Thanks Jacob. really glad you are enjoying my videos. Love this feedback!

I was just about to say that! So proud of your evolution as a bonsai practitioner… Great technique’s man!

@@viktorsbonsai Cheers viktle. I just love messing about with trees, and hopefully, I'll end up with some decent bonsai in the future!

very true.

I'm loving this channel too. There isn't another bonsai practitioner who is as casual and at the same time as expert as Tonys Bonsai AND who manages to look like Jason Statham like Tonys Bonsai does. :)

Thank you, I'm glad you are enjoying watching. I love the KZfaq bonsai community. So many great people creating thoroughly enjoyable content

Cheers mate. Glad you enjoyed it, and like the show - the experimentation must go on!

🤣🤣You know what Dan, when I edited that scene, the thought did cross my mind just for a second that it was a bit dodgy, but I thought nobody will notice. Thanks for sharing that. Made me laugh!

What a nice comment, thanks mate and keep up the good work yourself!

You paint a funny picture Nikki! As for the night video. Probably a good way to go viral - Stealing Japanese maples by night 🤣🤣

Cheers mate. I think my old pins have had their airing for the year now!

🤣🤣I hope that's not the AI watching my videos!

Cheers mate!

Thanks for that mate. I love bonsai. I was just about to write a reply thanking you and explaining my approach, but instead, I'm going to make a short video about it. Thanks for the content idea. the cheques in the post!

Thanks Michael. Gotta keep thickening up those trunks!

Trees are fascinating entities, seeing them do there job is magical.

Thanks Mick. Glad you enjoyed it!

This one must have slipped through the net mate!

Thanks Paul. I'm glad you enjoyed this, and I really appreciate the positive feedback!

Yes, I think it makes sense to work mainly on native trees because they are naturally suited by our environment, so we tend to be able to get away with a bit more.

Cheers B. Glad yu enjoyed it

Thanks Joe. I tried to keep this one simple and easy to follow.

🤣I'm glad you enjoyed the video Jason, and regarding my age, I just turned 47, and I don't feel a day over 46 🤣

I couldn't agree more. I attended my local bonsai group once, and they were all stood around comparing and marking trees out of five and I was a bit confused. I get so much pleasure just walking around looking at trees being present. That's the real joy!

@@TonysBonsai* I think it´s sad so many is hooked on competition, but what they do is there business. I here you Tony. That is how i feel when walking in nature og just watching my own trees. Keep up the great videos.

Thank you. It's great to hear that people are enjoying my content, much apopreciated.

Hi Alesssio. Like you I'm very much learning about bonsai, so I'm just sharing my journey mistakes and all.

Glad to hear that you enjoyed it Nerina. It's one of my most popular videos to date

Thanks Clyde. Much appreciated!

My pleasure. Thank you.

Thank you for subscribing. Much appreciated.

Thanks Jane. 🙂

Hi Nina. Really glad you are enjoying my videos, and if you're learning something then that's a bonus too! I'm sure you'll be creating some great trees!

@@TonysBonsai I'm getting there..First time airlayering 🤞this year

Good luck with the air layer!

@@TonysBonsai il admit I had a cheeky early look at it yesterday nd I totally have roots whooo 🥳

Brilliant news. leave it a few more weeks and it will have tons!

Thanks Guy. Glad you enjoyed it mate. I try to keep changing the angles etc to keep some dynamism to it.

Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks Aanda. I'm no expert to be honest, but these are just a few things I've picked up since starting my journey!

@@TonysBonsai your videos are easy to watch and follow which makes a huge difference when learning something new. Gives confidence. 🙂

That's great to hear. 🙂

Thank you. Your food looks lovely. Can't wait to make some recipes.

Thank you. It's a real pleasure creating videos, and I'm always happy that people are enjoying learning with me

Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed it. I've just subbed and I'll check out some of your videos later!

Thanks John. Glad you enjoyed it.

Thanks Raymond. Glad you enjoyed it!

Hello Alessandro. What a lovely place you live in. I bet you can collect some really nice wild olive trees in Capri.

Hi Gus. Glad you enjoyed it mate!

Thank you Mem. Really appreciate the positive comment!

Tony, if there is anyway I could influence future content it would be how you collect yamadori, the thought process, the physical process, the ID stage, the after care etc :-) love all your content

Good idea Mem. I will be creating a couple of Yamadori collecting videos next spring for sure. Perhaps a silver birch and a hawthorn.

@@TonysBonsai can’t wait mate!!!! Keep the content juicy!!

Cheers mate. None of my trees are proper finished bonsai, but I think I have a few which may well go on to quite nice trees in the future. I have some small field maples myself. When they are really young, they can be wired into some great shapes. I have one I'll be repotting in the spring into a mame pot.

Thank you, and I hope I helped to shave a year or two off your learning journey. Acorns are pretty easy to grow so I have high hopes that you will soon have some nice little oak trees.

Good man! Thanks!!!

That's a good idea. Do you know whether or not birch air layer? I've never tried one

@@TonysBonsai no sorry, I don't know if Birch A/L, not been at it long myself and I'm thinking of trying to A/L something come spring. Can't see why not though? Sure a quick trawl of you tube will tell you.

