@@MrRemakes Well, sure. That's part of why I quoted "Most any" for a reason, lol. But that doesn't mean experimenting, and trying new or different techniques isn't possible. Just like any artform it's always worth experimenting with different mediums (plant species) to see what you can accomplish with it. Do I think I can bonsai a Hosta? Well, no, not at all. But it's still fun to prune my Hosta with clip and grow methods to see what I can do with it.
@@MrRemakes If someone with zero experience wants to get into bonsai, I'd recommend giving them something tough like a scheflerra that you can do all sorts of playing with the roots and cutting and it'll bounce right back, indoors, with no problem. It was my first bonsai, I trained the roots to grow over this little boulder, it was quite the process lol
I have a two year old chocolate reaper pepper growing in my room. It’s been really cool to see bark develop on a pepper plant, it’s starting to look like a tree.
@@logana1999 A lot of the bonsai forums, and the subreddit I hang out on have this very strict idea of what bonsai is. "It HAS to be a tree or shrub. Proper bonsai material has this kind of bark texture/leaf size/etc." Where as I feel like most folks who make bonsai related content here on YT have a mentality more akin to "Can you make it look like a small tree? Cool, that's bonsai."
our bonsai grew into a whole tree in the garden. defo not a bonsai anymore or even a small shrub or bush. we dug him out and took him with us when we moved
I had to laugh when he said rosemary was easy to kill. I have a black thumb, but have never been able to kill rosemary. I can kill succulents, but not rosemary. It's immortal.
How do you kill succulents?? My thumb is so black that I could breathe on a plant wrong, and it would die. Herbs especially, I haven’t had a single rosemary plant survive my wrath. But my succulents are alive! They’re visibly suffering, stretched out and mildly shriveled, but they’re alive. Somehow. Does everyone with a black thumb have one particular type of plant they’re destined for or something?
@@axuwu6939 i saw in the comments that it all depends of factors like your environment, weather, room temp etc and how you care for the specifics of the plants.
Nah rosemary is very easy to overwater. People pot it up and then give it a lot of water. The feeder roots die and then the plant wilts. People then say “oh no it’s wilting it needs water!” More water then more roots die. Continues until the plant dies
I killed 4. I gave up. I think 2x was over watering and 1x a windy spot in garden and 1x changing place indoor too often (was looking for the most sun)...rosemary is the only plant I ever killed.
Rosemary is actually really hard to kill. It’s so hard to kill that you can take the sprigs of fresh rosemary from your local grocery store and plant it and it will take root.
I have a rosemary plant outside that is looking like a big bush. You’ve given me a great idea to go take the coated wire I use to tie everything back and go ship it into some kind of design. And if it looks like crap oh well I’ll undo it
I had no idea something slow and relaxing like BONSAI could be made to feel so stressful and on the edge of my seat, when talking about transplanting it lmao
Rosemary is such a sturdy plant, I can believe it is that easy to damage when repotting? I've never killed off rosemary - quite the opposite, rosemary seems to grow even under the worst conditions possible.
I have a 4 year old rosemary it's massive. There was one in the neighborhood that was close to 30 years old before it was pulled by the city. It was so big you would never guess it was rosemary
As above so below is basically the equivalent of amen for pagans ! It’s just used to close and seal in the intent when doing all kinds of spell work ^^
He just means, "trim the roots (of Bonsai), then trim a commensurate amount of the green tops." The roots can only support top growth of approximately same size.
My grandparents had a 6 foot tall rosemary bush in their back yard for years. It kept all the mosquitoes away, which is an AMAZING feat when you live in Florida, right next to a waterway. About a year ago they took it out because it was getting out of control and now they’re overrun and my grandpa doesn’t seem to understand why.
From The Department of Woulda-Coulda-Shoulda: take a few cuttings of any plant that must come out, and root them (rosemary is easy to root; plenty of tutes on RU-vid). You could root several and pot them up for all your family, and if one should fail, a new one can be had from any remaining ones, ad infinitum. 🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿
Rosemary is easy to kill? My landlord has a love hate relationship with the rosemary bush in the garden right now. That sucker gets bushy no matter how often she's at it to keep it at bay 🤣
Hey man, I got a tip that a lot of people don’t know, but you don’t have to change the soil if you pot it in something with no rotting wood or leaves, if you think about in, the soil we are given is a ground up tree, but in nature, there is a large layer of mulch, but under it is clean soil like sand or loam with nothing rotting in it, only the mulch layer rots, and when mulch rots, near the roots, the roots rot, and the plant doesn’t do good, but if the soil is clean, it can get nutrients from the mulch breaking down into the soil, and where to roots can absorb it without rotting
I have a huge rosemary bush in my front yard, it’s such an amazing herb! I usually dry it out for storing, you can use it for aromatics, decorative stuff, infuse it in oil, put it in homemade butter, and even ground it up to make rosemary powder for cooking, or just use some sprigs of it. It’s a very versatile herb!
