I wish you well in your quest! It’s hard choosing one to bring home because from what I’ve seen they alllllllll look so good and don’t have the same structure flaw considerations like nursery hunting boxwoods
I can't wait till my blue berries are as developed as yours. I actually do not even know the variety of blue berry mine is either. Good thing I want to add more to my collection. We're going to delete all that, no your not we enjoy the comic relief. 😂
BAHAHA - Yes, when I was editing and I was going to cut it, then I was like ahh perhaps I’ll just leave it since it’s so ‘me’ when I’m working in my bonsai room alone lol
Looking good!! Ive got 6 big blueberry bushes in pots here for fruit but have been very tempted to try and bonsai one but we like the berries too much to really hack them back! I am trying to air layer one branch currently but no roots as yet! I cant remember the varieties I have but at least 3 different ones as this gives the best fruit production I've found. Ericaceous soil also helps to keep them healthy :)
#2 looks cool. Why not think out of the box and make a blueberry bonsai. Who says you have to stick with the old trees. Great to venture out and be creative. Great job on thinking out of the box.
These are really nice. I’ve avoided blueberry and roses generally because the ones we have can randomly kill off the oldest limb as a landscape/ garden plant. Do they cease this when you use bonsai techniques? Your blueberry tree are gorgeous and it’s a great point about the very recent dawning of the American bonsai culture. So many species are going to be considered quintessential in 100 years that aren’t considered “real bonsai” at this time.
Is the question do they randomly have branch death? - If so no I have not noticed any issues with that yet. Willows yes 🤣. Also through root work and pruning our bonsais really do stay ‘young’ since they never reach their end age. Which is why many varieties live hundreds of years - and yet in landscape they may only have an expected life of 80 years etc
I'm not sure if you done it but, is like to hear where you got all your knowledge from, and when you started your journey. I've been learning so much from you since i found your channel. Love your work!!!
Great video as usual Candice. I’m going to politely bow my head in on your dremmel lessons tomorrow and show you guys a tool that I’m not sure your aware of. I maybe wrong. But I’ll put out a little video tomorrow for you guys. If that’s cool with you Candice 👍👍
This was the trees 2nd root work session. The first one and the work from coming home as nursery stock to now is all on the blueberry playlist so you can see it :)
@Bonsai Science oh perfect!! I'm in Detroit MI. Just wanna make sure your outdoor trees are cold hardy so I can go expanding my collection for my climate. Can't wait to see and learn more.
@Bonsai Science the last 8 years I winter outdoor with burlap bags or in my garage. I have noticed some things are just more sensitive. Michigan is zone 6. So the garage gets my Japanese maples my day 1 Junipers. Olive Chinese wisteria Chinese elm and Japanese pieris, even my ginkgo. Outdoor I've kept Japanese maples, AND juniper. American elm forest royal oak white cedar. The list goes on really. But I I definitely do a combination of some outdoors and some "indoors" tropicals and succulents are always indoors in a DYI greenhouse. Succulents get great lighting but they don't get into the warm humid greenhouse. The tropicals boom in growth while the succulents flower and sit pretty dormant all winter. As my collection expands and with the limited space I have determines where I put them. LoL I expand my space every year and it always seems juuuuust enough space for everything. Gotta play Tetris with the pots. LoL
Alright! I'm convinced!
Maybe a blueberry bonsai will let me keep one alive. Lol Every time I put one in the ground, it dies.
Probably like me your ground is not near acidic enough!
Very nice!!
Thank you! Cheers!
Part 2 has me crying again. Oh my blueberry has departed and it self polinated too😮💨 Great video Candice
Sop up your tears with some sphagnum and go replace it! ❤
Cool repot. Nice pot. You have a touch of class being adventurous in bonsai for new ideas and trying different plants.
Thank you St. Thomas
Nice work Candice. Looks like I’ll be shopping for yet ANOTHER tree.😂 Thanks, keep growing
I have my list ready for the spring nursery openings 🤣
I’ll be on a blueberry quest very soon. Good that you mentioned the self pollinating variety. I would never have given that a thought.
