Bonsaify | How to Put Moss on Your Bonsai for Show Preparation w/ "Moss King of Marin" Jay McDonald

Join Eric for a tour of Jay McDonald's custom-built bonsai workshop and garden, as well as a full tutorial from Jay on how to select, style, prep, and care for mossing your bonsai. You're in for a real treat as Jay opens up his collection like never before in this video; keep his motto in mind, "Presentation is Everything"!
00:01:11 One of the jewels in Jay's collection, a tanuki he built in 2001 from 2 Junipers and a glorious piece of deadwood. Tanuki bonsai is the practice of joining a living tree to a piece of deadwood to create a driftwood-style composite.
00:02:07 Inside Jay's bonsai workshop, custom built [by Jay with help from Eric!]
00:02:23 Jay built a Tokonoma to take pictures of his show-quality trees. A Tokonoma is a dedicated space to artistically display items for appreciation.
00:03:41 Jay's belief about the composition of a bonsai collection - equal mix of deciduous and conifer. Why? "Seeing the seasons in the trees [is] what I do bonsai for."
00:07:15 Jay's advice on caring for and feeding (fertilizing) fruiting and flowering bonsai.
00:07:43 Watch Jay lay high caliber moss to prep a raft-style bonsai for an upcoming show.
00:09:32 The most important tool for laying moss to ensure "no muddy edges".
00:10:00 Installing the moss!
00:11:50 The fully mossed Juniper grove. Jay has created a beautiful landscape.
00:12:13 A 360 degree view of the composition.
00:13:00 Jay shares the final touches he makes 2-3 days before a bonsai show to ensure top presentation of his tree.
Thank you for watching - did you enjoy this tour of Jay McDonald's bonsai workshop and collection? Do you have any questions about selecting moss or laying moss around your bonsai tree? Let us know in the comments. As always, please like and share this video with your bonsai friends, and subscribe to our channel!

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Love the trees, the new architecture and the garden!!

[@jonathanaristone2468]

Presentation is everything and it shows. Go big or go home. This was worth watching a few times.

[@user-cm4mc5ub1u]

love the presentation and sense of humour

[@BenBSeattle]

love how moss can transform the overall look of a bonsai tree

[@mikecallender7446]

I'm lucky enough to see them everyday!

[@stephenboyle4524]

Stephen Boyle. Amazing Jay your shop and presentation are wonderful your a true treasure and I will continue to enjoy your creations and tutelage.

[@capriusacropoles2317]

Beautiful things ...

[@lolpwndk]

What a legend, passion and knowledge just oozing out!

[@carynludwig6667]

Wow! What a place! What fantastic bonsai trees! Kudos to the owner. Quite the artist and master of the craft.

[@marcobonsai9394]

Jay is just THE BEST!!!! Total

[@treesbonsaiperfect8420]

wow so beautifoll ❤🌳

[@harrietb2141]

What a nice place. Love it😍

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

Happy New Year Eric and fellow RUclips viewers.

[@harleymon407]

Amazing work there sir

[@slametsetiadi4293]

Beautiful place beautiful bonsai beautiful house i like it very much Mr Jay,thankyou sharing video.

[@horanbenjamin]

What a garden, what a guy would love to visit this place

[@BlueJayBonsai]

Fantastic tour! Thanks so much Eric & Jay. 👍

[@themichaellerner]

Thank you for the tour!

[@questionablecooking7019]

Damn, Jay gets DOWN ... hell yeah, great field trip here

[@byronlarson227]

That guy is my hero 🙌