I do check them all for water three times a day and then when the soil is going dry, I need to water. Bonsai can be a relaxing hobby and some trees require very little work over the years. Some types of trees need a lot of work to keep them shaped!
That's just pruning - but you'll also have to water (every day in the growing season), wire, fertilise, look out & treat any pests / diseases, repot / root prune, mix substrate materials, hunt for & purchase suitable pots, spend time researching (internet, with a pro, club mate). If you are growing your own it's a whole other set of techniques managing raw material (chopping, nebari work, designing line / taper / mitigating reverse taper). Very time consuming indeed.
Your first two tips will always stick in my head. Tip #1 : "Don't listen to what people say ... do whatever feels right to you." Tip #2 : "Do listen to people ... listen to what they have to say ... it's important." To me, this is like the unspoken Yin and Yang golden rule(s) of bonsai. Thank you for this video and all your videos. Keep up the good work. Your passion for bonsai has really influenced me to take up bonsai as a hobby.
He’s 100% right about 1 and 2 because if you join a Facebook group or something you’ll just get criticism and bad advice all the time but on the second hand if you find someone who is willing to teach you it’s great for being a beginner like myself
you know, that was completely off from any other collection of tips for bonsai that I have seen, but it was probably the most practical and useful. thank you for sharing.
I started growing quite a few apple trees from seed. Then realized I don't necessarily have room for all of them as full sized trees. Then I thought, aha, bonsai.
I’m trying to grow a Meyer lemon bonsai, despite living in the very north of England, which is not exactly the perfect climate. It needs a lot of care, and moving indoors with a grow-lamp in the winter. It’s super easy to over-water, which I learnt by having to save it from root rot after having it about 6 months. I’m learning though - its been blooming flowers all summer long this year which smell gorgeous, but I have to remove the baby lemons because it’s really too small to support them yet.
Its really an art to take care and raise a bonsai. They can passed to several generations some of them are like up to 100 years old. Thanks for sharing your collections, tips and advice.
Im a 19 year old who is just starting to get into bonsai and this channel is really amazing and helpful wish I found it sooner coulda had this amazing hobby sooner
I wish you well in your adventures in bonsai. There is lots to learn and mother nature can be unforgiving at times, but perseverance and lots of study will give you success.
@@junzueta91 I have a ficus bonsai! I don't really have to many tips though, I usually mark down when to trim my bonsai on my calendar and put a reminder to water it because I have busy days!
Great to hear Mitchell, I'm so glad that I stumbled across bonsai also, it has really shaped my life! All the best in your bonsai adventures, there will be many ups and downs along the way. Remember, you aren't training the trees, you're training yourself!
I had a Loblolly and Maple that I had found in the forest as wee little fellers in NW Florida. Everything was going great for months but I had to move to NW Minnesota a year ago and left them with my grandmother. Can't wait to see how big they've gotten in this timespan, I'll be visiting in the next few months.
God bless you. there are a lot of discouragers out there. I love bonsai. I am learning to follow what I like while learning from those with a lot more wisdom than i. we need more people like you who are practical, encouraging and not so serious. thank you
@@TheBonsaiZone maybe It'll count if 7.5 billion ppl make two/two more bonsai today we'll have 15 billion more bonsai tomorrow, not much butbsomething is better than nothing!
just getting started here, fell in love with trees over the years, Jaboticaba has helped me want to do Bonsai. Luckily my dad had the bite years ago so plenty of good pots and a few good books to help me get going. Thanks for all the awsome videos!
Yuh. I'm starting from seed and so excited! I will be able to live for a pretty long amount of their growth because I started them when I was young!!! ❤️
ive watched a lot, read a lot, but you make it so less nerve racking getting involved in bonsai. I made my first two this week, one with two trees, and one with three. Both from crassula family. I love it. I'm now wanting to start several more, with different ways of potting, wiring, sizes and types. I am preferably wanting to get some sort of weeping willow. I'm wanting to take a clipping from the local woods, park, gardens etc but worried that my clipping will just die and not grow. I'll keep watching your stuff. many thanks nigel
My daughter and myself have just started getting into Bonsai. As a youth I was very interested but was always told that you need special trees. Thank you for these videos, they have helped us out tremendously as we start our journey. We plan to start some Mimosa Bonsai, from seeds I have been saving as well as hiking into the mountains to see if there is something special. Peace and Love
Thank you Nigel! You are definitely a friend of all things green! Your tips are much appreciated & all of your videos are very thoroughly enjoyed! Stay awesome! :)
I'm looking to get into bonsai. I have MS and I think my working years are limited. This gives me something to keep active in along with my photography.
