Tony what did I tell you about them vine weevils, they come in from the bottom. I put screen over the bottoms of all my pots now and don't get them. They are a nightmare. Nice prep bud.
Yeah they are a pest, but I'm sure that these came with the tree which is why it wasn't looking the best when I bought it. I'm hoping I'm done with the weevils now 🤞
I recently splashed out on a Mugo pine to work on, not quite the bargain you got though. Will be taking some tips from your work on this tree to maybe apply to mine. Keep up the great content Tony
Thank you. Hopefully yours didn;t come with any vine weevils included. They are a challenging tree at the best of times, but they do make amazing bonsai.
are you planning on visiting the Accrington and District Bonsai Society display event being held at Barton Grange on 23rd April? gonna be some lovely trees there
You definitely gave this tree its best chance to survive and form a nice bonsai, those roots will be great if it makes it. Good aftercare and the Tony touch (that doesn't mean bend it Tony) it should be okay. Good luck mate 👍
Yeah, I do think this one does have a decent chance, although it's often really hard to tell. My cedar of lebanon are looking great, yet a couple of others that I thought would do well are looking dead!
2 quid for that!!? Can't go wrong there mate. I love the exposed roots,it's gonna look wicked in the future The best trees are cheap,awesome trees are free!! Keep growing
You lucky bugger 2 quid bargain, I must admit Tony I have a few pines for some reason I don’t get on with, I do have a large now styled Mugo the dreaded weevil, you have to wonder how many trees in that garden centre are full of them. Hope you have managed to save it, Mugo are strong growers so should be fine in the new soil just left alone for a while. All the best mate.
I've had three trees from three different garden centers all with wevils now. Must be quite a big problem for the industry. You'd think they would use nematodes.
@@TonysBonsai I would think the failure rate of plants must be quite high you would think they would use what ever means to deal with the problem, they are spreading these nasty little blighters all across the country, problem is they are retailers and not specialist plantsmen, they have all but gone now. I think any plant bought from them should be root checked as a priority before anything else is done.
This reminds me of the inexpensive, young black pine I have that would be great for this neagari exposed root style. I need to take a look at setting that up in the pot soon - caging the roots and adding a bit of a sweep before putting it in a deep, narrow pot. All props to Eric of Bonsaify who is the master of the stuff with tiny pines. 👍
Hi Tony, Good job making lemonade when you're dealt a lemon. I like what you've done. I'm hoping you don't have those grubs getting into all your other trees. Have you seen anything about how to prevent them from spreading in your garden?
Yes, I've done some reading. I can treat all my pots with a product called nematodes, but I believe that these grubs were in the pots I bought and they don't spread from pot to pot. They are laid as eggs by the adult, so hopefully I've got rid of them.
Never met s mugo I couldn't kill😢. I've tried repotting at various times. I've wired and not wired. So I sit in awe of anyone who dares and succeeds with these beasties, weevils notwithstanding. Onward!
I believe they depend of some kind of fungi in the soil for their survival. Under normal circumstances they shouldn't be completely bare-rooted, that'll remove the beneficial fungi and they are likely to die. When repotting, always put some of the spent soil back to make the fungi re-establish the symbiosis with the tree. It's kinda like yeast when you're baking bread; it's essential.
Well those roots definitely have the potential to be an interesting feature. If it’s one thing I’ve learned (the hard way) it’s that every tree can’t have a radial root base. It’s better to incorporate disastrous roots into a feature than try to tame them and certainly kill the tree. Thanks, keep growing
Good point that Matt. I agree that it takes a bit of time until we realise that. Better to work with the tree than try to make it conform to our desires.
Hi Tony, thanks for showing this video with this nice little Mugo, which I think (from the distance) is a ‚Pumilio‘, or possibly a ‚Mughus‘. Those two species are typical gardencenter plants in our area, too. In fact, nice and resilient trees to work with. Good luck
Eisei en does a video on mugo and so does peter chan. I just saw one at home depot the other day i may go buy one now 😄 Only thing i kno is they are single flush pines
yeah I've watched lots of videos on them, and they do make great bonsai. I think the hardest thing is getting them on the way to becoming a bonsai without killing them.
