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Big Changes to the Larch Forest, The Bonsai Zone, July 2018
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ก.ค. 2018
- Growing bonsai usually involves gradual change over a long period of time.
In this video, my Larch forest goes through some dramatic changes in just a few days.
Music by Jo San....
/ @josanproductions8322
NEWLY SUBSCRIBED! I used to bonsai 25 years ago for several years, but then I had to move internationally. Now I am just getting back into 'bonsai-ing'. Back then, I could only learn from books and also visit bonsai expeditions to get inspiration... but now there's genius people LIKE YOU at my fingertips... and for that, I thank you!
You are a true artist!
Nigel, you've done a truly BEAUTIFUL job on this forest. I know that it's sinful to envy someone's work, but dag gone it, I envy your work here. This is exactly what I want to accomplish and combine it with detailed model dioramas, too. Your techniques have moved me a lot closer to my goal. THANKS BUDDY and may you and yours have a blessed day.
Wonderful work! At first it looked like a park and now looks like a true forest. Love it!!!
Thank you Nana, it does have a more wild look to it!
Yesterday I was determined to be a Bonsai Master. After watching this show, I am determined to just watch Bonsai Masters. SO much work...I'll settle to watching the masters do their art :)
You can do it Ana! Start off with small manageable projects and develop your skills!
Thanks so much for letting us watch your process. I think a lot of people are too timid or perhaps too vain to allow others to witness anything other than the final take. It’s so helpful to people like me to watch how your brain works though. I learn so much from watching you work things through. You’re the Bob Ross of bonsai
Thank you Stephanie!
NIgel you're fantastic and I love you but that old jingle was iconic
Nate Kennedy it was probably copyrighted since it was basically the Twilight Zone theme.
Hello Mr Nigel. With this work you took an iconic piece of you and of bonsai world and tried to transform it to a masterpiece. And this fight within you it’s the real path to create something higher.
Thanks for the inspiration.
Thank you, I'm hoping to get it looking really good for the show!
Your eye is always spot on, Nigel. Beautiful forest and landscape. Your decisions and changes are a pleasure to watch
I did not think this forest could get anny better then what it was. You proved me wrong. I love it,
Thank you, nice to hear!
very good Nigel ... the prospect got much better after the lowering of the block of plants and I like it very much when it is not necessary to wash the roots ...
hug and congratulations for the great procedure.
I love the "windswep style" of your hair today :-). I was also impressed on how the landscape improved by slightly straightening the trees.
Thank you, I like the straight trees also!
Amazing forest depth view at 26:14 Looks like it goes on forever. Wonderful.
Wow Nigel, you are the meaning of perfection!!!!
Thank you Lucho!
love this forest because of how much it resembles mighty white pines.
It is realy amazing how this bonsai forest looks real. Beautifull.
I love this planting. The scale is perfect.
What a big job, you changed the whole feel of the planting; with the rocks it seems to be a lot more spread out. It is a wonderful piece of work, thank you for sharing the video with us!
Thank you Trevor, I already have plans to improve it!
This forest is the reason I started to watch your channel and its such a treat to watch it evolve! Didn't like it at all at first when you started to break it up and replanting, but the result is nothing short of amazing! The height difference gave it so much more life. It reminds me of a forest from my childhood and it's a dream of mine to one day have something as beautiful and awe inspiring. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you Menigar, it was a tough decision to make some of the changes, but I was happy with the results! I still have lots more ideas to improve the forest for the future!
Your hair is beautiful like a bonsai today ❤️
This is gorgeous! Reminds me of the Japanese gardens in Golden Gate Park San Francisco where I grew up.
Nigel I love the videos I learn a lot. Since you're more relatable than those frequent flying bonsai professionals. This is truly a labor of love. You must have an uber patient wife. And if you spent 1/4 the time you did on your hair as you do on your plants. You'll probably look like brad pitt.
Thanks Ben, a wonderful comment!
