the bottom?
Excellent video. Thanks. However, it will be nice if percentage of various components of soil is kindly indicated in typed form also as it is difficult to comprehend technical terms mentioned verbally for people living in other continents like me, please.
the particle size for the organic material and the grey stones looks a bit large, how well has this soil worked so far? i have a hard time gauging what size, components and combinations to use for soil for pickier trees. i cant seem to keep white oaks or junipers alive... fantastic results by the way. its a nice balance between a natural style tree and a classic bonsai form. youv probably increased the dollar worth of the tree 5x
Anyone wanting to understand how bonsai works you should visit eastern leaf's RUclips channel Jason Chan dose a great job of explaining how to properly create bonsai
Can someone please tell me the exact name of this juniper type pleases. It’s the same juniper that I have and cannot find for the life of me the type. I love the short spikey foliage :)
@@PapaOsmubal.OscarBalajadia all juniper are extremely hardy tree's you can literally take 85% of the root structure this guy has only a sliver of knowledge on the topic of bonsai.
Seems like a very decent bonsai! Do junipers back-bud quickly? A new branch slightly above the primary branch would look I think :) Hope it responds well.
Its incredibly hard to get junipers to back bud. Wherever the wood is hardened off or thee foliage has died back theory almost never produce new buds. That makes selecting nursery stock very important as you can't plant to chop back and force back budding and need to select something with plenty of nodes and shoots close to what will become the trunk.
No they hardly ever back bud .I've found real young trees that have hardly any hardwood will bud almost anywher but older more mature established trees never put new buds anywhere except for wher there's already new growth
Looked like its dying because its indoors. They need to stay outdoors. See the top changed colour, also overwatering is next biggest killer of junipers
Dude junipers are tough trees that idiotic behavior let the sit inside and all that kind of crap gives on my nerves! I saw a juniper alive with 3/4 of trunk cut off by the wind and the tree still lives today! The steps are.. take it from the nursery report it into some bonsai soil, if you want to be extra carefull let it as is a week, and then style it ! No shade spraying and crup!
Way too tall, I would have chopped it off at the smaller one on the right and made a nice shohin out of it. There is reverse taper halfway up the main trunk that is a distraction to the eye also.
I started my first tree last year in the same way, a small Juniper from a local nursery. I'd always wanted to try it so I'm giving it a shot. Don't have a clue what I'm doing but I haven't killed it yet, lol.
Glad you did this. I'm giving it a shot!
So yes, admittedly, this repot was done somewhat out of season. But I've read that with proper post care, Junipers shouldn't have much issue bouncing back from a mid season repot. What do you guys think? Any feedback is appreciated :)
Eugin Kim was this nursery by El Monte CA?
+jaguardelcielo yessir!
sgnurserynews.com I highly suggest you check them out. staff is super friendly and knowledgeable
Junipers can be worked with anytime of the year except when frozen solid. If you wish some constructive criticism you have a great eye but your wiring skills are robbing you of the ability to accomplish what your eyse are telling you.
hey Vance, thanks for the kind words of constructive criticism. I suppose that is the nature of art form right? trying to use a medium to reconstruct what the mind plays out. this will obviously only come from further experience but in my defense, aside from the lack of experience, the wire gauges I have we're insufficient to keep the tree in place. not a good excuse I know but at least I know what to fix!
Really good results
Keeping the lower branch will help thicken the trunk.
I transplanted a baby creeping juniper bonsai. My question if you know, I’m wondering if I should not water it after transplant?
@@daver9643 yes and no.ive had great success with waiting to water and with watering directly after but you wouldn't do A full watering like most other trees or plants until the water drips out the bottom .only water the top half inch or less but mist the foliage if you can guarantee the water will evaporate quickly otherwise you'll end up with fungus killing your tree through it's foliage .junipers store all their energy in the foliage and because of this a dead juniper can still look or appear to be alive for 8 weeks after it's died while it uses up all it's energy in the foliage .If you are a beginner get more than one tree and don't cut on this one tree just let it grow for a few years and learn to care for it's needs .
