This was NOT expected! Pruning Dawn Redwood Bonsai & Cuttings Success :)

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This year I won’t prune my BIG Dawn Redwoods - but WHY? Thankfully, I will be pruning my Forest Planting and chatting about the success I have with cuttings. If you love Redwood Bonsai, then definitely DON’T miss this one 😊
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-- TIMESTAMPS --
00:00 Why I WON’T prune my BIG Dawn Redwood Bonsai.
04:02 An Unexpected Back Budding result.
05:02 A look at my Dawn Redwood Forest (Developing).
07:17 Some EASY Pruning decisions.
11:19 An interesting pruning choice.
12:31 Energy Redistribution.
14:40 My aftercare routine.
16:30 A look at ALL my Redwood Cuttings.
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23 июл 2024

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@raymondplodzien7459 Месяц назад

Thank you for simplifying pruning redwoods Xavier! Great looking trees.

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Месяц назад

Thanks for watching. How are your trees getting on at the moment?

@raymondplodzien7459 Месяц назад

@@XaviersBonsaiRetreat My trees are doing well even though we have a heat wave going on in Missouri. 40% shade cloth and extra waterings are my priorities right now.

@oachkatzlsmum Месяц назад

Hi Xavier 🫶 What a wise man’s approach to let your Dawn Redwood untouched in this condition. 🙏👍 Love your DR forest, especially the bear. And the cuttings 😍 Meanwhile my big DR gained strength the last couple of weeks, though I decided to let most of the new leaves on the tree, this time, to thicken the trunk and branches. Pruning maybe later on. 😊 So far, enjoying summer (rain) and your video 😘 Cheers 🙋‍♀️ Martina

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Месяц назад

It sounds like you know exactly what you are doing Martina. Great stuff - we have another week of sun and then a Bonsai BBQ to look forward to on the 6th. A few of us are getting together at my house - I am a terrible cook :(

@greasylimpet3323 Месяц назад

Lovely trees, specially the S - shaped one with the rock. They look so nice with the ferny leaves.

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Месяц назад

Very peaceful looking and some years I don't prune at all. I just enjoy all that green growth :)

@SirSpnky Месяц назад

Unrelated to redwood but your beech pruning method worked a treat , getting some very nice secondary growth🙏🏻🙏🏻

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Месяц назад

Brilliant - I am happy with the extra growth i have been getting. I will have a full video out later in the year showing the comparative results. I am still waiting to see if it makes 'enough' of a difference to the development. What are your thoughts?

@SirSpnky 29 дней назад

@@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Iv found it’s helped my beech produce the next flush sooner( which really helps when pests ruin the look of the first flush 🫠)

@Darkfire1300 Месяц назад

Thanks for the good advice re these trees - restraint and pruning! Your weather is startlingly different from mine today. You are in a coat on a cloudy day. In Boise it is clear skies, 101F forecast and the trees need watering twice. Working on my greenhouse relocation is possible only in the early mornings. Trees wait patiently for the final product and new placement on benches. My dawn redwoods and bald cypress are in mostly shade with lots of water to keep them happy. I took a bunch of cuttings when I trimmed the bald cypress and some seem to be making it. The dawn redwood cuttings gave up the ghost. I tell them what lies ahead based on your videos!

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Месяц назад

Great to hear from you Susan. I was going to drop you an email just to check life was still happening at your end of the world :)

@sharonbuckley4591 Месяц назад

Good for you. We can’t always please everyone and you are the one having to look at them .

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Месяц назад

I love getting suggestions and ideas from people but I also like having quirkiness in my trees :)

@sharonbuckley4591 29 дней назад

@@XaviersBonsaiRetreat I just appreciate it when they live and I can learn more with them.

@TheBonsaiZone Месяц назад

Thanks Xavier!!

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Месяц назад

So good to hear from you Nigel. Hope all is good at your end of the bonsai world :)

@TOMSAI 21 день назад

Very nice redwood trees ! ❤ Cheers 🍻

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat 20 дней назад

Thanks Tom

@mick681 Месяц назад

What a great video. I have learned a lot from this about this species. Didn't know about the Ruby red, except for port!!