Nice video, thank you. Mugo pines are one of my favorites pines: They're our european version of thunbergii pines 😂. You can try to grow the branches as cuttings, it's difficult though with mugo it's possible.
@Tonys Bonsai I have a few going on right now ,in fact. I don't know if they're going to be a success but after two months the're still alive and swelling buds!
I've had success with cuttings from a Mugo Pumilio, took the best part of a year to root but it worked and Ive got two Mame Mugo as a result!! I chopped the heck out of my bigger tree in September 2 years ago and only this spring is it showing signs of getting its vigour back and lots of new buds. They also love making big whorls so bud selection will be key to stop the bulges!! Lovely trees tho 😊
That will look really good! I think if you tried to untangle those roots, it would have no chance at all. This is what we sometimes find under the trees we love.
I write this at 2 minutes into this video and Tony has just said he's not repotting and just taking an inch off the top of top soil off to expose the nebari. I predict a full bare rooting and a washing up bowl full of lovely soil in the next 12 minutes 😂
@@andysbonsai 🤣🤣You were correct in the end. I tried really hard not to, but as you say, my hand was forced. Next time I'm going to catch you out mate! 🤣🤣
Hi Tony, it`s a perfect solution for this tree. Perhaps you should reduce 30% of the foliage, to give the tree a better chance to survive. Keep growing🌲🌲😉
I bought a mugo with a thick trunk last fall and did a bit of pruning on it. After reading the trouble people have had with the roots, I decide to try the top down method of root development. You take it out of the pot, and then bare root only the top half of the root ball, and leave the bottom half alone. Then it goes back into your nursery pot, with bonsai soil at the top, then leave it alone for a year. It's just an experiment I don't know where it's going to go. And honestly, all the branches that come from one single spot have got me befuddled about a potential styling.
They really can be tricky trees, and sometimes by the time we get them they are almost too far past the point where we can do anything with them due to chronic inverse taper. I would suggest that you try to visualise something and move towards that in your pruning decisions.
You did the best you could with what you had to work with Tony. If you wouldn't have removed the weevils (if you wouldn't have examined the roots properly) , the plant would have died so it's better to give it a chance to recover by removing all the weevils and it still has some roots so it has a better chance. To balance out the removal of those roots, I would remove a very small part of the branches (just some tips of branches). I went to a garden center (yep, my amount of trees is above 20 already now ☺) today and bought me some more trees, no Pines though ( in my opinion they're the most challenging plants to make bonsai if you start from garden center material and they're way more expensive than other plants). I had a look at the Junipers but they were all very flat, like a pancake. So all the plants I bought were deciduous trees or shrubs.
Over 20 trees. Nice! Sounds like the bonsai addiction is taking hold 🤣 I think you do right avoiding the pines. Along with spruce, I think they are the trickiest trees. You're much better off with deciduous. That being said, over on the continent you can easily buy really nice proper juniper material quite cheaply. www.bonsaiplaza.com/en/20475-juniperus-chinensis-bonsai.html
@@TonysBonsai The bonsai bug has bitten and I think it's a bulldog ! ☺ I found that website a few months ago but I'm always afraid to buy trees online cause you can't see the nebari. Above the soil everything can look fine but you don't know for sure what's underneath. There was a bonsai nursery not so far from me but the guy went on pension and so far nobody has taken over his business, otherwise I would buy an Itoigawa Juniper from him, he was a very reliable guy. But thanks for looking up the link, that 's very kind of you, Tony 🙃
@@TonysBonsai my first Yamadori collection I think my family thought I was crazy when they saw me hiking in carrying a a red pine (it’s around 20yo) 🤣 - and potting it. It took a solid 1.5 years to recover so just got its first big cuts last fall . . . So now it looks like . . . Trash 🤣. It will perhaps be a decent bonsai in another 20 years
I was re-potting a seedling I had bought in recently and discovered the pot was full of vine weevil larvae. I found that my tame Robin really likes them to eat thankfully and polished off all of them in a few seconds. Obviously this is why your bargain plant had been struggling-would like to see an update on it.
I bet they were a testy treat for a robin. Very nice. Beats just squishing them. I will be updating on this in a few weeks when it is hopefully pushing some candles.
