Pruning My Thuja Group Plantings, Part 1, The Bonsai Zone, May 2021
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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
- I'm pruning my Eastern White Cedar, root over rock planting, to get the trees more compact and miniature looking.
To see previous videos of these trees, click on the playlist here...
• Cedar Clump, Root Over...
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Never thought I'd catch Nigel referencing The Offspring 🤣🤘. But Im glad he did. More about the channel to enjoy
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@@humberto5889 Julian would be way to young for offspring. I'm 37 and remember them on MTV, when MTV played music.
@@notbonsai671 hey, who knows I'm ony 22😅
Went to nursert today, picked up 2 Cotoneaster and a Thuja Occidentalis from the reject section and the nursery gave it for free. The trunk was broken but a side branch took over for main leader.. Chop n a trim n it looks real good..
It's great to give rejects a brand new life! 🌞 Challenge is good too and keeps life exciting.
Wow! The natural growth over rock is one unique tree Nigel! Also, I love what you’ve done with your hair. You’re looking like a samurai. Right on!
Thanks Komodo!
Best time of the day: Thuja pruning and Canadian birds singing.
I really like that pale green pot choice. Enjoyed this video very much, luv the Thuja's
That little group of naturally grown trees over rocks is truly remarkable. You're doing a great job of improving on Mother Nature's handiwork.
What a great way to make a root over rock bonsai. Cool!
It’s amazing what a little pruning can do. It looked like one tree before.. and now it’s a beautiful little 3 tree clump.
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Lovely to see Thuja in their natural habitat. They grow very well here in Auckland NZ as well but they could do with some frost which they don’t get here.
Love these plantings. Beautiful. Thank you Nigel!
I like that little grouping!
Beautiful natural root over rock! I really respect your pine work, I wouldn't even know where to start on those 😂. Thanks for sharing, stay well 🙏🏼
I recall when you pruned back the white eastern cedar I couldn’t believe how fast it grew in. Like the new pot
wow, the pot puts it in another dimension. the color does it. nice. very nice.
Kid u not, at 9:06 I was already singing that and it’s still in my head.
Natural Bonsai. Awesome.
I'm certainly no geologist, but that sure is an intriguing formation of rock. Nice that those cedars were able to seed naturally on it, I've a feeling you could lay out quite a few rocks in the hope of replicating that and be lucky to get one. I'd say that 3rd pot might be best.
The birds are also happy
Hi Mr. Sanders! Very usefull video about Thuja. When is the best time for pruning for them?
I would still love to exchange seeds with you...
Anyways though... I love your approach and i admire your attitude towards all living organisms around you. The things close to you are very lucky.
Thanks for everything and especially for sharing with us. May the gods you believe in keep you safe and healthy. The rest ... you ve been doing very well
Thanks very much!!!
@@TheBonsaiZone you are more than welcomed. Lets just do the seed thing
Interesting ... I've also tried the root over rock now the rock is part of the tree lol ... I like your hair Nigel ... ",)
Its good to see your trees are OK we 52 mile hr winds the other night i Nottingham area of England it got under my poll tunnel blew benches over all new repots got un potted taken 2 days to clean up mess and repot but only 1 broken branch the pots did not fare so well even the plastic ones
John, that's terrible, I hope you can get things back to normal in the next few days.
that's a nice natural planting Nigel, what progress have you made on your cambodian temple?
Beautiful work
Thank you very much!
it kind of looks like its growing on an ancient giant or dinosaur skull, nice
Do you think ficus benjamina would work in a terrarium?
woooow good work
Your TO’s are truly amazing. I took my TO “to the limit” just yesterday. Fingers crossed. Thanks
Yes, it's a fine line between too little and too much!
Is that your little robin talking to you in the video? Nice root over rock.
Amazing!
Inspiratif....
I can hear a Robin singing its heart out in the background. Well, I also hear cardinals and chickadees but the robin made me think of the one you saved last year. Do you still see that bird hanging around?
No, the Robin got a friend and off into the sunset they flew!
The winds have stoped it’s funny no out side trees on benches we’re blown over just Polly tunnel I was lucky it did not touch bench with seeds on that would have been terrible mess to clear up
The blue tinge of death. Awwww, so sad,
The view of the rock at 14:45 resembles some sort of skull of an animal or dragon or something to me. Am I crazy? Haha
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Do you have any Thuja Orientalis also?
i'm a beginner and have just read that Thuja can be cut back to bare wood and will bud back like a deciduous tree? Anyone any experience on this, i'm hoping to acquire 2 Thuja's tomorrow, thanks
I wouldn't try it, even if the tree is growing in the ground, this would be a very risky operation!! I would always keep some nice green healthy foliage on the branches and then wait for back-budding before shortening a branch. I have had rabbits chew off the foliage on a tree in the ground leaving only a few green bits, the tree just barely survived in spring.
