Home from work on a Friday. Perfect way to relax before bed. Thank you Nigel. I used to love growing orange trees from seeds I found while eating. Back in grade school. I often set up a box with a garbage bag in it, filled with soil from outside, with my seedlings. I had a blue plastic bag pond, with ducks, rabbits, etc that my Mom got from craft and cake decorating stores. Not sure what happened to them. My mother never brought them when we moved to Thunder Bay. One of my teachers in high school had tried to grow Orange trees, with no success. He had a nervous breakdown one year cause of what some of the other less respectful students. He was small, like me. A bunch of us went to his house to make sure he was ok, with permission of his wife of course. He was rebuilding an old tractor. We brought him oranges and Maria cookies he loved. He found a seed in his Orange and the topic came up about his difficulty and interest in growing them. I taught him how I had grown them, successfully. That next year when he came back to teach, he had 9 trees growing and a new seedling every week or so. I could see the joy and pride in his face. Something so simple. It helped to "fix" him. His wife took the time to write me a letter to thank me. Not sure why I had to tell that story, but I did. Sorry Nigel. :P
That is a great story! My daughter is in Thunder Bay now, for her second year of University. I think she is growing an Aloe, hopefully it won't stress her out! There is something about growing a tree from a seed, I think it reminds you that we are part of nature and how fragile life can be.
Nigel Saunders, The Bonsai Zone I will be hauling salt out of Thunder Bay to all the different highway MTO domes as far as Longlac, Geralton, Marathon, Sunshine and all the in between ones. If she needs anything I am able to help with, let me know. I only live an hour outside the city. I also know many people in and around the city.
@Rhys’s Lowlux I mean that's exactly what I'm doing right now. Unless the seed that was in the lemon and germinated after I planted is is not a lemon tree, but that seems even stranger doesn't it?
@@gunnykido7213 actually I heard in a video from a horticulturist that with citrus there's a pretty high change of the tree being true to type unlike other fruit trees. But then again, it'll take a whole lot of years before I'm even able to find out. Right now I can still use the leaves since they smell great and can be used in dishes
I’m hoping to start my first bonsai soon (a lemon tree) and I haven’t had a very green thumb before but I think the motivation to get mine as nice as yours will keep it alive for a very long time. Keep up the awesome bonsai-ing!
You may want to get started with something a bit easier than a citrus if you dont have a lot of experience. It took me a year to figure out the correct soil and fertilizer composition for my kumquat.
I enjoyed watching how you approached each citrus and the cuts. I am fond of the striated kind bark on some of the trunks on these; they're attractive. For me, nine of nine peeled seeds sprouted. Of these 5 survived to grow last summer and they looked really promising. Now I have three thin branch like baby trees but I am not sure if they survived outdoors this past very cold winter on s.w. coast. I sheltered them as well as I could. Great class Nigel
Nigel Saunders, The Bonsai Zone Youre very welcome! I grow plants hydroponically and started to have a passion for bonsai so I am starting my first bonsai lemon tree. Very excited
Hi Nigel, must say that your videos are super inspiring and interesting. After watching several of your videos, particularly on my off days and before bed, it has ignited my bonsai journey. Im a huge fan! Keep up the mind blowing work!!
Thank you Jackie, each tree has a playlist located under the playlist tab on the channel home page. You can follow the progression of each tree easily this way. Have a great day!
Nigel Saunders, The Bonsai Zone I spent about two hours cooking supper last night for my family and listening to your advice and tips for bonsai care. I have several indoor succulents that I have my eye for a future a bonsai project. I have several jade plants that would be perfect for my own bonsai forest. Thank you for the videos you also have a great day!
Fun batch of trees. To my eye, your original lemon tree has matured a lot since the early videos - perhaps its easier to appreciate only seeing the tree once in a while. The root system on the grapefruit is a work of art. Wonderful form to the tree as well, it could be something truly unique in 10 or 20 years. Have fun maximizing the last gasps of summer!
Yes indeed, fall is approaching fast, I'm working on my plant room, getting it ready. I leave the trees outside until the first chance of frost, this is usually mid October, but it can come much earlier! I hope the citrus will make good bonsai, but as you say, it will take many, many years!
Great to hear from you, Nigel - your channel has grown so fast it must be hard to keep up with all the comments and emails. I said "10 or 20 years" because you say that all the time!! It is already a fine bonsai just from the root base alone.
Nigel, you are the king man.......Thank-you for these awesome videos. They are by far my favorite Bansia videos ever. In fact I didn't even make it to work today because I watched your videos all night. I'm glad my boss (my wife) likes trees. My mother in law and I couldn't help but notice you trim your hair similar to your trees.. lol I actually do the same thing which is why I noticed. lol Anyhow you really have inspired me to go away from exotic trees to more domestic. I am going to go get a lemon tree and see how I do. I also heard the cherry trees look super cool as well,. If I have good luck with the lemon I will try the Cherry too. but you are the best teacher I have found on the internet. Thank again for the best videos ever !!
