My Ginkgo Bonsai Update, The Bonsai Zone, April 2020 

The ginko that was in the exhibition looked really nice, dwarfed and balanced, so nice. Will be interesting to see the evolution of your's! Greetings from Sweden :)

Ahhh that sweet bonsai zone content in our time of need!

Hi Nigel, thanks for sharing with us this videos in all this moment taht we have , Stay at home take care with COVID-19 . ok?

Wow!! No fear Nigel is his name. Lol. Going to be great looking I'm sure. Thanks for this video now the wife knows I'm not crazy for doing the things I do to trees. Matter of opinion lol take care

Hey Nigel. I'm a biology student and love trees specifically. Ginkgos are really incredible and unique. They're from an entirely different group of all other plants. They're most closely related to conifers, but even those are far of. This species of ginkgo has also been around for about 100 milion years unchanged, which is crazy. They are neither conifers nor other deciduous trees. I love the progress on this tree

Hi Nigel I am a bonsai enthusiast and gingko are among the species I love. I follow you on YT with interest. Having seen two of your videos from 2019 and 2020 I would like to know if you have posted any more videos on the gingko you had in the works and if so if it is possible to see where they are at. Thank you and good work

I would like to see this tree in six months after this very severe root pruning.

Di Indonesia 🇲🇨 pertumbuhanya lambat omm🙏 itu pake media tanamnya apa AZ omm biar tumbuh subur?

How has the tree been going, any update?

How is the gingko doing after 2.5 years? I was curious about an update or picture. 😁

Hi Nigel! Love your channel ❤ any update about this ginkgo?

What a lovely tree

I think watching you do a full repot and root prune is my favorite of all of your formats! If you ever rebrand the channel you could call it "The Root King"! I don't know anyone else who takes such care with the roots, and it's very satisfying to watch for some reason.

I've got to get me a ginkgo. They are so good looking.

Great potential and a bargain. Cute little spruce, also. Your garden is very peaceful, we have lots of young families in our neighbourhood - including my own - so it’s not always possible to enjoy a zen moment with the trees 😂

Always enjoy your videos with a lot of root work!

Now THIS is what I love to see!! Cut allllll those roots off! Nice trunk base - can’t wait to see it leafed out!

😀😀💓💓💓

Did it survive? Yea think you did quit harsh rote pruning to it

Just watched the first installment of the ginko and you did a great job cause those roots really grew!!

how is the tree going on?

Nice job Nigel ***

I love using pumice in my succulent soil mix, but my pots are a lot smaller and I (probably) have fewer succulents than you have trees. I'm still on my first 10 lb bag

Ginkgo's are one of the worlds oldest most adaptable trees. Dates back to the Jurassic of all things O...O. If you google it one of the major US colleges had to cut down a huge Ginkgo and they assumed the tree was dead when they had to stump it. Instead the next year shoots came up from the base. Its probably one of the best like Bonsai beginner trees cause you gotta be trying to kill it for it to die LOL.

i have 5 ginkgo cuttings about 7 in. tall / 2nd. summer how old should they be to start chopping ? if you planted the root cuttings will they grow ?

I just pruned my two Ginkgoes last week. I live in southern USA so I already have leaves on both of my Ginkgo trees! I can't wait to see how your's turns out after this heavy pruning!

Are you at all worried about root pruning before bud break? When is the best time to root prune?

Great upload and happy Easter!

Your haircut grows more vigourously than your gingko! ;) thanks for the video

I am very curious how the ginko will behave after this strong pruning. I keep my fingers crossed for you.

Can't wait for this years' update on your ginkgo!

Can you give me the ingredients of the potting medium so that the plant can grow as well as this? Thanks

can you grow or propagate any of those roots you took off? left a like

just gotta say, i enjoy your videos so much! thank you for that. and your new old truck is cool!

I gotta say, its nice to sit and watch your videos while I take my lunch break!

