Hi Nigel, I use to put rocks at the bottom of my pots for drainage and I have recently found out from the gardeners that it was not a good idea. They said that the rocks brought the water table so to speak up higher to the roots and gives the plant a higher chance of getting root rot. You do want to keep the nodules on the roots it does hold the water and as someone else said here it has something to do with nitrogen for the plant. Great video, thank you.
The scientific name for this plant is Asparagus aethiopicus. It is not a true fern, and is considered a weed. It is native to South Africa and is toxic!
+Nigel Saunders All very true! I also have one that is in a hanging basket and it is really beautiful, especially when it blooms! Then it has lovely red berries in the fall/winter.
Love this plant, and you did a great job, I have a few here and I want to know what did you put in the middle to became such a caudex all glue together, did you glue them?
That's really cool. Is bonsai your job? If so how? Do you raise and sell and adopt and pass on? How can I work with or make money from bonsai? I'm 25 now and have loved it as long as I could remember. Now I'm out of the Army and want to pursue my passion! Nice trees!
Travis Brunner Growing bonsai trees is a hobby for me, an obsessive hobby! Money can be made in bonsai, I think a good area to get into is growing pre-bonsai stock of native trees in your area. Clubs are always looking for plant material for demo's and to develop into more refined bonsai. You can also dig up trees from nature, but be sure to get permission. Even growing trees in the ground is a long term investment, as you are looking at 5 to 10 years before they are suitable for bonsai training. Congrats on your Army service!
hola un saludo desde mexico como siempre muestras excelentes trabajos hermosos maestro que árbol es me puedes dar el nombre científico gracias mucha suerte
I have an Asparagus Fern but it looks nothing like that. From a few feet away it looks like the trees you see on the African savanna (the ones with the really flat canopy. Acacia?), with each of the individual fronds looking like secondary branches coming off of the scaffold branches. Unforunately, the individual trunks are so thin I don't think I could ever get them to form a single trunk.
Any idea what the scientific name for this plant is? I'm planning on getting one but there are several different plants that are called asparagus ferns and I don't know if all of them will respond the same way to being bonsaied
Hi Nigel, I have just began to look in too bonsai. I started when I realized that I could no longer fit my 8 year old grapefruit tree through my door to winter it indoors. I had to come up with something or it would die, so I gave it a trunk chop. from 7 feet to 1 1/2. it was scary but I did it. that was in June, it is now September and it has rebounded. I am overjoyed with it but her is the question: do I have a really short grapefruit tree or a future bonsai? I know that there are many who work with fruit trees as bonsai but this grapefruit has huge leaves and I have heard that you cant "bonsai" a large leave tree. thoughts?
+lisa albarras-perez Grapefruit trees make excellent bonsai trees. I have one myself. You can check out my Lemon tree bonsai videos for similar techniques to citrus trees. Over time the leaf size will reduce, you will see this as you get more branches. Any large leaf tree can become a bonsai tree, they never get really small leaves, but an attractive tree can be made of them! Good luck with your tree, Nigel
I had an order for baobab afew years ago from a company in Senegal Africa. Three were large but two died and one I sold at a farmers market. They had three year old ones and also ordered seeds. I see you were trying to get an african scene whereas the real deal was really interesting
I do seem to have quite a few non typical bonsai trees. Sometimes finding the right techniques can be a challenge. I'll do some videos on more unusaul ones in future.
Thanks,we have both chickens and hens now. Lots of company in the backyard! The Asparagus fern is a very tough plant and is considered an invasive weed in the states. It comes from South Africa. The "tree" is growing really nicely this year and survived the root pruning with no problems.
I think he’s known for his scary root pruning but my word, his bonsai are absolutely beautiful, i would be honoured to pick one out and buy it from him
The next step for the Larches will be repotting in spring. The needles are just starting to get their fall colours so I'll try to make a video to show this before they all drop off
+Hannah Lindner I'll have to do an update, it's one of those plants that sits in the corner and I forget about it. It is growing well and gets a pruning whenever it gets too large, but I don't do much with it until it gets outside. The frost should be gone in about a month from now and I'll do an update.
It will be styled to look like a Ficus tree that has the trunk covered in aerial roots. I know it's not a bonsai tree, just something on the weird side!
