Thanks for sharing. I’ve got a couple that thrive. Yours looks way too dry. I drench mine every 5 days while they are outside and every 2weeks indoors. I read where young recently propagated plants like water. And as they acclimate, they want less. Good luck!! Almost forgot - mine seem to like high humidity - I use a lowes atomizer bottle.
She is lookin pretty slick, brother. Going to look even better as that canopy comes in. I haven’t found nor tried one up here, so nothing of value to add. I’ll just have to experience this one vicariously through you (and Blue Jay, and Xin, and Dave Weiss, and Nigel). Looking forward to the progression, Toy.
Hey man...have you given up all together on the Ming? Since the last time i wrote i had made some clippings i started and can say they are still alive and have been cut down 3 times so far to thicken the trunks. This spring ll be taking the 4 stocks and fusing them together to make one. I still believe you should give the Ming another try but start with little green stem clippings. I can honestly tell you placing the clippings in 100% perlite in a plastic see through cup. After placing the clippings in perlite..totally soak the plant then let excess drain off then take a big glass jar upside down and place the clippings inside jar and place in a warm corner of the room and leave it alone. No need to water the plant at all for weeks to over a month due to the low lighting and having inclosed in the jar so no moisture is leaving. I have had 100% success rate this way and created 10 baby mings. Mings cannot be worked like you would a regular bonsai. You can cut off green branches no issue but i would not cut into hardwood of the Ming. Even covering the wounds...there is a 50/50 chance it will die. Safest way to make a Ming Bonsai is to grow and wire shape it...not taking an established one and cutting it to shape it. And when you do repot the baby ming do not remove any soil from the root base. just place the undisturbed root ball in a pot and fill in around it. water the plant the night before you repot and then dont water it after you filled in new soil around root. But yeah the safest and easiest way to make a Ming into a Bonsai is to grow from a baby and wire shape it and only cut off branches that are still green. MIngs dont heal like other trees will and even sealing the wound you will probably kill it. I still believe getting yourself a big pickle jar and cuttings is your safest bet. It will take way longer to get the results your want as you cant buy a big one and hack it down to the shape but instead have to grow it into the shape. I live this channel and because of you i have gotten so crazy into bonsai loving but i have to do only indoor bonsai as i live in nyc and unless you are a billionaire you dont get outside space and would be more than happy to help you with Mings as they are one of my favorite and easiest plant to grow for me. I have killed Monsteras and Alocasias but Mings i can keep alive easy peasy.
Wow, sounds like you've got the Aralia touch! I have to admit that I'm 99% sure that I'm done with them. I'm now 0-4, which is a shame because I think they're amazing looking plants. But it's one of those, "they're just not into you" kind of things lol. But that's great that you've gotten the hang of them so well. If I do ever decide to put my heart out there a d try one again, I'll message you the details of it and get your input. Thanks for the tips!
I have a Ming Aralia in my family since 1972 and its still alive my dad passed away this year and I don't really know how to care for a Ming. Its so beautiful and I dont want it to wilt and die.
Well I'll be honest, I suck at ming aralia. This one died, as did the previous 3 or 4 I tried. There are some decent videos out there about how to care for them though.
@@BonsaiBoise From my experience, these can be truly indoor bonsai (not all marketed indoor bonsai will thrive indoors but ming aralia can thrive). They tolerate low light and will be fine by windowsill with some light exposure. For comparison, I have my ming next to my phalaenopsis, so if you can grow orchids then you can grow these. From this video, the reason your tree didn't make it was because you fiddled with the roots too much and that's always a gamble. I'm also not sure if you really did repot this tree during Oct, but if you are to bare root a tropical tree, then the biggest chance of success would probably be during warmer months with higher humidity. Mine is thriving with crappy miracle gro soil as an experiment. I should change mine with better soil but using expensive stuff like kanuma on ming aralia might be too much.
