They are great, I think I'll do another video in them soon. I have 14 cuttings that have grown nearly to the ceiling, I think I'll take 11 or 13 of those and make a Sageretia forest...
I do like sageretia but as you know the weather here in Britain isn't the best to keep them, unless you have facilities to keep them in a warm environment during the winter. I have had a couple but they died suddenly after being what I thought was very healthy. I gave up and have never had one since. Your video has offered some explanation as to why mine died, perhaps the greenhouse didn't offer the amount of protection required. Thanks for the information. A great vide.
Thanks Mick. There are a couple of indoor bonsai species that are even more sensitive than Sageretia, which are Serissa Foetida and Carmona. One trick I do with all of these to keep them healthy in the dry indoor air: put a plastic bag over them while the heating is on. It keeps them in near 100% humidity and all these species love it. On the other hand, if you want a more robust species that you don't have to keep worrying about (apart from watering and pruning), I would recommend ficus retusa or f.microcarpa. I'll do another video sometime this year on indoor bonsai and particularly sageretia.
Thank you for this great video. I have started caring for my very first Sageretia Bonsai. Tho its a bit overwhelming deciding on the future shape of the tree, watching u was great help :)
I am so glad to help! I hope to do a video of repotting the "mother" tree this spring, if time allows. One piece of advice I can't remember if I said in this video... for fertilising Sageretia use about half or one third the concentration of that it says on the fertiliser bottle (=much more water diluted). Sageretia suffer with higher concentrations, and they thrive with even tiny amounts. Enjoy your mini tree!
Hi, I just want to say that I really enjoy your videos, they are so calming and you have interesting trees there! Your channel is one of my favorites now!
What.... I only just realized this only has 700 views....keep up this amazing work, this is very informative and well made, you will grow quickly. Helped me a lot with my Sageretia. Thanks + Good luck :)
Thanks Mat, really appreciate your encouraging words! a famous bonsai youtuber here in Spain advises to not get Sageretia, and I have heard others advise against them too, but it really annoys me because these are one of the best species for small bonsai as long as treat them right. I suspect it's because they didn't ever understand the Sageretia can only take like half the fertilizer of any other tree, and the trunk is always quite thin so I suspect a lot of people over-fertilize them in attempt to grow faster. Sageretia get fertilizer-burn if you supply as much as the fert instructions tell you. Thanks again and enjoy your tree! 🌱🌿🌳
@@BlueSkyBonsai Just as you mention it, I did fertilise my Sageretia today 😬. Thanks for more great advice, I will be sure to be careful with fertilizer next time. And yeah, I do love my Sageretia although I've only had this bonsai for a week (my first bonsai). I've been looking up videos on caring for them, but your video is one of only a few out there. The red-pink shoots are really pretty though...and I hope to keep this bonsai going for as long as possible !!
@@mathiasdsouza2327 I have a list of videos I want to make and publish, soon to do dispelling myths about fertiliser 😊 thanks again for your comments and be sure to let me know how it goes over the coming years!
Thanks Samarth for your great feedback! As a music lover I am surely guilty of having it too loud.. I will look carefully at the music volume in future videos. I try to turn it down whenever I'm talking. Thanks again!
Hi Samarth Nagarkar, I have thought of a way to do this. Some viewers like the background music and some don't like it. Would you be interested in seeing my same videos without the background music? It would be on a different platform. The videos still have music at the start and finish, but not the background music all the way through my talking. Please let me know -- thanks!
@@BlueSkyBonsai I could barely understand anything you said because it was so loud. The content of the video is pointless if people have trouble understanding it. It's called background music for a reason, it's in the background. It should be barely noticeable.
Awesome content! One small critique on your video production: personally I think the music at times was too loud. I like the music, but it sometimes overwhelmed your voice.
Thanks! You're completely right. The music was way too loud. This was the first video that I talked in... before I had decent editing software. I'd be interested to know if you see my recent videos, is thw music a more acceptable level that lets you hear what I'm saying throughout?? Thanks again for your great feedback.
Hi Dave, wonderful trees! I love sageretia, they are one of my favorite species. I have a question: how do you check if a tree needs to be watered when you have moss on it?
Thanks Adrian! Here's the sageretia now: flic.kr/p/2o1SM63 (i.e. 2 years after the sageretia video). You can see how I deal with the moss. I remove the moss from the trunk base and surface roots, a little distance around. Then I can see when that soil and the surface roots are becoming dry. flic.kr/p/2o1Vfqt Also, you don't want moss growing on the trunk base and surface roots, because it will keep the bark wet and then the bark won't age like a natural looking tree. Apart from that I have found sageretias like to be watered more than most trees, so I never let them dry out. Maybe it's because sageretias are really a vine-like grower, more than they are trees. That's why it is very rare to see a Sageretia with a very thick trunk. Here's another small one that I completely removed the moss because it was always so wet that it actually grew some green mold on top of the moss: flic.kr/p/2o1YgdM So although moss can look nice, sometimes our trees are better without it!
And one more comment: I have never killed a tree in granular bonsai soil by overwatering it. I have lost plenty of trees by drought and underwatering. So if in doubt, don't leave it a day ... just water it!!
@@AdrianPiotrowski-ll5to here in Spain I can keep them on a south-facing windowsill, no grow lights. If I still lived in UK or anywhere further north, or if I didn't have south-facing windows, then yes I would probably use grow lamps.
What are the wires you are using? Am from Belgium and didn’t understand it well, i just got one today and so am trying to learn how to take care of mine, and would love for the little branches to become like yours growing sideways instead lf straigth up
They are mostly 1mm aluminium wires. You can get them from most garden centres. But careful! The wire can "bite" in to the bark on these if you leave it on too long, that's why I added the plastic sleeves to the wires to prevent them from digging into the bark.