Hello Jefff, I hope you give bonsai a try, we have a club member with MS and as long as they don't stay in the sun too long, they do fine with the hobby! You can photograph your trees, an added bonus!
+Ryan Riverside They're some coastal seeds I got off Amazon. They look significantly more promising than the starter kit seeds I got which didn't even sink in water haha. Did you just plant them in regular bonsai soil? Also, did you do the refrigerator method, or did you just plant them?
+Micah Taylor I have the forest in a two-gallon smart pot to help boost trunk size. I'm not worried about root mass since all of the trees share the pot. The pot does not have bonsai soil, either, as the coastals require quite a bit more water than pretty much any other tree, and I don't have the luxury of a schedule which lets me water them 3+ times a day. So, I use a soil which retains a fair amount of water. I'll be switching to hydroponics with my next repotting, though, so they can be watered more often in better-draining soil. Regardless of how much water I put in, it gets sucked dry within a couple of days by the forest root ball. To your final question, yes, I did introduce an artificial spring when planting the seeds. I planted them indoors one December. By Valentine's Day, the first two I planted were about a foot tall. The rest of the forest has been planted from cuttings from the original two. My next pickup will be some metasequoia seeds, because for as soft as the sempervirens needles are, the dawn's are like down feathers. Plus, a deciduous conifer is an oddity in the tree world, which makes it awesome. :)
Do something green today. Smoke that weed. What's the tree in the thumbnail? I wana start a tree frm seed to grow indoors. Any suggestions? A fast growing tree would be Good. What age can a tree b trained or pruned? 3 years?
The tree in the thumbnail is a Serissa. I would start with a Ficus (fig) tree as a starting tree. Seeds can be ordered online or a small tree can be purchased at a nursery and grown as a bonsai tree. Seedlings can be worked on after they are a year old. Some people will begin work on them even sooner, but a general rule is about a year.
Nigel, wanted to see if you’d consider and updated version of this video that covers watering, soil specifics, lighting, etc… for ficus vs succulent vs other kinds of trees. An overall approach to bonsai. Also can you get a tineke variety of rubber tree bonsai going?
You need to with with your tree. Just sit with it. It'll tell you what to do. It's not all about clipping and wiring. Chill. And as my teacher taught me, if you're not killing trees, you're not learning. You have to kill 100 trees before you know what you're doing.
I have about 35 bonsai and at least seven of them for over 25 years. I have done at least a 100 bonsai so if you are killing that many there is something you are not learning properly. What a waste. Study from books and videos before you take on a project. The object is to create...not destroy.
Thank you, Professor Saunders, I am the older person and I have had many disappointments but I soon get over it. I have learned from my not so good decisions. Many thanks even if this video is 5years old
After losing my first bonsai tree, I was lucky to meet and be inspired by Su Chin Ee. So for those with an empty bonsai pot or even a saucer just add soil, a handful of gravel, and a stone. Plant a clump of grass and water for an instant oriental garden. That's my tip, Thank you for yours.
I would start off with a tropical, something like a Ficus or a dwarf Schefflera. You can get them at many garden centers as pre bonsai or as a house plant. You can prune them and re pot them to slowly create a bonsai.
Hi Nigel, something that I haven't really seen on bonsai videos are how exactly to develop a radial root pattern on a tree that has never been root pruned. How do you take a tree with basically nothing other than single large taproot with feeders at the end and root prune so that it lives long enough to generate strong feeders to support itself? All of the times I've seen you move a tree from a clay pot to a bonsai pot the roots are fairly well developed. I assume that you periodically root prune them to get fine feeders before a tree sees its first bonsai pot?
I just purchase my first bonsai from wallmart...needless to say I don't know the species.. I live in ohio...and It is an indoor bonsai and I was wondering if I should put the bonsai in full sun or bright shady spot.. Thank you.
