My interest in bonsai only started 2yrs. ago at the age of 84 and made almost all the beginners mistakes. Since watching hundreds of videos, I am getting better !!! It was only yesterday that I bought a potted Azalea from a local nursery and when I got home I decided to find out what to do with it. I searched on U Tube and soon came across this video, I had glanced through a few others but they mostly showed me how much better they were than me but yours has shown me exactly what to do with mine and for that I am extremely grateful. Mine is a single trunk and is certainly too good to spoil but with the guidance you have given I can't wait to start . Thank you so much !!!
Yay for you! I’m 70 and just decided I’m going to start with an azalea. Loved this guy and how down to earth he is! Now I need to find a bonsai club in my area! My hubby is 86 and pretty much “bonsai-ed’ our two eucalyptus trees. So maybe we will both get into this lovely hobby. Happy New Year!
absolutely love that you are getting started at 84! what an inspiration. I hope you have a decade or two of health to see your work. what a legacy. I am 63 and felt too old to start! love the enthusiasm of this young guy in the video. love bonsais!
I work as a plant technician where I take care of various plants in businesses and residential spaces. Needless to say, I need to know a lot about many types of plants! I just got assigned an account with Bonsai trees and now I am obsessed and cannot learn fast enough! This is the first video I’ve seen that actually made me feel like I could do this myself! Can’t wait to watch more. Also, I did not see a “Thanks” button.
So you're saying you get paid minimum wage to carry a spray bottle at offices and restaurants? You make it sound f like your job is more intense than it is
Like Jennifer below, I am a bonsai beginner who was concerned regarding pruning, (in truth, everything about it really)Your videos give the viewer the confidence to give things a try, thank you so much
I think you should know that there something wrong with RUclipss service, I can't give you a like. If you got a dislike from me, i'ts a mistake!!! The buttons don't work properly. Spring greetings Jane from Denmark
great vid Adam! Yeah I bet the acidic fertiliser is keeping them happy. Btw I can't mix sphaggy in my soil because the birds come and dig it out sooner or later.
Amazing job on azaleas. I am new to bonsai & so far have juniper, blue spruce, few maples, sm heather & a dwarf pomegranate. I will refer back to this video when I get an azalea & just subscribed to your channel. Thank you. 👍
@@notionbonsai Thanks, I am learning allot from you. So far haven’t spent too much $ on plants but did buy a few maple seedlings from a local bonsai nursery & have them wired in “S” shape in gal tubs while the trunks thicken. I have always loved gardening but now look at plants/trees differently. I have a semi-dwarf olive in big pot that was was overgrown & as I started to cut it back just a little I discovered how wonderful the trunk is. Might dig it out, wire & then replant in a bonsai pot later on. Woo hoo, this is so much fun!
As a bonsai beginner who was very intimidated to start making cuts and struggling to find the front of my tree, I found your videos both very helpful and very accessible, so thank you!
It took me a few weeks of starring at the specimen b/f I realized I need to start at the trunk revealing the base. Once I got that things started to make sense. Honestly watching over & over is very helpful & Adam is great at explaining what & why. ❤️
This is the first of your videos I’ve seen. I also have a couple of pink azaleas still in training. But I also noticed those little cup size pots you have. I was thinking you could use those when doing an air layer. I haven’t looked though your videos yet to see if you’ve made a video on that subject but I’ve got several thick truck trees and som small ones by air layers.
Oh my wait to you get a chance to see his video on air layering😊 that is the very first video that brought me to his channel I hope you enjoy it as much as I did God bless❤
Hi there! I have discovered your channel for causality, I love the garden, flowers and plants! you have given me a good idea to make one of these days. I am so sorry for my English, but I am trying to improve it every day and this is one way I have for do it. If it is possible, could you tell me the recipe for soil. Thanks in advance! Thanks for share it! And Greetings from Mexico City!
Great to meet you at Tony's event. Looking forward to seeing your video after watching this you really know how to create. Thank you for travelling all that way. What a fantastic video, brilliant 👍
Such a wonderful video. Thanks a lot. Can this plant be in the same pot with another flower or they won't get along well enough? Best of luck for you from Belarus 🇧🇾🖐
I am not sure about potting them with other flowers! For a Bonsai I think it is best to keep them in their own pots. As a garden tree you could! Hi from Ireland!!
I have recently decided to try a few azalea bonsai’s; So I plan to watch this video & any others that u produce! I enjoyed your style of presentation. Very easy to follow 👏
You covered so much information in this video. I really enjoyed how you showed close ups of how you would cut certain branches and explained the future tree growth. Your propagation tips too were super helpful. Thank you very much for sharing this. This video was super awesome!
Thank you so much for this super informative video! Bonsai “trees” are so expensive so to get tutorials with these more affordable shrubs are more accessible for folks like me who are too scared to start with bonsai because I don’t want to mess up and kill the $25 itty bitty tree in the 4inch pot. Starting with more affordable and more readily available plants like this will help me get some practice and build up confidence.
This is the first of your videos I have seen. You do a nice job of explaining what you are doing and showing it as well. I’m subscribing to your channel to see more of your videos. I’m still learning. Thank you!
