very nice pruning with explanation on the Procumbens nana. Excellent camera work. Deserves an Oscar🎭 for the zoom, detail and focus. Greetings from Australia.💥💥💥💥💥
I think you made the right choice Milton. I’m growing some in the ground now to fatten them up. Maybe someday I’ll have some as beautiful as yours. You have without a doubt the best Bonsai channel on TH-cam, sir. Thanks as always Milton!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Bags are a great way to mix the soil by shaking. I use a 5 gallon bucket or a 2 gallon bucket to mix my soil. I either shake the bucket or roll it and like you said it is like a cement mixer. 5 gallon bucket I mix a quarter of it and then use the 2 gallon bucket to mix and fill the 5 gallon bucket.
Using the old soil that is full of clay, one can mix in more sand or perlite for drainage by mixing everything together. I find that this helps me out with my trees.
Hi Milton, thank you for the video. A great one, as usual. May I ask you a question? How do you keep trees alive for two or three weeks after collecting them without repotting? I'm really curious! Thank you.
I suspect the soil for the clump is wetter than you would prefer, but it is interesting that you seem to like working with damp soil. That is my tendency, but contrary to what I was taught. Do you sometimes use a chopstick to ensure there are no pockets where soil is not firmly in contact with roots? I like your plan for the procumbens, but usually don't consider massive trunks for a clump or forest. I hope to see your clump in further development.
It is a bit silly to have a little stick to cover the whole pot...I hate wasting time... Wet because I water my trees once a day. When I repot, I hose off the old soil, put some soil mix in the bottom, and add fertilizer in the bottom (to not kill the tree and yet grows fast)...then add the tree and fill the pot with soil mix...as I go, I pour a lot of water into the pot, and press in and down below the....until it is fill. quick and easy...no air bubble...and the tree is happy!
Thanks for the explanation. Now that I think about it, the chopstick technique probably works only with dry soil of larger particles. When I have used the stick, the soil level in the pot reduces significantly and more must be added. A friend told me that often the first thing Kathy Shaner does when handed a tree is test the soil with a chopstick. I am not really a contrarian . . . I look forward to every post you make.
If you really think about it, the two tree forest is good. Why? If you put a path in the middle of the two or a big rock to divide them it will give the illusion of the forest expanding to the right and to the left. Even a dry river bed between the two will give the illusion also with moss or low growing sedum. Just a thought.
I am envious of your location and climate. Where I live in Texas is drier and probably seasonally hotter and colder . . . not easy to make trees thrive. Plus I cannot grow Japanese maples, azaleas, and some other trees because of the sodium level in my private well. For these reasons I limit myself to only a few species. Tomorrow I will turn 79.
Q,I have a juniper prostrated it has been growing in the ground for long time it has 6 or 7 branches growing directly from the ground les than 1 inch tick and longer then 1' long is there any chance to start getting a ticker trunk
@@MiltonChang-ee6rq Thank you. I’m faced with rehabbing a tree in my yard that a 75 year old oak fell on n took out 80% of. But it’s alive and I won’t cut it down
bonsai dies when the root ball dries out. So it depends on the environment. If you have to go away for a few days, water it with a deep bown under the bonsai...Stay in warer fore a week is not going to damage the tree. Right?
very nice pruning with explanation on the Procumbens nana.
Excellent camera work. Deserves an Oscar🎭 for the zoom, detail and focus.
Greetings from Australia.💥💥💥💥💥
Wow, thank you!
The simplicity of the single tree gives a nice relaxing scene of someone relaxing under the tree on a warm summer day. Nice work on this tree.
thanks! I love the curve in the trunk. I need to let the tree grow more needle.
I think you made the right choice Milton. I’m growing some in the ground now to fatten them up. Maybe someday I’ll have some as beautiful as yours. You have without a doubt the best Bonsai channel on TH-cam, sir. Thanks as always Milton!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
yeah! This is a good approach...do cut back once or twice a year so it does not "grow away from you" and to "direct" the tree, and improve taper.
Bags are a great way to mix the soil by shaking. I use a 5 gallon bucket or a 2 gallon bucket to mix my soil. I either shake the bucket or roll it and like you said it is like a cement mixer. 5 gallon bucket I mix a quarter of it and then use the 2 gallon bucket to mix and fill the 5 gallon bucket.