Hello Nigel, I'm a newbie to this subject and completely addicted. I've been collecting needed items to turn my outdoor space into a Zen experience. Love your videos. Peace!
I loved this video! I have some orange, mandarin, lemon, lime and grapefruit seedlings growing. They seem to be extremely easy to propagate, so they are fun to experiment with. I hope some of them will end up as nice looking bonsai trees in the future.
This is my favourite video of yours thus far. I have ~9 calamondin bonsai and one meyer lemon growing here in Toronto and just love watching your videos, very informative!
Hey Nigel, can I suggest something you are well aware of. I started cutting my citrus trees leaves in half because the size of the leaves casts so much shade in the interior of the canopy. Trimming the leaves as allowed the buds at the leaf axles to sprout causing it to ramify.
Hi Nigel, what will you do with all the pruned branches? Some are really thick. If you grow them again, please make a video how to develop roots for those branches.
They are in water right now, If they grow roots, I'll plant them in a future video. It is near the end of summer, so it might be hard to get them to grow.
Nigel, I am renovating a Very overgrown forest type garden this fall. Though the techniques vary somewhat from Bonsai, Your Close-up Video Demonstrations are excellent. Helping decide how to Carefully proceed.
man, that lemon tree though. wow. you're doing just a fantastic work with it. I just recently found your channel, but really enjoying the content so far, it's kind of a dream of mine to plant some bonsai some day.
Can you give me a breakdown of your soil composition? I need to make my own but I've received such a diverse range of advice that I'm not sure what's best. Your soil appears not to actually have dirt at all, am I correct? That's crazy! The main plant I need to create a good soil for is my gardenia bonsai tree, it was given to me six months ago and I still have yet to repot it since I received it. Thanks for any tips you can give me. This follow up video is amazing! I was shocked and horrified watching this lemon tree come within an inch of its life. I knew it would come back twice as beautiful, but WOW. Still breathtaking to see. Well done.
Hello Brandy, my soil is a 50/50 mix of perlite and turface. (by Volume) Here is how I water and fertilize the trees..... ua-cam.com/video/gXIIpxUqxdY/v-deo.html I sift the soil to get a 3 to 4 mm particle size (1/8") I buy the turface as "SafetySorb" and the Perlite from Miracle Grow.
Oh my goodness, it breaks my heart to see you make your trees so bare. It takes courage to do that.. I don't really have it... Atleast not with my bonsai trees. :0
I love the way your first lemon tree's trunk looks! It reminds me of London Plane trees I had in my neighborhood growing up that were always chopped back and continued to grow. As a matter of fact, a few years back I bought a Meyer lemon and was having issues with it indoors and found one of your videos on your lemon tree. THAT video got me interested in bonsai. I am actually going to record some footage of my bonsai now to put on my channel. I haven't uploaded in like a year, but I've been recording the footage - just gotta edit and release them. Always great to see updates on that tree! I want all my tree's trunks to look as cool as that lemon tree! I currently have some Meiwa kumquats I started from seed and hopefully in another 18.5 years I get a tree like yours! My kumquats are already growing fruit!
Love your work! I'm sure there's a good reason but why would you not prune the leader when it starts shooting and promote the lateral growth earlier? Seems like the plant is wasting a lot of energy
Great video -do you get lemons on your bonsai plants or it's grown only for bonsai decoration purposes ? Would love to see a bonsai with fruits on it too. Thanks
here is a species that I have never dared to do in Bonsai, thank you for the info voila une espèce que je n'aurai jamais ose faire en Bonsai, merci pour l'info
I'm not a fan of wiring and like the natural look of non-wired trees. However, I feel like you could have used guy-wires for some of the trees. I use it to prevent branches from crossing over one another. They can be used, not just to pull a branch down, but also to pull it left or right without pulling it down to much (I like the upwards growth of main branches).
I think as the tree grows, I'll get more choices and I can get all the problem areas worked out. Hopefully the clip and grow trees will start to look better, far into the future! Thanks.
Hey Nigel, I attended my local Bonsai Club's monthly meeting (was my first) and the tree I was told was a Dawn Redwood is actually a Yew! I knew it wasn't a Dawn Redwood but couldn't give it any other name. Also they've started doing an annual auction, your club may already do it but if not it was a fun way to both get some plants and pots and help the club financially, all auction material was donated by club members. Your club should look into it.
You should try to start a mango bonsai. It's easy to plant from seed if you take its outer shell off. I think it would be a fun and challenging tree to bonsai 🌱
I think the big leaves might be a "problem". I thought about turning my avocado tree into a bonai but realised soon that the leaves were far too big (some bigger than an A3 sheet). A friend of mine has a small mango tree and the leaves are pretty big too. In addition to that all the branches seem to be pretty big (the smallest were like a pencil).