It'll be a short update. ... Dead. I am now 0-4 with Ming Aralia's. I think it's my climate here in dry Idaho. They love humidity, and we just never have it here. Sorry 😐
Muy bonita tu aralia no se si sabes pero hay tres tipos de aralias aquí en P.R. esa hay una con la hoja parecida a la del perejil y una de hoja grande son muy agradecidos estos arbustos puedes hacer esquejes de los cortes las podas parciales es el método que a mi me a funcionado
Thanks! i'm going to start prepping to bonsai my aralia ming and gold ! :) i wonder if they want the same soil and nutrient ratio... Were any of your wet/dry rootings successful?
What is the best periode of the year for making the transition from untouched plant in original pot to a Bonsai wide pot with triming and new Bonzai soil?
@@BonsaiBoise Can you please tell me you position of this plant in your house regarding sunlight and also the frequently and amount of watering? Lasty is there a difference in the above with or without bonsai pot? I think your xp with these trees could help me grow mine, it will be my first ming aralia. Thanks 😊🙏🏻
I’d wish you luck Mike, but you don’t need it. I’ve have also mixed 50/50 Kanuma and perlite… so I’m sure you are good with your soil emergency! 😂 I water once a week on average… but every tree & environment is different. 👍
I keep mine on the patio outside I am in Texas And water every day lately have switched to every 2 days Just brought it in to my shop last night it was going to get in the forties
I'll be completely honest here, it's dead. Along with the previous 3 I tried before this one. I've just never been able to get the hang of these ming arailias.
@@BonsaiBoise Mine are in mostly regular potting soil with a bit of a succulent mix. They drop some leaves in the winter but flush out more in the spring through summer. They seem so slow growing for me, I’ve had them for years. I keep them out of direct sunlight, indoors only. Try again with one!
I have one I got a couple years ago that is doing very well in indirect sunlight, they can never ever be moved or all their leaves fall off, they like a little bit of humidity, no wind or drafts, and I water the same day every week. Hope that helps.@@BonsaiBoise
This isn't the easiest species to grow. Good luck with it. The problem with these is that they (almost) always are grafted and the grafts, unless grown under ideal conditions, don't last long. Kanuma is a Japanese vitamin soil for bonsai and actually is only used singly for young trees or for cuttings. If used as a potting media, it normally is used as a bottom layer, above the drainage media and then covered by a good draining bonsai soil mix, containing akadama, lava and pumice (and/or perlite). Sometimes I like to mix in some fine compost. I must start editing bonsai footage and show more of my (pre-)bosai soon. I only grow subtropical and tropical,mainly ficus.
@@BonsaiBoise NOPE! But then I only killed 5 or so. I do have very good luck with th false aralia though schefflera elegantissima, (Plerandra elegantissima) a look-a-like and very finicky too. I've been growing it from cuttings over the last 8 months or so and after acclimatizing in the grow tent, they are growing very well and quite fast. I use my well draining bonsai soil mix and Japanese organic fertilizer to feed them. I will be doing a vid on these soon. I grow the normal and variegated leafed one. Note, remember watering goes together with temperature and light hours. O keep your plant on the warmer side and only water well when it's in active growth. Watering is a feeling yo need to learn. Although your tropicals come from warm to hot regains, the soil is well draining and for this species it grows in clay and rocky sails. A boost with seaweed seems to help a lot after repotting or any stress related action for the tree. Since I started using seaweed, I've had a lot less problems and better results wit my orchids and bonsai.
