It’s always surprising just how heavy shrubs and trees are when you start digging them up. Even small looking branches sawn off are really heavy! Great job Nigel. That’s your exercise for the day.
My boyfriend and I love watching your channel, Nigel! Thank you for such fun and detailed videos. Your videos have helped us with our two bonsais, a ficus and tea tree.
Since I watched your videos I developed my English vocabulary in botany and my knowledge about bonsai.That's great! Your "Here we go" saying is catchy! Blessings 💡❤️
@@TheBonsaiZone Yeah totally agree, especially when busy with other things:) Another thing I do is a year or two before I lift and put is to take the tree out of the ground and cut all thick roots, then cut bottom of root ball flat and re plant onto a paving tile or similar, it flares the nebari, only thing is you have to be vigilant when hot weather comes.Love your set up though, wish I had the time:)
Nigel, I dug a large yew, even larger than yours, back the end of March. I cut around the roots with a reciprocating saw, dug a little soil away, and then pulled back on one of the uprights and the tap root just snapped with a loud pop. After that I was able to roll the rootball out of the ground and into a wagon. I hosed off all the soil and put the roots in a wooden box like yours with a pumice and haydite mix. I have been keeping the soil moist but not wet and misting the foliage several times each day. It has dropped some of the old needles but still has a lot of nice light green new foliage growth. The general history for collecting yew like these seems to suggest about a 50:50 chance of it surviving. Also plan on not doing anything for 2 years or until it puts out strong new growth and buds out all over the trunk and branches. Just in case I have 2 more just like this one lined up to collect next spring. They can be great bonsai material but appear tricky to collect-good luck with yours.
That 'Tejo' (in Spanish) has a great potential. They sprout from everywhere. I have a small taxus bonsai from a seed my father sow 19 years ago. Can't wait for part 2 of your video!
I didn't realize how large the tree really was until you were standing in the hole! You should line that hole with plastic and fill it with water for the ducks since you worked so hard on it! Reusing wood and anything really is great thing to show! I often pick up free pallets. The unusable bits go in the fire pit! Unless there is a party, then entire pallets tend to disappear. -_-
Thanks, it is a large tree! The ducks get their own swimming pool in the summer, they just love the water! Most of the wood used on the top of my benches comes from free pallets!
I just collected a decent specimen of a 2 ft tall, 1.5 in trunk that goes to a double trunk. It was nested in loamy soil but very difficult to retrieve because of all the large rock that went a foot deep. I ended up with about 1/4 of the root system I'd believe. I hope it survives. My quandary is how much root system is too much to lose? And, can you prune in fall after such a dramatic excavation?
That is a great attempt at large bonsai! While Taxus baccata is considered toxic I can say with confidence that some animals will eat them with great pleasure. White tail deer are among the most devoted fans. I gave up on trying to grow them because the deer ate them down to the nubs every year. You are a lucky man to have your great specimen and I am looking forward to seeing the results.
Thank you Terry, funny how some things are poisonous to some animals but not others. I'm hoping to get it potted up tomorrow, if it doesn't rain all day!
Do you have a video about growing moss for indoor bonsai? I have a dwarf Jade that I just got and would like to have moss as I like the look of it. I got my bonsai tree from Brussels bonsai and I believe it is three years old but idk. It's around four to five inches tall.
Don't envy you having to get that yew out of the ground. I'm glad my yew wasn't that hard to get out, but forty years in heavy clay soil didn't do mine any favors. Hope yours does well.
So cool, I just dug up a small yew I found on the far perimeter of the yard, heavily shaded. There was another 7ft tall straight trunk yew heavily shaded by cedars but looking pretty and green but that's more work than I'm cool with. There's an interesting lecture here on youtube by Michael Dunning called 'the sacred yew tree'.
Thanks a really good lecture with lots of great photos! Here is the link to it.... ruclips.net/video/Eml85xA-Lqc/видео.html Sounds like you got some good trees Ben!
Nigel Saunders: *Has been meticulously raising and pruning this tree for years and years* Also Mr. Saunders: 3:04 *Jokingly* "If the tree doesn't live, well, you'll know what I spent my afternoon doing one day in late spring"
Great video. I always wanted to try a large tree but was not brave enough. Not only do you have a large bonsai but I think you have a nice duck pond too.
@@TheBonsaiZone Love that you have chickens and ducks. We have them on our farm as well as rabbits and soon we will have peafowl. A perfect addition to our bonsai trees.
