How to Make an Ugly Tree into a Nice Bonsai
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- Опубликовано: 1 авг 2024
- I'm challenging myself to turn this "ugly" Oak tree into a bonsai! Can I do it? Let's walk through my thought process and transform this tree together!
0:00 Introduction
2:20 Root work
6:20 Pruning
10:27 Orienting the tree
13:00 Vote for your favorite design!
13:34 My tips!
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This tree isnt ugly from the Start,the Bark is very old and intresting and many people would be happy to have such an old Oak tree with such massive trunk and branches 😮😮😮
You are right! Why do you think I bought it?
The point you pay less when up focus on the potential instead of here and now.
Thanks for participating!
@@MiltonChang thats exactly what I thought...let it grow and fertilize and it will bud back out of old bark
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To me this tree as an ugly duckling in your hands will turn into a swan. Massive work on this root system to get the tree back into shape.
It is always about transformation!
Would like to have seen his root work.
Tilted definitely. Shows off more of the structure, and the myriad of design options going forward. I’d love a Gary Oak to turn into a bonsai.
thanks!
The angled tree is already so interesting to look at! The gnarly bark really lends well to that style, I think.
good point!
I like it informal upright. Will develop into a beautiful tree.
Thanks !
We shall see...will update every three to six months depending on growth rate.
@@MiltonChang-ee6rq that's one of things I like about your program. Updates. Just really informative.
Definitely straight!
thanks!
Such great Instruction Milton👏🏽
I was following-along, & then you just changed the Angle of the Tree,
& all of a sudden more options were created without having to cut things, that 5mins ago, i thought would be Gone/Cut...
No Cuts .more options..
Brilliant!
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Widened my field of Vision with this one..
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Tweaking!
@@MiltonChang-ee6rq In a word😊
My preference is to remove the smaller trunk to the viewer's right. As you say, that might leave you two options, one of them contingent on a new sprout from the right side of the trunk. (The word that refers to dead leaves clinging to a branch in winter is "marcescent," a word I like.)
We shall see. Thabnks!
Tilted ,and can't wait to see what happens..great video
Stay tunded...every three to six montsh!
Tilted would look lovely ❤
Yes!
Tilt for certain. Fun to see an oak!
Yes... the best isi scrub oak from high altitude. CA live oak is OK too.
I think that’s an amazing looking tree I love the trunk. I would tilt it. That would make it more interesting looking. ❤.
I think so too!
I think that if you tilt it, you would have a windswept look to the tree. The fierce wind hit it hard and tilted the trunk and roots, yet the tree hung on and grew. Maybe some debris lying around the tree from the storm. Just a thought. I like this tree. Sleep on it and the comments and then make the decision. Usually sleeping on a problem helps us to solve it and come up with a nice design. Waiting for part 2.
In this case yes...I tend to deal with busienss issues immediately...tend to get worse.
Love the thumbnail
Hi Milton, good to see you interact with your viewers ! I'd keep it fairly straight & simple . You could put an accent on the beautifull trunk and roots that are hidden underneath the soil. Cut off the little branches so it can shoot out nice thin new branches to give it that thick trunk bonsai look with lush green foliage in the top. How does that sound to you ? Hope to see the results soon in the next video 😊
I agree with you...I will definitely do that when it put it in a bonsai pot. Now, I am putting it back into the nursery pot to thicken.
I appreciate your straight forward philosophy. I am too. 🙂
Nice Oak tree to work on I agree that it does not appear to have much potential standing straight up but tilting it brings in a whole new aspect and will look far more interesting in time. The bark on the trunk has a lot of interest, I am not sure creating jins on the tree will be the right thing to do, I am not generally in favour of creating them on deciduous trees, but as I always say it is your tree to do what you feel is right for you. I wish you well with the tree in the future it has the makings of a great bonsai. Joe.
Stay tunded!
I would like to see the results by tilting the plant 🤩
OK!
Many options but I personally look like it straight. Excited to see what you come up with. I'm experimenting and learning with a large Japanese maple I dug up and so far it's been very successful. Learning a lot from you as well.
Learning by doing is the best way to improveyour skill.
