I have been suffering from severe depression for years. Nothing and nobody has been able to help me. About two and a half years ago, I started to get involved in bonsai art, as I have always been a plant lover and have a "green thumb". I don't necessarily want to say that this has saved my life, but it does help me.
Thank you for sharing your story! Bonsai has helped me through very stressful times in my life, which is why I love to share bonsai. Hopefully, more people get into this wonderful hobby.
The most forgiving plants for Bonsai are the ficus varieties. Watering my indoor plants during the harsh winters where I live helps settle my nerves. I have been involved with bonsai for more than 40 years and the results have been very rewarding. Good luck on your bonsai journey.
This was a great beginner video. I've been sharing your videos with everyone I know who is interested in bonsai. Around here, that's two people. But that makes us three more than zero.
I have told my dad about you and he is starting his bonsai hobby. This is a great video for anyone wanting to learn how to start and progress with bonsai. Thank you Milton. I appreciate all your videos.
Good morning Milton, Started this hobby later in life, I am a senior so time is a problem in leaving my Bonsai legacy to my family and friends. That why I started purchasing all my trees at the boxes store or garden center. It does give you a head start. Thanks for sharing this solution if don’t have the time to watch the tree grow on the ground. So Bonsai is all about cut and grow and cut and grow until you get the results you want, the basic philosophy of Bonsai. Take Care and have a blessed Sunday.🙏🙏🙏
Hi Milton. It's amazing what can be created with ordinary plants purchased from garden centers, I have made a number of shoin trees from Juniper procumbance, I have thought about using Rosemary as bonsai, I was offered a Rosemary Christmas tree, I think I will buy it and have a go at turning into bonsai at some point. I find it good fun to work on small trees and pot them in unusual pots such as floating pots bought from the Chinese online stores at a very little price. It makes a change from more serious bonsai work, if it goes wrong who cares very little money spent.Thanks Milton. Joe
I've been working with rosemary for several years and I can't tell how many hundreds of new plants I've produced over the years just from all the cuttings, because it's extremely easy. What is not easy, however, is to turn it into a bonsai, as rosemary is a very unpredictable (and quite slow) growing plant that requires a lot of work, patience and experience to turn it into a bonsai. In my experience, the upright-growing Central European rosemary is less suitable for this than the creeping (Mediterranean) form. And what you should definitely bear in mind is that rosemary will only produce good stem growth in large containers or outdoors AND that it is very light-hungry. I have several plants planted in the garden under ideal conditions and even there it takes up to five years from a fresh cutting to a 1 cm stem diameter. Rosemary will NEVER show stem growth in a bonsai pot or a small flower pot and in my opinion rosemary is definitely not an indoor plant/bonsai. This is just a friendly "warning". 😂 If you have any questions about rosemary, don't hesitate to ask me. ☺️
Hi there! I don't plan on selling merch but I am going to sell trees so that more people can get into bonsai! Please stay tuned as they will be available for sale soon! You can sign up at bonsaiheirloom.com to receive notifications.
Shohin sized bonsai are what we are striving toward. Very interesting trees you have discussed in this video, which has given us ideas galore. As always very informative video.
Good for you. There are very serious bonsai artists who specialize in shohin trees, usually considered to be under 10 inches from soil to top of apex. I cannot agree that shohin is a beginner's art. A part of the Japanese aesthetic has been miniaturization. A good shohin is a mature, sometimes aged-appearing tree in miniature form. This is difficult to achieve.
Them rosemary are a hard one. I can keep them alive but I always have issues with back budding. Do you hany tricks to make them kick back on itself? Thanks! Happy holidays
I am a very big fan and i love what you do, and would you mind if i ask how old you are and how long you been doing bonsai for? Really love your videos!!
I don’t recommend drastic pruning of deciduous tree in the fall because new leaves will emerge and kill by frost. Prune them in the spring. :) Evergreen matters less. Our area is mild…so I can shape my tree drastically at any time…I am not pruning drastically for the sake of pruning…more for the sake of starting with the right design…and then built upon it.
Very new to bonsai, and while you did not discuss tropical trees in this video, I’ve been wondering about jin on ficus bonsai. Is this something that is typically done, or is jin typically more of a conifer design? Thanks.