So what's with the three foot long MANUAL screwdriver? You showing off? I'd have a hard time keeping the tip in the slots! Also, gotta say something about that pot full of pea soup...or is it old rainwater from last year's snow? LOL. You are one ingenious Canuck (sp?)!!!
There is an abandoned house by my brothers ( we know the owner) and it has a giant juniper tree next to the house and old plastic nursery pots on a deck next to that. Over the years seeds from the giant tree fell in the pots and the saplings were about 3.5 to 4 feet tall. I repotted them in bigger nursery pots and have had them in my backyard for two years. They are healthy. One I bent over and made a forest of three trees healthy. How long should I let them grow until I put them in a bonsai pot? Great channel
I would try and do some root work every couple of years, trying to get the root system shallow and radial so when the trees are ready for a nice bonsai pot, little work will need to be done. The nursery pot will work fine for many years and keep the trees healthy. You can also slowly replace the garden soil with bonsai soil.
Hi Nigel, great videos. Nigel need some advise, I live in California and have been growing a ficus benjamina inside under lights. I would like to know if it’s possible to still repot this season or have I missed my window. Thanks for any advice.
I would let your Ficus grow wild and bushy and then re pot it. This will allow the tree to store up lots of energy and it will help it recover from root pruning quickly! I always try and re pot after a period of good growth with my tropical's.
Hi Mr.Saunders...i have been following ur videos for the last 6months and i am into bonsai for about 7-8 months only and here in the city where i live... We don't have bonsai club or experts....its only through ur videos i am inspired to "bonsai".....i now want a small favor from u today i bought a nice Ficus retusa from a nursery which is really good...i want ur help in styling tat into a nice bonsai will u help me jus by looking at the pics....
Can't wait to see how it turns out always enjoy your videos. I have a question for anyone who can help me. I have a Schefflera Aboricola that seems to have little balls all over the roots any idea's?
Thank you for responding, I really appreciate it. It was really cool that it was you lol. I remember watching a video of you having a similar issue before. Curious if it survived?
Nice work! If you have the choice, when would it be ideal to dig out trees? Early spring like repotting? Is it more important only for deciduous trees?
Funny, I went through a period when everything I saw was judged as Bonsai material. Decades later I got into dry plants for my California yard and what happens? I get into fat plants!. What a circle.
Nigel, you are a peculiar person. Seeing you with a cordless drill proves that you have one, now are you aware that a Phillips tip for that drill is likely a dollar or less? Of course you may well know that and perhaps it was simply your pleasure to hand screw those deck screws in. Either way this seems to answer a whole other bunch of questions I had about why I’ve never seen you collect a large tree. Thanks for the video 16 minutes well spent.
Thanks D K , I just like to twist the screws in by hand. I'm not sure how high the tree will be in the end, I'm hoping I can get it down to a more reasonable size, at least so it fits in the hatch back.
Another lovely (and funny) video. Thanks Nigel.
It’s always surprising just how heavy shrubs and trees are when you start digging them up. Even small looking branches sawn off are really heavy! Great job Nigel.
That’s your exercise for the day.
My boyfriend and I love watching your channel, Nigel! Thank you for such fun and detailed videos. Your videos have helped us with our two bonsais, a ficus and tea tree.
02.00 AM in Germany, and i am here! THX Mr. Saunders!!!
Thanks, sleep well, when you do!
A bit of pond liner in that hole and the ducks will love their new splash pool.
The ducks do get their own pool in the summer, they love the water!
One of my top 10 favorite Nigel videos. So glad you didn't throw out yer back, mate!
Since I watched your videos I developed my English vocabulary in botany and my knowledge about bonsai.That's great! Your "Here we go" saying is catchy! Blessings 💡❤️
I run a spade around my field grown stuff about every 2 years and snip off the tap root, saves a lot of digging later. Looks a good piece of material.
That sounds like really good advice! I always intend on digging the trees up sooner, but it's much easier to put it off for another year!
@@TheBonsaiZone Yeah totally agree, especially when busy with other things:) Another thing I do is a year or two before I lift and put is to take the tree out of the ground and cut all thick roots, then cut bottom of root ball flat and re plant onto a paving tile or similar, it flares the nebari, only thing is you have to be vigilant when hot weather comes.Love your set up though, wish I had the time:)
So glad you were able to salvage this tree. (I'll bet the ducks are so happy that you dug a pond for them. LOL ) Looking forward to the next video.
what a stud! great tree and another great video, thanks Nigel.
Glad you liked it Adrian! Part two will be coming soon!