I have a feeling this is going to die. He is cutting of parts of trunk and leaving the wounds exposed and not sealing them. Then he completely removed any soil from around roots which really really shocks the ming. You can safely cut off branches that are green but when you cut off the trunk it has to be sealed otherwise it looses moisture and seeing as it already shocked the roots the plant can’t heal the wounds and heal the roots at same time. They grow way too slow for that. Now the cuttings. In the water will rot. And that one in the soil. They rarely root from the brown branches only green and it needs to be placed in a bag to keep moisture and humidity to be able to root after the shock. So I bet both die. But the best way to get a Ming to thrive is to take cuttings and starting there. I use jars. Place water in the lid to be soaked up into soil for plant and mist all around the inside of jar the place a cup with holes so dirt can come into contact with water in lid than place the jar over the top. Don’t need to screw it on just place jar on top of lid and once every 3 to 5 days check water in lid and place it in a cool environment with low light and in 3 months it should be rooting. Then remove jar but keep in same spot for another month then from their without removing any soil from around the roots place in a little bigger pot. And I mean just slightly bigger and add soil around it and you should be good to go. Ming’s love when you ignore them and yes they grow slow so doing several things to them kills them as they can’t heal fast enough.
It's 100% dead. I've sworn off ming aralia's forever. If I even look at one it dies. Too bad because they're really cool looking. Just not suited for me personally, or maybe vice versa. Lol
Don’t do that. They are great but I can honestly tell you a Ming you buy from a store will die. But you have a green house which works in your favor. The best way to have a Ming is to get clippings and place in seedling soil and spray bottle water them. My big Ming I have had for 3 years it was 7 ft tall with 8 different stocks. All died but one stock that is struggling but the clippings from it I cut myself are doing great and they are a lot stronger and can take more abuse than the store one. That is the only way to have a Ming indoors is to start from clippings. And from there grow to a bonsai as they can’t be chopped up unless you use a plant sealant but even then it’s iffy. Honestly with your green house putting some clippings from a Ming and shoving in the back and only mist it not water and I bet it will grow. Unfortunately anything on line about Ming’s is crap and not true. So if you try again take clippings from the plant and place in regular soil and place In a jar and just mist it and only mist and you will have it grow. After 5 years and 12 dead Ming’s I’ve learned the ones at store are already dying at the store. So you didn’t start their death. The store did. I love my Ming’s just HATE the lack of their growth sped.
And don’t freak out if all the leaves fall off. Whenever to repot my Ming’s i cut off or haircut all the leaves down to the 2 bottoms leaves of each branch so it can just focus on repairing roots and getting use to the environment as the leaves grow back fast once it’s healed. They grow slow size wise but the leaves grow right back if cut off. Like I said you have a green house now that I think the Ming will love. I have mine surrounding a humidifier as I live in Manhattan with radiator heat so they drop leaves when the radiator turns on but grow right back.
And if you do clippings bundle up several green branches like 5 to 8 of them and make 5 separate babies with the 5 to 8 green bundled up branches. Why? Because 3 babies will probably die. Low birth rate. Lol. I know a great video on youtube of propagating ming if you want. I can guarantee your clippings will survive
For more ideas on tropical bonsai, I suggest you look at Indonesian, Bali and Vietnam bonsai videos. You'll get an idea on how they grow them and look at the soils they use. here's a got link: th-cam.com/users/BonsaiVietnamtvvideos
Thanks for sharing. I’ve got a couple that thrive. Yours looks way too dry. I drench mine every 5 days while they are outside and every 2weeks indoors. I read where young recently propagated plants like water. And as they acclimate, they want less. Good luck!! Almost forgot - mine seem to like high humidity - I use a lowes atomizer bottle.
Thanks! I have a hard time with these here in Idaho as we have almost no humidity here. And I'm a habitual over waterer.
Amelia's are acidic pH and so we have to think of that when we do our soil. Plus Worm castings are good for nutrients, which they also need.
She is lookin pretty slick, brother. Going to look even better as that canopy comes in. I haven’t found nor tried one up here, so nothing of value to add. I’ll just have to experience this one vicariously through you (and Blue Jay, and Xin, and Dave Weiss, and Nigel). Looking forward to the progression, Toy.
Thanks! I'll be sure to post updates on this, even if it dies.
@@BonsaiBoise there’s that winning spirit!
