OK, I have two rocks picked out... And a great big ugly pot I made out of an aluminum roast pan and cloth soaked in concrete. Wish me luck! I also saw on a website someone who is using broken pots for Bonsai. been doing that for a while now, it is pretty cool.
yet again, you manage to wow us. This is an awesome root over rock hawthorn forest. I've never seen the likes of it before and i think it will look so impressive!
Working with Muck is the best, it reminds me of going back to elementary school and playing with clay which I always liked. So far since yesterday my muck job hasn't collapsed. That is a victory.
Nice rock. That texture gives the tree plenty of purchase and for roots to adhere to it. 👍 That “Kimura style” is the sort of thing I would love to do with some Chinese elm or cotoneaster. Just need the appropriate silly big rock… Definitely worthwhile adding a wooden brace or wedge underneath the rock to cushion it - in case of sudden movement or shock it will absorb some movement and prevent the pot being cracked.
Another cool video! Thanks. I prefer the brown ceramic pot to the blue one. The brown one feels more 'earthy' and 'natural' and lets the composition shine, than distract from it. 💮
In a way you must be a man of patience and determination cause it must have taken a lot of time and fiddling around to get them all on that rock, but you did it ! Now I'm keeping my fingers crossed that this project will be a successful one cause it could become a really beautiful rock landscape. Once you know which ones have survived you can start wiring them and bringing the movement of a windswept landscape in all of them, that will look cool ! I hope you will keep us updated Tony and well done 👍 Edit ; I forgot to say which pot I prefer : the blue one.
Yes, it did take me quite a while, but I love that kind of challenge. I don't find it frustrating, and it feels great when it all comes together. I will definitely be updating on this in a couple of months' time when I should have a decent idea of how many have made it. As you say, this could become a really nice landscape in the future, but I would say that it will take a good 5 years of development to get these trees looking good.
This is a very very good channel. It shows you care greatly. I appreciate your time. When I was in Hawaii people would pick Aha Aha, and Phoi Phoi for bonsia Azalea. Have you gotten any lava rocks?
Thanks MArk. No I haven't got any lava rock. We don't tend to have much of that around here. It's mainly limestone, but I'm always on the look out for interesting pieces.
What an awesome project Tony. That rock is certainly uniquely shaped for this composition. Really looking forward to seeing how this develops over time. Thanks, keep growing
🤣I was thinking about that recent video of yours this afternoon as I was putting this together. Hopefully, most of these will pull through and stay alive. Like field maple, hawthorn are pretty resilient.
Thanks Brian. No point waiting to get projects like this underway. I'd rather have a go now and hopefully while I'm learning, I'm accumulating some really nice trees and groups for the future.
I think I like the plastic pot the best as far as fitting the rock. sometimes I use plastic pots and paint them with that stone spray paint so they're not quite as bad.
Yeah I think the size is good, but after putting this together I made a big realisation why you really need to use clay pots for projects like these. When I moved it, the pot was flexing a lot due to the weight. I've had to put the pot on a big tile to support it until I can re-pot it in a couple of years.
@@TonysBonsai that is a very good point. On an unrelated note I tried to take my 4 foot tall gumbo limbo and turn and twist it as a start for a literati. Long story short I now have a 2 foot tall grumble (pun intended) limbo and three trunk pieces that I am going to plant reluctantly.
V good indeed. Maybe you could advertise for a spare pair of hands? The plastic string - I dunno - ordinary garden twine would eventually degrade naturally, and I believe flower arrangers use 'iron wire' which would stay where you put it as opposed to the plastic pinging off.
I'm hoping that the string will be in place for a year or two, then I should just be able to cut it and pull it out. It looks a mess, but I think it will do a decent job. A second pair of hands would have definitely be a big help on this one.
