I enjoyed hearing your Q&A session. I usually take notes when I watch your videos. I’m fairly new to bonsai, started two Summers ago in CA. I saw the fish and kelp fertilizer in another video you made. I was using worm castings for natural fertilizer. But, I also have the standard Miracle Gro crystals for my water pail. Thanks for your advice.
This is wonderful to hear! I'm so glad you find my videos helpful because that is always my goal - to help you with your bonsai. :) Best of luck to you and your bonsai!
Thinking about trying bonsai out, I'm 28 so I want to get ahead of the game! I bought a little coral bark Japanese maple and the crimson is looking amazing this winter! The nursery worker asked if I was going to make it into a bonsai, which got me interested. I plan to keep this one potted until I'm older and can buy a house to plant it in the ground though - my dad had a beautiful large one in my childhood home. Have you ever seen a Japanese maple bonsai? Love the videos
Hi Milton Have you ever Tried growing a Boswellia Sacra "Frankincense" tree for Bonsai? I am trying to grow a forest of them. I am a new subscriber and really enjoy your channel. Thank you for sharing your Knowledge 👍
Unfortunately, this bush is not available here in CA. Since you have access to it, please share you experience with our Bonsai Heirloom community here so we can learn from you!
I believe also juniper chinensis blaauws is very similar to a Japanese junipers used for bonsai. More available in eu as well. I enjoy your videos very much. Thank you and big congratulation for over 100k subs!!
@@nessi5413 I think so, yes. I heard it from Peter Chan and it is very similar to kishu and itoigawa juniper varieties. Also quite available around eu... not sure how is it in the states thou.
Congratulations reaching 100k.Thank you so much for all the great information. I may have missed it but can you tell me which rooting hormone do you use for clippings?
Thank you! Almost all rooting products contain indole acetic acid (IAA) whether they are liquid, powder, or gel. Root Tone is the common one, about 1% of that acid.
I brought my Chinese Elms indoors and placed them under artificial lights. I'm losing leaves at a rapid rate. I pulled them both out of the pots and they are very rootbound. I them slip potted them into a slightly larger pot. Well they recover, and what else would you suggest i do moving forward?
Now they grow commercial greenhouse vegetables…so grow light with the right spectrum is wonderful. You can keep the elm indoor if you keep the light intense. Deciduous trees often lose their leaves to save itself after a shock…for example, after digging up from the tree. It will do fine so long as there are some young leaves green. It will bounce back quickly!
Hello sir, I think you misunderstood what the person was asking about the monkey seat. They were referring to to a top trunk cut and whether it should be a flat cut or an angle cut. You spoke/answered as if they were speaking of the canopy and therefore didn’t answer the question. I too would be interested in knowing this too.
why are bonsai growers so concerned with oxygen getting to the roots? I have a horticulture degree and we rarely talked about oxygen deprivation to the roots. yes roots need it but they almost always get enough unless it's a heavy clay or the soil is waterlogged. in a pot where the soil layer is relatively thin and thus gas exchange to the entire soil layer is very easy, it doesn't seem like it should be a concern at all in most practical situations
There is a fear from long ago about root rot. If a plant dies you buy another, but if a bonsai dies... the price is much much higher. The most simple way to avoid it is to use a very loose soil where oxygen enters and water doesn't stay for long. The hard way is to learn to water.
You are right that roots only need some air....but need some. Clay soil and lots of watering will encourage problems, ,think of it as drowning. Please provide data, I want to start a comprehensive databse on bonsai. Thank you!
Much of what you will have learned from the degree is for plants in nature. I think you're underestimating large number of differences for a potted plant outside. For one example (among many, many), the potted plant is not in the Earth, which has a very small range of temperatures. In the high heat of summer, one must water very frequently (maybe twice a day or more) to keep the tree from dying due to these high temperatures. That means the soil has to be extremely fast draining or oxygen deprivation will cause root rot.
@@wardm4 it would seem that if the plant has enough water due to a potting mix that holds sufficient water then it can handle those high temperatures within reason. it seems like circular logic to say that the soil needs to be very well draining so that you can water it more in order to give the plant more water
Love seeing Leon chilling out with you 😊
Well done on surpassing 100k subscribers 👍
Thanks! Your support means a lot to me!
I spent way too many hours in the past 4 days watching your videos but I have learned so much. Congratulations on reaching 100K 🎉
I'm so happy to hear that! Have fun with your bonsai!
I enjoyed hearing your Q&A session. I usually take notes when I watch your videos. I’m fairly new to bonsai, started two Summers ago in CA.
I saw the fish and kelp fertilizer in another video you made. I was using worm castings for natural fertilizer. But, I also have the standard Miracle Gro crystals for my water pail. Thanks for your advice.
This is wonderful to hear! I'm so glad you find my videos helpful because that is always my goal - to help you with your bonsai. :) Best of luck to you and your bonsai!
