2 bonsai concepts every beginner needs to understand!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 พ.ค. 2023
- In this video I talk about the two essential bonsai concepts that you simply have to understand to grow high-quality trees
Peter Warrens in depth video about bonsai tree energy
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I thought, for a second, I was going to have to add leopard skin handcuffs to my bonsai tool collection
Thank you Tony, I’ve just been watching your video’s for a couple of weeks now to learn about bonsai, since I have started making som of my own. It hurts me to hear you talk about planning your trees for the future after seeing your last video here. I wish you can enjoy your trees mature for a very long time still ❤
Thank you. I'm taking great pleasure making my videos and I just love hearing that people like yourself relatively new to bonsai are enjoying them and being inspired to try more.
I find it personally fascinating being involved in a hobby where I am making decisions for a trees future that I will never see, but there is surprisingly no less joy and no sadness in there on my end.
Practicing bonsai has always been about being present and enjoying the moment, and that hasn't changed. If anything there is now zero pressure and I can enjoy it even more for what it is knowing that these trees are going to be enjoyed in the future when I'm long gone 🙂
All wise words Tony.
Thanks Kevin. Hopfully it will be of use to people getting into bonsai
Once again you have beaten me to the punchline on this video Tony. 😂
I have in my list of videos to do one about, pruning, growing out and redistributing energy. 😊 I’ll just copy everything you said, standing on the shoulders of giants, etc and overlay a bit of birdsong sfx😂😂😂
Spot on info here 👍
🤣🤣The birdsong sfx will make all the difference mate, as long as it's nott the sounds of the manky pigeons round here!
@@TonysBonsai i feel like that was a challenge. I’m off straight away to Epidemic Sound for pigeons… 😁
Well I did used to love a bit of pigeon street after pebble mill!
Rest in peace Tony 😢. Loved watching your videos.
A nice succinct little tutorial in a manner that is so easy to understand. Thanks Tony. 👍👍
Thanks Guy. Glad you enjoyed it mate
Tony, I always like the way you put the health of the tree before anything else. It's paying off for you now; your trees all look healthy, or, as an old orchard saying goes, 'in good heart', which really means everything is in good nick!
Thanks for the info in this video 🙂
Cheers mate, yeah this year the trees are generally looking in really good health. As each year passes, I feel like I am understanding the needs of them better
I've kind of been having a go at bonsai for a couple of years now,not seriously but just growing small trees and chopping them about to look good.Yours is the first video I've watched that has made the light bulb shine in my head,I now know so much more about letting them grow to achieve better strength and health to achieve the end goal.
Thanks so much for your clear and very understandable advice
\glsd you 3enjoyed it GARETH. i'm sure you'll soon develop lots of good trees
Very well put together video Tony. Thank you👍
Thank you Freddie. Glad you enjoyed it!
Tony, great explanation of growing, shaping, and methodology of cultivating Bonsai. Thank you.
Great video Tony, thanks. Really informative and well presented, there's not enough information on primary development
Thanks Alfie. Glad you enjoyed it. Yes I agree. There are lots of videos out there about people working on amazing material, but learning how to develop good solid bonsai stock is really important I think
Brilliant yet again. This was really perfect- wish I would have started back a few years with a video like this. Sure to help countless others! - and always love your trees!
Thanks Peter. I don;t generally make much teaching content, but whan I do, I try to create videos that I would have loved to see a couple of years ago, so I really appreciate your comment
keeping it real its what its all about and you explained this to the tee very good informative video .well done Tony.
Cheers mate. Even if I can just point someone new in the right direction, then that's job done for me
More like cheetah cuffs....Great tutorial with important information well illustrated by the various trees in various stages. A huge shout-out to you, your trees and sense of humor. We all need to keep the basics in mind. Good to be reminded because I don't always keep these things in my scattered brain, especially the part about letting them grow out. Most of my trees look like they need desperately need a haircut but I have deliberately hidden the pruning scissors.🪴🌳🍃
Cheetah cuffs? You must be posher then me 🤣
Glad you enjoyed it mate
Great information Tony!
