Understand Root over Rock and creating a taxus over rock bonsai
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ก.ค. 2024
- Growing a root over rock bonsai is a journey that everyone should do one day. In this video the basic concept, the design ideas and an example of a root over rock bonsai!
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0:00 Root over rock bonsai
0:45 my first bonsai?
1:34 Concept of Root over Rock bonsai
2:50 Tip one for interesting root over rock bonsai
4:00 Tip two. Importance of age of material for root over rock
4:38 Tip 3. Positioning the tree on the rock
5:08 What style of tree for root over rock?
5:29 Looking at an older root over rock bonsai and its roots
7:17 Putting together a root over rock yew bonsai
12:45 the importance of Aluminium foil and a surprising way to cover the rock
14:30 Aftercare
15:00 Another root over rock. Trident Maple 2 years in development!
Hello😊 just came across this video. Very interesting and different method than I use. A very big thank you for sharing this 👍👍
Superb video Jelle, not only very creative, but extremely practical too - love it :)
Thank you Bob! Glad it is a nice & useful video!
Great video and great advice as always! 🐦💙
Thank you so much Jay!
Amazing video Jelle. I have been wanting to try a root over rock. After watching this I feel a lot more comfortable with the process. Now to find a nice rock!
Hey bobcat, glad to hear it. Landscaping stores often have loads of rocks
Nice video as always, Jelle!
The Chinese Elms over rocks that I prepared earlier this year following your instructions have slowed down for winter, but have been growing well! I can see lots of roots at their base, and had quite some growth in the canopy. Haven’t trimmed them yet, and I’ll soon share an update video! Thanks for the valuable tips!
Coool! Yes, update videos please!
Developing my 4 year old, seed planted Europea ash, root over the rock. It already developed an amazing root system . I‘m looking forward to watch the progress of your trees, Jelle. 👍 Kind regards from Austria 🙋♀️
Ohw cool. Are you uncovering? Looking forward to shooting an update of this yew in fall 2023 (!)
The first video I've watched of yours Jelle. Highly informative, enjoyable and easy to follow. You've got me hooked! 👍👍
welcome to the channel! Feel free to browse and if you like other videos too, it might be worth subscribing!
@@GrowingBonsai I already have.😁😁
Yet again yelle you have done a great video with great advice 👍 thank you ..
thank you michael!
Very nice .. beautiful bonsai... Good sharing 👍
Thank you so much 🙂 Glad you liked it!
Great video, thanks for sharing your technique
Thank you so much for the comment. Glad you liked the video!
Awesome video
Thank you so much!
Great explanation! I also love root over rock. Yes my rock is too smooth, But I used it because it has memories for me and I needed somewhere to keep it. Haha!
Sometimes the emotional connection is what brings out the most beauty!
fair point!
Great video jelle! And a littel update to the brazilian raintree you sent me.
I got it last week. And it lost almost all it leaves. Put i put it straight in my indoor greenhouse with light and fans. And Its looking good now! Think it going to pull true!
Jay! These are complaining little trees, BRTs!
Hey Jelle. 😊
Great video and tutorial.
I have a big rock from a previous failed attempt that I need to find a tree for and have another attempt next year.
Looking forward to seeing how that went! Hope this can serve as a thought-starter!
Wow Wonderful Bonsai ^^
Thank you for good sharing~
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My friend, have a good day
thank you so much!
Thank you so much for sharing, I have 3 Jacarandas from seed (since last spring) and I want to keep them as bonsais, hopefully I can accomplish that. 🙏🏼
Nice idea! I think jacaranda has very large leaves, correct?
@@GrowingBonsai yes, hopefully I can apply your techniques! 🌿🙏🏼🌿
That is a fascinating project. I'm partial to windswept pines grown in that style, might even give it a try one day, if I can get my sister to bring me a nice heavy rock..
Go for it! Get a rock and do it!
Nice video ❤️❤️
Hope it helps!
Great... 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 Looks Natural...