When separating the clump of trees, could you saw it down the middle, cutting through the soil and roots? Or is it best to pull them apart? My guess is that if you pull, then you'd run the risk of the roots being pulled/torn/detached from the base of the tree. But if you cut it through, then more roots would still be attach to the tree. Although you'd still be cutting the roots, they'd still be able to continue to grow, right? I'm just guessing. I'm very much a noob at bonsai.
Grow them on for years it will save so much time 👍🪴 Or buy bigger plants and chop them down to a stump then grow them on and chop back each year a much quicker way of doing it than potting up baby saplings 🪴🪴👍
Perhaps a little advice: when putting the cuttings in the soil that way, you will rub off most (or all) of the rooting powder. Perhaps you should make a little hole first (with a chopstick or something like that), carefully put the cutting in and then gently close that planting hole. I am doing that for years now when propagating Azalea's (and others) with heel cuttings and it works perfect for me... Another point should perhaps be made here: putting a rooted cutting in a mame pot, does not make it a mame bonsaï, simply because it's not a little tree. First you will have to get a (little) tree and in time, you should cut it (and the rootball!) back and back during the apopriate seasons. Then you might be able to develop a mame bonsaï. It's really not that easy as you put it, to be honest. Perhaps it's even the most difficult kind of the bonsaï hobby (or art). But of course, it's surely not impossible and quite an interesting challenge. There wil be much to learn about bonsaï, even if you practice it half a life time. I don't think it's possible to became a master of the art in just a few years. It takes time, patience, try--outs, study and practice. I wish you enduring enthousiasm and I hope you will stay humble. As we all should... Good luck and much fun with this beautiful hobby.
Hey M.A.M! 🌳 Thanks very much for your great advice! I usually make a hole before putting the cutting into the soil 😊 You are exactly right about that when it comes to Mame Bonsai! It can be quite easy to develop them but it can be a long process for sure! The part of this video was to simply demonstrate how to start one 😊Thank you very much!!
@@notionbonsai Hello. Whether it's a good idea to start a mame bonsaï by planting a rooted cutting in a mame pot, I don't know. In fact, I doubt it. That way you will never get a little tree, simply because there is hardly any room to grow. In fact, I think one should proceed the in the same way as with larger bonsaï. Planting in a pot is, in fact, the last stadium. Grow it in larger pots untill you have real little tree, I would suggest. I can see that you are taking Azalea cuttings with flower buds still on them. I do not know whether that is a good idea: I doubt it, to be honest. Flower buds ask and need a lot of energy and will not make it more easy for the cutting to succeed and root. Furthermore, after flowering (and removing the remains of the flowers), azaleas develop the most powerfull period of their growing cycle. Therefore, that period should be the most appropriate moment to take/make cuttings (only leave a few leaves on them) and it will give you the utmost chance of succes. Well, that is my experience during the last 35 years. Hope you don't mind...
Hi @M.A.M. Leers . Your message is very complete and clear. Could you explain in detail or indicate some material about the method of propagation by cuttings? I've been trying to propagate azaleas for a few years now and I've never been successful. I've tried it at different times, with different soils and nothing works. Even with ficus (which is supposed to be easy) I have difficulties. I always cut the leaves in half and never leave sprouts. However, the cuttings dry out. I don't know what I'm doing wrong.
Very happy to find your professional and non intimidating videos!! I have literally killed 6 juniper plants n my a king rookie mistakes during the bonsai process. I appreciate your technique and delivery. Plants have feelings too!
I just started a new channel called Bonsai by Alan. I'll be making videos on my juniper collection in the very near future. Please com by and support my channel. Thanks!
Hi! I've heard a variety of answers to this question so I thought I'd ask someone who works with azalea. I'm planning on trying to make a few cannons double azalea this spring. Is it significantly more difficult to work with less common varieties of azalea, or is it close to the same? Thank you for making this video, it's definitely helped secure the plant I want to try for my first bonsai!
Good morning Adam, just touching base as it seemed rude to merely comment on a couple of comments! You’re very blessed to have some very knowledgeable horticulturists contributing to your channel aren’t you?! We’re always learning eh? More power to your elbow🦾n God bless you 🙏✝️. ✌️🇷🇺☮️🇺🇦✌️
Hey Gaye!! Hope you are well 🤗 I sure am!! I love the Bonsai and horticultural community here on RUclips! Everyone is so helpful and friendly! Never stop learning 🌳💖🪴
Hi ! After I put them in bonsai pots they do not have flowers so what can I do, someone said put more irone powder can u tell me what I need to do ? Thanks a lot
Hey thanks Mark! I have tried to grow lemon from seed before but unfortunately they didnt make it! Might try it again with a much larger tree eventually!
Hey brother thanks for the video I make bonsai near Seattle Washington, usa .azalea is a great species, I love your saw cut across the roots, in general horticulture we always treat azalea like this when planting in ground, well if you know what you are doing, air layering is super easy sometimes self layering with clumps of leaf litter, as a landscaper I found them every year in pruning season, in fact all of my azalea bonsai are from "free" rooted branches either air or ground layers.
With watching your video on making a bonsai tree out of Azalea bush , I have bought a bush to do my own Azalea bonsai I have found your videos really helpful wish me luck that they turn out as good as yours .
I just found your video today and l found it very interesting. As l have always wanted to have a go. So thank you. They came out so good when you had finished them.
really clear advice and instructions. I did a beginners bonsai course, but don't feel brave enough to spend a fortune on plants and tools. Nice to hear that I can get a £5 azalea bush to experiment on.