For sure tilt, 💯
Bonsai yang karakter tua, video yang bagus dan menginspirasi
Terima kasih. Anda atas pujian Anda yang murah hati
Love that you bought this tree!. I enjoy trying to turn an ugly duckling into a swan. I like the movement in the branch ( the left one in the video facing us which is actually on your right). If it were my tree after seeing how it heals and responds, I would remove the other thick branch altogether near where it meets the trunk. The movement in that one branch could be just slightly tilted or left as is. Another wonderful video. Thank you🌷🌷
Let me sit on it a while....till next video!🙂
❤very nice present.
Thanks!
You are the Master, I will learn from you, thank you for your knowledge, you make the choice and I will learn.
I think the tilt version looks promising.
Tilt for definitely. Gives a nice angle from trunk to first branch.👍
I’m still waiting to see your hackberry tree! This is such a good video though.
That Hackberry is sprouting well...now that spring is here!
when you tilted it i wasshocked how much of a difference it made immediately. i think tilting is more interesting and leaves you more to work with too.
I think so too!
Tilted 👍🏼
I love your channel and beautiful bonsai.
Thank you for all your content, very helpful 😊
Thanks!
Stayed tuned...and click like! 🙂
I think I'd keep the thicker trunk (on left in the video), tilting the tree and making a jin of the second.
Se can try...I found oak wood in the garden decomposes pretty quickly...I suppose furniture don't get wet.
Straight!!!
Ok, Thanks!
👋👍 Nice vision of this oak, well done...
Great knowledge...
Thanks!
The moment I seen the the trunk and branches I thought it was a beautiful tree with a lot of potential. I’m not a fan of deciduous trees I like leaves all year round. The closest I get are elms. I can keep the green in the winter months.
Yes...that is one of the advantage of Chinese elm..I don't think all elms are that. Thanks for sharing.
I vote for the tilt
OK!
Tilted for sure
OK!
The tree you keep saying "looks bad"... really doesn't- what a beautiful split trunk and bark...
Look bad means it is not as good as it could have been...thus the work 🙂
As for your question, I would tilt the tree! Even if you don’t make the major cut you mentioned, the tilt makes both options more exciting to me.
Would you consider making a video about how to care for a tiny shohin tree? I know the smaller trees aren’t your preference, but my wife has a tiny bonsai that needs some love.
Sure...stay tuned!
When you tilt it like that the more dominant trunk on the bottom doesn’t become the main trunk, I would imagine this is the one you would want to follow up to the apex. Just a thought. Thanks for your teachings.
Yes! I will see and work on it when it is growing wild.
2nd option
Sir
Please make Jin of either of the branches. But please keep till it shoots back.
YeaG...always keep the options open...can always cut latter...just in case one see a different direction. Thanks!
Awesome video as usual. Thank you Mr. Chang!!! It’s videos like these that help increase creativity.
This tree really doesn’t look all that ugly to me. I will admit I don’t prefer oaks as much as other trees. Maybe I’ll be adding an oak to my collection soon since I live in California with you lol.
OK...but you did not click like! 🙂
@@MiltonChang-ee6rqwhere is the LOVE button?😂
Haha! Thank you!
Tilted, thanks for the video!!
You are welcome!
Please click like.
J'aime beaucoup votre chaîne YT, merci pour la vidéo!
merci beaucoup pour votre compliment
I would have it a 1 trunk solution. There's on this one branch enough going on already to make it a beautiful bonsai.
Good point!
Cut one of the trunks super simple
We shall see ...wait until it ha more growth.
Definitely tilt.
omer tilt for sure. Thanks!
Tilt for sure
OK!
I’m in favor of tilting the tree. Hopefully the shoots grow to complement it.
Tilt the tree it looks better in my opinion. I have Palo Verde and Mesquite trees all over my land. I think I might try to bonsai a couple. So far my favorite little trees are my Hinoki cypress. I am going to get a long bonsai pot and some cool stones and make a miniature forest with 5 of them 😊
Just do it!😇
The more interesting the tree the better! Titled would look pretty nice I think! :)
Yes....has to be drastic to get noticed!
Tilt but you need to cut back the side branch to the twigging.
Of course each decision requires work.