I wish you well in your quest! It’s hard choosing one to bring home because from what I’ve seen they alllllllll look so good and don’t have the same structure flaw considerations like nursery hunting boxwoods
Love your Blueberry plants, I bought two a few years ago and the didn't make it. I might just try them again after seeing your success.
Please do!
Looks really cool in that pot 🙂
Thank you Rob! ❤️
Very cool blueberry trees nice work 👍
Thank you! ❤️
I can't wait till my blue berries are as developed as yours. I actually do not even know the variety of blue berry mine is either. Good thing I want to add more to my collection. We're going to delete all that, no your not we enjoy the comic relief. 😂
BAHAHA - Yes, when I was editing and I was going to cut it, then I was like ahh perhaps I’ll just leave it since it’s so ‘me’ when I’m working in my bonsai room alone lol
Looking good!! Ive got 6 big blueberry bushes in pots here for fruit but have been very tempted to try and bonsai one but we like the berries too much to really hack them back! I am trying to air layer one branch currently but no roots as yet! I cant remember the varieties I have but at least 3 different ones as this gives the best fruit production I've found. Ericaceous soil also helps to keep them healthy :)
Awesome and thank you Chris ❤
#2 looks cool. Why not think out of the box and make a blueberry bonsai. Who says you have to stick with the old trees. Great to venture out and be creative. Great job on thinking out of the box.
Exactly
There are many dwarf varieties for people to try, Dwarf Tophat, Dwarf Northblue, Dwarf Northsky, etc.
And even many of the regular varieties reduce to tiny so easily
These are really nice. I’ve avoided blueberry and roses generally because the ones we have can randomly kill off the oldest limb as a landscape/ garden plant. Do they cease this when you use bonsai techniques?
Your blueberry tree are gorgeous and it’s a great point about the very recent dawning of the American bonsai culture. So many species are going to be considered quintessential in 100 years that aren’t considered “real bonsai” at this time.
Is the question do they randomly have branch death? - If so no I have not noticed any issues with that yet. Willows yes 🤣. Also through root work and pruning our bonsais really do stay ‘young’ since they never reach their end age. Which is why many varieties live hundreds of years - and yet in landscape they may only have an expected life of 80 years etc
@@Candice.BonsaiScience ah thank you for answering my question.
I'm not sure if you done it but, is like to hear where you got all your knowledge from, and when you started your journey. I've been learning so much from you since i found your channel. Love your work!!!
Thank you so much! I get my info from everywhere. I should do a short video about it perhaps
Great video as usual Candice.
I’m going to politely bow my head in on your dremmel lessons tomorrow and show you guys a tool that I’m not sure your aware of. I maybe wrong. But I’ll put out a little video tomorrow for you guys. If that’s cool with you Candice 👍👍
YESSSS!
@@Candice.BonsaiScience coooliiio
How many times have you trimmed the taproots back since you started this blueberry, to get it to this stage?
This was the trees 2nd root work session. The first one and the work from coming home as nursery stock to now is all on the blueberry playlist so you can see it :)
I'm new Sub!! Tony's Bonsai sent me!! You in America? And what temperature zone are you in??
3a-
Glad to have you!
@Bonsai Science oh perfect!! I'm in Detroit MI. Just wanna make sure your outdoor trees are cold hardy so I can go expanding my collection for my climate. Can't wait to see and learn more.
What zone are you there? Are you planning to winter them outside?
@Bonsai Science the last 8 years I winter outdoor with burlap bags or in my garage. I have noticed some things are just more sensitive. Michigan is zone 6. So the garage gets my Japanese maples my day 1 Junipers. Olive Chinese wisteria Chinese elm and Japanese pieris, even my ginkgo. Outdoor I've kept Japanese maples, AND juniper. American elm forest royal oak white cedar. The list goes on really. But I I definitely do a combination of some outdoors and some "indoors" tropicals and succulents are always indoors in a DYI greenhouse. Succulents get great lighting but they don't get into the warm humid greenhouse. The tropicals boom in growth while the succulents flower and sit pretty dormant all winter. As my collection expands and with the limited space I have determines where I put them. LoL I expand my space every year and it always seems juuuuust enough space for everything. Gotta play Tetris with the pots. LoL
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