My Bonsai Died | Storytime | The Bonsai Supply
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- Опубликовано: 29 июн 2024
- Jerome shares the painful story of how one of his favorite bonsai trees died.
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so sorry for your loss...I cannot even imagine the pain...12 years is a lot. These trees are no less then our children.
Sorry for your loss, im glad to see that you can take it the good way and learn about it
Jerome, we had about 5 giant American Elms that all suddenly died at the same time in our backyard, I think it must have been Dutch Elm Disease. The trunks on these trees were about 3 feet across. I had three American Elm bonsai, one of these just died and it had the same conditions as the other two. I'm hoping the other two do well, but I think it might be a risky species long term. There are some really old American Elm trees in our city so I'm still optimistic about growing them as bonsai, I just hope my luck continues!
It decimated the UK's elm population! Very sad. ''From being one of the UK's most common trees before the 1960s, the English elm is now one of the UK's rarest. All because of Dutch elm disease (DED), which has killed over 60 million trees in the UK since it arrived.''
Hey Nigel! I am not sure I can't point the finger at the Dutch Elm disease. The symptoms were different and it died very quick. Perhaps it could have been a combination of a weak tree and the DED. Not entirely sure but good thought.🙂
Large ancient elm in my yard died and it did die in stages similar to this so it's a possibility .
I thought as long as you kept the tree small the little critters that carry it wouldn't bother. I guess you could get really unlucky. I don't know, sounds like he may have it figured out.
Yeah, elms can tolerate cold temperatures so I don't really think going from zone 10 to 8 would kill the tree. Makes no sense
Sorry about your loss Jerome. Your explanation of why it probably died makes a lot of sense.
Thank you for your kind words and understanding, it means a lot to me. Losing a Bonsai is always tough, especially when you've put in a lot of time and effort to care for it.
Sorry to hear this buddy. RIP beautiful Elm.
Wow...this was very educational. When I lose any plants, I try to figure out what I did incorrectly. The common thread that I find is either over watering or under watering and moving it to a different location.
Once a plant is settled in a specific location and I see it is doing well, I try to leave it in the area that works.
Your scenario of unavoidable events caused this. The fact that you use this as a learning experience tells me how dedicate you are to your craft.
Jerome I'm sorry mate. And a tree with history also hurts more, thanks for sharing the other side. I lots a 50 year old Mulberry tree this year because of 2 days of not making sure the Automatic water system got all the trees 😢
Sorry.
Very sad to see but nothing lasts forever I guess.
Really good of you to share the whole story so others can learn.
Thank you for sharing your experience dude! It's always good to hear of content creator's set backs to balance out the overwhelmingly positive stuff you guys all post. It gives us a real view into what makes your channel. We (tree collecting viewers) lose trees sometimes, so seeing your set backs lets us relate to you even more! Thanks again guys!
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Dear Jerome, I'm almost 60, and I have been growing alllll kinds of plants since I was four. If I had all the plants that I have killed over the years... I shudder to think where I would put them all. Ya win some, ya lose some.. lessons learned. Have a great growing season. :)
sorry to hear that happened, its something all bonsai peoples experience at some point and can relate to.
Hey Matt! It sure is. It's comforting to know that others in the bonsai community have gone through similar experiences and can relate to my situation.
So sad, and I know the feeling.It’s like looking the best friend😢
I'm sorry for your loss. It's terrible to lose part of your soul. I wanted to see updates of the variagated sea hibiscus bonsai that was torn and survived. I loved that bonsai. I'm so sorry.
Thank you for sharing mistakes as well! That's a true teacher.
Thank you Jennifer! I appreciate your kind words 🙂🌳
Hollywood needs to make this into a full lenght movie. What a story, I teared up. Thanks for sharing ♥
I had a hardy orange die suddenly last spring. I too it out of the soil, washed the roots off completely and let it dry all summer. In the fall, I coated it with many layers of shellac and mounted it to a large square board I stained black. I miss the tree and it’s little oranges but it looks super cool now and I get to keep a part of it.
