Thank you. Spruce are very interesting. You can get them to look great with a bit of wire. The real challenge is getting them to set in these positions.
We were obviously thinking along the same lines.🤣🤣 they all ended up looking great Tony. Hope the little one makes it. I'm always for the runt of the litter.
Tony goes tiny ! 🤔... 'Tiny Tony' ! 😄I adore small bonsai. For your first small bonsai, you did very well but like others said, now comes the hardest part, keeping them alive , especially through Summer. Many people who keep small bonsai (mame, shohin etc.) put them (with their pot) in a rather shallow tray of water and some gravel in Summer so they're easier to keep moist. I'm working on a hornbeam forest right now, but shohin size. Edit : Congrats on 5k subscribers, you deserve it Tony ! 🥳👏
Yes, I'm thinking of putting them in a tray of sand which I can keep moist when it gets hot. The hornbeam forest sounds great. I have one and I love it!
Nice video,Tony. Those tiny trees are going to take some caring for to get them through the summer season. I look forward to hearing how they do. All the best.
Thanks Elric. Yes, I'm not sure the ones with hardly any root will make it, but I think with good watering the two bigger ones should have a good chance in the shade.
Lovely! As a recent subscriber, I love the honesty on your channel. Thank you for sharing your experience with the tree with missing roots and the pests and what not. That’s what reality is like. 20-30% of the experiments may fail, and that’s, of course, ok. Not everyone shares like you do. So, thank you!
Thank you George. It can be tempting to pretend that everything works out, but as you say, that's not reality. I love sharing my journey as I learn and hopefully improve.
Lovely work, Tony! The big advantage of the little trees, is you get to refinement a lot quicker than the big trees. They are no easier though - if anything they are harder to get the proportions right; and before that is the added effort required to just keep the things alive! Good luck with those vine weevels, these babies don't have the root to spare . . .
These are great. I’ve not done a tiny tree, just remember to water them often, I’d imagine a shady spot will help with that. I can’t wait to see the final tree with some more intricate wiring at a later date.
Hi Jake, yeah I think these will require at least a couple of waterings a day, and I'm really looking forward to going back in and doing some fine wiring on them especially the last one. You should get some going yourself mate!
Good morning Tony gWhat a lovely quartet. I love them all but my favorite is the last one. Thanks for you videos they help me a lot (I’m a absolute beginner)😂greetings from the Netherlands
❤ your pot choice for the 1st spruce. Good luck keeping them all alive. I‘m already curious about the follow up and imagine them to develop beautiful character. 🙏🙋♀️
Nice work, they look great. Adorable little plants. Have you informed the garden centre that they possibly have a vine weevil infestation. They might have to spray their whole stock.
Hi Marcus. I have now had vine weevil in plants from four different garden centers, so i think there is a big problem locally. I've just ordered a load of nematodes, so I'll be treating all my trees in the next week or two.
Yes, I was weighing that tree up for a chop. I think I might cut it at 13:53 allowing the branch that comes to the left to become the new leader. As you say that will make the taper much better
I like the blue one. Poor little guy with no roots. Its handsome on top and all no bang on the bottom. I hope he makes it. The 3rd has a good taper. I find myself laughing at you when you giggle at yourself. I only have 6 trees. So I watch your videos waitng for mine to be ready to be played with. Or I collect my next few. Its barely spring in Indiana USA.
I've always been bad for laughing to myself 🤣 You will look back in a few years and remember when you only had 6 trees! It should be a great time to get out collecting at the moment for you!
Tony that top branch @ 19:18 could come back towards the centre more to create a new leader a tree with a conventional top section and a main cascading branch. Will be nicely proportionate to the pot also 😊
yes, I like that John, thanks. I'll come back to these in the summer when they have settled in, and I think I'll wire that one up and give it the autumn to set in place.
Great work mate! I find it hard to keep those small ones alive. I think I maybe used a to free draining soil in the small pots. This year I put a layer with sand over the top to keep the soil moist. I hope all your trees are doing great this year.
I very much like the pots three in from the left and three in from the right. I made a mold of a similar form and use it all the time to make mame pots.
At least once a year when I'm spraying my fruit trees, all my bonais get a dose as well. It's working well for me, but don't know if it would help your bug problem. Good luck
Hi Lori. all my treas have had winter wash, and I treat them all with an insecticide too. I've just ordered a lod of nematodes, so I'll be doing a video on treating all my trees with that when they arrive which should do the trick.
