Hi. My first comment on your channel. Fantastic! We all love trying to manage the 'Bonsai Bug' that we all have as inexpensively as possible. I try to reuse wire as much as possible although I have been told that damage may occur to the tree in trying to remove old wire without cutting it. At the moment I have 100% success rate in removal and I use a method of straightening the bent wire from 'Hong' of the Kitchener & Waterloo bonsai society that Nigel S belongs to and that is to firmly grasp the ends of the wire in a couple of sturdy pliers and give a couple of sharp but firm tugs on the pliers. The wire straightens nicely. I also use a technique outlined by Peter Chan that he used in his early days of bonsai for using supermarket plastic food trays as bonsai pots. Once you have used the chicken pieces or mince that came in the trays you can then drill holes in the plastic tray which are then used as drainage holes and apply 2 coats of smooth masonry paint on each surface of the plastic tray. OK, the trays are by no means exhibition standard but are perfectly useable (and cheap) for bonsai training pots. A lot of pots can be made from a 5litre tin of paint! Cheers for now - Keep at it !!!
Love Portulacaria but mine still slim and not that thick lol. I would have personally tried to "trim" the large scar on the second elephant bush to make the trunk more smooth, but that is me so it is no critique at all. Thank you for posting "casual" but serioius bonsai videos which are not so elite focused.
Thanks so much for the comment! :) I love how you shared your idea on the trunk! Yeah I often wonder how others would trim the same plants I'm working on. That's what makes it an art; everyone can have their own take on it. :) And thanks for the comment about the casual nature of the channel. That is definitely what I'm going for. I want people to see how anyone can get into the hobby. And you're right, there can be an elite vibe sometimes to the hobby, so I'm hoping through my poor bonsai skills, anyone can see that they can get into the hobby. :) haha thanks for watching!
You should pick up some colanders to serve as pot recovery I usually keep my trees in their display pot 98% of the time, but I give them that maximum aeration and have my trees chill out in the colander it really boosts the heath of your trees. And it’s only 2% of the time so like once every 6 repots
I was under the impression with jades/crassula you want to keep the roots dry when you work on them. I repot mine bone dry, then dont water for typically a week or more dependimg on climate
Jonark Villanueva with Port Afra you can repotted at anytime of the year and generally once every 2-3 yrs depends on the age older trees grow much slower then younger ones, but I prefer to repot mine during spring or late summer when it’s not exclusively hot during the day and gets cool during the night (and before anyone says anything I’m aware of how to say the first part of this plants name I just can’t spell it)
Thank you so much! I water them pretty often in the summer, but not very often in the fall and winter. They are succulents, so they are SUPER resilient in my experience. I can forget to water fairly often and they are quite forgiving haha.
hey poor man you know port bonsai that size go for like a hundred bucks back east here usually.. i wish i could just ask and get a cutting that size lulz
I use lots of different kinds depending on the plant! :) Most of my videos where I am planting a bonsai, I mention the soil I use. For these it was either potting soil with oil spill from Tractor supply, or potting soil with crushed lava rock. Hope that helps!
3 questions to you: 1) Is there a reason you didn't go full bare root on them and rinse the roots off with water? 2) I thought I read somewhere not to water ports for a week or two after a report. Do you know if that's true and if so, why? 3) When you trim the "back" branch on the 2nd tree, do you think that it will stunt its thickening? I have a couple branches on mine that I'm avoiding the ramification process for a while, just to let it 'run' and fatten up before chopping it back.
So relaxing watching this repotting video.
Hi. My first comment on your channel. Fantastic! We all love trying to manage the 'Bonsai Bug' that we all have as inexpensively as possible. I try to reuse wire as much as possible although I have been told that damage may occur to the tree in trying to remove old wire without cutting it. At the moment I have 100% success rate in removal and I use a method of straightening the bent wire from 'Hong' of the Kitchener & Waterloo bonsai society that Nigel S belongs to and that is to firmly grasp the ends of the wire in a couple of sturdy pliers and give a couple of sharp but firm tugs on the pliers. The wire straightens nicely. I also use a technique outlined by Peter Chan that he used in his early days of bonsai for using supermarket plastic food trays as bonsai pots. Once you have used the chicken pieces or mince that came in the trays you can then drill holes in the plastic tray which are then used as drainage holes and apply 2 coats of smooth masonry paint on each surface of the plastic tray. OK, the trays are by no means exhibition standard but are perfectly useable (and cheap) for bonsai training pots. A lot of pots can be made from a 5litre tin of paint! Cheers for now - Keep at it !!!
Nice bonsai jade boss i love it 👌
My favourite thing to grow!
Again pretty happy watching the way you reporting your Bonsai just bcoz planning reporting my Bonsai too , and thank you .