I violently agree with you!😇
Nice job Milton keep up the good work mate thanks
Thankyou for the encourage...and thanks for the thumbs up@
Just beautiful 🇦🇺🦘
Using the old soil that is full of clay, one can mix in more sand or perlite for drainage by mixing everything together. I find that this helps me out with my trees.
Good idea...I wanted to descrivbe a " formulation" so it is easier for people to duplicate.
Thank you for another excellent video! :)
Thank you!
I enjoy doing the video
Hi Milton, thank you for the video. A great one, as usual. May I ask you a question? How do you keep trees alive for two or three weeks after collecting them without repotting? I'm really curious! Thank you.
I usually put some soil or compse on top, not very carefully...to keep the roots moist.
Thanks for asking a good question
@MiltonChang-ee6rq thank you for your answer and knowledge
I suspect the soil for the clump is wetter than you would prefer, but it is interesting that you seem to like working with damp soil. That is my tendency, but contrary to what I was taught. Do you sometimes use a chopstick to ensure there are no pockets where soil is not firmly in contact with roots? I like your plan for the procumbens, but usually don't consider massive trunks for a clump or forest. I hope to see your clump in further development.
It is a bit silly to have a little stick to cover the whole pot...I hate wasting time...
Wet because I water my trees once a day.
When I repot, I hose off the old soil, put some soil mix in the bottom, and add fertilizer in the bottom (to not kill the tree and yet grows fast)...then add the tree and fill the pot with soil mix...as I go, I pour a lot of water into the pot, and press in and down below the....until it is fill.
quick and easy...no air bubble...and the tree is happy!
Thanks for the explanation. Now that I think about it, the chopstick technique probably works only with dry soil of larger particles. When I have used the stick, the soil level in the pot reduces significantly and more must be added. A friend told me that often the first thing Kathy Shaner does when handed a tree is test the soil with a chopstick. I am not really a contrarian . . . I look forward to every post you make.
If you really think about it, the two tree forest is good. Why? If you put a path in the middle of the two or a big rock to divide them it will give the illusion of the forest expanding to the right and to the left. Even a dry river bed between the two will give the illusion also with moss or low growing sedum. Just a thought.
Opportunity for creativity is unlimited....truly. Thanks you for engaging!
I am envious of your location and climate. Where I live in Texas is drier and probably seasonally hotter and colder . . . not easy to make trees thrive. Plus I cannot grow Japanese maples, azaleas, and some other trees because of the sodium level in my private well. For these reasons I limit myself to only a few species. Tomorrow I will turn 79.
Congratulations! CELEBRATE WHEN YOU HIGH 90, and then 90!
Yeah, heat and salt is not a good combination,
Celebrate!...then at 80, and then at 90!
Salt and heat is not a good combination.
Beautiful trees!!! How do you work with the nana without poking up your hands?!? 😊
By working on more of them to develop thick skin....just kidding. I just tolerate the pain. 🙂
Q,I have a juniper prostrated it has been growing in the ground for long time it has 6 or 7 branches growing directly from the ground les than 1 inch tick and longer then 1' long is there any chance to start getting a ticker trunk
Of course...every tee will thicken over time.
I can't visualize your situation. Maybe you can work towards a clump of 6-7 trees.
Can I do the “brutal” branch breaking with a maple???
Yes you can...so long as there is a part of the branch connected. If you worry about it, wrap it with raffia before you wire or bend.
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Thank you. I’m faced with rehabbing a tree in my yard that a 75 year old oak fell on n took out 80% of. But it’s alive and I won’t cut it down
❤🎉
Thanks!
👍👌🙂
Thanks Bruce.
Hey!@ You finally give me thumbs up!😇
Off numbers always look better. The single looks really good but I find the two tree very underwhelming.
Wait until the branches
Developed to form the shape
Look at the powerful trunks like no other clump trees!
will my bonsai die if I don't water it every day?
bonsai dies when the root ball dries out. So it depends on the environment. If you have to go away for a few days, water it with a deep bown under the bonsai...Stay in warer fore a week is not going to damage the tree. Right?
@@MiltonChang-ee6rq thanks so never let it dry out. Do you flood the pot when you water?