This has been the most helpful video I've seen on leaf size!! Also packed with so many tips on development and refinement techniques. Absolutely love your real time demonstration between species, environment and development stage. Many many thanks!!
Thank you. I think I learned a lot and I got inspired and motivated. You have a good sense of being thorough without it getting overwhelming and boring. The whole video was full of information, yet remained interesting. Can't wait my sticks in pots to get to more mature stage where I can get ramifying them!
Since you asked for comments, here's mine: I grew a bonsai bur oak (unfortunately, it died when we had some severe weather and I couldn't protect it). Here's one thing I noticed about it. When pushing out leaves, it typically put out 5 to 7 leaves on a twig. The one closest to the tip was normally the largest one, and the smallest ones were on the other end. So the thing to do was to prune off the end leaves. But here's the thing: timing is important. If you do the pruning while the leaves still have some red because they're growing, the little leaves turn into big leaves. So wait do do the pruning until the leaves have finished growing. With my bur oak, the timing was obvious, because the red disappeared and the leaves were just green. Pruning when the leaves are green, the leaves remained small. On my tree: about and inch or two vs. the 10"+ for the large leaves.
I have watched a lot of videos before starting my first bonsai projects. A LOT of videos. This was the best one. Simple words, short sentences, nice pace, pauses, good explanation. Subbed.
Great information Jelle!! That was an amazing example of leaf size reduction! Smaller pot and restricted roots results in smaller leaves. Unrestricted roots and unchecked growth equals large leaves! I believe my husband's root might be too restricted! I should have him wear a kilt!
I didn’t known fruit trees could be used. My 8’ tall fig tree doesn’t produce figs that size! I could and sometimes do watch your videos all day long. I subbed!
I was amazed when they dissuaded me from making oak or hazel bonsai, they told me that the leaves are too big but it's false. The more time passes and the branching and root mass increases, the greater the quantity of foliage and is reduced because it has less need of large "solar panels". interesting lesson Jelle, thanks
@@Yurup morten albek shown a shohin size or less oak with tiny leaves, stated that time and rootball will make them smaller if i remember correctly. It was a damn good tree, never seen that thing alike.
I am growing a Horse chestnut (I estimated the tree was 10-15 years old at time of collection) collected 15 years ago from the wild. It was badly damaged by vandals. At the time of collecting it was about 0.8 meter tall, raggedly snapped. Trunk base about 3.5 cm. I reduced the height to 0.4 m. Trunk base is about 6cm and leaf size is one quarter of original size.
@@freewheelinfranklin6201 that’s impressive. I didn’t know horse chestnut could be reduced that much. Gives me hope for my rescue quince, not the Japanese one, the regular one “cydonia oblonga”. Someone grew it from seed and the trunk has a very interesting shape but I still have it in the ground to thicken up a lot more before putting it in a pot.
Great video Jelle. I very much like this part of Bonsaicare and getting ramification. I'm wondering what is the best time to do this? With my beeches I pinch the buds to 2 - 4 leaves as soon as they open. Same with maples. I see other artists letting the branches grow till summer and then prune. Can you tell me what's best or why I should wait till summer?
Content along with visual demonstration, very good video. Most of the info except maybe the internodes getting longer as the growing season progresses I’ve heard, but I do like the way you’ve structured the lesson including the branch and have saved this video to watch again at some point in the future. Thank you.
Thank you so much! Are there any other topics you would like me to address on the channel? Please share videos you like around, it helps me / the channel to get more views :)
@@GrowingBonsai what about how-to videos on creating specific styles like broom, cascade, etc.? I am trying to grow both but do no know how to do it. Perhaps it could be species that you haven't covered yet like thuja. I am trying to get larches and thujas to grow denser foliage (especially lower down in the tree)
Just getting started with bonsai, I’m doing all from seeds.. so far I have a white oak, and a silver maple.. I’m loving your videos! Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
I definitely like this content!! I have a few bonsai that I am working on reducing the leaf size. I have an unrelated question about air layers……… I have an air layer on a Japanese maple started in spring of 2023, that I somehow forgot to separate last fall……. It is now early spring……. Can I separate it now or would it be wiser to wait until further into spring or summer? The air layer looks healthy enough, every bud has just started to push its first set of leaves.