If the tree is going from indoors to outdoors, it is best to play it safe and place the tree in a spot that doesn't get the direct afternoon sun. This will give the tree time to transition to the outdoors. After a few weeks, it can slowly be moved to full sun.
The mild temperate/subtropical region of eastern Australia, Sydney region is a great place to start bonsai, as the weather is hot enough for tropical trees but cold enough in winter for autumn foliage and happens to be the native climate for ficus rubiginosa or 'rusty fig' the most common bonsai species here in Australia. My tip for bonsai would be if you have a crazy idea for bonsai, do it, because the time needed to see things through is a lot, you may as well trial everything you want to do and see what happens.
Hey Nigel, Which bonsais that can stand drought would you recommend except for Crassula Ovata and Portulacaria afra? What do you think about the Pride of barbados? You do great work, keep it up!
Here is a good list of dry desert plants.... public.phoenixbonsai.com/list-of-plants-as-bonsai/ I think the Pride of Barbados would make a great bonsai, it would be spectacular in flower!
I have 3 bonsai that i just basically let go 2 are acacia polycantha and 1 is some tree that sheds leaves annually I have neglected them a fair bit but now its winter they are dormant and require little water
Thanks for the tips. I just ordered (4) Bonsai trees --- Wisteria, Azalea, Bougainvillae, and Quince. Now my question is, which of these Bonsai trees can remain Indoors for the winter, and which trees must be Outdoors in a protected shed or garage for the Winter? Thanks for your help.
Your video got me interested, so I did a bit of googling. A tree makes about 80,500 sheets of paper. That's more than most people would probably print in a lifetime, so I'll plant a few trees and never worry about it again, thank you very much.
Tree no. 1... Portulacaria afra
Tree no. 2... Austrian Pine
Tree (plant) no. 3....Asparagus fern
Tree no. 4....Serissa foetida
Person....Nigel Saunders!
Awesome trees!
Hey can you recommend a little bit of a cheap tree
@@phantominception2881 Desert Rose. AKA Athenaeums.
@@thomasrush2095 ok
Tip # 1 "Don't listen to what people say"
*shuts off video
Kevin King ok that made me laugh. . . He should have put tip 2 first and tip 1 last.
Some people are resistant to wisdom
Omg I was just going to say this 😂😂🤣
🤣🤣
Tip 2 was listen to people...I already don't like where this is going
So basically don’t listen to the negative people. But take advice from those with experience.
Sounds about right! Thanks Amber!
Like everything else in life then.
I love him flexing a different tree for every tip.
Thanks!
Half an hour every three months? Sounds like my kind of hobby.
I do check them all for water three times a day and then when the soil is going dry, I need to water. Bonsai can be a relaxing hobby and some trees require very little work over the years. Some types of trees need a lot of work to keep them shaped!
That's just pruning - but you'll also have to water (every day in the growing season), wire, fertilise, look out & treat any pests / diseases, repot / root prune, mix substrate materials, hunt for & purchase suitable pots, spend time researching (internet, with a pro, club mate). If you are growing your own it's a whole other set of techniques managing raw material (chopping, nebari work, designing line / taper / mitigating reverse taper). Very time consuming indeed.
Me too
Nigel Saunders, The Bonsai Zone you check water three times a day? I spend 7-10 days away from home, every two weeks, this is gunna be hard
Lol
Your first two tips will always stick in my head.
Tip #1 : "Don't listen to what people say ... do whatever feels right to you."
Tip #2 : "Do listen to people ... listen to what they have to say ... it's important."
To me, this is like the unspoken Yin and Yang golden rule(s) of bonsai.
Thank you for this video and all your videos. Keep up the good work.
Your passion for bonsai has really influenced me to take up bonsai as a hobby.
He’s 100% right about 1 and 2 because if you join a Facebook group or something you’ll just get criticism and bad advice all the time but on the second hand if you find someone who is willing to teach you it’s great for being a beginner like myself
you know, that was completely off from any other collection of tips for bonsai that I have seen, but it was probably the most practical and useful. thank you for sharing.
If you ask me.. he is right, very right :)
I started growing quite a few apple trees from seed. Then realized I don't necessarily have room for all of them as full sized trees. Then I thought, aha, bonsai.
Sounds like a good idea!