Hi Dave! I know I might be a little late to make a comment on this video, but I would like to ask you a question. I was given a Sageretia about 3 months ago, and it's growing really strong! I leave near Valencia and have it outside, but it is never exposed to full sunlight. I have read that direct sunlight is not that good for this species. When outside, do you keep your Sagaretias exposed to the sun or are they in the shade? Also, I would like you to know that mine was growing really well during the spring, but then a couple of gloomy, colder weeks passed by, and the new leaves got yellow and have fallen by now. I think that that might have happened due to some "overwatering". I know there's no such thing, but this poor tree is in really bad soil (commercial nursery soil), and it might have had too much water during those days. Now it's growing really strong again, with red leaves at the tips. So I was wondering if now that it is stronger, putting it in the sun would be a good idea. Thank you very much! I love your calm and really well-explained videos!
Thanks Jaume! You're right that it wasn't overwatering that caused the new leaves to die, but yes perhaps bad soil clogging up the drainage and causing root damage. Maybe. The definitive clue is: did the pot smell underneath? When you get root rot due to stagnating water in the soil, it literally smells putrid. So it could have been that, or, it could have been too much fertilizer? Alternatively it could have been an insecticide sprayed nearby that could have reached the leaves? Or maybe Scale (cochinillas) - these keep coming back to my sageretias and I have to keep removing them once or twice a year. I doubt that's the case with your tree because it tends to affect the older leaves nore than the newer leaves. To answer your question, when they are outside over summer I keep them under a 50% shade cloth from June through to mid September. You can see it here: flic.kr/p/2oJfY4z In the hottest weeks I set the automatic watering to 3 times a day. Hope that helps!
Great video, thank you. One small suggestion, your background music is very loud in comparison to your voice, so I keep missing bits of what you're saying. Especially wearing earphones which I often do. Cheers.
Thanks Carlos! Yes I completely agree, in this video my music was too loud and and my voice too quiet. In my defence, this was the first ever video I talked in, and I've thankfully learnt a lot since then! I would be very interested to hear your opinion on my most recent videos - they also have music, but I hope the music doesn't overwhelm or detract from my talking. Thanks again for your suggestion!
Just got mine delivered. Very woody every branch growing to sun. Hope to try wire some. Got some cuttings in hormone for roots. Think only thing ca use this one for is cuttings. Broom style but looks like a woody lollupop
Thanks for this video. Just followed all your tips for roots ect. I had a ball of roots like a plate of spaghetti 🍝lol. So glad found someone with this tree
@@CDragonite glad to hear it! Now keep it in near 100% humidity for a week or so, to avoid losing leaves which sometimes happens after a severe root pruning. You could put a clear plastic bag over it between waterings to keep the humidty high. If it does lose some of the leaves, it's not the end of the world... it's the trees way of delivering water to only the mewer leaves after root pruning. But, with high humidity, the leaves don't "consume" so much water internally.
@@CDragonite also I recommend guy-wiring the branches down, not spiral wiring. The bark of Sageretia scars very easily and any spiral wire bite marks will stay there for many years...
@@BlueSkyBonsai thank you 😊so much will do that. I dot have a leader branch. Just 1/2 inch cut trunk. No tools fr cutting it back. It's dead wood 🪵😩🤣. Now need to learn how to cut n shape a leader lol
I recommend sign up for a free account on Flickr because you have up to 1000 photos online and it's a great way to keep track of progress on your trees. You can create an album for each tree if you want. If you decide to, let me know your Flickr ID and I'll connect on Flickr. Cheers
Hi, keep the holes closed in winter. Only open the holes if the temperature inside the box gets too hot, say 35°c or 95°f. The idea is to keep the humidity high inside and slightly warm, but not too hot.
Hei. Great video. I have always liked these trees, i have a couple them. But i have a issue i cant find a answer too. The trees are very healthy, they stay under growlight in the winter and the temp never goes under 20 Celsius. The issue i have is water on leafs. As soon as i spray the tree with water, some white dust starts to form on some leafs and the leafs dies. If i stopp sparying the leafs, the problem goes away. Do you know what the issue can be? Have you ever experienced this?
Hei Øistein, thanks! There are two possible explanations for your white powder: 1. Mildew- a fungal infection, or 2. Mealybugs. Try a mild fungicide apt for mildew, that will show you if its mildew and remove it. Mealybugs tend to hide under leaves at the base and on secluded parts of branches, and leave a more waxy powder wherever are. Sageretia get problems with insect infestations indoors. Make sure to leave them outdoors every summer as long as the nighttime temperatures stay above 10°, so then other larger insects like ladybirds will feast on the mealybugs and scale on your trees. I guess, from your description it's probably mildew. Some treatments cause Sageretia to throw off a load of leaves... make sure to dispose of those carefully so the spores don't infect other trees or plants. And the tree should bud back fine again with your growlight. All the best! 😊👍🏻
@@davidcielontko920 Thank you for your feedback! In many of my recent videos I have used a lot more relaxing music. I would be interested to hear if that's more like what you're looking for. Cheers!
Hi, do you mean spiral-wiring or guy-wiring? I did this video eith the second half all about guy-wiring: ua-cam.com/video/krYT4OWRkUw/v-deo.html But I haven't yet done any tutorials on spiral wiring. I should do that someday! Thanks
I hope that You will make more Sageretia videos :) I have question, can be Sageretia pruning to 2-3 leafs, all year long or only for growing season on summer?