I've only tried a couple of these, but they are very very interesting. It seems to me you are trying to find the way the roots would have gone in nature? I'm not sure I can do this by myself, but my wife can handle the muck
@@TonysBonsai I was looking around trying to decide what I would do for a root over rock. There are some plants that grow wild in my yard, including Strangler fig, mayan spinach, simpsons stopper, Sheffelera and surinam cherry... I made some red clay out of my sons' old pitching mound, got some coconuts and coconut fiber from the tree in my yard to make coir, and mucked away! I took a strangler fig and put it over a rock because the roots of those are so strong. Think I'll do a surinam cherry one next... You are an inspiration my man!
Hi Tony always love your enthusiasm, will you do an update video please on some of your projects, I’d love to see the fusion one again as it inspired me to try an oak fusion myself, and it’s just leafing out now so I’m excited to see its growth this year
Hi Garry. The beech fusions are just about to come into leaf. I wanted to wait to see whether all the trees made it before doing the update. I should be able to do it sometime this week.
Fantastic work Tony. That’s gonna look great once the rock is exposed! Wouldn’t usually ask this on a UA-cam video but I don’t suppose you’ve got any of these rocks you’d be willing to part with? I’m finding it so hard to find decent rocks down south here! Many thanks
Tony, are any of your rock and muck projects sufficiently advanced to know whether the muck will gradually erode (‘dissolve’) leaving the roots (and rock) visible? I’m a bit concerned that the muck might just set like, well, clay.
Hi Richard. So far the trees are generally looking good in the clay. It will be at least a year before I start to even think about letting the clay runoff. At the moment they are all covered in moss to protect it from eroding. Although it looks very clay like, it is only in fact 20% clay, so it acts more like a moist very organic soil.
Thanks Kevin. I like to think big and just go for it. All these crazy projects won't end up being great, but with a bit of luck I'll get at least a couple of crackers down the line.
Hi Tony if you used jute string from wilkos or B&M it will rot in 3-6 month an you would not need to remove it as it is a natural product I use it all the time you get a better grip on rock as well
I have also spent time, lots of it, looking at rocks and seeing which way they would work the best. My extreme lack of Japanese ancestry does not help.
You may want to block my comments because I have a lot of them usually :). I just wanted to comment about your turntable which is the same kind I have and I've seen so many places. it's like a bonsai secret code or something...
I love comments on my video Tim. It often takes me a while to reply when they are on older videos, but they are always welcome mate. As for the turntables, I think they are like the masons secret handshake for bonsai
Rock on Tony!! I think the trees will do well!
Thanks Nigel. Being hawthorns, I think they've got a decent chance
Two of my favorites. Trees and rocks. Great composition Tony!
Thanks Raymond. Yeah me to. i just love a good root over rock in bonsai or when we occasionally see them in the wild
OK, I have two rocks picked out... And a great big ugly pot I made out of an aluminum roast pan and cloth soaked in concrete. Wish me luck!
I also saw on a website someone who is using broken pots for Bonsai. been doing that for a while now, it is pretty cool.
Good luck Tim. I'm sure you'll create a very nice piece mate!
yet again, you manage to wow us. This is an awesome root over rock hawthorn forest. I've never seen the likes of it before and i think it will look so impressive!
Cheers buddy. Some of them are struggling a bit, but I am still hopeful that the majority will survive.
Working with Muck is the best, it reminds me of going back to elementary school and playing with clay which I always liked. So far since yesterday my muck job hasn't collapsed. That is a victory.
Nice rock. That texture gives the tree plenty of purchase and for roots to adhere to it. 👍
That “Kimura style” is the sort of thing I would love to do with some Chinese elm or cotoneaster. Just need the appropriate silly big rock…
Definitely worthwhile adding a wooden brace or wedge underneath the rock to cushion it - in case of sudden movement or shock it will absorb some movement and prevent the pot being cracked.
Cheers mate. Tons of nice rocks over there in Yorkshire mate. Get out and get scouting!
@@TonysBonsai don’t you be coming stealing all our nice rocks. Stick to your rubbish Lancastrian rocks 😂
Another cool video! Thanks. I prefer the brown ceramic pot to the blue one. The brown one feels more 'earthy' and 'natural' and lets the composition shine, than distract from it. 💮
Yes, I tend to agree with you Siva. I like the more natural colour
Thanks Tony, hope this helps you for a future project 👍🏻
Thank you so much!