@@centrifugedestroyer2579 I see what you mean. But i think if you make the bonsai a bit higher than standards, it might work, because you get a better ratio between size of leaf and height of the tree. I think Nigel has some good techniques on making leaves smaller though and it would be fun to see if he actually could make it work 😄
@@TheBonsaiZone Great, I'm really looking forward for this. What do you think about a chestnut bonsai (the edible species with the long spikes on the shell)? Thats my favorite kind of tree. My neighbors have a really gorgeous huge one that is so old it is under conservation. I tried to make bosai out some smaller trees multiple times but they didnt make it. I would love to see what you can do with this species ; )
Are the blackish brown spots on the grapefruit tree a fungus, mold , or dirt? I had a lemon tree offered to me that had something similar on it and I was afraid to accept it.
It is usually scale insects, they form a hard shelled blister and live inside sucking the sap from the leaves. It is best to get a tree without them as they can spread quickly. Soap and water will kill the crawling insects, but the ones in the blisters need something stronger!
Nigel where do you get your pots? The nurseries close to where I am - Delta, BC don't have much and neither does home Depot. Also any ideas for my first bonsai? Looking for something instantly rewarding so I don't get disheartened...
I'm surprised you don't have any pomegranate bonsai since you're always starting fruit from seed. I started a few from seed this year in potting soil and the trunk is already pretty thick. I also started orange lemon and grapefruit from seed after watching ur videos, all doing well.
I should have one, they are so easy to grow and look really good as a bonsai tree! I'm glad your trees are doing well, it's very satisfying growing them from seeds!
@@TheBonsaiZone very satisfying. Started my collection last year with some willow cuttings and as many seeds as I could collect to keep me busy. I'm waiting on ur bonsai from seed update to see how everything's going
Nigel, I'd love to hear your opinion on wound pastes. Love your channel and your videos. Besides being very educational and inspiring, they are also very calming. Thanks for sharing your passion with us!
I agree. These videos are really calming to watch. Wound pastes are optional in Bonsai. If you want a tree wound to heal over nicely you use a wound paste. Alternatively you could just leave it as is and create a deadwood feature. The live bark around the wound would eventually roll over the edge of the wound and look really nice.
Glad to see your citrus trees once again. I didn't know you have so many lemon trees, they all are beautiful! Mein are growing quite short for a long time now and I don't know why. Could it be something wrong with soil? I repotted them half a year ago
Have you tried using citrus fertilizer? I think there is more iron in it than in universal fertilizer. I got two year old citrus trees and they werent really "responding" to spring this time, and the leaves were quite pale. After I used the fertilizer a couple of times they did a lot better. Maybe try a new position or move them inside/outside if possible. A way to "cheat" about the hight is to place them under a overhang so they want to grow around it. They grow tall faster, but they may end up asymmatrical, skinny and not very straight.
Hi Nigel, a serious student of yours here with a question. At 5:15, does the new trunk being quite a bit younger than the one to the left of it make a design difference? The young one also has much less movement. I'm just trying to understand your thought process. Thanks!
I have a lemon bonsai, and it is severely leaning to one side. It has unripe lemons growing on the leaning branch, should I trim the lemons off to balance the tree or leave them on?
If you want to keep the lemons, I would tie the branch to a support, either a stake in the ground or a trellis of some sort. If you are just developing the tree and don't care so much about the fruit, then you can trim them off.
Cheers Nigel, I had a meyer lemon tree as well and am struggling to make it happy. I moved a month ago, and I believe the change in lighting shocked the tree and it was dropping leaves like crazy. I wonder if it would appreciate soil mixtures like yours. At the moment it is citrus tree potting soil by MiracleGro. Any true suggestions? The tips on the majority of the leaves have a tinge of brown.
Hi Nigel, it was a great learning to all of us with your videos. I have a question for you, I have grown a lemon plant from seed. From past 2 months it is not showing any growth. Height is same from past 2 months. Do I need to provide any fertiliser or something. Just to inform you that my lemon plant is 4 month old.
sir i watch your videos and i found them all perfect for me!! I love your work. I have a baby pomegranate tree in a normal big plastic pot. How do i re pot it in a smaller "bonsai" style pot?, I slowly slowly re pot it to the size i want?, i do not know if i can share photos with you. please tell me.Thank you. Good day from the island of Cyprus!
Question- Lets say you want ALL the branches to grow in a certain direction. Can you swap containers (keeping drainage in mind) and turn it on its side, and then use a light to force growth direction? I'm not a grower of Bansai btw, but it would still be nice to learn. Thanks
Yes, this is a good technique to encourage branches to grow in the direction that you want them to. I often place the side of the tree that I want the branches to grow, near the window in the winter, to balance the growth on the tree.