Still growing strongly, the new foliage has grown long over the winter. In spring I will cut off this winter growth and start the summer training, keeping it trimmed up.
Thank you, Nigel, for your great videos. Now I try to make something like your "bonsai asparagus" from my huge asparagus bush (1,5 metre in diameter) :) I hope it will be a successful operation. :)
It has looked quite good at times, I'll be getting it back in shape in the upcoming year. It can be pinched, shaped and wired to resemble a tree. I'll post an update when it's looking better.
After watching your update today I looked back to see the first video of this "tree." It's 26 years old now! Very cool.
I know it's technically not a bonsai, but you have a great eye for design. You can even make a weed look good.
Hi Nigel, I use to put rocks at the bottom of my pots for drainage and I have recently found out from the gardeners that it was not a good idea. They said that the rocks brought the water table so to speak up higher to the roots and gives the plant a higher chance of getting root rot. You do want to keep the nodules on the roots it does hold the water and as someone else said here it has something to do with nitrogen for the plant. Great video, thank you.
I have learnt many process of bonsai making from your videos.Thanks a lot. I have posted about you in a group in Banladesh-Bonsai BD.
looks really cool! cousin Itt of the bonsai world.
Yes, I had it in the bonsai show this year, almost everyone asked what kind of tree it was!
The scientific name for this plant is Asparagus aethiopicus. It is not a true fern, and is considered a weed. It is native to South Africa and is toxic!
+Nigel Saunders All very true! I also have one that is in a hanging basket and it is really beautiful, especially when it blooms! Then it has lovely red berries in the fall/winter.
Is it safe to grow it as indoor plant?
How did you make the stems thicker? Thanks! 💙
Love this plant, and you did a great job, I have a few here and I want to know what did you put in the middle to became such a caudex all glue together, did you glue them?
Those "potato-like" roots stores food and nutrients for the plant to use during dry season.
Many of the potato like roots were shriveled up. I was definitely under watering the plant!
That's really cool. Is bonsai your job? If so how? Do you raise and sell and adopt and pass on? How can I work with or make money from bonsai? I'm 25 now and have loved it as long as I could remember. Now I'm out of the Army and want to pursue my passion! Nice trees!
Travis Brunner Growing bonsai trees is a hobby for me, an obsessive hobby! Money can be made in bonsai, I think a good area to get into is growing pre-bonsai stock of native trees in your area. Clubs are always looking for plant material for demo's and to develop into more refined bonsai. You can also dig up trees from nature, but be sure to get permission. Even growing trees in the ground is a long term investment, as you are looking at 5 to 10 years before they are suitable for bonsai training. Congrats on your Army service!
hola un saludo desde mexico como siempre muestras excelentes trabajos hermosos maestro que árbol es me puedes dar el nombre científico gracias mucha suerte
I have lot of that type of plant sir can you please tell me how did you made that trunk? because mine is in a separate form thanks
rov flor great question! Hope you get an answer because I’d love to do this to one if mine.
Might be a bit late but I think he made a small iron wire frame and just laid them to rest on it
I have an Asparagus Fern but it looks nothing like that. From a few feet away it looks like the trees you see on the African savanna (the ones with the really flat canopy. Acacia?), with each of the individual fronds looking like secondary branches coming off of the scaffold branches. Unforunately, the individual trunks are so thin I don't think I could ever get them to form a single trunk.
I have built my trunk up with the roots of the plant to form a tree like shape. Each time I re pot it, I just raise it a bit in the pot.
Any idea what the scientific name for this plant is? I'm planning on getting one but there are several different plants that are called asparagus ferns and I don't know if all of them will respond the same way to being bonsaied
Here is a link!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asparagus_aethiopicus
Hi Nigel, I have just began to look in too bonsai. I started when I realized that I could no longer fit my 8 year old grapefruit tree through my door to winter it indoors. I had to come up with something or it would die, so I gave it a trunk chop. from 7 feet to 1 1/2. it was scary but I did it. that was in June, it is now September and it has rebounded. I am overjoyed with it but her is the question: do I have a really short grapefruit tree or a future bonsai? I know that there are many who work with fruit trees as bonsai but this grapefruit has huge leaves and I have heard that you cant "bonsai" a large leave tree. thoughts?
