How To Feed Your Bonsai

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  • Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024
  • In this video I show you how to feed your bonsai and explain the different feeds availble.
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Комментарии • 83

  • @user-HolyTrinity3
    @user-HolyTrinity3 3 месяца назад +13

    Your videoographer does do a very good job. We respectfully request that they get closer shots when Peter is trimming, feeding, or showing seeds, candles, or bark of trees, so we may get a good look at what you are doing.
    It is so facinating and educational, that we appreciate the close up of hands on. Thank-you!! We love your videos, Peter.

  • @stuartCcash
    @stuartCcash 3 месяца назад +15

    Awesome content as always, thanks to peter and the team. Also the least complicated but most helpful vid I have seen about fertilising trees. Take care all.

  • @sharagreen2432
    @sharagreen2432 2 месяца назад +1

    It must be a joy to work for you, Lovely nursery.

  • @stylezhiiipower
    @stylezhiiipower 3 месяца назад +7

    The grand master speaks! ✊🏾😎

    • @peterchan3100
      @peterchan3100 3 месяца назад +3

      Really ? No -- I am just sharing my experience from what I have been experimenting for years.

  • @Poopeh_le_pieux
    @Poopeh_le_pieux 3 месяца назад +2

    N : nitrogen, it's purpose is to make green leafy matter
    P : phosphorus, it helps with roots propagation and the formation of flower
    K : potassium, is for fructification
    So in the early life of the plant you give it a fertilizer rich in N
    When it starts to flower, you need a fertilizer rich in phosphorus
    When the flowers start to become fruits, you need a fertilizer richer in potassium
    Note : you shouldn't feed a plant that doesn't show signs of hunger an you always use half of the recommended dose because you can add more but you can't take back if you gave too much and too much food is as bad for plants as it is for animals
    Great video, take care of you !

    • @lorenzomoseley5926
      @lorenzomoseley5926 3 месяца назад

      When should I start feeding? I'm growing a few horse chestnut trees and some other trees, but i don't know what they are called. Anyway they all popped out of their seeds about a month or two ago, so are all saplings is it too early to start feeding?

  • @dodgersfnshepard8673
    @dodgersfnshepard8673 3 месяца назад +4

    The perfect topic for today. One I struggle with and am scared I will get wrong

  • @mk-jf1ux
    @mk-jf1ux 3 месяца назад +6

    thanks from Usa

  • @scheers100
    @scheers100 3 месяца назад +4

    I find(feel like) al the water soluble fertiliser is best to use in every watering. Of course micro dosing

  • @almac2598
    @almac2598 3 месяца назад +7

    Thanks Peter, all good knowledge.

  • @DavidChow-n4x
    @DavidChow-n4x 3 месяца назад +2

    Great needed lecture. Peter
    Takes care have a great day.🙏🙏🙏

  • @bonsaikitchen
    @bonsaikitchen 3 месяца назад +2

    Fine 👌 Big greetings and respect from Bonsai Kitchen team. 🍴🔥🧑‍🍳

  • @gregv04
    @gregv04 3 месяца назад +1

    I use bonsai fertilizer pellets. I add them once in spring and another smaller dose in early fall. They work great for me so far. I need to learn more thanks for video.

  • @cyndy338
    @cyndy338 3 месяца назад +3

    Thanks Peter! Lots of good info!👏👏👍😊🙏

  • @pezpythons1532
    @pezpythons1532 3 месяца назад

    I use pond filter water for my trees when I clean my koi ponds, it works very well

  • @mick681
    @mick681 3 месяца назад +4

    Very comprehensive and useful.

  • @cathierose2009
    @cathierose2009 3 месяца назад +3

    Exceptional video. Very helpful. Thanks

  • @briangallagher3106
    @briangallagher3106 3 месяца назад +1

    Nice. Can’t wait to watch on the commute home from work.

  • @鹤阳孙
    @鹤阳孙 3 месяца назад +4

    thank you chen

  • @frederickdominguez4829
    @frederickdominguez4829 3 месяца назад

    Thank you Peter. Really good info.

  • @rep001
    @rep001 3 месяца назад +1

    Thank you !

  • @annissa485
    @annissa485 Месяц назад

    This is so informative, thank you.

  • @kevintiemann6366
    @kevintiemann6366 3 месяца назад +3

    Thank you for sharing. 👍

  • @lek498
    @lek498 3 месяца назад

    Thank you Peter! Learn your knowledge with a clear way! I have extra questions: How can you remember which bonsais are feed and which are still need to be done? Or you will do it in one go? 2 What is the difference between a NPK 3-3-3 and 5-5-5? Hope I can meet you offline one day. Have a nice day!

