Donated Lemon trees update, Nov 2016
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- Опубликовано: 18 сен 2024
- A short update to the donated Lemon bonsai trees. Gone are the big tubs they were growing in! They now begin the long journey of becoming bonsai trees.
For previous videos of these trees, check the playlist section of the channel.
Dear Nigel,
As usual you are different. Always I learn something new. Don't have enough words to thank you. Keep posting. As I am from India, would live to see few more videos on Ficus species. If possible.
Thank you Shatarupa, I'll have lots more ficus video's coming.
Well done Nigel. Ever enthusiastic,
Thanks very much!
Really love all your educational videos! You give just the right amount of detail and explain why you’re making a cut vs leaving it, as well as describe your vision. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you for posting this video. It inspired me (and gave me the courage) to try bonsai for some young citrus trees I had planted in my yard. These three year old plants have never done well here due to poor soil conditions. So, I figured "what the heck" and dug them up, trunk chopped them well above the graft point and put them in bonsai training pots. When I looked yesterday I noticed that a Meyer Lemon had started to sprout. All I could think was "I'm so glad I watched that video!" Now I'm hopeful that the others will likewise sprout and get a renewed life as a bonsai citrus.
I hope your trees do really well and good luck!
Nigel that was an awesome ending. I wish the world valued wildlife and lands as much as they do asphalt and steel.
Enjoyed your presentation of your lemon trees. I have a lemon tree that is 8 months old. The roots are coming out the bottom of the pot. I water it by putting the water in the dish below and it takes the water as needed. It's in a west facing window, and is doing real well. Thanks for your great videos, enjoy watching them a lot. :))
I'm glad your tree is doing well, I just love the smell of the leaves!
Yes I agree, I always think of the song Lemon Tree by Peter Paul & Mary. lol. It really smells great doesn't it? Thanks! :)))
I love citrus bonsai! Brooklyn Botanic Garden didn't have many out this summer, to good to see your video updates.
It must have been nice to see their collection, I'm jealous!
the first tree looks like it will have a very powerful look. awesome branching.
Thank, I think it will be a good tree in the far future!
Loved your question at the end. Very thought provoking. I know which I prefer.
Thanks Margaret, I think it comes down to either extinction, or a lush green planet!
Its too bad we missed the re-potting, but the health of the trees comes first! Thanks for showing us what you could :)
The re potting was not fit for family viewing, some other of my re potting videos were mild compared to what I did with these trees!
Hi Nigel, the lemon trees don't look like they've suffered any ill effects from the re-potting. I have three lemon trees putting out some new growth and one is putting out sone blossoms. We are in late spring here in Oz, after a very cold spell, some beautiful days starting now, ranging from 28-34 C this week, so I'm hoping for some strong growth. Keep the videos coming! Cheers, Mandie
Thanks Mandie, we've had an exceptional fall here, fantastic colours and warm weather. It goes down around freezing at night, but the day time highs are in the upper teens. Best of all, no snow yet!
yes, THANK YOU for sharing your knowledge
They really have grow sense the last video the first on looks really nice I like the thick trunk on it
They still need to develop that old bark seen on ancient Larches, I'm sure it will come in time.
Allways a pleasure to watch your videos man!! LET THE FUTURE BE GREEN! :)
Thanks Marco!
Hi Nigel, I really admire your series of forest bonsai. Planning to transform on my canvas as my new mix media artwork using leather.... 😊😊😊
Sounds cool, keep me updated, I'd love to see it. You can email me at...
thekwbonsaisociety@gmail.com
Wow it’s L👀king very nice 👍🏼 I saw when you prune it I thought it wouldn’t grow as nice, but to my surprise it looks really great
Thank you, it has a long way to go!
Its too excited to watch the work of citrus bonsai trees😁
2 videos in less than 2 days! keep em coming👌👍
I'll try!
Future filled with green!
Yes the typical Sci-Fi type future doesn't appeal to me!
Great video,as usual. Thanks por sharing your ideas. Greetings from brazil
Thank you Eduardo!
Very cool Nigel I have multiple Fruit trees to train I found they are finicky and bug magnets. I saw your rain forest trees I the background growing strong , mine was chopped already
How did it react to the pruning?
It responded well its beginning to branch out nicely
NIce Job Nigel, Am also waiting for my mango and lemon tree to recover then i do the same. Keep up Nigel.
I had a Mango tree for about 5 years, but it got too cold one winter and slowly died. I have seen some really nice mango bonsai on the internet. Good luck with yours!
Hi, Nigel. I'm a student journalist from Scotland who's bonsai experiences consist only of managing to germinate a mountain pine seed and almost killing a ficus. Haven't lost enthusiasm though. Currently I'm thinking about writing a feature on bonsai, focusing specifically around what you do on RUclips.
If there's anyway I can contact you for a chat and a quick set of questions I would be really gratefull.
Thanks,
Manuel
Hello Manuel, send me an email to...
thekwbonsaisociety@gmail.com
I would be happy to help.
Sir your videos super .pls update lot of the videos
Thank you, lots more to come!
Hey Nigel I have posted some Desert Ash seeds to you and a few watering accessories, hope they arrive safely. Cheers
Thanks Mandie, I now have a reason to look forward to the mail, mostly I just get bills! I'm really looking forward to the desert ash seeds, you can't find them around here!
Hi Nigel,
In your video you've mentioned directional pruning. What is it actually. Please upload a tutorial video about directional pruning. Thanks.