This video makes me want to bonsai a lemon three that I've grown. Right now it's about 2-3months old groing pretty well, I water it with water and rust. Do you have any tutorial on how to grow a bonsai from start?
How does the tree grow with just the grit and no soil? Sorry I'm looking to get into bonsai and it just looks like rubble not soil? Does it just survive on water and gravel?
The trunk seems to thicken slowly, but it is getting better and smoother with time. I need to try and get the vigor balanced more between the branches better, so off goes the top! Hopefully over winter, it will begin to branch out better.
Hi Nigel, I’d love to see what this lemon bonsai looks like now :) could you maybe do another video with this tree in particular?
Yes please. Update on Lemmon bonsai
Home from work on a Friday. Perfect way to relax before bed. Thank you Nigel. I used to love growing orange trees from seeds I found while eating. Back in grade school. I often set up a box with a garbage bag in it, filled with soil from outside, with my seedlings. I had a blue plastic bag pond, with ducks, rabbits, etc that my Mom got from craft and cake decorating stores. Not sure what happened to them. My mother never brought them when we moved to Thunder Bay. One of my teachers in high school had tried to grow Orange trees, with no success. He had a nervous breakdown one year cause of what some of the other less respectful students. He was small, like me. A bunch of us went to his house to make sure he was ok, with permission of his wife of course. He was rebuilding an old tractor. We brought him oranges and Maria cookies he loved. He found a seed in his Orange and the topic came up about his difficulty and interest in growing them. I taught him how I had grown them, successfully. That next year when he came back to teach, he had 9 trees growing and a new seedling every week or so. I could see the joy and pride in his face. Something so simple. It helped to "fix" him. His wife took the time to write me a letter to thank me. Not sure why I had to tell that story, but I did. Sorry Nigel. :P
You and your friends are good people. It’s the smaller gestures that can make all the difference
That is a great story! My daughter is in Thunder Bay now, for her second year of University. I think she is growing an Aloe, hopefully it won't stress her out!
There is something about growing a tree from a seed, I think it reminds you that we are part of nature and how fragile life can be.
Nigel Saunders, The Bonsai Zone I will be hauling salt out of Thunder Bay to all the different highway MTO domes as far as Longlac, Geralton, Marathon, Sunshine and all the in between ones. If she needs anything I am able to help with, let me know. I only live an hour outside the city. I also know many people in and around the city.
Thanks, nice to know, it's so great to have such a nice group of viewers on the channel, I am lucky!
Thank you for sharing that, great how bonsai brings the best out in everyone.
When life gives you lemons...
you pick out the seeds and grow lemon tree bonsai.
@Rhys’s Lowlux I mean that's exactly what I'm doing right now. Unless the seed that was in the lemon and germinated after I planted is is not a lemon tree, but that seems even stranger doesn't it?
We created the lemon tree good sir
@@plants_before_people5329 hope your not expecting fruit, they have a good chance of being real nasty, lol
@@gunnykido7213 actually I heard in a video from a horticulturist that with citrus there's a pretty high change of the tree being true to type unlike other fruit trees. But then again, it'll take a whole lot of years before I'm even able to find out. Right now I can still use the leaves since they smell great and can be used in dishes
Best start to my mornings, new bonsai video!
right!
This guy got pretty good bonsai growing on his head. lol. I love your videos man.
Thanks Surya, lots more coming in 2020!
@@TheBonsaiZone u look much better with short hair
Love seeing the citrus bonsai. Some of my favorite.
I hope they become really nice large bonsai trees some day into the far future! Thanks Nicholas!
I’m hoping to start my first bonsai soon (a lemon tree) and I haven’t had a very green thumb before but I think the motivation to get mine as nice as yours will keep it alive for a very long time.
Keep up the awesome bonsai-ing!
You may want to get started with something a bit easier than a citrus if you dont have a lot of experience. It took me a year to figure out the correct soil and fertilizer composition for my kumquat.
I have a nuersy just for bonsai. And i have about 20 lemons left. I sell them on ebay
Really nice surface roots! Thanks for your advice and detailed pruning techniques, and thanks for braving the mosquitos for us.
Thanks J, I went to bed very itchy that night! The citrus trees will be a long term project, but some day, I hope they will be majestic bonsai trees!
"...and the rooster agrees" Love your videos, you've inspired my love for Bonsai!
It really is a great hobby! Happy growing Alaina!
It’s gotten even more beautiful from last time, great work Nigel.
I love the way how that grapefruit's trunk bent. I thought that is a beautiful grapefruit bonsai, Nigel. Thanks for the video.
Thank you, the tree grew that way, so I went with it!
hey Nigel you are my inspiration of all time. Just wanted to say that , I know you have a great time enjoying the hobby and it shows.