Nigel, I dug a large yew, even larger than yours, back the end of March. I cut around the roots with a reciprocating saw, dug a little soil away, and then pulled back on one of the uprights and the tap root just snapped with a loud pop. After that I was able to roll the rootball out of the ground and into a wagon. I hosed off all the soil and put the roots in a wooden box like yours with a pumice and haydite mix. I have been keeping the soil moist but not wet and misting the foliage several times each day. It has dropped some of the old needles but still has a lot of nice light green new foliage growth. The general history for collecting yew like these seems to suggest about a 50:50 chance of it surviving. Also plan on not doing anything for 2 years or until it puts out strong new growth and buds out all over the trunk and branches. Just in case I have 2 more just like this one lined up to collect next spring. They can be great bonsai material but appear tricky to collect-good luck with yours.
That one was difficult to come out of the ground. Nice work Nigel your a hard worker.
Lots of digging for sure!
That's a beauty of a box there Nigel, lol at the duck at 5:05. Looking forward to part 2.
Did anyone else giggle when he said “I’m going to wet my bedsheets now...” ?? Love the tree so far, Nigel!
I chuckled when I was editing the video, a bad choice of words!
That 'Tejo' (in Spanish) has a great potential. They sprout from everywhere. I have a small taxus bonsai from a seed my father sow 19 years ago. Can't wait for part 2 of your video!
What a task! Can not wait to see it in the box pot. Keep up the great work and thanks as always for sharing.
Thank you for giving that tree a whole new world.
It won't miss the chickens and ducks for sure!
Hahaha. Chickens and ducks will be forced to find a new tree to mess with.
You are an inspiration to us all, nice work!
Thank you Erik, the hard work is done now!
Lucky ducks might get a new pond out of this too. Nice tree.
awesome Material Nigel!!! Nice to see that you start with the big Material:))) Go on and hopefully it starts to grow well. good luck!!
Your trees show up so nice against the wooden fence in the background 👍❤️
Thank you Lan, I'm hoping to get the tree potted up tomorrow!
Can't wait to view part 2 for sure! 👍
That duck doesn't seem to be too happy you took his newly found lunch. +1
The ducks favorite are slugs, they just love them!
Those push ups you do in the morning came in handy
Cant wait for part 2!!!! Im beyond excited about this tree
Taxus are a favourite of mine. That should make an interesting piece in time. Best of luck nursing it back to health 👍
Nigel.. friend.. where's the drive bit at? My forearms hurt just from watching you run those screws in by hand!
I was thinking the same thing.
It's around somewhere, I don't mind doing a few screws by hand.
Wow, it's going to be a wonderful bonsai.
Thanks, hopefully it will recover well!
Can't wait to see what you do with the tree. I've always been partial to the larger bonsai.
I'm hoping it does well, I won't be doing much styling this year, but lots of planning!
Looks like you did a great job of digging it out, lots of roots there. I like the wood training box you made for it.
I'd make a good grave digger I think! It will be nice to get a good look at the tree when it is finally in the box.
hi sir. ver Intersting vedio the tree is looking ver good. and i kw u make more good in the pot. wating for part 2...
Thoroughly enjoyed the vid, can't wait for part 2
Such cliffhangers!!! Nooooooo!!! Great video
If it doesn't rain tomorrow, I'll get part 2 done!
Nigel Saunders, The Bonsai Zone Great I’m looking forward to it
Got really inspired to start document my own trees 👍😁❤️
The videos are a nice record of the success's and failures over the years!
Very cool!! Gives me so much inspiration!!!
You need a screwdriver bit for your drill lol.. Why use a handheld one? Trying to workout those forearms? ;)
I just couldn't be bothered to find the bit for the small amount of screws I used. I should plan better!
I say, spiffing new haircut. Ready for some yew time.
Love it.
lol,With the his name and haircut I expected a British accent on this my first visit.
This is going to be a great bonsai tree.
Thanks, it has a long road ahead!
nice twin trunk taxus, the box also :)
Looking forward to seeing part two 👍👍✌
Nigel, make sure you wear socks with your wellies otherwise you will get wellie ring around your calf's. hahahahahaha
Enjoyed the video.
Mr. Saunders... that tree its beautiful!
It has been hard work so far, I'll be happy to get it potted up! I can then finally take a good look at it.
that’s a fun project, can’t wait to see part 2
Thank you Louise, I'm hoping to get the tree in the box tomorrow, if it doesn't rain all day!
I didn't realize how large the tree really was until you were standing in the hole! You should line that hole with plastic and fill it with water for the ducks since you worked so hard on it! Reusing wood and anything really is great thing to show! I often pick up free pallets. The unusable bits go in the fire pit! Unless there is a party, then entire pallets tend to disappear. -_-
Thanks, it is a large tree! The ducks get their own swimming pool in the summer, they just love the water! Most of the wood used on the top of my benches comes from free pallets!