Thank you 😊
Great explanation and very interested about using aluminum foil straight over the young roots. I started my trdient maple and chinese elm root over rocks about 3 years ago and they are still buried in pots. I will start to have a look at them and uncover the top few cm next spring. The hardest issue i find is trying not to rush the process. I have just one completed chinese elm root on rock and that started in 2015 with a young cutting. Your advice is spot on - and do as many as you are able. Cheers for this one, Xav
Owh, looking forward to hearing how they have done. You have not peeked at all inbetween?
@@GrowingBonsai not at all.
mooi werk Jelle!
Dank je Greenhawk!
Jelle, das mit dem aufgesetzten 2. Topf ist super.
Danke Theo! Nachstes Jahr mahl sehen ob es funktioniert!
@@GrowingBonsai davon bin ich überzeugt.
great vid! your explainations are really really clear! how do you water these seedlings over rock? and how often? I'm rather scared they get dry really easily with those semi-exposed roots.
Hi Klaartje, thank you so much! I water with a shower head on my garden hose. I just shower them. I water these at the same time as all my trees, which in summer is 1-2 times a day. WIthin weeks the roots will start to grow out below the cover, typically
Thank you for this video. I am enlightened 🐱
Enlightened even! Wow! I hope also inspired to create one?
Thank you my bonsai brother. You are a pro and a great teacher. What kind of rocks have a lot of tiny character so it looks like a massive scale to extenuate the bonsais scale? Maybe stupid question, but can you grow root over rock in the ground to grow faster?
The idea is beautiful and the stone too
I have redbud seedlings, I will try to plant one like you, but the stone is a problem😅, I will try to find one😁
:) great yo hear I onspired you to get started on one!
great vid, only thing I would recco is to grow the material out first in a talll rooting can so you get longer roots to work with to start
yeah, that helps indeed, nice addition
Thanks for the awesome video! How do you water the yew? From the top or bottom?
What do you mean? I water the roots, with a hose or watering can, just like all trees
@@GrowingBonsai thanks for your reply! I meant that maybe the foil and additional pot would shield the roots from the water, and in that case you could put the pot into a flat bucket or such and immerse it. However that could rinse the soil away so I figured it might be tricky to water.
Really nice tutorial Jelle. What is the purpose of adding the substrate over the aluminum foil? Thanks, keep growing
Hey Matt, thank you. The substrate on the one hand keeps the alu foil nice and tight against the rock. Next to this, it isolates a little bit, so that the sun does not burn on the foil directly. Or so I tell me!
Thank you for the video. I've just one question: you keep the big windswept bonsai at full sun wuthout protection? I mean, the sun over the aluminium foil won't cook the roots? Thanx
I don't to be honest. Alu reflects sunlight quiete well
Hello, im Viet Nam, super bonsai
Hey! Greetings to Vietnam!
Quick question: it seemed like you used a different substrate composition for attaching the roots to the rock; what was in that substrate?
I've collected a few rocks from the local coastline I'm considering for a future project. They're not as cracked/porous as yours are since they're mostly granite or gneiss, but they haven't been worn too smooth yet. Hopefully they should still make visual sense.
Hey, yeah, I used pure cocopeat for it basically just to ensure some moisture is retained!
@@GrowingBonsai would you consider using sphagnum moss?
Hi Jelle, i am a little confused or maybe i missed something?! but it looked like you did not put the cocopeat all the way down to the potting mix before adding the foil. Does this not mean that once the roots get to the edge of the cocopeat, they will dry up and die before reaching the soil below the rock?
Thanks
Andrew
Hi Andrew,
In general I think the area between rock and alu will stay fairly moist. The substrate also serves to just keep the roots in place initially. I think I could hav explained better what I am intending there :)
@@GrowingBonsai Ahh i see, i was worried that the roots would not bridge the space between the cocopeat and the soil below the rock but as you say the foil will keep moisture in.
Cheers.👍
👍👌🙂
Thx Bruce!
Thanks. I have to admit I dont have one tree rooted over rock....
so.. Now you have something to do during the christmas break 😁
@@GrowingBonsai Hahahahahaha!!!!!