David Brainerd I've done this on more than a few occasions
Did they ever grow apples lmao
I have a small apple tree which has developed a shoot and I'll give it a few more months before repotting it and making a bonsai out of it.
I’m trying to grow a Meyer lemon bonsai, despite living in the very north of England, which is not exactly the perfect climate. It needs a lot of care, and moving indoors with a grow-lamp in the winter. It’s super easy to over-water, which I learnt by having to save it from root rot after having it about 6 months. I’m learning though - its been blooming flowers all summer long this year which smell gorgeous, but I have to remove the baby lemons because it’s really too small to support them yet.
tip 1 don't listen to people
tip 2 do ...
exactly
lol
Don't listen to people trying to tell you if you should. Do listen to people trying to tell you how you might.
Well said Ardusk.
Ardusk this is pretty good advice anywhere in life. thank you
Tip #1: Exists.
Tip #2: I am about to end this man's whole career!
What career
@@rileystorm6158 do you ever stfu?
Come on people, tip #1 and #2 apply to every aspect in life itself.
Thanks for the video! 🙏
Very true!
Great tips and great way to keep displaying different trees to inspire us while discussing tips. What a nice collection!
Thank you Shamanbear 2!
Beautiful, I had no clue that Bonsai was curved by people. Love learning new things about plants!
Good stuff Chesa, I am always learning about trees and plants also!
Its really an art to take care and raise a bonsai. They can passed to several generations some of them are like up to 100 years old. Thanks for sharing your collections, tips and advice.
When youve been doing Bonsai so long that your hair turns into a Bonsai....LOL
Im a 19 year old who is just starting to get into bonsai and this channel is really amazing and helpful wish I found it sooner coulda had this amazing hobby sooner
I wish you well in your adventures in bonsai. There is lots to learn and mother nature can be unforgiving at times, but perseverance and lots of study will give you success.
I just got my bonsai! I personally love it! I also love these tips!
stinker Meredith same! I got a juniper bonsai. What about you? Any tips you have had along the way please pass along.
@@junzueta91 I have a ficus bonsai! I don't really have to many tips though, I usually mark down when to trim my bonsai on my calendar and put a reminder to water it because I have busy days!
This is the video that got me interested in Bonsai! Thank you Nigel for introducing me to a life long adventure.
Great to hear Mitchell, I'm so glad that I stumbled across bonsai also, it has really shaped my life! All the best in your bonsai adventures, there will be many ups and downs along the way. Remember, you aren't training the trees, you're training yourself!
Thanks nigel Sir for great tips
I am a ardent follower of your videos. I should say mind blowing.
After listening to these 5 tips I'm still left clueless!!
Thanks for the help 👍🏼
This is something that you want to take pride in every single trimming and clipping!! therapeutic, the process is the fun!
Your forest bonsai is stunning
I had a Loblolly and Maple that I had found in the forest as wee little fellers in NW Florida. Everything was going great for months but I had to move to NW Minnesota a year ago and left them with my grandmother. Can't wait to see how big they've gotten in this timespan, I'll be visiting in the next few months.
Tip 1 don't listen to people, they will put you down, tip 2 listen to people, they have been put down for a long time by others
Hi Nigel. I love your videos and the love with which you treat all your trees. Greetings from Colombia
Thank you, good to hear from Colombia!
At first, I thought the title of this video was "Five tips for staring into a bonsai"
thanks for another great video!
First tip works great for that, too!
PhobosAnomaly I
First tip: if you blink, bonsai wins
this is honestly the wisest advice ive ever heard. im going to print out this onto a poster.
Thank you, happy growing!
"It's not much of an hobby if you spend half an hour every 4 months" 🤣🤣🤣
Thank you for this excellent advise. I needed to hear this, and it could not have been more clear and concise.
Thank you.
3:06 That is a beautyful tree, i dont know what to think about the little branche tho
That’s probably what they call a sacrificial branch. I quite like it though.
God bless you. there are a lot of discouragers out there. I love bonsai. I am learning to follow what I like while learning from those with a lot more wisdom than i. we need more people like you who are practical, encouraging and not so serious. thank you
I did something green today😂😂😂😂
I'm not sure that kind of green counts!
+Nigel Saunders how can you be sure what kind of green he/she did? 😂
hahaha how did i know that already Mr.Dabster.