Hi Joseph. I suppose the starter kit did its job in terms of getting you into bonsai at least. In the next few weeks/months many garden centers have lots of cheap hedging materials like beech, hornbeam, hawthorn etc, and they are great trees to start with. The supermarkets all start stocking up with loads of cheap japanese maples (acers) in the spring and they are also a great starter trees too. Clear some space in your garden becasue you'll soon have a collection!

@@TonysBonsai that’s ok as I am back with my parents atm and they have a 9 acre back garden at the farm so no worries about space

Hi Alan. That's an interesting technique, and one which I have yet to explore, but I think It's definitely worth a try. Let me know how your experimentation goes!

Thanks Peter. I'm not much of a traveler, but New York is a place I would love to visit one day. Just to wander around and get a hot dog from one of those street vendors would be brilliant!

@@TonysBonsai it’s a crazy place with some great gardens! When I lived there i designed and built rooftop gardens- but I think bonsai is more difficult!

What a cool job that was. If I went back in time I think I would quite like to do something like that.

Sounds like a good system Stephen. I also love my clump styles. The hard bit is leaving them and not peeking to see how they're fusing!

You Aussies do love your bonsai! I have often wondered why some nations seem to appreciate it more than others, and I was really surprised when I first saw how many of my viewers are from down under. Your tridents sounds like they are developing very nicely. Keep on growing!

@@TonysBonsai thanks!

Thank you. Much appreciated!

@@TonysBonsai I appreciate all your hard work!! Wish I had friends into this

Cheers, I really appreciate the support!

Good point mate. My azaleas are very young at the moment, but I'll try to remember that in the future. I've just sent you an email by the way.

@@TonysBonsai is it a bill for all your good advice😲

@@TonysBonsai just sent you a reply.

Hi Daniel. This spring I created six clump styles and all apart from one are doing well. I think I'll do a video now on the one which isn't doing so good as I need to do something with it! Glad you're enjoying the videos!

@@TonysBonsai Stick it in the ground would be my advice. Not a sure fire fix but probably its best shot. Or the sphagnum moss trick. Yes really enjoying the vids mate keep them coming. Looking forward to seeing you work that mature juniper.

Currently im developing a technique to thicken the trunks of my few plants at my balcony. It already worked on basil plant which was weak and leggy. Now its trunk and branches are thickening and the old bark is peeling off exposing the new layer. Same is true for my bonsais which were an inch or two height a year ago, now a strong plant with thick trunk. Fertilize well every time you water them. Use DAP every week or two. Try to develop roots by using better soil or use additives which condition the soil. If you have plenty of roots then only you have better chances of thick trunks. Do not remove the leaves frequently in the initial phase of bonsai. Let it grow upto 3 feet and then decide the next plan.

Hi Mark. At some point, the tap root has to be removed, but if there are not many roots emanating from near the top of the tap root, I think it would be a good idea to remove it slowly over a couple of re-pots to allow enough fine feeder roots to develop.

@@TonysBonsai thank you 🙏🏻

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it

I had so few subscribers when I started my channel (I was getting around one per video) each one made my day, so a massive thank you!

Yes, I've hear of this technique, but I've never tried it. I think it creates scar tissue and effectively swells the bark. I will have a go on one of my trees as an experiment!

I’ve used this technique to improve inverse taper. It worked quite well. Thanks, keep growing

@@TonysBonsai How is the experiment with pricking the trunk going? Is it working to make the trunk thicker? Do you have a video on the experiment? Also here is a Bonsai Empire video in which I heard about this method of injuring the trunk so that it produces tissue and thickens the trunk - the segment on this method starts at 7:00.

Thank you very much. I am already planning what I should spend it on. Much appreciated.

Hi Geoff. I actually just received my very first ficus. It's a tiger bark, and perhaps will be able to have a go at the technique you mention. Sounds very interesting thanks

@@TonysBonsai I'm not sure on cold tolerance of Ficus species where you are. If you have a part of your home which never gets below 10 Celcius, (no idea in fahrenheit), you could try our native Ficus rubiginosa(Port Jackson Fig/Sydney Fig) and Ficus religiosa from India. Easy to grow from seed and plenty available on line. The F. religiosa has a beautiful shaped leaf and by regularly defoliating it you can reduce the leaf size to be more in proportion to a bonsai specimen. Also F. religiosa is deciduous, so as autumn starts you can reduce the water to nothing for several months. Only water when you see spring growth. Worth trying from seed.

Thanks for that information Geoff. My house regularly goes below 10C in the winter at night. Maybe a few years ago when I used to have my heating on constant, but with the price of gas over here I don't do that anymore. I have just picked up some ficus Benjamina in the supermarket though which will be a fun addition

@@TonysBonsai Although F. benjamina is not deciduous as such, it is tough. You can reduce the foliage, ease off on watering, even reduce light, and it will go into a semi dormancy. Try to keep it above 5 C. A freeze will either kill it or badly damage it. It's a good plant to use as a guide on minimum temperatures. I see constant stories about people across the UK doing it really tough with costs and having to choose between food and heat. I think of the most vulnerable there every day.