Great demo. Thank you.
Great video!
Interesting tute thanks, from Adelaide, South Australia 🇦🇺 🐨 🇦🇺
very good
Love Portulacaria but mine still slim and not that thick lol. I would have personally tried to "trim" the large scar on the second elephant bush to make the trunk more smooth, but that is me so it is no critique at all. Thank you for posting "casual" but serioius bonsai videos which are not so elite focused.
Thanks so much for the comment! :) I love how you shared your idea on the trunk! Yeah I often wonder how others would trim the same plants I'm working on. That's what makes it an art; everyone can have their own take on it. :)
And thanks for the comment about the casual nature of the channel. That is definitely what I'm going for. I want people to see how anyone can get into the hobby. And you're right, there can be an elite vibe sometimes to the hobby, so I'm hoping through my poor bonsai skills, anyone can see that they can get into the hobby. :) haha thanks for watching!
Hey I hope you make more content you're awesome
Mark here nice Jade's the leafs are also edible carry a nice amount of vitamin C 👍👌
Yum! I'll have to nibble on one sometime!
Very nice trees... I’ll be following these trees!!
Thank you!
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Nice job guys
😍 love bonsai. Nice to meet you.
You should pick up some colanders to serve as pot recovery I usually keep my trees in their display pot 98% of the time, but I give them that maximum aeration and have my trees chill out in the colander it really boosts the heath of your trees. And it’s only 2% of the time so like once every 6 repots
After repot where can we put it full sun or semi shade?if semi shade how long it needs to stay there?
I was under the impression with jades/crassula you want to keep the roots dry when you work on them. I repot mine bone dry, then dont water for typically a week or more dependimg on climate
I hadn't heard that before! Thanks for the tip! :) I'll try that!
@@PoorMansBonsai nigel saunders (the bonsai zone)has some great videos on jades
When is the best time to repot and how many years before to rep0t?thank you
Jonark Villanueva with Port Afra you can repotted at anytime of the year and generally once every 2-3 yrs depends on the age older trees grow much slower then younger ones, but I prefer to repot mine during spring or late summer when it’s not exclusively hot during the day and gets cool during the night (and before anyone says anything I’m aware of how to say the first part of this plants name I just can’t spell it)
@@christiansanchez1486 thanks I will keep that in mind
@@christiansanchez1486 older trees grows slower than young ones you said,my question is how many years is the plant to be consider old?thanks
Wow, these are so beautiful!!! How often do you water these elephant bonsais? And do you keep them outside?
Thank you so much! I water them pretty often in the summer, but not very often in the fall and winter. They are succulents, so they are SUPER resilient in my experience. I can forget to water fairly often and they are quite forgiving haha.
What is the potting soil again
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just curious did you ever make an update to the "Make a dwarf scheflerra bonsai" video? did it survive or form the way you intended?
does anyone have an idea on how old these plants are? TIA
hey poor man you know port bonsai that size go for like a hundred bucks back east here usually.. i wish i could just ask and get a cutting that size lulz
What exactly is "orchid bark"?
It is essentially mulch that is bagged and sold specifically for planting orchids.
@@saturnynetitan So it is just any bark, but sold for a higher price due to the name. Pine bark works fine, as does even conifer bark.
@@andrewspar436 Pine bark works just as well. I buy the orchid bark at Lowes or Home Depot and mix it with perlite. An 8 qt bag is about $5.
@@saturnynetitan Actually, what I meant was that "orchid bark" _is_ pine bark (or else), so no need to pay the extra.
Antony Spar orchid bark is either pine, birch, or in rare instances Oak chunks
What soil do you use
I use lots of different kinds depending on the plant! :) Most of my videos where I am planting a bonsai, I mention the soil I use. For these it was either potting soil with oil spill from Tractor supply, or potting soil with crushed lava rock. Hope that helps!
Elas ficam sol ou sombra,desde já agradeço.
Boa noite
Can you show how to make a bonsai????????
Making one out of elephant bush? Sure I can do a video on that! :)
@@PoorMansBonsai when
3 questions to you:
1) Is there a reason you didn't go full bare root on them and rinse the roots off with water?
2) I thought I read somewhere not to water ports for a week or two after a report. Do you know if that's true and if so, why?
3) When you trim the "back" branch on the 2nd tree, do you think that it will stunt its thickening? I have a couple branches on mine that I'm avoiding the ramification process for a while, just to let it 'run' and fatten up before chopping it back.
Very nice !! God work and beatifull plant.. look my video talee or potulacaria .. bye
DONT START BONSAI, its an addictive, expensive hair whitening hobby, all my trees will out live my great grand children 😫
بلد نیستی مگه مجبوری انجام بدی 😂😂😂😂