30C=86F. Now that is warm in the greenhouse. Hopefully the heat holds for the cold nights. Your surgical skills on these roots never ceases to amaze me. Great work Dr. Saunders. A nice looking styling of this DS. Looking good.
Wow you are a whole season ahead of me there! Haha! That schefflera and pot are very cool! My poor thing just doesn't like me. I'll figure it eventually I hope. Leaves are starting to pop here. Blossoms are a couple weeks away yet I think.
I love the work you did today. The dragon tree looks amazing. I thought this might be the tree you choose for your dragon pot, but now I have to think again. Great work as always Nigel.
The spring scenery you showed looks like early - mid March for Northern California's lowlands! We have many wild plum trees that bloom throughout the month of February, and they grow easily from cuttings. If you get a dozen (plum) whips, and plant them, at least one of them will root and take off! No root hormones needed. I remember you saying "you gotta let your tree grow long and bushy during the development stage" so I took your word and I'm trying to only pinch the tips off of long extensions and it's working. Your lessons are therapeutic!
With that long aerial root that you cut off. Still has some nice green on it. I bet there are some buds on it. Do you think it would sprout and make a nice mini for you?
15:10 If a tree has blown over in the wind, one does not assume its root base is representative of trees that are still standing. Tree roots grow quite deep under normal soil conditions, and deep-rooted trees do not blow over.
Blow overs are actually a pretty normal thing and they act as a mini ecosystem because water pools in the hole under them. Not much can handle massive windstorms. Hurricane micheal uprooted many many huge oaks in my area with MASSIVE root bases. I think that a blow over is pretty representative of a healthy root base. Not many trees continually grow downwards as the forest floor has the majority of nutrients it needs. I removed an 80 year old pine on my land. The root ball was only 4-5 feet down but it had massive horizontal roots.
I love this tree it’s so cool. I just purchased my first little Dwarf Schefflera off Etsy, should be delivered tomorrow. Not a bonsai, just a little plant I hope to bonsai over the years to come! Question Mr Nigel, do you use the same soil mix for all your plants? Thanks 🙏
Nigel I have a question, why do you keep this thic areal root? It kind of arches in direction oposite to both the trunk and dragon branch. It’s little bizzar to be honest.
Is it wrong to prune off aerial roots? I have some scheffleras and ficuses indoors and it’s not humid enough to get many aerial roots and I doesn’t like them anyway so I use to prune the few that comes
Looks good. I really like the 3D printed pot, as well. Very authentic!
I love this little dragon!
wow amazing work also nice to see that the comunity orchard is doing well
30C=86F. Now that is warm in the greenhouse. Hopefully the heat holds for the cold nights. Your surgical skills on these roots never ceases to amaze me. Great work Dr. Saunders. A nice looking styling of this DS. Looking good.
Wow you are a whole season ahead of me there! Haha! That schefflera and pot are very cool! My poor thing just doesn't like me. I'll figure it eventually I hope. Leaves are starting to pop here. Blossoms are a couple weeks away yet I think.
Always great to see spring flowers, especially on the fruit trees. Nice tour of the CG.
I love the work you did today. The dragon tree looks amazing. I thought this might be the tree you choose for your dragon pot, but now I have to think again. Great work as always Nigel.
Thanks Steve, something to think about!!!
Nice tree Nigel!
Thanks 👍
Great video again nigel.
Thanks Chris!!!
Looks fantastic Nigel! 🤩
Many thanks Jay!
The spring scenery you showed looks like early - mid March for Northern California's lowlands! We have many wild plum trees that bloom throughout the month of February, and they grow easily from cuttings. If you get a dozen (plum) whips, and plant them, at least one of them will root and take off! No root hormones needed. I remember you saying "you gotta let your tree grow long and bushy during the development stage" so I took your word and I'm trying to only pinch the tips off of long extensions and it's working. Your lessons are therapeutic!
Thanks so much and I hope your trees grow well!!!
Wow, that Schefflera looks really good!
Thanks!!!
With that long aerial root that you cut off. Still has some nice green on it. I bet there are some buds on it. Do you think it would sprout and make a nice mini for you?
15:10 If a tree has blown over in the wind, one does not assume its root base is representative of trees that are still standing. Tree roots grow quite deep under normal soil conditions, and deep-rooted trees do not blow over.
Blow overs are actually a pretty normal thing and they act as a mini ecosystem because water pools in the hole under them. Not much can handle massive windstorms. Hurricane micheal uprooted many many huge oaks in my area with MASSIVE root bases. I think that a blow over is pretty representative of a healthy root base. Not many trees continually grow downwards as the forest floor has the majority of nutrients it needs. I removed an 80 year old pine on my land. The root ball was only 4-5 feet down but it had massive horizontal roots.
Hello!!!!!
Hello!!
I love this tree it’s so cool. I just purchased my first little Dwarf Schefflera off Etsy, should be delivered tomorrow. Not a bonsai, just a little plant I hope to bonsai over the years to come! Question Mr Nigel, do you use the same soil mix for all your plants? Thanks 🙏
Yes I do, but some trees require more watering!!
Defoliation and repot all in one? 😮 🤯
Yes, it's no problem for a healthy tree at this time of the year in the greenhouse!!
Beautiful tree Nigel - I’m learning so much from your channel about my schefflera. How come you prune off vertical branches instead of wiring them?
Pruning gives taper and movement to the branch, wiring gives you spaghetti shaped branches!!!
@@TheBonsaiZone That’s a great reason - thank you! Seems like I need to do some more homework on directional pruning :)
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Question. My schefflera grows heart-shaped, mitten-shaped even three points on each leaflet. What causes this? Is it deficient in something?
It usually means the plant is either young or it's not growing with vigor. I'd try a repot into bonsai soil and see how it grows in the future!
Nigel I have a question, why do you keep this thic areal root? It kind of arches in direction oposite to both the trunk and dragon branch. It’s little bizzar to be honest.
It's an interesting feature, I think as more of those aerial roots thicken up it will look really cool!!
@@TheBonsaiZone i looked at it from that point of view, and you’re right :), it will look like walking creature
Is it wrong to prune off aerial roots? I have some scheffleras and ficuses indoors and it’s not humid enough to get many aerial roots and I doesn’t like them anyway so I use to prune the few that comes
No, it won't harm the tree and many people don't like them!!
@@TheBonsaiZone Ok, thanks for answering!