+lisa albarras-perez Grapefruit trees make excellent bonsai trees. I have one myself. You can check out my Lemon tree bonsai videos for similar techniques to citrus trees. Over time the leaf size will reduce, you will see this as you get more branches. Any large leaf tree can become a bonsai tree, they never get really small leaves, but an attractive tree can be made of them! Good luck with your tree, Nigel
I had an order for baobab afew years ago from a company in Senegal Africa. Three were large but two died and one I sold at a farmers market. They had three year old ones and also ordered seeds. I see you were trying to get an african scene whereas the real deal was really interesting
I made asparagus fern bonsai and it is looking great
Good to hear, they are a really cool plant!
Hey Mr.Nigal can you tell your WhatsApp no. I want to show you my bonsai
@@TheBonsaiZone Thanks Sir
My asparagus fern bonsai is getting yellow what should I do now
ASPARAGUS FERN : GOD OF AERIAL ROOTS
Nigel do you often work with unusual specimens for creating Bonsai ?
I do seem to have quite a few non typical bonsai trees. Sometimes finding the right techniques can be a challenge. I'll do some videos on more unusaul ones in future.
cant wait i love unusal bonsai specimens to work with
Pls put a video how can a small green island ficus turned into a bonsai & how can I thick it's trunk too. Stept by stept .
I have one that I can use to show the process, stay tuned!
This 1 plant or many plants together?
It is one plant!
Pruning that much of the roots? It seems that would kill the plant. I'm sure you're the expert, but I've never seen such a drastic pruning.
Love your free roaming hens! 😊
Thanks,we have both chickens and hens now. Lots of company in the backyard! The Asparagus fern is a very tough plant and is considered an invasive weed in the states. It comes from South Africa. The "tree" is growing really nicely this year and survived the root pruning with no problems.
I think he’s known for his scary root pruning but my word, his bonsai are absolutely beautiful, i would be honoured to pick one out and buy it from him
Asparagus ferns are almost impossible to kill they’re an invasive weed fern where I live
Great video Nigel, keep it up! Could you do another video on Larch at some point?
The next step for the Larches will be repotting in spring. The needles are just starting to get their fall colours so I'll try to make a video to show this before they all drop off
Mr. Brightside in the background around 4:30? Haha
What is the location for this plant..full sun or shade?tnx
Shade to partial shade
Interesting clump of ferns. By the way, be careful there, my friend, I hear blasting sounds of guns @12:40.
I think that is my neighbors nail gun. I hope I'm safe!
Nigel those are called tubers.
I love this video
asparagus fern has root nodules to fix nitogen for plant
Thanks James!
Hi Nigel, I was looking through your videos -- Have you been able to update how your asparagus fern turned out?
+Hannah Lindner I'll have to do an update, it's one of those plants that sits in the corner and I forget about it. It is growing well and gets a pruning whenever it gets too large, but I don't do much with it until it gets outside. The frost should be gone in about a month from now and I'll do an update.
Awesome! I can't wait to see how it looks! :)
Hannah Lindner I have posted an update, here is the link.
ruclips.net/video/-yLz2tX8-Rk/видео.html
Thanks!
Those tubers store water and nutrients.
Thanks, I have read that all parts of this plant are poisonous!
I ain't never seen a tree with a hundred or more trunks...
It will be styled to look like a Ficus tree that has the trunk covered in aerial roots. I know it's not a bonsai tree, just something on the weird side!
Hi. How is it doing?
Still growing strongly, the new foliage has grown long over the winter. In spring I will cut off this winter growth and start the summer training, keeping it trimmed up.
what where the bulb looking things in the roots
+Nick Russe The root system produces these bulbs, it may be to anchor the plant into the ground? The bulbs are poisonous!
Hi, Nigel! These bulbs are for keeping nutrients for the "poor times".
Tasha Tashata Thanks Tasha!
Thank you, Nigel, for your great videos. Now I try to make something like your "bonsai asparagus" from my huge asparagus bush (1,5 metre in diameter) :) I hope it will be a successful operation. :)
Are people shooting firearms where you live?
+indiekosmos No, that's Bob the builder next door with his nail gun.
Ah, I see!
So to make a bonsai, just cut all the green off? It will never look like any sort of tree.
It has looked quite good at times, I'll be getting it back in shape in the upcoming year. It can be pinched, shaped and wired to resemble a tree. I'll post an update when it's looking better.