Have you ever considered a strong insecticide treatment for those maggots? Bare-rooting a mugo pine leads to a great - if not certain - risk of death, especially for a weak plant like that. I think it would have been a safer move to give the tree a better chance to recover. In these desperate cases I use a granular PFnPE based (Teflutrin 0,2%) product which does not affect the plant and its specific for ground bugs, worms and flies.
Good point Guiseppe. By the time I found these vine Weevils, I was halfway to bare rooting this tree anyway, and all the other roots just drop off dead, so I am happy to have done this. However I do get what you are saying. I am going to buy some nematodes which kill vine weevils.
@@TonysBonsai I know, I found myself in the same situation. Nematodes could be a more gentle weapon for delicate plants. Good idea. Thanks for sharing your videos Tony
For what it's worth, I have several nursery mugos that I have repotted over the past 4-5 yrs. Some I've done in the early spring with other pines, and some in June/early July as per Vance Wood's advice on BonsaiNut. Both have been successful, and I haven't lost one yet.
Really depends on your zone as to if you can get away with a spring repotting which is why we find evidence for both spring and summer. My zone spring planting would be sudden death - 4 states south and spring repotting would be golden 😂
If it was my choice....and it's not.....but if is was I would have taken a framework square....and cut branches at a 90 angel.....hard to see where the tree will end up....but for two pounds it's a good buy.
I’ve had poor results with pines and they are certainly my least favourite bonsai species. I rescued a large mugo pine with lots of dead top growth and poor roots. It’s survived 3 years now and is strengthening up well. From that experience I’d say this has a fair chance but I’ve killed several coniferous trees over the years even when I thought I’d been quite reserved, so who knows? Fingers crossed.
Definitely interested that you completely bare rooted this one and I understood your thoughts for doing so. The views online are mixed but I have found that there is an underlying consensus that late summer early autumn is the ideal time? I tend to go to Harry Harrington's guides (B4ME) for plants i am unsure about as he is experienced and in the Uk. So far he has been right. But no two trees or conditions are the same so I often throw the dice if neccesity requires it. We can compare results at the end of summer and see how things are going as i did my repots last autumn. Love what you are doing. Cheers
In my case I don't use calendars at all. I just listen (or watch) the tree. Repotting time in any tree should be when buds swell and barely "explode". Some trees of same species may start this process earlier, others, later. However, when buds swell, you know that the tree is awake and active, meaning it will recover earlier from repotting, creating new roots.
Yeah, obviously I had no choice repotting this one otherwise I would have waited I think. Harry Harrington is a good guide for sure, but Peter Chan says he does them in spring. I know Peter gets some flack, but he is a commercial grower and he does seem to do well with his mugos. It's a tricky one.
@@TonysBonsai ua-cam.com/video/WDrhQf0yMxg/v-deo.html David E. says very early or not at all ... so when the nurseries around here start the seasson, it is too late and that is how I killed all the pines when I started doing bonsai, exept for the very young ones, those seem to be OK with late repots and barerooting.
Probably, but the wevils had to be dealt with. At least this way it had a chance. Putting a little of the spent soil, or even just a little of his garden soil, back in the pot to reintroduce beneficial fungi could have helped it, but I don't even know if the tree survived and where it is now Tony has passed on.
I also need to work my Mugo today😂 but in my zone we can’t repot these till June/July or they die. Warmer zones can do spring or summer, and the hottest zones do spring. Thus the confusion across the whole ‘when to repot Mugos’ - it depends on your base temps during that season.
Goog luck with the Mugo, Tony.
I dug up a mugo this yr. Trunk is as thick as my hand. Can't wait to work on it in spring.
Nice work Tony!! A good solution for the roots and trunk!
Thanks Nigel. I'll just have to wait and see what happens, and hopefully it pulls through.
Tony still here. And it's always a pleasure to meet him. I think over time he will only have more friends.
It's amazing watching the number of subscribers grow a year after he passed on. I think he'd have a good chuckle over that.
Tony what did I tell you about them vine weevils, they come in from the bottom. I put screen over the bottoms of all my pots now and don't get them. They are a nightmare.
Nice prep bud.