Hello, I just found your channel, the dirt jumping in my eye always happens to me and every time I say that I will wear sunglasses to transplant, but I don't hehehe. Good for you, greetings.
Thank you so much! As a beginner I’ve found your videos wonderfully informative and inviting. I’m feel more confident in succeeding in my new endeavor! Many m blessings from Iowa, USA❤
Hi Kat! You're very welcome! 😊 I'm thrilled to hear that you find my videos informative and helpful in your Bonsai journey. 🌿🌸 It's great to know that you feel more confident in succeeding with your new endeavor. 🍀❤️ Best of luck with your Bonsai adventures! 🌳✨
Hello 🪴 Just a question about soil👍 Have you tried azalea compost and perlite for your trees as they have such fine roots not suitable for bonsai mix grit and lava and akadama £££ that will take up to much room in the pot .my mix works a treat for all my azalea bonsai .azalea plant feed every other week also. 12:15;13 NPK 👍 As for kanuma it cost £40 pound a bag 🤔I don’t have a climate like they do in Japan 😎 Or specimen bonsai worth tens of thousand and refined specimens (so I don’t kneed that here in Dorset England . Keep up the good work. Kind regards Shaun In Dorset 👍👍
Hello Shaun! 🌱 It's great to hear that you've found a soil mix that works well for your Azalea. Azaleas do indeed have fine and delicate roots that require a more specialized soil mix to thrive. So far my azaleas have all been thriving in this mix they are in currently! 🤗 Your approach of using a balanced plant feed with a 12-15-13 NPK ratio sounds well-considered for promoting healthy growth and flowering! While traditional bonsai mix components like grit, lava, and akadama can be expensive and may not be as readily available everywhere, adapting your soil mix to the conditions in your region is a smart strategy! Keep up the great work and continue to enjoy your Bonsai journey in the beautiful region of Dorset! 🌳🌼
@@notionbonsai thanks for your reply 🪴👍 I experiment with all soils here as it seems very inconsistent the weather that we have here in Dorset 🪴 I bought 6 bags of Akadama from Herons about 20 yers ago . Back then it cost me £6 a bag. I went home and potted about 30 trees in this stuff to find out in early spring it dried up 3 times a day 🌲 It was the biggest mistake I have ever made in bonsai🤔🪴 I use it as a top dressing for shows then remove it when I get home 🏠 It works fine in Japan as they have a rainy season. £30 a bag is a touch pricy these days I think. My small pine trees in training seem to thrive in coco coir and perlite and produce a great root system before poring on to bonsai pots ,that’s a new one on me coco coir but works for baby pines an absolute treat try it next spring on baby pines 🪴 As for the rest of my trees I use John Ennis number 2 as sandy loam. Perlite No grit it takes up to much room in the pot . Coco coir instead of peat moss. Vermiculite as well with maples. I always experiment with my mixture here because the wether always seems to fluctuate in Dorset . Keep up the good work 👍 Shaun
Think ive started my journey today by killing a few of these gonna be intresting to c what happens. Thank you for the help in getting started hopefully a few survive the journey
@@notionbonsai Abit late for that but so far they are surviving atleast :P. Im abit curios thou as the leaves turn abit black from time to time. It goes away after watering. Is this normal?
This is LITERALLY my favorite bonsai video ever! I just bought two Osakuzuki Pink Satsuki Azalea shrubs and want to turn them into bonsai. Your video showed me EXACTLY what I need to do and you did a GREAT job explaining and demonstrating! Autumn here in Illinois, USA started just yesterday so I think it best to wait until spring to do the work, but now I know how to proceed. Thank you! Short background, I purchased an Azalea bonsai a year ago and just laid it to rest (☠) this week after trying to save it from root rot. I'm not sure if it was truly healthy when I purchased it, but I think I over watered. I'm hoping for better luck this time, and I believe your video will start me on my path to success. 😊🌺
Ace job, Adam! How fast of a grower are Azaleas 🌺? How long before a small cutting becomes a decent mame, for instance? (Planning already on the species I’ll get next year!)
Hey thanks Stefano! Azaleas are generally moderate to fast growers, with an average growth rate of 6 to 12 inches per year. However, the growth rate can vary depending on factors such as the cultivar, growing conditions, and pruning practices. When developing one into a MAME Bonsai it depends on several factors, such as the age of the cutting, the size of the pot, the quality of the soil, the amount of sunlight and water, and the pruning and training techniques used. Generally, it takes several years of careful care and training for a small cutting to become a well-formed mame bonsai. With proper care and attention, it may take around 3 to 5 years to achieve a decent mame Bonsai size. 😊
I haven't had much luck working azalea root systems so aggressively. I've had much better success working only a third of the root ball each year... Start with thr bottom third in the first year, then a wedge-third each year following.
I have found that seaweed fertiliser helps them develop a lot of roots in a short time after a repot 😄 helps with root transplant shock also! Any azalea that I have done this kind of work on has been OK!
Many thanks for this very clear video and I will definitely get started. The Azalea in the Netherlands in Bonsai form are for sale, but you have to pay something for it. You are inspiring and clear in your story. I am curious about what the azalelas look like now 11 months later ?????????????. Big greetings from the Netherlands.
I keep coming back to this video to 'study' for repotting my newly bought azaleas next spring. So informative. Question though: Would it make sense to mix an acidic compost in with the granular soil?