Another great video, I've so far found all of your videos very helpful and easy to follow / understand. You explain more technical aspects in an easy to digest manner compared to other popular channels which sets you apart nicely. I particularly appreciate when you switch the camera to be focussed just on cuttings for example, to give a clear visual of what you're talking about as if it were still on the tree, you do this in other videos as well and its extremely helpful. You've helped me learn quite solid basics and some important key points in a very quick time just as I'm getting hooked into Bonsai, thank you for that! Inspired me to get a Japanese Maple, Japanese Juniper and Ficus at very young age to train almost from the start, rather than going for something pre-shaped and already mostly developed. Will enjoy keeping up with your updates on different projects.
Great video! Your detailed explanation on reducing leaf size in bonsai is incredibly helpful. The step-by-step guidance makes the process easy to understand and follow. Thanks for sharing such valuable tips!
Excellent video!! So much information in a well presented way. I’m sure I’ll be going back to watch again in case I missed some important information. Thank you!!
Perfect. My second bonzai video ever so I'm a beginning beginner. This was simple and easy to follow but I know I will have to watch it again. And maybe again.
Thank you for your time and effort making these videos. Really helpful information for a beginner like me. I love watching your videos, they are always informative and easy to follow. 👍 I also love listening to your accent!!
Great video, thanks a lot for your effort and your explanations, seems to have a lot of post production in the background with so many different video cuts
Hi, good video thank you. When is the perfect time to do this on your tree if you cant do this when just started with the bonsai? Thank you for your answer
Hi Jelle, love the videos, they're very helpful, please consider doing a video on japanese fasle cypress true blue/blue moon variety if you can, thanks, Faizal - South Africa
Great videos and instructions! Question: Did i hear you say that fruit size and flowers of bonsai are the natural size? i.e the same as a natural fruit tree?
Hi, do you use organic or synthetic fertiliser for your bonsai? I have 5 little pine tree seedlings I germinated from a pinecone I picked up, they are in 2nd year of growth. Thinking maybe to try my first bonsai practice with them in a year or so. My main interest is my ornamental flower and shrub garden, and I mainly use organic mulch and fertiliser. Is this system ok for bonsai? I have seen people use mainly synthetic slow release beads in some videos, but I have no experience using these and I worry I will overstress the plants if I use them badly.
Could I defoliate a 3 year old Redbud tree that is planted in my yard? It is a pretty tree but the leaves seem out of proportion with the size of the tree. Great video!!
Wondering if there's any value in a video on pruning a juniper to encourage branching. I'm thinking firstly that it's hard to know where a juniper will bud as the nodes aren't so obvious and secondly that if you over-prune some types of juniper that they have a tendency to push out juvenile needle growth - so there's a limit on how much you can prune and that's entirely down to experience (which unfortunately I don't have)
quick question, I want a horse chestnut bonsai but can I get those leafes reduced aswel? since you said it depens on the species. thanks for the awesome video's by the way!
They do. Key is however in winter to remove the big end-buds (and in healthy strong specimens, fat buds that form after that). So there is a need to weaken the tree before they start growing.
Hi Jelle, love your videos, my goto channel for all infomation. I would be interestd to know where you aquired you Brazilian Raintree seeds. I am in the UK, and cant seem to locate seeds or cutting/tree. Would you have any cuttings i could buy. Keep up the excellent content, i watch just about every video, even if its a spicies i dont have, it was your videos on the Brazilian Raintree that has made me want to aquire one. Best regards Stephen
Jelle, please help me because another video confused me. I bought a young Kawazan cherry tree to dwarf. In another vide, a bonsai suggested planting a young tree let it thicken its trunk. Another video showed someone wiring a sapling. What method would be best for the tree's health? Since I'm in a wheelchair, I can dig a hole to pllant the tree. Thanks for everything.
Make sure you do rootwork early on, and avoid phone-pole straight trunks. Also, check that the species is able to reduce leaf size. Not all maples are great for bonsai.
I don't know which type of tree it was but I found it growing in my backyard and I thought of making it into bonsai it's been 4 years and now it's starting to look like a bonsai and leaves are starting to get smaller but can't find a way to reduce more
Thank you for your interesting discussion of the development and reduction of leaf size. I wanted you to know that the plural of leaf isn't leafs, but leaves. One leaf and many leaves. Thank you again.
What u can do to reduce size. What i do is bring the plant indoors during the grow season. And put it under a UV grow light. The leaf and size of the bonsai will stay pretty small
This has been the most helpful video I've seen on leaf size!! Also packed with so many tips on development and refinement techniques. Absolutely love your real time demonstration between species, environment and development stage. Many many thanks!!
Yep, totally agree.
You are so welcome! Do spread the video around if you feel it may help others!
Thank you. I think I learned a lot and I got inspired and motivated. You have a good sense of being thorough without it getting overwhelming and boring. The whole video was full of information, yet remained interesting. Can't wait my sticks in pots to get to more mature stage where I can get ramifying them!