Morning Tony from large to tiny, interesting, let’s see if they go on to be healthy mama and Shito trees, some bonsai guys only grow these size of trees, not for me like you I prefer larger trees, trees I can see. All the best with them mate.
Cheers Joe. I always think it's best to try all aspects of bonsai, but with my shaky hands, these trees are a bit too small for me, and like you I can barely see them 🤣🤣
@@TonysBonsai Oh sorry to hear that Tony I hope it doesn’t cause to much problems for you, seems you have it under control,I also avoid caffeine as it does similar things to me gives me the shakes. Stay well mate.
It's not a big deal to me Joe. I was diagnosed in my early twenties, but it's never got any worse luckily, and as long as I don't drink caffeine or alcohol it's not really a problem. It's just on the odd close-up that I do you can see the tremor, but c'est la vie!
Thank you. Yes I do indeed. I've done quite a lot of root wiring this winter to try to create exposed root bonsai in the future. It's tricky but great fun
another great video, i have been following a you tube site called bonsaify, he does all mame trees, and he wires all his trees in position, i have a few small spruce type trees and am goung to have a go at mame, also a load of small hollys, 14 in fact, dont quite what to do with them, and ideas of a video for this
Hi John. I would say that Bonsaify is probably my favourite youtube channel for learning. A lot of what I have come to understand about bonsai development in the early stages comes from Eric. Good luck with the holly trees. They are very strong growers, but tricky
I varies for each species, but these spruce will be wired until perhaps mid summer and then I'll have to rewire them again next spring because they are so springy.
I felt so sorry for that little tree lol. Uprooted, no roots hardly, then twisted and turned half to death. You will have to let us know if it survives! 😂
Tony is still teaching me things. Thanks man
Love them Tony!!
Thanks Nigel. My final display reminded me a bit of your work bench.
Nice Job Tony !Namaste 🕉
Great job on them Tony mate 👏 totally agree with you about the soil needing changed as soon as you get them home.
Keep up the good work 👏
Cheers mate. yeah I've learned my lesson now. better to just get them in decent soil from the beginning
Good job Tony. Very enjoyable video.
Thanks Raymond. These are a bit different for me, but still very enjoyable to work on.
That last one is absolutely beautiful. Great set of trees, they display well together. Thanks for sharing this video with us Tony.
Thank you. Spruce are very interesting. You can get them to look great with a bit of wire. The real challenge is getting them to set in these positions.
I always love me some tiny bonsai! Great work as usual Tony!
Thanks Andrew. I'm not naturally drawn to very small trees, but these are growing on me
A fast worker as always. Nigel Saunders would've needed 2 videos to make that 4-tree-display. 😁
🤣Yeah, I don't mess about especially with little trees like these.
Real nice, all, in the end!
You definitely made the right choice on the pot love those mini bonsai 😊
Thank you. Yes I love these green colours. I'm now on the look out for something to put in that cream pot
Hi Tony they all look good 👍 I hope you're getting better every day I still keep watching your video's so keep well tim
Thanks Tim. I'm struggling a fair bit with my shoulder at the moment, but apart from that I'm all good thanks!
Still refer to your videos Tony, dearly missed ❤
Great work Tony! 👍
Thank you Rae!
We were obviously thinking along the same lines.🤣🤣 they all ended up looking great Tony. Hope the little one makes it. I'm always for the runt of the litter.
Yeah, I do love an underdog, and it has got a small chance I think.
Ah yes. The tiny tree parade. Some nice little spruces to grace the bench. I quite liked this video Tony. Weevils begone.
Thanks Steve. I was surprised how much I enjoyed creating these trees. I found it very satisfying.
Tony goes tiny ! 🤔... 'Tiny Tony' ! 😄I adore small bonsai. For your first small bonsai, you did very well but like others said, now comes the hardest part, keeping them alive , especially through Summer. Many people who keep small bonsai (mame, shohin etc.) put them (with their pot) in a rather shallow tray of water and some gravel in Summer so they're easier to keep moist.
I'm working on a hornbeam forest right now, but shohin size.
Edit : Congrats on 5k subscribers, you deserve it Tony ! 🥳👏
Yes, I'm thinking of putting them in a tray of sand which I can keep moist when it gets hot. The hornbeam forest sounds great. I have one and I love it!
@@TonysBonsai Such a tray with sand is the way to go in Summer with very small bonsai 👍
Nice little trees there, Tony!