No more trees, no more trees, no more trees!
I''m spending it on a tree 🤣
@TonysBonsai it's my pleasure 🙏🏼 honestly can't get enough of your videos 😎👍🏻 take care and happy Bonsai-ing 😊 👍🏻
The blue and grey look really nice. I think it will look good.
Thanks Sharon. I was just qondering whether the blue might compete for attention a bit too much. It is a lovely colour though
In a way you must be a man of patience and determination cause it must have taken a lot of time and fiddling around to get them all on that rock, but you did it ! Now I'm keeping my fingers crossed that this project will be a successful one cause it could become a really beautiful rock landscape. Once you know which ones have survived you can start wiring them and bringing the movement of a windswept landscape in all of them, that will look cool ! I hope you will keep us updated Tony and well done 👍
Edit ; I forgot to say which pot I prefer : the blue one.
Yes, it did take me quite a while, but I love that kind of challenge. I don't find it frustrating, and it feels great when it all comes together. I will definitely be updating on this in a couple of months' time when I should have a decent idea of how many have made it. As you say, this could become a really nice landscape in the future, but I would say that it will take a good 5 years of development to get these trees looking good.
I like the blue pot. Very good on your choice of plant.
Thanks for the feedback Mark. I'm still torn between the two pots.
This is a very very good channel. It shows you care greatly. I appreciate your time. When I was in Hawaii people would pick Aha Aha, and Phoi Phoi for bonsia Azalea. Have you gotten any lava rocks?
Thanks MArk. No I haven't got any lava rock. We don't tend to have much of that around here. It's mainly limestone, but I'm always on the look out for interesting pieces.
What an awesome project Tony. That rock is certainly uniquely shaped for this composition. Really looking forward to seeing how this develops over time. Thanks, keep growing
Cheers mate. It's a cracking piece of rock for sure. I can't wait to start removing some of the much to reveal it in the future.
It would be beautiful to see them all settled.
Hopeully given a few weeks these trees will do fine I think
Hello Tony
This reminds me of my fieldmaples on the rock... drove me crazy...
😂
Grts
Kennet
🤣I was thinking about that recent video of yours this afternoon as I was putting this together. Hopefully, most of these will pull through and stay alive. Like field maple, hawthorn are pretty resilient.
Awesome project. You really are the mad professor of the bonsai world. That will be terrific if it’s successful. Can’t wait to see how it develops.
Thanks Brian. No point waiting to get projects like this underway. I'd rather have a go now and hopefully while I'm learning, I'm accumulating some really nice trees and groups for the future.
Another great project started :)
Cheers mate. Should be quite nice if they make it!
@@TonysBonsai They will do fine i have no doubt :)
Mad and Mucked-up 👍😊 Liked the end result and hope it does well.
Thank you Pierre. It was a pretty messy affair this one. Mud and water all over the place! 🤣
I have been a rockhound since high school so there are so many rocks around my place. Every one needs at least one tree on it
Sounds ike next spring will be a busy time for you Tim
Your collection is going to awsome in 5 years time😮
Cheers Chris. Yeah I'm trying to create pieces that I think will mature and become really interesting as the years pass.
Ah, the Nigel Saunders Hairstyle bonsai style 😂
🤣A tree styled to look like my head would be a much less interesting bonsai! 🤣🤣
@@TonysBonsai mine too! 🤣
Superb idea
I think I like the plastic pot the best as far as fitting the rock. sometimes I use plastic pots and paint them with that stone spray paint so they're not quite as bad.
Yeah I think the size is good, but after putting this together I made a big realisation why you really need to use clay pots for projects like these. When I moved it, the pot was flexing a lot due to the weight. I've had to put the pot on a big tile to support it until I can re-pot it in a couple of years.