Thanks on behalf of the turtles,
@@TheBonsaiZone maybe It'll count if 7.5 billion ppl make two/two more bonsai today we'll have 15 billion more bonsai tomorrow, not much butbsomething is better than nothing!
just getting started here, fell in love with trees over the years, Jaboticaba has helped me want to do Bonsai. Luckily my dad had the bite years ago so plenty of good pots and a few good books to help me get going. Thanks for all the awsome videos!
hadn't even watched the video for longer than 55 seconds and i'm already laughing
Thanks!
Probably the best tips you ever gonna need as a bonsai enthusiast. Thank you
Thank you very much!
This guy makes me realize why the uk confuses austrailian accents and american accents. He almost sounds midwestern 😂
As a midwesterner it was very hard to hear the accent except for at the beginning and end
Sounds Canadian rbh
In his Channel Info he says he is from canada ^^
As Americans, we think UK (British) accents sound like Australian accents...
Or at least I do..
@@HerEyesWereGreen that makes sense on why it sounds like a mix, thanks!
Best tips I have heard so far. (After watching 500 hours of Bonsai guide videos.)
You're really great !!! Greetings from Italy ;)
Hello Marco, as a former racing cyclist, I love your thumbnail! Thanks for your comment also!
Nice trees you have there, all nice, but that pine was stunning!
he looks like an old Napoleon Dynamite
Yuh. I'm starting from seed and so excited! I will be able to live for a pretty long amount of their growth because I started them when I was young!!! ❤️
thanks for the tips it has becoe my hoppy now
Hoppity trees on my property.
ive watched a lot, read a lot, but you make it so less nerve racking getting involved in bonsai. I made my first two this week, one with two trees, and one with three. Both from crassula family. I love it. I'm now wanting to start several more, with different ways of potting, wiring, sizes and types. I am preferably wanting to get some sort of weeping willow. I'm wanting to take a clipping from the local woods, park, gardens etc but worried that my clipping will just die and not grow. I'll keep watching your stuff. many thanks nigel
You can place your Willow cuttings in a container with water and leave them in full sun and they should root in about two weeks. Happy growing Mike!
tip1: dont listen to people
tip2: listen to people
tip3: think realistic...
Tip 6, grow lots of bonsai!
My daughter and myself have just started getting into Bonsai. As a youth I was very interested but was always told that you need special trees. Thank you for these videos, they have helped us out tremendously as we start our journey. We plan to start some Mimosa Bonsai, from seeds I have been saving as well as hiking into the mountains to see if there is something special. Peace and Love
Good luck Judah, I have started some Mimosa seedlings this spring. I love when the leaves fold up at night!
Tip 1 : Do not listen to what people say.
That means do not watch this video
You can watch the video, just mute the volume!
thank you for your advice, i will keep this in mind throughout my bonsaid journey
Tip 1: Don't listen to people
Tip 2: Listen to people
Mind = Blown
I guess I'm saying listen to others, but think for yourself!
He means use common sense. Know what is good advice and what isn't.
heyitsMinj x
Thank you for the helpful tips! Im getting my first bonsai this monday so my collection of plants can grow a bit bigger☺
I smoked something green today
I'm not sure that will help the environment, but green is green!
Thank you Nigel! You are definitely a friend of all things green! Your tips are much appreciated & all of your videos are very thoroughly enjoyed! Stay awesome! :)
Thanks Tracy!
Tip 1, dont listen to people
Tip 2, listen to people.
Lol
lol
Lmaooooooo
There's no trick to it, it's just a simple trick
I'm looking to get into bonsai. I have MS and I think my working years are limited. This gives me something to keep active in along with my photography.
Hello Jefff, I hope you give bonsai a try, we have a club member with MS and as long as they don't stay in the sun too long, they do fine with the hobby! You can photograph your trees, an added bonus!
you just trying to show off your awesome bonsai!
Thank you!
Nigel, you are a real deal bonsai master👌 thanks for the great tips👌
you're the shit my guy
Why thank you!
Thank you so much for your videos Nigel! I enjoy watching them and starting my own!!
Thanks Ward, nice to hear and good luck!