I definitely will make more Sageretia videos, the one thing I can't promise is when it will be.... yes you can keep pruning to 2 or 3 leaves all year round as long as it's indoors and in a window with a lot of light. Also recommend a double-glazed window if you live in a cold winter area, so the temperature of the tree should never drop lower than 10°c for this species. So yes, you can keep pruning, even monthly if you want, but in order to gain more energy and grow stronger, it is advisable to let it grow out more each time before pruning. Perhaps the ideal for Sageretia is once every 3-4 months. HTH
Thanks for your answer :) I lived in temperate zone area, with cold winters. So I keep tree in room with have temperature between 17-27°C, try avoid source of heat near tree and provide enought sunlight. I want get more knowlage, as know by other video You read a lot od books, can You recommend one with wider description of Sageretia?:) Have a nice weekend.
@@danteantonio6711 unfortunately I don't have any books with more information about the Sageretia. I have learnt "tge hard way" 😂 One extra piece of advice, for some reason they don't like as much fertilizer as most other trees-- they seem to lose leaves too easily if you over-fertilize them. So for the Sageretias I use 50% the amount that's on the fert instructions (or more accurately, I dilute it with double the amount of water).
Thanks! When I take the cuttings at that moment I put them into water so the veins in them keep flowing. Then a day or two later I plant them with a special technique that guarantees success, I explained it in this video: ua-cam.com/video/RnGfUeQC7r8/v-deo.html
Hi, yes the best way is to attach the wires to other wires under rhe pot, wires that you feed through the drainage holes. If you take a look at this video ua-cam.com/video/ICsBu6nkWCk/v-deo.html at minute 4.43 I show the underside of the pot so you can see the wires that I can use to tie on my guy wires. HTH
Hi! Yes put it ouside for 3 months or so in summer, it will be good for it. But whatever you do, don't let the soil dry .. ever! Sageretias don't respond well to dry roots. HTH
Great video, awesome work! , I wondered if you could help, I have this same type of bonsai, had it for just over a year, it's grown really well, mine has a lot of branches and a mass of leaves, is it best to get rid of some, or just trim the plant like I've been doing, if I put a quick video on my you tube could you possibly take a look at it please, was going to repot it also in a week or so
Thanks Steven! Your tree looks great. I have a video on pruning in which I suggest we should not prune trees in spring or autumn. But that was for outdoor trees, whereas the Sageretia is a tropical species, an indoor tree (at least indoors from october through to april or may, unless you live in a tropical climate). Tropical trees can be pruned any time of year. BUT, looking at your sagaretia, I would recommend you repot it now and leave the pruning for a couple of months. I can't see under the soil but there is a good chance it's becoming potbound under there. Use a granular soil like akadama 3mm granules approx, and consider getting a slightly bigger bonsai pot (though not strictly necessary). Sieve out the dust from your new soil before the repot, because bonsai trees thrive much better with good drainage and some tiny gaps between the granules. After you repot, keep it humid for a few days, e.g. put a clear plastic bag over it with a spray of water inside. Again, not strictly necessary but will help save most of the foliage. Some of the older leaves and yellow leaves will drop whatever you do. Even if ALL the leaves drop it will be ok as long as it keeps getting bright light and humidity. Absolutely zero fertilizer now until at least 6-8 weeks after the repot. Fert won't help, in fact it will jeopardise the tree's recovery from root pruning. Use water only. Later in spring or summer, please watch this video for my tips on pruning: ua-cam.com/video/cOGAJ5iqWfk/v-deo.html
@@BlueSkyBonsai thanks so much for your reply, really good information you have given me, I may have made a big mistake tho !, I gave it a really big prune earlier so it would look more like other bonsai's I've seen, the plant has been growing new leaves for 2-3 weeks now, I'm really happy with how it went, so should I now hold off on repotting it, I took a lot of branches off of it, also I was going to get a bigger pot that is 5 cm larger all around, does that sound right to you
@@stevenvitali7404 no probs, leave it a couple of months before repotting, when it has pushed out another flush of leaves and after they have turned from red to green. Same recommendations for repotting (soil, humidity etc.) and the warmer it is in your home the more important to keep it humid for a few days after repotting. 🌳👍🏻
@@BlueSkyBonsai thanks so much for your help, I have learnt more in the last 24 hours than the whole of the last year!, will it be o.k to use 3-5 mm acadama when I repot in a month or two time , will 2 litres be enough for a 20 cm by 15 cm pot, subscribed also
@@stevenvitali7404 2 litres will be fine for that size pot, 3-5mm akadama perfect. When potting you don't fill the soil up to the brim of the pot; leave a few millimetres. This is partly because when you water you don't want the water to spill down the outside of the pot, but also because over the next year as the roots regrow, the whole root system will gradually push outwards and upwards, so better to leave the space for that now. Thanks for subscribing!
Cut and grow, for defo bro! Sageretia bark scars easily and does not forgive the scars even after many years. The only wiring I do is guy-wiring to pull branches down, using a thick rubber sheath to protect the bark. HTH.
Hey,, thanks for the links to your videos, just wondering when do u remove guide wires?..my bonsai currently has a guide wire along the main stem, do i remove it as the wire is imprinting onto the stem
Yes you've kinda answered the question for yourself! when you see the wire starting to dig into the bark, it's already a bit late, because that spiral bite mark can stay visible for a few years unfortunately. Don't worry, we've all done it. Carefully use a wire cutter to remove the wire in small pieces to avoid any further damage to the bark. If it's not yet in its "final" shape, you can always rewire it with fresh wire, (not on the same spiral path) and watch closely to remove the wire bites again.
