Repotting a trident maple bonsai | Blue Sky Bonsai
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- This trident is the "miyasama" variety which has pretty short internodes and slightly more rounded leaves than most trident maples. It is very vigorous and needs severe root-pruning every year, removing probably 90% of the root mass.
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I saw you mist the root 5 times, not sure if you did while fast forwarding film, nice job
I think you're right with 5, thanks for watching and commenting! 👍
Perfect music!
Thanks I'm so glad you enjoyed it! 😊
Lovely!!! Peaceful video. Thanks!
Thank you Isidro!! 😊👍🏻
Good Vibes. Enjoyed the video!!
Thanks so much!! 😊👍🏻
Beautiful job buddy 👍🏻☺️
Thanks Anthony!
Hi! Great video! Please, could you tell me what do you do after the repot? What treatment (if you use fungicides o hormones), watering frequency, location and tips to keep the tree healthy? Thank you!
Hi, great question and very timely! I think I have fully answered your questions in my latest video: th-cam.com/video/tDIRz2YFhfw/w-d-xo.html
Please take a look and feel free to comment on that video if you have any more questions or doubts... Thanks!
Very nice tree, I love maples :)
Thanks! 🌳😊
Nice job! Can you tell us wich tipe of music are you using?
Thank you Sabik!! It is very gratifying when people like the music I choose... makes me feel like I have done it right! This music is from a variety of movies, all except the track called "Tokyo" which I thought sounded right for adding the granular soil.
At the start, music from the film "Wall-E".
Then from "True Romance". And at the end from "50 First Dates". Those movies are not exactly classics, but I always get a real connection with movie soundtracks.
Thanks again for watching and commenting!
what soil mixture would you recommend for a temperate climate thanks. youre a real inspiration for me to get into bonsai
Thanks!
If you have just a few bonsai I would go for akadama, it's not too expensive. If you need more water retention like here in Madrid, mix in about 30% chopped&seived pine bark. HTH
@@BlueSkyBonsai thank you, so go for 100% akadama to confirm? Look forward to your next videos they are very informative and I’ve learnt alot
@@aaronhoy9965 yep. Akadama is great soil, and only starts becoming expensive when you have to repot 40+ trees... (then I mix it with non-clumping cat litter and pumice variants for larger quantites) but ultimately I like akadama best. It has the ideal dual properties of good drainage AND good water retention.
Bear in mind that akadama is not organic, and by itself provides NO nutrients to your trees. So you will need to add a fertilizer to your watering, maybe once a month, or more if you want to thicken up a developing trunk faster, or less for a small bonsai in a small pot.
One last caveat: if you have acidophile trees, like Azalea, Rhododendron or Camelia, you need to use acidic soil for those. If you have any of those, buy some Kanuma soil.
Where in the world are you? I've heard in America akadama is hard to get so is more costly. Usually easily available across europe though.
@@BlueSkyBonsai thanks that’s great I’ll get myself a bag of akadama then! I’ve a hazel and ash and sycamore sample so far and a few cuttings to see if they root, a pine, weeping willow, catoneaster, green maple and red Japanese maple all in organic mixed with vermiculite. I’m just a beginner after watching your videos trying my best at giving it a start. I’m in the Uk. Thanks by the way
@@aaronhoy9965 Enjoy it!
Keep on the great work!!! It was amazing😊
Thank you!!
Hi Dave! I love your videos and have been making my way through them.. I finally got some Akadama soil, but I am curious when you say 50% Akadama soil and 50% organic(at 6:06). What is the organic substrate you use? I have heard other people say that you shouldn't remove all of the soil when repotting as there are vital nutrients within the root ball that need to remain. Otherwise, it can risk the plant's health, but I see in your videos you remove everything before repotting - have you ever found removing all previous soil to be detrimental to your plants? Thanks for the fantastic videos!
Thanks Cameron! It depends on your climate. I add up to 50% chopped/seived pine park to retain more water in my hot dry climate, but if you are in a cooler or wetter climate then you could use pure akadama, or mix in a harder substrate like pumice and a small amount of lava to hold the structure.
I've found removing all the old soil is perfectly fine as long as you don't let the roots get dry while repotting.
I have been careful with junipers and pines to include some of the white mycorrhizae back into the new soil mix. But Nigel Saunders has said he hasn't found it necessary to do that after many years of experience, so I guess it's probably just an urban myth that we should include the old soil. Mycorrhizae fungi are important in the root system, but I expect that the spores of mycorrhizae migrate naturally from pot to pot.
One bonsai friend in UK is an expert in oaks; he says they also have a special type of mycorrhizae, and he recommends to put all your oak bonsai pots next to each other so the mycorrhizae will make its own way into each root system, with time. Fungal spores are difficult to stop spreading, including good fungi 👍
@@BlueSkyBonsai Thanks so much for the reply, I live in Australia so I would say its fairly close conditions to what you have... I will note down everything you said. Thank you!
@@jcoolman01 btw did you see this video, 25 tips for healthy repotting & when to do it:
th-cam.com/video/tDIRz2YFhfw/w-d-xo.html
Apologies if you already knew this, but autumn is not a good time to do root pruning. If you really need to repot a tree now, you could slip-pot it into a bigger pot without disturbing the roots. But ultimately it's better to wait for spring. 👍
Great is it possible to create a pappaya bonsai
Hi, I have no idea - never tried. But ultimately you can make a bonsai from almost any tree....
Simplemente genial👏👍
Muchísimas gracias!! 😊👍
Nice tree... I've Japanese Red Maple.... but its not doing well... it's growth is too slow.... leaves are curling and getting dried from periphery...here temperatures are reaching 40 degree Celsius... i am keeping it in shade.... and about soil is normal garden soft soil with little compost..... please share your email id so that I can post some pics of it
Do i need to change soil...as i have repotted it 2 months ago in 2 gallon plastic pot
Hi it sounds like it's really suffering from the heat and the roots are maybe not able to supply enough water up the trunk?? My email is dave@blueskybonsai.net.
@@BlueSkyBonsai but the soil is wet....but not too wet.... let me send you some pics
Hi @Garden Gallery, sorry for the delay in my reply. My inbox didn't show your email but I have seen it now. Thanks for sending the photos.
It doesn't look too bad! All maple leaves suffer under high heat. They also dry out here in Madrid in summer, and that's the typical "leaf burn" that you are seeing, due to high transpiration speed with large surface area of leaves, and the tree can't supply water quickly enough up the branches to support the high amount of transpiration.
The pot that you have put it in: please tell me that has drainage holes underneath? All roots need freely draining soil and unhindered drainage to get fresh water in order to survive and thrive. Is the soil granular and free-draining? Is the water percolating through quickly when you water it? If so, it should slowly come back to life. But in the plant world, things don't change suddenly. In my experience maples can take 2-3 months before they start budding again.
Give it some cool morning sunlight, use some dappled half-shade so the strong sun cannot dry out the leaves, and keep it in the shade in the hot afternoons and evenings. Water it frequently, let the excess water drain completely through and not build up under the pot.
The red maple leaves always turn green after a while, and maple leaves are more susceptible to drying in hot sun than other trees, hence the need for shade in the hottest hours. Good luck!