I think it looked good both ways, but its really great now ...!!! Nice Job..!!
Awesome job Nigel you are a courageous man I would have been too frightened to split the Forester great job
It was a tough decision, but I'm glad I did it in the end!
Love the changes to the Larch Forest! As you were going...I was feeling pretty proud of myself as I was making some of the same decisions and judgments you were before you said them. ...I'm going to take that to mean I'm actually learning something. lol The chick taking a gander at the forest was pretty cute, too. My first thought was a fuzzy, Velociraptor had entered the forest! ;-) Thank you for sharing the hard work you do, Nigel.
Thanks Bonnie, it's funny, when I'm editing the videos, it's easier to see the overall design, maybe because it's smaller than real life and it's more 2 dimensional. That chick is so cute, we have four of them, all Silkies.
We put 40 eggs in our incubator...only got 5. But they were adorable. They're already big enough to be put into "General Chicken Population" and doing very well. On seeing the design, I'm wondering if it's just the change in perspective that makes it easier to see what you want to do with each tree or design? Maybe with your naked eye...there's too much going on around the perimeter but in the video there is a focal point....the tree(s). However you do what you do...it's all good!
Looks awesome, this larch forest of yours is one of my faves.
Thanks Todd, it's a big step forward!
I wasn't sure about splitting and then moving everything so far to the left. But WOW! It looks great. Good job as always Nigel.
Beautiful Nigel, thank you for sharing.
Thanks Catharina!
Spent the whole time afraid that you would inadvertently cut those two seedlings. Great work !
Somehow they made it through to the end!
All of your videos are inspiring Nigel. Not only do you show knowledge but you have great imagination in your work. Awesome job! Looking forward to more 👌
I really really like those small seedlings between bigger trees! It really brings something more out of the whole planting! Superb work once again Nigel.
Thank you, I'm hoping to get more small seedlings growing to fill out the forest a bit more. My Larch seeds that I collected last fall, all got dug up by squirrels and mice, but I'll keep trying to grow more this year!
Great work Nigel, it looks amazing!
You really have an artistic eye to accomplish that miniature looking. Congratulations!
Thank you Jo San, I think it is a good start. With everything in place, I can work more on the small details that really bring it to life!
I'm glad to see it's completely safe to repot in summer, I'd repotted a pomegranate tree of mine as the soil was just not draining at all and I was very worried it'd kill it doing it this time of year, but seeing someone who has a lot of experience doing it reassures me it's alright to do so.
With moderate root pruning and good aftercare, most summer re pots will survive.
I'd pruned a bit off, but the majority of the roots had come off as I was repotting as it was insanely root bound, the tree seems to be doing alright now! Thanks for your advice!
this episode was an adventure nigel. watching you separate the forest in half was almost like a horror scene, and dangerously close to Friday the 13th..lol but it came back together quite seamlessly and looks great. and that topknot hairstyle is gona be EPIC when it grows out fully, I hope we get to see that before you decide to cut it all again haha. thanx for bringing us along, I cant wait till the next leap ;)
amazing work.... wonderful!!!
I have been watching your videos since yesterday. You have a very relaxing vibe about you. I'll bet you're an awesome guy to have as a friend! Anyway - I really like this little forest! It's BEAUTIFUL!
I'm glad you liked the videos Becky, I have a lot of fun making them!
I tell you, I'm addicted! It is SO RELAXING to watch you work on your beautiful trees! I appreciate these videos! Thanks Nigel!@@TheBonsaiZone
what an artist you are. love what you do.!
I can clearly see now the plans of your hair ! You want to make a bonsai out of you ^^
Looks great by the way fits totally your personality:)
Thank you Mr. K!
Awesome sir amazing I love it . 9:33 dinosaur in an jurassic park searching for food
This is one of the best video I have seen so far from your side! I really like this Larch Forest I hope one day to have one too! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you, I'll be doing lots of landscape work to the forest this spring, should be fun!