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Hey man...have you given up all together on the Ming? Since the last time i wrote i had made some clippings i started and can say they are still alive and have been cut down 3 times so far to thicken the trunks. This spring ll be taking the 4 stocks and fusing them together to make one. I still believe you should give the Ming another try but start with little green stem clippings. I can honestly tell you placing the clippings in 100% perlite in a plastic see through cup. After placing the clippings in perlite..totally soak the plant then let excess drain off then take a big glass jar upside down and place the clippings inside jar and place in a warm corner of the room and leave it alone. No need to water the plant at all for weeks to over a month due to the low lighting and having inclosed in the jar so no moisture is leaving. I have had 100% success rate this way and created 10 baby mings. Mings cannot be worked like you would a regular bonsai. You can cut off green branches no issue but i would not cut into hardwood of the Ming. Even covering the wounds...there is a 50/50 chance it will die. Safest way to make a Ming Bonsai is to grow and wire shape it...not taking an established one and cutting it to shape it. And when you do repot the baby ming do not remove any soil from the root base. just place the undisturbed root ball in a pot and fill in around it. water the plant the night before you repot and then dont water it after you filled in new soil around root. But yeah the safest and easiest way to make a Ming into a Bonsai is to grow from a baby and wire shape it and only cut off branches that are still green. MIngs dont heal like other trees will and even sealing the wound you will probably kill it. I still believe getting yourself a big pickle jar and cuttings is your safest bet. It will take way longer to get the results your want as you cant buy a big one and hack it down to the shape but instead have to grow it into the shape. I live this channel and because of you i have gotten so crazy into bonsai loving but i have to do only indoor bonsai as i live in nyc and unless you are a billionaire you dont get outside space and would be more than happy to help you with Mings as they are one of my favorite and easiest plant to grow for me. I have killed Monsteras and Alocasias but Mings i can keep alive easy peasy.
Wow, sounds like you've got the Aralia touch! I have to admit that I'm 99% sure that I'm done with them. I'm now 0-4, which is a shame because I think they're amazing looking plants. But it's one of those, "they're just not into you" kind of things lol. But that's great that you've gotten the hang of them so well. If I do ever decide to put my heart out there a d try one again, I'll message you the details of it and get your input. Thanks for the tips!
I just put my (at least 2 foot tall branches) cuttings in a jar of water and root them, pot them up and give em to family and friends.
I have a Ming Aralia in my family since 1972 and its still alive my dad passed away this year and I don't really know how to care for a Ming. Its so beautiful and I dont want it to wilt and die.
Well I'll be honest, I suck at ming aralia. This one died, as did the previous 3 or 4 I tried. There are some decent videos out there about how to care for them though.
@@BonsaiBoise From my experience, these can be truly indoor bonsai (not all marketed indoor bonsai will thrive indoors but ming aralia can thrive). They tolerate low light and will be fine by windowsill with some light exposure. For comparison, I have my ming next to my phalaenopsis, so if you can grow orchids then you can grow these. From this video, the reason your tree didn't make it was because you fiddled with the roots too much and that's always a gamble. I'm also not sure if you really did repot this tree during Oct, but if you are to bare root a tropical tree, then the biggest chance of success would probably be during warmer months with higher humidity. Mine is thriving with crappy miracle gro soil as an experiment. I should change mine with better soil but using expensive stuff like kanuma on ming aralia might be too much.
Don't repot it and don't overwater it. If it is in the same spot he left it in, leave it alone. My condolences to you and your family.
Can you do a 6 month update? Just got an Aralia a few weeks ago. Contemplating on what to do with it. Hopeful.
It'll be a short update. ... Dead. I am now 0-4 with Ming Aralia's. I think it's my climate here in dry Idaho. They love humidity, and we just never have it here. Sorry 😐
Muy bonita tu aralia no se si sabes pero hay tres tipos de aralias aquí en P.R. esa hay una con la hoja parecida a la del perejil y una de hoja grande son muy agradecidos estos arbustos puedes hacer esquejes de los cortes las podas parciales es el método que a mi me a funcionado
Thank you!