I have a few hot pink azelia palnts iin my yard. Guess who is going to propagate some cuttings..... Ive been looking at bonsai youtube videos for the past month. Thankyou for the Friendly Step by step video. Ps im looking for a web site wher i can get the wire any reliable suggestions. Do you prefer copper wire? Or Oxidized aluminum Best regards from Washington State.
Yet again, another great video. Will the hornbeam be going into a smaller pot, or will it stay in the pot it lives in now .. You have a great amount of knowledge for a young man ....its a real shame about Tony. I only wish I could have been there with you guys. I only live 40 mins from Tony......himself and yourself are a inspirational to me and other. Thanks, s Adam..
In my experience, rooting hormone makes little to no difference with azaleas. The only things that seem to affect the success rate are the time of year, spring has worked best, and the size of the cutting. Smaller cutting take much quicker.
Just bought a pot of 4 small pink azealias in one pot for $12. Will probably keep them in small pot till they grow a bit bigger before I separate them.
This was incredibly informative, entertaining, and insightful! Thanks so much for putting this together. It has given me the knowledge to give this a try. :D
@@notionbonsai I actually already did an azalea and it turned out really great! She got a little toasted with some hot weather we have here, so just trying to help her recover from that, but it was an amazing experience and I think it's started something special for me. 😁
My interest in bonsai only started 2yrs. ago at the age of 84 and made almost all the beginners mistakes. Since watching hundreds of videos, I am getting better !!!
It was only yesterday that I bought a potted Azalea from a local nursery and when I got home I decided to find out what to do with it. I searched on U Tube and soon came across this video, I had glanced through a few others but they mostly showed me how much better they were than me but yours has shown me exactly what to do with mine and for that I am extremely grateful. Mine is a single trunk and is certainly too good to spoil but with the guidance you have given I can't wait to start .
Thank you so much !!!
i thought l was an oldy beginner, one year in, now 66, good luck on your journey
You too "young man" !!!
At least there isn't a lot of digging !😂😅😊
Yay for you! I’m 70 and just decided I’m going to start with an azalea. Loved this guy and how down to earth he is! Now I need to find a bonsai club in my area! My hubby is 86 and pretty much “bonsai-ed’ our two eucalyptus trees. So maybe we will both get into this lovely hobby. Happy New Year!
Another late starter as I’m 75. I’m learning plant propagation techniques to be able to start with small plants as the mame size appeals to me.
absolutely love that you are getting started at 84! what an inspiration. I hope you have a decade or two of health to see your work. what a legacy. I am 63 and felt too old to start! love the enthusiasm of this young guy in the video. love bonsais!
I work as a plant technician where I take care of various plants in businesses and residential spaces. Needless to say, I need to know a lot about many types of plants! I just got assigned an account with Bonsai trees and now I am obsessed and cannot learn fast enough! This is the first video I’ve seen that actually made me feel like I could do this myself! Can’t wait to watch more. Also, I did not see a “Thanks” button.
Awe nice! I'm glad I could give you the confidence to work on your own trees! Bonsai doesnt have to be a difficult art! (time consuming though!!) lol
It’s very easy to get obsessed. I’m always looking for more trees.
There’s a thanks button now, maybe THANKS to you
So you're saying you get paid minimum wage to carry a spray bottle at offices and restaurants? You make it sound f like your job is more intense than it is
@@redeyestones3738 what would it matter what wage she is on?
Like Jennifer below, I am a bonsai beginner who was concerned regarding pruning, (in truth, everything about it really)Your videos give the viewer the confidence to give things a try, thank you so much
Excellent demonstrations showing everything up close. Also lots of good tips, nice easy watching
Hey thanks Daphne 😀
After watching you I now want to try making one ! Learning a lot from your channel THANK YOU 🙏
Aw nice! 🤗
You are such a great, positive and kind person ❤ Thanks for sharing your hobby and experience 🤗🌿🌳
Awe thank you so much! 🤗 Thank YOU for watching 🌱🌲
Professional plant sergeon, at its best !!🍄👍😇just fabulous 🌺🌺
I think you should know that there something wrong with RUclipss service, I can't give you a like. If you got a dislike from me, i'ts a mistake!!! The buttons don't work properly. Spring greetings Jane from Denmark
Ohh! I didnt know this!! Thanks for letting me know 🙂
Thankyou so much !😊
great vid Adam! Yeah I bet the acidic fertiliser is keeping them happy. Btw I can't mix sphaggy in my soil because the birds come and dig it out sooner or later.
Thanks very much Dave! Oh noo! Sometimes I catch crows taking some here but it's rare!
Amazing job on azaleas. I am new to bonsai & so far have juniper, blue spruce, few maples, sm heather & a dwarf pomegranate. I will refer back to this video when I get an azalea & just subscribed to your channel. Thank you. 👍
Thank you very much! Oh wow thats a lot of nice species to work with! 😁
@@notionbonsai Thanks, I am learning allot from you. So far haven’t spent too much $ on plants but did buy a few maple seedlings from a local bonsai nursery & have them wired in “S” shape in gal tubs while the trunks thicken. I have always loved gardening but now look at plants/trees differently. I have a semi-dwarf olive in big pot that was was overgrown & as I started to cut it back just a little I discovered how wonderful the trunk is. Might dig it out, wire & then replant in a bonsai pot later on. Woo hoo, this is so much fun!
