You know, I really miss this guy. It’s bittersweet to hear him planning about the future of his bonsai, but knowing what it says about the quality of a man’s character to stay committed to what he loves despite circumstances. I hope that those who have his bonsais remember to every once in a while, maybe post a video about what happened to this or that tree. I ‘d like to think he’s still enjoying them… RIP from the US Tony!
I had wandered about your clumping method. As a kid , I would braid trees together to eat them grow in the woods. Softer trees looked awesome. Trying to get black walnut trees to braid was hard. They just wanted to snap. The reason for the black walnut , was for the grain of the lumber they would have produced at my age now. Things like wild fruit trees that grew fast , and limber did great. Plus they made the better tasting peaches. After my fruit trees would grow so much , it's like they would get a disease at the braiding. That's why I didn't know if clumping trees would survive
Great video. I believe you could easily add air layering to this list. Your thicker sacrificial branches or even tops of other bonsai you chop could easily be made into another thicker bonsai. Thanks.
I have one of the tree seedling plant that I want to turn into bonsai but it's so long. Now, I've heard that cutting the top off is not recommended. So, how do you make this plant shorter naturally without cutting the top off? I d on't see you cutting the top off on any one of your Maple bonsai?
I come back to this video ever so often even if I remember the components and might have written em down somewhere 😅 just to see/hear how Tony explains it - because that's what might get people into bonsai! 👍 Rest in peace, mate!
28:33 a perfect example for sometimes you need to take a break, to step back a little and get a new perspective.. although the tree was already quite nice Tony really improved it there.. And it's videos like this that might get people (like myself) into bonsai 👍 You watch this and think, "I can do that. And it's not even expensive.. so even IF I fail - who cares. Let's give it a go!" Thanks Tony for your effort, I would love to see more videos like that - rest in peace, mate!
In your oak video, it seems that you might hard prune the lower right branch that is a second apex and angle change in repotting for better movement and visual impact. Just a thought, it's a good tree and would be nice to see it as a great tree. Good luck.