@@BlueSkyBonsai Hello again, I have removed the guide wire a few days ago..Got another question as im quite lost as what do i from here..my bald bonsai has been starting to produce new leafs since "winter" is sort of over since it came from japan.. well the question is when do i start to do anything to it?...do i just leave it to grow and water it whenever needed till it has grown bushy before i start work on it? heres a shot i just took today.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10164741713540504&set=pcb.10164741713580504
@@ngekseng I just took a look. It looks fine. But yes, let it leaf out a lot more and grow a bit bushy then decide in mid-to-late spring if it needs pruning back. Make sure it gets a lot of light, preferably sunlight if possible. Let the lower branches grow much longer to try and get the lower trunk fatter over time.
I brought mine indoor when outdoor temperatures hit 50F. I have kept them near a south facing window. A few days later, I noticed many of the leaves drying out, particularly at the end of the branches and especially the branches I’m growing out. Any idea what could be causing this? Is it not enough water? Is the sunlight passing through the glass window burning the leaves?
It could be a few possible causes. I have seen Sageretia leaves go dry and then die like that 4-8 days after a "normal" dose of bonsai fertiliser. I now use half the concentration for my sageretias compared to all the other species. (But don't fertilize now at all until you see it recovering, with plenty of new shoots). Another possibility is the tree is not yet accustomed to the dry air indoors, (is it very humid outdoors where you live?) if this is the case, keep watering and spray it with water a few times a day until it recovers. I suspect it's just not enough water. I have several tiny ones in a sunny south facing window all year and they don't get burnt by the sun. I water them loads, and only spray the ones that appear to have suffered dryness. Another problem I have seen on mine is the tiny scale insects, they really infest these Sageretia trees and it's very difficult to get rid of them indoors. Outside, they all get eaten by ladybirds and other tiny beetles etc. The scale insects are disgusting little creatures and they just suck the life out of a leaf till it dries and dies. You might need to look closely on the underside of your leaves. If there's no scale, my guess is it needs more regular watering. Good luck!
What repotting mix are you using for the sageretia theezans? I’ve recently received one that was kept indoors & noticed a white fuzzy mould on the roots/soil. I’ve been advised this might be due to the soil retaining too much moisture & was wondering what type is ideal to replace it with?
In this video I add the soil mix approximately 50% akadama and 50% crushed pine bark all seived to approximately 2-3 mm granule size, to get rid of the dust so there is always good drainage, and to get rid of the bigger chunks of bark that are too big for a small pot. I talk a bit about the soil mix here: ua-cam.com/video/ZlnyM6IuDpo/v-deo.html Hope that helps!
Thank you Yixuan Li! Actually this was just my 6th video and the first time I spoke in a video 😳 in my more recent videos I made the music quieter when I'm talking. I would be very grateful if you could look at my most recent videos and tell me if it's easier to understand my voice? Thanks for your kind feedback 🌳👍🏻
Many garden nurseries and bonsai outlets sell them in Europe. I don't know about elsewhere. Here's one example in UK: www.herons.co.uk/Indoor-Sageretia-Bonsai-Tree- And here's an example in Spain: www.planetahuerto.es/venta-bonsai-sageretia-theezans-5-anos-ciruelo-chino_00967 They might deliver internationally, depending on where you are.
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I really like the talking style👍 altho the non talking is also relaxing 😊. Trees look great and I agree with you that blue pots are often overlooked
Thanks very much! The two mames have now recovered nicely and look nice in their blue pots
Blue Sky Bonsai great news 👍👍 hopefully they will grow well this season.
I just got a sageretia, I love them! I am happy to hear I might be able to propogate more of them in time :)
They are great, I think I'll do another video in them soon. I have 14 cuttings that have grown nearly to the ceiling, I think I'll take 11 or 13 of those and make a Sageretia forest...
Just ordered 1 after watching this
@CDragonite That's great to hear. Enjoy it!
I do like sageretia but as you know the weather here in Britain isn't the best to keep them, unless you have facilities to keep them in a warm environment during the winter. I have had a couple but they died suddenly after being what I thought was very healthy. I gave up and have never had one since. Your video has offered some explanation as to why mine died, perhaps the greenhouse didn't offer the amount of protection required. Thanks for the information. A great vide.
Thanks Mick.
There are a couple of indoor bonsai species that are even more sensitive than Sageretia, which are Serissa Foetida and Carmona. One trick I do with all of these to keep them healthy in the dry indoor air: put a plastic bag over them while the heating is on. It keeps them in near 100% humidity and all these species love it.
On the other hand, if you want a more robust species that you don't have to keep worrying about (apart from watering and pruning), I would recommend ficus retusa or f.microcarpa. I'll do another video sometime this year on indoor bonsai and particularly sageretia.
Thank you for this great video. I have started caring for my very first Sageretia Bonsai. Tho its a bit overwhelming deciding on the future shape of the tree, watching u was great help :)
I am so glad to help! I hope to do a video of repotting the "mother" tree this spring, if time allows.
One piece of advice I can't remember if I said in this video... for fertilising Sageretia use about half or one third the concentration of that it says on the fertiliser bottle (=much more water diluted). Sageretia suffer with higher concentrations, and they thrive with even tiny amounts.
Enjoy your mini tree!
Hi, I just want to say that I really enjoy your videos, they are so calming and you have interesting trees there! Your channel is one of my favorites now!
Thank you Zeelands Roem! I really appreciate your kind words. I hope I can continue to deliver calming and interesting content! 😊👍
Thank you Dave,really enjoying and learning from your videos.
Thanks Paul, really happy to hear my videos are useful!
This was a very helpful video. It also was very peaceful and I appreciate that!