Love them
I wish I was into Bonsai when I was as young as you, I am 55 now and just started! Nice content, keep up the good works!
As a bonsai beginner who was very intimidated to start making cuts and struggling to find the front of my tree, I found your videos both very helpful and very accessible, so thank you!
I'm glad I am able to help! 😊 Bonsai doesn't have to be difficult!
It took me a few weeks of starring at the specimen b/f I realized I need to start at the trunk revealing the base. Once I got that things started to make sense. Honestly watching over & over is very helpful & Adam is great at explaining what & why. ❤️
Just remember bonsai is an art and just like all art everyone does things differently and the beauty is in the eye of the beholder
Just remember bonsai is an art and just like all art everyone does things differently and the beauty is in the eye of the beholder
Nice how to meke bonsai azalea thank you for sharing,good luck Mr
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What a great video. Thank you so much for sharing.
great to watch your videos and get inspired. I can't wait for spring now.
Glad you like them!
Thanks to you and your channel I just bought my first Azalea today😍🌸
Aw nice one! I hope you make it into a beautiful Bonsai 😄
@@notionbonsai I’m going to try! It has 4 trunks so I have 4 tries I guess haha! It’ll be my first bonsai that I’m making myself😁
Cheers from Ojai California. We love bonsai! Keep it up brother
Hey thanks Jason! 😀 hi from Ireland!!
Your channel has grow really fast. Cudos!
Thanks very much for your support Dan! 😊
Very much enjoyed this video. Big azalea fan. When you take cuttings what environment do you keep them in??
This is the first of your videos I’ve seen. I also have a couple of pink azaleas still in training. But I also noticed those little cup size pots you have. I was thinking you could use those when doing an air layer. I haven’t looked though your videos yet to see if you’ve made a video on that subject but I’ve got several thick truck trees and som small ones by air layers.
Oh my wait to you get a chance to see his video on air layering😊 that is the very first video that brought me to his channel I hope you enjoy it as much as I did God bless❤
Hi there!
I have discovered your channel for causality, I love the garden, flowers and plants! you have given me a good idea to make one of these days. I am so sorry for my English, but I am trying to improve it every day and this is one way I have for do it.
If it is possible, could you tell me the recipe for soil. Thanks in advance!
Thanks for share it! And Greetings from Mexico City!
Hey JR! Your english is great!! The soil mix I use is a mix of Pumice, Akadama and Lava Rock. Hi from Ireland! 😄🌳
Great to meet you at Tony's event. Looking forward to seeing your video after watching this you really know how to create. Thank you for travelling all that way. What a fantastic video, brilliant 👍
Such a wonderful video. Thanks a lot. Can this plant be in the same pot with another flower or they won't get along well enough?
Best of luck for you from Belarus 🇧🇾🖐
I am not sure about potting them with other flowers! For a Bonsai I think it is best to keep them in their own pots. As a garden tree you could! Hi from Ireland!!
Nice work son.
Cara membuat bonsai nya sangat bagus
Terima kasih 🤗
Nice Adam!!
Thanks Nigel! 🌳😄
Very useful video, learned a lot, Catriona
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So beauty , including the blondy hair
I have recently decided to try a few azalea bonsai’s; So I plan to watch this video & any others that u produce! I enjoyed your style of presentation. Very easy to follow 👏
Aw nice Harry! How did they go for you?
You covered so much information in this video. I really enjoyed how you showed close ups of how you would cut certain branches and explained the future tree growth. Your propagation tips too were super helpful. Thank you very much for sharing this. This video was super awesome!
Hey thanks very much Ripley! 😄🪴
Hello, what is the best alternative for acadama? We don't have that here @ south Canada. Thanks for the suggestion.
Much appreciated. ❤
This was the best tutorial ever, very clear explanation with no faffing about. Now I can try and improve my bonsai skills all thanks to you.
Hey! I am glad you found this useful! 🙂
You won’t get an azalea of this size for $6.00 in Atlanta.
Great content! Thank you!
Hey thanks so much Rolando!!
Thanks!
Thank you so much for your support! 😊🌳❤️
i always luck out and find a single trunk azalea.I have four of them so far one i been growing for about 10 yrs.Nice trees!
Aww lucky you! How thick is the trunk on them?
Hi I found your videos very good for a beginner. Your information and instruction was very clear. Thankyou.
Hey! Glad you liked it! 😀😀
Very nice tricks of making bonsai
Thank you God bless you
Here iam from India
May u b encyclopaedia of bonsai❤
Thank you so much for this super informative video! Bonsai “trees” are so expensive so to get tutorials with these more affordable shrubs are more accessible for folks like me who are too scared to start with bonsai because I don’t want to mess up and kill the $25 itty bitty tree in the 4inch pot.
Starting with more affordable and more readily available plants like this will help me get some practice and build up confidence.
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I wish you the best in your Bonsai Journey! By no means does Bonsai have to be super expensive 🤗
Thanks
Very Cool!
Hey thanks! 😄
As expected, Great video from the Bonsai boii 🤌🤌
Hey! Thank you very much KESDA San!
This is the first of your videos I have seen. You do a nice job of explaining what you are doing and showing it as well. I’m subscribing to your channel to see more of your videos. I’m still learning. Thank you!
