Don' t hold yourself back: Create Better Bonsai Next Year

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  • Опубликовано: 30 янв 2025

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  • @XaviersBonsaiRetreat
    @XaviersBonsaiRetreat Месяц назад +14

    Easy - I am going to fertilise my trees properly

    • @BonsaiBlacksmith
      @BonsaiBlacksmith Месяц назад

      it is sometimes overwhelming to remember which trees like fertilizer and which ones hate water when the collection starts getting big

    • @GrowingBonsai
      @GrowingBonsai  Месяц назад +1

      Feed them sticks mate!

    • @GrowingBonsai
      @GrowingBonsai  Месяц назад

      Sam, easy, do what Xav does and focus on a few species only!

  • @themichaellerner
    @themichaellerner Месяц назад +8

    I've been maintaining bonsai for 35 years and actively working to learn more and become better at developing them for the past 3 years. I found this video to be quite inspirational! Thank you.

    • @ernsttencate6699
      @ernsttencate6699 Месяц назад +3

      Hele inspirerende video. Ik snoei, bedraad marcotteer verpot style doe structural pruning en alle verschillende technieken doe ik zo goed mogelijk. Maar de enige ambitie die ik heb is plezier hebben in mijn hobby/passie.
      Plezier...

    • @GrowingBonsai
      @GrowingBonsai  Месяц назад

      Wonderful!

  • @jamesbutcher7171
    @jamesbutcher7171 Месяц назад +1

    Completely agree, I’ve started to rework my favourite tree and will do the major restyling this year. Have a good Christmas 🎄

  • @Justintanega
    @Justintanega Месяц назад +4

    I’m going to try my first air layers next year. The one I’m most excited about is from a mature Arbutus with lovely red flakey bark!

    • @GrowingBonsai
      @GrowingBonsai  Месяц назад +1

      Cool! Make sure you really allow the cambium to die / scrape it off well. Biggest reason for failed layers.

  • @peacefulGHILLIE
    @peacefulGHILLIE 14 дней назад

    You have a great friend that is brave enough to tell you his view. Also I think it is humble of you, that you had the objectivity to look at your practice deeper, rather than only taking offense. This is a skill any great master sure embodies.

  • @suer666
    @suer666 Месяц назад

    You are so right about growing bonsai but also developing them. I have had bonsai trees forover 30 years but it has only been the last 8 or so years that i have been developing them. There is so much to learn 😊

  • @briangarner4801
    @briangarner4801 Месяц назад

    Great advice. Setting goals is something I've been doing and I see improvements in my trees.

    • @GrowingBonsai
      @GrowingBonsai  Месяц назад +1

      Amazing how it really affects the way you work trees isn't it?

  • @DavidAllan-zd8wm
    @DavidAllan-zd8wm Месяц назад

    Excellent topic Jelle. Something which no one else in the bonsai RUclips world has explored (I think). As a fairly new amateur I'm always striving to improve my trees, most of which are either garden centre material or young saplings. Development is paramount and thus I look forward to your future videos.

  • @FrostBiteBonsai
    @FrostBiteBonsai Месяц назад

    Great idea Jelle! I am working on care through winter. Basics first. I think I do ok with root pruning, but need to improve branch pruning. It's like doing a Bonsai resolution for the new year!

    • @GrowingBonsai
      @GrowingBonsai  Месяц назад +1

      yes it is. So.. Have you finalized the resultions?

    • @FrostBiteBonsai
      @FrostBiteBonsai Месяц назад

      @@GrowingBonsai Not yet. I'm afraid it will be like a promise from a politician. Not result in anything.... Learning and improving are always on the list though. Practice practice practice!

  • @sbragaglia
    @sbragaglia Месяц назад +2

    Great video, Jelle! Very insightful!
    And I’m listening to you in Italian, even though he original is always better!

    • @GrowingBonsai
      @GrowingBonsai  Месяц назад +1

      I know. I never understood voice-overs. I always prefer original audio, with subtitles. That way you get the original energy, fitting to the person speaking..

  • @lukasmihara
    @lukasmihara Месяц назад

    There's a lot I want to do, so I hope I'll find the time for it. Repotting, propagating, growing, keeping things happy and healthy, etc.
    I'd also like to learn more about each species (I also got some new ones, like Kaki (Persimmon) now), and I think I should take more notes.
    Watching more of your videos is probably also a good idea!

