Ficus Benjamina Bonsai Makeover
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- Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
- Jerome receives a Ficus Benjamina that hasn't been repotted in 14 years. A challenge indeed! He treats the tree, repots, and share his vision of it with you. He shows you the tools and supplies needed in the process. Enjoy!
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Awesome tree! Really love Ficus Benjamina they always have that look of long desolate branches but with elegance, looking forward to seeing new growth!
I love the look that you have decided on...can't wait to see the updates!!!
wow what a transformation. Great job!!!
Dwayne Spiller thank you Dwayne 🙏🌳
You are brilliant 👏
Your a legend!!
Wow! Fantastic video!!! Thank you.
Great video. Lots of info.
Glad it was helpful!
Great job Jerome 👍
Really Awesome work
This tree is going to be awsome. Likening it a lot.
I love your videos! Down to earth, sorry substrate….I wish I could get so many different pots here in Dubai.
Love it can't wait for the update
At 1:54 ... I thought this tree will bring forth the end of humanity. Lol
"When the tree first came to me, it got all the disease known to man."
Looking at it from the view of the camera. I think you should make two separate sections of the tree. It looks like the part with the stairs could be a little animal house 🏡 and the other half could become the dark and scary woods or the bright and happy woods. Have you ever done a fantasy bonsai?
i hope you will update us on all your tree developements ......and thank you
Phil Collins hey Phil, I absolutely will 👍🏻
cool tree , awesome pot , here in Australia the bengimina grows like weeds so there will be a tone of back budding and crazy growth
Nice job sir.
very nice
Wish I had such a beautiful tree to work with.
Very informative. Thank you.
Great bonsai
Love the long term concept for this tree. A question, I have always been told that if you cut off all green and every terminal bud on a Benjamina then the branch or trunk will most likely die. That they don’t behave like other ficus. I saw you cut drastically on a couple of the branches and main trunk eliminating all green and terminal buds. Just wondered your thoughts on this. Thank you for great videos. Really enjoy them.
Charles McKe hey Charles! You are right about Benjamina’s not responding the same as other ficus and are a lot more fussy! What you did not see in the video is that the tree was already pushing new buds and I cut above them.
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Thank you for the reply. It makes total sense now.
Thank you for asking the question. I was taught that too, many moons ago, and was starting to think I was mistaken.
Hello Jerome , How is this tree coming up? I think this tree could have more character like a dinosaur sitting with its extended neck, you would have to cut all the branches u r thinking of as trunks, and leave only the 2 which r opposite the right angled one. of course this is just a thought. always enjoy watching ur videos n learning from them. Ahmedali from Kenya
Hi Jerome do still have this tree in your collection if so give us some updates thanks 👍👍🇵🇷
Update on this tree please👍
so how does it look now? Is there a follow up video?
Dwayne Spiller it 👀 Amazing! ruclips.net/video/dlsr6NaTIEc/видео.html
Hey Jerome, great tree, man. My wife is vietnamese and we go there about once every couple of years. They have such great bonsai over there.....amazing ficus, bougainvilleas, and wrightia religiosa., just to name a few. I would love to bring something back, but, have no idea how to go about doing that.(you mentioned that tree came from Vietnam and I know by someone else) Great job, man, as you always do. Thank you.
Hey Robert, thank you for you kind words! back then it was much easier to import trees, less restrictions. These days it is pretty difficult to bring trees into the country of that size and most require a 2 year quarantine!
Hi Jerome. I love your videos. I don't know if you'll see this comment almost two years from its posting, but have you changed the composition of your bonsai soil since making this video, and if so, why?
Thank you so much and keep up with the fantastic videos. I learn a lot from your videos and Q&A.
R/ Scott
Hey Scott, Thank you for your kind words:) I did change the composition a tiny bit, instead of red lava rock we now use black, I think it is more pleasing to the eye and blends in better with the bonsais. We also removed the charcoal as I don't find it does its job properly and replaced it with pine bark since it is much better at retaining the nutrients when you fertilize. The expanded clay was also removed as that was just a filler. Now we use Black Lava, Pumice, Calcined Clay and Pine Bark, I find it is a great soil mixture now.