  • @dariokrizman3117
    @dariokrizman3117 3 месяца назад +1

    thx for info master

  • @Adventur.
    @Adventur. 3 месяца назад +1

    Very interesting video, MR !

  • @ironelegance
    @ironelegance 3 месяца назад +2

    Amino acids and fulvic acid are the way! If you're going to drive growth with NPK, don't skip the calcium!
    If you're using R.O. water, humic acid will act as a buffer to prevent 'lockout' or antagonization/bonding between anions and cations.

    • @normallyChallenged
      @normallyChallenged 13 дней назад

      @@ironelegance Hi! Bonsai novice here. How does the calcium help the plant?

  • @vedsingh8843
    @vedsingh8843 3 месяца назад +3

    VERY GOOD INFO,,,👍👍👍

  • @Rstytrsrs4325
    @Rstytrsrs4325 3 месяца назад

    Thanks Peter, very useful information. I would love to come to the UK to visit your nursery one day, you have many lovely trees.

  • @Bee-Kochi
    @Bee-Kochi 2 месяца назад

    Thanks a TON!! Master💖

  • @uchimartos7674
    @uchimartos7674 3 месяца назад +1

    Saved the video. Thank you!

  • @maanjezus8622
    @maanjezus8622 3 месяца назад +15

    I only use liquid feeding, because of stealing birdies. They even took those feeding baskets with them.

    • @pansepot1490
      @pansepot1490 3 месяца назад

      So that’s why some people tie them to the pot!

    • @maanjezus8622
      @maanjezus8622 3 месяца назад

      @@pansepot1490 . Yeah and it looks stupid and ugly.

    • @luisrojas2893
      @luisrojas2893 3 месяца назад +1

      My dog eats it

  • @Zerlum-g6k
    @Zerlum-g6k 3 месяца назад +2

    nice video

  • @shivangnisharma9448
    @shivangnisharma9448 3 месяца назад +4

    Thank you 🙏🏻 some of my plants like lemon, gardenia are growing pale leaves with dark veins. It seems to be iron deficiency, will chelated iron help or making the soil acidic do the trick? You had promised to bust a few myths about soil, waiting for that video. ❤

    • @pansepot1490
      @pansepot1490 3 месяца назад +2

      I would definitely try chelated iron. I use it for my hydrangeas and it works a treat. In my experience it works best when applied in spring (or when the plant is in full growth depending on your climate). Prevention is better than cure, meaning that it’s easier to get green leaves when you treat them young and more difficult to get them to green up once they have grown large and yellow.
      Hope this helps. Cheers.

    • @shivangnisharma9448
      @shivangnisharma9448 3 месяца назад

      @@pansepot1490 thank you

  • @Sam-SGP.v.E-92
    @Sam-SGP.v.E-92 3 месяца назад

    Bedankt

  • @danicagrahek-ogden4444
    @danicagrahek-ogden4444 3 месяца назад +3

    Peter, what is best to use to promote the root development?

  • @voligod2773
    @voligod2773 3 месяца назад +2

    what about mushrooms fertilizer, where shroom grow in symbiosis with a tree

    • @peterchan3100
      @peterchan3100 3 месяца назад +3

      Do you mean mushroom compost? If so that's very good because it is made from horse manure.

    • @JonaWolf11
      @JonaWolf11 3 месяца назад

      Inoculating the soil with mycelium can help improve nutrient absorption in some tree species, but does not replace fertilizer. Instead of buying mycelium, I would reuse some of the old soil when repotting, as the fungi and microorganisms that live in symbiosis with the tree are already in there.

  • @J_3_P_O
    @J_3_P_O 3 месяца назад +1

    I learned a few things thank you. Is there a method of using natural layers of mulch to feed the trees rather than synthetic fertilisers with bonsai?

    • @JonaWolf11
      @JonaWolf11 3 месяца назад +1

      In theory this is possible, but in practice you have little control over the nutrients the tree receives and the soil becomes compacted as it rots.

    • @peterchan3100
      @peterchan3100 3 месяца назад +2

      More difficult to get the NPK right using Natural fertisers.

    • @J_3_P_O
      @J_3_P_O 3 месяца назад

      @@peterchan3100 Thanks, I am good at gardening and have a lovely ornamental flower and shrub garden. But my one attempt at bonsai failed. I think due to these synthetic fertilisers. I got the dose and timings completely wrong. I have a Juniper am going to have attempt two with 😅.

  • @steev927
    @steev927 3 месяца назад +4

    Best button-down shirts in the Bonsai game! Great informative video, loved the little mesh feeding pots, I'll have to look for some!