Sorry to see your loss my friend. I feel your pain. I lost my favorite bougainvillea this year and I was actually sick over its loss. Came from a friend and they are super hard to find here in Calgary. Take care and I wish for you all the best in health and wealth..
Thank you! I am sorry to hear about your loss as well.
I think with anything that requires years of your love, creativity and attention, it makes it so much harder when you loose it. We had record rainfall and wind this last month and I lost my biggest and probably most valuable tree to root rot….it sucks
I'm so sorry that you lost such a special tree!
Thank you for sharing this aspect of bonsai, it isn't usually talked about, Ive noticed. Its the one part of bonsai I feel hard to deal with. Only been doing bonsai for one year and of course lost about 10% of my trees. I was upset about two of them. Mostly from overwatering as it has been an unusually wet year.
Hi Jerome, sad to hear that beautiful beast of a tree died!
Listening to your story I also wondered if it was a good idea to transport the tree so soon after its repot? I was taught to not move the tree at all for at least 2 months. This comes from a experienced grower so I make it 3 months for myself (a month extra for my amateur skills ;)) But all that just to make sure the new fine root hairs can establish. A roadtrip of 3 hours seems like a lot of opportunity for those roothairs to be damaged by the slightest movement. Even though the tree might be firmly secured into the pot, a tree of that size must carry a lot of momentum when breaking/accelerating. And then again a month later, a new transport to your new home. So those MIGHT be two weakening events that just added to the stress prior to the wind exposure.
I'm no expert at all, just thinking out loud and sharing my two cents.
Thanks for the honesty and sharing this. I truly believe we can learn more from mistakes than successes.
All the best, cheers
Hey! So sorry to hear that this tree died 😥😥Thanks for sharing the story of the tree
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UT OH! Great information Jerome. I moved a bald cypress up from Florida last spring to Connecticut. It had a great growing season so it’s overwintering here in Connecticut with the rest of my deciduous trees. Hopefully it survives. We had a pretty mild winter. 🤞🏻 Thanks, keep growing
Hi Matt, thank you for sharing your experience and good luck with your bald cypress! It's great to hear that it had a successful growing season last year and that you're taking steps to help it overwinter in Connecticut.
Thank you so much to explain that will help me out
Hi Carlos! You're very welcome! I'm glad that my explanation was helpful to you.
I'm sorry for your loss :(
Sad to hear about your tree Jerome. If it was my tree, I would use the tree's roots as cuttings to grow a new tree. That way a part of the tree lives on. I lost a forest of 23 elms and managed to revive many through extensive watering and root cuttings. I will send you a link to my insta post about how I revived my trees.
I feel your pain my man… I’m in mid/north Virginia and that winter wind is killer.
Given what you are describing, and the timeframe, I would suspect it had been infected with DED. Without cutting open the tree and taking a tissue sample for analysis you can't be 100% sure, but the time of year and symptoms would be consistent with DED.
All your videos are informative. This video is the most so, The worst thing is, once you saw that the tree was in decline, it was too late. Trees are like pets - they can't tell you what they are experiencing - we can only observe their behavior and judge from that. You might not remember I asked you about a HackBerry ground-layering - well that tree died and I have no idea why, but I've been improving my overwintering system, etc. We're all in this together, Bro.
Sorry to hear about your loss Matt Damon
Sorry for you loss, what will you guys do with the tree now?
It’s so hard to Like…but I’ve no other idea how to support you! 🙏
Thanks for sharing, it is probably because many factors but one thing to mention to in my hable opinion.
Less defoliations are better. Even though you haven’t done it in the past 3-4 years but if you have done it almost every year prior to that it definitely reduced the tree strength.
No need to defoliate trees so much, it can be very risky and the tree gets super stressed.
Defoliation is actually really beneficial for a tree in a container. If done properly, it can increase the vigor, redistribute the energy and make your tree stronger. Don't defoliate temperate trees more than once a year and Tropicals you can technically defoliate 3 times a year.
Such a shame..
Was a beautiful tree.
RIP.