Thank you Patricia, some people say, the person with the best tree wins, I say the person that gets the most enjoyment wins!
I enjoyed watching how you approached each citrus and the cuts. I am fond of the striated kind bark on some of the trunks on these; they're attractive. For me, nine of nine peeled seeds sprouted. Of these 5 survived to grow last summer and they looked really promising. Now I have three thin branch like baby trees but I am not sure if they survived outdoors this past very cold winter on s.w. coast. I sheltered them as well as I could. Great class Nigel
Every day I check to see if you've made a new video. Ain't nothing better to come from work to one of your videos. Keep 'em coming Nigel! ❤️🌲
Thank you, I love making them!
3:04 It's amazing how the moss lifts right off.. Like it were a well laid out green carpet.. 👌🏻👍🏻
The grapefruit bonsai is amazing I love the slanted trunk.
Thank you Drew!
Nigel Saunders, The Bonsai Zone Youre very welcome! I grow plants hydroponically and started to have a passion for bonsai so I am starting my first bonsai lemon tree. Very excited
Watching your videos gives me inspiration to respect our nature. Thank you sir !!
Thank you, nature can always use a helping hand!
Hi Nigel, must say that your videos are super inspiring and interesting. After watching several of your videos, particularly on my off days and before bed, it has ignited my bonsai journey. Im a huge fan! Keep up the mind blowing work!!
Thank you Wayne, all the best with your long journey in bonsai! Lots more to come!
How old were u when u first started bonsai
Well, his grape fruit bonsai starter 22 years ago.. As he said
Nigel your videos are always a 20 minute vacation for me.
Glad to hear that, I always worry that my videos might be too long! I'll try and mix it up, some short and some long.
Just what I needed for a lovely start in the morning. Thank you, Sir ^^,
I am a new subscriber. And I absolutely love this channel. He needs more views.
What a gentle soul.
Thank you Jackie, each tree has a playlist located under the playlist tab on the channel home page. You can follow the progression of each tree easily this way.
Have a great day!
Nigel Saunders, The Bonsai Zone I spent about two hours cooking supper last night for my family and listening to your advice and tips for bonsai care. I have several indoor succulents that I have my eye for a future a bonsai project.
I have several jade plants that would be perfect for my own bonsai forest. Thank you for the videos you also have a great day!
The Grapefruit Bonsai Was The King...The Trunk and Exposed Root Network Looks Epic
Wow you sure do have some citrus trees mate. Well done and great video 😁
They are a bit of a challenge growing them here, but it can be done, but very slowly!
I even think the chickens did not like the back Branch on the dwarf Orange Tree. Love you vidios thanks
Thank you Jonathan, those chickens always get the last word!
Fun batch of trees. To my eye, your original lemon tree has matured a lot since the early videos - perhaps its easier to appreciate only seeing the tree once in a while. The root system on the grapefruit is a work of art. Wonderful form to the tree as well, it could be something truly unique in 10 or 20 years. Have fun maximizing the last gasps of summer!
Yes indeed, fall is approaching fast, I'm working on my plant room, getting it ready. I leave the trees outside until the first chance of frost, this is usually mid October, but it can come much earlier! I hope the citrus will make good bonsai, but as you say, it will take many, many years!
Great to hear from you, Nigel - your channel has grown so fast it must be hard to keep up with all the comments and emails. I said "10 or 20 years" because you say that all the time!! It is already a fine bonsai just from the root base alone.
Nigel, you are the king man.......Thank-you for these awesome videos. They are by far my favorite Bansia videos ever. In fact I didn't even make it to work today because I watched your videos all night. I'm glad my boss (my wife) likes trees. My mother in law and I couldn't help but notice you trim your hair similar to your trees.. lol I actually do the same thing which is why I noticed. lol Anyhow you really have inspired me to go away from exotic trees to more domestic. I am going to go get a lemon tree and see how I do. I also heard the cherry trees look super cool as well,. If I have good luck with the lemon I will try the Cherry too. but you are the best teacher I have found on the internet. Thank again for the best videos ever !!
You're the bob ross of plants. Thank you for that
Thank you!
Hello Nigel,
I'm a newbie to this subject and completely addicted. I've been collecting needed items to turn my outdoor space into a Zen experience. Love your videos. Peace!
sir , you are a very very good teacher....I am one of your big fan and I follow your all update...
Thank you Akash, lots more videos coming your way!
Hi Nigel, I would love to see how this lemon bonsai looks like now, its amazing to see everyday plant in bonsai
I'll be updating the Citrus trees as soon as I get the plant room done! Coming soon I hope!
I admire you, for I am too cowardly to prune that many branches.
always been a fan of bonsai then saw your lemon vid from 1 year ago and now this, you make me want to start with it :)
Excellent, I hope you give bonsai a try! Go Lemon trees!