When separating the clump of trees, could you saw it down the middle, cutting through the soil and roots? Or is it best to pull them apart? My guess is that if you pull, then you'd run the risk of the roots being pulled/torn/detached from the base of the tree. But if you cut it through, then more roots would still be attach to the tree. Although you'd still be cutting the roots, they'd still be able to continue to grow, right? I'm just guessing. I'm very much a noob at bonsai.
Thank you 👍
Bagus bonsainya Mantap kawan semoga sehat selalu...amiin
great video mate. Do you recommend training these straight away or should we grow them for a few years to thicken up the trunk?
Grow them on for years it will save so much time 👍🪴
Or buy bigger plants and chop them down to a stump then grow them on and chop back each year a much quicker way of doing it than potting up baby saplings 🪴🪴👍
Can you soak the roots of the plant and wash away the soil to figure out how many you have or separate them?
Is it difficult to take a cutting from a Japanese cherry tree? I would like to try it on the tree I have in my garden.
Do you sacrifice locks of your
hair or do you do big chops and let it grow back thicker?
Very clear advice. Nicely demonstrated and easy to understand.
Hey thanks very much!! 😊
As a rule of thumb:
If you can rip it in half, there were two trees. Or, at least, there is now.
thanks, ❤
You're welcome 😊
Perhaps a little advice: when putting the cuttings in the soil that way, you will rub off most (or all) of the rooting powder. Perhaps you should make a little hole first (with a chopstick or something like that), carefully put the cutting in and then gently close that planting hole. I am doing that for years now when propagating Azalea's (and others) with heel cuttings and it works perfect for me...
Another point should perhaps be made here: putting a rooted cutting in a mame pot, does not make it a mame bonsaï, simply because it's not a little tree. First you will have to get a (little) tree and in time, you should cut it (and the rootball!) back and back during the apopriate seasons. Then you might be able to develop a mame bonsaï. It's really not that easy as you put it, to be honest. Perhaps it's even the most difficult kind of the bonsaï hobby (or art). But of course, it's surely not impossible and quite an interesting challenge. There wil be much to learn about bonsaï, even if you practice it half a life time. I don't think it's possible to became a master of the art in just a few years. It takes time, patience, try--outs, study and practice. I wish you enduring enthousiasm and I hope you will stay humble. As we all should... Good luck and much fun with this beautiful hobby.
Hey M.A.M! 🌳 Thanks very much for your great advice! I usually make a hole before putting the cutting into the soil 😊 You are exactly right about that when it comes to Mame Bonsai! It can be quite easy to develop them but it can be a long process for sure! The part of this video was to simply demonstrate how to start one 😊Thank you very much!!
@@notionbonsai Hello. Whether it's a good idea to start a mame bonsaï by planting a rooted cutting in a mame pot, I don't know. In fact, I doubt it. That way you will never get a little tree, simply because there is hardly any room to grow. In fact, I think one should proceed the in the same way as with larger bonsaï. Planting in a pot is, in fact, the last stadium. Grow it in larger pots untill you have real little tree, I would suggest.
I can see that you are taking Azalea cuttings with flower buds still on them. I do not know whether that is a good idea: I doubt it, to be honest. Flower buds ask and need a lot of energy and will not make it more easy for the cutting to succeed and root. Furthermore, after flowering (and removing the remains of the flowers), azaleas develop the most powerfull period of their growing cycle. Therefore, that period should be the most appropriate moment to take/make cuttings (only leave a few leaves on them) and it will give you the utmost chance of succes. Well, that is my experience during the last 35 years. Hope you don't mind...
Hi @M.A.M. Leers . Your message is very complete and clear. Could you explain in detail or indicate some material about the method of propagation by cuttings? I've been trying to propagate azaleas for a few years now and I've never been successful. I've tried it at different times, with different soils and nothing works. Even with ficus (which is supposed to be easy) I have difficulties. I always cut the leaves in half and never leave sprouts. However, the cuttings dry out. I don't know what I'm doing wrong.
What sage advice, every point an absolute gem! 35 years invaluable experience God bless you 🙏✝️
@@gayefanner731 Thank you, that's very kind of you! God bless you too.
Your channel is very informative and therapeutic at the same time!
Aw thank you so much Lisa! 😊
this was an absolutely wonderful video. I've always love azaleas and wanted to use them for bonsai. thanks for all the great demo and info.
Do you daily water the cuttings as well? How wet do you keep the soil until new leaves start showing?
Very happy to find your professional and non intimidating videos!!
I have literally killed 6 juniper plants n my a king rookie mistakes during the bonsai process. I appreciate your technique and delivery. Plants have feelings too!
I just started a new channel called Bonsai by Alan. I'll be making videos on my juniper collection in the very near future. Please com by and support my channel. Thanks!
Hi! I've heard a variety of answers to this question so I thought I'd ask someone who works with azalea. I'm planning on trying to make a few cannons double azalea this spring. Is it significantly more difficult to work with less common varieties of azalea, or is it close to the same? Thank you for making this video, it's definitely helped secure the plant I want to try for my first bonsai!