Thanks so much for your nice comments! I'm so glad you liked this video. More coming soon!!
@@BlueSkyBonsai thank You 🙏🏻🪴 will continue to follow your wonderful work🐲💚
@@FlowByAda Great to hear 😊 I will repot the "mother tree" sageretia in Spring, but that can wait untill i've finished all the deciduous repots.
Again, beautiful work and trees! Thank you for sharing!
Thanks again for your kind words! 😊👍
Awww thank you for that🙏🏻 just bought my two Sageretias 💗😍💚💚💚
Congrats on the sageretias. Thanks for your lovely comment!
Nice video and trees 👍 keep going with the voiceovers 🙂
Thanks a lot! Ps. Unboxing pot and repotting the oleaster is coming soon, thanks for your help choosing the pot :)
Nice presentation. I enjoyed and learned a lot. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching and commenting.
What.... I only just realized this only has 700 views....keep up this amazing work, this is very informative and well made, you will grow quickly. Helped me a lot with my Sageretia. Thanks + Good luck :)
Thanks Mat, really appreciate your encouraging words! a famous bonsai youtuber here in Spain advises to not get Sageretia, and I have heard others advise against them too, but it really annoys me because these are one of the best species for small bonsai as long as treat them right. I suspect it's because they didn't ever understand the Sageretia can only take like half the fertilizer of any other tree, and the trunk is always quite thin so I suspect a lot of people over-fertilize them in attempt to grow faster. Sageretia get fertilizer-burn if you supply as much as the fert instructions tell you. Thanks again and enjoy your tree! 🌱🌿🌳
@@BlueSkyBonsai Just as you mention it, I did fertilise my Sageretia today 😬. Thanks for more great advice, I will be sure to be careful with fertilizer next time. And yeah, I do love my Sageretia although I've only had this bonsai for a week (my first bonsai). I've been looking up videos on caring for them, but your video is one of only a few out there. The red-pink shoots are really pretty though...and I hope to keep this bonsai going for as long as possible !!
@@mathiasdsouza2327 I have a list of videos I want to make and publish, soon to do dispelling myths about fertiliser 😊 thanks again for your comments and be sure to let me know how it goes over the coming years!
Hi
You should make a video about sageratia small cutting how you purn and train them….it will be nice
Hi, thanks for the suggestion!
That’s a great informative film, thanks 🙏
Thank you for watching and commenting!
I enjoy your videos, I think I like the voice over version better
Thanks Ben! Just not happy with my voice but hey it's the only one I've got! Anyway the trees are the protagonists not me lol :D
Great advice. But the music is wayyyy too loud. Your instructions are far more valuable.
Thanks Samarth for your great feedback! As a music lover I am surely guilty of having it too loud.. I will look carefully at the music volume in future videos. I try to turn it down whenever I'm talking. Thanks again!
Hi Samarth Nagarkar, I have thought of a way to do this. Some viewers like the background music and some don't like it. Would you be interested in seeing my same videos without the background music? It would be on a different platform. The videos still have music at the start and finish, but not the background music all the way through my talking. Please let me know -- thanks!
@@BlueSkyBonsai my comment was just a small suggestion. Don’t worry about it. The content of the video is great and that’s what really matters.
@@samarthnagarkar Much appreciated - thanks again!
@@BlueSkyBonsai I could barely understand anything you said because it was so loud. The content of the video is pointless if people have trouble understanding it. It's called background music for a reason, it's in the background. It should be barely noticeable.
Great video and music 👍
Thank you Jason!
Awesome content!
One small critique on your video production: personally I think the music at times was too loud. I like the music, but it sometimes overwhelmed your voice.
Thanks! You're completely right. The music was way too loud. This was the first video that I talked in... before I had decent editing software. I'd be interested to know if you see my recent videos, is thw music a more acceptable level that lets you hear what I'm saying throughout?? Thanks again for your great feedback.
An interesting tree species.
Thanks Jeff, yes it is interesting, I have loads of them... I'll do another video on them sometime soon. 🌳👍🏻
Hi Dave, wonderful trees! I love sageretia, they are one of my favorite species.
I have a question: how do you check if a tree needs to be watered when you have moss on it?
Thanks Adrian!
Here's the sageretia now: flic.kr/p/2o1SM63 (i.e. 2 years after the sageretia video).
You can see how I deal with the moss. I remove the moss from the trunk base and surface roots, a little distance around. Then I can see when that soil and the surface roots are becoming dry.
flic.kr/p/2o1Vfqt
Also, you don't want moss growing on the trunk base and surface roots, because it will keep the bark wet and then the bark won't age like a natural looking tree.
Apart from that I have found sageretias like to be watered more than most trees, so I never let them dry out. Maybe it's because sageretias are really a vine-like grower, more than they are trees. That's why it is very rare to see a Sageretia with a very thick trunk.
Here's another small one that I completely removed the moss because it was always so wet that it actually grew some green mold on top of the moss: flic.kr/p/2o1YgdM
So although moss can look nice, sometimes our trees are better without it!
And one more comment: I have never killed a tree in granular bonsai soil by overwatering it. I have lost plenty of trees by drought and underwatering. So if in doubt, don't leave it a day ... just water it!!
Thank you very much for the tips!
And do you use grow lights during the winter for sageretia or just leave them on the windowsill?
@@AdrianPiotrowski-ll5to here in Spain I can keep them on a south-facing windowsill, no grow lights.
If I still lived in UK or anywhere further north, or if I didn't have south-facing windows, then yes I would probably use grow lamps.
fantastic
Thank you so much!