Since you asked for comments, here's mine: I grew a bonsai bur oak (unfortunately, it died when we had some severe weather and I couldn't protect it). Here's one thing I noticed about it. When pushing out leaves, it typically put out 5 to 7 leaves on a twig. The one closest to the tip was normally the largest one, and the smallest ones were on the other end. So the thing to do was to prune off the end leaves. But here's the thing: timing is important. If you do the pruning while the leaves still have some red because they're growing, the little leaves turn into big leaves. So wait do do the pruning until the leaves have finished growing. With my bur oak, the timing was obvious, because the red disappeared and the leaves were just green. Pruning when the leaves are green, the leaves remained small. On my tree: about and inch or two vs. the 10"+ for the large leaves.
I have watched a lot of videos before starting my first bonsai projects. A LOT of videos. This was the best one. Simple words, short sentences, nice pace, pauses, good explanation. Subbed.
Great video Jelle. Please can you do a video on how to prune Edible fig for bonsai 🇿🇦
Thanks for this! I have an air layered cherry with giant leaves and this gives me hope for the future.
Vivid example of leaf size reduction. Thank you
Great information Jelle!! That was an amazing example of leaf size reduction! Smaller pot and restricted roots results in smaller leaves. Unrestricted roots and unchecked growth equals large leaves! I believe my husband's root might be too restricted! I should have him wear a kilt!
So informative and the live examples were just perfect
Thanks for the info. I enjoy your videos. They help alot to explain different things keep up the good work 👏
A perfect explantion covering everything we really need to know. A great way to start my Sunday morning :)
I did not know zelkova leaves could be reduced that much. Impressive!
I didn’t known fruit trees could be used. My 8’ tall fig tree doesn’t produce figs that size! I could and sometimes do watch your videos all day long. I subbed!
I was amazed when they dissuaded me from making oak or hazel bonsai, they told me that the leaves are too big but it's false. The more time passes and the branching and root mass increases, the greater the quantity of foliage and is reduced because it has less need of large "solar panels". interesting lesson Jelle, thanks
There are limits to the leaf reduction size. Oaks will still need to be pretty big trees to be believable miniature trees.
@@Yurup morten albek shown a shohin size or less oak with tiny leaves, stated that time and rootball will make them smaller if i remember correctly. It was a damn good tree, never seen that thing alike.
I am growing a Horse chestnut (I estimated the tree was 10-15 years old at time of collection) collected 15 years ago from the wild. It was badly damaged by vandals. At the time of collecting it was about 0.8 meter tall, raggedly snapped. Trunk base about 3.5 cm. I reduced the height to 0.4 m. Trunk base is about 6cm and leaf size is one quarter of original size.
@@freewheelinfranklin6201 that’s impressive. I didn’t know horse chestnut could be reduced that much. Gives me hope for my rescue quince, not the Japanese one, the regular one “cydonia oblonga”. Someone grew it from seed and the trunk has a very interesting shape but I still have it in the ground to thicken up a lot more before putting it in a pot.
Excellent presentation, I learned a lot.
Great video Jelle. I very much like this part of Bonsaicare and getting ramification.
I'm wondering what is the best time to do this? With my beeches I pinch the buds to 2 - 4 leaves as soon as they open. Same with maples. I see other artists letting the branches grow till summer and then prune. Can you tell me what's best or why I should wait till summer?
Content along with visual demonstration, very good video. Most of the info except maybe the internodes getting longer as the growing season progresses I’ve heard, but I do like the way you’ve structured the lesson including the branch and have saved this video to watch again at some point in the future. Thank you.
Please continue to make more bonsai videos, i simply love them and learn so much from it. thank you for sharing your knowledge.
So nice of you!
I've lost count of how many times I have watched this video. It is amazing. You explain all of these things so incredibly well. Keep it up.
Thank you so much! Are there any other topics you would like me to address on the channel?
Please share videos you like around, it helps me / the channel to get more views :)
@@GrowingBonsai what about how-to videos on creating specific styles like broom, cascade, etc.? I am trying to grow both but do no know how to do it. Perhaps it could be species that you haven't covered yet like thuja. I am trying to get larches and thujas to grow denser foliage (especially lower down in the tree)
Just getting started with bonsai, I’m doing all from seeds.. so far I have a white oak, and a silver maple.. I’m loving your videos! Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
I definitely like this content!! I have a few bonsai that I am working on reducing the leaf size.
