Commercial ficus bonsai rebuild - 12 month timelapse

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Well over a year ago I got a massive ficus from an online trading platform. After an initial cutback and repot, it was left alone over winter. In spring ALL BRANCHES WERE CUT OFF! and I left it to regrow, wired and pruned and grafted over the rest of summer.
A true bonsai rescue timelapse where an overgrown commercial ficus was pruned hard and all grafted foliage was removed, so that new branches can grow, with the original foliage instead of the compact grafted.
0:00 removing all branches to rebuild a ficus bonsai
3:00 The trunk and future direction
5:32 Jumping to end of season: Recovery, grafting, wire and trim
10:16 A few weeks later

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23 июл 2024

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@bobcatbonsai Год назад

Jelle, this was absolutely amazing to watch and see how you took it back to nothing than 3 months later it looked like you did nothing. Thank you for sharing this!!!

@GrowingBonsai Год назад

keep in mind: key is a healthy established plant !

@wijn1008 2 дня назад

I've owned an Ficus from IKEA for 10 years, it had all grafted branches. But I overwatered it, and then overfertilised it and then the whole top of the plant died. I cut it back to let's say 20cm of trunk and now it's producing shoots like mad. So I kind off have the same plant at the moment haha.

@Sagalaaya14 Год назад

good ficus bonsai, and lots of people like it... greetings, beginner bonsai from Indonesia 🙏

@GrowingBonsai Год назад

thank you, great to see my vids reach Indonesia!

@harrietb2141 Год назад

Hi Jelle.Looking forward to see the future of that ficus.😊

@GrowingBonsai Год назад

me too!!

@mattbrennan647 Год назад

Dr Frankenstein would be proud.😂 That’s a wonderful creation. Ficus are so vigorous there’s no end to how they can be manipulated. Thanks, keep growing

@GrowingBonsai Год назад

HaHa, yes, at times it feels like that, doesnt it!

@theZCAllen Год назад

so much character in this bonsai, even with all of the limbs trimmed off

@GrowingBonsai Год назад

thank you! I am hoping it will be a good tree in a decade or so!

@abydosianchulac2 Год назад

I find trees like this so interesting, because they look so rough and ugly (to my eyes) after all the chopping back but really take on a lot of character with even just a few branches and leaves back out. Can't wait to see where you take this one, Jelle.

@GrowingBonsai Год назад

agreed, it is a crude method, and my least preferred (have you seen my vid on thickening trunks?). But i. this case I saw no alternative. It will be a few years before this becomes a tree again :(

@watsup6084 Год назад

Front 1: Has much more features and nicer movement&taper plus as you mentioned it leans toward the viewer. Really cool transformation. Love the videos that show the tree over such a time span. Well done!

@GrowingBonsai Год назад

Thank you! I hope that nrxt year I can push it even further! Much fertiliser and water in summer!

@watsup6084 Год назад

@@GrowingBonsai since you already have it in your killer substrate it will repsond very well for sure!

@GrowingBonsai Год назад

@@watsup6084 ohwww!!🥰

@jballenger9240 Год назад

Nice, neat and easy grafting technique with push tacks and wound putty. Thanks!👌

@GrowingBonsai Год назад

now here os to hoping they take!

@guywatson-bognorregisbonsa7370 Год назад

Really great grafting information. Thanks Jelle. 👍👍

@GrowingBonsai Год назад

Gladly! Here is to hoping the grafts take!

@BobMatthews Год назад

Superb information Jelle. 👍 I have a 35 year old Ficus benjamina that I have developed nicely but I'm a little disappointed that it needs branch or two halfway up the trunk and it never seems to back bud there! Your video has inspired me to tackle to an approach graft or two either by using a branch from above or by striking some cuttings in the soil below. Excited to be able to continue on the journey now, so thank you 🥰

@GrowingBonsai Год назад

great to hear. It should work buuut.. No guarantees!