The reasoning behind this is because trees came from plants that all evolved in similar ways to each other, meaning given enough time and the right environmental pressures, a plant even as physically delicate as basil could eventually become the relative of a future tree. Baobab trees are actually just giant succulents. It’s really cool to think about!
This is a great question. Most commenters just tell me I’m cruel, so thanks for engaging in a conversation! In the absence of being able to ask the plant, it’s quite subjective. But here’s where I’m at: Individual plants can’t choose where they grow. The seed lands where it lands. Sometimes you see trees growing in tiny pockets of soil in the mountains, or a crack in rocks. And they stay small, slowly growing. If a plant suffers in such a confined environment, I find it very hard to believe the plant is doomed to an extremely long time in an unpleasant situation, unable to do a single thing about it except die. That’s seriously twisted of nature/universe/god/fate! No, I think that trees simply make the best of the situation. To put it another way, all trees are in captivity because they can’t move, therefore keeping a tree in captivity of a small container is a normal experience for a tree.
Mmmmmm.... Best smelling bonsai. I love rosemary so much. The fragrance of the plant is so incredible. I really need to get around to repotting my Juniper. It's ready but i haven't a clue what container i want to put it into. I am looking forward to its trunk growing. It's branches are reaching and it's really coming along well but the trunk is still a smol boy. It's about 4 years old so it has lots of time.
“Really easy to kill” meanwhile my rosemary bonsai scorches in the sun, greets the devil himself, and flips off the water hose and is still somehow, very alive and beautiful, but god forbid i touch it to smell it
My Rosemarie is surviving my constant demand of his leaves for about a year now and the only thing he gets is a freezing Balkony. Something doesn't add up.
Probably the balcony's proximity to the house means the temperature out there is a bit higher than freezing. That's all you need really, to keep the plant from freezing. Rosemary is a tough plant, I think. Takes a major insult to kill her, such as maybe a deep freeze in middle of summer when she's full of foliage. That's not likely to happen! But even if it did, I bet she'd bounce back soon thereafter.
I never thought of this before! I haven't done anything with bonsai cause it seemed like a space and time killer when I'm trying to grow as many edible plants as possible but I may need to give this a try, best of both worlds
For years I have wanted two bonsai trees. I want a cherry blossom and a wisteria. They're my favorite trees. I would love to have many versions of them
I’m trying to make a bonsai mimosa tree. We have them all over our yard and I always find them as little sprigs and uprooted one the other day that I’ve been trimming down for over a year. We’ll see how it goes lol.
Fresh well grown Rosemary smells positively divine, I found that out a few years ago doing landscaping. Whenever we pulled rosemary off the truck I couldn't resist taking a few whiffs, doing a rosemary bonsai sounds all kinds of fantastic.
@@grobonsai On further inspection MedicalNewsToday says "Some studies recommend rosemary oil to encourage hair growth or to slow hair loss. However, more research is necessary to assess its efficacy fully." However Rosemary has anti-fungal properties which some say can control yeast and eradicate the bacteria to reduce and eliminate dandruff. So i guess it does help for hair in general. But don't think it is a miracle cure.
My rosemary came out of a package from the grocery store. I also grew some Thyme from the same shelf. They are both well on their way to becoming bonsai by default. They have also seasoned way more meals than they should have.
Fun fact about rosemary. It's a natural pest deterrent. Flies and mosquitos hate rosemary. So every one back in my old neighborhood had one. It always smelled great.
I had a bonsai once. Took it on a rode trip for a laugh. I quit laughing when i was 800 miles from home and realised I put it on the roof of my car at a truck stop, forgot about it, then drove away.
Traveling in Kansas back in the 70s, i came across some naturally bonsai'd hemp plants. They were on the edge of a fenced area where cows grazed. Manure kept the plants well fed, but hooves kept them small. At ground level, the trunks were a solid inch in diameter, and just as woody as the rosemary shown in this video.
hahahah every italian is rolling on the floor laughing, rosemary is growing next to the highways over here. but have to say, that is quite a beautiful little rosemary u grew yourself there :)
