well I think I would have cried a bit at that... you were way more calm than I would have been. Living in Canada I have been getting mostly indoor bonsai as outdoor ones here are a huge amount of work with over wintering and the in and out of the cold in spring and autumn. Thanks for the video :)
Ultimately both trees survived, they're both growing fine this year. Only the pots died. In any case this is an important advantage to having many trees; there will always be one or so that dies for some reason, but it's not such a big deal as when you have only a couple of trees and one dies. Indoors, I get issues with scale and mealbugs on the Sageretias and Portulacaria afras, so I put them outside from now to September and the beetles, wasps and spiders remove the infestations. For indoors ficus retusa are wonderful. I haven't done any vids yet, but will someday when I have time. Don't get a Carmona, they all die, sooner or later. Chinese elms are great for anywhere.
Just gone through the same yesterday here in Portugal. It happens a few times a year depending on the wind direction. We have lost part of the roof of the house a few times. It's hard getting over 70 bonsai in the house, so I have to pick my favourite and leave the rest and hope. This time everything survived okay. I'm glad none of yours were badly hurt, except the pots. 👍
Wow that's really serious.. a roof has basically only two functions and if it blows off in the wind then it's failing on both accounts. Moving bonsai into the house, it's a good idea but my wife complains if there are only 10 in the house; if I brought in any more I believe I'd be sleeping on the patio! I guess the wind is quite humid where you are? Do you find your leaves get windburn or not really a problem?
I’m so sorry to see what happened, worst nightmare! I live in Dallas Texas and we have similar issues with wind, gusts can easily be above 45mph - 72 km/h for extended periods of time. To combat this I have resorted to black garden / multi purpose Velcro (one strip of Velcro that is double faced so it sticks to itself. During spring and summer wind storm it holds the pots securely to the benches . I either strap the entire pot down (over the pot and under the bench) or use plastic clips I found that secure on the edge of the pot and then strap them down. I hope all turns out well for your trees. Thank you for sharing your bonsai adventures, I enjoys your videos!
Wow that is serious wind! Thanks, the double sided velcro sounds like a great solution. I've been to Dallas a few times, I remember it as being quite humid heat. Do you find leaf scorch is a problem due to the wind? I have found especially the maples suffer from it. It's definitely the wind that causes it here, while full sunlight is not a problem as long as the soil remains watered.
@@BlueSkyBonsai Fun to hear you’ve been here! The land of no hills... it can be crazy windy here! Sometimes we are hot and humid and other times we are hot and dry, depending on if we get weather patterns south from the gulf or if we are getting it from the north. Fortunately the super hot weather is mainly from July to mid Sept., the combination of wind and sun is a problem during then as well. Yes, leaf scorch is a constant issue. I have 3 maples that are pretty beat up by October every year but they keep on growing, with an abundance of watering! I am looking forward to seeing more updates! Take care.
@@cduff4505 must be difficult to plan for such diverse weather conditions! Yeah my maples are also looking pretty sorry by now but I suppose the autumn leaf fall and winter dormancy is nature's way of dealing with it! Thanks for the encouraging words! I 🍺👍🏻
@@cduff4505 btw I meant to say, when I was a kid my father worked in Dallas a couple of years so we sometimes went there for holidays.. an overwhelming memory is of seeing huge plains with nodding donkeys and once we saw a real oil gusher shooting high into the air. Are the nodding donkeys still there or has it mostly dried up by now?
@@BlueSkyBonsai You’re memories are spot on. We still have the vast flat plains and nodding donkeys! Not so much here in Dallas, but I drive home every few years instead of flying to Albuquerque NM and it’s 11 hours of nothing but cotton fields, flat lands, cows, giant windmill farms, the high dessert and the occasional horse and donkey! The next challenging season is winter, mild for the most part with snow and ice a few times a year so half the tropical and semi tropical come in for the season. I hope to make it to your area one day, such a beautiful and amazing county. Our seasons are quite similar, although we are a bit hotter and a bit colder then your area but still quite similar. What winter preparations do you do each year? Or maybe a video on it would fun to see!