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Месяц назад

Thanks Mick - they are such a strong species and always seem to deal with the heavy hands I have :)

@Bonsaicrazy Месяц назад

Great video xav I’ll watch this again when I trim mine. Great lesson thanks 👊👊

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Месяц назад

Cheers Andy

@joegarland4885 Месяц назад

Hi Xav can’t directly comment on dawn redwood as I have never had any in my collection but the advice you are giving seems sound and relates to other species the ones you have do seem in the main to be in good health, they as you say do need a lot of water in the summer. I haven’t commented your last couple of vids mate, I did watch them but had a few other things to deal with. The wedding went without a hitch the weather could not have been better so a happy dad. All the best my friend.

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Месяц назад

I was thinking of the happy couple on the day and intended to send a message...but alas forgot! Sorry - glad to hear the day went well. Did you enjoy a few drinks and a dance by chance? Never need to feel like you have to comment my friend :)

@greenmachinesweden Месяц назад

Dawn redwood is such a good beginner species. So easy to get a lot of materials to train on. Great vid Xav.🙂👍

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Месяц назад

Thank you magnus - how are the carp getting on?

@greenmachinesweden Месяц назад

@@XaviersBonsaiRetreat just great. I hope to find time to produce a few videos after the garden opening day in one week.

@sueb1317 Месяц назад

I absolutely love your Dawn Redwood forest. I love the way each trunk bends differently - gives a completely different vibe than a traditional forest. Dynamic - especially with Brother Bear on the prowl. When/how do you prune your apexes to control height?

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Месяц назад

I have pruned them either at leaf drop in Autumn or late winter before the buds start to swell. I have also pruned them back now without much problems. They are pretty tolerant of my heavy handed approach :)

@markjagger7139 Месяц назад

Thanks for more great advice Xaz 👍👍

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Месяц назад

I appreciate you watching Mark. I'm just about to tackle my Scots Pines now...

@BonsaiDruid-qo9lo Месяц назад

I love these redwoods! Especially the first one over the rock - it's got such a graceful movement.. For me, the trees in the bear forest are dynamic and cohesive and bring energy and life to the bear

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Месяц назад

I appreciate you saying that. I love stuff that is 'unusual' because when you take forest walks it is amazing what real trees end up looking like :)

@Danbonsainewby Месяц назад

Hi Xavier, great comments, just started out in the bonsai world so found the tips very helpful going forward, I bought a little Redwood forest from Greenwood Bonsai.😊

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Месяц назад

Fantastic - what are your plans with it?

@Danbonsainewby Месяц назад

Hi Xavier, I guess as I'm a Newby,I'll leave it for a bit, I also bought 5 Japanese larch to make a little forest, I've been advised to wait until February before potting them on.

@chrismarshall8321 Месяц назад

Nice video xavier 👌 lots of good tips

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Месяц назад

Thanks Chris - it looks like we are finally getting a little bit of sun now :)

@D.RBonsai4601 Месяц назад

Great video Xav Very informative thank you for sharing my friend 👊🏻

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Месяц назад

Cheers Dan - the BBQ grows nearer. I am already worried that we are getting too much sun right now!

@D.RBonsai4601 Месяц назад

@@XaviersBonsaiRetreat fingers crossed it’ll stay nice 🤞🏻 Looking forward to it😎

@jimbragg8909 Месяц назад

Thank you for the great advice Xavier. Though I am partial to Juniper bonsai, I expanded to DR this year and just got a xl pot to plant my very first forest using DR.

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Месяц назад

I'd love to see a picture of it?

@nerinat8371 Месяц назад

Dont have a Redwood as yet and maybe never , pass pls 😂 great video btw Xavier

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Месяц назад

Thanks Nerina.

@nerinat8371 Месяц назад

@@XaviersBonsaiRetreat only because it seems so fussy

@patrickschroder9679 26 дней назад

Hey Xavier, this almost happened to me aswell this year. On one day early summer I missed watering for just over 20 hours with intense heat. The tips where I had ramification died off. Pretty similar to yours

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat 26 дней назад

It can be so frustrating - I have only had two or three years where the watering and weather have worked to my advantage with this species. Still a beautfiul tree to work with :)

@R1ddles11 Месяц назад

Great video! My redwood got pretty heavily scorched, lots of brown fronds, but there is a load of new ramification from the brown fronds. Like you im just going to leave it be amd see how it looks in the autumn.

