Developing Trident Maple as Bonsai - BE BRAVE :)
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- Опубликовано: 31 июл 2024
- In 2017 I purchased several cheap Trident Maple Bonsai. Today I demonstrate what to do with ‘pot-bound’ circling roots and BIG unwanted branches. You have to be tough with this terrific bonsai species. These are two transformations and will set my Tridents back on the path to Bonsai Majesty (I hope)...
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Xavier
-- TIMESTAMPS --
00:00 Two long overdue Trident Maple Repots.
02:03 Let’s have a look at the root structure.
03:50 Bonsai Roots - Close Up.
05:24 My Tie Down method.
06:33 Lots of pruning decisions to make.
08:22 Some BIG branch cuts.
09:43 Resolving the Apex.
13:07 What would you do now?
13:38 Soil and aftercare.
14:32 The second Trident Maple Bonsai.
15:23 Some awkward root problems to solve.
16:36 A major branch removal.
18:41 All finished for now.
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Both of those trees are super cool! The roots on both look like fantasy creatures! The first ones with the high roots to the back look like a creature crouching! The second like one running! You could do some cool things with those roots!
I think there are two categories of enthusiasts: Root lovers (thats me) and the rest :)
Get a rock under the first one…perfect fit with them roots on the side!
It did have a rock to begin with so we shall see how things develop :)
Brilliant Xav, great work. Nothing a pond basket can’t fix 😁💚
So true Jonas :)
Nice work Xavier!!
Thanks Nigel - most of this has been inspired by your own example. I could have gone harder but I want to see what development comes from this next year.
I actually liked the three branches on the second one.
I have stared at this for many years trying to decide what really fits for me. I often regret choices...but that's why I am still a novice :)
Can’t wait to see the roots between they will go crazy
I hope you are right...just a shame we will have to wait for another year before I peak (maybe) :)
Nice video Xav! You’re moving these trees forward and I’m excited to watch them develop with you!! 👏🏽 🪴 🍁
Thank you. It is about time I took the plunge and started tryig to improve these. :)
I bet these will absolutely explode this year!
Only if I water them with petrol :)
I’m diggin your vision, if I’m tracking it correctly. You asked for votes, but you’re doing fantastic without my 2¢. Love those cuts you made, brother.
Cheers for the encouragement my frieend :)
I agree with the work you done on all the trees Xavier. I hope you give us an update as they grow.
Thanks for the encouragement Raymond. they will certainly appear at the end of May when I can see how they have responded.
Thank you for your reply
This community is fantastic and I love being a part of it :)
Tridents are powerful growers. Nice video thanks. Cheers from Ojai Bonsai
Thanks for the support - I have been pretty neglectful of these and it is about time I started to 'give them a chance' to shine :)
They are lovely trees and development is looking great right now. I’ve just got a few Trident seeds germinated so hopefully have a little fun with them this season bringing them on. Tridents they say are fast growers so who knows might get a couple of stunners like your Tridents in the future 😉
I look forward to hearing about their development...and maybe a few photos too :)
Thanks for all the info. Nice to see your trees and hopefully see them again in the Summer. I have to try to slow my tridents down somehow; they're going mad!
'Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree' was the song! 🇦🇺
I was waiting for somebody to pick up on the mistake. We used to have a couple that laughed continuously outside my bedroom window :)
Very nice mapels! For 45 bugs Amazing 👍 your Work was very Good ! Good Job xav. This Mapels are coming very Good in a few years ! Cheers 🍻
A long way to go before any of these get to be the size of your Trident :)
@@XaviersBonsaiRetreat thats the difference from 45 to 400 bugs 🙈
Pure akadama [or any good bonsai soil] and a pond basket should give you masses of roots.
Ps. Dead or Alive, 80s and 90s being my formative years 😊
That was the time to be young :)
Nice repot and pruning! I quite like the shape of the two trees - have my fingers crossed for lots of root development in your new soil mix. I love watching these trees evolve. Can't wait till bud break!