@fusion4262 Год назад

Hello Jelle, I just love your channel. Your explanations are clear and to-the-point, and watching you at work is so therapeutic. I am new to Bonsai and always worried that I might end up killing my plants. Your videos provide information, clarity and encouragement. Thank you.

@GrowingBonsai Год назад

Ohw thank you Fusion! Glad to hear my vids help people!

@walterwjr947 Год назад

Thank you.... 🙏 😔 🙏 It is nice to know how you did what you did. Thank you very much. 🌮🙏🖖🙏😔🙏🙏🙏

@GrowingBonsai Год назад

Hey Walter, Gladly. Hope there was some. ew and surprising in there!

@DerZween Год назад

cool video, thanks for all the infos!! Best wishes from Germany

@GrowingBonsai Год назад

Danke dir!

@natrjack965 Год назад

Great job Jelle 👏 👍 👌

@GrowingBonsai Год назад

thank you natejack!

@nickybeingnicky Год назад

Love your content. Keep up the good work!

@GrowingBonsai Год назад

thank you. Will try to keep it up!

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Год назад

Great video Jelle. I have had a lot of success with full defoliation on my ficus but it was definitely worth seeing the grafting tips as well. Cheers, Xav

@GrowingBonsai Год назад

Hey Xav, indeed, defoliation works really well on a healthy focus!

@pesoverwatch9324 Месяц назад

That creativity! Nice one!

@robertoteixeira6889 10 месяцев назад

Very amazing work Jelle. I´ve done something like this in a big one I have. Did like your content and go on posting your videos. Congratulations from Rio de Janeiro - Brasil.

@GrowingBonsai 9 месяцев назад

Thanks a lot! You live in Rio? In my previous jpb I would be in Brazil at least once a year!

@Daravenc Год назад

Definitely the first front, more interesting features and the trunks are leaning towards the viewer. Clear choice if you ask me :)

@GrowingBonsai Год назад

thank you!

@its_notta_cedar Год назад

I'm going to try painting roundup on some weed's in pots this year because I have the same problem. My theory is, glyphosate is only absorbed through the leaves so it shouldn't hurt the tree.

@GrowingBonsai Год назад

Hm.. I am not a fan of the stuff :(

@its_notta_cedar Год назад

@@GrowingBonsai just realize that it's not the chemical, it's the people using it. Glyphosate breaks down to nothing in three days unless "some guy" decides to unload jugs&jugs of it into one plant. That's when you end up with roundup in the creek. It's probably just some severe coping after years of having to use it for work, I truly understand not liking it but there's also some education out there that could make you not like it less.

@pucukbonsaitb2203 Год назад

Amazing...good afternoon my friend🙏

@GrowingBonsai Год назад

thank you! Enjoy yr day!

@TheBonsaiZone Год назад

Ist front is what I like! A cool tree!!

@GrowingBonsai Год назад

thank you! Lets see whether I can make a tree out of this project!

@Cat-wt4dh 11 месяцев назад

Thank you for this video. I have a small, old bonsai with a only a couple leggy branches. I am desperately trying to bring back to life. It was my grandmother's, so it has sentimental value - I am terrfied of being too experimental with it. In the past two weeks, about ten new leaf buds appeared, so I'm feeling a bit more optimistic. :)

@GrowingBonsai 11 месяцев назад

Sorry to hear this! If you have reasonable weather, it would be good to put the tree outside. Be carefull transitioning from inside to outside, as leaves easily burn the first weeks when in direct sun, so limit that to an hour or two early morning or late afternoon.

@westvirginiaglutenfreepepp7006 4 месяца назад

Looking forward to a follow up on this tree, perhaps this summer sometime

@GrowingBonsai 4 месяца назад

this one? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vrkIj4BBl3M.html

@tumizoomi202 9 месяцев назад

…. great video, thanks for sharing!

@GrowingBonsai 9 месяцев назад

Glad you liked it. In November I will share a follow-up!

@peterboneg Год назад

Nice material. I would recommend chopping trunks like that straight across rather than at an angle, since you weren't cutting to a live branch. You can always cut it at an angle later and there's less chance of it dying back.

