My Umbrella Tree Bonsai, The Bonsai Zone, Sept 2022

[@therisingofroninbonsai]

Great rooting mr nigel..

[@margaretmiller4899]

It looks like it could a Tim Burton tree from Nightmare Before Christmas! I love the changes.

[@cisengineer]

I can't wait to see what comes back from that!

[@milankumarupadhyay6671]

Thank u so much sir I m from India ,odisa.

[@mattbrennan647]

Fantastic improvement. I like your decisions. The new structure is set up nicely for the future. Thanks, keep growing

[@tlo3olt]

As soon as you chopped that tallest branch off I fell in love with this odd little tree. What an unusual masterpiece!

[@ferasi6944]

I really appreciate that you like to work on unusual trees as some kind of bonsai. 👍

[@anhtruong3645]

Hi Nigel ,After I see this video I go back to look for the one 9 months ago (I just see your video 2 months ago and I start trying to grow bonsai)Very interesting to see what a difference from part 1 to part2 . Always learn something from u .Thank you so much .

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Fantastic! Thanks!!

[@mnelson10000]

Wow, I love how this is developing. Beautiful! Might want to shade that plastic bag, though... I'd be concerned that the sun is going to steam that root! :)

[@naturalman1972]

Watching sir Nigel. Fan from Philippines.

[@7puggiescyndycarruthers193]

Nigel, you have done a magnificent job on this one! Thanks for sharing.

[@marysoldeeley2218]

Very unique and interesting! I like it!

[@growclipbonsaiforseniors1951]

Fascinating tutorial by Dr. Saunders. Relaxing & watching.

[@TobyJin]

Nice update on the roots, looks like the strategy worked. This is definitely one of your most unique trees. Can't believe it's already been 9 months since you covered the roots, I remember watching that video like it was only around 4-5 months ago.

[@dabblingwithbonsai]

Big cuts, but the umbrella tree looks better with those shorter fingers! The aerial roots look very good on this style
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[@growclipbonsaiforseniors1951]

Nice finish on the UB tree. Nice aerial-roots being developed.

[@katifalcon]

🌳Looks awesome Nigel such a big change🍃 and a super unique bonsai🌳

[@ManiakBonsaiJr]

come to learn, Mr. Nigel, always inspires

[@harrisonstreib]

Awesome! I was really looking forward to this one and I’m excited to see it leaf out

[@Tybold63]

I think all these new roots gonna be improving the tree as intended

[@raymondplodzien7459]

What interesting and promising features on this tree. I agree that it could be a future show tree Nigel.

[@baldyeti]

Fascinating watching you work through your root selection and training. I’m curious why you like to get the arial roots to be as straight and vertical as possible.

[@PSPMHaestros]

Probably because that's how they usually grow in nature

[@craft-o-matic399]

It looks so cool Nigel! I love what you have done with it today!
Lisa

[@Tarmantarmant]

Nice video...

[@MaybeBonsai]

Interesting project Nigel, I hope the roots develops as expected!

[@matthewsevignybizzybonsai908]

Way cool tree and the Deadwood it's pretty cool too

[@dr.pushpachhangani7534]

Excited to see it's growth

[@tunggakgaring8971]

keren kawan bonsainya.. semoga sukses selalu channelnya aminnnn

[@Aftek]

apa ?

[@littlefangel9243]

I love this tree in flower here, nice big red flowers. Hope your tree flower someday.

[@martijnstronks2390]

Was wondering how these roots were doing. Great decisions!

[@brucedeacon28]

👍🍻

[@bonsai_life_style]

You culd put substrat in that bag that what I was doing with straw (I was putting coco bark but that is same).

[@rosamnaranjo1]

I think so too…. Defoliation indeed 😱

[@uppergorple]

Not sure about this one. The incipient aerial roots you started with naturally just put out lots of fine feeders once they were encased in compost, rather than extending to the original soil level. Following the Reveal I would have simply fastened the roots into the desired positions with wire hoops to let the unviable feeders die off and the main aerials to thicken. The radical change to the top would have been better next year...

[@BoogyBarro]

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[@chasingthefish9042]

Do you think putting a larger sized inorganic mix in the cups then just watering the cups infrequently would have produced more thick aerial roots?
My thinking is that watering the bottom well ( like submerging the pot only) and infrequently watering the cups would have tricked the tree into focusing growth into thicker roots searching for water through the cups.
I hope I worded my thoughts well. All this is Slightly complicated.

[@chasingthefish9042]

2 big cuttings! Do a broom style!! Looks great with that dead wood in the background.

[@OlufsWaterview]

For schefflera do you defoliate before bringing outside AND before bringing back indoors? I did on mine when I brought it outdoors but I'm debating if I should now that I need to bring it back indoors.
The longer story:
I have a Schefflera forest that I got in May of this year. In mid June I fully defoliated and brought outdoors and the trees since have refoliated but with smaller leaves much tighter to the trunks/branches - I think it's a dwarf schefflera. Now I'm considering bringing it back indoors, living in zone 5a, and I don't know if I should defoliate again or just leave the current (smaller/tighter) foliage and let it adjust how it will to the indoor light.

[@tayag9223]

@Nigel Saunders, the bonsai zone Hi Nigel, i have been watching you a little while now and as i am a newbie with bonsai although I do have a 53year old horse chestnut bonsai I planted from seed in 1968. I have always been interested but life I’m afraid never left me much time to spend on it but now I am retired and can play. If you don’t mind I need some of your
advice, I have purchase a red oak sapling, it arrived today, I’m guessing it’s about 12-14 months old - still green flexi stem. It is about 3 ft tall, which is too tall for what I want. There are buds nodules along the stem, i will at some point want to cut the growing tip off to reduce its height. Please when would be the best time to do this? Like you we are going into fall here so it will eventually become dormant. So, do i cut it now?, during dormancy, or just before spring budding? Hope you don’t mind my asking. Take care

[@veziovignanelli2926]

buonasera ma i gattini che fine anno fatto ce li fai rivedere grazie

[@BonsaiMethod]

excellent specimen! i have a similar schefflera that id like to reduce in height... how much would you wager i could chop in one go?

[@TheBonsaiZone]

I think quite a bit, as long as the tree is healthy! Right down to a small stub!

[@nikolcemarkovski7380]

What is the little leaf on the left side, why you keep that?

[@justlucky13]

Foist

[@mirandusings]

what's the point of taking 9 months to grow all those fabulous jungle-y aerial roots just to cut them off and make it look like "normal" temperate tree? 😆