Thanks - I just wish I had done all this four years ago. Mind - I was caring for my wife then.
@@XaviersBonsaiRetreat ❤❤
Great video xav mate
Hope they have a good season 👊👊👊
I am just glad I finally got around to dealing with them. Much more to do...but I have finally started :)
Great musical reference!!
I am sure I have more fun with these memes than I do the bonsai :)
you certainly entertain, sorry I missed lunch@@XaviersBonsaiRetreat
Very informative vid. Thank you for your time
I appreciate you taking the time to watch
Always packed full of info Xavier. Cheers and HB 🎉
Thanks Nerina - hopefully it is packed full of 'good' info :)
Well done!
Thank you - I really hope they benefit for this work and look forward to turning them into passable bonsai (but brilliant for my skill level) :)
Great video....thanks for the motivation to attend to a couple fellows that need attention 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
My pleasure and thanks for supporting me too :)
Really good job Xavier. That first tree is looking really nice after that trim. Once it grows in I bet it will be quite a looker.
I am hoping that will be the case - I've still got 5 others needing work but it wont stop raining right now :)
@@XaviersBonsaiRetreat weather is terrible here too.
Excellent Xav, look forward to seeing them leafed out.
Hopefully the new sponsored benches will be done soon and I can have all of these trees out for a spring garden tour :)
@@XaviersBonsaiRetreat that will be super, hopefully you can keep the cats out of the bottom of the garden.
@@markjagger7139That will be a challenge - they are already enjoying the freshly turned over soil from post hole digging.
@@XaviersBonsaiRetreat o dear
Those shoots are great for planting! I pruned my trident and just stuck them in the ground, and now I have 3 more tridents! Such easy growers!
Agree with you totally. I have done the same and am now able to use them for my root over rock projects. It is so satisfying when you get cuttings to strike :)
Once the roots are fixed these trees will be great!
Grts
Kennet
Thanks for the encouragement Kennet
i like the tops of both your tridents... the bases not so much. Your pop group is a metaphor for winter dormancy 🤞
You win the prize for originality on that one Andrew! bases are the problem with most of these old imported Tridents. I can see a few ground layers on the horizon...
Brave chop on the second tree, well done!
It is always easier when you watch somebody else do it :)
A good tree compost would make that tree happy my mother trident has just woken up and is thriving on tree compost cheers
Thanks for the advice James. I have mixed in pine bark with this so hopefully that should provide some decent organics :)
Hi Xavier - those are lovely trident maples. Can’t wait to see them flushing out. I do not have tridents (can’t remember having seen them once in Austria), but norway maples, field and mountain maples…. Thanks for sharing ❤ Enjoy your coffee ☕️😘 Cheers, Martina
Thanks Martina - they are definitely great to work with and I am lucky to have found them for such a great price too.
Hi Xav I have never had Trident maples so find it difficult to comment on yours apart from saying the roots seem to be very poor, your right to repot them in good quality substrate to increase the root quality, the trees look reasonable small trees with a bit of character. Today I repotted a couple of trees the one related to this subject was a really old maple on a rock which I have owned for over 20 years, this tree has the smallest leafs of any maple I have ever seen or had, I have a theory why they are so small but I will leave that for another time. All the best with yours my friend.
Thanks Joe and I can't wait to hear your theory :)
Bonsai yang menginspirasi, sahabat dengan permainan panorama yang alami 21:28
Terima kasih banyak telah menonton dan mendukung saya :)
I like the bold cuts my friend. Peter Tea would be proud.
Thanks Dave - hopefully the tridents don't revolt at the abusive treatment :)
@@XaviersBonsaiRetreat my guess is they will be fine.
There's a bit of inverse taper on that first tree. Maybe you could grow out a number of sacrificial branches below it to thicken the lower part of the trunk?
