Creating a Spruce Bonsai - DIY

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  • Опубликовано: 13 июл 2023
  • In this video we style a Spruce Bonsai tree out of affordable nursery stock material. The Picea abies plant cost us 20 USD. The first step for this tree to become a bonsai was pruning and wiring - in a future video we'll show how to repot it, so stay tuned!
    Bonsai Empire is dedicated to share the living art of Bonsai - we created this video as a DIY tutorial to help and motivate beginners. The video is part of the online courses that we offer, for more free videos go to:
    www.bonsaiempire.com/courses
    Bonsai techniques explained:
    - Pruning: www.bonsaiempire.com/basics/s...
    - Tools: www.bonsaiempire.com/basics/g...
    - Wiring: www.bonsaiempire.com/basics/s...
    - Repotting: www.bonsaiempire.com/basics/b...
    - Substrate: www.bonsaiempire.com/basics/b...
    - Bonsai care: www.bonsaiempire.com/basics/b...
    We like to thank:
    Clingendael (Japanese garden) and Bob Ruitenbeek (Technical supervision).
    Serious about growing your own Bonsai trees? Then consider enrolling in one of our online Bonsai Courses, taught by expert teachers. For the curriculums and free lectures, go to:
    www.bonsaiempire.com/courses
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Комментарии • 51

  • @JM-ty6uq
    @JM-ty6uq 11 месяцев назад +8

    Interesting to see an expert start from scratch and go through the whole process. I never realised that bonsais could be made from normal trees, I always thought they were selectively bred over 100s of years to be able to get that effect.

  • @mikec3820
    @mikec3820 11 месяцев назад +4

    ive got a few large spruce in my collection too. parent trees are 80 foot tall monsters . they really back bud great. cant wait till they get some age and style to them. thanks bonsai empire. nice start to a small spruce

  • @msjithy
    @msjithy 11 месяцев назад +2

    Just bought a small 1foot Spruce 4 days ago. Will try to make it a bonsai as my first attempt. Im quite confident I can prune it properly. Thank you for this video! All the best!

  • @denhardy7238
    @denhardy7238 10 месяцев назад +2

    Magic as always. 😎Dennis

  • @manhhungbonsaiphonglan8586
    @manhhungbonsaiphonglan8586 11 месяцев назад +2

    Hello người bạn tác phẩm đẹp quá thanks 👍👍👍

  • @mariacristinagallardo7082
    @mariacristinagallardo7082 11 месяцев назад +2

    Buenísimo 👏

  • @robertobreglia9224
    @robertobreglia9224 11 месяцев назад +2

    Very compliments great job!👍👍

  • @hazenwood1
    @hazenwood1 11 месяцев назад +2

    Thank you for sharing you're knowledge

  • @dayan-sd2pr
    @dayan-sd2pr 11 месяцев назад +2

    thank you sharing friend bonsai beautiful

  • @NeroVSGame
    @NeroVSGame 11 месяцев назад +2

    Thank you for the content ❤

  • @mikec3820
    @mikec3820 11 месяцев назад +1

    had a sale rack dwarf spruce on my bench the last 2 years. was a nice xmas tree formal upright when i first styled it. as a center piece for our dinner table that xmas. let to grow back in full. i just lopped off almost all the foliage. going to let it grow in again. also propagated all the cuttings to make more to bonsai with. and have no ugly graft scar

  • @therisingofroninbonsai
    @therisingofroninbonsai 11 месяцев назад +1

    can not waiting for the next step ... hi hi hi

  • @rokimbonsai8112
    @rokimbonsai8112 11 месяцев назад

    Sangat menginpirasi bonsainys

  • @denhardy7238
    @denhardy7238 8 месяцев назад +1

    Great video 😎Dennis

  • @wokevirushandsanitzer5300
    @wokevirushandsanitzer5300 11 месяцев назад +2

    I’m starting plum and apple bonsai trees this year I’m so curious to see how the flowers and fruits will look like on a little mini apple tree a few years down the line.
    I have a full size apple tree in my yard so I’m planning to model my bonsai off of it. I’m using crab apple trees because I prefer the serrated leaf edges they have.

    • @bonsaiempire
      @bonsaiempire  11 месяцев назад

      Good luck! We have a video about the apple bonsai on our channel, perhaps it is useful.

