Did it work? Would love to see the results after the hard pruning. Do you now have a Mimosa Bonsai? I love this plant and have about 13 of them, all at different stages. I'm no gardener, but love tending to it.... noand now you've got me thinking that I could have a bonsai version
I noticed you have cedars...I'm having a terrible time with my yamadori's...They are in a very good draining soil and i water them daily but they are slowing browning...How often do you water yours? Thanks...
I think that I would have been inclined to use a guy wire instead of wiring the branch. A small hole in the rim of the pot could be used to secure the wire.
I grown Natal plum bonsai's. You're doing fine. My opinion is however when you have a higher root you can use it to become a really cool looking leg. But seeing you're going cascade it wouldn't show for years. Nice job great video.
But what happened to the tree after this? I can't find any updates after this and I'm getting seriously worried here. After watching two videos of pruning and wiring I really feel invested in the little guy. Are you ok?
May i sudgest for next time,.you pot it low after dusting rooting hormone on the upper trunk up to where you want to grow the root system. Go back after few weeks to a couple months and you can trim bottom off again giving you roots to suport it where you want it.
wow! that was painful to watch. That poor little tree had a natural S shape, and you lopped off the wrong bit. A perfect tutorial on exactly what NOT to do. Thank you!
Hi. I’m brand new to bonsai and your channel. After doing lots of research I decided that my first tree would be the Fukien which actually hasn’t even arrived yet but while I’m waiting I thought I’d find all the videos I could so that I can see how people make their decisions for shaping, the actual pruning and wiring process etc. Out of all the ones I’ve watched so far yours is the only one that has all of that in one video, it’s the most comprehensive and educational as well as being entertaining. Thank you. Hopefully I will eventually develop these skills and be half as good as you are at making decisions. I’m off to watch the rest of your channel, thanks again.
do you have any videos that provide an update on this tree? would love to see how its grown in a year! i have one of these, and definitely related when you said “I’ve gotta start cutting or else i cant see anything”. this is great substitute for hinoki cypress.
I just filled in my own 8' by 3' by 12+” deep raised bed. I put a layer of large/small old sticks and small/medium sized logs. This helped fill the box up a little at the start and the logs will break down and provide nutrients over time. I filled my box from a pile of leaves and small organic matter from my yard from the past 2-3 years. I am lucky to have the space here to do so. The compost looks rich and somewhat fluffy at the same time 👍 no trees in yet, I just wanted to share. Edit: This was all free for me! Reclaimed and scrap wood for the box and I even stole old sand from my child's sandbox to mix into the compost and soil. He'll get some nice new sand in the sandbox now :)
I put them in my garage for overwintering, for maples you could leave them outside if you bury the pot or leave them outside until it gets to -15 or under then you can bring them into garage and take them out again when it gets a bit warmer
the maples begin buding when it finishes sap above freezing temps for a few days which stops maple production all that had to be done is let the temp stay around 3 or 5 C
the wasp is a paper wasp prolly trying to clean up the garden fron all the pest eating the plants that are not pruned correctly. The wasp is look at the only leaf that it found dinner yesterday. All you had to do is cut out those large leaves and the leaves being eaten by the bug the wasp killed and it is telling you the tree needs the right attention or it will keep looking for dinner there.
I think you might have a Norway maple there. Norways have a dinner plate leaf with 5 lobes and whispy points. Sugars have 3 lobes. The only way I am ever sure is when they seed. The tree looks great, I hope it grows well for you and your descendants.
Glad to see everything greening up on your end, brother. We need to cut you a bigger window in that garage, and get some daylight in there. Or we need to get you some grow lights. Appreciate the update, Xin. Best of luck this year