What are the wires you are using? Am from Belgium and didn’t understand it well, i just got one today and so am trying to learn how to take care of mine, and would love for the little branches to become like yours growing sideways instead lf straigth up
They are mostly 1mm aluminium wires. You can get them from most garden centres. But careful! The wire can "bite" in to the bark on these if you leave it on too long, that's why I added the plastic sleeves to the wires to prevent them from digging into the bark.
Hi Dave! I know I might be a little late to make a comment on this video, but I would like to ask you a question. I was given a Sageretia about 3 months ago, and it's growing really strong! I leave near Valencia and have it outside, but it is never exposed to full sunlight. I have read that direct sunlight is not that good for this species. When outside, do you keep your Sagaretias exposed to the sun or are they in the shade?
Also, I would like you to know that mine was growing really well during the spring, but then a couple of gloomy, colder weeks passed by, and the new leaves got yellow and have fallen by now. I think that that might have happened due to some "overwatering". I know there's no such thing, but this poor tree is in really bad soil (commercial nursery soil), and it might have had too much water during those days. Now it's growing really strong again, with red leaves at the tips. So I was wondering if now that it is stronger, putting it in the sun would be a good idea.
Thank you very much! I love your calm and really well-explained videos!
Thanks Jaume! You're right that it wasn't overwatering that caused the new leaves to die, but yes perhaps bad soil clogging up the drainage and causing root damage. Maybe. The definitive clue is: did the pot smell underneath? When you get root rot due to stagnating water in the soil, it literally smells putrid.
So it could have been that, or, it could have been too much fertilizer? Alternatively it could have been an insecticide sprayed nearby that could have reached the leaves? Or maybe Scale (cochinillas) - these keep coming back to my sageretias and I have to keep removing them once or twice a year. I doubt that's the case with your tree because it tends to affect the older leaves nore than the newer leaves.
To answer your question, when they are outside over summer I keep them under a 50% shade cloth from June through to mid September. You can see it here: flic.kr/p/2oJfY4z
In the hottest weeks I set the automatic watering to 3 times a day. Hope that helps!
Great video, thank you. One small suggestion, your background music is very loud in comparison to your voice, so I keep missing bits of what you're saying. Especially wearing earphones which I often do. Cheers.
Thanks Carlos! Yes I completely agree, in this video my music was too loud and and my voice too quiet. In my defence, this was the first ever video I talked in, and I've thankfully learnt a lot since then! I would be very interested to hear your opinion on my most recent videos - they also have music, but I hope the music doesn't overwhelm or detract from my talking. Thanks again for your suggestion!
Just got mine delivered. Very woody every branch growing to sun. Hope to try wire some. Got some cuttings in hormone for roots. Think only thing ca use this one for is cuttings. Broom style but looks like a woody lollupop
Thanks for this video. Just followed all your tips for roots ect. I had a ball of roots like a plate of spaghetti 🍝lol. So glad found someone with this tree
@@CDragonite glad to hear it! Now keep it in near 100% humidity for a week or so, to avoid losing leaves which sometimes happens after a severe root pruning. You could put a clear plastic bag over it between waterings to keep the humidty high.
If it does lose some of the leaves, it's not the end of the world... it's the trees way of delivering water to only the mewer leaves after root pruning. But, with high humidity, the leaves don't "consume" so much water internally.
@@CDragonite also I recommend guy-wiring the branches down, not spiral wiring. The bark of Sageretia scars very easily and any spiral wire bite marks will stay there for many years...
@@BlueSkyBonsai I need to rematch to learn to do it lol
@@BlueSkyBonsai thank you 😊so much will do that. I dot have a leader branch. Just 1/2 inch cut trunk. No tools fr cutting it back. It's dead wood 🪵😩🤣. Now need to learn how to cut n shape a leader lol
Aussie David here, I would like to upload some of my bonsais, as my azalea which seems to have problems 🤔
I recommend sign up for a free account on Flickr because you have up to 1000 photos online and it's a great way to keep track of progress on your trees. You can create an album for each tree if you want. If you decide to, let me know your Flickr ID and I'll connect on Flickr.
Cheers
Hi sorry to disturb you again
But I have an other question
Do we keep the holes on the cover of the incubator open or close??
Thanks
Hi, keep the holes closed in winter. Only open the holes if the temperature inside the box gets too hot, say 35°c or 95°f. The idea is to keep the humidity high inside and slightly warm, but not too hot.
Hei. Great video. I have always liked these trees, i have a couple them. But i have a issue i cant find a answer too. The trees are very healthy, they stay under growlight in the winter and the temp never goes under 20 Celsius. The issue i have is water on leafs. As soon as i spray the tree with water, some white dust starts to form on some leafs and the leafs dies. If i stopp sparying the leafs, the problem goes away. Do you know what the issue can be? Have you ever experienced this?
Hei Øistein, thanks! There are two possible explanations for your white powder: 1. Mildew- a fungal infection, or 2. Mealybugs. Try a mild fungicide apt for mildew, that will show you if its mildew and remove it.
Mealybugs tend to hide under leaves at the base and on secluded parts of branches, and leave a more waxy powder wherever are. Sageretia get problems with insect infestations indoors. Make sure to leave them outdoors every summer as long as the nighttime temperatures stay above 10°, so then other larger insects like ladybirds will feast on the mealybugs and scale on your trees.
I guess, from your description it's probably mildew. Some treatments cause Sageretia to throw off a load of leaves... make sure to dispose of those carefully so the spores don't infect other trees or plants. And the tree should bud back fine again with your growlight. All the best! 😊👍🏻
Please keep the music volume low, your voice gets muffled due to load background music, thanks
Thanks Nagasimha.
