Turn a cheap Christmas tree into a Cascade Bonsai !

Around Christmas the shelves are full of cheap Picea Christmas trees. These young plants are flexible, and can easily be turned into a small cascading bonsai.
From selecting picea branches for bonsai to bending a big trunk and repotting picea bonsai, all covered in this video!

[@givetanks]

I've done so many of these that I'm now sick of spruce 🤣

[@therasan]

De video’s die je maakt hebben me geïnspireerd ook aan deze hobby te beginnen. Heb al wat plantjes staan waar ik bonsai van wil maken. Nu alleen nog de moed verzamelen om te beginnen.

[@acer_p_bonsai]

Great episode Jelle! Especially love the discussion at the end about the tree continuing to show “apical” dominance!

[@peterlandry8809]

Beautiful work , I would have never thought of doing that with a dwarf Alberta spruce . Very inspiring , thank you

[@tomigunzdmv]

Ah this is the Christmas tree video you were telling me about! I got 3 trees plus one cutting. I will try and cascade one now! It was great meeting you in DC.
-Black Hat

[@KurisuBonsai]

I quite like working with Picea, after a few mins the spikiness isn't so bad and with plucking the extending new growth in spring you can make some really nice pads over a few years. Great work!

[@thenaturecreater8906]

Great video jelle! You gave me ideas on my cheap informal upright spruces now! Let's get bendy

[@scheers100]

I really like the tourniquet technique to stimulate higher roots. I used it on two trees last year with great success, it feels safe and it is very easy to execute. Thank for your content, greets from Belgium

[@WanderingBobAK]

Glad it worked for you. I'm sure very few people have any clue what you are talking about. I sure don't!

[@danielkalyanrai]

Beautiful transformation

[@sueb1317]

So interesting! Wonderful videos on showing us how to think outside the box. Would love a follow-up when you do decide to prune. This is going to be a great bonsai.

[@thepainter5728]

I am totally amazed at how "rough" you can treat these without damaging them, I have been much too gentle I'm afraid!
Very well narrated also!

[@GrowingBonsai]

I think you may have interpreted the use of force for being rough :). I was really gently with the tree, taking time and providing support for the strongest bends ensuring no structural damage was done! But yes, often coniferous trees can be bend much more than people think

[@JeffBelttari-fp7pd]

I love this tree

[@blusukanbonsai]

Cool bro, nice report is the Christmas trees

[@nwilliams1540]

Nice work on the cascade creation. That pot is really great!

[@trybonsai]

Great work and very informative 🎉🎉

[@FrostBiteBonsai]

What a difference! I still have trees from the Christmas I did the challenge!

[@bonsaisn]

Tuyệt vời, cảm ơn bạn chia sẽ video hay ❤

[@Sketchylemons]

Wow just wow Jelle. Very cool and super inspiring

[@GrowingBonsai]

Thanks so much!

[@BassRepublic89]

Incredible

[@googleboy7530]

Impressive

[@nerinat8371]

What beautiful work you've done with this tree... amazing

[@rebelliousbrands3253]

Love your videos. Nice tree.

[@GrowingBonsai]

Glad you like them!

[@mcbabs7495]

Super intéressant, un grand merci pour la vidéo!

[@pesoverwatch9324]

This Xmas I gonna buy 5 trees I guess, and non of em gonna have balls in em...nice work Jelle!

[@Bonsaicrazy]

Great video Jelle 👊👊

[@wallygrandpa]

great job. Keep going strong

[@brucedeacon28]

👍👌🙂

[@HavardStreAndresen]

Amazing video, Jelle🙂Most videos, concerning these trees are without updates. I reckon its because the trees dies because of to much abuse, during first styling. You seem to have struck the perfect balance.

[@HuyPham-io4vu]

Could you tilt the pot so the lowest part of the trunk will receive light and auxin hormones reach it?

[@GrowingBonsai]

This is indeed what some people do to keep a cascading branch healthy and trick trees into switching dominance.

[@ludwigcodjambassis8866]

🍁🍁🍁🌹

[@GrowingBonsai]

:)