Root Pruning My Mulberry Tree, The Bonsai Zone, March 2022
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- Опубликовано: 10 фев 2025
- I'm getting this small Mulberry (Morus alba) seedling that I collected in the backyard on track to become a bonsai.
Today it gets it's second root pruning since it was collected last summer.
To see previous videos of this tree, click on the playlist here...
• Mulberry Bonsai
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“And at some point you realise that the sapling has begun to resemble a mature tree. It's a wonderful feeling.” That's the poetry of bonsai!
I am very new to bonsai but it was fun watching this. Just today I dug up two very small mulberry seedlings from my yard so hopefully at least one of them grows into something.
The Bonsai Zone is a fun channel 👍🏻 Welcome to an amazing hobby! I hope your trees make it 🙂
This year when my husband is trying to rid the yard of mulberry seedlings, I’ll have him save a few in case you need more. He’s been tearing them out for years. I’ll have to check for big trunks to save!
Thanks Margaret, I hope my tree does well and becomes a nice bonsai!
Looking forward to seeing more creative videos like this one 👍 cool video 👍👌👌👌👌👌
Thank you! Cheers!
I've got a 2 year old Black mulberry bonsai I started from seedling from a berry that fell into a pot outside. I topped it very young and have an awesome trunk with a trunk that is part root. There's a "Y" at the trunk into the ground from where the roots were exposed and it created a neat trunk. I do not know what I'm doing, just trial and error. The leaves have dropped for autumn and I brought it in and started the season earlier than nature last year by putting it in my indoor grow tent. I'm gonna do this again this year, giving me a longer grow season. Then re acclimate in spring for outdoors like last season. Root pruning is on my to do list after seeing this video. Should I prune roots now before it wakes up? Thanks for sharing your time and knowledge. Looking forward to your response or any response really. God bless you all.
Great little mulberry! If I don’t find a seedling, I might airlayer my neighbors mulberry. Great job Nigel!👍
Good idea Jay, they also grow easily from cuttings!
Just what I was goin to say, plus quite large branches root readily like willows, I think they’re called ‘elbow’ cuttings!! Be blessed 🙏✝️ ✌️🇺🇦🌻
Great little tutorial on the Mulberry Tree root pruning explaining why you are doing what has to be done to develop a great root structure. Tea with a great video!
I always enjoy watching your spring root pruning videos. Im looking forward to watching many more to come. Thanks, keep growing (and pruning)
Fascinating listening to you narrate your root pruning selection process, Nigel. Very educational.
Thanks Yeti!!
Nigel. I just love your energy. You give me such joy and peace watching you and how you work. What you share is so lovely. You embody the spirit of bonsai. Thank you for just being who you are, brother.
Watched this video again because I'm planning to report my mulberry tree this weekend... as always, thanks for all the tips Nigel!
Just looked it up and the liverwort does have the spores that are blown into the soil. Good thing you took the top of the soil with the weed incase any spores are there. Mulberry trees are cool. Nice find in the yard.
From my (all be it) limited experience I have not found liverwort to particularly be a problem, though it is like a fleshy succulent so might be an indicator of damp soil. Pearl wort aka Irish Moss on the other hand, although it looks very pretty with it’s tiny flowers, puts out deep roots that can drain the nutrients in the pot.
You’re quite correct Tom, n they’re served in little cups on the leaf surface! Talking of cups hava nice cuppa tea yourself medear! God bless you 🙏✝️ ✌️🇺🇦
Spring repotting, and the joy of root work!
Lots more to come Rebecca!!
I like the environmental shots that you often include in your videos lately - like the intro today
Thanks, it's like a quick weather report! I find many people don't realize that we still have lots of snow coming!
You truly are the master of your trees Nigel - roots, trunk, branches, and leaves....they all grow to your will. Its a gift, no doubt, and you present it wonderfully.
Nice first week of spring coming - enjoy!
Been missing the premiers because of work but I catch the uploads when I can. Great stuff as always Nigel! I'm very excited for spring, I have much to do and I'm counting the days for this greenhouse arrival! See you again soon!
The backyard where I grew up had a huge mulberry tree and some very old pear trees. The bark was amazing. I spent many happy hours up ithe branches.
Me too, we had an old Mulberry tree by the river and I used to come home with my hands almost black!
Thanks as always for the educational journey in a tree’s life as a bonsai! I keep dreaming of replicating some of the techniques you demonstrated on my cuttings once they get big enough!
Once the bark starts to get woody, I usually begin the training!
@@TheBonsaiZone i repotted a few planes this morning and I got rid of a tap root, roots that were to high and roots that were too long! Thanks for the suggestion: it was fun!
That was awesome as always. Thanks for sharing, I’m a big fan of the bonsai zone..kind regards from sunny Dubai.
Great video Nigel. Great instruction on root pruning and nice to see you using greenwood bonsai scissors.i have a pair myself ..
Thanks Michael, they work great!!
Thank you for sharing your wisdom
Glad you enjoyed the video Jon!
Superb explanation. Thank you!
Nice video Nigel . Great to see you are back.
Thanks Matt, so nice to be up and running again!
This is great to see. I have a couple mulberries in the yard that I plan on potting up in spring too. Cheers!