@@BlueSkyBonsai I would also change the music as such from this 80's sci-fi style, to something more peaceful and relaxing. Otherwise great video!
@@davidcielontko920 Thank you for your feedback! In many of my recent videos I have used a lot more relaxing music. I would be interested to hear if that's more like what you're looking for. Cheers!
Hi
Can you show us how you use the wire guide (how you put them ) ??
Hi, do you mean spiral-wiring or guy-wiring? I did this video eith the second half all about guy-wiring: ua-cam.com/video/krYT4OWRkUw/v-deo.html
But I haven't yet done any tutorials on spiral wiring. I should do that someday! Thanks
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Yes it’s about guy-wiring
I didn’t know how to say it
Thanks 🙏
You are so kind
I hope that You will make more Sageretia videos :) I have question, can be Sageretia pruning to 2-3 leafs, all year long or only for growing season on summer?
I definitely will make more Sageretia videos, the one thing I can't promise is when it will be....
yes you can keep pruning to 2 or 3 leaves all year round as long as it's indoors and in a window with a lot of light. Also recommend a double-glazed window if you live in a cold winter area, so the temperature of the tree should never drop lower than 10°c for this species.
So yes, you can keep pruning, even monthly if you want, but in order to gain more energy and grow stronger, it is advisable to let it grow out more each time before pruning. Perhaps the ideal for Sageretia is once every 3-4 months. HTH
Thanks for your answer :) I lived in temperate zone area, with cold winters. So I keep tree in room with have temperature between 17-27°C, try avoid source of heat near tree and provide enought sunlight.
I want get more knowlage, as know by other video You read a lot od books, can You recommend one with wider description of Sageretia?:)
Have a nice weekend.
@@danteantonio6711 unfortunately I don't have any books with more information about the Sageretia. I have learnt "tge hard way" 😂
One extra piece of advice, for some reason they don't like as much fertilizer as most other trees-- they seem to lose leaves too easily if you over-fertilize them. So for the Sageretias I use 50% the amount that's on the fert instructions (or more accurately, I dilute it with double the amount of water).
Nice video :) when u take cuttings do you plant them or put them in water?🙏
Thanks! When I take the cuttings at that moment I put them into water so the veins in them keep flowing. Then a day or two later I plant them with a special technique that guarantees success, I explained it in this video: ua-cam.com/video/RnGfUeQC7r8/v-deo.html
Excuse me
Sir how do we attach wires to the pots
(Like if you want to band à branch )
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Like do you attach the wire under the pots??))
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Hi, yes the best way is to attach the wires to other wires under rhe pot, wires that you feed through the drainage holes. If you take a look at this video ua-cam.com/video/ICsBu6nkWCk/v-deo.html at minute 4.43 I show the underside of the pot so you can see the wires that I can use to tie on my guy wires. HTH
@@BlueSkyBonsai
Hi Mr
I think you sent me the wrong link !!??
Hello! i recently got a sagretia and i was told to keep it indoors, but apperantly i can put them outside for a few moments?
Hi! Yes put it ouside for 3 months or so in summer, it will be good for it. But whatever you do, don't let the soil dry .. ever! Sageretias don't respond well to dry roots. HTH
Great video, awesome work! , I wondered if you could help, I have this same type of bonsai, had it for just over a year, it's grown really well, mine has a lot of branches and a mass of leaves, is it best to get rid of some, or just trim the plant like I've been doing, if I put a quick video on my you tube could you possibly take a look at it please, was going to repot it also in a week or so
Thanks Steven! Your tree looks great. I have a video on pruning in which I suggest we should not prune trees in spring or autumn. But that was for outdoor trees, whereas the Sageretia is a tropical species, an indoor tree (at least indoors from october through to april or may, unless you live in a tropical climate). Tropical trees can be pruned any time of year. BUT, looking at your sagaretia, I would recommend you repot it now and leave the pruning for a couple of months. I can't see under the soil but there is a good chance it's becoming potbound under there. Use a granular soil like akadama 3mm granules approx, and consider getting a slightly bigger bonsai pot (though not strictly necessary). Sieve out the dust from your new soil before the repot, because bonsai trees thrive much better with good drainage and some tiny gaps between the granules. After you repot, keep it humid for a few days, e.g. put a clear plastic bag over it with a spray of water inside. Again, not strictly necessary but will help save most of the foliage. Some of the older leaves and yellow leaves will drop whatever you do. Even if ALL the leaves drop it will be ok as long as it keeps getting bright light and humidity. Absolutely zero fertilizer now until at least 6-8 weeks after the repot. Fert won't help, in fact it will jeopardise the tree's recovery from root pruning. Use water only.
Later in spring or summer, please watch this video for my tips on pruning: ua-cam.com/video/cOGAJ5iqWfk/v-deo.html
@@BlueSkyBonsai thanks so much for your reply, really good information you have given me, I may have made a big mistake tho !, I gave it a really big prune earlier so it would look more like other bonsai's I've seen, the plant has been growing new leaves for 2-3 weeks now, I'm really happy with how it went, so should I now hold off on repotting it, I took a lot of branches off of it, also I was going to get a bigger pot that is 5 cm larger all around, does that sound right to you
@@stevenvitali7404 no probs, leave it a couple of months before repotting, when it has pushed out another flush of leaves and after they have turned from red to green. Same recommendations for repotting (soil, humidity etc.) and the warmer it is in your home the more important to keep it humid for a few days after repotting. 🌳👍🏻
@@BlueSkyBonsai thanks so much for your help, I have learnt more in the last 24 hours than the whole of the last year!, will it be o.k to use 3-5 mm acadama when I repot in a month or two time , will 2 litres be enough for a 20 cm by 15 cm pot, subscribed also
@@stevenvitali7404 2 litres will be fine for that size pot, 3-5mm akadama perfect. When potting you don't fill the soil up to the brim of the pot; leave a few millimetres. This is partly because when you water you don't want the water to spill down the outside of the pot, but also because over the next year as the roots regrow, the whole root system will gradually push outwards and upwards, so better to leave the space for that now.