    • @GrowingBonsai
      @GrowingBonsai  Месяц назад

      Well.. If you want to watch all of them, better settle in!

  • @malsrfun2956
    @malsrfun2956 Месяц назад +1

    Just two years in, but decided to focus on trees I enjoy and have started giving up the others to beginner friends. About to retire and really interested in learning propagation techniques, expanding what I tried last year. Getting more active in my club activities. Probably most important as a beginner is learning enough to separate what I enjoy from what everyone else enjoys - not a fan of conifers or big trees. Great video. 😊

    • @GrowingBonsai
      @GrowingBonsai  Месяц назад

      True point! You do not need to like all the same things!

  • @turkishdelight7083
    @turkishdelight7083 Месяц назад

    One of the most useful videos I've seen in ages, thank you.

  • @ronbrandhorst74
    @ronbrandhorst74 Месяц назад +1

    I must admit I have been collecting some bonsai and was very busy with the correct way of watering. Making a plan ?, no not really, just looking at items on RUclips about bonsai, and be amazed about all these wonderfull healthy trees. You are perfectly right, making a plan, investigate, note successes and failures, etc.
    Thank you for your insights !

    • @GrowingBonsai
      @GrowingBonsai  Месяц назад

      Just take one tree, and make a plan and stick to it. Next year you will see a difference and it becomes easier to make plans

  • @stuartbaines2843
    @stuartbaines2843 Месяц назад +1

    Mind reading 😂👍
    My List’ contains most of your suggestions.
    My Primary goals next year will be soil and nutrition.
    Separating my 4th Air layer and
    Perhaps a Pine branch graft attempt?
    Happy Xmas and 🎄
    New year 🖖

    • @GrowingBonsai
      @GrowingBonsai  Месяц назад

      Yeah, reading my viewers's mind would be a great ambition for me!

  • @pauletheridge7594
    @pauletheridge7594 Месяц назад +3

    Great advice and very motivating I am a beginner at Bonsai and in 12 months learning so much best thing I did was read a lot of books and I joined a Bonsai club so much information to take in but keep trying to get better at the art 🫶

    • @GrowingBonsai
      @GrowingBonsai  Месяц назад +1

      :) Great to hear you are getting ahead!

  • @gilmarriner3011
    @gilmarriner3011 Месяц назад

    Jelle, top video subject! In my workshops, I have a new basic theme every year. Most of the time, as I have noticed, people are not interested and just want a finished tree that gets nowhere in the coming years. Some we just miss the correct time to prune or whatever due to our own time constraints and busy schedules. But some people are just immune from learning any further and just plain stubborn.

  • @kahve28
    @kahve28 Месяц назад

    Another great video Jelle, I wish you a happy winter holiday with your family and of course with your lovely 🌳 🌲 trees. I love to watch your videos, thanks.🙋🏻‍♂️

  • @TheBonsaiGarden
    @TheBonsaiGarden Месяц назад

    Great discussion.
    In 2025 I’m focusing on pine development and working through Japanese pine cultivation books (specific species and species related techniques). Alongside regular maintenance of my trees.
    Have a plan for each of your trees, even if that plan is do nothing.

    • @GrowingBonsai
      @GrowingBonsai  Месяц назад

      True! DOing nothing is also a choice!

  • @jeffhurst4744
    @jeffhurst4744 Месяц назад

    We all need to grow and learn this living art form. You are right on about growing your skill, moving forward, and learning from others, such as yourself. Thank you for this video and your other ones. I’m learning something new and better each day in my journey.

  • @CarlBridge58
    @CarlBridge58 Месяц назад

    Very inspiring and reflective video. It helps a lot really to snap out of the just coasting along doing maintenance on my trees without actual development into better bonsais. Thank you Jelle! - Saluti dalla Toscana... Carlos

  • @bejkee
    @bejkee Месяц назад

    That is a very inspirational video. Thanks Jelle, I will set a few goals. But watering and repoting will have to take first spot.

  • @gayles6321
    @gayles6321 Месяц назад

    I enjoy all your RUclipss. ...gotta say, this was my favorite! It was like you were talking directly to me.
    Thank you.