Lot of work! With a very good progression!
Thank you Elmar!
Hi Nigel, Nice job on your Larch Forest and also nice job on your hair stile. It suites you well. The landscaping is so natural that when you were working behind the forest it reminded me of Dr. Gulliver. Good luck.
Thank you Noah, I think it should look even better by the end of summer, after the moss grows in and the needles on the tree are smaller.
WOW, fabulous. A winner for sure.
Thank you Jeanine!
Maravilloso Nigel, me encanta tu trabajo!
Obrigado, um passo na direção certa!
Masterpiece. Well done Nigel. Respect
Perfect pot for your forest. Mica pots are quite e pensive in UK especially that size. I’ve ordered a couple of plastic ones that shape. A bit more affordable! Your group is really looking amazing, great job.
Thank you Margaret, yes at one time mica pots were affordable, but now they are almost as much as the cheaper clay ones. I like the mica pots, I can't tell you how often I've banged the corner of the large mica pot on a the edge of a door frame. Clay pots are tough, but mica can really take a beating!
Fantastic work! A truly stellar transformation.
12:05 Baby larch on the left side looks so cute!
Man, Nigel, the forest is looking so good.
Thank you!
You are a perfectionist, wow, great results. Well worth it. Looks fantastic!
This guy is the bob Ross of bonsai it’s beautiful
Thanks Jadrian!
I love the stone steps. I'm glad you saved them.
Thank you, I'll try to cement them together this summer, and show this on the next update.
All of the changes you made definitely improved your forest. Love the after views. I hope you win!
Hello Brandon, thanks! Our show is non competitive, in fact, all the shows that I have ever been to, have been non competitive.
Love (!) your larch-forest!
Thank you Bart, it is doing well!
Looks GREAT, Nigel.
Thank you, it is growing really well this year!
Dude.. You need to re pot that hair! HA. just kidding man..
Love watching your videos . Quite helpful! Cheers from Texas.
Great work sir
Thank you Muhammad!
I'm just starting my bonsai trees, maybe I'll have my own forest one day.
Looks really good the way it's been changed
Thank you, I think it is a good start and I can detail it over the summer!
It is a pleasure to see you handle this little tree and I think you have taken the insurance for your work for 2 to 3 years you become safer in your actions Bravo, I would like to do the same. thank you for all the information you bring us.
Thank you Daniel, the Larches are starting to push out new growth already!
Your landscaping is very artistic such creativity is appreciable and rare nowadays Thank you for your tutora very inspiring. Good continuity Nigel.
Wow beautiful bonsai!
I love the look of the Larch forest in early summer. (Became my favorite miniature landscape of any kind on youtube after the first time I watched the may 2016 video) Hope to maybe see it again this year, now that you've updated the landscape? :)
Encore du beau travail merci
Merci et meci!
Simplemente impresionante enhorabuena
¡Gracias, es un gran paso adelante!
So here I go 😍
Always on the go!
Great job!!! Bonsai zone is top.
Great.looking very beautiful!
Thank you Anita!
I just wondered as you're looking for rocks that will look great in your planting if you could design 3D printed rocks? Guaranteed to get the perfect size! Great job! Enjoy your videos!
Aww! Tiny little larches under the main tree! ❤
They are cute, just like the little chick!
I liked both the symmetry and the evenness of the original planting. In Florida, everything is flat-ish, so it appealed to me.
It did look good that way also!
It looks great! Thanks for keep sharing such good work with us.
You make it look so easy!
Michelangelo of bonsai! masterpiece!
absolutely amazing sir! thank you so so much for your videos!
You are most welcome, I have a lot of fun making the videos!