That's a really good point and something that will need to be dealt with. Cheers :)
OK, I confess my disappointment (my problem not yours) at not getting to see the "full meal deal" of the pruning. I always learn so much when Nigel walks us through the whole thing. I want to see what you do and why. I would have taken different approach to the roots on both trees. Cut off the high stringy ones on the first tree and certainly slashed the big root to the right on the second getting rid of it completely. I think you would have had enough roots and and gotten rid of what could be unsightly roots. Nigel does it and you can too. You have the best ICU with your greenhouse/cold frame. You have to do it sometime. Now is a good time. So is next near! Just one of thousands of opinions and approaches....On the other hand you should probably ignore this opinion.
I would never ignore your opinion Susan and I don't doubt what you are saying makes loads of sense. In terms of filming I try to find a balance based on viewing stats. However, I will be doing some more detailed root pruning soon. I could go harder but I am not quite 'full Nigel' in my approach. Thanks for all your valuable support :)
I currently have trident maples seeds in the fridge, I hope they will sprout when its time to come out!
make sure you let me know how you get on. I have had so little success with seeds that it amazes me how other people seem to do so well.
I don't have a lot of succes with seeds either.@@XaviersBonsaiRetreat
I have bud-break on my Tridents (South coast). I will be tackling mine today or tomorrow - three trees in the same pot one with an air-layer at the top that I think has roots. These are my 1st Tridents so it will be interesting (nerve racking?).
Please let me know how you get on - photos would be even better. Thanks for watching :)
Whoops - commenting from the wrong channel AGAIN! I will film any repots I do - I have so few trees, I tend to film everything.@@XaviersBonsaiRetreat
Love Tridents! …. Dead or Alive!
That was my music era :)
I'm so brave I've been working with red maples
What have your overall results been like?
@@XaviersBonsaiRetreat So far they are pretty great to work with! I have a ton of them and about to post a few video's on them.
Hey xav, if planted deep, trident will grow higher roots which could be an option too
Thanks for that Jelle - I will look at that for a couploe you didnt see. Do you need to apply wire at the point you antt the roots...or just plant it deep?
@@XaviersBonsaiRetreatjust planting deep. It is one of the challenges with maples, and tridents especially. Plabting to deep can also ruin a good nebari :)
Ground layer is the best option when u don't have good roots or one sided roots ..
That definitely seems ot be the wway this one will go eventually. You are certainly not the first person to suggest that approach. Thank you :)
Hey Xav, what soil did you use for the Tridents?
This year I have been lucky enough to use a mixture of: Pumice, Zeolite, Vermiculite and a little bit of fine pine bark. Mixed in with carbon and slow release root growth pellets.
Where do you get the baskets?
I just picked the cheapest ebay online retailer. I think it was aquatics4all
I am very interested in purchasing a trident maple. Could you please let me know the email address of the nursery where you purchased yours from. Thank you for an information on this nursery.
Wattson bonsai uk has some currently if you’re interested
It is Savin Nurseries in Bedford - they have a large facebook site. Not sure whether they have been able to import more over the last few years. I haven't been there for at least 2 years. I did a video on my last visit which has the full address I think - early in 2022.
If you are near to me then I have quite a few and also some younger material I have been growing on. just sendme an email :)
@@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Thank you for the offer the trouble is I am in Lowestoft. Thanks again.
I wish we could grow maples in india 😅
Is it really too difficult for them?
@@XaviersBonsaiRetreat we don't have them here ... I never saw it in any nursery or any online store
The Y ‘s should go
Sorry I'm confused what you mean by the Y's?
@@XaviersBonsaiRetreatT(he back branches at the back of the tree in the pond pot that are Y formed can be cut shortened to one branch to get ramification closer to the trunk, just my opinion, keep up the good work
@@percyacutt3110 thanks for clarifying. I will keep a note of that advice for the next review 😁
Save the time spent editing and leave those cut in clips Xav it doesn’t add anything
Thanks for the advice. Are you referring to the memes or to the clips I add on the blue screen?
@@XaviersBonsaiRetreat yes the movie clips that mirror what you have previously shared.
I like them.
@@MrEieio44Thanks - it is always difficult to get the balance right sometimes :)