Maples Made Easy - Greenwood Bonsai 

i agree. good demo. looking forward to updates on these trees later

I actually said its 45 years old lol

Secret, is work quick, don't mess about, get the job done, trim, pot, and outside to water them in. These batch of 10 had all that done within 30 mins.

Awesome! @@corintomlinson6687

of course Dean, be good to see you

@@corintomlinson6687 just watching the exhibition video. That arakawa is impressive!!

thanks Martin, you have to also realise - I'm cutting the tops back by around 50-60% at the same time. So it has plenty of roots for what growth remains.

best to hard prune before they sprout, like I'm doing here

@@corintomlinson6687 Thanks a lot

3 part is John Innes No2 - its a common loam based compost used in the UK

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You can reduce the tops down now

me too

Same here!!

I would love to know too, google told me nothing! (europe btw)

Thanks Kaan, have you seen my video on garden centre spruce ? More to come, were trying to fit filming in around running a busy Bonsai Nursery in Spring !

@@corintomlinson6687 I can imagine the workload around now especially during the start of spring and the rush to repot everything! I actually have not i'll take a gander at it once i get off work. Thanks for the amazing work. Hope we can get a video on Cedars, especially Cedar of lebanon, have a soft spot for that species. Best regards and thanks for the reply!

@@kaanforward7782 your wish will be granted VERY shortly

Lac Balsam

try calling us around mid - late Jan

no, we pot them up for sale - as we are showing here

yes, you can , but these are being trimmed back for sale, and to induce side branches

@@greenwoodbonsaistudio thank you, i'm getting old and not very patient, i prefer your method, lol, helps if i can find specimens with decent trunks,👍

John Innes No2 - its a loam based compost in the UK

@@greenwoodbonsaistudio Thank you for the info.

we sell them at our nursery, once I work on them

I purchased them, as we do every year, as part of our bonsai production

It still happens Mark, I'm just showing process on this batch.

Always hard to decide exactly what to do. I just bout a bunch of nursery pots with no holes so that l can create my own holes on the edges to try a technique l read about called the escape technique so that l can container grow and have “in ground growing” benefits

I've not tried, but if you potted it jan/feb and it grew well in early spring, you could air layer it in may I guess.

@@greenwoodbonsaistudio interesting, thanks for the reply. I got a bunch of bare root field maples and red maples this year so I'll give it a try on a couple. If they don't take ill do a couple of others the following season. Great content as always.

Yes, check it out here ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jNHUxaxorj0.html

2 peat, 2 grit, and 1 part John Innes No 2 (a loam based potting compost in the UK )

@@greenwoodbonsaistudio Thank you for the reply! That mixture appears kind of dense and soaky in comparison to other bonsai soil which is often coarser and has more drainage. I - as a bonsai beginner - often struggle with chosing the right mixture in the right moment. Based on your videos, it appears like you chose the peat-grit-johninnes combination whenever u have young trees and/or trees that have exposed roots. For mature trees it seems that you use pure acadama/high-drainage soil. Is that right? Thank you for your high quality videos! Keep it on! Ive already learned so much by watching you! Greetings from Germany.

@@nigeloni7094 Yes we use a basic mix for younger and lower value trees, as they are often bought by beginners and it retains more moisture. Which make the tree easier to care for. All our more advanced trees we use free draining soil mixes

@@greenwoodbonsaistudio Ah, so thats more a safety measure and not giving any "real" advantages (regarding growth and health). Thanks for the reply!

We sell them at the nursery, once potted and grown on. We don't sell them bareroot.