Hehehe I'm glad it looked dramatic 😊 I didn't manage to capture the worst! Every year for the last few years I have lost one or more pots to the wind on that patio. I've tried to convince my wife that we should get glazing around it which would make it like a conservatory or something (here they call it galería, a gallery) and she has firmly said no. So, nuff's enough, roll on my next project... creating a bonsai garden on the other side. 🍻👍
@@BlueSkyBonsai I was thinking some glass might do the trick, but you cant really go around youtube telling people to redesign the structure of their house lol. you'll have to show us the relocation when its done
@@BackGardenBonsai please feel free to suggest changes, I gratefully read all recommendations and then you'll see I go ahead and do nothing about them after talking with the boss here! There is another fundamental issue with any glass out in the garden. My sons are 100% certain to smash it with their football. So at the moment I'm just going to try the sheltereed side of the house. Haven't yet decided if I'll do a time lapse vid or just post updates on the end of other videos. 🤔🍺👍🏻
I’ve have this problem all time in Kirkby in Ashfield Nottinghamshire England had pots break raped roots in plastic bag and got glue out and stuck it together till got new pot so no disturbance of roots
Dave, my annoyance of the wind factor is also a problem here in Australia.. last year my melaleuca tree blew over and broke the bonsai pot 😠.so now it's in a large everyday plastic pot 😫
I feel for you.. but ultimately I would have been heartbroken if the tree had died... the two pots in this video cost about €30 each, probably similar in AUD so not cheap but also not a bank-breaker. The trees though, are almost priceless when you've nurtured them from a small nursery shoot. So hey, plastic pot is temporary, ultimately the tree is the star!
I was crying out "OMG!! put the camera down Dave! Save the trees!!" 😱 We had those high winds too, and I took the decision to move my trees into my unheated greenhouse with the door propped open. I'd have liked the trees to go through Autumn outside, but I'd rather they were safe. Hope yours come through okay xx
Thanks Rebecca!! A weird thing was happening, half of me was willing the pommy to fall... but then instinct took over. I wanted to do this video because this has happened enough times and I clearly need to make some changes here. Your greenhouse seems like a very good idea for these situations. I'm sure the juni and mugo will be fine, just a pity about the pots...
Wow that wind was quite something ! That was a great save.👍 That's too bad about the pots though, they looked like nice pots. Really cool editing as usual 👌 Take care !
Dave, what you do use for top dressing? Specific rock and size? Thanks! Looking forward to the next video. Also, why don't you monetize these? I'd sit through a commercial or few for the info you provide.
Hi Bonsai Piper, I use small-grain kiryuzuna for top dressing (about 3mm or 1/8"). The small grain size retains a bit more water on the surface than larger grain, but this only important if you live in a warm dry climate. (In cool humid environments you can use normal particle size 5mm same as your main soil.) I use the kiryu because it holds its structure for longer than akadama, and it changes colour when wet so it's easy to see when dry and in need of watering. Same is true of akadama which also does the job very well if you can't get hold of kiryu. Just that small-grain akadama will break down to a clay powder within a year. Kiryu is a bit like pumice but more yellowy. I did a video on "slip potting" where I talked about the granular make up of your soil. th-cam.com/video/xJFa-dsNO9I/w-d-xo.html
Also, I really appreciate your comment about monetization - thank you. I have heard through the media that YT will start putting ads on ALL videos at some time during this year, regardless of whether the youtuber is monetizing. So I have decided that that will be the time for me to monetize, if YT is making money from advertisers on my material then I should probably deserve a cut of that! Until then, you can enjoy my videos ad-free! (Incidentally, my first few vids have ads in them because I used commercially copyrighted music so YT automatically inserts ads for the copyright holders.) Thanks again! 😊👍🏻
Great video as always. Hope the other side of your house protects those gorgeous trees from the pain-in-the-ass wind. I've "pubscribed", no need to say sleash🤣
Thank you Kate! I wondered if anyone would notice that! Did you recognize the font? When I have something to show on the other side I'll do a video of it. I wanted to make it a gorgeous japanese garden but each time I look at it, the plans shrink a little and it's currently looking like a sandpit with a bench. So I might as well call it a childrens' playground.. a case of downsizing gone too far. I think there is a middle ground somewhere... watch this space (but don't hold your breath!) 😁🍻👍
@Blue Sky Bonsai - I'm really not a "font geek" ...hmm...really does look familiar though (looks across at box sets)...no, it can't be...is the use of the Twenty Four hour clock a clue? 🤓
@@katedodd79 sorry 🤓 nor am I but these fonts definitely look like films to me... though neither am I a film geek... this one is from Transformers, not a fave of mine but I must have watched it about 5 tomes with my sons. Perhaps I should stick to bonsai related content 😂🌳
Ok so first of all shame on you for not bringing the beer out first. You’re only hurting yourself by waiting. Generally my bonsai tool kit includes beer, iPhone, and then MAYBE some sort of snippy thing, in that order. That said, DAMN...you weren’t kidding about that wind. At least it doesn’t get too cold...I’ve read that freezing winter wind can really burn your trees, particularly conifers (I may have that flipped...could be deciduous). Cheers man, and don’t forget the silver lining: it may be windy there, but damn, your place looks beautiful! -C
Thanks mate! Yes I an very thankful for our lovely garden, I spend a lot of time out there... especially this year! 😷 You're right, it was shameful to go on for so long without liquid refreshment, but luckily the thirst was quickly remedied. For defo the wind has very bad other effects like you said, I find windburn really dries up the Japanese maples leaves, a lot worse than sun scorch. Do you get freezing winds there in Boston? Do you overwinter all your trees in a garage or somewhere?