Thanks Raymond
Nice video for some important concepts. Great stuff - now I just have to follow it myself :)
🤣🤣You're a funny guy Xav. That made me chuckle. I love a bit of self deprecating humour when it's done well
@@TonysBonsai we have this idea in the UK that we like to build people up and then tear them down. I never subscribed to that - I think we like to see success, but what we don’t like is a lack of humility, and for me self deprecating humour is a great sign of humility. 😮😊
I completely agree Jason, and when it comes to humility, I'm the bestest 🤣🤣
@@TheBonsaiGarden Gee you both make me feels so good. Seriously, thanks :)
Deprecating...I best go look that one up :)
Advice which I never learned in the bonsai books I’ve studied but thanks to people like you. It all makes sense and ought to teach us patience. Bonsai is as much about strategic growth as it is about pruning and cutting. Very well put together video Tony.
Thanks jke. Yes, these basic strategies such as patience are so important. Pruning is fun, but we have to know what we are trying to achieve. It's taken me a couple of years to get these basic ideas t sink in
Hi Tony, a very brief, yet a very comprehensive summary of the basics, perfectly presented. I (we) have certainly heard this all somewhere, somewhen, but it’s always good to more internalise these points. Thanks for that. Dirk
Thanks Dirk. I always think if I'm trying to present something like this which is hopefully useful, then it needs to be accessible to everyone and hopefully it can gently point someone new to bonsai in the right general way
"No, I'm not talking about your leopard skin handcuffs".
Hadn't seen that coming 😂
🤣🤣I couldn't resist
Im so jealous of the fact that over on your side of the pond you can very easily get ahold of Southern beech material..i had to order seeds to even think above working on one. I love cotoneaster and European beech, so Southern beech are a species that makes my mouth water 🤤
Yesh, I was lucky that i picked some up locally, and the best thing about them is that they are incredibly easy to root. Just stick a branch in soil and boom. Have you managed to germinate any of the seeds yet?
good clear video!
Cheers mate. Whatever we do, I think understanding the principals always underpins success.
wonderful! I never thought of that stages before
Cheers Tim. Yeah I find it really useful to ask myself what stage a tree is in and what I am trying to acheive.
Thank you again for sharing your knowledge.
Always a pleasure Ellen
Again, Thanks so much for all the useful info!!!
My pleasure Myroslav. Hopefully they help you to create great material to work on in the future. That's my hope for a video like this anyway
Something I wish I'd known even earlier in my journey then where this video is aimed at is the two most likely things that will be the end your first Bonsai tree are lack of patience and lack of attention.
Many people want to get straight into the activities we see in videos like this and start wiring and pruning and shaping and repotting straight away and this has been the cause of the demise of many, many Bonsai trees because one tree just can't handle that much trauma. If you manage to resist that temptation, overwatering (because there's nothing else to do to your Bonsai tree) or underwatering (because you forget about it) are the next biggest risks to Bonsai trees owned by people new to the art.
The solution for me and I suspect many of us is to have lots of trees. If you have 20 or 30 Bonsai trees there will be something to do to one of them pretty much every day and you can satisfy your desire to spend time on your hobby without doing too much to one individual tree. Because you're out there every day you won't forget to water them and you'll develop an instinct for how much water they need and avoid overwatering them. Having lots of trees can also help you overcome the fear of killing them. You'll still kill some, that's inevitable, but because you still have plenty left you won't be so scared of killing them that you never try anything.
Yes, I couldn;t agree more David. The more trees we have, the more likely we are to leave them to grow, and while they are growing, hopefully we learn more about bonsai principles
Hi, Tony, I watch your videos every now and then and I like them a lot, but this one is truly special! I'm only starting my own bonsai (my first ones are maples pulled from betweeen the pavement stones) and this video might actualy save their lives 😅
Thank you, I'm really glad you got something out of this video, and I'm sure given time those field maples will be cracking bonsai
Really nice overview. As a beginner this is really helpful info, thanks 👍
Thanks Andy. Glad you enjoyed it mate
T.T. Teacher Tony very professional mate. Taking the long view on growing bonsai all good Tony.
When I'm considered a bonsai teacher, we're all in trouble Joe!🤣
@@TonysBonsai Don’t sell yourself short mate you are clear precise and accurate, that takes some doing without a script not many could do that, I sure couldn’t and I was a training officer for a large department store group so I was confident and used to speaking to large groups but hey your something else so go with it and do more of them.