I have an unrelated question about air layers……… I have an air layer on a Japanese maple started in spring of 2023, that I somehow forgot to separate last fall…….
It is now early spring……. Can I separate it now or would it be wiser to wait until further into spring or summer? The air layer looks healthy enough, every bud has just started to push its first set of leaves.
Great video! Lots of information to digest here.
Great video, thank you Jelle from Ontario Canada! 😊
Thanks super demo for smaller leaves.
Thanks for the high quality instruction! I really enjoy your teaching.
So much good logical advice. I have to take notes! I learn more from you than all the other bonsai videos put together!! 😁
Another great video, I've so far found all of your videos very helpful and easy to follow / understand. You explain more technical aspects in an easy to digest manner compared to other popular channels which sets you apart nicely. I particularly appreciate when you switch the camera to be focussed just on cuttings for example, to give a clear visual of what you're talking about as if it were still on the tree, you do this in other videos as well and its extremely helpful. You've helped me learn quite solid basics and some important key points in a very quick time just as I'm getting hooked into Bonsai, thank you for that! Inspired me to get a Japanese Maple, Japanese Juniper and Ficus at very young age to train almost from the start, rather than going for something pre-shaped and already mostly developed. Will enjoy keeping up with your updates on different projects.
Wow, thank you so much! Have fun getting your trees on track!
jelle you always have great content and info thank you! got any tips for fruit or flowering trees?
Great video! Your detailed explanation on reducing leaf size in bonsai is incredibly helpful. The step-by-step guidance makes the process easy to understand and follow. Thanks for sharing such valuable tips!
You’re always a good source of information, pleasant presentations as well.
Yes. We train the leaves smaller
Every video of yours is so very educational. Thanks a lot. Great job!
Excellent video!! So much information in a well presented way. I’m sure I’ll be going back to watch again in case I missed some important information. Thank you!!
Un grand merci pour la vidéo!
Hi from Midwest USA. I enjoy your channel, and learn a lot.
Perfect. My second bonzai video ever so I'm a beginning beginner. This was simple and easy to follow but I know I will have to watch it again. And maybe again.
What a incredible video awesome job hands down the best example ever well done keep up the great work
Thank you very much!
Thank you for your time and effort making these videos.
Really helpful information for a beginner like me.
I love watching your videos, they are always informative and easy to follow. 👍
I also love listening to your accent!!
Great explanations! Thanks for using elm as the example. I don't know what species mine are, but I have good success reducing leaf size
That was the question I everytime asked myself. Thanks for the great video!
Great video, thanks a lot for your effort and your explanations, seems to have a lot of post production in the background with so many different video cuts
Very good quality video thanks jelle keep up the good work mate thanks
Glad you enjoyed it
Great tips, thanks !
Very helpful video, Jelle! Thank you very much!
You're so welcome! Good to see you here again!
Bedankt voor de content, Jelle!
Thanks Jelle.
Really enjoy all your content. 👍
Hi, good video thank you. When is the perfect time to do this on your tree if you cant do this when just started with the bonsai? Thank you for your answer
Thank you, very informative and inspiring... Subscribed to your channel, keen to learn more from you 😊
Very interesting. I have a pair of 🍁 s it's taken 2 years but I have tiny leaves now.
great explanation of pruning habits!
great video! well done!
Hey Jelle, mooie video! Goeie info en prettig gepresenteerd. Dankjewel man!
Makes so much sense. Thank you.
thx!
Hello. Thank you for the lesson. Question: Whar is the wire mesh on top of the soil for?
Probably to protect from birds. They pick up the moss and make a mess. 😁
Hi Jelle, love the videos, they're very helpful, please consider doing a video on japanese fasle cypress true blue/blue moon variety if you can, thanks, Faizal - South Africa
Thanks for sharing URE knowledge
Very well explained👍👍
Great videos and instructions! Question: Did i hear you say that fruit size and flowers of bonsai are the natural size? i.e the same as a natural fruit tree?
Yes, pretty much. They MIGHT be reduced a little, but most of the time they do not significantly reduce.
A master delivering an idiot’s guide. I for one am very grateful. Thanks.
Hi, do you use organic or synthetic fertiliser for your bonsai? I have 5 little pine tree seedlings I germinated from a pinecone I picked up, they are in 2nd year of growth. Thinking maybe to try my first bonsai practice with them in a year or so. My main interest is my ornamental flower and shrub garden, and I mainly use organic mulch and fertiliser. Is this system ok for bonsai? I have seen people use mainly synthetic slow release beads in some videos, but I have no experience using these and I worry I will overstress the plants if I use them badly.