Tip one : don't lissen what other people say
Okay bye
Love all your videos. About to start a California Redwood bonsai myself (hopefully)
Coastal or Giant? I have a coastal forest I've been growing for some time. :)
+Ryan Riverside They're some coastal seeds I got off Amazon. They look significantly more promising than the starter kit seeds I got which didn't even sink in water haha. Did you just plant them in regular bonsai soil? Also, did you do the refrigerator method, or did you just plant them?
+Micah Taylor I have the forest in a two-gallon smart pot to help boost trunk size. I'm not worried about root mass since all of the trees share the pot.
The pot does not have bonsai soil, either, as the coastals require quite a bit more water than pretty much any other tree, and I don't have the luxury of a schedule which lets me water them 3+ times a day. So, I use a soil which retains a fair amount of water. I'll be switching to hydroponics with my next repotting, though, so they can be watered more often in better-draining soil. Regardless of how much water I put in, it gets sucked dry within a couple of days by the forest root ball.
To your final question, yes, I did introduce an artificial spring when planting the seeds. I planted them indoors one December. By Valentine's Day, the first two I planted were about a foot tall. The rest of the forest has been planted from cuttings from the original two.
My next pickup will be some metasequoia seeds, because for as soft as the sempervirens needles are, the dawn's are like down feathers. Plus, a deciduous conifer is an oddity in the tree world, which makes it awesome. :)
Do something green today. Smoke that weed. What's the tree in the thumbnail? I wana start a tree frm seed to grow indoors. Any suggestions? A fast growing tree would be Good. What age can a tree b trained or pruned? 3 years?
The tree in the thumbnail is a Serissa. I would start with a Ficus (fig) tree as a starting tree. Seeds can be ordered online or a small tree can be purchased at a nursery and grown as a bonsai tree. Seedlings can be worked on after they are a year old. Some people will begin work on them even sooner, but a general rule is about a year.
Nigel Saunders awesome. I ordered some ficus and Chinese elm seeds. Waiting for them to arrive
how old is that Serissa???????
timothy vial It is about 17 years old from a small cutting.
looks so nice
1-5 all great tips. Great to see your trees showcased in this video
"tip #1 don't listen to people"
"Tip #2 do listen to people"
Me, drunk as balls: 🤔
Nigel, wanted to see if you’d consider and updated version of this video that covers watering, soil specifics, lighting, etc… for ficus vs succulent vs other kinds of trees. An overall approach to bonsai. Also can you get a tineke variety of rubber tree bonsai going?
You need to with with your tree. Just sit with it. It'll tell you what to do. It's not all about clipping and wiring. Chill. And as my teacher taught me, if you're not killing trees, you're not learning. You have to kill 100 trees before you know what you're doing.
I have about 35 bonsai and at least seven of them for over 25 years. I have done at least a 100 bonsai so if you are killing that many there is something you are not learning properly. What a waste. Study from books and videos before you take on a project. The object is to create...not destroy.
Curtis Lee he may be over exaggerating however I do believe it is true that the tuition paid for bonsai is on dead trees.
That's not particularly true. I've always been good at it and I've only killed about a dozen.
I feel the same way about child care...
All your Bonsai trees look so beautiful
Thank you, Professor Saunders, I am the older person and I have had many disappointments but I soon get over it. I have learned from my not so good decisions. Many thanks even if this video is 5years old
Also what is cheapest bonsai that looks really cool!
Also is it possible to keep a wisteria tree or a Sakura tree indoors?
looking at these trees is really relaxing... i dont have the temperament to grow my own bonsai, but i do admire them so
I want to start with some bonsais soon.
What were your biggest mistake you made in the beginning when you started to grow bonsais?
this is by far the best tips video for bonsai beginners
Thank you Rafael.
After losing my first bonsai tree, I was lucky to meet and be inspired by Su Chin Ee. So for those with an empty bonsai pot or even a saucer just add soil, a handful of gravel, and a stone. Plant a clump of grass and water for an instant oriental garden. That's my tip, Thank you for yours.
Thanks Marie, sounds like a nice little garden!
Nice video! I am thinking about getting a Bonsai Tree, advice where I should buy one? Seed or tree already grown?
I would start off with a tropical, something like a Ficus or a dwarf Schefflera. You can get them at many garden centers as pre bonsai or as a house plant. You can prune them and re pot them to slowly create a bonsai.