  • @thenaturecreater8906
    @thenaturecreater8906 11 месяцев назад +2

    Did it survive?great job

  • @JasperThz
    @JasperThz 11 месяцев назад +2

    Hoppakee 😅
    Great video 👍

  • @brucedeacon28
    @brucedeacon28 11 месяцев назад +2

    👍👌🙂

  • @danielfonseca5007
    @danielfonseca5007 4 месяца назад +1

    Would it have been better to leave the branch that got turned to Jin on the left to avoid bar branching at the bottom and Jin that bottom left branch I to a small spike? All retrospective, easier said than done 😂 can't glue it back

    • @danielfonseca5007
      @danielfonseca5007 4 месяца назад

      Would love to know your reasoning for the branch choice, noob here trying to learn

    • @bonsaiempire
      @bonsaiempire  4 месяца назад +1

      I see your point and for immediate result it would have been better, the benefit now is that it hides the rather boring parts a bit. For now we went down this path as its ok the tree doesnt look great now but I think it was set up for success on the longer run.

  • @user-bx8dp2cc4i
    @user-bx8dp2cc4i 10 месяцев назад +1

    12:09 _09:12

  • @dreamingofbonsai
    @dreamingofbonsai 7 месяцев назад +1

    I have a Norway spruce that is about three years old that I want to get out of a larger pot and into something smaller for training, it also has never been pruned and I was debating that soon as well. I was thinking of re-potting soon and not pruning, or maybe the option of pruning and not repotting. What would you recommend for this time of year? I am based in eastern Pennsylvania USA and will keep this in a temperature controlled area once I start training it.

    • @bonsaiempire
      @bonsaiempire  7 месяцев назад +1

      Well it doesnt matter much, what matters is that you dont do too much in one go. So perhaps prune a bit now and repot in early spring, and then style the tree in fall (next year).

    • @dreamingofbonsai
      @dreamingofbonsai 7 месяцев назад

      @@bonsaiempirethanks for the advice! I appreciate the help! It’s a new species for me so I’m trying to learn more and more about it.

  • @saschafuhrmann5530
    @saschafuhrmann5530 11 месяцев назад +2

    I'm not sure the spruce will survive😢
    Follow up?

  • @yoteslaya7296
    @yoteslaya7296 11 месяцев назад +4

    I would actually change the potting angle. The lower trunk is too straight so a slight slant alleviates the linear trunk line

  • @rogerMoquin
    @rogerMoquin Месяц назад

    Love the song… can you inform who this groovy artist is ?

    • @bonsaiempire
      @bonsaiempire  Месяц назад

      I think music rights are shown under the video player?

  • @drawingfranco7533
    @drawingfranco7533 11 месяцев назад +2

    what's the different beetwen spruce and cypress? and taxus?

    • @bonsaiempire
      @bonsaiempire  11 месяцев назад

      Im not sure how to explain differences between different trees? If you refer to care guidelines, check here: www.bonsaiempire.com/tree-species

  • @DeadBeatLoser69
    @DeadBeatLoser69 10 месяцев назад +1

    I'm not much of an expert in evergreens, is it safe to take off that much of the foliage?

    • @bonsaiempire
      @bonsaiempire  10 месяцев назад +1

      Well, doing less would be safer - only very healthy trees can survive this. And a lot depends on the aftercare provided as well!

    • @DeadBeatLoser69
      @DeadBeatLoser69 10 месяцев назад

      @@bonsaiempire Thank you

  • @Poemsapennyeach
    @Poemsapennyeach 8 месяцев назад +1

    Can't see the original tree against your dark jumper at the beginning.

  • @daveo.5479
    @daveo.5479 2 месяца назад

    Damn…!

  • @rosemarygreenfelder
    @rosemarygreenfelder 11 месяцев назад

    "Promo SM"

  • @chrisblikelike2161
    @chrisblikelike2161 9 месяцев назад

    That was the most american hoppekee i have ever heard.

  • @dricus7378
    @dricus7378 11 месяцев назад

    Huppakeeh ..😂

  • @falkhammermuller9342
    @falkhammermuller9342 11 месяцев назад +3

    I dunno .... that poor little thing looked quite sad at the end ...

    • @ANDREASDEUTSCH
      @ANDREASDEUTSCH 11 месяцев назад

      I hope it is still alive. I want to see it after 2 years.