Jin is deadwood that will last…because jin of softwood or young wood will fall off soon enough… Experiment with your branches to see if it would last. :)
Hello Milton, it's me again, your loyal fan from Germany. 😂 Just in case the shipping issues for Europe are resolved at some point: Would the rosemary with the thick stem be for sale?
There is only one promising method: A large container or ideally a planting directly in the ground. Then leave it to grow in peace for a few years, of course creating the ideal light, water and nutrient conditions and (if planted directly in the ground) digging deep into the soil around the tree once a year with a spade to cut off the lateral spread of the roots. This will make it much easier to dig up at some point when you decide that now it's the time to plant it in a (training) pot Lots of foliage and roots and the resulting heavy "traffic" between them via the trunk are what make the trunk thicker. A thick trunk is therefore simply a necessary reaction that can never be achieved if a tree in a small container with few roots and foliage simply has no need for it.
You want me to stop? 🙂 My view is we are here, not just to consume, also to produce to leave a better world behind...so I will work till I am unable to... still 24/7 business, personal (taking care of family chores), hobbies...You should see my guppies! (since childhood) and orchids 🙂....and advising entrepreneurs.m Stauy tuned!
I have been suffering from severe depression for years. Nothing and nobody has been able to help me. About two and a half years ago, I started to get involved in bonsai art, as I have always been a plant lover and have a "green thumb". I don't necessarily want to say that this has saved my life, but it does help me.
Thank you for sharing your story! Bonsai has helped me through very stressful times in my life, which is why I love to share bonsai. Hopefully, more people get into this wonderful hobby.
The most forgiving plants for Bonsai are the ficus varieties. Watering my indoor plants during the harsh winters where I live helps settle my nerves. I have been involved with bonsai for more than 40 years and the results have been very rewarding. Good luck on your bonsai journey.
Thar pristrate Rosemary is lovely ❤
This was a great beginner video. I've been sharing your videos with everyone I know who is interested in bonsai. Around here, that's two people. But that makes us three more than zero.
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Keeo gong! Appreciate it!
@@MiltonChang-ee6rq ❤🩹
I have told my dad about you and he is starting his bonsai hobby. This is a great video for anyone wanting to learn how to start and progress with bonsai. Thank you Milton. I appreciate all your videos.
I am glad your dad is giving bonsai a try! Let me know if you have any questions about his progress.
Thank you! Please stay tuned!
Great beginner video ... thx for sharing.
Glad it was helpful!
I really like rosemary as an herb. I would LOVE to create a rosemary bonsai. I will follow this series!
Good morning Milton,
Started this hobby later in life, I am a senior so time is a problem in leaving my Bonsai legacy to my family and friends.
That why I started purchasing all my trees at the boxes store or garden center. It does give you a head start. Thanks for sharing this solution if don’t have the time to watch the tree grow on the ground.
So Bonsai is all about cut and grow and cut and grow until you get the results you want, the basic philosophy of Bonsai.
Take Care and have a blessed Sunday.🙏🙏🙏
I agree completely! I'm sure you are creating some wonderful bonsai to give to your friends and family!
I am really impressed with your beginner series. Thank you.
Happy to hear that!
Hi Milton. It's amazing what can be created with ordinary plants purchased from garden centers, I have made a number of shoin trees from Juniper procumbance, I have thought about using Rosemary as bonsai, I was offered a Rosemary Christmas tree, I think I will buy it and have a go at turning into bonsai at some point. I find it good fun to work on small trees and pot them in unusual pots such as floating pots bought from the Chinese online stores at a very little price. It makes a change from more serious bonsai work, if it goes wrong who cares very little money spent.Thanks Milton. Joe
Great attitude!
Have fun enjoying your trees.
I've been working with rosemary for several years and I can't tell how many hundreds of new plants I've produced over the years just from all the cuttings, because it's extremely easy. What is not easy, however, is to turn it into a bonsai, as rosemary is a very unpredictable (and quite slow) growing plant that requires a lot of work, patience and experience to turn it into a bonsai. In my experience, the upright-growing Central European rosemary is less suitable for this than the creeping (Mediterranean) form. And what you should definitely bear in mind is that rosemary will only produce good stem growth in large containers or outdoors AND that it is very light-hungry. I have several plants planted in the garden under ideal conditions and even there it takes up to five years from a fresh cutting to a 1 cm stem diameter. Rosemary will NEVER show stem growth in a bonsai pot or a small flower pot and in my opinion rosemary is definitely not an indoor plant/bonsai. This is just a friendly "warning". 😂 If you have any questions about rosemary, don't hesitate to ask me. ☺️
@@MDMARaver Thank you for your advice on Rosemary, I will take it on board.
