Bonsaify | Composing a Zelkova Bonsai Forest: Eric Goes BIG!

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  • Опубліковано 27 лис 2024

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  • @Steves_Backyard_Bonsai
    @Steves_Backyard_Bonsai 10 місяців тому

    Can’t wait to see this forest develop over the years. Cheers

  • @billbradshawphotovideo
    @billbradshawphotovideo 10 місяців тому +7

    Thats a fantastic composition and a great video. I'd love to see how this develops over the next few years - please keep us posted. Group plantings are so much harder than people realise and I like how much effort you went to before and during the video to help get it right - it really paid off!

  • @nmhansen
    @nmhansen 10 місяців тому +1

    I love the idea of combining two or three trees together before planting them. That’s something I would have never considered before.

  • @phillipwaterman5721
    @phillipwaterman5721 10 місяців тому

    Great forest will look beautiful in time thanks Eric

  • @TheUncleLem
    @TheUncleLem 10 місяців тому

    I love the forced perspective in the central "path" area, you did a great job! Can't wait to see it in leaf, I bet it'll be stunning.

  • @annas7892
    @annas7892 10 місяців тому +1

    Wow that is a huge project! takes some courage! :D Looks amazing!!!

  • @baldyeti
    @baldyeti 10 місяців тому

    I’m diggin the clumps within the forrest

  • @rebeccahunter725
    @rebeccahunter725 10 місяців тому

    I love forest plantings, big ones even more so. This is a real treat and i look forward to the progression!

  • @trenseni
    @trenseni 10 місяців тому +1

    Natural composision natural trees...

  • @edmanescurc2823
    @edmanescurc2823 10 місяців тому

    What an incredible composition! I can't wait to see the next videos of this forest! Thanks for showing us!

  • @alexandros1973
    @alexandros1973 10 місяців тому

    Very beautiful work 👌 I love your process ❤

  • @KurisuBonsai
    @KurisuBonsai 10 місяців тому +1

    Great video, Ive had a load of hornbeam growing out in a mushroom basket for a year, very much looking forward to composing them properly when their not frozen solid!

  • @DavidScheltema
    @DavidScheltema 10 місяців тому

    Time to buy some bamboo for my forest. 😎

  • @lolpwndk
    @lolpwndk 10 місяців тому +1

    Planning on making a katsura maple forest and a deshojo forest this spring, will definitely be rewatching this one. Good stuff as usual Eric!

  • @raynorris135
    @raynorris135 10 місяців тому

    Thanks Eric, very nice forest start

  • @Dom1986ety
    @Dom1986ety 10 місяців тому

    ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!!! 😍😍😍

  • @Dylan-ok6ft
    @Dylan-ok6ft 10 місяців тому

    That is a gorgeous pot! 😍

    • @Bonsaify
      @Bonsaify  10 місяців тому +1

      Thanks! Yes, its from Nao Tokutake - you can find him on instagram @tokutakebonsai I believe his next big vending event will be the pacific bonsai expo in October 2024 in Oakland, CA

  • @tomsbonsaidiary
    @tomsbonsaidiary 10 місяців тому

    Such an amazing forest. Would love to have this kind of material. Great video, can’t wait to see what it looks like with its leaves on. 👌

  • @alok96x
    @alok96x 10 місяців тому +1

    Ita very beautiful and thoughful sir

  • @KennetDeBondt
    @KennetDeBondt 10 місяців тому

    Looks great!

  • @sueb1317
    @sueb1317 10 місяців тому +2

    Fantastic creation - so much patience has gone into this project! Like magic seeing the individual trees come together to form a completely different picture. How will you manage the bamboo/wire scaffolding in the future?

    • @Bonsaify
      @Bonsaify  10 місяців тому +2

      The bamboo will rot away, and I will remove the wire bit by bit. The roots will hold it as a single piece after a few years growth.

  • @sukantaghose
    @sukantaghose 10 місяців тому

    Amazing

  • @fruitlessbeast
    @fruitlessbeast 10 місяців тому

    Thanks for this!
    I just bought five from you last week and I’m hoping to make my own tiny little grouping.
    Absolute absolute beginner here.
    I’m actually a potter so at least I have some containers.😊
    I have no green house so I’m keeping them indoors for a few months.
    Seems okay, right?