Love the new nitro song! Your videos are super inspiring and helpful. Thank you
Looks amazing xx
Hey Nigel, I have what I was told is Dawn Redwood Metasequoia that I had found and dug up from my back yard, it was growing from underneath a pump pipe and fence so it has wonderful movement to it naturally but I've had it planted all summer and while it's not dead there's been no new growth. From what I understand they're quick growing trees so I'm worried that it's stunted and I don't know where to go with it from here.
It may be re generating the root system. It is common for collected trees to sit and sulk the first year. As long as it is still alive, it should take off towards the end of this year or next spring. They do like lots of water and it may need some winter protection from severe cold.
I've been missing you! Thanks for another inspirational video. I'll get to my Scots pine seedlings now! :)
Thank you Jenny, good luck with your trees!
Very nice work.
Also did you know that a lot of the aquarium plants can be grown out of the aquarium? That means you could use dwarf hair grass as a mini grass and anubis as small trees. It's so cool!
Thanks, I'll have to check it out!
Again nice work! I always look forward to your videos, just to learn. Thanks.
Thank you Jim for visiting the Bonsai Zone!
Superb, as always.
Don't you just love mica pots! I have been using it for my bonsai as well. Like the lowered position and the move to the left. Why don't you add a small pond? Could use anything small that will hold water. What do you think? I envision small deer statues in this landscape in the winter. All the changes ameliorated this planting. Beautiful forest!
Great ideas, I like them! I can't imagine how careful you would have to, moving a large clay pot around. I'm always bumping the mica pots against door frames, the trunk in the car etc. A clay pot this size would be very expensive and you would have to be so careful not to have it chip!
so Beautiful!
One word... Awesome...
Thank you Sathya!
love your videos cuz of u i started growing bonsais :D
Nice to hear, and happy growing!
It’s so beautiful piece
Thank you Mohammad! It should be fun developing it into the future!
I think you should get into aquascaping. Its pretty cool and you would do such a good job at it!
I was watching some of the sand waterfalls the other day, very cool indeed!
Nigel Saunders, The Bonsai Zone I think some of the plants could enhance some of the plantings you have and Inturn aquascaping is like a cousin of bonsai because you can make different miniature scenes, and the water from water changes have nutrients! Always a plus
You have so many nice pots, I have such a hard time finding pots let alone trees, where I am (Niagara Region)!
I lucked out finding the large mica pots! They were purchased second hand at a bonsai pot sale. It might be the first and only bonsai pot sale I ever encounter!
You can purchase the mica pots on line, they are expensive, but not compared to clay pots. Mica pots will last you the rest of your life!
Magnifique travail bravo
You're a better bonsai master then air stylist
The part about the best time being in spring depends upon where you're at. In the Pacific Northwest it is best the do the repotting in the fall just as they are preparing for winter. I did this for years with good results. To date I don't have one single tree that was repotted in the spring the was still living a month later.
Spring weather can be very unpredictable and and can be a big factor in the trees recovery. We had a very short transition from winter weather to summer weather this year so the re potting season was very short, only about two weeks. Thanks, for your input on the subject, It is always nice to hear what other people do and when!
Why do I feel like I have seen this before... you posted it today
Love watching your progress!
Thanks you Bart!
Nigel Saunders, The Bonsai Zone: I am learning a lot from you. I have a couple of "bonsai" myself, but learned I did a lot of stuff wrong. Hopefully I will get a proper bonsai with the knowledge I got from you. Love the fact you almost never use wire... I've seen a couple with wire though, but most is achieved by pruning, I think... Right?
I always love to hear your rooster....and then a little chick comes to visit your forest. LOL.
It will be time for a chicken/duck update soon!
Great job!! I Really enjoy watching your channel!
Very nice! Though I think your main tree ended up tilting a little to the left.
I only have the possibility to keep indoor trees so I envy all your moss and the work you do with the undergrowth.
Very good, excellent work, good week.
Thank you very much, it's been a good summer so far, for growing!
very nice, good video thumbs up
jus gorgeous!!
Thank you!
You are excellent
Thank you Rahul!