@@daver9643 also dave if you want your trunk to grow thick then don't put it into a bonsai pot as it'll take 20 years for it to gain 1 or 2 inches in diameter. Put it in a wooden box or a regular nursery pot .bonsai pot and bonsai soil mix is more for refinement of an already established tree like refining branch and root structure after 5 or more years of growth .
@@daver9643 transplant or repotting is best done in early spring as new growth starts to emerge. You can slip pot or up pot by slip potting any time of the year but doing a full repotting will likely end up killing your tree if done out of season .read up and study on bonsai some great books are out there by Peter chan rh wisely handbooks and Brooklyn botanical gardens .
Do you have an update on this particular tree? Would love to see how it looks now! :)
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@Nathan Quinn thanks so much for your reply. I found the site through google and Im waiting for the hacking stuff now.
Takes a while so I will reply here later with my results.
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Very clever and imaginative!!
I bought a Mint Julep Juniper yesterday for £4. It was pretty badly neglected, but has tidied up really well! Amazing what you can find for bargain prices
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First off nebari before you even leave the nursery period end of sentence
Second off clean the dead zone from the tree before you even touch the roots
Third leave it in its pot until the next season if its spring fertilize fertilize fertilize every three weeks until mid summer then in spring work on it
Prune back a little and then the next spring cut back to the edge of dead zone and start working on ramification
You probably would have had better material but other than that it's not bad at all
So beautiful :-)Thank you for sharing.
This looks great. Can you train a new one this time of year?
Hello’ thanks for the share, any updates on this one?
I have repotted junipers nearly steadily since early spring 2017 to just recently in south Louisiana, so far haven't lost any, I find them hardy enough to handle it.
My soil is a combination of succulent cactus soil and regular potting soil should I soak it when watering even if it makes the soil soggy and allow the water to drain out the bottom? Another question I recently transplanted it into a new banzai container.
oooo im always passing by san gabriel nursery. i got my maple ginkgo.
I hate that you didn’t actually show you pruning the tree 😑
Looks amazing man! Awesome job
Nice video, always like to see what other people make of nursery stock junipers. Personally I think the tree has a nice natural apex where the nodes are close together and the shoots are short, before they get longer again toward the top.
I would have trimmed and wired it, before pulling it out of the soil.
I got one just like that at Lowe's yesterday for 8 bucks
Where did you get the lava rock and pumice from?
nice, I think i could get into this.
Can u tell me where do you buy the black lava and pumice lava please thanks
Looks great, but would have been nice to see you cut it
The amount of times he Said um hahahahha
I recently transplanted a young creeping juniper bonsai. Should I not water it for a few days?
When you say to only remove 30% of the roots and leave 30% of the soil, what timescale is that on? Like, if I want to take a juniper down a few sizes, could I keep removing 30% each year, or is that too fast? I'm hoping to remove an undesired older juniper shrub from a yard I'm working on, and take it down many sizes over the years, so I eventually end up with a thick trunk (around 2in thick, a fair bit thicker than the one in the video) in a smaller pot, hopefully around 8-10in diameter.
I'm an absolute beginner, so if I've asked a question that's bigger than I know, don't trouble yourself too much about it, lol.
My soil is a combination of succulent cactus soil and regular potting soil should I soak it when watering even if it makes the soil soggy and allow the water to drain out the bottom?
How big will it grow after you plant it in the bonsai pot?
Where did you buy your large bags of black lava and pumice from?
What do you do with these Junipers during the winter?
Looks nice.
I’ve not seen any trimming of the plant, wiring etc. Looks nice in the end but not showing enough information.
Nice tapering trunk line. I had my doubts at first, but you know what you're doing.
It’s been four years where’s the bonsai now?
Excellent video. Thanks. However, it will be nice if percentage of various components of soil is kindly indicated in typed form also as it is difficult to comprehend technical terms mentioned verbally for people living in other continents like me, please.
You can dm me directly for suggestions if you'd like 😊
Many thanks. Noted. Regards
Are you using that lower branch as a sacrificial one to thicken the trunk? The taper looks fantastic already. Either way, it looks great!
How is it looking today?