Yeah they are a pest, but I'm sure that these came with the tree which is why it wasn't looking the best when I bought it. I'm hoping I'm done with the weevils now 🤞
That’s interesting Tony. Good luck with it mate
Cheers Andy!
I recently splashed out on a Mugo pine to work on, not quite the bargain you got though. Will be taking some tips from your work on this tree to maybe apply to mine. Keep up the great content Tony
Thank you. Hopefully yours didn;t come with any vine weevils included. They are a challenging tree at the best of times, but they do make amazing bonsai.
are you planning on visiting the Accrington and District Bonsai Society display event being held at Barton Grange on 23rd April? gonna be some lovely trees there
Ah excellent. That sounds great and it's not far from me. I'll definitely be popping up there for sure. Thanks for letting me know. Are you going?
@@TonysBonsai yea, ill be there. Looking forward to it
Cheers Tony! Looking good.
Thank Steve. It's got a chance at least now.
It will be fine!
I hope so Kennet
You definitely gave this tree its best chance to survive and form a nice bonsai, those roots will be great if it makes it. Good aftercare and the Tony touch (that doesn't mean bend it Tony) it should be okay. Good luck mate 👍
Yeah, I do think this one does have a decent chance, although it's often really hard to tell. My cedar of lebanon are looking great, yet a couple of others that I thought would do well are looking dead!
The biggest nice suprise for me is the lack of inverse taper in that one big node.
Great point Pawel. I must admit I though I would be dealing with a horrific swelling, but as you say, there is hardly any.
Well done picking it up for 2 quid. I bought one just last month at B&Q and it was 18.99 lol. Keep up the great content 👏
I bet yours was in better health though. Hopefully you've re-potted yours and it's on it's way.
Just picked up a nice mugo pine. Was an impulse buy but I've never had one before. No idea what I'm doing. Don't even know what a candle is
Miss you
2 quid for that!!? Can't go wrong there mate. I love the exposed roots,it's gonna look wicked in the future
The best trees are cheap,awesome trees are free!!
Keep growing
Yeah, I just love exposed roots., although it won't seem like such a bargain if it's dead 🤣🤣
You lucky bugger 2 quid bargain, I must admit Tony I have a few pines for some reason I don’t get on with, I do have a large now styled Mugo the dreaded weevil, you have to wonder how many trees in that garden centre are full of them. Hope you have managed to save it, Mugo are strong growers so should be fine in the new soil just left alone for a while. All the best mate.
I've had three trees from three different garden centers all with wevils now. Must be quite a big problem for the industry. You'd think they would use nematodes.
@@TonysBonsai I would think the failure rate of plants must be quite high you would think they would use what ever means to deal with the problem, they are spreading these nasty little blighters all across the country, problem is they are retailers and not specialist plantsmen, they have all but gone now. I think any plant bought from them should be root checked as a priority before anything else is done.
Yes, this is something that I have started doing myself. As soon as I get them home, I take a look at the roots to see whether they look damaged.
So sad that Tony has left us so sad what a narrator 😎Dennis
This reminds me of the inexpensive, young black pine I have that would be great for this neagari exposed root style. I need to take a look at setting that up in the pot soon - caging the roots and adding a bit of a sweep before putting it in a deep, narrow pot. All props to Eric of Bonsaify who is the master of the stuff with tiny pines. 👍
Yeah, I agree. Without Eric's videos I would never have known about this technique. This one just needs to pull through now. 🤞
Now it up to the mugo if it want to be a Bonsai. I had done the same Tony.
Yes, It's out of my hands now. I'll just have to see what happens and cross my fingers.
Hi Tony, Good job making lemonade when you're dealt a lemon. I like what you've done. I'm hoping you don't have those grubs getting into all your other trees. Have you seen anything about how to prevent them from spreading in your garden?
Yes, I've done some reading. I can treat all my pots with a product called nematodes, but I believe that these grubs were in the pots I bought and they don't spread from pot to pot. They are laid as eggs by the adult, so hopefully I've got rid of them.
Never met s mugo I couldn't kill😢. I've tried repotting at various times. I've wired and not wired. So I sit in awe of anyone who dares and succeeds with these beasties, weevils notwithstanding. Onward!