Thank yoy! I know what you mean about the tall pots. They are bad in wind. They are also bad in srong sunlight too because the big sides heat up and cook the roots. They look nice though!
@@betascr I got the second track fro Hear We Go toutube channel and he has removed that song now so I can't tell you the artist and name. I have emailed him to see if he can tell me it.
woww .. the wind is so strong. I hope the bonsai plants are healthy and of course those who have are also healthy😊😊
Thank you so much! Also wishing you and yours best of health!
well I think I would have cried a bit at that... you were way more calm than I would have been. Living in Canada I have been getting mostly indoor bonsai as outdoor ones here are a huge amount of work with over wintering and the in and out of the cold in spring and autumn. Thanks for the video :)
Ultimately both trees survived, they're both growing fine this year. Only the pots died. In any case this is an important advantage to having many trees; there will always be one or so that dies for some reason, but it's not such a big deal as when you have only a couple of trees and one dies.
Indoors, I get issues with scale and mealbugs on the Sageretias and Portulacaria afras, so I put them outside from now to September and the beetles, wasps and spiders remove the infestations.
For indoors ficus retusa are wonderful. I haven't done any vids yet, but will someday when I have time. Don't get a Carmona, they all die, sooner or later. Chinese elms are great for anywhere.
Wow! looking a stormy there
Yep very!! It was a nightmare!
Just gone through the same yesterday here in Portugal.
It happens a few times a year depending on the wind direction.
We have lost part of the roof of the house a few times.
It's hard getting over 70 bonsai in the house, so I have to pick my favourite and leave the rest and hope.
This time everything survived okay.
I'm glad none of yours were badly hurt, except the pots. 👍
Wow that's really serious.. a roof has basically only two functions and if it blows off in the wind then it's failing on both accounts.
Moving bonsai into the house, it's a good idea but my wife complains if there are only 10 in the house; if I brought in any more I believe I'd be sleeping on the patio!
I guess the wind is quite humid where you are? Do you find your leaves get windburn or not really a problem?
@@BlueSkyBonsaithey always get windburn.
So I try to avoid plants like Acer trees with their delicate leaves.
This would be a sad episode but for Dr. Dave
Hehehe I hope I didn't over-dramatize the situation! 😊
lol you mentioned it was windy in another video, was not expecting this
Yup! Now you've seen the real reason I made the bonsai garden on the other side of the house... the house now protects the bonsais. Thanks again! 😊👍🏻
I’m so sorry to see what happened, worst nightmare! I live in Dallas Texas and we have similar issues with wind, gusts can easily be above 45mph - 72 km/h for extended periods of time. To combat this I have resorted to black garden / multi purpose Velcro (one strip of Velcro that is double faced so it sticks to itself. During spring and summer wind storm it holds the pots securely to the benches . I either strap the entire pot down (over the pot and under the bench) or use plastic clips I found that secure on the edge of the pot and then strap them down. I hope all turns out well for your trees. Thank you for sharing your bonsai adventures, I enjoys your videos!
Wow that is serious wind! Thanks, the double sided velcro sounds like a great solution. I've been to Dallas a few times, I remember it as being quite humid heat. Do you find leaf scorch is a problem due to the wind? I have found especially the maples suffer from it. It's definitely the wind that causes it here, while full sunlight is not a problem as long as the soil remains watered.
@@BlueSkyBonsai Fun to hear you’ve been here! The land of no hills... it can be crazy windy here! Sometimes we are hot and humid and other times we are hot and dry, depending on if we get weather patterns south from the gulf or if we are getting it from the north. Fortunately the super hot weather is mainly from July to mid Sept., the combination of wind and sun is a problem during then as well. Yes, leaf scorch is a constant issue. I have 3 maples that are pretty beat up by October every year but they keep on growing, with an abundance of watering! I am looking forward to seeing more updates! Take care.
@@cduff4505 must be difficult to plan for such diverse weather conditions! Yeah my maples are also looking pretty sorry by now but I suppose the autumn leaf fall and winter dormancy is nature's way of dealing with it! Thanks for the encouraging words! I 🍺👍🏻
@@cduff4505 btw I meant to say, when I was a kid my father worked in Dallas a couple of years so we sometimes went there for holidays.. an overwhelming memory is of seeing huge plains with nodding donkeys and once we saw a real oil gusher shooting high into the air. Are the nodding donkeys still there or has it mostly dried up by now?