Good morning Adam, just touching base as it seemed rude to merely comment on a couple of comments! You’re very blessed to have some very knowledgeable horticulturists contributing to your channel aren’t you?! We’re always learning eh? More power to your elbow🦾n God bless you 🙏✝️. ✌️🇷🇺☮️🇺🇦✌️
Hey Gaye!! Hope you are well 🤗 I sure am!! I love the Bonsai and horticultural community here on RUclips! Everyone is so helpful and friendly! Never stop learning 🌳💖🪴
Hi ! After I put them in bonsai pots they do not have flowers so what can I do, someone said put more irone powder can u tell me what I need to do ? Thanks a lot
Very well thought out nice video. Have you ever tried lemon trees as bonsia? I love to grow lemon trees.
Hey thanks Mark! I have tried to grow lemon from seed before but unfortunately they didnt make it! Might try it again with a much larger tree eventually!
Hey brother thanks for the video I make bonsai near Seattle Washington, usa .azalea is a great species, I love your saw cut across the roots, in general horticulture we always treat azalea like this when planting in ground, well if you know what you are doing, air layering is super easy sometimes self layering with clumps of leaf litter, as a landscaper I found them every year in pruning season, in fact all of my azalea bonsai are from "free" rooted branches either air or ground layers.
Thank you, you told me how to multiply from cutting,
With watching your video on making a bonsai tree out of Azalea bush , I have bought a bush to do my own Azalea bonsai I have found your videos really helpful wish me luck that they turn out as good as yours .
Aw nice one Helen! I hope they do well for you!!!
I just found your video today and l found it very interesting. As l have always wanted to have a go. So thank you. They came out so good when you had finished them.
Hey thank you very much!! 🤗 Azalea make such great Bonsai
really clear advice and instructions. I did a beginners bonsai course, but don't feel brave enough to spend a fortune on plants and tools. Nice to hear that I can get a £5 azalea bush to experiment on.
Hello, I just found your channel, the dirt jumping in my eye always happens to me and every time I say that I will wear sunglasses to transplant, but I don't hehehe. Good for you, greetings.
Its not a good experience haha!! Greetings from Ireland!
Great video I'm new and learnt alot from you thanks
Great video,very helpful and very accessible,! i'm going to try it! thank you.
Thank you so much!
As a beginner I’ve found your videos wonderfully informative and inviting. I’m feel more confident in succeeding in my new endeavor!
Many m blessings from Iowa, USA❤
Hi Kat! You're very welcome! 😊 I'm thrilled to hear that you find my videos informative and helpful in your Bonsai journey. 🌿🌸 It's great to know that you feel more confident in succeeding with your new endeavor. 🍀❤️ Best of luck with your Bonsai adventures! 🌳✨
Hello 🪴
Just a question about soil👍
Have you tried azalea compost and perlite for your trees as they have such fine roots not suitable for bonsai mix grit and lava and akadama £££ that will take up to much room in the pot .my mix works a treat for all my azalea bonsai .azalea plant feed every other week also.
12:15;13 NPK 👍
As for kanuma it cost £40 pound a bag 🤔I don’t have a climate like they do in Japan 😎
Or specimen bonsai worth tens of thousand and refined specimens (so I don’t kneed that here in Dorset
England .
Keep up the good work.
Kind regards
Shaun
In Dorset
👍👍
Hello Shaun! 🌱 It's great to hear that you've found a soil mix that works well for your Azalea. Azaleas do indeed have fine and delicate roots that require a more specialized soil mix to thrive. So far my azaleas have all been thriving in this mix they are in currently! 🤗 Your approach of using a balanced plant feed with a 12-15-13 NPK ratio sounds well-considered for promoting healthy growth and flowering!
While traditional bonsai mix components like grit, lava, and akadama can be expensive and may not be as readily available everywhere, adapting your soil mix to the conditions in your region is a smart strategy! Keep up the great work and continue to enjoy your Bonsai journey in the beautiful region of Dorset! 🌳🌼
@@notionbonsai thanks for your reply 🪴👍
I experiment with all soils here as it seems very inconsistent the weather that we have here in Dorset 🪴
I bought 6 bags of Akadama from Herons about 20 yers ago .
Back then it cost me £6 a bag.
I went home and potted about 30 trees in this stuff to find out in early spring it dried up 3 times a day 🌲
It was the biggest mistake I have ever made in bonsai🤔🪴
I use it as a top dressing for shows then remove it when I get home 🏠
It works fine in Japan as they have a rainy season.
£30 a bag is a touch pricy these days I think.
My small pine trees in training seem to thrive in coco coir and perlite and produce a great root system before poring on to bonsai pots ,that’s a new one on me coco coir but works for baby pines an absolute treat try it next spring on baby pines 🪴
As for the rest of my trees I use
John Ennis number 2 as sandy loam.
Perlite
No grit it takes up to much room in the pot .
Coco coir instead of peat moss.
Vermiculite as well with maples.
I always experiment with my mixture here because the wether always seems to fluctuate in Dorset .
Keep up the good work 👍
Shaun
Hola.
Me gustaría ver un seguimieto de dicha azalea.
Mis intentos con azaleas ,la verdad,no salieron bien.
Great vid and lots of to learn. Thanks so much. You are a genius.
Nice😊😊👍👌👌
Thanks 😊
Maybe after watching this video, I can keep azaleas alive. great video!
