Thank you Dimitri! Yes it does fit nicely, for a few weeks I was stressing that the nebari will continue under the soil line and I wouldn't be able to fit it in this pot, but all went well. Yeah, I know you had mild winter until recently, this year, as well. Weird winter.... Cheers Dimitry!
@@ArkefthosBonsai Yes indeed, very weird winter. Need to watch our trees closely to prevent damage to the young buds. Quick question, I see you're using half zeolite and half perlite. Any particular reason you use this instead of the basic pumice, akadame, etc...?
Of course. I really really don't like akadama at all. It's clay, it literally starts to break down from the first watering and it becomes a solid brick after 2 years. I really don't like all the trouble you need to go through to balance water and oxygen. Even the pros have diluted akadama down to one third (with equal parts pumice and lava) to make it work somehow for a few years. When you can use instead different, modern materials that don't break down and the loss of percolation is just because the root system has awesomely filled the pot. Plus great moisture retention, always full of oxygen and between us, better CEC (cation exchange capacity) than akadama. Hope this helps!
@@ArkefthosBonsai thank you for uour explenation. Indeed, I also use 1 part akadama with equal parts lava and pumice for my trees because of the akadama breaking down too soon. Zeolite and perlite stays white, so I suposse that´s why they keep using akadama? Because it´s brown.
Look, of course akadama has good qualities, but there others with equally good or better qualities. Definatly the look is an advantage, but I tend to cover with moss my developed trees, so the substrate is irrelevant as far as the looks go. Nice talk Dmitry!
The birdsong is beautiful and is the perfect accompaniment, I am glad you don’t use music. I wish you success with your channel and I hope it grows, I have subscribed. Thanks for making these videos 👍🏻
No me canso ver y volver a ver tus vídeos. Tus árboles son una preciosidad y tus montañas parecen protegerlos. ¡Qué calma! Y ¡cuánta paz ! Que disfrutes, amigo. Gracias por compartir tu paraíso. Saludos amistosos desde Francia
Hello! Your black pine fits realy, realy great in the smaller pot, I'm lovin it. Your videos are always worth seeing. You have a nice and wunderful dog. What breed of dog is this? Many greetings from Austria Lacky
Great videos as always. Love them. Thanks and keep up the good work. I myself still need to start my bonsai season already. Hopefully will have some photos of my Lebanon cedar air layerings (and cuttings btw too) as promised. 🙂
Thank you Yevhen! Can't wait for the results. Myself, I tried cuttings with strong rooting hormone. They are pushing new growth but that doesn't always mean roots... Cheers!
Καλησπέρα.. Σε ευχαριστω για τα βίντεο που αναρτεις και μοιράζεσαι τις εμπειρίες σου. Υπάρχει η δυνατότητα να σου κάνω καπου δύο ερωτήσεις που αφορούν γενικα αγορές;
Σε ευχαριστώ! Βεβαίως, αν δεν είναι κόπος, μπες στη περιγραφή του βίντεο, ώρες το ινσταγκραμ και στείλε μου εκεί. Αλλιώς μπορεις να βρεις το μέιλ μου στη περιγραφή του καναλιού μου.
Hi,congrats for sharing. About soil very interesting approach! Two things I'd Iike to know; I watched in your other videos that you use some organic. Can you sai something about that? And what about particle size? Again, thank you.
Thank you Marco! Yes it is quite interesting. My approach is this. Instead of akadama I use the much better zeolite in 3-5mm particle size. Then I use equal part perlite (or pumice which is chemical the same but structurally different). Perlite is light and holds a lot of oxygen, which is great for the root development. For conifers I might go just 50 - 50 zeolite perlite, so completely inorganic. For some I might add some organic aggricates (not more than 5%). These are topsoil from the forest, they are semicomposted abies needles and cone parts. They contain endemic mycorrhizae and many more microorganisms. This mix holds enough water for the summer, perfect airation and lots of fertilizer. Now, for deciduous I might lift the percentage of organics even up to 20%. Cheers!