🤣🤣that's what i'm like with Japanese Holly. I've not killed them all yet, but none of them are doing well and several are history already.
I believe they depend of some kind of fungi in the soil for their survival. Under normal circumstances they shouldn't be completely bare-rooted, that'll remove the beneficial fungi and they are likely to die.
When repotting, always put some of the spent soil back to make the fungi re-establish the symbiosis with the tree. It's kinda like yeast when you're baking bread; it's essential.
Well those roots definitely have the potential to be an interesting feature. If it’s one thing I’ve learned (the hard way) it’s that every tree can’t have a radial root base. It’s better to incorporate disastrous roots into a feature than try to tame them and certainly kill the tree. Thanks, keep growing
Good point that Matt. I agree that it takes a bit of time until we realise that. Better to work with the tree than try to make it conform to our desires.
Sounds like a good philosophy.
Well we will see next Monday what you think of my work on a disaster our root system Matt 😂
@@Candice.BonsaiScience Candice, I’m certain you can and will create a special serving of lemonade from the most helpless case of lemons . 🌳🌲🍋🍋✌🏻
Hi Tony, thanks for showing this video with this nice little Mugo, which I think (from the distance) is a ‚Pumilio‘, or possibly a ‚Mughus‘. Those two species are typical gardencenter plants in our area, too. In fact, nice and resilient trees to work with. Good luck
Thank you. I'll do some research. It will be quite a nice little tree providing it pulls through
I love it “I’m not going to bare root” 😂 “I’ll just take that one root off” 😅. Seriously though, nice job on this Mugo!
Cheers Steve. I was so determined too. 🤣🤣
Eisei en does a video on mugo and so does peter chan. I just saw one at home depot the other day i may go buy one now 😄 Only thing i kno is they are single flush pines
yeah I've watched lots of videos on them, and they do make great bonsai. I think the hardest thing is getting them on the way to becoming a bonsai without killing them.
Sounds like you have a plan Tony. I am looking forward to updates.
I think this will be a tricky tree, but given a good few years I hope that I can make something decent out of it.
Nice video, thank you. Mugo pines are one of my favorites pines: They're our european version of thunbergii pines 😂. You can try to grow the branches as cuttings, it's difficult though with mugo it's possible.
Interesting. I've never heard of any pines being grown as cuttings. I'm going to do some research and have a go, thanks.
@Tonys Bonsai I have a few going on right now ,in fact. I don't know if they're going to be a success but after two months the're still alive and swelling buds!
I've had success with cuttings from a Mugo Pumilio, took the best part of a year to root but it worked and Ive got two Mame Mugo as a result!! I chopped the heck out of my bigger tree in September 2 years ago and only this spring is it showing signs of getting its vigour back and lots of new buds. They also love making big whorls so bud selection will be key to stop the bulges!! Lovely trees tho 😊
@@KurisuBonsai wonderful!! I hope mines do root, too.🤞🏻
@@KurisuBonsai Good to hear Chris, cheers!
Bonsai surprise - that moment when you had a plan for a tree but then you discover it has other ideas 🥰
We can have all the plans we want, but ultimately, as you say, the plant can have other ideas.
I think John Lennon had a take on that.
That will look really good! I think if you tried to untangle those roots, it would have no chance at all. This is what we sometimes find under the trees we love.
Yeah, we just have to go with the flow sometimes and let the tree dictate to us what happens
I write this at 2 minutes into this video and Tony has just said he's not repotting and just taking an inch off the top of top soil off to expose the nebari. I predict a full bare rooting and a washing up bowl full of lovely soil in the next 12 minutes 😂
Well, didn't see that coming. Fingers crossed it makes it, funny how sometimes a forced hand can turn into the best scenario
@@andysbonsai 🤣🤣You were correct in the end. I tried really hard not to, but as you say, my hand was forced. Next time I'm going to catch you out mate! 🤣🤣
Hi Tony, it`s a perfect solution for this tree. Perhaps you should reduce 30% of the foliage, to give the tree a better chance to survive. Keep growing🌲🌲😉
That's an interesting point Richard. There are a couple of branches that definitely have to go anyway so I think I'll take a look at it.
