Ginseng Ficus bonsai work and tree updates, The Bonsai Zone, Sept 2018 

Loving the bonsai zone theme change, Nigel! You're an absolute gem we're so thankful to have in our lives.

Nigel, I really enjoy your informative explanation's and close up shots, well done Nigel and thank you.

Had no idea your collection was so large! WOW! What a great tour - enjoyed it immensely. Glad you got back to the Ginseng ficus. It was interesting to see your latest steps in refining this bonsai tree. Thanks, as always, for your videos.

Thank you Nigel for all of your informal and entertaining videos, you have inspired me to add a few more specimens to my collection 🤜🤛

Great video Nigel keep them coming .. many thanks ...

Great video as always Nigel! Loved the plant tour update :) Always such a treat when you upload a new video. Hope you're doing well mate!

Beautiful work on beautiful trees

Hi Nigel, I think now that you have seen my small backyard appreciate your wast yard much more. Last yeas my son gave me a small ficus religiosa which didn't grow until I trunk chopped it early summer. It has doubled since then.

"hair" you go showing us a couple of things! heebee. thank you for your time explaining and consciencious care of life.

Hi Nigel.Thanks for this wonderful video. Regards.

You sound like the bob ross of bonsai. Love it.

I just bought one of those polka dot plants this year. Beautiful little flowers on it.

You made me smile with excitement with the rainforest, I'm going to start one this summer. Glad to see you got a few beginner trees as well ... enjoy...:)

Your ficus is getting really cool, really show.

Great tour, I always enjoy seeing your bonsai garden and green house. The kapok trees really have grown, beautiful trees! The Ginseng Ficus is looking great, Those roots are quite something.

This is so beautiful

I love watching your bonsai zone vids Nigal, your bonsai garden inspires me, would love to see pics of this tree (ginseng ficus) from when it was a small tree when you first got it to what it is now, keep up the great work you do 👍

A Silver Squill! I love those plants.

your videos are literally calming my anxiety,idk how. Your voice is yeally soothing and clear tho.

Been waiting a long time to see that root over temple 😁 glad it bounced back for you

I forgot about the ficus root over temple! It's looking great! Very ancient looking

Nigel I thought I would put my Ficus Bonsai photo in for you to take a look at which is just over four foot, I got this from a neighbour two doors up, which was grown in the garden and it was going to be cut and destroyed but I was lucky to rescue it five years ago, so this Is my home tree, boy does it have a long way to go but I just love the roots, I have it in the pot which is in my vegie patch,

I would love 2 see a update of these tropical trees after the winter .

Great ! Thank you for sharing

Do you regular your green house for winter? If so, how do you do it. This will be my first winter with my trees and I am worried about their well being.

I notice when you do your profile pruning, you move the shears in the direction of the cut as you are cutting. Is there a reason for that technique? My naive approach (especially because I'm not that confident about what I'm doing) is to hold the shears stead as I cut.

Nigel Saunders - your wine succulent - Cissus Tuberosa - habitat - Pueblo Mexico. I have this for over 2years and I absolutely love it. Need succulent treatment and some of the plants form south part of the globe still performing growing season in our winter which probably is due to strong habitat gene. I very like all of your posts. Greetings from England

Thank you for the video! . I like your videos

Would you consider starting a Silverleaf Poplar Bonsai? I grew up with one in my front yard and since I've been wanting to start a bonsai I decided I wanted to start with that.

Man, I can't believe how rapidly those Kapok trees are developing! I wonder how they would react to a severe prune (say to 6 or 12 inches above soil line) after reaching such heights. Either way, seems like fun material. Fancy has come a long way. She left her sister Plain in the dust when it comes to development.

It has been very helpful. How often do we need to repot a ficus? When will be the best time to do repotting?

Hey Nigel, I love your channel. I am looking to start my own bonsai tree. I would love it if you made a guide for people new to bonsai growing.

