You mentioned something about how nurseries simply pot plants on without any root work. A good example of how that looks. I once purchased a pine tree that had been sold in a 2 gallon can. as I was sweeping away the rooots, I discovered that at one point, the plant had been grown in a 3 inch square pot. Yes I could tell.
High Nigel, a good amount of snow with you in Canada, we in the UK had ours a couple of weeks ago, it all looks pretty especially the trees covered in their winter blanket but can be a right pain at times. I ike a few others who use wire to help style our trees would have had a different outcome with your tree, but the word is YOUR treeyou like what you have achieved thats all that matters. Stay safe. BTW seeing your cars all in a row down the path, takes me back when I and my sons were well into cars working on them in the eighties and nineteis, it was a wounderful time, we were very much a car family then as you are with cars lined up as yours are. Sadly I have stopped driving now in my eighties.
I find it fascinating that while the Northern Bog Forrest is completely covered, there is still a window into the Avatar Grove and Larch Forrest. It is so good to watch snow from the comfort of my early summer Australia! (Just ignore the high 30s we have already had, and the low tanks and dams . . .)
I know you don't do wire, but this is the on tree where it would have made all th difference. Love the way you develop ficus and elms with clip and grow, not sure this is so great for juniper, specially when Shimpaku Takes wire so well
You seem to have missed Nigel’s whole philosophy on growing trees. Wire speeds up the shaping process, sure, but doesn’t necessarily make a better tree in the long run. I love Nigel’s patience and his willingness to just wait and let the trees grow. No wire wanted, no wire needed. Cheers.
@@seandoyle6688 Wire is sometimes simply necessary, regardless of the desired speed. On coniferous trees it is not as easy to grow new branches in the desired positions as on deciduous trees. Although on deciduous trees it is sometimes necessary, a simple guy wire to adjust the angle of the already developed branches.
@@yaroslavpronin5111False, it is never necessary. There are other ways to shape a branch that don’t involve wire. It’s simply the method that gives the fastest result, but people like me and Nigel are thinking 20-30 years in the future for our trees. We are not interested in wire and fast results. Cheers.
Have you ever seen wild Japanese juniper? They're rare, but the ones that I've seen don't look like the Japanese junipers that we like to dramatically twist to resemble a Utah or Californian juniper - which do naturally contort... without wire.
Hey Nigel, hope you had fun working on the tree! Ive been turning mine around for months looking at it, trying to figure out a plan. Its currently buried under 4 feet of snow, waiting for the spring! Thanks for the video.
Bold cuts and the final product will be better for it. Can’t help worrying that perhaps too much foliage has been taken off at one shot, especially this time of year. Any special after care?
Short and knobby. I see that on the apple trees grafted on root stock to keep them small. But outdoors and not bonsai, good for fruit production. That is how on some they just do a branch onto root stock and the branch only grows about 8ft/2.4M high and about 3ft/.9M wide for a nice compact apple tree. I have 2 just like that.
For trees like this that have a ways to go, is it better to put it in bonsai soil like you did or to put it in more of a typical garden soil/compost? Does fertilizer make up for the lack of organic matter?
I appreciate your teaching! Keep it up!
Loving the snow and seeing another tree start its journey in thee Bonsai Zone :)
Wow, Winter wonderland! Beautiful Winter clip.
An amazing pruning from a shrub to a tree. Looks cool in the new pot.
You mentioned something about how nurseries simply pot plants on without any root work. A good example of how that looks. I once purchased a pine tree that had been sold in a 2 gallon can. as I was sweeping away the rooots, I discovered that at one point, the plant had been grown in a 3 inch square pot. Yes I could tell.
High Nigel, a good amount of snow with you in Canada, we in the UK had ours a couple of weeks ago, it all looks pretty especially the trees covered in their winter blanket but can be a right pain at times. I ike a few others who use wire to help style our trees would have had a different outcome with your tree, but the word is YOUR treeyou like what you have achieved thats all that matters. Stay safe. BTW seeing your cars all in a row down the path, takes me back when I and my sons were well into cars working on them in the eighties and nineteis, it was a wounderful time, we were very much a car family then as you are with cars lined up as yours are. Sadly I have stopped driving now in my eighties.