Thank you for participating!
Hi definitely tilted too the side
OK!
Oak trees will defnitly sprout out of old Bark if you let it grow for some Times til its established a healthy root System and fertilized it will bud back...and later you csn decide which way to go...
Tilt is better way for this tree IMO 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🙋🏻♂️🙋🏻♂️🙋🏻♂️
I know Life oak does that. Not sure about old trunk for valley oak. Maybe by scraping off some of the old bark to expose the inside to sunlight to stimulate. Light is life!
@@MiltonChang-ee6rq my oaks does it evrywhere when I cut back
and fertilize...they're german Oak
Quercus Robur and Quercus Petrea
Hi Mr Chang.
I agree with you tilting the tree. I have a question though about oaks. I am just an amateur, just a few years experience with bonsai, but have learned through reading and through working with oaks, that if you don't wait till the new leaves come out on a oak when you do any transplanting or root work, that there is a good chance that the trunk of the tree Will die and that only new sprouts will come up from the base. I didn't hear you mention that, although you did say that you were going to to let the tree stay in the growing pot for another year., I did notice that the only root work you did was cutting off the tap root that escaped the pot , and to expose the top root work , plus cutting off a large crossing root. Even doing that much would make me nervous about losing the trunk of the tree. Am I wrong about what I just said about oaks?
I don't think so...let us wait and see ...I willupdate you every three to six months. There are a lot of bad information being passed on...and on!
I prefer when the tree is not straight
I would hack of the smaller branch at the fork.
I qill wait to decide when there are more growth.
Thanks!
Yes!
I guess Tilt would be my preference...
I would leave both branches, but tilt it the opposite direction from what you did.
Another possibility!
Thanks for the suggestioin!
I would remove the right side completely and not worry if it budded back.
Could work...I am conservative, tend to keep mu options open.
Tilted.
Maybe! :-)
Tilt it and keep both trunks!
Yes...I will introduce asymmetry bymake them of different lenth
Neither...yet straight.
I like keeping both main branches.
It reminds me of a set of horns!!!
Interesting!
What a beautiful tree. I do have a question though : This week I bought 6 bare root Chinesse elm and filled a grow pot. I used a lot of dirt to fill the pot. It was just top soil for now but... how much dirt do you all go through in a season. Or it is once you get them in a grow pots you just let them grow for a while ? I am using the reckonmended mix (coco coir instead of peat cause of the co2 issue)
I add soil after planting when the soil settles down after watering a while. Coir works fine.
I would actually turn it clockwise and let the left branch become the leader.
will wait until new growth comes out...but will definitely take your advice.
Tilted. I think that tilted will give it more movent.
OK! I will wait until there is more branches to choose from.
thanks for your inout!
Tilted
I will play with it as it. shoots out.
Fantastic! I will be watching. @@MiltonChang-ee6rq
Absolutely tilted ❤❤❤ So many times I watch bonsai artists cut out what I think are the most interesting parts of the tree because they want the perfect bonsai tree. Bonsai trees mimic Mother Nature and she doesn't do anything perfect.
Yes, I always say to emulate nature!
I am just an amateur but I would love to see the tree tilted as you suggest, then cut the bottom branch to about half its size. What do you think?
I will take all suggestions into consideration....really! 🙂
@@MiltonChang-ee6rq thank you. No matter what you decide, I will learn from your decision
Straight
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Hey...you didn't click thumbs up 🙂
I vote leave it standing straight and remove the left branch. Your left.
I hope I'm not too late to vote for tilting. Perhaps I'm too new to the scene, but those drastic prunings stress me out!
Not too late! :)
Definitely tilted if it was mine. I might even cut the top branch off and have the lower branch be the whole tree.
OK, thanks!
try to tilt it
I'll do anything to improve.
Tilt.
Tilt
tilt please
OK! thanks! You are so polite!
Amz
YS!
Your last option
Thanks!
tilt
Don't like de fork cut one of
We shall see. Once it brnches out, we'll see options
Tilt the tree
Ok!
Thanks!
tilted
Tilt
tilt
Tilt
OK, Thanks!
Tilt
OK!
Tilt
Yes, that's for sure.