@GrowingBonsai Год назад

thx, and absolutely right. Oddly, it is what I always tell people yet in this case dos not do.

@Bonsaicrazy Год назад

Good vid fella 👍

@GrowingBonsai Год назад

thank you so much art!

@pucukbonsaitb2203 Год назад

Good sharing 🙏

@GrowingBonsai Год назад

thank you!

@MKbonsai 5 месяцев назад

Halo Terima kasih sudah berbagi video bonsai, salam dari indonesia

@kytran5884 6 месяцев назад

Thank you! I was looking information on whether it was possible to propagate larger ficus cuttings. Every source seemed to say it was easy with 6 inch tip cuttings but hard with larger branch cuttings. This video really proved it's very possible with larger branch cuttings. Any further tips on propagating 1/2" - 3/4" ficus cuttings?

@RO-Smart 4 месяца назад

Hi Keller, you talked about bringing back to living room over winter. Want you tell a bit more (light, temperature) because I always get trouble while overwintering my ficuses. Thanks

@user-tx5dm5jy1d Месяц назад

The bare backside looks like an omnivorous dinosaur looking towards left.

@dialecticcoma 6 месяцев назад

did you figure out the oxalis? i just try and outcompete it or use moss to smother

@TycoonMK Год назад

omg for 3 months, gz

@GrowingBonsai Год назад

great, isnt it? Key is healthy plants to start with!

@arun-aurum403 9 месяцев назад

Best video love from india bharat

@GrowingBonsai 9 месяцев назад

Thank you so much! A follow-up on this tree is coming later this year!

@patchymcq 5 месяцев назад

that was incredible. u keep it in green house during summer? can these trees go out in full sun in hot dry summers?

@garden--23 11 месяцев назад

awesome

@GrowingBonsai 10 месяцев назад

Thank you!

@MattressAbs Год назад

The first side was way nicer IMO. 😁

@GrowingBonsai Год назад

:) This is always the best part of bonsai design.. Thinking about the future tree and seeing how many different fronts people pick!

@Bonsaifly Год назад

Nice! Love working with Ficus. Where did you find such a large one?

@GrowingBonsai Год назад

this was on ebay from a private seller that had had it for 3 decades and just had let it grow!

@Bonsaifly Год назад

@@GrowingBonsai I figured it was something like that

@Kurtlane Год назад

I tried cutting off all branches, leaving just a bare stump. Unfortunately, all the trees where I tried it died. Any idea what I could've done wrong? Thanks.

@GrowingBonsai Год назад

Hi Kurt, key in my view is ensuring the tree is very fit, and you do this in a period of active growth. And of course, each species is different

@kestane123chesmo Год назад

👏👏👏 that can not be the same tree, it was just a stump

@GrowingBonsai Год назад

hahaha, thank you

@nsellas1 Год назад

Nice, but you should consider sharpening your shears. Sharp shears are better for your bonsai and on your hand.

@GrowingBonsai Год назад

Not so much blunt, as bent. I should have tossed these pliers! Thx!

@prittib6412 Год назад

this wasn't 12mnths. it was 3mnths update. pls share more videos on this specific bonsai to see the end result and ofcourse the process.

@GrowingBonsai Год назад

It was 12 months from getting the tree and the first work done discussed in the video to the final shots of the tree.

@prittib6412 Год назад

@@GrowingBonsai oh I see. I am very very interested to see the further development... pls do not for get abt fans like me.... and keep posting ur fab bonsai videos.

@karlcottingham1472 Год назад

Hi Jelle. Love your videos. Do you know what species the parent plant might be. Can you cut back a Retusa as drastically?

@GrowingBonsai Год назад

I think it is a ficus retusa!

@GrowingBonsai Год назад

Cutting back hard only works on very healthy trees!

@rokimbonsai8112 Год назад

Ikut belajar kawan

@GrowingBonsai Год назад

terima kashi!