Thanks for subscribing!
Small pot sageretia is cut and grow or wiring methed anna
Cut and grow, for defo bro!
Sageretia bark scars easily and does not forgive the scars even after many years. The only wiring I do is guy-wiring to pull branches down, using a thick rubber sheath to protect the bark. HTH.
Hey,, thanks for the links to your videos, just wondering when do u remove guide wires?..my bonsai currently has a guide wire along the main stem, do i remove it as the wire is imprinting onto the stem
Yes you've kinda answered the question for yourself! when you see the wire starting to dig into the bark, it's already a bit late, because that spiral bite mark can stay visible for a few years unfortunately. Don't worry, we've all done it.
Carefully use a wire cutter to remove the wire in small pieces to avoid any further damage to the bark. If it's not yet in its "final" shape, you can always rewire it with fresh wire, (not on the same spiral path) and watch closely to remove the wire bites again.
Here I did a video about removing wires:
ua-cam.com/video/I7U-RYCgW_Y/v-deo.html
@@BlueSkyBonsai Hello again, I have removed the guide wire a few days ago..Got another question as im quite lost as what do i from here..my bald bonsai has been starting to produce new leafs since "winter" is sort of over since it came from japan..
well the question is when do i start to do anything to it?...do i just leave it to grow and water it whenever needed till it has grown bushy before i start work on it? heres a shot i just took today.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10164741713540504&set=pcb.10164741713580504
@@ngekseng I just took a look. It looks fine. But yes, let it leaf out a lot more and grow a bit bushy then decide in mid-to-late spring if it needs pruning back. Make sure it gets a lot of light, preferably sunlight if possible. Let the lower branches grow much longer to try and get the lower trunk fatter over time.
I brought mine indoor when outdoor temperatures hit 50F. I have kept them near a south facing window. A few days later, I noticed many of the leaves drying out, particularly at the end of the branches and especially the branches I’m growing out. Any idea what could be causing this? Is it not enough water? Is the sunlight passing through the glass window burning the leaves?
It could be a few possible causes. I have seen Sageretia leaves go dry and then die like that 4-8 days after a "normal" dose of bonsai fertiliser. I now use half the concentration for my sageretias compared to all the other species. (But don't fertilize now at all until you see it recovering, with plenty of new shoots). Another possibility is the tree is not yet accustomed to the dry air indoors, (is it very humid outdoors where you live?) if this is the case, keep watering and spray it with water a few times a day until it recovers. I suspect it's just not enough water. I have several tiny ones in a sunny south facing window all year and they don't get burnt by the sun. I water them loads, and only spray the ones that appear to have suffered dryness. Another problem I have seen on mine is the tiny scale insects, they really infest these Sageretia trees and it's very difficult to get rid of them indoors. Outside, they all get eaten by ladybirds and other tiny beetles etc. The scale insects are disgusting little creatures and they just suck the life out of a leaf till it dries and dies. You might need to look closely on the underside of your leaves. If there's no scale, my guess is it needs more regular watering. Good luck!
@@BlueSkyBonsai thank you. That was very helpful
@@samarthnagarkar you're welcome!
What repotting mix are you using for the sageretia theezans?
I’ve recently received one that was kept indoors & noticed a white fuzzy mould on the roots/soil. I’ve been advised this might be due to the soil retaining too much moisture & was wondering what type is ideal to replace it with?
In this video I add the soil mix approximately 50% akadama and 50% crushed pine bark all seived to approximately 2-3 mm granule size, to get rid of the dust so there is always good drainage, and to get rid of the bigger chunks of bark that are too big for a small pot. I talk a bit about the soil mix here: ua-cam.com/video/ZlnyM6IuDpo/v-deo.html Hope that helps!
@@BlueSkyBonsai thank you so much!
This videos are pretty useful but you should lower a little bit the music because it really hard to listen your voice clearly
Thank you Yixuan Li! Actually this was just my 6th video and the first time I spoke in a video 😳 in my more recent videos I made the music quieter when I'm talking.
I would be very grateful if you could look at my most recent videos and tell me if it's easier to understand my voice?
Thanks for your kind feedback 🌳👍🏻
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It’s me again
Where can I get a Domed Propagator but with a more than 20 or 24 cm height ??
Hi - I don't know... but tall ones are hard to find. Maybe a small grow tent might be better???
I just got one and have cared fir it but it seems like it’s dying already ugh
Good luck! It might pull through. Give it some TLC for a few days, mist the leaves and don't let the soil dry! 👍
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Where online can you purchase these Chinese sweet plum trees?
Many garden nurseries and bonsai outlets sell them in Europe. I don't know about elsewhere.
Here's one example in UK:
www.herons.co.uk/Indoor-Sageretia-Bonsai-Tree-
And here's an example in Spain:
www.planetahuerto.es/venta-bonsai-sageretia-theezans-5-anos-ciruelo-chino_00967
They might deliver internationally, depending on where you are.
i thought it was sagertia not sageretia..ive been saying it wrong all these years
Totally understandable. I was spelling it *saga*retia until a week after I published the video and had to go back in to correct it. 😊👍
Please lower the music on your videos, I can't make out what you're saying.
Hi, this was one of my first videos. If you watch my recent videos you'll see that the music is lower, and you can hear me properly.