@@TonysBonsai that is a very good point. On an unrelated note I tried to take my 4 foot tall gumbo limbo and turn and twist it as a start for a literati. Long story short I now have a 2 foot tall grumble (pun intended) limbo and three trunk pieces that I am going to plant reluctantly.
V good indeed. Maybe you could advertise for a spare pair of hands? The plastic string - I dunno - ordinary garden twine would eventually degrade naturally, and I believe flower arrangers use 'iron wire' which would stay where you put it as opposed to the plastic pinging off.
I'm hoping that the string will be in place for a year or two, then I should just be able to cut it and pull it out. It looks a mess, but I think it will do a decent job. A second pair of hands would have definitely be a big help on this one.
I've only tried a couple of these, but they are very very interesting. It seems to me you are trying to find the way the roots would have gone in nature? I'm not sure I can do this by myself, but my wife can handle the muck
That's exactly right mate. I was trying to place the roots so that hopefully down the line when they are revealed, they will look natural
@@TonysBonsai I was looking around trying to decide what I would do for a root over rock. There are some plants that grow wild in my yard, including Strangler fig, mayan spinach, simpsons stopper, Sheffelera and surinam cherry... I made some red clay out of my sons' old pitching mound, got some coconuts and coconut fiber from the tree in my yard to make coir, and mucked away! I took a strangler fig and put it over a rock because the roots of those are so strong. Think I'll do a surinam cherry one next... You are an inspiration my man!
Hi Tony always love your enthusiasm, will you do an update video please on some of your projects, I’d love to see the fusion one again as it inspired me to try an oak fusion myself, and it’s just leafing out now so I’m excited to see its growth this year
Hi Garry. The beech fusions are just about to come into leaf. I wanted to wait to see whether all the trees made it before doing the update. I should be able to do it sometime this week.
Fantastic work Tony. That’s gonna look great once the rock is exposed! Wouldn’t usually ask this on a UA-cam video but I don’t suppose you’ve got any of these rocks you’d be willing to part with? I’m finding it so hard to find decent rocks down south here! Many thanks
Cheers Toby. I might have the odd rock left, but I've used the best ones and I think they would be prohibitively expensive to post. they weigh a ton
Tony, are any of your rock and muck projects sufficiently advanced to know whether the muck will gradually erode (‘dissolve’) leaving the roots (and rock) visible? I’m a bit concerned that the muck might just set like, well, clay.
Hi Richard. So far the trees are generally looking good in the clay. It will be at least a year before I start to even think about letting the clay runoff. At the moment they are all covered in moss to protect it from eroding. Although it looks very clay like, it is only in fact 20% clay, so it acts more like a moist very organic soil.
Tony, what do you use to feed your bonsai? As with everything Bonasi it seems to be a minefield!!!
Hi John. I'm just about to make a fertiliser video. Should be out later this week mate
Excellent 👍 thanks
Well done mate. You certainly don't look for the easy option.
Thanks Kevin. I like to think big and just go for it. All these crazy projects won't end up being great, but with a bit of luck I'll get at least a couple of crackers down the line.
Hi Tony if you used jute string from wilkos or B&M it will rot in 3-6 month an you would not need to remove it as it is a natural product I use it all the time you get a better grip on rock as well
Good idea John. I think I need to get hold of some of that, and the extra grip would be very handy
I'm willing them all to survive and make this a showstopper of a root over rock forest. If we never tried, what's the point? 😂
Thank you, and I agree. We have to try these things. I like testing the limits to know how far I can push both trees and ideas.
I have also spent time, lots of it, looking at rocks and seeing which way they would work the best. My extreme lack of Japanese ancestry does not help.
I think the time we spend just looking is time well spent Tim!
Foisting
You may want to block my comments because I have a lot of them usually :). I just wanted to comment about your turntable which is the same kind I have and I've seen so many places. it's like a bonsai secret code or something...
I love comments on my video Tim. It often takes me a while to reply when they are on older videos, but they are always welcome mate. As for the turntables, I think they are like the masons secret handshake for bonsai
Не вижу ничего красивого, слишком много деревьев на камне и при том хаотично в разных направлениях.