@@BlueSkyBonsai You’re memories are spot on. We still have the vast flat plains and nodding donkeys! Not so much here in Dallas, but I drive home every few years instead of flying to Albuquerque NM and it’s 11 hours of nothing but cotton fields, flat lands, cows, giant windmill farms, the high dessert and the occasional horse and donkey! The next challenging season is winter, mild for the most part with snow and ice a few times a year so half the tropical and semi tropical come in for the season.
I hope to make it to your area one day, such a beautiful and amazing county. Our seasons are quite similar, although we are a bit hotter and a bit colder then your area but still quite similar. What winter preparations do you do each year? Or maybe a video on it would fun to see!
Love & Like all your videos😃
Thank you so much! 😊
Bloody hell, that wind was dramatic. I didn't realise you lived in a vortex! I think changing position is probably for the best.
Hehehe I'm glad it looked dramatic 😊 I didn't manage to capture the worst! Every year for the last few years I have lost one or more pots to the wind on that patio. I've tried to convince my wife that we should get glazing around it which would make it like a conservatory or something (here they call it galería, a gallery) and she has firmly said no. So, nuff's enough, roll on my next project... creating a bonsai garden on the other side. 🍻👍
@@BlueSkyBonsai I was thinking some glass might do the trick, but you cant really go around youtube telling people to redesign the structure of their house lol. you'll have to show us the relocation when its done
@@BackGardenBonsai please feel free to suggest changes, I gratefully read all recommendations and then you'll see I go ahead and do nothing about them after talking with the boss here! There is another fundamental issue with any glass out in the garden. My sons are 100% certain to smash it with their football. So at the moment I'm just going to try the sheltereed side of the house. Haven't yet decided if I'll do a time lapse vid or just post updates on the end of other videos. 🤔🍺👍🏻
Blue Sky Bonsai lol. You’re a braver man than me for even trying to talk to the boss lady about these crazy ideas 😄.
I’ve have this problem all time in Kirkby in Ashfield Nottinghamshire England had pots break raped roots in plastic bag and got glue out and stuck it together till got new pot so no disturbance of roots
Excellent idea with the plastic bag. Wish i had've thought of that. Thanks for the tip! 🌳👍🏻
@@BlueSkyBonsai I did it with one pot using epoxy resin 3 years ago and not got another pot yet and it’s still going strong
@@johnpugh5867 impressive! Would it work for a cascade tree?
great bonsai ser
Thanks so much! 🌳👍🏻
Dave, my annoyance of the wind factor is also a problem here in Australia.. last year my melaleuca tree blew over and broke the bonsai pot 😠.so now it's in a large everyday plastic pot 😫
I feel for you.. but ultimately I would have been heartbroken if the tree had died... the two pots in this video cost about €30 each, probably similar in AUD so not cheap but also not a bank-breaker. The trees though, are almost priceless when you've nurtured them from a small nursery shoot. So hey, plastic pot is temporary, ultimately the tree is the star!
Thats so upseting , I going to do a quick video to show you how I deal with that in the FNQ.x
Thanks Mr N, I'll look for your video now!
We also have strong winds
Do you have to protect your plants from the wind? Where in the world are you?
I was crying out "OMG!! put the camera down Dave! Save the trees!!" 😱 We had those high winds too, and I took the decision to move my trees into my unheated greenhouse with the door propped open. I'd have liked the trees to go through Autumn outside, but I'd rather they were safe. Hope yours come through okay xx
Thanks Rebecca!! A weird thing was happening, half of me was willing the pommy to fall... but then instinct took over. I wanted to do this video because this has happened enough times and I clearly need to make some changes here. Your greenhouse seems like a very good idea for these situations.
I'm sure the juni and mugo will be fine, just a pity about the pots...
Wow that wind was quite something ! That was a great save.👍 That's too bad about the pots though, they looked like nice pots. Really cool editing as usual 👌 Take care !
Thanks J! Yes sad about the pots but luckily they were the only casualties this time. 🍺👍🏻
Dave, what you do use for top dressing? Specific rock and size?
Thanks! Looking forward to the next video. Also, why don't you monetize these? I'd sit through a commercial or few for the info you provide.