  • @nicoc357
    @nicoc357 Месяц назад

    I don’t do new years goals. I try to get better every day. No Need to wait for a Special day to do that. My goal in bonsai is the way, to learn from my mistakes and be in contact with japanese culture in my garden. Coming into my second year of bonsai there is a lot to learn from my mistakes. Until now one of my airlayers died bc I took it off too early, one maple has wiring scars, tow pines died bc I planted them directly in bonsai pots with regular soil. I hope I wont kill anymore trees and won‘t buy more maples until the one I have are a little more developed… bonsai is highly additiv! Finding good spots for bonsais in my garden and finding a bonsai club is still challenge. Thank you for your vids and your time.

  • @Baru_089
    @Baru_089 Месяц назад

    I have mostly enjoyed propagation and holticulture and have always been very cautious in drastic stylings. This year I bought a first ‚high quality‘ pre-bonsai and loved the styling process. I therefore want to work more on trees of this stage next year and get more confident with these kinds of stylings.

  • @rebeccahunter725
    @rebeccahunter725 Месяц назад

    Thank you! A very thought provoking video. I don't have any such specific goals - although I can relate to the need for attention to detail!! I would love to see updates on that maple, though. I am growing a similar group, and a bit of a heads up every now and again for where I need to work on mine could be good! Mine is in the ground, with a goal of moving into a development pot either next spring, or the one after; depending on how the newest trunk grows this year. (By the by, a successful airlayer!!)

    • @GrowingBonsai
      @GrowingBonsai  Месяц назад +1

      I think it was really aimed at making people think. Not just do :)

  • @Bonsaicare86
    @Bonsaicare86 Месяц назад +2

    Hy also ich finde das Video sehr gut! Ich verstehe genau was du meinst ich mache seit 17 Jahren Bonsai und merke immer wieder das ich stehen bleibe😢 Dann besuche ich Workshops und bekomme wieder frische Inspirationen zum Lernen

    • @GrowingBonsai
      @GrowingBonsai  Месяц назад

      Exactly! Take workshops, visit classes, get challenged!

  • @jang.1185
    @jang.1185 Месяц назад +1

    I'm going to make successful airlayering on field maple, I'm going to get some young trees and prepare them for forest planting. Also a big step - I must dig out my scots pines, because else they will become only ordinary tree in the ground. I guess these will make it, because they made it thgought when I brought them from the forest in spring two years ago. I need to learn how to make them back buding, make them in an interesting shape. Actually during winter I should cut several brunches which will be no needed. I'm trying to get more and more information about scots pines, also I got interesting info about field maples which is: the more you cut, the stronger is the reaction of the tree. This is another thing I will try to confirm - but first I need that successful airlayers. Last year I probably had too wet substrate for rooting. Well, there is a lot of things :)

    • @GrowingBonsai
      @GrowingBonsai  Месяц назад +1

      Plenty to do! WOuld be curious to hear how your pines do!

  • @acer_p_bonsai
    @acer_p_bonsai Месяц назад

    Gotta give the nod to Bill Valavanis for the “Bjorn group planting” - a good friend of mine and local Virginia , USA bonsai enthusiast, Ironwood Bonsai has one of them, and showed it at the recent Wintwr Silhouette Show in North Carolina. Bill did a whole series of group planting classes back in 2006. I wonder how many sister-maple-Kabudachi are still alive from these early 2000s classes?! 😮

  • @sueb1317
    @sueb1317 Месяц назад

    Great ideas for Bonsai New Year's Resolutions! I am going to stay on top of bugs next year. I am also going to learn about nutritional needs of different species.

    • @GrowingBonsai
      @GrowingBonsai  Месяц назад +1

      Have you seen my 2 videos on fertilizers?

  • @Hollylivengood
    @Hollylivengood Месяц назад +1

    Love the occasional kick. That's how all of mine have improved. My new challenge is better education about the trees I have, and soil.

  • @coltranem
    @coltranem Месяц назад +1

    I have a few thread graft projects for next spring. I also want to try some mame trees again. Hopefully teach a few beginners classes.

  • @zen-da-bonsai-ko
    @zen-da-bonsai-ko Месяц назад

    I still have to learn and improve a lot of my skills ... but one think I really want to try for the first time next year ... is grafting.

