Starting A New Willow Bonsai From Cuttings

In this video I start the process of making a willow bonsai. To make the new willow plants I am using cuttings taken from a mature tree, these take root quickly and by the end of the video I have four small willow plants. I will continue to train these willows to create an interesting willow bonsai by grafting the four into one plant.
The next update can be found here: • Grafting Four Willow P...
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:19 Bonsai tray
01:03 Growing medium
02:38 Filling with soil
03:30 Willow cuttings
05:20 Planting cuttings
07:38 Growth time lapse
08:07 Two months later
09:00 Pruning
10:36 Moss growth
11:45 Conclusion
Thanks for watching
Help me make my videos Patreon: / 58north
Facebook: / 58north

[@petiolsen8001]

Thanks for the inspo

[@michaelmason4206]

Brilliant! This was a great video. Please continue with updates on this! Very informative and accessible. Good job!

[@Gardeningat58N]

Thanks, I will try to do a few updates in the future, the next will be grafting (which will probably be this summer), then it will be pruning the branch structure which will probably be next spring/summer.

[@TomOConnorBassGuitar]

Great video, looking forward to seeing the progress

[@Gardeningat58N]

Thanks, I'm hoping to graft them in a week or two as it is growing very quickly, and then with waiting for the stems to bond together it will probably be about two months until the next update.

[@howardmckeown7187]

bore a few holes in it with concrete/tile hole saw

[@Gardeningat58N]

I choose it as it will allow water to collect and keep the soil wet, willow likes wet soil and can tolerate water logged soil.

[@SuzLa1]

How are your TRACHYCARPUS FORTUNEI doing? I watched a video where you planted the seeds. I bought some young plants but they don't look too great so looking for tips to help them.

[@Gardeningat58N]

They were doing well until a few months ago, unfortunately we had a very sudden cold snap and I didn't protect them in time. I was hoping that they might recover this spring, but unfortunately it looks like the hard freeze has killed them all. Even my larger plant in the ground has lost its growing point.

[@ThePhobosAnomally]

Hello. Do you still have the Ficus benjamina that was growing as pejign?

[@Gardeningat58N]

Yes, although it's not looking very good as I've not pruned it for a while and over winter it got for too cold for it and it dropped all it's leaves. Maybe I need to make a recovery video for it where I bring it back to full health.

[@Lyd-PSN]

Are there any books you recommend to help us budding gardeners?

[@Gardeningat58N]

I usually use the 'expert' series of books by Dr D.G. Hessayon, each book covers a topic or group of plants and has good information about individual plants. They are easy to understand for beginners but also in depth enough for experienced gardeners. They are no longer in print, but you can easily get them second hand. I can't really recommend any broad topic gardening books as I studied horticulture in university so I personally only read plant books on specific niche topics or scientific journals. But it is generally regarded that the RHS Encyclopedia of Gardening is the 'go to guide' for all things gardening.