Ok now you gone and done it! I have to get more citrus trees. Sheez you just had to twist my arm. Love your citrus trees, thanks!
I like them too, they get really nice bark as they get old!
I loved this video! I have some orange, mandarin, lemon, lime and grapefruit seedlings growing. They seem to be extremely easy to propagate, so they are fun to experiment with. I hope some of them will end up as nice looking bonsai trees in the future.
I have seen some really good citrus bonsai, it does take time, but they make a really nice tree, especially with the nice striped trunks!
I like your ponytail, it suits you. Youve inspired me to getback into bonsai...i have a lemon tree seedling from seed growing on my windowsill....
That sounds like a great way to get back into bonsai! Citrus trees are so nice as bonsai, if your not worried about getting a typical bonsai tree!
This is my favourite video of yours thus far. I have ~9 calamondin bonsai and one meyer lemon growing here in Toronto and just love watching your videos, very informative!
The Grape fruit tree has heal the base scar almost 100% and look amazing!!
Also now you have a lot of citrus leafs to make a good Anti Flu Tea n.n
Yes, I had some nice blackberry tea the other day, made from the leaves! I'll keep growing the citrus trees and see how they develop!
Hey Nigel, can I suggest something you are well aware of. I started cutting my citrus trees leaves in half because the size of the leaves casts so much shade in the interior of the canopy. Trimming the leaves as allowed the buds at the leaf axles to sprout causing it to ramify.
The bark on the trunks of these trees looks great
Great video as always Nigel, and i love the grapefruit tree it looks amazing.
All your plants look so good and healthy 👌
Thank you! It's always a battle, me vs. the insects!
Hi Nigel, what will you do with all the pruned branches? Some are really thick. If you grow them again, please make a video how to develop roots for those branches.
They are in water right now, If they grow roots, I'll plant them in a future video. It is near the end of summer, so it might be hard to get them to grow.
@@TheBonsaiZone Did they grow roots?
These vids are inspirational and calming
It's 248 am and I'm watching the bonsai zone.
I hope you get to sleep in!!!
Nigel, I am renovating a Very overgrown forest type garden this fall. Though the techniques vary somewhat from Bonsai, Your Close-up Video Demonstrations are excellent. Helping decide how to Carefully proceed.
I love it. Hoping for more trees update. Keep it up Mr. Nigel im always excited to see your new video when notification popsup.
Thank you, more to come!
man, that lemon tree though. wow. you're doing just a fantastic work with it. I just recently found your channel, but really enjoying the content so far, it's kind of a dream of mine to plant some bonsai some day.
Is there anyone else back here to see this tree after 2017 👌👍
The tree is growing really well this spring, more to come on it in future!
Can you give me a breakdown of your soil composition? I need to make my own but I've received such a diverse range of advice that I'm not sure what's best. Your soil appears not to actually have dirt at all, am I correct? That's crazy! The main plant I need to create a good soil for is my gardenia bonsai tree, it was given to me six months ago and I still have yet to repot it since I received it. Thanks for any tips you can give me. This follow up video is amazing! I was shocked and horrified watching this lemon tree come within an inch of its life. I knew it would come back twice as beautiful, but WOW. Still breathtaking to see. Well done.
Hello Brandy, my soil is a 50/50 mix of perlite and turface. (by Volume) Here is how I water and fertilize the trees.....
ua-cam.com/video/gXIIpxUqxdY/v-deo.html
I sift the soil to get a 3 to 4 mm particle size (1/8") I buy the turface as "SafetySorb" and the Perlite from Miracle Grow.
I was hoping you would keep the lower branch on the grapefruit tree. I think it looks really nice there.
Oh my goodness, it breaks my heart to see you make your trees so bare. It takes courage to do that.. I don't really have it... Atleast not with my bonsai trees. :0
The trees are in their early stages as a bonsai, getting the trunk lines and style set is the hardest part, after that, they will have an easier life!
I love the way your first lemon tree's trunk looks! It reminds me of London Plane trees I had in my neighborhood growing up that were always chopped back and continued to grow. As a matter of fact, a few years back I bought a Meyer lemon and was having issues with it indoors and found one of your videos on your lemon tree. THAT video got me interested in bonsai. I am actually going to record some footage of my bonsai now to put on my channel. I haven't uploaded in like a year, but I've been recording the footage - just gotta edit and release them.
Always great to see updates on that tree! I want all my tree's trunks to look as cool as that lemon tree! I currently have some Meiwa kumquats I started from seed and hopefully in another 18.5 years I get a tree like yours! My kumquats are already growing fruit!
Sounds great, nice to hear your seedlings are doing well and happy growing as your bonsai adventures continue!