Do most people cut off thorns? I think the thorns are beautiful, but they can get out of control and in the way a lot. I am thinking of only leaving a few choice ones, like beauty marks.
Sounds like a good idea. I was pruning my lemon tree outside once and I stepped on a piece I had cut off. The long needle went right through my shoe and dug deeply into my foot. I had to pull it out. Since that day, my love for the thorns has diminished!
When's the next update Nigel?! I recently acquired a little lemon tree so I'm trying to learn as much as I can from your lemon tree videos about what I might be in store for. I've only recently started properly taking care of the three ficus bonsai at my house (had them for nearly ten years untended...), so this lemon tree will be my first bonsai that I have created myself. Any quick tips pertinent to lemon trees?
Thanks for these videos, definitely motivated me to give my bonsai some care and attention.
I'll be sure to update them all this spring. They are starting to grow again as the sun gets stronger and will need pruning!
That small one in a semicascade is about the size of the biggest of my two lemons, maybe a little smaller. It looks like it will be nice as it grows! My own isn't at all right for a semicascade style like that. It's more of an upright tree. I want to do a little video of my own on the tree when i get around to pruning it, but should i wait for the spring? (I'm in zone 7A, climate wise)
If you have good conditions you can prune it back anytime. The tree needs lots of sun and warmth so if it is in a sunny window, it should do well. I usually wait until the end of January, the sun gets stronger and the days get longer. My trees start to wake up from the dark days of winter and they grow really well in February.
Nigel, I am enjoying your videos very much. So, thank you!
I am a beginner and I want to ask why you decided to put the trees into bonsai pots as opposed to keeping them in bigger nursery pots. From what I have gathered so far, it seems that a lot of bonsai practitioners try to develop the trunk first and quickly by allowing the tree roots more room to grow into. Please clarify.
Thank you, sir!
I like to control the growth and shape of the roots, just like I control the growth and shape of the top of the tree. A larger pot allows you to grow the tree in the pot for longer between root pruning. Rapid growth gives you coarse branching up top and also a coarse root system below. Growing the tree slowly and carefully will get you a really nice miniature bonsai in the future. It takes longer, but I find the process more satisfying. I have no time frame to develop my trees, I just like the bonsai process and creating a nice tree for the future.
Nigel Saunders, The Bonsai Zone thank you for the response!
Beautiful tree Nigel. How old is this particular one? I've read that lemons stay in the juvenile state for quite some time before they actually develop a thick trunk. Is this true?
My grandmother planted a lemon a few months ago and its trunk isn't looking like it would woody anytime soon.
A new seedling will slowly develop bark within a few years. I would guess that this tree is between 15 to 30 years old?
Sir I am a beginner and I am very much inspired by your bonsai videos. I request to tell me little about your bonsai soil. Thanks
The soil I use is perlite and turface mixed 50/50. To this I add 10 to 20 percent composted pine bark. All the materials are sifted to get a finished particle size of 3 to 4 mm.Trees in this soil need to be watered and fertilized carefully.
Thank you very much sir.
Good day! If you have got a couple of minutes pleases give me a word of advise, I've been training a young orange tree for just over a year, and in past 6 months it didn't show any new growth, I have recently repotted it and pruned quite a lot of roots similar to how you show it, it has now been about two weeks and the leaves started to go slightly yellow, and I'm worried. Any idea what I can do?
You can just keep the tree warm and humid and in good light. My citrus trees often go dormant for most of the winter, they are just waking up now and beginning to grow. Just keep it insect free and hopefully it will begin to grow again.
Nigel Saunders thanks! I live in a hot country so the tree never is actually exposed to temperatures below 15c, would the season effect the growth even without temperature being too cold? By the way thanks a lot for making your videos they are so informative and actually you inspired me to get into bonsai! Keep it up and I hope your garden thrives!
Nigel,
I couldn't pass up the deal for a lemon tree about the size of the biggest of the three trees you have before pruning. It looks like most of it has flowered and it's beginning to possibly produce fruit. I noticed in your previous video that you kept it in the nursery bucket until later after pruning it. Is that important? Should I wait to pot it or prune it or both? I live in Virginia and we are still having freezing temps and I plan on keeping it inside to protect it. Any advice would be helpful.
If the tree has lots of stored energy in the roots and trunk, it should be fine to re pot and prune the top at the same time. I pruned the top down first, just to fit the large trees in my plant room for the winter. The trees tend to grow in spurts. They grow really fast, then sit dormant for a while, then they start to grow really quickly again. It is best to re pot and root prune, just before one of these growth spurts as the tree will have lots of stored energy to recover.
Hey Nigel,
Maybe it,s possible to make a weeping Lemon bonsai ,for the large Lemon tree?! ...
For the tall one :-)
Nigel- Have you been able to get fruit to grow on a bonsai before? How did it go for you?
If I stop pruning them, some would get fruit. I do get little figs on my green island ficus from time to time.
Отличные видео блоги.Жаль что мой английский не позволяет узнать все тонкости:).😊
Спасибо Валеру!
Hello Nigel,
Do your lemon bonsai lemon trees ever have fruit? Thanks
They haven't yet, I will have to stop pruning them to get them to flower and then fruit. I'm hoping to do this sometime in the future!
foist
Not foist, but fast!
NOOOOOOOOOO
I'm so confused😭😭
I should have said foist and fast!
YES!
Lazy lemon!
Lazy lovely lemon!
This is a fruit tree
Hopefully I'll see fruit on it some day, I just have to stop pruning!
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