I hope you can Taco! They love an acidic type soil 🙂
Would recommend putting azealia cuttings in shade in a greenhouse or outside...love the video
Think ive started my journey today by killing a few of these gonna be intresting to c what happens. Thank you for the help in getting started hopefully a few survive the journey
Remember its best to only repot like this in spring!! 🙂 Good luck in your Bonsai Journey and welcome to the Notion Bonsai channel!!
@@notionbonsai Abit late for that but so far they are surviving atleast :P.
Im abit curios thou as the leaves turn abit black from time to time. It goes away after watering. Is this normal?
Loved the video. I've always been fascinated by bonsai plants and I'm going to buy an Azalea the next trip to the garden store.
Aw nice!!
This is LITERALLY my favorite bonsai video ever! I just bought two Osakuzuki Pink Satsuki Azalea shrubs and want to turn them into bonsai. Your video showed me EXACTLY what I need to do and you did a GREAT job explaining and demonstrating! Autumn here in Illinois, USA started just yesterday so I think it best to wait until spring to do the work, but now I know how to proceed. Thank you!
Short background, I purchased an Azalea bonsai a year ago and just laid it to rest (☠) this week after trying to save it from root rot. I'm not sure if it was truly healthy when I purchased it, but I think I over watered. I'm hoping for better luck this time, and I believe your video will start me on my path to success. 😊🌺
Great video for all bonsai enthusiasts Adam!
Thanks very much Raymond!
So nice to see this video and all your tips
Thanks a lot
Hello, as a bonsai beginner is there a specific period of time for cutting and repotting trees to new pots or we can do it anytime during the year?
Ace job, Adam!
How fast of a grower are Azaleas 🌺? How long before a small cutting becomes a decent mame, for instance? (Planning already on the species I’ll get next year!)
Hey thanks Stefano! Azaleas are generally moderate to fast growers, with an average growth rate of 6 to 12 inches per year. However, the growth rate can vary depending on factors such as the cultivar, growing conditions, and pruning practices.
When developing one into a MAME Bonsai it depends on several factors, such as the age of the cutting, the size of the pot, the quality of the soil, the amount of sunlight and water, and the pruning and training techniques used. Generally, it takes several years of careful care and training for a small cutting to become a well-formed mame bonsai. With proper care and attention, it may take around 3 to 5 years to achieve a decent mame Bonsai size. 😊
@@notionbonsai cheers! Thank you!
Incredible! Was not aware of how easily you can propagate them😊. Can't wait to see their next 'grooming', and where you take their shape! 🌿🪴✂️🌼❤️
Hey Susan! Yeah! They root sooo easily its great! 😊
I haven't had much luck working azalea root systems so aggressively. I've had much better success working only a third of the root ball each year... Start with thr bottom third in the first year, then a wedge-third each year following.
That’s the way with azalea. That ones on borrowed time.
I have found that seaweed fertiliser helps them develop a lot of roots in a short time after a repot 😄 helps with root transplant shock also! Any azalea that I have done this kind of work on has been OK!
Many thanks for this very clear video and I will definitely get started. The Azalea in the Netherlands in Bonsai form are for sale, but you have to pay something for it. You are inspiring and clear in your story. I am curious about what the azalelas look like now 11 months later ?????????????. Big greetings from the Netherlands.
I keep coming back to this video to 'study' for repotting my newly bought azaleas next spring. So informative.
Question though: Would it make sense to mix an acidic compost in with the granular soil?
I have a few hot pink azelia palnts iin my yard. Guess who is going to propagate some cuttings..... Ive been looking at bonsai youtube videos for the past month. Thankyou for the Friendly Step by step video. Ps im looking for a web site wher i can get the wire any reliable suggestions. Do you prefer copper wire? Or Oxidized aluminum Best regards from Washington State.
great instruction, thank you!!😊
Hi everyone, excuseme for my eglish. I am from Colombia and I have some bonsais. Thanks for your video. I saw all of video and it was very iteresting
Hey Omar! Thanks very much!! 🙂
Adam, I'm having a really hard time finding those bent Satsuki shears like you're using. Any info on where you got yours?
Yet again, another great video. Will the hornbeam be going into a smaller pot, or will it stay in the pot it lives in now ..
You have a great amount of knowledge for a young man ....its a real shame about Tony. I only wish I could have been there with you guys. I only live 40 mins from Tony......himself and yourself are a inspirational to me and other. Thanks, s Adam..
In my experience, rooting hormone makes little to no difference with azaleas. The only things that seem to affect the success rate are the time of year, spring has worked best, and the size of the cutting. Smaller cutting take much quicker.
Just bought a pot of 4 small pink azealias in one pot for $12.
Will probably keep them in small pot till they grow a bit bigger before I separate them.
This was incredibly informative, entertaining, and insightful! Thanks so much for putting this together. It has given me the knowledge to give this a try. :D
Hey thank you very much! Let me know how it goes for you! 🤗🌳
@@notionbonsai I actually already did an azalea and it turned out really great! She got a little toasted with some hot weather we have here, so just trying to help her recover from that, but it was an amazing experience and I think it's started something special for me. 😁
Think maybe soaking in water to loosen soil and would help keep hydrated at the same time.
Yes for sure Dede! 😊
Im glad Macaulay Culkin Got into bonsai
Why did you keep the one in a regular pot and not a bonsai pot? Just wondering. I been watching for a while and I think I'm gonna try to bonsai.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge for Bonsai with us.
Love all the information and your future bonsai’s will be beautiful