Ha ha ha nice David! Such trunk can be grown with great technique. First there where at least 4 sacrificial branches close to the nebari that thickens this part and now are cut. Second there was a sacrificial trunk on top, now cut. Apex has been created by a branch, probably 6 7 years ago. Lastly, this pine has been through excellent root work in the beginning of its life and what you now see as the base of the tree, used to be under the soil 5 or 6 years ago and slowly exposed. In general, a lot of knowledge is applied correctly with this tree for probably 15 years. Cheers David!
@@ArkefthosBonsai Hmmmm so it takes alot of planning in the early years of a trees life. Well your lucky to be the custodian of such a well formed tree. Those mountains in the background are beautiful too.
I explain everything in the captions - subtitles. I use a mix of zeolite - perlite with less than 10% organic soil from the forest. Pretty fast draining. Cheers!
For pines is pretty much the same as the one I use with thunbergii "Buongiorno Gabriel! For large thunbergii I now use 50% zeolite (3-5mm) and 50% pumice (4-6mm) and for smaller trees 50% zeolite, 40% perlite (2-5mm) and 10% organic soil from the forest above the garden." Cheers!
Ha ha nah, 50%zeolite 50% perlite and some organics, but yes in the summer it gets even 3 or 4 waterings in a heatwave and that is a great way to keep the roots cooler. Cheers!
@@ArkefthosBonsai ah okay aha. Is there Any reason u choose such a draining mix… I even live in cooler country and i still use mix which retain more water
Yes, it think that is the correct approach on potted plants. It is much easier for me to balance water and oxygen in the roots. Roots are always healthy and grow very strong. Zeolite never breaks down like akadama to become a solid brick, so repottings are not done because of loss of percolation but rather because the roots have filled the pot. And my mix has much higher CEC (Cation Exchange Capacity) than a usual third akadama, third pumice, third lava mix. I don't mind watering 3 times a day in a heatwave, plus this cools down the root system in the pot efficiently and alpine species like Pinus parviflora are much happier. Cheers!
On average, I spent more than an hour on every video, to write and edit captions - subtitles. In there I explain everything I'm doing and why, I talk about the past and the future of the tree. I inform the viewers about the existing captions - subtitles and suggest to enable them, on the beginning of the video, on the very top of the description and on the first pinned comment, for everyone going to the comments or writing a comment to see first thing. If you take the time to see the video again with caption enabled, I'm pretty sure you'll find everything you are looking for. Nevertheless, I appreciate you taking the time to comment, thank you mate!
Please enable captions - subtitles!
Your pine is coming along nicely. Fits great in the smaller pot. I just started the repotting season here in Belgium also.
Thank you Dimitri! Yes it does fit nicely, for a few weeks I was stressing that the nebari will continue under the soil line and I wouldn't be able to fit it in this pot, but all went well. Yeah, I know you had mild winter until recently, this year, as well. Weird winter.... Cheers Dimitry!
@@ArkefthosBonsai Yes indeed, very weird winter. Need to watch our trees closely to prevent damage to the young buds. Quick question, I see you're using half zeolite and half perlite. Any particular reason you use this instead of the basic pumice, akadame, etc...?
Of course. I really really don't like akadama at all. It's clay, it literally starts to break down from the first watering and it becomes a solid brick after 2 years. I really don't like all the trouble you need to go through to balance water and oxygen. Even the pros have diluted akadama down to one third (with equal parts pumice and lava) to make it work somehow for a few years. When you can use instead different, modern materials that don't break down and the loss of percolation is just because the root system has awesomely filled the pot. Plus great moisture retention, always full of oxygen and between us, better CEC (cation exchange capacity) than akadama. Hope this helps!
@@ArkefthosBonsai thank you for uour explenation. Indeed, I also use 1 part akadama with equal parts lava and pumice for my trees because of the akadama breaking down too soon. Zeolite and perlite stays white, so I suposse that´s why they keep using akadama? Because it´s brown.