Love your work! I'm sure there's a good reason but why would you not prune the leader when it starts shooting and promote the lateral growth earlier? Seems like the plant is wasting a lot of energy
YES! I was waiting for this one!! Thank you Nigel! Cheers from Portugal :)
Thanks Marco, I think I have them on the right track!
Wait... Lemon trees are thorny?! What a wonderful little tree!!
Yes, most Citrus trees have killer thorns! Thanks Hazel!
Great video -do you get lemons on your bonsai plants or it's grown only for bonsai decoration purposes ? Would love to see a bonsai with fruits on it too. Thanks
always cool to see unique bonsai.
Thank you Sil!
here is a species that I have never dared to do in Bonsai,
thank you for the info
voila une espèce que je n'aurai jamais ose faire en Bonsai,
merci pour l'info
I'm not a fan of wiring and like the natural look of non-wired trees.
However, I feel like you could have used guy-wires for some of the trees. I use it to prevent branches from crossing over one another.
They can be used, not just to pull a branch down, but also to pull it left or right without pulling it down to much (I like the upwards growth of main branches).
I think as the tree grows, I'll get more choices and I can get all the problem areas worked out. Hopefully the clip and grow trees will start to look better, far into the future! Thanks.
Another enjoyable video ! Thanks you.
Thank you Robert!
your channel gives me some kind of theraphy
Hey Nigel, I attended my local Bonsai Club's monthly meeting (was my first) and the tree I was told was a Dawn Redwood is actually a Yew! I knew it wasn't a Dawn Redwood but couldn't give it any other name. Also they've started doing an annual auction, your club may already do it but if not it was a fun way to both get some plants and pots and help the club financially, all auction material was donated by club members. Your club should look into it.
We do have a silent auction once a year, it's a very dangerous place for me and my wallet! But one more tree won't hurt.......
Good job sir..
Nigel how do you get so much grow over a single growing season. I have 3 separate lemon trees, just inching along... Jeff from Kansas, USA.
when he said "20 years ago ..." I had to sub. He is the bonsai tree sensai.
Thank you, I'm hoping to keep going right to the end!
You should try to start a mango bonsai. It's easy to plant from seed if you take its outer shell off. I think it would be a fun and challenging tree to bonsai 🌱
I think the big leaves might be a "problem". I thought about turning my avocado tree into a bonai but realised soon that the leaves were far too big (some bigger than an A3 sheet). A friend of mine has a small mango tree and the leaves are pretty big too. In addition to that all the branches seem to be pretty big (the smallest were like a pencil).
@@centrifugedestroyer2579 I see what you mean. But i think if you make the bonsai a bit higher than standards, it might work, because you get a better ratio between size of leaf and height of the tree. I think Nigel has some good techniques on making leaves smaller though and it would be fun to see if he actually could make it work 😄
They will be coming soon! Both can make an interesting bonsai and they are easy to start!
@@TheBonsaiZone Great, I'm really looking forward for this. What do you think about a chestnut bonsai (the edible species with the long spikes on the shell)? Thats my favorite kind of tree. My neighbors have a really gorgeous huge one that is so old it is under conservation. I tried to make bosai out some smaller trees multiple times but they didnt make it. I would love to see what you can do with this species ; )
Awsome plants sir i lov u r Vedios thank u sir.
Your vids have come a long way! This vid shows you cutting of branches that we can not see at all. Cutting on stuff you cannot see was painful
Is a lemon tree bonsai that size still big enough to make lemons? Just curious.
I like your new hairstyle
Thanks!
I like this video
Thank you JIK MIK!
very nice
adoro seu canal de bonsai comteudo incrivel
Do You use the cuttings in any way if You are pruning Your bonsais?
Are the blackish brown spots on the grapefruit tree a fungus, mold , or dirt? I had a lemon tree offered to me that had something similar on it and I was afraid to accept it.
It is usually scale insects, they form a hard shelled blister and live inside sucking the sap from the leaves. It is best to get a tree without them as they can spread quickly. Soap and water will kill the crawling insects, but the ones in the blisters need something stronger!
Thanks Nigel for showing Conners presentation on UTube, since I am missing the meetings in the winter.
Nigel where do you get your pots? The nurseries close to where I am - Delta, BC don't have much and neither does home Depot. Also any ideas for my first bonsai? Looking for something instantly rewarding so I don't get disheartened...
Try thrift stores
Been waiting for this!!! feels like forever
Just one year, years seem so short to me, I must be getting old!
I'm surprised you don't have any pomegranate bonsai since you're always starting fruit from seed. I started a few from seed this year in potting soil and the trunk is already pretty thick. I also started orange lemon and grapefruit from seed after watching ur videos, all doing well.
I should have one, they are so easy to grow and look really good as a bonsai tree! I'm glad your trees are doing well, it's very satisfying growing them from seeds!