Those were some big cuts again Nigel, hoping for a green Ginko this summer. I have 2 little ones who's seeds I bought early spring 2018 and they're greening up a little already....they have a very long way to go before having a trunk like yours haha but they're still pretty. Thanks for another great video Nigel! Stay Safe! 💖😊👍💖

I hope the people who warned against root washing also use non-organic fertilizer. Lol. The eventual salt build-up from chemical fertilizer kills and prevents biotics and good fungi in the soil. It seem like it may be most important with yamidori that spent most there lives with mycelium or what-not, that you wouldn't want to wash, and probably use organic fertilizer on. Most trees should be fine without it for the most part, though. :-)

Hi Nigel, do you have a 2024 update on the Ginkgo tree ? ... 4 years should have made quite a difference !

How is gingko doing now nigel?

Do you prefer a specific brand for pruners? I’m a beginner bonsai enthusiast and want to make sure I purchase tools that will last me! I am an Urban Forestry student that loves your videos, your understanding of pruning techniques and tree biology is fantastic! Great way to learn from all levels of background

The Bob Ross of bonsai. Great video!

I have a ginkgo tree be trained as bonsai for over 15 years or older. I want to post a photo of it.

Certain species of beneficial endomycorrhiza do seem to colonize the root under the cell membranes. I would suspect that washing would remove very little.

29:43 "It's just something you have to do...........otherwise you'll never get a nice bonsai tree!" I come back to this often when I work on my young trees. Thanks Nigel!

Second too!

Hiya Nigel, I just saw this video. Don’t know how I missed it on the first go ‘round. Phenomenal new root production since you potted it from the nursery pot. That pumice/turface mix really did the trick. I very much like how the roots are shaping up. I have an observation to share with you....maybe you already know this but I haven’t heard it mentioned. Forgive me, if you have already addressed this. I think you have a grafted tree there. In order to assure a male tree, most commercially sold ginkgos are male scions grafted onto a rootstock (usually grown from seed, these rootstocks MIGHT be female). The bark on the bottom part of your tree looks different to me than the bark that begins above what appears to me to be what is left of a graft union. One of your first cuts on the tree in this video was of a dead stump...I believe this is what was left of the original rootstock tree that the cultivar was grafted onto. Lastly, the rootstock is generally much more vigorous than the scion and has a tendency to send out LOTS of fast growing shoots. They often look different than the cultivar’s shoots or branches, too. Just as the ones you removed did versus the one you kept as leader. I remember a plant tag in the first video. Did you keep it or remember the cultivar name? My guess is that the foliage will be very different than any that might appear from below the graft union. This would be further evidence that you have a grafted tree. Your tree being a grafted tree should not have much impact on your bonsai because you have chosen a styling path that would benefit from keeping shoot growth from the rootstock in check. Looking very much forward to future ginkgo videos of yours. Happy Holidays! ....Jeff....

You don’t want to wash the roots of evergreens, but deciduous should be 👍

Can you please give an update on this ginkgo tree?

Why does your ginkgo tree that you did the root pruning video not look like ginkgo ? It looks more like an elm or something.all my ginkgos have very different looking bark

Where is your update about it of 2121?

I think your Ginkgo is really upset about that root prune, pls keep us updatet, have to repot 5 ginkgos next spring

Travail sur le racinaire très drastique !!!! Mais il faut souffrir pour être beau ,j aime bien le tronc du ginkgo !! A la prochaine !

First!!!

Hi Nigel I thought that after that hard root prune you were going to use a tile underneath to stop the new roots from going down cheers from Chicago

Hello Nigel, 3 years have passed, and what is the ginkgo biloba tree like now? Is it alive? Sorry for my English....

Hi Nigel. I'm curious about the Ginkgo. How is it developing? Cheers!

I'm actually kinda a newbie and didnt mean to much by it, I actually use non organic fertilizer as well. I agree with washing the roots too. You're my favorite channel.

Hi Nigel, where to leave a picture with my ginkgo.I have a question

Love your natural approach with bonsai, wonderful teacher.

You should try to use expanded shale as substrate, it is dirt cheap and the best ever substrate, no need to mix it with anything else it is just perfect for this. It also does not break down and u can always reuse it, because it also does not allow much algae to grow on it, since algae prefer to grow on lighter coloured substrate. So go buy a sack of it and try it, I am sure you will soon understand why I am using it for all trees that do not require acidic soil. Compared to this, pumice is expensive crap. You are right about the fungus, it attaches itself by growing directly into the root cells, and cannot be exactly washed off.