Your new spotty-leafed plant is Ledebouria socialis, aka silver squill :) I think the bulbous base is not meant to be buried so deep.

Nigel, a while back you mentioned some bonsai books that you would recommend. Could you remind me what they were? Thanks Nigel

My ficus does that same thing. No growth during the hot summer but I bring it inside during the winter and it grows so much. I live in Wyoming so it would not survive winter outside but it is cooler inside even, so it seems they enjoy the cool heat.

its the perfect video. love it so much. greetz from my little paradise in germany :)

Beautiful ficus treee

I acquired a ginsing ficus tree last year and I was wondering if you could give me any advice on how I can ensure that it grows well. My goal is to get something like your tree fancy.

I think your Sea Onion is actually a Silver Squill. I have some as well. Love your videos!

Hey Nigel, thanks for your videos. For some reason (could be my alkaline water around here or the type of soil I have been getting from the store) but my soil is generally pretty alkaline. I already made some bonsai with it before seeing your bonsai soil video (fuller's earth on the way!), all of which have been conifers of sorts (juniper, lemon cypress and yew). Luckily soil is draining quite well but it's gonna start raining pretty constantly here in Vancouver come fall an now I wonder about the following: 1. Does alkalinity really matter? Should I worry about getting my ph down? 2. Can I switch their soil with the new soil mix after I get all my ingredients shipped here? I've potted those bonsai after pruning leaves and roots, so I feel hesitant about taking them out of the pot that they're trying to get accustomed to (after being cut like that). It's only been couple of weeks since the pruning and planting. 3. If it's too sensitive to switch the soil, is there any good way to bring the pH down (if it matters)? Appreciate any feedback. Thanks!

What should be done after a trunk chop to protect the tree from infection or rot? On a kapok

Hey nigel, just curious but what do you do for care in between work on your trees? Do you feed them anything to substitute the organics in the soil? If so what, maybe you could do a video on that. I've got a few trees that dont seem to like the soil and I'm wondering what I need to do for them!

How many trees do you have :))

Hey Nigel, what are some moss types that do well in higher light low humidity. Do you use different moss species for certain bonsia?

Hi Wow great work, keep it up I have a Gengseng ficus which is 14 or 15 years old. How Is yours

Looking forward for the update of that tamarind tree you just got.

really a huge rooting of these trees

Hi Nigel, Your videos are amazing i keep watching them. I have a ginseng ficus which is dying since i have done the repotting like 15 days back. All the leaves are falling off. Will you suggest me how to get the ginseng back to life

So many tree, i wonder how long it take to water them.

is Ficus Bonsai suitable for artificial light and indoor environments? What would be the requirements for indoors?

I wish I could have your tree collection I’m thinking about getting one

I've had that vine before. They're horribly invasive and even tried to eat my house, kill it with fire!! It'll still come back, but at least you'll have tried. Do you still need hedge apples? I noticed them swelling up all around and anticipate that they'll soon begin to drop. I used ro collect them for my auntie who put them in her basement to deter pests. Anyhoo, if you'd care for any I'lll happily ship some your way once they hit the ground. I've read that settlers would pour a slurry of hedgeapple into a shallow trench dug around the perimeter of their farmstead and in no time would have a hedge row "cow high, bull strong and hog tight".

I like how your hair looks like a bonsai tree.

Your channel is so awesome I wish I could subscribe again.. Thank you have helped my so much.

how the moss growing in bonsai pot?

Hello Nigel, I have a question about the Schefflera Bonsai series. With how many plants did you start? One with several trunks or several single plants? Thanks in advance

Thanks for all the helpful videos. Quick questions what kind of tweezers do you use?

Very nice👌👍

Nigel I don't know if I should trunk chop my Ginkgo biloba and my Eastern larch (Larix laricina). They don't have any branches or visible buds where I want to chop their trunk. Do you know what I should do? Love your videos!