Thanks Joe. At last all my years of talking too much is finally paying off
Top tips Tony! The first year i got imto bonsai and there was a local bonsai nursery, the owner said he only pruned his trees twice a year. Once at the start of summer and once in autumn when the leaves have dropped. There are specie variations like willow and birch i dont prune in winter because of dieback but ive kinda lived by that for most of my trees.
Sounds like good advice to me Daniel. I think that is a basically sound way to look at bonsai. Give them a chance to grow and you won't go too far wrong
Yes, right now my trees are looking not very pretty but they do look healthy. Well most of them (tough winter for some). But as you've said in a previous vid if you wait you garentee that second flush because your trees are strong which also helps ramification in the long run.
Well done Tony. Very informative tutorial. The most difficult concept to practice in bonsai is patience. Thanks, keep growing (patiently)😊
Very true mate. Often doing nothing is the hardest part of bonsai
Very informative video, Tony. I wish someone had shown me all this when I started getting interested in bonsai. And - sorry - I don't have any leopard skin handcuffs, and I don't think I'll ever have some. 😄
Yeah i love making videos that I wish I had seen when I first started bonsai, even though that wasn;t all that long ago.
As for the handcuffs, treat yourself mate! 🤣
Great tutorial Tony. Really easy to follow and understand which is exactly what is needed for a newbie like myself. Hopefully, I will get to meet you in person at one of the Association meets so I can learn more.
Cheers Geoff. I attend most of them, so I'm sure we'll get chance to chat bonsai in the near future mate!
What an excellent video Tony, as other people have mentioned, non of the advice you give is in any of the books I own but it is the kind of advice us beginners need to know now. I have really enjoyed listening to and taking in what you are saying. Too many videos are just to show how good the presenter is by confusing the issues, I like that you are not one of these experts !!!😁
Great video and great lesson the value of retaining energy
Great video Tony. Helps us all to remember that we need to let thing grow! I can not walk in the garden with my scissors. Please do a video about what you learned about watering. I think I overwatering my trees. All the conifers godt browning the top of the needles . I don't know if it is the harsh winter we had or its me over loving my trees 😢
Cheers Chris. Watering is a funny one. It very much depends on the soil that our trees are in. In a good free draining medium, we have to water more regularly, but on the plus side it's a lot harder to over water them
Mirai just put out a great vid on watering. In true Ryan style.
@Daniel Dalton i have problems with all the talking Ryan does. My mind walks a different route true the video
@The nature creater yeh I think he's making up for all the talking he couldn't do for 8 years in Japan.
Hi a really good video, always an important reminder. LET IT GROW
Thanks Louise. That is so important
I love the new apostrophe in your channel name! ;) (Now I'm off to watch this video.)
Thanks Tony, some great simple explanation. Hawthorn has its prickly issues for bonsai but between that and birch I have found them the most malleable for tree design.
Great video tony! Its a great understanding of the first stages of a bonsai.
Thanks Chris. I love making videos to help people understand the fundamental principals. From there we can adjust what we do based on each individual tree.
Very well explained.
Cheers mate
Tony, in Medicine:
➡️ Primary Care=GPs
➡️ Secondary Care=Hospital Consultants
➡️ Tertiary Care=Leading Specialists in Regional centres
You’re now bossing the Tertiary Care in the Bonsai world 👏👏👏
Cheers Elmer. I'm lucking forward to getting the wage of a leading specialist mate 🤣🤣
@@TonysBonsai I’m sure that will happen soon!
13:15 “LEAF them be” Tony’s puns again!
You need to change your name to the bonsai pun master!
Hey Tony, this is my first year at trying my hand at Bonsai. I've recently planted 6 Elm seeds (I think they're Dutch Elms) of which 4 sprouted. All of them are starting to grow their second set of true leaves and are about 5 centimeters tall. I've put one seedling into a small indoor pot that was gifted to me by my grandma and put it by the sunniest window. The rest are living outside in a medium plastic container with enough room for them to grow roots and leaves.