Ha ha, I'll send it over in a private Jet when I hit 10m subs!

@@TonysBonsai my bonsia channel is low key cost effective bonsia. I recommend you twice in my last videos. I hope I can get you more subscriber's.

Thank you for the support. Really appreciate it, and I love Bulgaria. I visited Borovets a few years ago and it was lovely!

Yes, they were just sold as standard acer japnica atropurpuream I think, although it is possible that they were the bloodgood variety.

Yes, I suppose that dieback is always a risk, but I have a feeling that it will be fine and that new leader will charge onwards and upwards next year, but time will tell. I have always toyed with the idea of chopping it back lower down anyway, so I wouldn't be bothered as It would make a decent chunky short tree I think.

Hi Michael. You are making one giant mistake. You are presuming that being able to just talk naturally talk to the camera is a skill that some people have and some don't. That's not true. It is a skill that can (and for most of us has to be) learned. Before this channel, I had another channel about landscape photography (it's actually bigger than this channel but I don't use it anymore), and I learned how to talk to the camera while building that. My first attempts were very awkward and it took me ages to get to the stage where I could just talk without feeling self-conscious. There is no doubt that it comes easier to some people, but I remember chatting with a chap who was creating landscape photography vlogs several years ago. He was extremely awkward and it was uncomfortable watching him. I gave him a few tips, and he is now still vlogging and has over 6000 subscribers. You can do it, but you have to improve by simply creating videos. I do several takes with many of my pieces to camera. I am always stuttering and mispronouncing words or mumbling, but when I realise that's what I'm doing, I just start over and often the third of fourth attempt is the keeper and far better than the first effort. that's the beauty of digital. we have unlimited free access to recording. If you decide to have another go, just remember that your first few videos basically don't get seen by anyone anyway 🤣. After creating ten videos on this channel, I had ten subscribers! Good luck, and do it because you enjoy it.

Just go for it and perhaps a bottle of scotch will stop the stuttering🙈

@@XaviersBonsaiRetreat 🤣🤣But what does he then do about the slurred speech? Mime?

Sounds good. The best of both worlds!

@@TonysBonsai Peter Chan does this a lot, growing trees in pots in gravel beds. The roots grow out of the pot nourishing the tree. Nearly gives himself a hernia trying to lift them up 😊

Peter Chan just loves his bonsai. His passion is infectious!

Thank you very much. Glad you enjoyed it

That sounds like quite a radical technique Anjar, and is definitely the kind of thing I might try next year!

@@TonysBonsai yepp it is verry dangerous techniq, sometimes you just need a very healthy plant with strong runner branch to get the wound heal faster, and try to split periodicaly

Thats a drastic step and could result in death of the plant. Also it would take years to heal the terrible wound created by splitting the trunk. It would be better to grow plenty of roots using high moisture and draining medium such as moss or cocopit to develop the roots. Fertilize in very small doses regularly and use humic acid so that the plant can absorb fertilizer faster. Humic acid comes from decomposed organic materials.

Yes, good advice Jacob. I have recently started using vet wrap on my clump style trees to protect the bark. I think the marking on that maple clump will eventually heal, but it might take a few years.

@@TonysBonsai it’s not a criticism, I’m forever marking branches! 😂🙄

No worries, I don't take comments personally mate. The innertube is a good idea which I will definitely have a go at. I'm going to make several clump styles next spring using different methods of holding to make comparisons on which works best.

Thank you for that. I hadn't noticed them no. I'm going to head out and check them now!

It's a good question mark. When I made the initial chop last year, I cut it to a healthy branch that was growing strongly. For twelve months that branch grew as the new apex getting thicker and pulling sap up the tree to help heal the wound I created when I made the chop. Becasue it has now thickened sufficiently, I was able to make the second chop to the low branch which is thinner and will now add taper. Had I made that cut any sooner, there would have been far less growth, and I wouldn't have had a second change in thickness which would have meant less taper. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bLWPeKuBtpveoIk.html If you watch the above video (at 21.20) I do the same thing on a silver birch. Since making that video, the trunk has thickened significantly and the section I left at the top has really grown on strongly whereas the branches which I pruned have been kept under control. Next spring I will chop off the trunk and allow one of the thin branches to become the new leader and that will add nice taper.

Unfortunately Tony has passed away. :(

Thank you. Love a good nebari!

Hi Bob. I know exactly what you mean. The trees in my garden seem to do ok, but the ones planted in my parents garden get covered in the stuff. Around a week ago the oak in this video with the large green leaves was absolutely covered in it, along with some hawthorns and a sycamore. I know it's not the pc thing to do, but I just blasted it with a chemical fungicide and it worked a treat. The hawthorn will need one more treatment in a few days when we are forecast some dry weather for a few days. This is the stuff I use www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0017RMKGM?psc=1&smid=A19I2UD8WQV96D&ref_=chk_typ_imgToDp

Hi Brian. My soil mix is roughly melrose pine bark, perlite, compost and grit in equal measures. It seems to work pretty well. Where about do you live?