We are The Bonsai Supply Thank you Jerome.
I plan on ordering some as soon as I return from Navy deployment.
Scott
Great work, Jerome...I'm a fan. You're fun to watch. Love seeing the old material rejuvenated. Look forward to seeing this one as it advances through its new life. Where did you get your training?
Hey Jim! Thank you for your kind words! I learned from my mom who lived and studied in Japan but I also have spend many years learning from different artists.
Hey Jerome, how long did it take for yours to back bud? I chopped off 3 of 5 trunks off of mine, and cut off the tops of the remaining two, leaving some foliage. It’s been about 2.5 months now and I’ve got nothing goin on. The tree is still alive and producing new foliage, just not anywhere further back on the branches or trunks. Kinda stuck right now and getting really frustrated. Thanks!
Hey Troy, It took two weeks for it to backbud but I am in a tropical climate. Try doing it in the middle of the summer next time and you'll get much better results
Great future. I would have like to see it planted few inches more to the right, maybe?
Great video! Is it possible you can upload videos in better quality than just 480p?
Beautiful old tree.....except I'm not a fan of that almost perfect 90 degree angle branch. Are you sure Ficus benjamina will backbud on the bare branches? I have one that is about 25 years old and it seems to only grow from the tips of branches......but I am in a much drier temperate climate so maybe things are different in the high humidity of Florida. Even daily misting hasn't produced backbuds on the trunk for me....and I wish it would....no pun intended.
any update videos? hows the tree? im really interested with this one u have
Roronoa Zoro hey Roronoa! The tree is doing really well, it is growing strong. It is for sale if you are interested. Where are you located?
Love your accent. Can't quite place it. Great videos.
Joey Dupre hey Joey! I was born and raised in Switzerland 🇨🇭
Where you trunk chopped those, will it push out new buds I’m scared to trim mine unless there is green underneath. I’ve been told you can’t trunk chop benjamina. Thanks
Kevin Gondola hey Kevin, watch today’s video it is the follow up. You can chop them easily and they do regrow
Hey this will look good, congrats. Would ficus benjamina die back if you don’t leave any leafs?
Luiz Buzzo hey Luiz! There were a lot of buds and I left those, I removed the growth far on top. In about a week to two I will have new growth
Hey Jerome, how did you get the wire off the palm tree behind you? ;-) B-) :-) Good job on the ficus, I learned something new.
Ha Ha, that wire really cut into the Palm:-) Thank you!
ah ficus and their crisscrossing roots
they always do it.
Hi Again, another great video. Where do you live? I am in Brisbane Queensland Australia.
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Raft is a good choice. I see a future triple trunk, however.
Hey Raymond! That might be a good idea! However, right now I see it as a 5 trunk raft but as you know, a lot can happen in between now and the next styling so we shall see:)
@@WeareTheBonsaiSupply I feel like I've won the lottery, I got a response, lol! I'll be watching to see how this turns out!
Raymond Petit of course you got a response from us! We try to respond to every bodies comments. Have you not gotten a response from us in the past?
@@WeareTheBonsaiSupply this was my first time commenting. Thanks, just the same.
Do you ever worry about the chlorine in the water?
Just curious? I try to add viamin c but with a hose its impossible!
not really, we have city water so I dont have to worry about that
Uma pena pois não falo o idioma.
Não entendo nada fico sem aprender uma Pena.
Aren't you concerned about removing too much foliage as the benjamina is very touchy about having a lot of foliage removed?
You could have gone back much farther. I should talk though. Mine is the same age in the same pot I put it in a decade ago or more..and its 3' and 1' wide or so. Its also got a heavy growth of Adiantum hispidum at the base. I gave up on Ficus "clouds"..too hard to keep them like that. Just go with a hemisphere!
What?
@@ericbrown4761 Hemisphere...just a solid rounded top. I think you could cut the height .of the central trunk much more also.
480P Bonsai resolution... ;)
That big tree in the background is distracting...perhaps a curtain or something. the tree takes away from your work.
Great job Jerome 👍