Loved the closeups and the slow motion. Congratulations on the 100k subscribers. Hope too see you soon. ❤❤❤
Thanks so much! 😊
Congratulations on reaching 100K subscribers. Well deserved. Your videos are always informative and entertaining.
Thank you very much! Glad you find them helpful!
Stay Healthy and Congrats on 100K!
i so agree about the "Blank Canvas" to create bonsai...
Thank you so much for the support and kind words! Hope you are having fun doing bonsai :)
Great advice, common sense and down to earth !
Thank you !
Congrats on 100K subscribers !
That means a lot to me! Thank you!
Congrats on hitting 100,000 subscribers. I love watching your videos
Thanks for watching and supporting!
Thinking about trying bonsai out, I'm 28 so I want to get ahead of the game! I bought a little coral bark Japanese maple and the crimson is looking amazing this winter! The nursery worker asked if I was going to make it into a bonsai, which got me interested. I plan to keep this one potted until I'm older and can buy a house to plant it in the ground though - my dad had a beautiful large one in my childhood home.
Have you ever seen a Japanese maple bonsai? Love the videos
Small paint roller handle works well for cleaning the dirt away from the roots and replacing soil
Great tip! Thanks for sharing with the community!
Hi Milton Have you ever Tried growing a Boswellia Sacra "Frankincense" tree for Bonsai? I am trying to grow a forest of them. I am a new subscriber and really enjoy your channel. Thank you for sharing your Knowledge 👍
Unfortunately, this bush is not available here in CA. Since you have access to it, please share you experience with our Bonsai Heirloom community here so we can learn from you!
I believe also juniper chinensis blaauws is very similar to a Japanese junipers used for bonsai. More available in eu as well.
I enjoy your videos very much. Thank you and big congratulation for over 100k subs!!
Thank you for the support! :)
If I remember correctly blaaw even is a chinesis species, that has been imported by a Dutchman called Blaaw.
@@nessi5413 I think so, yes. I heard it from Peter Chan and it is very similar to kishu and itoigawa juniper varieties. Also quite available around eu... not sure how is it in the states thou.
@@pizzaguy6460 Yes, I think this is where I have it from, as well :D
Congratulations reaching 100k.Thank you so much for all the great information. I may have missed it but can you tell me which rooting hormone do you use for clippings?
Thank you! Almost all rooting products contain indole acetic acid (IAA) whether they are liquid, powder, or gel. Root Tone is the common one, about 1% of that acid.
I brought my Chinese Elms indoors and placed them under artificial lights. I'm losing leaves at a rapid rate. I pulled them both out of the pots and they are very rootbound. I them slip potted them into a slightly larger pot. Well they recover, and what else would you suggest i do moving forward?
Now they grow commercial greenhouse vegetables…so grow light with the right spectrum is wonderful. You can keep the elm indoor if you keep the light intense.
Deciduous trees often lose their leaves to save itself after a shock…for example, after digging up from the tree. It will do fine so long as there are some young leaves green. It will bounce back quickly!
Hello sir, I think you misunderstood what the person was asking about the monkey seat. They were referring to to a top trunk cut and whether it should be a flat cut or an angle cut. You spoke/answered as if they were speaking of the canopy and therefore didn’t answer the question. I too would be interested in knowing this too.
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why are bonsai growers so concerned with oxygen getting to the roots? I have a horticulture degree and we rarely talked about oxygen deprivation to the roots. yes roots need it but they almost always get enough unless it's a heavy clay or the soil is waterlogged. in a pot where the soil layer is relatively thin and thus gas exchange to the entire soil layer is very easy, it doesn't seem like it should be a concern at all in most practical situations
There is a fear from long ago about root rot. If a plant dies you buy another, but if a bonsai dies... the price is much much higher. The most simple way to avoid it is to use a very loose soil where oxygen enters and water doesn't stay for long. The hard way is to learn to water.
You are right
that roots only need some air....but need some. Clay soil and lots of watering will encourage problems, ,think of it as drowning.
Please provide data, I want to start a comprehensive databse on bonsai. Thank you!
Much of what you will have learned from the degree is for plants in nature. I think you're underestimating large number of differences for a potted plant outside. For one example (among many, many), the potted plant is not in the Earth, which has a very small range of temperatures. In the high heat of summer, one must water very frequently (maybe twice a day or more) to keep the tree from dying due to these high temperatures. That means the soil has to be extremely fast draining or oxygen deprivation will cause root rot.
@@wardm4 it would seem that if the plant has enough water due to a potting mix that holds sufficient water then it can handle those high temperatures within reason. it seems like circular logic to say that the soil needs to be very well draining so that you can water it more in order to give the plant more water
@@bonsaikastur it just seems like most people kill bonsai from underwatering due to this unrealistic fear of lack of oxygen and root rot
A good one I’ve used is a melaleuca linarifolia it has small leaves it an evergreen and a native to Australia 🇦🇺🦘🦘
Thanks for sharing! Your experience could be helpful to others in this bonsai community!