Grts
Kennet
Thanks Kennet. I'm a big tree man at heart, but it's always nice to step outside of our comfort zone
Nice video,Tony. Those tiny trees are going to take some caring for to get them through the summer season. I look forward to hearing how they do. All the best.
Thanks Elric. Yes, I'm not sure the ones with hardly any root will make it, but I think with good watering the two bigger ones should have a good chance in the shade.
Great stuff. I love my tiny trees. And these are minute compared to so many of your trees.
Yeah it was really good fun, and I'm really liking the last one.
Lovely! As a recent subscriber, I love the honesty on your channel. Thank you for sharing your experience with the tree with missing roots and the pests and what not. That’s what reality is like. 20-30% of the experiments may fail, and that’s, of course, ok. Not everyone shares like you do. So, thank you!
Thank you George. It can be tempting to pretend that everything works out, but as you say, that's not reality.
I love sharing my journey as I learn and hopefully improve.
Lovely work, Tony! The big advantage of the little trees, is you get to refinement a lot quicker than the big trees. They are no easier though - if anything they are harder to get the proportions right; and before that is the added effort required to just keep the things alive! Good luck with those vine weevels, these babies don't have the root to spare . . .
Hi Rebecca. Yes I'm very much looking forward to the challenge of keeping these trees alive and as you say developing them in proportion
I think you chose the right pot. Contrast is mostly a good thing. I love contrast my self.
Thank you, yes I do love contrast myself. When it works it creates a lovely dynamism
Weevils, worms. Time to do some fishing mate! 😁🎣
Yes, I agree. I'll wait for the season to open and I'll be in the river Ribble with my rod!
Wow - It is great to see you go small! No room for a digger on these :)
Not wrong there mate. This was a bit of fun, but I can't help but love my big trees
These are great. I’ve not done a tiny tree, just remember to water them often, I’d imagine a shady spot will help with that.
I can’t wait to see the final tree with some more intricate wiring at a later date.
Hi Jake, yeah I think these will require at least a couple of waterings a day, and I'm really looking forward to going back in and doing some fine wiring on them especially the last one. You should get some going yourself mate!
Really like the little pots something different never seen them on UA-cam before
yeah, they make really interesting projects. Now the hard bit. Keeping them alive!
Shitoes 🤣 great to see you working with a smaller tree for once hah. Nice work Tony
🤣🤣I've still yet to be informed of the correct pronunciation!
Good morning Tony gWhat a lovely quartet. I love them all but my favorite is the last one. Thanks for you videos they help me a lot (I’m a absolute beginner)😂greetings from the Netherlands
Thank you Ineke. I'm glad you like these little trees. The last one was definitely my personal favourite too.
❤ your pot choice for the 1st spruce. Good luck keeping them all alive. I‘m already curious about the follow up and imagine them to develop beautiful character. 🙏🙋♀️
Yeah, if it doesn't make it, I think I'm going to transfer the other cascade into that pot.
Nice work, they look great. Adorable little plants.
Have you informed the garden centre that they possibly have a vine weevil infestation. They might have to spray their whole stock.
Hi Marcus. I have now had vine weevil in plants from four different garden centers, so i think there is a big problem locally. I've just ordered a load of nematodes, so I'll be treating all my trees in the next week or two.
They look beautiful 😍❤️
Thank you Gokul!
Tony that middle leader on the 3rd tree at 13:47 I reckon that could be taken out for better taper. Nice vid!
Yes, I was weighing that tree up for a chop. I think I might cut it at 13:53 allowing the branch that comes to the left to become the new leader. As you say that will make the taper much better
@@TonysBonsai yep you got it 👍
I like the blue one. Poor little guy with no roots. Its handsome on top and all no bang on the bottom. I hope he makes it. The 3rd has a good taper. I find myself laughing at you when you giggle at yourself. I only have 6 trees. So I watch your videos waitng for mine to be ready to be played with. Or I collect my next few. Its barely spring in Indiana USA.
I've always been bad for laughing to myself 🤣
You will look back in a few years and remember when you only had 6 trees! It should be a great time to get out collecting at the moment for you!
Tony that top branch @ 19:18 could come back towards the centre more to create a new leader a tree with a conventional top section and a main cascading branch. Will be nicely proportionate to the pot also 😊
yes, I like that John, thanks. I'll come back to these in the summer when they have settled in, and I think I'll wire that one up and give it the autumn to set in place.
Great work mate! I find it hard to keep those small ones alive. I think I maybe used a to free draining soil in the small pots. This year I put a layer with sand over the top to keep the soil moist. I hope all your trees are doing great this year.