@@TheBonsaiZone thank you, i've just acquired 2 and luckily i don't need to go back to bare wood, i'm surprised they're both better than i thot. Maybe some day i will try with another one.
.I planted a Crassula Ovata cutting(healthy) in bonsai soil to grow,I'm a little confused about when to water it,its leaves are a bit shriveled, and Idk if it's underwatered or overwatered.Pls guide.
Check the bottom of the chat, I added some answers there!
If you did let the cut dry before planting, you can water it right away. I've never had any problems rooting jades, as long as I've let the soil dry between watering, and temperature has been 20 C° or more. (And adequate light, of course.)
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Hello Durin!
Ya see, that's were I don't agree with these pruning practices...I want my trees to live and there are new more updated techniques and pruning practices that one can practice were you know your trees will survive and not only survive but thrive. And pinching the tips on Thuja....not really a good thing to do. I've had much more success not pinching the tips and applying different pruning strategies. Ryan Neil has developed world class thuja on Mirai Live and as well as MANY other species. His techniques he teaches show their validation on the trees themselves. I do love your channel but so much of the information that you talk about is old and antiquated. Most of the books that have been published on bonsai don't go in depth enough, especially on a situation by situation basis and also talk about techniques they think are what produced the certain results they are talking about, one being radial roots. Using the rake you use makes it so much harder for a tree to heal itself as you do literally rip through and rip off roots were cutting each root with a sharp shear makes a good clean cut that's so much better for the tree and easier to compartmentalize and heal faster. Again, I do love your channel but you could elevate it to the next level if only you were a Mirai member. You reach out to so many people but are giving out information that's not viable. (The pine video was a big pushing point for me to be honest) It is probably one of the major reason you don't have a lot of the trees you should have, one being the big yew you dug up. My apologies if I took this to far or anything, I just really wish there was a RUclips channel that even if they are like us, (not world class or even decent material), practiced bonsai as the highest level no matter what...again though, I do love your channel very much!
Oh, and how come you been pronouncing "thuja" differently here lately?
Edit...Nevermind, I actually just looked up the correct pronunciation of it...I see why you say "thoo-ja" now instead of "thoo-ya" haha
Why not start your own channel? Different opinions, different channels. Share the knowledge.
@@arieklapbuis4974 I've thought about it numerous times. It's not that I don't like Nigel's channel because I do. Nigel and another are the 2 that got me back into bonsai after almost 10 years. I love Nigel's content, I just disagree with so much of the content being spread on RUclips on bonsai cultivation. I try and spread the word on Bonsai Mirai's online learning platform Mirai Live to help with that. It's by far the best for learning anything bonsai related, except maybe tropicals at the moment but it's coming in the near future.
There are many techniques that can be used in bonsai, but there is a certain point where the bonsai is more a result of manipulation than nature. I try and find a balance between the natural way the tree grows and the shaping done by the bonsai grower. There are many techniques that can be used that I don't have any interest in. I feel some of the techniques cross the line for me and become more of a technique to create the tree you think you want and not so much the way the tree wants to grow. An example of this is grafting. You can graft smaller foliage onto many trees, including Thuja, it might get you a version of the tree that looks more miniature, but it's no longer a natural Thuja, it's almost like a tree that was constructed like a model kit. The overall look of the tree isn't due to good watering and technique over many years, but from grafting. You aren't working with the tree, but instead changing it to your liking.
The techniques I use have been practiced for over a thousand years. Mirai is a good place to learn, but it is Ryan's approach to bonsai. Many of the trees at Mirai are collect and style while most of mine are grown into the style. Two different people, two different philosophies.
Most of my trees are small compared to the ones at many of the major bonsai channels and I find this to be a more practical size for me and I think most people. These large super size trees are impressive to look at, but I wouldn't want to have to move one or repot one without a lift or with many people to help.
Bonsai is an art and like any art form, there are different techniques and philosophies behind the art. Some people create water colour paintings, some create oil paintings. There is no right or wrong, just different art. I think this is a good thing in any art form. The world would be boring if we all did the same things!
I follow all the bonsai channels and there is so much that doesn't appeal to me and many techniques that I don't like or agree with, but I try and appreciate the trees as an expression of the artist. I find I'm drawn to the bonsai artists that create a natural looking tree and it looks like a miniature tree from nature. Other people might find this style unstructured or messy looking. It all comes down to your personal taste! A very good discussion, and thanks for your thoughts!
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Awesome video Nigel. I really like this trees.