In my experience ficusses only need a few weeks after wiring to hold the new shape/direction. You can remove the wire very soon to prevent it to cut into the bark.
Good update, Toy. Glad to see you are settled in and got your tent back up. I’m diggin the new plant room. Sucks about losing a bunch of your outdoor trees. Hopefully the new place gives you all the space and sunlight you need, brother.
Yeah, I've been opening it up for a few hours each day so they aren't such delicate little flowers everytime. Lol. Who knew trees could be such drama queens.
@@BonsaiBoise I wish you well in your new home and thank you for your support and advice. I have took your advice regarding my serissa and put a bag over it 👍🙏
Do you have a lot of calcium in your water? That's what the white powder around the base of the pots looks like. I'm going to try fusion with some weeping figs. They seem to grow and fuse fast. I'm interested to see how your Lemon Scented Gum goes. Did you prune the roots? They will often react badly to severed damage. But the new growth is healthy. The top you cut off was full of juvenile leaves which are hairy and a bit red. The new shoot should be mature leaves which are sickle shaped, smooth, green and hang down
I do have a lot of calcium in the water. And this new house is even worse, although there is a water softener here. I don't think I trimmed the roots much, if at all on that tree. So far it's bouncing back.
@@BonsaiBoise Pity it gets so cold where you live. The Lemon Scented Gum is a magnificent tree and gets to be an outstanding evenue tree or lawn specimen. But not for your climate. I've heard that our Australian Bottlebrush(Callistemon species) and Paperbarks(Melaleuca species) are easier to bonsai than Eucalyptus. But that is not based on my personal experience. There are a few species of Eucalyptus that we refer to as "Snow Gums". They grow at high altitudes and do not like the tropics where I live. Many "Snow Gums" have multiple trunks and the branches are often twisted and windswept by the locations they grow in. The bark can have beautiful patterns as it peels off randomly throughout the year which adds to the beauty of the stem. I would say these "Snow Gums" would be well suited to try there and once established should remain outside in your northern winter. Worth thinking about as a future project. Cheers.
In my experience ficusses only need a few weeks after wiring to hold the new shape/direction. You can remove the wire very soon to prevent it to cut into the bark.
Good update, Toy. Glad to see you are settled in and got your tent back up. I’m diggin the new plant room.
Sucks about losing a bunch of your outdoor trees. Hopefully the new place gives you all the space and sunlight you need, brother.
Thank you! Luckily all my favorite trees survived. At least I think. We'll see come spring I guess.
@7:30 I like the tree on the right, that main trunk and the secondary branches are exactly on scale. Spot on!
Thanks! It took a lot of corrective work to finally get it looking decent. For the longest time it was all out of proportion and wacky.
If you add a fan in there the movement of the new growth helps to strengthen it.
Yeah, I've been opening it up for a few hours each day so they aren't such delicate little flowers everytime. Lol. Who knew trees could be such drama queens.
Nice setup Mike. Taking it up a notch. Good luck in the new crib. Thanks, keep growing
Thanks Matt!
Happy new house day :)
Nice collection of trees. That tent is sweet!
Thank you! It's been a game changer for me this year. Love your videos too btw. I e been binging on them this week.
@@BonsaiBoise I wish you well in your new home and thank you for your support and advice. I have took your advice regarding my serissa and put a bag over it 👍🙏
🏆good work .
Thanks!
@22:12 this is one I was wondering on too, it's looking good!
The top little leaf ficus! I love that little guy
This is great!!
Thank you!
@Bonsai Boise that was alot to accomplish and put a new house together too
@@kimtoy957 I have to admit it was a stressful couple of weeks, lol. I handled it perfectly of course, (not).
Do you have a lot of calcium in your water? That's what the white powder around the base of the pots looks like.
I'm going to try fusion with some weeping figs. They seem to grow and fuse fast.
I'm interested to see how your Lemon Scented Gum goes. Did you prune the roots? They will often react badly to severed damage. But the new growth is healthy.
The top you cut off was full of juvenile leaves which are hairy and a bit red. The new shoot should be mature leaves which are sickle shaped, smooth, green and hang down
I do have a lot of calcium in the water. And this new house is even worse, although there is a water softener here. I don't think I trimmed the roots much, if at all on that tree. So far it's bouncing back.
@@BonsaiBoise Pity it gets so cold where you live. The Lemon Scented Gum is a magnificent tree and gets to be an outstanding evenue tree or lawn specimen. But not for your climate.
I've heard that our Australian Bottlebrush(Callistemon species) and Paperbarks(Melaleuca species) are easier to bonsai than Eucalyptus. But that is not based on my personal experience.
There are a few species of Eucalyptus that we refer to as "Snow Gums". They grow at high altitudes and do not like the tropics where I live.
Many "Snow Gums" have multiple trunks and the branches are often twisted and windswept by the locations they grow in. The bark can have beautiful patterns as it peels off randomly throughout the year which adds to the beauty of the stem.
I would say these "Snow Gums" would be well suited to try there and once established should remain outside in your northern winter.
Worth thinking about as a future project.
Cheers.
Wow, how do you water them all when they are in that grow tent, and how long does it take?
Sinuses one of those hand held water tanks with the hose that's sprays/mists. It's way easier than using a water can.
@@BonsaiBoise Oh the ones you pump air into, like the ones for spraying trees?
@@Universal.G Yeah, I think mine is a 2 gallon pump sprayer. Love it, so much easier!