Welcome to my Japanese themed bonsai garden. Here I share content about my bonsai trees through the seasons, and my personal journey as I develop my bonsai knowledge and collection.
I aspire to be warm and generous - to make my content both aesthetically appealing and tranquil, while also entertaining.
If my legacy was that I was one of the nice guys in bonsai, and made some visually beautiful or very funny videos then I would definitely be happy with that. 👍
Dear sir. My name is Nalin Attanayake and I am a resident of Sri Lanka. I am very fond of bonsai art and currently maintain more than 20 plants. Due to the economic difficulties in a country like Sri Lanka, it is not possible to buy the tools required for the art of bonsai. Also cannot be obtained. So I would be extremely grateful if you could provide me with your decommissioned tools. thank you
Thanks regards the t-shirt. I love mash-up style designs like this. I would have loved to have twenty air layers to give out to fellow RU-vidrs but sadly only have a handful, and would want to keep one back for myself. Maybe I can get further future air layers from the parent tree.
@@TheBonsaiGarden do you know the Cookiegana one? I ordered one for a good friend that loves cookies 🤭 I think all of them are happy to receive one. I am trying myself to root a lot of cuttings at the moment and giving them away later on when they make it (but I live in Germany). Do you know Chris from Bonsai Expression? He has also some trees but no trade partner for cuttings and airlayers :)
Thankyou for this informative video Jason. Question, where can I get a bag of that fine grade pumice you use in that blue bag with Japanese writing on it? Thank you!
@TheBonsaiGarden ahh ok, what did you type in? I've checked on amazon and can't seem to find that product. Maybe I'm typing something wrong! Thankyou for the quick response
Nice work 👍🏻, had a good result with Shish this year , needed to get rid of the graft . Planted the bottom in the ground to grow on for more airlayers 😊
When I lived in Washington State we had a large Shishigashira maybe 29-30 foot tall in our yard. I tried to airlayer a branch, but did not have enough information to be successful. One day in a local nursery I came across a small one in a gallon pot. "You're coming home with me!" And that was the start of my bonsai journey. Still my favorite tree. On a side note, is here somewhere I can find the plans to make the toolbox style wire dispenser? It's such a great design, and I've seen several RU-vidrs who have them.
I think it may be too late now Mary - best time to start an air layer ifs late spring as the leaves harden off - at this point they are pushing that energy back into the tree. Too late and there may not be enough time for roots to form before the tree prepares to shut down for fall/autumn and winter and you may have to leave the air layer on the tree over winter. Also I recommend using black bags as they seem to boost root development due to the dark, warm environment they create.
Welcome Noodles!!! Great to see a new face at the Bonsai Garden. Bravo Jason on your air layering success - can't believe how fast those rooted. Good amount of growing season left to gain strength and vigor. Quite curious about future styling decisions on your selected trees.
Well done! Maybe I missed it, but do you have to keep the moss wet inside the bag? I had an airlayer on a hibiscus where the leaves all died above the layer. But it still survived. Even with very little roots in the bag.
Wow Jason, that's not a bad success rate and the roots on some of those in only a few weeks is quite amazing. Thinking about the main tree (now that the air layers have been taken off) and the success that you had with those, why don't you try and air layer it again above the graft point? Then depending on the stump that remains and how much of it is buried beneath the soil, you could potentially start another tree from that too 👍
No concrete plan yet for the parent tree. I will let it recover until next year to give me time to decide how to proceed next with it. It might also give me some further future air layers. 👍
Hi Ian, I’m sure it would be possible to air layer above the graft. It might be a bit late to start it now, or would require leaving in place until next year. I’m undecided about the parent tree - it might be possible to grow out the worst of the graft or conceal it rather than try to create new roots. All options are still open at this point.
Great explanations Jason! I am glad these ones were successful for you! The shishigashira are such beautiful maples with their tightly growing curly leaves!
Too many trees in bonsai pots. Not ever going to get great development in your life time. Lotsa great species of trees but they need growing pots. And stack colanders etc to give them as much room as possible. I have 50 trees now sold a lot bc I’m moving but none are in bonsai pots bc I will never get the growth I need. Keep up the passion just move them out into colanders
Yes that is exactly what I have been doing / many of my trees are in wide baskets and pond baskets. Check out this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DIP-z-105CY.htmlsi=MqQGuagK1PaWsZrf
@@TheBonsaiGarden I don’t mean massive I just mean well developed. I still prune back pretty hard and follow the Dennis vojtilla motto of let it grow 5-6 nodes and prune back to one. And there’s definitely something to be said about building the whole tree vs trunk first. But I do a bit of both. To get the tree to stay balanced. And that’s also why I do stacked baskets to keep the roots shallow in the top basket but the rest gets pruned off. So best of both worlds type of thing. Ebihara was a genius imo haha
Brilliant results Jason. Its a shame about the two that died but luckily you had lots of others on the go! To make life easier, I use a clear wrap (old soil bag or something) for the base wrap and then black bin liner for the outer wrap. This lets you take off the wrap and see roots through the clear wrap and not disturb the roots/moss. Not that you need any advice after such success but just a little tip.
I used the method you describe for my hawthorn air layer. I still need to check on that one… fingers crossed Mir is as successful though I fear the thick bark might make it tougher to air layer.
Nice work Jason! Fabulous roots!! I think my Hawthorn is a fail, it sprouted shoots this spring, but there's absolutely no root growth. Fingers crossed Primrose the Yew will do better xx
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Have a question about the pond baskets, I have some of my trees in them and they are doing amazing but my question is when winter comes are they okay to store them in the pond baskets or do I need to put something around the baskets, I will be storing them in a block building out of the snow and below freezing temps