Thanks! i'm going to start prepping to bonsai my aralia ming and gold ! :) i wonder if they want the same soil and nutrient ratio... Were any of your wet/dry rootings successful?
I gotta be honest, none of my mind aralia ever survived. I'm 0-4.
@@BonsaiBoisedamn! i've had no success as well, they never seem to root.
What is the best periode of the year for making the transition from untouched plant in original pot to a Bonsai wide pot with triming and new Bonzai soil?
Generally speaking, spring time for most tree species.
@@BonsaiBoise Thank you
@@BonsaiBoise Can you please tell me you position of this plant in your house regarding sunlight and also the frequently and amount of watering? Lasty is there a difference in the above with or without bonsai pot? I think your xp with these trees could help me grow mine, it will be my first ming aralia. Thanks 😊🙏🏻
I’d wish you luck Mike, but you don’t need it. I’ve have also mixed 50/50 Kanuma and perlite… so I’m sure you are good with your soil emergency! 😂 I water once a week on average… but every tree & environment is different. 👍
Thanks Jay! I sure love these Mong Aralia's, even if they aren't that into me 🙂. Thanks for the assist!
I keep mine on the patio outside I am in Texas And water every day lately have switched to every 2 days Just brought it in to my shop last night it was going to get in the forties
Interesting! So direct sunlight too? How long have you had it?
I like the yellow soil. Nice contrast to the green leaves.
Thanks! It was an accidental win
Do you have an update, how is this plant doing? I have two that I need to repot and prune.
I'll be completely honest here, it's dead. Along with the previous 3 I tried before this one. I've just never been able to get the hang of these ming arailias.
@@BonsaiBoise Mine are in mostly regular potting soil with a bit of a succulent mix. They drop some leaves in the winter but flush out more in the spring through summer. They seem so slow growing for me, I’ve had them for years. I keep them out of direct sunlight, indoors only. Try again with one!
I have one I got a couple years ago that is doing very well in indirect sunlight, they can never ever be moved or all their leaves fall off, they like a little bit of humidity, no wind or drafts, and I water the same day every week. Hope that helps.@@BonsaiBoise
@@jamiemccollam8933 You water yours once a week? And is it a light watering or a full soak?
@@BonsaiBoise I bottom water it only so I set the whole pot in a tray of water it sucks up whatever it needs from the tray for 15 mins and that’s it
good video💕😍👍
Thanks!
What size pot?
Be careful with this plant. This plant does not like to be repotted or overwatered. Is she still alive?
Looks real nice
Thanks!
Beautiful
This isn't the easiest species to grow. Good luck with it. The problem with these is that they (almost) always are grafted and the grafts, unless grown under ideal conditions, don't last long.
Kanuma is a Japanese vitamin soil for bonsai and actually is only used singly for young trees or for cuttings. If used as a potting media, it normally is used as a bottom layer, above the drainage media and then covered by a good draining bonsai soil mix, containing akadama, lava and pumice (and/or perlite). Sometimes I like to mix in some fine compost.
I must start editing bonsai footage and show more of my (pre-)bosai soon. I only grow subtropical and tropical,mainly ficus.
Good info to know. Have you had much luck with Ming Aralia 's?
@@BonsaiBoise NOPE! But then I only killed 5 or so. I do have very good luck with th false aralia though schefflera elegantissima, (Plerandra elegantissima) a look-a-like and very finicky too. I've been growing it from cuttings over the last 8 months or so and after acclimatizing in the grow tent, they are growing very well and quite fast. I use my well draining bonsai soil mix and Japanese organic fertilizer to feed them. I will be doing a vid on these soon. I grow the normal and variegated leafed one.