This must be from cutting or digging?
the particle size for the organic material and the grey stones looks a bit large, how well has this soil worked so far? i have a hard time gauging what size, components and combinations to use for soil for pickier trees. i cant seem to keep white oaks or junipers alive... fantastic results by the way. its a nice balance between a natural style tree and a classic bonsai form. youv probably increased the dollar worth of the tree 5x
Where do you get the lava and pumice rocks?
that wiring job D:
Nice job man.
Heathy needles. What would be the first sol mix?
Very nice
This is my favorite plant to bonsai, great results.
What happened with the update video?
After 10 days I can put it back in sun?
why did you leave the little buds on the trunk?
is there any way on how to wire this down. just got my first bonsai and i dont want to mess it up
Use a plastic pot drill holes on the rim tie down to those holes.
Thanks for the video and info. I sub to your channel. Looking forward to future bonsai.
+jaguardelcielo I'm glad you ejoyed. thanks for the sub, I'll be sure to work on improving the video quality as I go 😅
you have updates I'm about to do another one soon
you need to do an update video
30 dollars is ok .. but shipping to india !!!!! What would be the cost .. is amazon deliver big bonsai like that ? I don't know
Just IMO the top 1/3 of that tree should come off ..
Wow good job of showing us how u cleaned it 🙄
30$??? I've just bought such a juniper for 7 zloty which is about 2$. Greetings from Poland!
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Anyone wanting to understand how bonsai works you should visit eastern leaf's RUclips channel Jason Chan dose a great job of explaining how to properly create bonsai
Looks great 👍
Give us an update pls
Can someone please tell me the exact name of this juniper type pleases. It’s the same juniper that I have and cannot find for the life of me the type. I love the short spikey foliage :)
juniperus procumbens nana
Any chance on a one year update video? Please?
Thanks for update, dig the content.
@@PapaOsmubal.OscarBalajadia all juniper are extremely hardy tree's you can literally take 85% of the root structure this guy has only a sliver of knowledge on the topic of bonsai.
Spray it with what?
water
Nothing, because you don't keep a outdoor plant inside
should have just used sphagnum moss and left it instead of top watering so much. just my opinion though
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Seems like a very decent bonsai! Do junipers back-bud quickly? A new branch slightly above the primary branch would look I think :) Hope it responds well.
Its incredibly hard to get junipers to back bud. Wherever the wood is hardened off or thee foliage has died back theory almost never produce new buds. That makes selecting nursery stock very important as you can't plant to chop back and force back budding and need to select something with plenty of nodes and shoots close to what will become the trunk.
No they hardly ever back bud .I've found real young trees that have hardly any hardwood will bud almost anywher but older more mature established trees never put new buds anywhere except for wher there's already new growth
Name of nursery? And what city are they in?
That much trimming AND repotting always kills mine...
Hence, no update.
Yes
Where did u fine black scoria (lava rock) that small
it was there! the small ones are presieved in bags if you go in and ask. the prices were super cheap!
You didn't show how to trim to turn Bonsai tree !!!!!!!!
This is definitely not a “How to” video. 🤔
Wtf are these scammer ass replies like 2 years later😂
how to make potting for juniper bonsai
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Is this thing alive still ?
where do you get those soil components??
Weird bonsai but I like
Niceu
Where is the update?
It died
No videos in 4 years?
far too much talking not enough information
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Looked like its dying because its indoors. They need to stay outdoors. See the top changed colour, also overwatering is next biggest killer of junipers
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Dude junipers are tough trees that idiotic behavior let the sit inside and all that kind of crap gives on my nerves! I saw a juniper alive with 3/4 of trunk cut off by the wind and the tree still lives today! The steps are.. take it from the nursery report it into some bonsai soil, if you want to be extra carefull let it as is a week, and then style it ! No shade spraying and crup!
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This is more of a 'how to yap and yap and yap about a bonsai'.
Let’s just say your wiring is unconventional..:
Really??
These are $5 in Houston right now.
Where ?
That poor thing got butchered LOL. But you do know what you're doing 🤷♂️
Way too tall, I would have chopped it off at the smaller one on the right and made a nice shohin out of it. There is reverse taper halfway up the main trunk that is a distraction to the eye also.
Please no more “um” but great video otherwise! Keep it up!
You overpaid for that, it seems like all their other trees are overpriced too
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A little ugly but nice