Look, of course akadama has good qualities, but there others with equally good or better qualities. Definatly the look is an advantage, but I tend to cover with moss my developed trees, so the substrate is irrelevant as far as the looks go. Nice talk Dmitry!
The birdsong is beautiful and is the perfect accompaniment, I am glad you don’t use music. I wish you success with your channel and I hope it grows, I have subscribed. Thanks for making these videos 👍🏻
Thank you Rob, I really appreciate it!
This pine is really awesome and you did a great job my friend,very compliments!👏👏👏😉
Always good to read you Roberto! Thank you!
No me canso ver y volver a ver tus vídeos. Tus árboles son una preciosidad y tus montañas parecen protegerlos. ¡Qué calma! Y ¡cuánta paz ! Que disfrutes, amigo.
Gracias por compartir tu paraíso.
Saludos amistosos desde Francia
You are very kind Christophe! Gracias!
Hermoso pino y muy bello es lugar donde está usted.
Disfrute de los bonsais y del paisaje.
Salud.
Gracias Fabian! Cheers!
@@ArkefthosBonsai saludos
ตรงจุด🐛🦗ไม่มีกินใบโหต้นชวนชม🌺ต้นพริก🌶เพรี้ยแป้งต้นมะยมเพรี้ยแป้งอร่อยเหาะ🐛แก้วกินเรียบ..ต้นสน🌲มีกลิ่นหนาม❤
Nice Black pine 👌
Thank you Janko!
Hello! Your black pine fits realy, realy great in the smaller pot, I'm lovin it.
Your videos are always worth seeing.
You have a nice and wunderful dog. What breed of dog is this?
Many greetings from Austria
Lacky
Thank you very much Lacky! Very kind of you! She is Carla, a Greek shepherd dog, though is kinda small for her breed at 30 kgs. Cheers!
@@ArkefthosBonsai Small "giant" dog too - seems logic...
He he he they do get scary big...
@@ArkefthosBonsai .....😊😊 thank you
Just enyoing bonsai with these videos. Thank you.
Thank you Israel! Cheers!
黒松も景色も最高です。😍💕👍
Thank you!
Is the tree grafted ? I mean the base of the tree has the multiple roots that go inside the ground, it has an indonesian/vietnamese look.
No, it is just a well made nebari, one that will look really good with age. Cheers!
Great videos as always. Love them. Thanks and keep up the good work.
I myself still need to start my bonsai season already. Hopefully will have some photos of my Lebanon cedar air layerings (and cuttings btw too) as promised. 🙂
Thank you Yevhen! Can't wait for the results. Myself, I tried cuttings with strong rooting hormone. They are pushing new growth but that doesn't always mean roots... Cheers!
Thank sharing, beautiful bonsai ❤️
Thank you Pak!
Καλησπέρα..
Σε ευχαριστω για τα βίντεο που αναρτεις και μοιράζεσαι τις εμπειρίες σου.
Υπάρχει η δυνατότητα να σου κάνω καπου δύο ερωτήσεις που αφορούν γενικα αγορές;
Σε ευχαριστώ! Βεβαίως, αν δεν είναι κόπος, μπες στη περιγραφή του βίντεο, ώρες το ινσταγκραμ και στείλε μου εκεί. Αλλιώς μπορεις να βρεις το μέιλ μου στη περιγραφή του καναλιού μου.
@@ArkefthosBonsai Σε ευχαριστώ
@@ArkefthosBonsai Καλημέρα..
Συγνωμη που επανέρχομαι αλλά δεν μπορώ να βρω το mail σου και δυστυχώς δεν έχω Instagram.. Γίνεται να το γράψεις εδώ;
Amazing!!
Thank you Chris!
Hi,congrats for sharing. About soil very interesting approach! Two things I'd Iike to know; I watched in your other videos that you use some organic. Can you sai something about that? And what about particle size? Again, thank you.