@@TheBonsaiZone Thanks. 😁👍
You are soooo positive and very motivating. Respect to you.
Thank you so much Jack! Have a great day!
Thank you Nigel ... whilst I'm not at university... I am from Australia and a beginner so I felt you were talking to me personally hehe thanks mate :)
I was thinking of asking how to start and found this scrolling. Thank you!
I’m going to start a bonsai tree because of you. You made me do it so thank You
Just do it!
Thank you for sharing these tips!
Dear Nigel
Thank you you are a great inspiration.
Thank you, I really enjoy my tiny trees!
Hi Nigel, something that I haven't really seen on bonsai videos are how exactly to develop a radial root pattern on a tree that has never been root pruned. How do you take a tree with basically nothing other than single large taproot with feeders at the end and root prune so that it lives long enough to generate strong feeders to support itself?
All of the times I've seen you move a tree from a clay pot to a bonsai pot the roots are fairly well developed. I assume that you periodically root prune them to get fine feeders before a tree sees its first bonsai pot?
Have a look at this video....
ua-cam.com/video/AcSu8SUQ0kE/v-deo.html
Feel free to ask any follow up questions!
I just purchase my first bonsai from wallmart...needless to say I don't know the species.. I live in ohio...and It is an indoor bonsai and I was wondering if I should put the bonsai in full sun or bright shady spot.. Thank you.
If the tree is going from indoors to outdoors, it is best to play it safe and place the tree in a spot that doesn't get the direct afternoon sun. This will give the tree time to transition to the outdoors. After a few weeks, it can slowly be moved to full sun.
The mild temperate/subtropical region of eastern Australia, Sydney region is a great place to start bonsai, as the weather is hot enough for tropical trees but cold enough in winter for autumn foliage and happens to be the native climate for ficus rubiginosa or 'rusty fig' the most common bonsai species here in Australia. My tip for bonsai would be if you have a crazy idea for bonsai, do it, because the time needed to see things through is a lot, you may as well trial everything you want to do and see what happens.
A very good tip! Thanks Dylan.
Dont listen to people but listen tho those with years of experience in bonsai !!!! great tips nigel !!!
Hey Nigel,
Which bonsais that can stand drought would you recommend except for Crassula Ovata and Portulacaria afra? What do you think about the Pride of barbados?
You do great work, keep it up!
Here is a good list of dry desert plants....
public.phoenixbonsai.com/list-of-plants-as-bonsai/
I think the Pride of Barbados would make a great bonsai, it would be spectacular in flower!
Thanks for your help, It is a pity the Pride of Barbados seems to need a lot of watering...
I felt like this was about everything but how to grow a bonsai
Final tip is the best! Props
Thank you!
I have 3 bonsai that i just basically let go
2 are acacia polycantha and 1 is some tree that sheds leaves annually
I have neglected them a fair bit but now its winter they are dormant and require little water
Hi Nigel, thank you very much for the useful tips. You have a wonderful collection of bonsai trees. Simply beautiful, i must say.
Hey man!! I really look up to what you with bonsai!!!! Thanks for all the help you gave me!!
Thanks for the advice! I’m super excited to start
Happy growing SK!
Tip 1: THAT'S THE BEST TIP FOR ALL THINGS & PEOPLE! EXCELLENT!!!
Thanks Andrea, all the best!
Thanks for the tips. I just ordered (4) Bonsai trees --- Wisteria, Azalea, Bougainvillae, and Quince. Now my question is, which of these Bonsai trees can remain Indoors for the winter, and which trees must be Outdoors in a protected shed or garage for the Winter? Thanks for your help.
be carefully. He played a large part in my addictions with a few others. thank you mr. Nigel Sanders
Those bonsai trees are amazing inspiration!
Thank you!
Love all your videos
Thank you!
Congratulations friend your Bonsai are very beautiful, thank you for vc is always divulging this art, have a Good Friday !!!
I never leave comment, but this gave about as much information about caring for a Bonsai as a blank piece of paper
Thanks Ricky See, you can learn a lot from a blank piece of paper, you just need to use your imagination!
Your video got me interested, so I did a bit of googling. A tree makes about 80,500 sheets of paper. That's more than most people would probably print in a lifetime, so I'll plant a few trees and never worry about it again, thank you very much.
That sounds good....bonsai trees don't count!