Hi Bonsai Piper, I use small-grain kiryuzuna for top dressing (about 3mm or 1/8"). The small grain size retains a bit more water on the surface than larger grain, but this only important if you live in a warm dry climate. (In cool humid environments you can use normal particle size 5mm same as your main soil.) I use the kiryu because it holds its structure for longer than akadama, and it changes colour when wet so it's easy to see when dry and in need of watering. Same is true of akadama which also does the job very well if you can't get hold of kiryu. Just that small-grain akadama will break down to a clay powder within a year. Kiryu is a bit like pumice but more yellowy. I did a video on "slip potting" where I talked about the granular make up of your soil. th-cam.com/video/xJFa-dsNO9I/w-d-xo.html
Also, I really appreciate your comment about monetization - thank you. I have heard through the media that YT will start putting ads on ALL videos at some time during this year, regardless of whether the youtuber is monetizing. So I have decided that that will be the time for me to monetize, if YT is making money from advertisers on my material then I should probably deserve a cut of that! Until then, you can enjoy my videos ad-free! (Incidentally, my first few vids have ads in them because I used commercially copyrighted music so YT automatically inserts ads for the copyright holders.) Thanks again! 😊👍🏻
Great video as always. Hope the other side of your house protects those gorgeous trees from the pain-in-the-ass wind.
I've "pubscribed", no need to say sleash🤣
Thank you Kate! I wondered if anyone would notice that! Did you recognize the font?
When I have something to show on the other side I'll do a video of it. I wanted to make it a gorgeous japanese garden but each time I look at it, the plans shrink a little and it's currently looking like a sandpit with a bench. So I might as well call it a childrens' playground.. a case of downsizing gone too far. I think there is a middle ground somewhere... watch this space (but don't hold your breath!) 😁🍻👍
@Blue Sky Bonsai - I'm really not a "font geek" ...hmm...really does look familiar though (looks across at box sets)...no, it can't be...is the use of the Twenty Four hour clock a clue? 🤓
@@katedodd79 sorry 🤓 nor am I but these fonts definitely look like films to me... though neither am I a film geek... this one is from Transformers, not a fave of mine but I must have watched it about 5 tomes with my sons. Perhaps I should stick to bonsai related content 😂🌳
Hope not too much damage...
Thanks yes luckily only material damage. Thankfully no bonsai died. Thanks for watching and commenting!! 😊👍🏻
Where do you get your Pots from?
I get most of them from here: www.laosgarden.com/ some from here: www.bonsaipavia.es/ and a few from here: www.mistralbonsai.com/ -hope that helps!
I haven’t seen strong wind like that here in Johannesburg. I must add that a German shepard can also be an enemy to bonsai
Uh-oh! Sounds like a tough episode. Did the dog get banished from your house or garden after that?
Seeing this view made me very sad. Get well soon.
Thanks bro! 😊👍🏻
Ok so first of all shame on you for not bringing the beer out first. You’re only hurting yourself by waiting. Generally my bonsai tool kit includes beer, iPhone, and then MAYBE some sort of snippy thing, in that order.
That said, DAMN...you weren’t kidding about that wind. At least it doesn’t get too cold...I’ve read that freezing winter wind can really burn your trees, particularly conifers (I may have that flipped...could be deciduous). Cheers man, and don’t forget the silver lining: it may be windy there, but damn, your place looks beautiful!
-C
Thanks mate! Yes I an very thankful for our lovely garden, I spend a lot of time out there... especially this year! 😷
You're right, it was shameful to go on for so long without liquid refreshment, but luckily the thirst was quickly remedied. For defo the wind has very bad other effects like you said, I find windburn really dries up the Japanese maples leaves, a lot worse than sun scorch. Do you get freezing winds there in Boston? Do you overwinter all your trees in a garage or somewhere?
That’s what I did it on
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Thats aweful... but thats the Reason for me
Hating those Pots which can stand on its own 😢😢😢
Thank yoy! I know what you mean about the tall pots. They are bad in wind. They are also bad in srong sunlight too because the big sides heat up and cook the roots. They look nice though!
@@BlueSkyBonsai I got a Lot of stormy weather and Lot of dry heat here in Germany😎
@@thegreenmanalishiyamadori371 😎🍺👍🏻
@@BlueSkyBonsai 🍺🍻🍻🍺😁😁😁
Song please ? 3min and 4min 15
3min = Above & Beyond- Love is Not Enough
4min 15 I'll get back to you with this one...
@@BlueSkyBonsai thank you
@@betascr I got the second track fro Hear We Go toutube channel and he has removed that song now so I can't tell you the artist and name. I have emailed him to see if he can tell me it.
@@BlueSkyBonsai the second sound is "ak night drive" thank you to you and continue your video it sounds superb and I'm starting in bonsai
@@betascr wonderful thank you so much for letting me know the song, and for your great feedback! 🌳👍🏻