  • @robstanley559
    @robstanley559 Месяц назад

    Thanks for the video Jelle, very good advice. My goals for next year are to take a 121 class, which I have already booked, and to focus on the fertilising needs for my different tress.

    • @GrowingBonsai
      @GrowingBonsai  Месяц назад +1

      Yeah, private tutoring can make a big difference!

  • @Bonsaicrazy
    @Bonsaicrazy Месяц назад +1

    Great video Jelle mate i hope to get in a show some day 👊👊 we can dream A 😂😂

    • @GrowingBonsai
      @GrowingBonsai  Месяц назад

      Same here! Been in a few small regional shows but I really want to get into a bigger show!

  • @JungleScene
    @JungleScene Месяц назад

    Ive been growing bonsai for 4 years now. The trees I first started developing are coming along now... one of my juniper procumbens is starting to become a credible bonsai. This year I decided I want to finish it's development in 4 years and be starting refinement by spring 2030.
    I've learned a lot in 4 years and I'm getting more confident with my skills, so I'm very excited for the next few years of my hobby! I feel like I'm poised to make the next few years very productive.

    • @GrowingBonsai
      @GrowingBonsai  Месяц назад

      Every year you add on top of what you know. And if you keep doing that, at one point you look back and wonder.. Why did I think that was complex!

  • @jang.1185
    @jang.1185 Месяц назад

    Also very important - I must learn how to protect my trees against pests. For example, now I'm quite scared of borers (however, these are difficult to fight). Also fungus infections are my enemy. I will check your video about this issue again.

    • @GrowingBonsai
      @GrowingBonsai  Месяц назад +1

      Hm.. Yes, I suppose that is true! I have accepted there will be pests in my trees though. I do basic precaustions but by large I let things be..

    • @jang.1185
      @jang.1185 Месяц назад

      Thank you Jelle, I understand. As I have been searching for more information, there was a thing that if you spray, you will kill everything. The pests and also the good bugs. So there should be a reason to spray - like a heavy infestation every year. So now I'm only going to spray my trees against fungal diseases in spring. Then I will see.

  • @LoveBonsai902
    @LoveBonsai902 Месяц назад

    Hmmm, I have many goals but think maybe I need to squeeze them into bite size achievable pieces with a timeline for the year. Thankyou for making me sort out the ideas in my head, instead of trying to do it all at once & not concentrating enough to learn or achieve anything!! 🧐 🤔

  • @MAMLeers
    @MAMLeers Месяц назад

    If you want or need to put mesh on the soil/pot, you might consider to use insect screen? It's far more pliable and very, very much cheaper... I even often use it as pothole mesh, especially for smaller bonsaï, for years now. And so, I can tell you from my own experience that it works fine! I also use simple and cheap coated garden wire for anchoring my bonsaï. There is, in fact, no need to use our expensive alu wire for this job. Just a few tips that might be helpful to some of us. Keep up the good work, Jelle!😉

    • @GrowingBonsai
      @GrowingBonsai  Месяц назад +1

      I use builders mesh for pots.

    • @gil123bonsai
      @gil123bonsai Месяц назад

      Are You’re Bonsais not worth using the proper materials? I’ve bought a roll of plastic mesh years ago for 10 bucks and cut to size. Still on the same roll. Garden fence wire for repotting? Buy some 2.0 or 2.5 aluminum wire for less than 15 bucks a roll. It’s easier to work with and won’t harm the roots.

    • @MAMLeers
      @MAMLeers Месяц назад

      @@GrowingBonsai Good idea, thank you!

    • @MAMLeers
      @MAMLeers Месяц назад

      @@gil123bonsai Using also a roll of plastic mesh like that... Rather thin, coated garden (/plants) wire does the anchoring job excellent for years now. It does not harm the roots and is easy to work with. I have a lot of bonsaï and pre-bonsaï and so on. Alu wire is expensive over here and I don't see the need of using it for anchoring the trees. So, for me it's "proper material" for that job.

  • @dermo1981
    @dermo1981 Месяц назад +1

    Thanks Jelle 👍

  • @k.s.l3w158
    @k.s.l3w158 Месяц назад +1

    I'm so glad you did a video like this! I also have a question - I propagated a young weeping willow cutting in August 2024. It's small but vigorous and has refused to go dormant. However, I have other cuttings from the same tree that did go dormant. Why would a tree "stay awake"?