Nice Video.. Nice Bonsai.. I ❤Bonsai 👍👍👍
Thank you Rafy!
I just collected a decent specimen of a 2 ft tall, 1.5 in trunk that goes to a double trunk. It was nested in loamy soil but very difficult to retrieve because of all the large rock that went a foot deep. I ended up with about 1/4 of the root system I'd believe. I hope it survives. My quandary is how much root system is too much to lose? And, can you prune in fall after such a dramatic excavation?
Mark here hell of a tree great job !👍👌
That is a great attempt at large bonsai! While Taxus baccata is considered toxic I can say with confidence that some animals will eat them with great pleasure. White tail deer are among the most devoted fans. I gave up on trying to grow them because the deer ate them down to the nubs every year. You are a lucky man to have your great specimen and I am looking forward to seeing the results.
Thank you Terry, funny how some things are poisonous to some animals but not others. I'm hoping to get it potted up tomorrow, if it doesn't rain all day!
Perhaps some animals enjoy the 'toxic' effect in mild doses. They are not so very different to us.
That is one beautiful bonsai!
Thank you Vergel, it will be nice to get it planted again and then I can get a good look at it!
Love the hair boss man. So cute
You have to have fun with your hair!
Do you have a video about growing moss for indoor bonsai? I have a dwarf Jade that I just got and would like to have moss as I like the look of it. I got my bonsai tree from Brussels bonsai and I believe it is three years old but idk. It's around four to five inches tall.
From clip and grow to chop and grow. A daunting task. Good luck, nice potential.
I can't wait to get a good look at it!
Don't envy you having to get that yew out of the ground. I'm glad my yew wasn't that hard to get out, but forty years in heavy clay soil didn't do mine any favors. Hope yours does well.
Ha! that wheelbarrow got what it deserved at 6.30! Another great video Nigel, thankyew!
So cool, I just dug up a small yew I found on the far perimeter of the yard, heavily shaded. There was another 7ft tall straight trunk yew heavily shaded by cedars but looking pretty and green but that's more work than I'm cool with. There's an interesting lecture here on youtube by Michael Dunning called 'the sacred yew tree'.
Thanks a really good lecture with lots of great photos! Here is the link to it....
ruclips.net/video/Eml85xA-Lqc/видео.html
Sounds like you got some good trees Ben!
@@TheBonsaiZone yes those pictures are amazing!
Nigel Saunders: *Has been meticulously raising and pruning this tree for years and years*
Also Mr. Saunders: 3:04 *Jokingly* "If the tree doesn't live, well, you'll know what I spent my afternoon doing one day in late spring"
I sure hope the tree lives!
Can't wait for part 2!!
Great video. I always wanted to try a large tree but was not brave enough. Not only do you have a large bonsai but I think you have a nice duck pond too.
That was a lot of digging, but I was happy to not find any really thick roots. The chickens had fun, spending all day today going through the dirt!
@@TheBonsaiZone Love that you have chickens and ducks. We have them on our farm as well as rabbits and soon we will have peafowl. A perfect addition to our bonsai trees.
You had to pot the tree in the wheelbarrow - it was fitting quite nice 😁
Muhteşem bilgiler için teşekkürler. Çok güzel bir bonsai 👏👏🇹🇷🇹🇷
Çok teşekkür ederim, bu ağaca gelmek için çok daha fazla, umarım!
That box turned out amazing, Nigel! I just wonder why you didn't use a power tool to drive the screws?
S Brian Chong probably the same reason he didn’t use a power drill to make the holes in his Martian landscape box!
I'm not sure were the screwdriver tip is! I think it was quicker to do it by hand than go looking. It gives me a chance to listen to the birds also!
@@TheBonsaiZone - That is true, that is true!
So what's with the three foot long MANUAL screwdriver? You showing off? I'd have a hard time keeping the tip in the slots! Also, gotta say something about that pot full of pea soup...or is it old rainwater from last year's snow? LOL. You are one ingenious Canuck (sp?)!!!
Bet that duck was hoping for water in that hole lol
Well gosh Nigel that's a great spot for a small garden pond! You should contact Greg Winstock the pond guy!
Exactly what i was thinking. Honestly thought the duck would start waddling in it (until it fell in).