Note, remember watering goes together with temperature and light hours. O keep your plant on the warmer side and only water well when it's in active growth. Watering is a feeling yo need to learn. Although your tropicals come from warm to hot regains, the soil is well draining and for this species it grows in clay and rocky sails.
A boost with seaweed seems to help a lot after repotting or any stress related action for the tree. Since I started using seaweed, I've had a lot less problems and better results wit my orchids and bonsai.
I have a feeling this is going to die. He is cutting of parts of trunk and leaving the wounds exposed and not sealing them. Then he completely removed any soil from around roots which really really shocks the ming. You can safely cut off branches that are green but when you cut off the trunk it has to be sealed otherwise it looses moisture and seeing as it already shocked the roots the plant can’t heal the wounds and heal the roots at same time. They grow way too slow for that. Now the cuttings. In the water will rot. And that one in the soil. They rarely root from the brown branches only green and it needs to be placed in a bag to keep moisture and humidity to be able to root after the shock. So I bet both die. But the best way to get a Ming to thrive is to take cuttings and starting there. I use jars. Place water in the lid to be soaked up into soil for plant and mist all around the inside of jar the place a cup with holes so dirt can come into contact with water in lid than place the jar over the top. Don’t need to screw it on just place jar on top of lid and once every 3 to 5 days check water in lid and place it in a cool environment with low light and in 3 months it should be rooting. Then remove jar but keep in same spot for another month then from their without removing any soil from around the roots place in a little bigger pot. And I mean just slightly bigger and add soil around it and you should be good to go. Ming’s love when you ignore them and yes they grow slow so doing several things to them kills them as they can’t heal fast enough.
It's 100% dead. I've sworn off ming aralia's forever. If I even look at one it dies. Too bad because they're really cool looking. Just not suited for me personally, or maybe vice versa. Lol
Don’t do that. They are great but I can honestly tell you a Ming you buy from a store will die. But you have a green house which works in your favor. The best way to have a Ming is to get clippings and place in seedling soil and spray bottle water them. My big Ming I have had for 3 years it was 7 ft tall with 8 different stocks. All died but one stock that is struggling but the clippings from it I cut myself are doing great and they are a lot stronger and can take more abuse than the store one. That is the only way to have a Ming indoors is to start from clippings. And from there grow to a bonsai as they can’t be chopped up unless you use a plant sealant but even then it’s iffy. Honestly with your green house putting some clippings from a Ming and shoving in the back and only mist it not water and I bet it will grow. Unfortunately anything on line about Ming’s is crap and not true. So if you try again take clippings from the plant and place in regular soil and place In a jar and just mist it and only mist and you will have it grow. After 5 years and 12 dead Ming’s I’ve learned the ones at store are already dying at the store. So you didn’t start their death. The store did. I love my Ming’s just HATE the lack of their growth sped.
And don’t freak out if all the leaves fall off. Whenever to repot my Ming’s i cut off or haircut all the leaves down to the 2 bottoms leaves of each branch so it can just focus on repairing roots and getting use to the environment as the leaves grow back fast once it’s healed. They grow slow size wise but the leaves grow right back if cut off. Like I said you have a green house now that I think the Ming will love. I have mine surrounding a humidifier as I live in Manhattan with radiator heat so they drop leaves when the radiator turns on but grow right back.
And if you do clippings bundle up several green branches like 5 to 8 of them and make 5 separate babies with the 5 to 8 green bundled up branches. Why? Because 3 babies will probably die. Low birth rate. Lol. I know a great video on youtube of propagating ming if you want. I can guarantee your clippings will survive
First (locally)
Eek , I would die too , if you cut into me that much! My way of saying “ piss off son of Adam!”
For more ideas on tropical bonsai, I suggest you look at Indonesian, Bali and Vietnam bonsai videos. You'll get an idea on how they grow them and look at the soils they use.
here's a got link: th-cam.com/users/BonsaiVietnamtvvideos