Air Pruned Roots Of Delonix Regia Seedling / Royal Poinciana / Gulmohar Tree For Bonsai
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ต.ค. 2024
- My seedling is 3 months old now and was bare rooted just to show the effect of air pruning containers on the root system. It was put back into the same net basket with a nutrient enriched soil mix. This seedling is just a test subject, not really expecting to make bonsai out of it - for that air-layered cuttings are far superior and easier. More text below :
Watch Part 1 - It covers the seed to germination story.
• Seed Germination By Sc...
Watch Part 2 - It explains the logic of using a net basket as a pot.
• Seedling Update - Delo...
Watch Part 3 - It showcases the air pruned roots, at month 3, produced by the net basket design.
• Air Pruned Roots Of De...
Air Pruning Pot Benefits & Solutions :
• Instant Bonsai + Air P...
Cheap Air Pruning Pots For Bonsai :
• Cheap Air Pruning Pots...
Music credit : Road To Success by Olexandr Ignatov
/ olexandrignatov
.
![[UNCUT] "บอสณวัฒน์" แฉ! แหล่งซุกเงินแก๊งบอส ขยันผิดที่ไม่กี่ปีก็เข้าคุก l คนดังนั่งเคลียร์ l17ต.ค.67](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/BL56qIfXYZM/mqdefault.jpg)
Another fantastic video, the tree is growing really well and I love the roots!
Thanks Nigel :-)
Love your soil scooper....lol I'm going to make one for myself thanks.
I attempted the flamboyant tree from a seedling to a pot and it grew very rapidly then once it sprouted up my root system rotted and it died. I am new to this and I did this with little research and have since learned more about the proper way to grow this tree. I believe my soil was too rich and didn't aerate properly. I am in the process of germination again so will plant soon and I plan to do it your way. My question to you is, how many times do you transition the plant adding more soil and do you always remove all the old soil during the transition?
I've been doing it wrong. Going to revamp! I have a seedling that I started last November, I've nearly killed it at least a dozen times but it continues to surprise me! Thanks for posting!
He he, the seed with 12 lives :-) You are welcome. I consider seeds as fun and last resort. air layering a thick branch with good sub-branch structure is my recommended short cut to success.
Vinny Chirayil
So I transplanted my delonix regia, two days ago and I have major transplant shock. Every single tiny leaf has dropped off. It's about 17cm tall. Any suggestions?
+explain CauseIdontGetIT Ya, i too realized the hard way that this species is very sensitive and mine also dropped all the leaves after this video. Just water less than before (till new leaves sprout) and keep in shade. Mine took around 1.5-2 weeks to recover and sprout new leaves but the ordeal really slowed down the rate of growth. I would not dare to bare root this tree again. I would stop with just some minor root pruning on the outer edge and bottom.
Thank you for the reply. I'll give it time. Is yours still growing? Do you still think the basket pot is a good idea? I love this tiny tree!
+explain CauseIdontGetIT yes the basket is still a good idea but it also has its drawbacks, specially in 41 degree C summer heat with hot winds. ideally what i would prefer is a pot like the pioneerpot.com site shows a double pot. Another alternative is to temporarily bury the entire basket in a bigger pot or ground in the hot months and take it out later. self watering solutions are also a big help. this seedling is just an experiment and i am not really expecting any great bonsai from it. if had to redo it, i would keep up-potting the seedling in air pruned containers just like the air-pot.com videos explain but i live in an apartment and cannot have big containers. however, i want to now place my small baskets on top of a bigger vertical pot and the bottom 1/3rd of the net basket buried in it. this would allow more medium for roots to grow into yet keep a shallow root system as well.
Thank you Vinny. I'll try to grow delonix like you. I have seeds, and my seeds already root.
welcome :-) feel free to post your link here if you wish to.
wow another awsome video and yet educational too
Thanks :-)
Wonderful video, I have had this plant since April - when should I start to first prune it?
Hi Rey, frankly i do not know. My experience says this species does not respond well to pruning. 2 of my trees of this species, including the one in video died due to my negligence few years ago. luckily i had sprouted 1 more of it purely for an experiment with air layering, which so far has not happened. but i now have a 1.5 feet tall tree, shaped like a Y, with bark of a mature tree.
awesome video..I have also moved to the colander pots based on your experiment :)
Thats great to hear. Feel free to post your pics/videos updates here, preferably under the relevant videos so that others can also benefit from it. I would encourage you to start posting videos, no matter how small you think they are. I started youtubing with an audio slideshow. Make sure it has relevant tags, so it will show up in search results. Thats gets you automatic views.
Sure Vinny. I will do that :)
So I started my seedings in a normal pot.. I have a few one is 4-5 weeks and the other is 3. Can I safely transfer it to a basket and begin air pruning? Or should I wait?
After 1 month from germination, you can cut the tip of tap root and plant it in a air pruning basket. A general policy i follow is to have double the number of plants that i actually need, as failures can happen for various reasons. Once the results are succesful, i can then decide to keep the best specimens and discard or give away the rest.