Great video jelle keep up the good work mate thanks
Could I defoliate a 3 year old Redbud tree that is planted in my yard? It is a pretty tree but the leaves seem out of proportion with the size of the tree. Great video!!
I do not know redbud. But typically bonsai methods work in part because the trees are in smaller container. Not sure how things respond in full ground
Having fun experimenting with a couple of Douglas maples and NZ Lancewood. ✌️❤️🇳🇿
Outstanding!!!!! Thank you!
You are so welcome!
Wondering if there's any value in a video on pruning a juniper to encourage branching. I'm thinking firstly that it's hard to know where a juniper will bud as the nodes aren't so obvious and secondly that if you over-prune some types of juniper that they have a tendency to push out juvenile needle growth - so there's a limit on how much you can prune and that's entirely down to experience (which unfortunately I don't have)
like this one? th-cam.com/video/Ny1kR3o9Whs/w-d-xo.html
quick question, I want a horse chestnut bonsai but can I get those leafes reduced aswel? since you said it depens on the species. thanks for the awesome video's by the way!
They do. Key is however in winter to remove the big end-buds (and in healthy strong specimens, fat buds that form after that). So there is a need to weaken the tree before they start growing.
@@GrowingBonsai Thankyou for your reply! I'll try try that next winter! do I have to do it Early or late winter?
Fantastic thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
❤. Great effort
Hi Jelle, love your videos, my goto channel for all infomation. I would be interestd to know where you aquired you Brazilian Raintree seeds. I am in the UK, and cant seem to locate seeds or cutting/tree. Would you have any cuttings i could buy.
Keep up the excellent content, i watch just about every video, even if its a spicies i dont have, it was your videos on the Brazilian Raintree that has made me want to aquire one.
Best regards
Stephen
I got the seeds from Brazil when it was still allowed. I think sending plants to the UK is no longer possible?
Jelle, please help me because another video confused me. I bought a young Kawazan cherry tree to dwarf. In another vide, a bonsai suggested planting a young tree let it thicken its trunk. Another video showed someone wiring a sapling. What method would be best for the tree's health?
Since I'm in a wheelchair, I can dig a hole to pllant the tree. Thanks for everything.
Many roads lead to Rome. Ground growing gets a thick trunk fast. Slow growing gives you shorter internodes and smaller scars and more control
very very helpful. thank you
Thankyou. Fascinating
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you I never knew this 😊
happy to share!
Спасибо! Всё здорово рассказано
Do all these rules also apply on Ginseng Ficus?
To be fair, I did not check the video and do not recall the details. But in principle, Yes.
i live in canada and maple trees grow like weeds here so i picked 2 and im trying to bomsi them any suggestions ?
Make sure you do rootwork early on, and avoid phone-pole straight trunks. Also, check that the species is able to reduce leaf size. Not all maples are great for bonsai.
Excellent info!
Do you have Pigeons’s as well ?! Always hear them in the background
haha, they are permanent residents of my neighbourhood. Fortunately the dogs keep them away from my trees
Hello , can you kindly let me know about your mix soil ?
Friendly Regards
Salam
th-cam.com/video/i1zof0uTyW0/w-d-xo.html
Thank You.
Great job
Beautiful
thanks!
thank you!
Brilliant actually learnt LOADS
I don't know which type of tree it was but I found it growing in my backyard and I thought of making it into bonsai it's been 4 years and now it's starting to look like a bonsai and leaves are starting to get smaller but can't find a way to reduce more
There are limits to how far leaves will reduce.
@GrowingBonsai oh ya what will I expect from atree whose leaves are bigger than my head to shrink to but the size is reduced to 4-5 cm length wise
Thanks.
why let the branch extend and cut back instead of pinching out the tip?
Amazing
thank you so much!
Thank you for your interesting discussion of the development and reduction of leaf size. I wanted you to know that the plural of leaf isn't leafs, but leaves. One leaf and many leaves. Thank you again.
You are quite welcome.
I do not understand why you think I do not know what the plural of leaf is, but OK.
Thật tuyệt vời 👍🙏🌹
Dankjewel!
You re welcome!
the leaves still look big, isn't there a way to make it on scale?
You mean of the zelkova? I am quite happy with the size tbh. Further refinement might reduce them more
what a tree is that?
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What u can do to reduce size. What i do is bring the plant indoors during the grow season. And put it under a UV grow light. The leaf and size of the bonsai will stay pretty small
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Are you Dutch, sir?
not sure it matters how I identify
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"how to keep a tree alive thru the bonsai transformation"
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