Looks like you need kids' paddling pool for the jumbo-sized bonsais :D
There is an abandoned house by my brothers ( we know the owner) and it has a giant juniper tree next to the house and old plastic nursery pots on a deck next to that. Over the years seeds from the giant tree fell in the pots and the saplings were about 3.5 to 4 feet tall. I repotted them in bigger nursery pots and have had them in my backyard for two years. They are healthy. One I bent over and made a forest of three trees healthy. How long should I let them grow until I put them in a bonsai pot?
Great channel
I would try and do some root work every couple of years, trying to get the root system shallow and radial so when the trees are ready for a nice bonsai pot, little work will need to be done. The nursery pot will work fine for many years and keep the trees healthy. You can also slowly replace the garden soil with bonsai soil.
Update on the Acacia forest please
Yes show us more African trees
Good work Nigel 👍👍👍
Thank you Sayed!
R u going to put drain holes in the bottom?
Nice work!
Looking forward to seeing that monster of a tree go in your pot ..
Finally we will see some large bonsai
Yes, now I need to find a large pot for it!
Nigel Saunders, The Bonsai Zone Hahahha
Love your works sir
Cant wait for part 2!
Hi Nigel, great videos. Nigel need some advise, I live in California and have been growing a ficus benjamina inside under lights. I would like to know if it’s possible to still repot this season or have I missed my window. Thanks for any advice.
I would let your Ficus grow wild and bushy and then re pot it. This will allow the tree to store up lots of energy and it will help it recover from root pruning quickly! I always try and re pot after a period of good growth with my tropical's.
Nigel Saunders, The Bonsai Zone Thanks Nigel. Always appreciate your advice.
Hi Mr.Saunders...i have been following ur videos for the last 6months and i am into bonsai for about 7-8 months only and here in the city where i live...
We don't have bonsai club or experts....its only through ur videos i am inspired to "bonsai".....i now want a small favor from u today i bought a nice Ficus retusa from a nursery which is really good...i want ur help in styling tat into a nice bonsai will u help me jus by looking at the pics....
Can't wait to see how it turns out always enjoy your videos. I have a question for anyone who can help me. I have a Schefflera Aboricola that seems to have little balls all over the roots any idea's?
Probably root nematodes, not a good thing...
ruclips.net/video/6RchoW9lxGQ/видео.html
Thank you for responding, I really appreciate it. It was really cool that it was you lol. I remember watching a video of you having a similar issue before. Curious if it survived?
Sir ,you got good skills....
Thank you Anand!
Nice work! If you have the choice, when would it be ideal to dig out trees? Early spring like repotting? Is it more important only for deciduous trees?
The best time for most hardy trees is spring, just before the new growth starts or just before the leaves come out.
@@TheBonsaiZone thx!
Hi nigel, was wondering if you'd ever try doing aqua bonsai?
I haven't, but I like to look at it!
I think you could have left a few gaps between the bottom boards for drainage and ventilation instead of fitting that other skinny piece.
It will be a a heck of a bonzai tree
Cant remember the last time i saw someone driving a screw in by hand.
Just Nigel!
I like your bonzi 🌳🌳🌳🙏😇
very natural box
you need level 60 woodcutting to cut down Yew Trees!
Good development
Very nice
Bring on part 2!
Coming to Yew soon!
15years? Wow.
I like yew trees
I love your videos but bro your hair??!! Prune that thing!!! Lol you have great ramification but the shape needs work so.... here I go! ✂️
Funny, I went through a period when everything I saw was judged as Bonsai material. Decades later I got into dry plants for my California yard and what happens? I get into fat plants!. What a circle.
Interesting, I guess our tastes don't change much over the years!
Nigel, you are a peculiar person. Seeing you with a cordless drill proves that you have one, now are you aware that a Phillips tip for that drill is likely a dollar or less? Of course you may well know that and perhaps it was simply your pleasure to hand screw those deck screws in. Either way this seems to answer a whole other bunch of questions I had about why I’ve never seen you collect a large tree. Thanks for the video 16 minutes well spent.
Thanks D K , I just like to twist the screws in by hand. I'm not sure how high the tree will be in the end, I'm hoping I can get it down to a more reasonable size, at least so it fits in the hatch back.
A good Canadian boy, Nigel is using Robertson screws.
muito bom trabalho parabéns
Here we go!
I am "digging" this tree!
Nigel I'll help you with squats and lifts, you help me with Bonsai!
I'm still at it with the workouts in the woods, I find it really enjoyable!
Mr Nigel, you need Julian :).
He was in school, it's definitely a two person tree!
Finally first!
So close Bryce!
So close
Thoid!
Foist
Good job falkoff
Yes, you are!
Fishing for Foist, well done!
N
umber 5!