Thank you Marco! Yes it is quite interesting. My approach is this. Instead of akadama I use the much better zeolite in 3-5mm particle size. Then I use equal part perlite (or pumice which is chemical the same but structurally different). Perlite is light and holds a lot of oxygen, which is great for the root development. For conifers I might go just 50 - 50 zeolite perlite, so completely inorganic. For some I might add some organic aggricates (not more than 5%). These are topsoil from the forest, they are semicomposted abies needles and cone parts. They contain endemic mycorrhizae and many more microorganisms. This mix holds enough water for the summer, perfect airation and lots of fertilizer. Now, for deciduous I might lift the percentage of organics even up to 20%. Cheers!
Wow...
Έλα George!
The trunk taper is amazing, was it cut down from being a larger tree ? , I can't see where if so.
I turned the subtitles on too this time .
Ha ha ha nice David! Such trunk can be grown with great technique. First there where at least 4 sacrificial branches close to the nebari that thickens this part and now are cut. Second there was a sacrificial trunk on top, now cut. Apex has been created by a branch, probably 6 7 years ago. Lastly, this pine has been through excellent root work in the beginning of its life and what you now see as the base of the tree, used to be under the soil 5 or 6 years ago and slowly exposed. In general, a lot of knowledge is applied correctly with this tree for probably 15 years. Cheers David!
@@ArkefthosBonsai Hmmmm so it takes alot of planning in the early years of a trees life. Well your lucky to be the custodian of such a well formed tree.
Those mountains in the background are beautiful too.
Exactly. Thank you, I love this view, they are beautiful up close as well!
Good evening
What kind of soil/substrate do you use? What is that white gravel?
thank you
I explain everything in the captions - subtitles. I use a mix of zeolite - perlite with less than 10% organic soil from the forest. Pretty fast draining. Cheers!
@@ArkefthosBonsai Thank you
Beautiful
I find it beautiful as well, though people seem to be torn by this tree. Thank you!
Buongiorno Che substrati utilizza per i rinvasi dei pini ??
For pines is pretty much the same as the one I use with thunbergii "Buongiorno Gabriel! For large thunbergii I now use 50% zeolite (3-5mm) and 50% pumice (4-6mm) and for smaller trees 50% zeolite, 40% perlite (2-5mm) and 10% organic soil from the forest above the garden." Cheers!
Buen árbol 💚
Τα βίντεο σας με ενδιαφέρουν πολύ !! Σε πια περιοχή μένετε παρακαλώ ? Ευχαριστώ !
Thank you! I live in Southern Greece, up in 900m elevation, Peloponnese peninsula.
Damn only pumice? U watering that pine 2 times a day ? 😆
Ha ha nah, 50%zeolite 50% perlite and some organics, but yes in the summer it gets even 3 or 4 waterings in a heatwave and that is a great way to keep the roots cooler. Cheers!
@@ArkefthosBonsai ah okay aha. Is there Any reason u choose such a draining mix… I even live in cooler country and i still use mix which retain more water
Yes, it think that is the correct approach on potted plants. It is much easier for me to balance water and oxygen in the roots. Roots are always healthy and grow very strong. Zeolite never breaks down like akadama to become a solid brick, so repottings are not done because of loss of percolation but rather because the roots have filled the pot. And my mix has much higher CEC (Cation Exchange Capacity) than a usual third akadama, third pumice, third lava mix. I don't mind watering 3 times a day in a heatwave, plus this cools down the root system in the pot efficiently and alpine species like Pinus parviflora are much happier. Cheers!
@@ArkefthosBonsai oh okay i see… And totally makes sense. Glad u would share :)
Video without any comment. Nonsense.
On average, I spent more than an hour on every video, to write and edit captions - subtitles. In there I explain everything I'm doing and why, I talk about the past and the future of the tree. I inform the viewers about the existing captions - subtitles and suggest to enable them, on the beginning of the video, on the very top of the description and on the first pinned comment, for everyone going to the comments or writing a comment to see first thing. If you take the time to see the video again with caption enabled, I'm pretty sure you'll find everything you are looking for. Nevertheless, I appreciate you taking the time to comment, thank you mate!