    • @GrowingBonsai
      @GrowingBonsai  Месяц назад

      Is it warmer? I dunno. I usually do not second-guess my trees.

  • @theinfidel2143
    @theinfidel2143 Месяц назад

    I plan on repotting and trimming roots of my juniper and probably getting a couple other trees to get more varied experience.

  • @derekgillan7314
    @derekgillan7314 Месяц назад +1

    Once you realise that green side up works. It get's interesting. Excellent videos. Thanks.

    • @GrowingBonsai
      @GrowingBonsai  Месяц назад

      lol. That is where it starts. Although, elms are forgiving if you have them topsidedown

  • @oachkatzlsmum
    @oachkatzlsmum Месяц назад

    You‘re right- guess some bad experiences made me treating some of my trees kind of conservative… I‘ll work on that. 😘 Cheers

    • @GrowingBonsai
      @GrowingBonsai  Месяц назад +1

      Slow but alive is better than fast and dead..

  • @zapplbuddl
    @zapplbuddl Месяц назад

    Will definitiv Airlayers ausprobieren 2025! Bin schon ganz gespannt! Liebe Grüße und danke für den tollen informativen und motivierenden Inhalt!!!

    • @GrowingBonsai
      @GrowingBonsai  Месяц назад

      You're very welcome. Good luck with layering!

  • @robertobreglia9224
    @robertobreglia9224 Месяц назад

    Very interesting video! Thank you very much for your important advices and reflections. 👍👍👍

  • @BonsaiBlacksmith
    @BonsaiBlacksmith Месяц назад

    Im making bonsai out of unorthodox species as my self improvement goal this year. I twisted up a creeping fig, a spanish clover, and two arrowleaf sida, individually.

  • @snager80
    @snager80 Месяц назад +1

    I am going to work on pest management. The rodents got to my plants pretty bad this year. I also have some air layers I want to do.

    • @christymartin6281
      @christymartin6281 Месяц назад +1

      I built a cage from hardware cloth and firing strips with a hinged door for my bench, to combat the rats that chewed up my trees.

    • @snager80
      @snager80 Месяц назад

      @christymartin6281 I may have to do that. I was thinking of getting an old dog crate and lining it with the hardware cloth so I have an easy way to transport the trees and a good door. I could also maybe get a bike chain and chain the whole contraption to the house but so far, no human bonsai pests have been reported

    • @GrowingBonsai
      @GrowingBonsai  Месяц назад +1

      Annoying when that happens. Knock on wood.. I infrequently get rodents visiting. But then again.. Dogs and cats on and around my property probably help

    • @snager80
      @snager80 Месяц назад

      @@GrowingBonsai I try to keep an eye out for Coyote and Bobcat scat. it's the best pest repellent. XD

  • @zapplbuddl
    @zapplbuddl Месяц назад

    Bonsai: a serious hobby :)

    • @GrowingBonsai
      @GrowingBonsai  Месяц назад

      You got that right! ;) No laughing either!

  • @bijanbekhrad-zx6tb
    @bijanbekhrad-zx6tb Месяц назад

    Hi, Is the best time to prune deciduous trees now or late winter?

    • @GrowingBonsai
      @GrowingBonsai  Месяц назад

      I start pruning at leaf drop.
      In late winter some trees start pushing sap already leading to dripping of water from cuts. I am not too concerned about this, but some people really dislike late winter pruning because of this.

    • @bijanbekhrad-zx6tb
      @bijanbekhrad-zx6tb Месяц назад

      thank you🙏

  • @ludwigcodjambassis8866
    @ludwigcodjambassis8866 Месяц назад

    First time I hear you in spanish...is funny, I don't know the accuracy of the translation but it's fun... I'll try to see the same one in english

    • @GrowingBonsai
      @GrowingBonsai  Месяц назад +1

      I am not sure I will leave the translations in place to be honest. I hear from multiple people it is not that great!