  • @nancyfahey7518
    @nancyfahey7518 3 месяца назад

    N= Shoots
    P= Roots
    K= Flowers and Fruits

  • @briankavanagh7191
    @briankavanagh7191 3 месяца назад +1

    Peter have you changed your shopping area to the big greenhouse and where have you put the trees?

    • @peterchan3100
      @peterchan3100 3 месяца назад

      Nothing has changed. Our back greenhouse is usually empty in Summer

    • @briankavanagh7191
      @briankavanagh7191 3 месяца назад

      @@peterchan3100 👍

  • @henrychan1
    @henrychan1 3 месяца назад +1

    I saw a squirrel 🐿️ steal one of my tiny fertilizer baskets the other day.

  • @gracepeterson7483
    @gracepeterson7483 3 месяца назад +1

    What about Tsuga? (Hemlock trees?) I have heard they shouldn't receive nitrogen.

    • @peterchan3100
      @peterchan3100 3 месяца назад +1

      I don't think so. Leguminous trees which fix Nitrogen in the soil might need less N but Tsuga is not leguminous.

  • @TronWynn
    @TronWynn 3 месяца назад

    So will low nitrogen, high phosphor, and high potassium give better color in spring also?

  • @RemiBusseuil
    @RemiBusseuil 3 месяца назад +1

    what about magnesium and calcium?

    • @peterchan3100
      @peterchan3100 3 месяца назад +1

      Many synthetic fertilisers have trace elements added

  • @Gowalkabout
    @Gowalkabout 3 месяца назад +2

    Peter: is 20-20-20 too potent for trees in development?

    • @pansepot1490
      @pansepot1490 3 месяца назад +2

      Imo in theory it’s the same: you only have to use a lot less. However the risk of harming/killing the tree is 4x higher if you get the dosage wrong. Don’t ask me how I know it. 😁

    • @peterchan3100
      @peterchan3100 3 месяца назад +4

      It is a bit high. I have not come across fertiliser with this high a NPK

    • @Gowalkabout
      @Gowalkabout 3 месяца назад +3

      @@pansepot1490 Nigel Saunders (The Bonsai Zone) uses 20-20-20, but very diluted, during each watering. I've been using that method for several years now with no apparent detriment to the plants. Nevertheless, I thought Peter's input would be instructive.

    • @JonaWolf11
      @JonaWolf11 3 месяца назад +1

      at 20-20-20 the NPK ratio is 1-1-1 you just have to dilute more. Rule of thumb is N ensures leaf growth, P ensures flowers and fruits and K ensures healthy wood. Depending on what is more important in development and what type of tree you are caring for, the ideal proportions can be different. The fertilizer I like to use has a ratio of 5-2-3. But these are subtleties that in most cases hardly make a noticeable difference.

    • @timjones7888
      @timjones7888 3 месяца назад +1

      Just use less

  • @chaiwatpotichanid
    @chaiwatpotichanid 3 месяца назад +1

    🥰😙

  • @Minstera
    @Minstera 3 месяца назад +2

    I take one with me to .. Mc. Dnlds 😉

  • @GoGoGadgetGiveadamn
    @GoGoGadgetGiveadamn 3 месяца назад

    No liquid instructions? :(

    • @nancyfahey7518
      @nancyfahey7518 3 месяца назад

      You want to liquid feed your plants every 2 week? The granulated lasts 3-6 months.

  • @rtregear
    @rtregear 3 месяца назад +2

    Very useful, Peter. Thanks. Nice shirt!! 😀

  • @martinredfern9130
    @martinredfern9130 3 месяца назад +2

    Thank you Peter , very informative

  • @mcmak666
    @mcmak666 3 месяца назад +1

    Thank you. I think I may have been feeding slightly too much. So I will dial it back a little.

  • @MidniteSan
    @MidniteSan 3 месяца назад +3

    thx for sharing Peter 👍

  • @Gbhmagic
    @Gbhmagic 3 месяца назад +1

    I prefer making my own as the Japanese stuff is ultra expensive vs what you get. i just grind stuff to a powder and put it in tea bags. i use 5.4.6

  • @brucedeacon28
    @brucedeacon28 3 месяца назад +2

    👍👌🙂

  • @moro8274
    @moro8274 3 месяца назад +1

    Is it OK to collect and recycle the fertilizer water so it wont go to waste?

    • @peterchan3100
      @peterchan3100 3 месяца назад +3

      Of course - I like to stand the trees in trays to collect the water that runs off as it has a lot of nutrients from the fertilisers

  • @gerritplays9985
    @gerritplays9985 3 месяца назад +1

    Thanks Peter