Saya yakin anda berkarya dengan sepenuh hati❤❤, hasil yang sangat menakjubkan
Thank you for your compliment!
Has Bonsai Heirloom ever considered making merch? Would love to buy and support!
Hi there! I don't plan on selling merch but I am going to sell trees so that more people can get into bonsai! Please stay tuned as they will be available for sale soon! You can sign up at bonsaiheirloom.com to receive notifications.
Always happy to see the neighbors cat come for a visit
And as always, so many good tips in this video!
Glad the tips were helpful!
Lovely work and excellent tutorial. Thank you for sharing this, good sir.
You are welcome. I enjoy doding the video....feeling useful to the community. We are here to be productive...making a contribution.
Thank you!
Shohin sized bonsai are what we are striving toward. Very interesting trees you have discussed in this video, which has given us ideas galore. As always very informative video.
Good for you. There are very serious bonsai artists who specialize in shohin trees, usually considered to be under 10 inches from soil to top of apex. I cannot agree that shohin is a beginner's art. A part of the Japanese aesthetic has been miniaturization. A good shohin is a mature, sometimes aged-appearing tree in miniature form. This is difficult to achieve.
Yes...Some old shohin are VERY impressive...Can look quickly....and then years for the refinement.
Thank you, Milton! I really enjoyed this video! :)
Glad you liked it!
Un grand merci à vous pour le partage de votre expérience!
You are welcome,
The pleasure is all mine!
Them rosemary are a hard one. I can keep them alive but I always have issues with back budding. Do you hany tricks to make them kick back on itself? Thanks! Happy holidays
No I don't Rosemary is like many conifers, must leave some gren on a branch or else the entire branch diss.
thank you! always great informative content!
My pleasure!
I am a very big fan and i love what you do, and would you mind if i ask how old you are and how long you been doing bonsai for? Really love your videos!!
Thank you! I am in my 80s and have been doing bonsai for over 50 years!
For such drastic pruning, what aftercare would you recommend especially in winter?
I don’t recommend drastic pruning of deciduous tree in the fall because new leaves will emerge and kill by frost. Prune them in the spring. :)
Evergreen matters less. Our area is mild…so I can shape my tree drastically at any time…I am not pruning drastically for the sake of pruning…more for the sake of starting with the right design…and then built upon it.
Very new to bonsai, and while you did not discuss tropical trees in this video, I’ve been wondering about jin on ficus bonsai. Is this something that is typically done, or is jin typically more of a conifer design? Thanks.
Jin is deadwood that will last…because jin of softwood or young wood will fall off soon enough…
Experiment with your branches to see if it would last. :)
Hello Milton, it's me again, your loyal fan from Germany. 😂
Just in case the shipping issues for Europe are resolved at some point: Would the rosemary with the thick stem be for sale?
Thank you for your interest! Later on, I may sell some of my personal bonsai but I am still working out that process and the shipping.
Hey! I am not gonna take anything with me 🙂
Greetings Sir, how can we thicken the thin plant trunk to make bonsai ?
There is only one promising method:
A large container or ideally a planting directly in the ground. Then leave it to grow in peace for a few years, of course creating the ideal light, water and nutrient conditions and (if planted directly in the ground) digging deep into the soil around the tree once a year with a spade to cut off the lateral spread of the roots. This will make it much easier to dig up at some point when you decide that now it's the time to plant it in a (training) pot
Lots of foliage and roots and the resulting heavy "traffic" between them via the trunk are what make the trunk thicker. A thick trunk is therefore simply a necessary reaction that can never be achieved if a tree in a small container with few roots and foliage simply has no need for it.
Exactly!
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Don’t you take a break 🏴
You want me to stop? 🙂
My view is we are here, not just to consume, also to produce to leave a better world behind...so I will work till I am unable to... still 24/7 business, personal (taking care of family chores), hobbies...You should see my guppies! (since childhood) and orchids 🙂....and advising entrepreneurs.m Stauy tuned!
@ certainly not it was tung in cheek you are a inspiration to all love your videos so different from the rest 🏴