I find it fascinating that while the Northern Bog Forrest is completely covered, there is still a window into the Avatar Grove and Larch Forrest. It is so good to watch snow from the comfort of my early summer Australia! (Just ignore the high 30s we have already had, and the low tanks and dams . . .)
I know you don't do wire, but this is the on tree where it would have made all th difference. Love the way you develop ficus and elms with clip and grow, not sure this is so great for juniper, specially when Shimpaku Takes wire so well
You seem to have missed Nigel’s whole philosophy on growing trees. Wire speeds up the shaping process, sure, but doesn’t necessarily make a better tree in the long run. I love Nigel’s patience and his willingness to just wait and let the trees grow. No wire wanted, no wire needed. Cheers.
His philosophy is self limiting@@seandoyle6688
@@seandoyle6688 Wire is sometimes simply necessary, regardless of the desired speed. On coniferous trees it is not as easy to grow new branches in the desired positions as on deciduous trees. Although on deciduous trees it is sometimes necessary, a simple guy wire to adjust the angle of the already developed branches.
@@yaroslavpronin5111False, it is never necessary. There are other ways to shape a branch that don’t involve wire. It’s simply the method that gives the fastest result, but people like me and Nigel are thinking 20-30 years in the future for our trees. We are not interested in wire and fast results. Cheers.
Have you ever seen wild Japanese juniper? They're rare, but the ones that I've seen don't look like the Japanese junipers that we like to dramatically twist to resemble a Utah or Californian juniper - which do naturally contort... without wire.
Hey Nigel, hope you had fun working on the tree! Ive been turning mine around for months looking at it, trying to figure out a plan. Its currently buried under 4 feet of snow, waiting for the spring! Thanks for the video.
I can't imagine living in your winter environment. It's barely fall here in South Louisiana. Many deciduous trees still have green leaves.
Laura busy cleaning the snow. Hope the chickens and ducks are surviving the weather for her.
Loads of good cuttings to try there, we could all have a Nigel shimpaku 😉
Great transformation Nigel
I just watered my trees ... its 38 degree here ... looking with longing eye to that snow lol ... know what I'm🌲🌲😊 going to do this winter
It is a good variety of Shimpaku . Looks so compact. In a few years, it can be a good tree out of it.
Hello Nigel, this is Deep from Raleigh, NC, USA. Very timely video, I have virtually an identical shimpaku and planning on reporting it.
I was waiting for Bing Crosby at the beginning of the video singing: I'm dreaming of a white Christmas. Snow is in the north 40 in the bonsai zone.
nyimak om..ikut belajar
👍👌👌
Lol, I would have done everything differently, but that´s bonsai!
Grts
Kennet
I'd love to do some winter pruning on my bonsai, but I must resist until next year/end of winter because the critters and vermin may yet get to them!
Bold cuts and the final product will be better for it. Can’t help worrying that perhaps too much foliage has been taken off at one shot, especially this time of year. Any special after care?
Short and knobby. I see that on the apple trees grafted on root stock to keep them small. But outdoors and not bonsai, good for fruit production. That is how on some they just do a branch onto root stock and the branch only grows about 8ft/2.4M high and about 3ft/.9M wide for a nice compact apple tree. I have 2 just like that.
Wonderful to see the process from the very first step Nigel. Can a Juniper be grown indoors under growlights in wondering?
I don’t know if it is possible. My recommendation would be to place it outside, they need good/much light/sun and winter coldness!
For trees like this that have a ways to go, is it better to put it in bonsai soil like you did or to put it in more of a typical garden soil/compost? Does fertilizer make up for the lack of organic matter?
Not often we get to see you use jin pliers!!!
What about changing the angle of the tree and perhaps making it a bit more upright?
Not sure about this one...
Why didnt you straighten it in the pot?
Why did you butcher the shimpacu you might want to study how a juniper grows next time.
Well @dick123fication, it's not butchered, it's on it's way to becoming a nice tree.