@joewatkins1667 3 месяца назад

Second option is best front imo

@koenvanmeerbeeck8724 Год назад

damn Jelle, what a very nice transformation...really like your videos and your very clear guidance and explanations. BTW, as a beginner bonsai enthusiast it is difficult to get some nice bonsai...how can a beginner like me get hold of some interesting commercial bonsai (as you mention in the title) without paying hundreds or even thousands of dollars

@GrowingBonsai Год назад

Ha Koen, this ficus I found on ebay kleinanzeigen, sort of a german Marktplaats. Often people have overgrown trees that they would like to get rid of. Similarly, look for people wanting shrubs removed from gardens.

@koenvanmeerbeeck8724 Год назад

@@GrowingBonsai thanks Jelle...time to catch up on my german...here in belgium raw material is scares and if there is something interesting prices are stupid high

@GrowingBonsai Год назад

@@koenvanmeerbeeck8724 if you ever make it into germany.. Try to go to a field grower. I know of two of them in Germany, one about 1 1/2 hr drive from me

@koenvanmeerbeeck8724 Год назад

@@GrowingBonsai ok top....could you give me the details of those 2 please?

@GrowingBonsai Год назад

@@koenvanmeerbeeck8724 there is bobsai Linda, and Carsten Sickmann. The latter I have put a video on online in spring!

@Smile_Bonsai_Auction 5 месяцев назад

❤❤❤❤❤

@mikaelafox6106 Месяц назад

5:53 HOW?! 😱 I'm trying desperately to save mine and I don't know how. It lost all of its branches and leaves. It has a Y shaped bulb of a trunk. One side has green when I make a light scrape. The other does not. I took two cuttings last summer on a whim. They're the only ones who have any leaves and they've been growing in water. I don't know if there's any saving my ficus but I hope there is. ☹️😩

@vtdgmusic9712 Год назад

Hi Jelle, you sound Dutch but I am not sure. I am a beginner bonsai grower and was wondering if I can ask some questions. Have some soil problem for my ficus and looking for some species that do well outside In Holland. Best regards Dennis

@GrowingBonsai Год назад

Hi Dennis, I am Dutch, Living just outside of the Netherlands. Pretty much all non-tropicals that you see on my channel do well outside :). And even the tropicals play in the garden in most of the year, only in late fall they go inside till frost risk is over!

@Moicc Год назад

What substrate are you using?

@GrowingBonsai Год назад

Next month a video will come out!

@KoncoBonsai Год назад

Fikus bonsai is beutyfull friends

@GrowingBonsai Год назад

thank you!

@hashiramabonsai 10 месяцев назад

i liked the 2nd side more, the first one looks like 2 separate trees

@GrowingBonsai 9 месяцев назад

Fair point, thanks you!

@hashiramabonsai 9 месяцев назад

@GrowingBonsai love your channel :)

@GrowingBonsai 9 месяцев назад

THank you so much! Glad to hear it!@@hashiramabonsai

@firemouse666 Год назад

So this is a pure Ficus benjamina now, right?

@GrowingBonsai Год назад

I think it is a ficus retusa tbh!

@PanyandKham Год назад

@GrowingBonsai Год назад

Well, hello again!

@dimuthuharshana9602 Год назад

❤️✌️

@GrowingBonsai Год назад

thank you!

@brucedeacon28 Год назад

👍👌🙂

@GrowingBonsai Год назад

😁👍

@yekcim66 11 месяцев назад

Try spraying weeds with horticultural vinegar

@GrowingBonsai 11 месяцев назад

Will that kill the roots though?

@user-ug3xx1kd1h Год назад

3:32 front !!

@GrowingBonsai Год назад

really?

@samyoel5384 7 месяцев назад

We have a similar pest weed in uk, amongst many, called ‘mind your business’’ we actually introduced it to our garden,, big mistake! It consumes small pots, and to remove it you end up disturbing roots of your bonsai.

@GrowingBonsai 7 месяцев назад

It is the worst!