I am growing some seeds, germination has just started and now m doing to do exactly this. One question though, after how many days of germination do I repot the gulmohar seedlings?
Hi Dibya Raj, i hope you have seen all 3 parts of this video. Links are in description. The seed germinated in a very tiny pot. After a month, i moved it to a net basket for air pruning, which gives denser roots. You can use regular pot also and check the roots in 3rd month. The tap root needs to be cut off, preferably after 1 month of germination, provided you have sufficient roots. Else do it in 3rd month.
@@VinnyChirayil Thank you Vinny, I have seen the first one. Will definitely watch the others too.
Hi Vinny, loved ur demonstration... I've found another expert to follow... Is it normal that the plant turns yellow on the last set of leaves(pinnae) , once repotted ...?
Hi Sathya, i am not an expert, just a crazy bonsai enthusiast in an apartment :-) Yes, after repotting, that can happen if roots are disturbed too much. In my case, after this unnecessary root exposure, all leaves except the new buds at the tip turned yellow and fell down. Growth slowed down a lot thereafter. It has grown since and i recently moved this to a bigger colander, without disturbing the roots and things are looking good. This species is a bit sensitive to repotting. For propagation or bonsai, i do not recommend seeds or normal cuttings as they are way too slow. Go for air layered cuttings instead. That is a much faster way, specially if you select a section with good branch structure / ramification.
Any updates on the flamboyant?
Thank you for the video. I am having problem with one of my three delonix regia saplings. all three are grown from seeds and potted . They are two and a half months old and are quite healthy. Recently one of them has shed most of its leaves rapidly and the tip is getting brown. I am at a loss what went wrong. Please help me with some tips to revive it.
Probably it needs more water and some partial shade. The summer temperatures are high and if you have hot winds then that can really suck away water from plants. I sometimes bring the affected plants indoor till they stabilize, keeping them next to a window and water them more carefully. I think your plant can bounce back to health. After repotting my sapling, shown in the video, it shed most of its leaves and took some time to sprout new ones. Now it is in good health. All the best, Bakul Paul !
Thank you. I will try. :)
Which place u put your pot in sunlight or shady area?
after transplanting, the plant needs 2-4 weeks of shade. then sun is fine
@@VinnyChirayil tnx it's means I need to place in shady area during seeds germination right ? No need to place in sunlight ?
@@Fox19884 ... at that stage filtered sunlight is ok. you can use a green shade net, similar to what nurseries use
I planted a seed of the Gulmohar(Delonix Regia) some months ago, the tree is growing well. What do i do next? I have been growing it in a flat 1ft Dia pot that i fashioned by cutting a 20l water bottle. Depth of soil is 7cm and the tree height is now 1.5ft. The main trunk is getting thicker and the girth of the tree increasing. When do i start cutting? and how do i do it? As of now its not sprouting any branches and the tree is growing only from the one top terminal.
Hi cardude, nice to know that your seedling is growing fine. As mentioned in my description, for bonsai, air layered cuttings are far better than seeds, for 2 reasons - 1) you can cut a branch already having the final desired THICKNESS. no need to wait for years to fatten up; 2) get LOW BRANCHES, by placing the air layer cut just below a branch split. If you have access to ground, then skip the pot. Else, use a deeper pot. My example is not a good way to do this. Mine was more of a "air pruning the roots" exercise.
With seedlings, getting branches on the lower part of the trunk is a problem, at least till the trunk matures a bit, else back budding will be an issue. Plus, you need to wait for the trunk to thicken up. Hence, bigger the pot, the better & faster the results. Skip shallow pots for now. For clarity on which pots to use when - th-cam.com/video/xDI4zAGSTwU/w-d-xo.html. Once the trunk is of desired thickness, cut off the top at less than the final desired height and wait for side branches to develop. An excellent story of pine bonsai from seeds, over a period of 10 yrs total - www.bonsainut.com/threads/a-few-pine-seeds-6-years-later.7033/
Developing a Gulmohar bonsai :
Part 1 - th-cam.com/video/BeZ3x1D9JM4/w-d-xo.html
Part 2 - th-cam.com/video/BGME6g-CHQI/w-d-xo.html
Part 3 - th-cam.com/video/TyLU0SFUUvg/w-d-xo.html
Hey Vinny Thanks a lot for the tips. TH-cam is not sending me notifs so i couldnt reply sooner! I have already cut the top growing bud. now waiting for branches to sprout. I eill check out the developing gumohar bonsai series of videos too.
Where can i find/buy the plantbasket? Grts An
Hi An, you could try any store (including stationary shops) that sells plastics containers/ colanders. I got mine very cheap from a seller on the roadside. Since they degrade in sunlight, i bought extra, as replacements.
Alternately, you could look for net pots in orchid shops or online. Google "plastic net baskets" as they are usually cheaper than net pots of same volume.
Also, have a look at my playlists. Some of them explain more on such solutions.