I relocated from Pennsylvania to coastal SC, I only brought a few of my trees as most would not survive the climate change. The few I brought I found struggled the first months, I finally resorted to planting the trees pots and all into Mother Earth for the next 2 years. This stabilized the trees and allowed them to acclimate using the stability of the earth. I did this while living in an apartment too, just takes some creativity. Sorry about such a epic tree of yours being lost, I gave up 60 when I left Pennsylvania.
Sorry for your loss. what did you do with it ? burning ceremony ?
Now I’m a little scared I’m moving from growing zone 5 to growing zone 6a/7 this summer. I have a mix of tropical and deciduous what do you recommend?
Sorry about your loss J. shit happens
I'm sure you'll find another great tree 👍
Fingers crossed brother!🤞
What a shame, I remember the first story when you moved and cut those branches. Strange that is died almost overnight while it looked healthy. Perhaps something to do with watering?
I would laquir it and have it as a ornament forever 😂❤
How many wild trees do you know that have travelled anywhere?
Trees stay in one position for their entire lives. But Bonsai change regularly.
I wonder if the tree had to settle in different conditions too many times it no longer knew which environment it was adapting to so simply wasn't prepared for the winter that it got.
That is exactly my theory🙂
Sad video
Well, time to bring it back, send a whip up the side and use it as a foundation to re grow it back out
So sorry. Tough lesson to learn the hard way, but hopefully your viewers like myself will not do the same.
If you sold that tree, what would you have priced it at, at it's very best???
It's hard to click Like for this one, sad...
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Ouch, that hurts, sorry...
Sorry to here you lost a tree.Losing trees suck! Keep growing.i get depressed when i loss a tree you just brought back some bad memories 🤣
I'm sorry if my experience brought up some bad memories for you, but I hope that you can find comfort in knowing that you're not alone in feeling the way you do.
Sorry Jerome
Jerome, where are you located in Texas and what kind of business is it? Just bonsai supplies?
Hey Ken, we are in Houston but it isn’t open to the public. We manufacture our soils and fertilizers there.
That arctic blast wind 2023 killed 3 of my hardy bonsai ugh I'm sure a lot of people took a loss with that arctic blast
That blast hurt a lot of trees. Bonsai and not so bonsai. Evergreens have taken quite a hit. I guess we'll have to see about the deciduous. Lets keep our fingers crossed.
Hey Jimmy! I'm so sorry to hear that you lost three of your hardy bonsai due to the arctic blast. It's always tough to lose Bonsais, especially when it's due to circumstances beyond our control, like extreme weather events.
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wait a min, this tree is so big, its considered a bonsai ?
Ah that's a shame Jerome .
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I just killed the first willow oak that I grew from seed.
I'm sorry to hear that your first willow oak from seed did not make it. Losing a plant, especially one that you've nurtured from seed, can be a difficult experience.
@@WeareTheBonsaiSupply Especially since I watched enough of your videos to know better. Thank you.
So sorry.
"Killing trees is the tuition you pay for learning bonsai." -John Naka
Well said my friend 🙂
It had a better life than some humans
must've been a heart attack, 😂😂😂😂
Really makes only a little sense
A healthy tree should’ve bounced back
Are you in the habit of using an annual anti fungal solution; sounds like your elm trees’ immune system was in a jeopardised state, and was then open to attack by a fungal kankers, if not the Dutch Elm Disease, perhaps caught when you left it in Disney Land
Big risks being away from [ and personally attending to ] your tree in ideal circumstances. Excuse my non-information, but is there a professional bonsai curator at Disney Land
Any how. What’s done is done. You can still honour your tree as an art form eg through jinning it, or using for a “phoenix graft” eg with another elm. Is unfortunate you didn’t have the hindsight to take cuttings; perhaps the original artist knows where the original specimen still is that he took the original cutting from 🤷♂️
There is only one (1) momentum in bonsai: forward
Thanks for sharing
Best
Sounds like a some disease.
My shoulder is ready if you need to let it out! I got you man! 🥲