The one inside is more of an experiment to see if it grows as fast as the ones outside. I also want to see if it wants to grow big enough to start a small mame Bonsai after like 1 or 2 years of growing in that little pot without or with little pruning.
The tips you gave during the entirety of the video are definitely amazing for beginners as I litterally started my Bonsai journey 3 weeks ago. The end of the tip during part 14:17 - 16:52 put a smile on my face and got me excited to see where my little Elm trees are in a few years time. With your tips I believe they'll become strong and healty Bonsai trees in a few years time! :)
Excellent. there is something really special about growing trees from seed.
I must warn you though, bonsai is very addictive. You'll soon have little trees everywhere!
Fantastic video Tony :) spot on !
Great video Tony ! 👍 Patience is probably the most important in creating bonsai. Most of my trees are in their first stage (very few are in their second stage) so now all I can do is waiting while they grow. Luckily we can still water and feed them , at least it's something we can do while we're waiting (patiently) 😉
Indeed, patience is key, and having lots of trees seem to help me in that regard
@@TonysBonsai In other words, you're going to buy more trees 😉😇
@@Tinoshke07 🤣🤣Don't tempt me!
@@TonysBonsai 'May the force be with you Luke' 🤣🤣
Thanks! Great basics
Thank you. This kind of development is something I'm quite passionate about, because I see it as so important for the development of future material
Good luck tony it looks like a nice tree
10:00 that was a good sacrificial branch at the Wright place
Excellent vid. Thanks.
Cheers Roger
not dodgey audio at all tony. great info. sweet trees too. just got a american elm out of the wooded lot next door to me. lol hopefully i wont kill it like i did the chinese elms i had
Cheers Mike. Good luck with the elm. I find elms are pretty tough. If it's in decent free draining soil and you keep it well watered,, it should do well.
Thanks for a beginner video. I really appreciate it. What fertiliser do you suggest?
Hey Tony what fertiliser do you use ? Great vid m8
13:01 moral: leave the leaves on 🤣
Just BTW if you apply wire bend the tree where is your wire not on only bald space.
Very good! Cheers Tony! I’m all for wire. You?
Thanks Steve. Me too. For setting primary structure especially, I find it to be invaluable.
@@TonysBonsai “clip and grow”, to me, turns out some of the nicest deciduous trees that I have seen, but , myself, I don’t have the patience for it. “Conifers” must be wired! 😆
The good news is that we don;t have to choose. We can use wiring and clip and grow together to hopefully create nice bonsai. I'm anicipating having some beauties by 3037 🤣
@@TonysBonsai From my calculations, that looks like it will be my peak year also!
thanks Toni,is high potash feed (tomato)best for young bonsai?
Cheers mate. nice tip!
Why does it not matter that the wire bit into the pine tree; does the dent grow out ?
Hi Duncan. Good question mate. Yes, and the tree develops, tha bark will develop and fill in the grooves thickening the trunk and over time the surface will go craggy and look natural.
On lotts of trees especially deciduous, those scars will be there for many years, and on a beech for the life of the tree
11:58 is that a northiofagus?
My name ls shaun I'll be coming
Hello, I have a quick question that I hope somebody can help me with.. Can a young juniper survive if there is a ring of bark removed from the base of the trunk? I bought a Chinese juniper (Stricta) from a nursery and while wiring it I accidentally managed to strip basically a complete ring around the base of the trunk, it’s about 1cm high and goes around the whole base of the trunk (😳) I didn’t realise quite how delicate the bark would be and I can’t find much online in terms of what to do.. Will it survive? Should I tape up the wound to stop moisture getting in? Any help is much appreciated!
Hi Seb. I think you only have one chance to save the tree. Where the bark is removed you need to wrap it in sphagnum moss and plastic to effectively do a low down air layer. If you are lucky the plant will send out new roots from the bark and you will be good to go. Without this, the tree has no chance
@@TonysBonsai that’s the sad truth of the matter. The upside of this is the experience that we’ve all gathered by killing a tree or two. 😟
@@wshow11 I've had weeks where I've killed a tree or two 🤣🤣
@@TonysBonsai thanks for the reply, I’ll try this and hopefully it survives
If you don’t have moss is there something that can be used instead?
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