You could look for equivalent containers in your country. These are from South Africa.
www.bonsaitree.co.za/collections/plastic-containers/products/round-air-pot-19cm-x-17-5cm
www.bonsaitree.co.za/collections/plastic-containers
why u don't keep ur busket above a water tank(jst like ur rain tree)???? I have also a delonix regia 15 days old but that is not growing??? his growth has stopped....what should i do????? plz rply
Hi Elina, at large sizes, a water tank setup is complicated for me. That is why water is resitricted to my smaller plants. It is hard for me tell what is wrong, without knowing any details of what you have done. But some common possibilities are - over watering, use of poor draining soil mix, seedling exposed to direct & excess sunlight
I hv planted in simple gardne soil.. but my qustion is can i grow my delinix regia above a water tank?
+Elina Sarkar ... i think so, though i have not tried. it should work with most plants.
i have 20 years old bonsai but still i am waiting for flower what should I do to get flower ?
I cannot say, since i have no experience with flowers. I am guessing that your tree is either not getting enough sunlight or not enuf fertilizers
Hi Vinny ji app kya batna chhte he is vidio se muje ab smaj me agya me bhi try karugi
Hi Sadhana, gamlon ka design ped ke jadon par asar karta hai. wohi baat hai. Aur jaise apne chaha, meine poora soil ke saath dikhaya is bar :-)
Wonderful roots!
Yes, they are. After this pot gets filled up, I might move it to a bigger colander.
wow.... Nice one. keep it up. Superb one. i think it morale with you of this success as I m still not get the root.
miracle
Thanks Shailesh :-) You too should be able to get it. If you have some pics or video, do post here. If i can see your setup then it is easier for me to understand. Sometimes, we just have to increase the number of specimens we work with. I started with 2 seeds, one. failed. Thats is a 50% success or failure rate :-)
Vinny Chirayil ok. i will send u pic.
Hello! I love the video and I have a question also! I've been growing a Delonix Regia from seed. It's been growing nicely for about 2 months. The bottom branches' leaves have started turning yellow and falling off. Is it not getting enough water?? Or is it just normal?
Hi Ashley, no it is not normal and indicates moisture stress - too much or too little water, as this article mentions : www.ambius.com/blog/why-are-my-plants-turning-yellow/. If your area is windy, some protection might be needed, assuming it is potted and not in ground. Hope that helps. I am no expert at this :-) Feel free to share the recovery story pics/video and spread the knowledge.
Ok Thank you so much!!
When is the best time to repot this species?
Spring?
Winter during dormancy?
Thank you
Spring & rainy season are good
I want to start growing the bonsai but i am so confused? please help where should i start from?!!
#HELP!!!
Hi Prachi, I learnt from the internet (specially youtube) and thru self experientation. You can speed up this process by doing a bonsai course in your city. Just google for bonsai workshop in your city or find a bonsai artist from there. You can get an idea of my journey on my blog - instantbonsaiforeveryone.blogspot.in. Hope that helps.
Thanks for your help.
Which is the best season to prune this plant?
It is ok to prune after a season of good growth. Usually that would be after monsoon or spring. Avoid pruning in summer.
Please upload a video of the current status of the tree.
sure. an update video is long due from my side. hopefully next month
Where do you get the plastic net pot?
I bought it from the plastic container section of a supermarket. You can checkout dollar stores and walmart for these type of cheap plastic net baskets, orchid pots, hydroponic net pots, laundry baskets etc. hope that helps :-)
th-cam.com/video/Pds6CTwgGCU/w-d-xo.html
Vinny bro I am not getting success in rooting in water the ficus plants
Hi Abu, sorry to hear that. Can you post pics or videos of your setup here so i can look at it and help you. it is real simple and even now in mild winter in hyderabad i am still rooting fresh cuttings easily. and trust me i am using only plain tap water. no magic involved :-)
Vinny Chirayil OK I will send u the pics or video
Ficus cuttings shown at 11:16 rooted in just 2 weeks ! (of my Penjing bonsai) - th-cam.com/video/GCbZ396u04M/w-d-xo.html. I simply put them in the blue tray & kept it in shade. I just maintained the water level everyday.
good growth in three months
Much easier in the proper climate ....difficult in colder climates
aap reply hi nhi dety sir toh aapki video Dekh kr Kya appreciate key acha ye batay ki khangar pathar Kahan milega
khangar pathar ka koi idea nahi mujhe. aapne yeh question pehli bar poocha hai. bina pooche main kaise jawab de sakta hoon ?
English main baat Karen.. Jawab mile ga...
Interesting
Nice sir
Sir soil ka ha.
Ditaal ma bataya
th-cam.com/play/PLiDU6YjzHzNcW9yjJS5YTOD0mMTYMPLsT.html
Wow👍🏻👌🏻
Thanks :-)
sir plz upload grow adenium from cutting
Hi Sadhana, I dont have that plant. Hope this video helps you - th-cam.com/video/iaCJc4zBT5I/w-d-xo.html
Hy😘🤝🤝❤