Silver squill? For the plant with the bulbous base I mean :)

Nigel, the "sea onion" is called Ledebouria socialis, or "silver squill". I have one that is quite large. It seems yours is planted quite deeply, I believe they are meant to be planted with the bulb part above ground, with just the roots in the soil. I have one that is quite large with many many babies coming off. They are rather drought resistant and I only water mine when the main bulbs begin to show slight wrinkling.

Waw very nice

Very good shap

Hi, I absolutely love watching your videos, they are so inspirational to me. Do you have any ficus midnight beauty variety? I live in tropical North Queensland Australia and it is very humid and hot here. I have a midnight beauty ficus that is in the very midst of training, I am planning on growing it as a medium size banyan style with lots of aerial roots, seeing as there are plenty of huge banyan weeping figs around here, I think it will go well. Apparently it is a type of weeping fig (benjamina) but it tends to be very upright growing to me. Just wandering if you had any of this variety because I can't seem to find any of these as bonsai on the internet? Also, I didn't know they could do this, but we have had quite a lot of rain and there is aerial roots sprouting from already formed aerial roots 😱 would love to hear your opinion on this. Thank you. 👍

Hi Nigel great video ? Have you ever grown a plant by air pruning

nice leopard lily

i always love to see you root pruning. Lots to learn :) would do root prune the afra any time soon?

Hi Nigel, Completely unrelated to this video, but I was wondering if you could help me out with my juniper bonsai. It had grown a lot over the summer and I decided to trim it massively, and use wire to shape it. However, it’s needles are now starting to brown, and I’m afraid I may have caused too much stress to the tree. Do you have any advice on what I should do to help this tree recover?

The bulb plant from 1:46 its a Ledebouria species probably Ledebouria violacea a very forgiving and pretty plant

Hi Nigel.. I bought a dwarf bamboo today... can you guide me how to prune it in order to make bonsai?

Hey Nigel have you ever thought of growing a boxwood as a bonsai?

How do you get your ficus to look like that just gorgeous😍❤️🥰👏

Hey Nigel, do you know what specific type the myrtle tea tree is? or which country it originates from? I'm really curious.

Nigel, do you fertilize your tropical trees in the cold season?

How do you treat for scale? I need to learn a means to eradicate hard shell scale insects :(. Thx

Hi Nigel, do you think you could do a Fukien Tea video anytime soon? I've just purchased one and it'll be my first bonsai :-) Any tips you have will be appreciated! Nice channel! Super relaxing.

I love your trees but I do wonder if you have ever tried some ot the traditional Japanese species like maple or any of the Japanese pines.

Wow, how old is this ginseng?

15:06 what is the purple leafs on the right?

Nigel I am looking to buy mica pots. Can you recommend a supplier. Thank you Peter wells

Hey Nigel. Great video as always! hows the small tamarix doing? maybe you could include it in your next video as an update? Also, congrats on soon making it to 100k!! what a milestone!

LOVELY

Very 👍 nice

Hello Nigel! Quickly, what camera do you use and what editing program do you recommend? Thanks!

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Please try and make a video on it as I'm trying a few plant my self thanks for replying

Nigel I’m cold stratified some southern magnolia. Do you know anybody that will trade a ficus for seed.

What's the age of this plant pls Answer ?

Wow...

Very informative sir #PardeepNain

Hi Nigel, I didn't see or hear you mention the Poinsettia ...aren't Poinsettia considered a tropical tree? Still growing? Always enjoy your videos!

Is this tree made of many trees put together very tightly

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Hello! I love your channel and I think it would be cool if you tried to grow an ebony bonsai

Greetings from BLOE BONSAI CLUB VIRGINIA USA

What type of tree is on 2:12 - 2:15 ?

Don’t trunk chop the plumeria after the leaves fall off that means it’s going dormant for winter wait til mid spring if you want to chop it

here i go

Add your collection a Banyan Bonsai. Waiting new video soon.

22:44, the ficus gods of growth get angry