Bonsai Fire! And Chinese Elm: Dave's Bonsai E468
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- Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
- In this episode, FIRE! Did I lose any trees????? Also, I was gifted another tree. This time a Chinese Elm.
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Scary stuff Dave! thank goodness it wasn't in the house and the family is safe. 🙏
Great stuff today. Sorry about the electrical issues, and super sorry about the cold. The new Chinese Elm has potential, and now in new soil, it should thrive. Cheers Dave. Always great to see you.
I’m so glad you only had minimal fire damage! That’s definitely something to be grateful for! Good luck at your event, I hope you meet some great folks that could get into the hobby and hopefully make some sales! I like that “new to you” Chinese Elm! It’ll have a good future in your hands.
So much to talk about today - thank goodness the electrical issue wasn't worse! I remember doing my first couple of stalls a few years back and picking out trees that I thought would sell...but weren't my favourite (That was tough). Always hard trying to price up fairly but i had so much fun and I look back now and have sold well over 100 trees from either my backyard or village shows. It is so much fun meeting and chatting people who are interested in buying your trees :)
Whew! Scary with the fire and all. Glad to see the damage was minimal. Nice score on the elm, that’s gonna be an awesome tree once she recovers.
So happy the fire was contained and small, we'll keep our finger crossed that issue is resolved...Great trees for sale...Sure wish I lived near you as I would be a customer for sure...Very nice trees and best of luck at the sale...Always great content and Thanks for sharing your journey and expertise...
Love that you keep the plant room warmer than the kids room 😂
@@VictorHHH7 🤣😂😜🤣
Hello Dave, so glad that the fire was minimal. You may want to check to make sure that the 14 gauge is the right cord, some heaters can draw alot of amps/watts and so you may need a bigger guage cord. I live in zone 6 and bring my chinese elms indoor for the winter. I could probably leave them in my front porch that doesn't get below freezing. Then take them outside for spring and summer and they grow like crazy. Since your cut it back pretty good and then repotted it I would give it a place to recover where it is warm. I like all the trees you are putting in for the fair, they will make someone a nice tree. Take care and Happy Holidays to you and your family!
I am glad that you were able to buy a new cord for the greenhouse to keep it warm. What a bit of bad luck with the fire again and the new cord gone. I am glad you caught the cause so no fire in the house also. What about those heating cables they sell for rain gutters to keep them from freezing? Low heat that you can probably run around the pots for the roots. Just a thought.
Cold is right, Dave. 19F here with a 5F windchill. Boy are you cold out there and that windchill out your way is brutal. Enjoy a cup of tea tonight to take the chill out of the bones.
Hi Dave. I have 2 of Candice's chinese elms from you. I keep them outside for the summer where they thrived, but I bring them in the house for the winter, in a south facing kitchen window. They lose all their leaves initially, but then come back like gangbusters. They are both doing wonderful. I also had a fire last week, in the house. I plugged in a year old string of mini lights for my 1 year old grandbaby, in our family room. A lot of black smoke shot out, the circuit tripped, and black smoke scorched the wall. The smell was terrible. Luckily a family member that lives nearby (an electrician) was able to come over quickly and changed out the outlet. I had to repaint the wall, and floor trim. Needless to say, I threw those lights out.
@@maryweber4176 glad you are all okay. Scary stuff!
I love my Green Isle Ficus, and it doesn't seem to mind being indoors
Indoor bonsai. I would pick a jade for a beginner. Easy to take care of and you could also have a Pereskia aculeata "Godseffiana". A true cactus that develops a nice trunk and some cool leaves that change from pink to yellow to green. Very easy to take care of.
Now that you took it out of the pot, were you able to smell the root ball to detect if root rot that did not let the roots to grow. Repotting will help it to recover. Great save.
I'm sorry to hear about the electrical issues. I almost fell out of my chair on the slow-mo section. All I could think about was Christmas Vacation with Chevy Chase as he went to turn on the house lights for everyone! Just a reminder it is OK to mix 14-gauge and 12-gauge wiring but only if your breaker is 15 amps. Don't mix with a 20amp breaker! That's bad news. My guess, you had your microwave kick on at the same time your heater was on, and possibly some other devices in the circuit too. I had a similar issue after finishing my basement.
Wow, Dave! I wonder if there was actual flame. Thankfully it didn't ignite further. I'm intrigued that the Govee app documented it. Such a system would have been a huge help to me years ago, when I kept 27 aquatic and terrestrial turtles in my studio. The room has a small gas heater, but still needed high wattage heat emitters, humidifiers, and large filtration pumps, plus lamps for the bonsai. Every wall plug had power strips and timer-so many plugs, running 24/7! Always the fear of some facet of the electrical system failing, or tank leaking.
@@BonsaiDruid-qo9lo yeah. I’m always going with higher power breakers and cables from now on. Scary!
You are right Dave. If a tree is grown in the south and the tree is good for zone 4, we do not know how it would react to our northern winters since it never experienced this type of cold.
Woh Dave! Electricity can be scary! 1000 Watts = 10 Amps have your Electrician add a dedicated line in your breaker Box for the cold frame heater. a heater, a microwave, a hot blow dryer, any two of these on the same line will blow a 15 amp breaker if they are both on. Good to be Good ,but better to be Lucky. You were very lucky Dave!
Forget the ficus, you should give him one of the portulacaria's. They are the perfect indoor bonsai.
@@Lees_Trees yes, I agree! Maybe I’ll sell him one of mine down the road. I think he wants a bigger one than I own at the moment.
Repot will help the roots to recover. Research on this variety to see what storage is best for you.
I had the same prob with my elm. Roots didnt look so well i think alot of these nurserys just never pay attention to them and they are always in horrible soil. I had a feeling if the top looks horrible well the roots are prob just as bad.Come spring like i did with mine after the first flush of growth ground layer that thing. I got one of the best nebari from doing that to a chinese elm. Mine took another year to establish but now pumps growth out.
Hmmm. Ficus Benjamina has always been the starter tree for me, the other types are harder to get my hands on. A PA or regular jade might suit his 'laziness' better.
Power went out in my neighborhood for 30 minutes last night. Thank goodness only a short time. So cold last night.
My cold frame is an unheated, uninsulated garage that maintains about 10 degrees F above ambient. Since we have already had -10F; I suspect my trees have already seen 0 F. I have not had too many issue in the past but time will tell. Small shallow pots usually have the most difficulty.
@@Dononcall yeah, the shallow ones will get ya!!!!
Do you think that it is developing root rot? Just a thought on the CE.
@@growclipbonsaiforseniors1951 I don’t think so.
Question. How come you didn't repot the elm in a pond basket, since it had little roots?
@@hoodzie9810 that’s is a good question. If I would have thought it through a little more, that would have been a perfect idea. One of those days I just pushed through many tasks. Still working on the slowing down part of my bonsai journey. 😄🤣
Just another high quality chinese product. :-/
I can’t give you any advice on where to keep the Chinese elm as where i live in Australia our winter isn’t to different to your summer. Guess we are fortunate in some ways with growing season but the watering can be miss a day or two and it’s done for that tree. 👍🇦🇺🦘
@@bryanmorrion9503 pros and cons everywhere.