Wow...a powerful looking base was hiding under there. That tree will be something special in a few years. Thanks for sharing!

thats a huge amount of root at 11:49 minute.

is there another update of this tree?

That was a really nice Ginko in the show. I enjoyed watching the work you've done so far on yours and really look forward to seeing it develop into the future.

💯 % pumice works as soil ?

Did this tree make it?

very good

Good job👍

Mad hair day!

Radical

Ginkgo is looking good. A work in progress. Cute little spruce. I'll be working on a bougainvillea later today. Stay healthy and safe.

Hi Nigel I really enjoy watching all your videos. I can't wait for Austrian pine, but I like all your trees and I think you doing great job the way how you take care of them... just fantastic. Most spruces are susceptible to fungal diseases. I have around 30 of them and your small starts to have some trouble with it i think. I can't see it from close so I might be wrong...

@Nigel: Pumice has one major disadvantage: I tends to break up into smaller parts if still wet when it starts freezing. Lava seems to be more resilient despite sporting much larger "holes" than pumice. This winter, I had most of my outdoor trees have their pumice in the soil crushed to minor splinters and dusty particles, while the lava part stayed intact. So my suggestion would be to not use pumice for trees staying outdoors all winter.

the ginko tree is a medicinal plant?

Nigel: Can you plant those big fat roots since they had good feeders and create more trees from this?

hi. ther is any update of Dracaena ? thanx

Nigel, do you sterilize your tools before pruning, or is this not a problem?

I remember that Ginkgo from the exhibition. I really liked it, too. You Ginkgo also looks very promising. I'm looking forward to future updates. I planted some Ginkgo seeds before spring last year (2019) and most of them grew. I hope to get some good results in future. I always liked the Ginkgo tree. Even more now after being to Japan a few times. The autumn colors really look great.

just in time NIGEL, i,m watching this in a snow storm, question, do you wire your trees or clip and grow? be strong, be safe, and be blessed

Hello Nigel How is the tree today? grts Kennet

Great rootwork Nigel 👍🏻it will increase the beauty of the tree for sure 👌🏻if i didn't knew it, i would say you worked on a ficus rootbase, kinda reminded me of one, all these thick crossing roots ... And i think the ginko will be good it has build up enough vigor last year for sure 👍🏻

Did it die? This seems to be the last update on this tree.

Haven't watched your videos for 2 months, but now I can binge watch all of them!!!

Gingko is really a unique kind of tree and also beautiful. The baby spruce, what species is it? (Maybe you said it but didnt catch it.)

5:25 well that was smooth nigel😄👍🏻

Foist.

Awesome bonsai work! Now the best time of the year begins, Nigel starts to root prune and repot his 'outdoor' bonsai ;) Thanks for sharing this great content on my favorite bonsai channel, especially in this unusual times. Stay healthy - sunny regards from Germany

How are you mister nigel?

Another great video! Thanks for the distraction from today's world. Hope the tree survives the root pruning (it looks like a survivor) If you grow a tree from seedling what would be your steps towards a bonsai? First the roots and than the trunk or get a thick trunk first (by putting it in the ground) and get the roots second?

I hope you and your family are doing ok in this time..

Yes indeed, I was so impressed with the fall season show gingko bonsai that I spent an year importing authentic Gingko seeds which I managed germinating but the seedling isn't growing. I want to share some of my bonsai images to you, Nigel. How and where can we connect?

I have a question. Can I propagate a Japanese maple?

Any update on that tree?

Thanks again nigel

Is this tree still alive?

I like that you don't get too techincal.the basics are more important Keith Australia

Is it easy to use the branch cuttings to make more bonsai ?

Foist..Nigel I agree.. that ginkgo tree at the show was majestic!!

All those people that like growing things can not help but rescue from the bargain bin! 😄 and the darn things always always grow. Me, killed it.

It's 2 years later. Did it make it Nigel?