I bought a mugo with a thick trunk last fall and did a bit of pruning on it. After reading the trouble people have had with the roots, I decide to try the top down method of root development. You take it out of the pot, and then bare root only the top half of the root ball, and leave the bottom half alone. Then it goes back into your nursery pot, with bonsai soil at the top, then leave it alone for a year. It's just an experiment I don't know where it's going to go. And honestly, all the branches that come from one single spot have got me befuddled about a potential styling.
They really can be tricky trees, and sometimes by the time we get them they are almost too far past the point where we can do anything with them due to chronic inverse taper. I would suggest that you try to visualise something and move towards that in your pruning decisions.
You did the best you could with what you had to work with Tony. If you wouldn't have removed the weevils (if you wouldn't have examined the roots properly) , the plant would have died so it's better to give it a chance to recover by removing all the weevils and it still has some roots so it has a better chance. To balance out the removal of those roots, I would remove a very small part of the branches (just some tips of branches).
I went to a garden center (yep, my amount of trees is above 20 already now ☺) today and bought me some more trees, no Pines though ( in my opinion they're the most challenging plants to make bonsai if you start from garden center material and they're way more expensive than other plants). I had a look at the Junipers but they were all very flat, like a pancake. So all the plants I bought were deciduous trees or shrubs.
Over 20 trees. Nice! Sounds like the bonsai addiction is taking hold 🤣
I think you do right avoiding the pines. Along with spruce, I think they are the trickiest trees. You're much better off with deciduous. That being said, over on the continent you can easily buy really nice proper juniper material quite cheaply.
www.bonsaiplaza.com/en/20475-juniperus-chinensis-bonsai.html
@@TonysBonsai The bonsai bug has bitten and I think it's a bulldog ! ☺
I found that website a few months ago but I'm always afraid to buy trees online cause you can't see the nebari. Above the soil everything can look fine but you don't know for sure what's underneath. There was a bonsai nursery not so far from me but the guy went on pension and so far nobody has taken over his business, otherwise I would buy an Itoigawa Juniper from him, he was a very reliable guy. But thanks for looking up the link, that 's very kind of you, Tony 🙃
@@Tinoshke07 I must just be happy to take the odd gamble!
I have a few pines - not my favorite yet since they seem to just take so long to come into their own 😂
Yeah, pines are hard work in many ways, and require a lot of patience, unless you are like me and just kill them within a year! 🤣
@@TonysBonsai my first Yamadori collection I think my family thought I was crazy when they saw me hiking in carrying a a red pine (it’s around 20yo) 🤣 - and potting it. It took a solid 1.5 years to recover so just got its first big cuts last fall . . . So now it looks like . . . Trash 🤣. It will perhaps be a decent bonsai in another 20 years
We are not right in the head, and people just have to accept that! 🤣🤣
Sounds like a nice project that red pine!
I was re-potting a seedling I had bought in recently and discovered the pot was full of vine weevil larvae. I found that my tame Robin really likes them to eat thankfully and polished off all of them in a few seconds. Obviously this is why your bargain plant had been struggling-would like to see an update on it.
I bet they were a testy treat for a robin. Very nice. Beats just squishing them.
I will be updating on this in a few weeks when it is hopefully pushing some candles.
You got a great deal. I just bought a mugo tree of similar size, and cost me $30
Miss you Tony!
Have you ever considered a strong insecticide treatment for those maggots? Bare-rooting a mugo pine leads to a great - if not certain - risk of death, especially for a weak plant like that. I think it would have been a safer move to give the tree a better chance to recover.
In these desperate cases I use a granular PFnPE based (Teflutrin 0,2%) product which does not affect the plant and its specific for ground bugs, worms and flies.
Good point Guiseppe. By the time I found these vine Weevils, I was halfway to bare rooting this tree anyway, and all the other roots just drop off dead, so I am happy to have done this. However I do get what you are saying. I am going to buy some nematodes which kill vine weevils.
@@TonysBonsai I know, I found myself in the same situation. Nematodes could be a more gentle weapon for delicate plants. Good idea. Thanks for sharing your videos Tony
It's my pleasure, and I appreciate the information on the insecticide, cheers!