  • @Nastyjoie1
    @Nastyjoie1 10 місяців тому

    Wonderful idea 👌☝🏼🤚🙏🏼🇬🇧🇵🇭atsuuuup 👍🏻

  • @Chris-oq6kn
    @Chris-oq6kn 10 місяців тому

    Great forest! Should we do this to maples in the dead of winter or before buds break does it matter? And whats the best way to incorperate hills into a forest? Muck up a hill then plant tree then bonsai soil on top? Thanks

    • @Bonsaify
      @Bonsaify  10 місяців тому +2

      Maples - I think you could do it earlier in winter - but standard aftercare for repotted material would be required - e.g. a heat mat/bed on the roots and keeping the top around 40F should keep it dormant. But repotting time is always the safest time for this type of operation. As for hills - I would encourage you and others to incorporate stones - maybe I'll do a big "hilly" forest in the near future.

    • @Chris-oq6kn
      @Chris-oq6kn 10 місяців тому

      @@Bonsaify thanks alot. Would love to see how hills are done. Not too many yt videos on creating hills with forests. Ive tried them but what a waste of bonsai soil piling it up high just to make a hill and then have the soil just run down the hill. I fig maybe muck up a hill to not waste too much bonsai soil. Thanks for the info as always

  • @fennhoppe1746
    @fennhoppe1746 10 місяців тому

    First of all it looks amazing. Second, are you not worried at all about sap from those cuts? My zelkova over here in oakland are leaking sap some cuts

    • @Bonsaify
      @Bonsaify  10 місяців тому +1

      I've never seen a Zelkova ooze sap - But when you do both the top cuts and bottom cuts at the same time this doesn't happen as much. I've seen that more on maples.

  • @AKIO-1668
    @AKIO-1668 8 місяців тому

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    当我们的心态改变时,我们周围的几乎所有事物都可以准备好结合在一起,然后变得强大。
    RULES ARE ACTUALLY GIVING US A TEST TO IMPROVE OURSELVES HOW BEST WE CAN BE IN LIFE.
    规则实际上是在考验我们,让我们在生活中如何做到最好。

  • @timjones7888
    @timjones7888 10 місяців тому

    Hey Eric, just a quick question. You seem to add trees wired together in pairs of clumps rather than as individuals? is that in order to maintain location or are you thinking ahead to nebari development?

    • @Bonsaify
      @Bonsaify  10 місяців тому +1

      I don't prioritize nebari for forests. Although this forest may have a good future on that front since all the trees were cuttings and seem to be developing nicer nebari than I expected. As for the pairs, 3's and 4's - I use this technique to simultaneously make it easier to anchor the trees and to reinforce the irregularity of spacing. The most common pitfall I see in forest creation is having spacing that is too regular. The second most common is having too little differentiation of sizes in the trees. Wiring a pair allows you to focus on filling in the canopy while automatically making spacing irregular. The clumps contain trees that are almost touching in many cases, while each clump has to be spaced a bit further from the other clumps. I also find that having a pre-formed clump allows for ideal trunk relationships within that unit.

    • @timjones7888
      @timjones7888 10 місяців тому

      Thankyou for explaining, that's a really great technique. Avoiding regularity is a challenge! Love the videos!

  • @brucedeacon28
    @brucedeacon28 10 місяців тому

    👍👌🙂

  • @briancoulter38
    @briancoulter38 10 місяців тому +1

    Please tell me is a zelkova actually a beach or cherry or birch

    • @Bonsaify
      @Bonsaify  10 місяців тому

      It is a Zelkova 😂. They are more similar to an elm.

  • @bonsaioni9737
    @bonsaioni9737 10 місяців тому +1

    the forest is one of the most difficult creations to make.
    How much time did it take you to place all the trees?🤣
    Always nice work man 😉

    • @Bonsaify
      @Bonsaify  10 місяців тому +3

      About 6 hours between filming and placing trees. Edited down to about 10 minutes!