@@TheBonsaiZone very satisfying. Started my collection last year with some willow cuttings and as many seeds as I could collect to keep me busy. I'm waiting on ur bonsai from seed update to see how everything's going
Nigel, I'd love to hear your opinion on wound pastes. Love your channel and your videos. Besides being very educational and inspiring, they are also very calming. Thanks for sharing your passion with us!
I agree. These videos are really calming to watch. Wound pastes are optional in Bonsai. If you want a tree wound to heal over nicely you use a wound paste. Alternatively you could just leave it as is and create a deadwood feature. The live bark around the wound would eventually roll over the edge of the wound and look really nice.
Glad to see your citrus trees once again. I didn't know you have so many lemon trees, they all are beautiful! Mein are growing quite short for a long time now and I don't know why. Could it be something wrong with soil? I repotted them half a year ago
What soil are you using?
I use universal soil and I add perlite and a little bit of dust with charcoal
Have you tried using citrus fertilizer? I think there is more iron in it than in universal fertilizer. I got two year old citrus trees and they werent really "responding" to spring this time, and the leaves were quite pale. After I used the fertilizer a couple of times they did a lot better. Maybe try a new position or move them inside/outside if possible. A way to "cheat" about the hight is to place them under a overhang so they want to grow around it. They grow tall faster, but they may end up asymmatrical, skinny and not very straight.
Yes, I do use citrus fertilizer and they are kinda growing, creating new shoots, maybe time will show, if it will solve the problem
Hi Nigel, a serious student of yours here with a question. At 5:15, does the new trunk being quite a bit younger than the one to the left of it make a design difference? The young one also has much less movement. I'm just trying to understand your thought process. Thanks!
Good job sir thanks u, & your heir style nice😊👍
Nigel, can we see that lemon bonsai roots?
I have a lemon bonsai, and it is severely leaning to one side. It has unripe lemons growing on the leaning branch, should I trim the lemons off to balance the tree or leave them on?
If you want to keep the lemons, I would tie the branch to a support, either a stake in the ground or a trellis of some sort. If you are just developing the tree and don't care so much about the fruit, then you can trim them off.
How many flushes, or how many times, do u generally prune ur healthy lemon bonsai in one yr?
Cheers Nigel, I had a meyer lemon tree as well and am struggling to make it happy. I moved a month ago, and I believe the change in lighting shocked the tree and it was dropping leaves like crazy. I wonder if it would appreciate soil mixtures like yours. At the moment it is citrus tree potting soil by MiracleGro. Any true suggestions? The tips on the majority of the leaves have a tinge of brown.
Hi Nigel, it was a great learning to all of us with your videos. I have a question for you, I have grown a lemon plant from seed. From past 2 months it is not showing any growth. Height is same from past 2 months. Do I need to provide any fertiliser or something. Just to inform you that my lemon plant is 4 month old.
sir i watch your videos and i found them all perfect for me!! I love your work. I have a baby pomegranate tree in a normal big plastic pot. How do i re pot it in a smaller "bonsai" style pot?, I slowly slowly re pot it to the size i want?, i do not know if i can share photos with you. please tell me.Thank you. Good day from the island of Cyprus!
Question- Lets say you want ALL the branches to grow in a certain direction. Can you swap containers (keeping drainage in mind) and turn it on its side, and then use a light to force growth direction? I'm not a grower of Bansai btw, but it would still be nice to learn. Thanks
Yes, this is a good technique to encourage branches to grow in the direction that you want them to. I often place the side of the tree that I want the branches to grow, near the window in the winter, to balance the growth on the tree.
Very detailed video.
Thank you.
Keep updating please.
Thank you Nani, more updates will be coming!
@@TheBonsaiZone Am a beginner in bonsai.
Ur videos are very well explained and helped me understand a lot.
Keep up the good work Sir!
Thank yuo.
This video makes me want to bonsai a lemon three that I've grown. Right now it's about 2-3months old groing pretty well, I water it with water and rust. Do you have any tutorial on how to grow a bonsai from start?
Make the two little branches off the trunk into its own little bonsai tree off your bonsai tree.
Yes, that would look good!
How does the tree grow with just the grit and no soil?
Sorry I'm looking to get into bonsai and it just looks like rubble not soil?
Does it just survive on water and gravel?
Surprising that the trunk hasn't thickened with such a long shoot.
I almost want to say you should have waited until next year to cut the lemon tree down.
The trunk seems to thicken slowly, but it is getting better and smoother with time. I need to try and get the vigor balanced more between the branches better, so off goes the top! Hopefully over winter, it will begin to branch out better.
Have you ever received fruit from your citrus bonsai?
No, I keep pruning it. One of these days, I'll let them grow to get flowers and then fruit!
Lovely
Thanks Florence!
congratulations it s a beautiful tree
Thank you, it's slowly getting better!