For what it's worth, I have several nursery mugos that I have repotted over the past 4-5 yrs. Some I've done in the early spring with other pines, and some in June/early July as per Vance Wood's advice on BonsaiNut. Both have been successful, and I haven't lost one yet.
Thanks Bob. That kind of ties in with what I've read. Some people say summer and some say spring. Good to know thanks.
Really depends on your zone as to if you can get away with a spring repotting which is why we find evidence for both spring and summer. My zone spring planting would be sudden death - 4 states south and spring repotting would be golden 😂
If it was my choice....and it's not.....but if is was I would have taken a framework square....and cut branches at a 90 angel.....hard to see where the tree will end up....but for two pounds it's a good buy.
Cheers mate. they're growing like mad. I really need to get stuck in and really cut these back
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Thank you!
Should have been charged more for the extra protein lol . Not had any yet thank goodness, no extras. Keep growing.xx
I'll be skipping my protein shake today in favour of a vine weevil sandwich!
Did it survive Tony ?
Unfortunately Tony lost the battle with cancer. I don't know where this tree is now.
It could be pinus mugo "Golden Glow".
That sounds familiar Jane. I've just looked online and I think you're right. Thank you 🙂
@@TonysBonsai my mugo looks like yours and that is a Karstens wintergold
@@remcovandenhout7134 Thank you. That does look very similar indeed.
Noice
I normally give soil with wevils to my chicken, they love them.
I’ve had poor results with pines and they are certainly my least favourite bonsai species. I rescued a large mugo pine with lots of dead top growth and poor roots. It’s survived 3 years now and is strengthening up well. From that experience I’d say this has a fair chance but I’ve killed several coniferous trees over the years even when I thought I’d been quite reserved, so who knows? Fingers crossed.
yeah, conifers seem to be a law unto themselves. I suppose all we can do it try our best.
Good news on your mugo. That sounds like a cracker!
£2 is a bit steep! You've changed mate. All this UA-cam money has got to your head 😂 lovely little tree though and a great bargain!
🤣🤣With all the bonsai soil and washing up bowls I go through, I'm lucky to be able to afford a £2 mugo mate 🤣🤣
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Definitely interested that you completely bare rooted this one and I understood your thoughts for doing so. The views online are mixed but I have found that there is an underlying consensus that late summer early autumn is the ideal time? I tend to go to Harry Harrington's guides (B4ME) for plants i am unsure about as he is experienced and in the Uk. So far he has been right. But no two trees or conditions are the same so I often throw the dice if neccesity requires it. We can compare results at the end of summer and see how things are going as i did my repots last autumn. Love what you are doing. Cheers
In my case I don't use calendars at all. I just listen (or watch) the tree. Repotting time in any tree should be when buds swell and barely "explode". Some trees of same species may start this process earlier, others, later. However, when buds swell, you know that the tree is awake and active, meaning it will recover earlier from repotting, creating new roots.
Yeah, obviously I had no choice repotting this one otherwise I would have waited I think. Harry Harrington is a good guide for sure, but Peter Chan says he does them in spring. I know Peter gets some flack, but he is a commercial grower and he does seem to do well with his mugos. It's a tricky one.
@@TonysBonsai ua-cam.com/video/WDrhQf0yMxg/v-deo.html David E. says very early or not at all ... so when the nurseries around here start the seasson, it is too late and that is how I killed all the pines when I started doing bonsai, exept for the very young ones, those seem to be OK with late repots and barerooting.
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I’ve killed two.
They do seem quite a tricky tree to keep alive to me.
And this is how to kill a plant
Probably, but the wevils had to be dealt with. At least this way it had a chance.
Putting a little of the spent soil, or even just a little of his garden soil, back in the pot to reintroduce beneficial fungi could have helped it, but I don't even know if the tree survived and where it is now Tony has passed on.
I also need to work my Mugo today😂 but in my zone we can’t repot these till June/July or they die. Warmer zones can do spring or summer, and the hottest zones do spring.
Thus the confusion across the whole ‘when to repot Mugos’ - it depends on your base temps during that season.
I have three other mugos that I have yet to work on, and I think I'll leave them until June just to be on the safe side.