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat 29 дней назад

Sounds like a good plan to me :)

@FIZZYYAM Месяц назад

Nice one Xav!

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Месяц назад

Cheers and I have to ask how you came up with your username. It is brilliant :)

@raymondbirds2392 Месяц назад

Lovely job

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Месяц назад

Thanks Raymond

@hsvfanjan17 Месяц назад

Redwoods are just fantastic trees, love them

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Месяц назад

We are definitely in agreement on that my friend :)

@KennetDeBondt Месяц назад

Good advice Xav

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Месяц назад

Thank you Kennet - is all well in your part of the world?

@bonsaiexpression 19 дней назад

Great video. One of my trees in my forest has died back. Well the leaves have anyway. I assume it's to do with the sun, so I've moved it into the greenhouse to recover. I hope I don't lose the whole tree. It would ruin the planting.

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat 19 дней назад

The chances are that it will push out loads of new buds from the trunk in a few weeks time. I have a smaller one that has done exactly the same. If it has a heealthy root system then it should bounce back :)

@bonsaiexpression 19 дней назад

@@XaviersBonsaiRetreat the root system is strong. Just a bit concerned when the other trees are so strong. Hopefully it will be fine though.

@made1Nbritian Месяц назад

I bought a golden larch a month or two ago and I think it’s been struggling with the heat. I have it in dappled shade but it still looks like it’s just coming into bud

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Месяц назад

I have a few larches acting the same as well. Dappled shade is my go to place for most of my trees if i can manage it :)

@made1Nbritian Месяц назад

Definitely. Unfortunately I have a small yard in a back lane that is a sun trap I don’t even get a breeze so most of my trees are in full sun for a good few hours

@TheBonsaiGarden Месяц назад

I forgot to put my Dawn Redwood in a drip tray and it’s crisped off at the tips of the fronds leaves. Didn’t take my own advice 😊🤗 Also my tree insists of lots of dead straight vertical shoots and growth.

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Месяц назад

They can be very disobedient Jason :)

@brucedeacon28 Месяц назад

👍👌🙂

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Месяц назад

Thanks bruce

@andrewbeattie5245 Месяц назад

Oh no... iv'e taken your next forest project 🤥 you should have said.

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Месяц назад

I forgot that was in the video - you will do a much better I am sure :)

@andrewbeattie5245 29 дней назад

@@XaviersBonsaiRetreat i shall try my very best to live up to your expectations.

@TheMrjoehughes Месяц назад

Hi mate, great video When is the best time to cut big branches from dawn redwoods ?

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Месяц назад

I would probably do it now but I know that a lot of people advise late winter just before the buds start to swell.

@TheMrjoehughes 26 дней назад

@@XaviersBonsaiRetreat hmm, I suppose the options are to stunt its growth now and let it recover before leaf fall, or reset it all before spring pushes. I would like to wire at the same time and to be honest it’s still very young and would not handle wiring very well it’s still very purple on this year’s growth. Whereas if I wait until it hardens I can both chop and wire. The growth I have had just in 3 months is major, I can’t believe the speed these grow, the stem is 4 x thicker and easily two thirds as high, amazing trees. It’s like they’re on steroids lol, it’s gone from 30cm - 90cm easy and I’m sure it’ll keep going 👍🏻

@t3dwards13 Месяц назад

I hate rules. Which is why I'll never show any of my trees. They're your trees, style them how you want. 😋

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Месяц назад

Rules were always meant for breaking and the forests constantly do it in 'real life'. Cheers for your support :)

@johnhetherington1253 Месяц назад

Mine never grow upright, so what is the norm 😂😂

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Месяц назад

Exactly! Well said my friend. God Bless

@maryweber4176 Месяц назад

Extra stress on the tree, extra stress on the tree??? At least you didn't buy a very nice Japanese juniper from Dave at a bonsai meeting yesterday, then proceed to run over it. That is STRESS on a tree. And stress on me.

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Месяц назад

Oh No... Tony would have admired that approach to branch bending :)

@maryweber4176 Месяц назад

@@XaviersBonsaiRetreat O.K. that made me laugh.