    • @ludwigcodjambassis8866
      @ludwigcodjambassis8866 Месяц назад

      @GrowingBonsai I don't think is bad, I think it was pretty good...would be good if you and herons could be in spanish.
      "Escuela d bonsai on line" is trying to go in english,...with a lot more trouble. Cheers and good luck

  • @DennisBonsai
    @DennisBonsai Месяц назад

    take propper care again of the trees i still have and continue improving them after couple years of neglect.
    get some new projects to work on.
    start some ground growing projects and take lots of cuttings to start more the year after.
    build new benches in the garden as the current ones are starting to break down.

  • @marcovalsesia2020
    @marcovalsesia2020 Месяц назад +1

    I wll go to have more patience with my trees

  • @AlexBraunton
    @AlexBraunton Месяц назад +1

    Jelle, for you I will prune more 😂

  • @brucedeacon28
    @brucedeacon28 Месяц назад

    👍👌🙂

  • @Oscars_fur_racing
    @Oscars_fur_racing Месяц назад

    My first goal is to have not so many trees dying over winter as last year... 😢

    • @GrowingBonsai
      @GrowingBonsai  Месяц назад +1

      You should have a 0 mortality ambition! It is posible I hear :)

    • @Oscars_fur_racing
      @Oscars_fur_racing Месяц назад

      @GrowingBonsai Thank you for the answer. The last winter was too wet. Several coniferous trees died because of the unusial amount of moisture.
      Even two native maple trees died because of that (fungus infection probably). And that despite of the native maples growing like weed here... 😉🤷🏽
      Best wishes and have a good start into the new year! 🌳🪴🍀🍀👍🏻👍🏻

  • @rollmop99
    @rollmop99 Месяц назад

    One thing you (I think) missed- is grafting. That's one to learn. EDIT yes you did

    • @GrowingBonsai
      @GrowingBonsai  Месяц назад +1

      Did you go back in to find out whether I mentioned it? So cool!

    • @rollmop99
      @rollmop99 Месяц назад

      @@GrowingBonsai yes. what a hero 🙂

  • @JaniLaaksonen91
    @JaniLaaksonen91 Месяц назад

    Did the friend start the critique by "can I get dutch with you?..."

  • @atomartin
    @atomartin Месяц назад

    One of the most impossible thing is a bonsai that stays the same.

  • @atomartin
    @atomartin Месяц назад

    If you need a challenge - try to make a bonsai out of fig tree

    • @GrowingBonsai
      @GrowingBonsai  Месяц назад

      I have several ficus bonsai in the making. ruclips.net/video/K6YEAKJsf_4/видео.html

    • @atomartin
      @atomartin Месяц назад

      @GrowingBonsai my fault. The word "edible" was occasionaly deleted during editing. Ficus carica.

  • @zimartiste1
    @zimartiste1 Месяц назад

    On est toujours débutant....c'est étrange cette traduction automatique...

    • @GrowingBonsai
      @GrowingBonsai  Месяц назад

      Does not work for you?

    • @zimartiste1
      @zimartiste1 Месяц назад

      @@GrowingBonsai Not at all, it's just strange to listen another voice...

    • @GrowingBonsai
      @GrowingBonsai  Месяц назад +1

      @@zimartiste1 yeah, I have now stopped it..

    • @zimartiste1
      @zimartiste1 Месяц назад

      @@GrowingBonsai I prefer your real voice...Happy new year...and thanks for your video...

  • @ElPods
    @ElPods Месяц назад +1

    Lamento decirlo, pero ese doblaje automático en español es el peor doblaje que he escuchado... es como si el personaje de doblaje simplemente leyera los subtítulos sin emociones como el inglés... y es un poco irritante y no crea interés... tuve que hacerlo. cambie nuevamente a la voz en inglés para ver el video... creo que la voz del traductor de Google es mejor que esta copia automática...

    • @GrowingBonsai
      @GrowingBonsai  Месяц назад +1

      I know. I never understood voice-overs. I always prefer original audio, with subtitles. That way you get the original energy, fitting to the person speaking..

  • @BenshobbyStuff
    @BenshobbyStuff Месяц назад

    great video mate ... but why do you refuse to help me mate its not like im a con man. i genuinely need advice :/

    • @GrowingBonsai
      @GrowingBonsai  Месяц назад +1

      ehm..

    • @BenshobbyStuff
      @BenshobbyStuff Месяц назад

      @@GrowingBonsai sorry i was having a bad day. ignore this mate lol :)