Nice Colin, they are fast growers!!
Great video Nigel looks really cold 🥶 Love watching your root pruning videos. Thanks for sharing
Nice looking roots my friend!
Thanks Dave!!! I hope the tree does well this year with it's radial root system!
Great root work.
Thank you, a good start to a long journey!!
When you talked about how extensively you root pruned the tree last it reminded me of a tree I have. I have a red alder Alnus rubra, that I root pruned last year about this time. a couple years back, I started keeping notes on my trees. Last year I pruned off about 50% of the root mass. As I have had satisfactory results with this species in the past on removal of as much as 90% percent, I wasn't concerned. Maybe I should have been the tree didn't do very well for most of the season. It did survive though and now seems to be going strong.
Nice Paul, yes I have gone a bit too far with some trees and it takes them a long time to get vigorous again, but with good care they eventually recover!!!
Very nice! I noticed that with my Ficus! It looked like a little stick until this year, just poof! It's a tree... I have to be careful not to over prune it now...
Hi i am Joe your subscribed from Malaysian 🇲🇾... Nice root and great bonsai
I'm looking forward to seeing the field and trident maples being potted up. I've got a few field maples and a couple of trident that are in the early stages of development.
I have a white mulberry that began in my fukien cuttings pot last August I grew the mulberry overwinter because I didn't think it would survive the harsh winters here. It has grown about 2ft indoors over the last 6mo and it's almost spring here so I can't wait for it to grow and allow dormancy next time
I have a dwarf mulberry tree for fruit in a big pot I am constantly pruning and because it’s so easy to prune and grows so well here in australia, when I saw a regular mulberry tree seedling/cutting/small tree for sale at a garden centre for less than 15$ I think it was 12$aud 🤔 I had to buy it, when I was wiring it I accidentally broke the tree in half, so I planted the top and bottom in pots and now I have 2 trees… they grow very well from cuttings I’ve found 🥰🐶
Noice work Nigel, always a pleasure to watch. 😁
From my (all be it perhaps 4 years) limited experience I have not found liverwort to particularly be a problem, though it is like a tiny fleshy succulent so might be an indicator of damp soil. Pearl wort aka Irish Moss on the other hand, although it looks very pretty with it’s really tiny flowers and star shaped growth, puts out deep roots that can drain the nutrients in the pot, and can spread rapidly if not kept severely in check.
Thanks Jason!!!
It looks like I’ll have 45 degrees Fahrenheit next Wednesday. I’ll probably mix my soil then. I can’t wait to replant some maple. I’m going to wait to do that tho. Not quite warm enough I think. I’ve got a bunch of 2 year old maple seedlings that need their own pot.
Yes, the first warm day, I'll be out mixing up soil, with a dust mask on!!
Hi Nigel, always loved to see your work. Where do you get your root rake?
Thanks for the guide! Are you uploading a video about the maple as well? is it now the right time of the year to be root pruned?
Hello. I love your bonsai channel. What type of stone pebbles do you use in your bonsai mix?
Oh! Make the roots shorter so it fits in the container. How did I miss that part? No more shoving roots in the container anymore.
Have to say my first bonsai tree doing great, thought I killed it due to ant colonization, harsh summer, and large root pruning. Nope! Mimosa bounce right back and is already showing budding.
The grapevine also showed signs of life, thought it died in the winter. Even the stem was brown and dead, but left it. Now I have two huge vines with even bigger leaves.
Awesome, glad your trees are doing well!
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I have two mulberry trees a friend gave me two years ago. I potted them up, intending to find a permanent location for them after the sabbatical. Yesterday I went to move them, they are still quite small, and did not realize that the tap root has grown into the ground. Can I cut the tap root without killing the tree? My thought is maybe to form them into larger "bonsai" type plants for the patio.
I found 3 mulberries on the property last year and I plan on digging them up this week.
By the way Nigel, what are your plans for the Temple Statue you made a while back? (9:33)
I am trying to bonsai a nut meg tree but can't find any information, so I am just playing it by ear. So far so good.
Best of luck!
I think that you can grow them from cuttings
Hopefully my pink lady apple bonsai works out
How often you water this kind of soil?
It usually needs water once a day, but in mid summer, 2 or 3 times.
Hi, what is the soil mix?
Is that a white or a black mulberry? The white mulberry has deeply lobed leaves, while the black has solid heart-shaped leaves. Both kinds produce edible fruit, but the black kind has a better flavor. There is a lot of history associate with white mulberries because that is the species that silkworms feed upon. Black mulberries were introduced from Europe, while white mulberries came in from Asia. Both have become quite invasive and can be found all over North America. There is a clone of white mulberry that has weeping branches. I wonder what a weeping mulberry bonsai would look like.
I don't understand why so many people waste this much time for combing out the substrate from the roots with root hooks, chopsticks or something like that. This is unneecessarily time consuming and also not really gentle to the fine roots as you rip them off with this method, also they might just die off because they dry out when it takes too long.
Just shake off loose soil, maybe scrape out some grains with your fingers, but then wash out the rest with water, it's done in like 10 seconds. That's so much quicker and easier.
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Thanks Aaryan, it helps spread the hobby of bonsai!