Yeah I know what you mean Chris. It's easy for these little trees to get lost and I suspect they will need watering a couple of times a day in summer.
Congratulations on reaching 5k.
Thank you John. The subs are great, but it's the views/interaction and community that I value the most.
Cheers Tony! lol I don’t know, man. Not much “rootage.” Good luck mate.
yeah, I'd be very surprised if that first one makes it, but a couple of the others have great chances.
I very much like the pots three in from the left and three in from the right. I made a mold of a similar form and use it all the time to make mame pots.
Yeah these tiny little pots have a special charm of their own I think
Sweet!
Thanks Guy
At least once a year when I'm spraying my fruit trees, all my bonais get a dose as well. It's working well for me, but don't know if it would help your bug problem. Good luck
Hi Lori. all my treas have had winter wash, and I treat them all with an insecticide too. I've just ordered a lod of nematodes, so I'll be doing a video on treating all my trees with that when they arrive which should do the trick.
Is this your normal bonsai soil? The finer particles makes the whole presentation look more miniature to me.
Hi Beth. Yes this is my normal mix except I removed all the larger pieces of pine bark and tried to select the finer granules from the tub of soil.
Morning Tony from large to tiny, interesting, let’s see if they go on to be healthy mama and Shito trees, some bonsai guys only grow these size of trees, not for me like you I prefer larger trees, trees I can see. All the best with them mate.
Cheers Joe. I always think it's best to try all aspects of bonsai, but with my shaky hands, these trees are a bit too small for me, and like you I can barely see them 🤣🤣
@@TonysBonsai I have shaky hands but I am 80 what’s your excuse.
I have a condition called essential tremor, but provided I don't drink caffeine, I'm generally ok!
@@TonysBonsai Oh sorry to hear that Tony I hope it doesn’t cause to much problems for you, seems you have it under control,I also avoid caffeine as it does similar things to me gives me the shakes. Stay well mate.
It's not a big deal to me Joe. I was diagnosed in my early twenties, but it's never got any worse luckily, and as long as I don't drink caffeine or alcohol it's not really a problem. It's just on the odd close-up that I do you can see the tremor, but c'est la vie!
Beautiful choices. Do you ever wire your roots to give them stability in the pot? I haven't gotten the hang of that at all!
Thank you. Yes I do indeed. I've done quite a lot of root wiring this winter to try to create exposed root bonsai in the future. It's tricky but great fun
Nice Tony
Right decision dude.
Is it your first ever small bonsai?
Hi Andy. Yes, I've never ventured into this sized bonsai before. It was really good fun, and I think they turned out pretty good.
@@TonysBonsai yeah mate they look good 👍👍
I have a leaning (see what I did there) to mame and shohin. Did your rootless seedling make it I wonder?
Hello tony, very cools trees. Did u harvest them yourself in the woods or did u buy them?
Hi Bruno. I was given these trees as tiny seedlings a year ago by a chap who works in a garden centre.
10:13 Tony take a look at the back of the shot, some curly little critter just dropped out of that one too 😳
Nothing wrong with your eyes mate. Well spotted! Those things are getting everywhere!
Yeah, I hope you can get on top of them, they're relentless. 😮
another great video, i have been following a you tube site called bonsaify, he does all mame trees, and he wires all his trees in position, i have a few small spruce type trees and am goung to have a go at mame, also a load of small hollys, 14 in fact, dont quite what to do with them, and ideas of a video for this
Hi John. I would say that Bonsaify is probably my favourite youtube channel for learning. A lot of what I have come to understand about bonsai development in the early stages comes from Eric. Good luck with the holly trees. They are very strong growers, but tricky
How long do you keep the wire wrapped around it?
I varies for each species, but these spruce will be wired until perhaps mid summer and then I'll have to rewire them again next spring because they are so springy.
This is my first time attempting with a sapling from the forest. It's a loblolly pine
nice
Thank you. they are doing great.
👍👌👌
Thanks Bruce
Check that pot for vine weevils
Yeah, I've learned my lesson now Kevin.
Shouldn’t you turn the tree down on the top once more?
I think Tony left them like that in order for them to grow well. Also, Tony didn't really subscribe to the traditional conventions on aesthetics.
I felt so sorry for that little tree lol. Uprooted, no roots hardly, then twisted and turned half to death. You will have to let us know if it survives! 😂
🤣🤣Ah yes, I hope I didn't hurt the trees feeling Sharon 🤣🤣I'll update on these in a few weeks
Blue pot