Finally! Someone who explained this in totality in a way that makes sense to me. I’ve been searching videos for weeks and weeks trying to find out exactly what needs to be done and how to do it and when to do it. Thank you so much. You have helped me tremendously in my bonsai journey.

This was really helpful. It’s just hard to believe getting something so beautiful takes 20% of my life span 😢😢😢.

I watched many many bonsai videos, Walter Pall is the best because he can make it so so simple! Bonsai is an hobby to enjoy not a problem, his simple approach makes this hobby much more enjoyable and trouble free. I feel most people tend to complicate things way too much, he makes it simple and he has amazing results. Learned so much from him from horticultural points to bonsai critiques. Thank you Walter.

Always fun to hear from Pall. Also fun to hear him imply that top notch trees “still have a ways to go.” If that tree has a ways to go, my trees have light years to go.

“It has about ten years to go, and it will be ... pretty good.” I love this stuff. Bonsai is like, “I can’t wait to be a grown up”. Seems like it was just yesterday.

Out of all the bad internet data on bonsai , this guy actually simplifies this concept. Thankyou , more from him please!

This is good, sound advice from someone who knows what he is talking about. Great video!

This is wonderful and his greenhouse looks like Lothlorien in miniature.

I’m not a fan of Walter’s pruning techniques but I have the utmost respect for his pragmatic approach and search for progression in the art. Thank you Walter.

Another great post from a nice set of anniversary videos. Walter Pall is another one of my first Bonsai heroes.

Your explanation was clear and understandable. I will catch up with your old videos and look forward to the new ones. Thanks so much, Mike from NJ USA

3:41…….”you have to sacrifice momentary beauty for future quality”…….one of many notes I kept but this one sticks out the most. Thanks for the advice and hello from North Carolina USA

Interesting. You see for those of us that are in our 60s and would like to see a beautiful tree nurtured by our hands may not have 20 years. Personally I’ve been using Yamadori to do this.

Thank you for reminding us to be patient and letting our bonsais go through an ugly growing up phase (and not prune them for temporary beauty) before we can get a nice trunk! To also echo what others have said in the comments, that tree is beautiful ^^

A lovely calm & easy to listen to voice sir,, most relaxing & fitting for such a video & hobby. I suppose like everything else, there are a dozen right ways to do anything & all slightly different in some ways. I find listening to ANY advice from experts is always more than worth it, especially such a knowledgeable gentleman like this, one look at his work in the back ground speaks volumes.

So much exceptional and useful knowledge delivered in just seven minutes. Thanks Walter.

Great video! Straightforward and to the point. I like bonsai videos that offer practical knowledge about how to develop trees over time. Because they do take time. So many videos show trees that are basically at finished stages, and that’s just not as helpful. So great job there. I’d also like to add another well known tip about thickening trunks. You can also keep a very low placed branch on the trunk that you let grow out and cut back once or twice a year as well. This branch is sacrificial so it has nothing to do with the trees composition other than thickening the truck. This method works amazingly fast. He does dismiss field growing to thicken trunks. But if you have the space there’s no faster way, and there are so many methods that you can use to make it easier to dig them up. What takes 15 yrs on a pot takes maybe 5-7 years in the ground dependent on the species an conditions of course.

Well I'm 72 and I love bonsai. When I was a child my father said you never finish what you start. Boy was right!

Dear Walter my first viewing of o e of your posts and I found it easy to follow clear to understand which perfectly promotes your knowledge. Thank you from England in 2022 I'll use this concept on my yes and maples. God bless and stay safe.

Awesome lesson, I did not think out letting a single back branch grow several feet to thicken the trunk. USA Michigan

Good advices with an exquisite tone.

Walter is the Dude.

An extremely useful video, Walter.

Oh my word this man has quite the collection fantastic

Great explanation to thickening the trunks and great video thank you for sharing 😀

this video is all i was looking for. Thnak you!

I wish I would have started my bonsai journey 30 years ago instead of at age 62😞

This video was more helpful than ANY of the others I’ve seen. Thank you

Great explanantion of thickening!

Valuable video for new people and veterans.

So helpful…thank you 😅

Looks world class to me

Wow ! scientific explanation. Thank you

Wonderful! He reminds me of Christopher Plummer as he speaks!

Sacrifice momentary beauty for future quality.....never a truer word spoken.

Very helpful, thank you!

Thank you SO much 🙏 Very clarifying video, my compliments.

Great video... Bigger canopy = thicker truck

Wonderful advice. . . thank you.

Great idea sir... Watching from philippines.. doing same content..

Fantastic advice you don't find in the books. Took me nearly 10 years practicing bonsai to hear anybody talking about these things. An "Ah ha" moment for sure

Amazing from Indonesia

Thanks

wow! great explanation. Im already trimming my 1 year old tree thinking that it already a bonsai, haha

Show Mister Pall

another great movie you helped me a lot, best regards.Merry christmas and chappy new year

Thank you, your advice is very specific

Love this kind of content. Thank you!

Concise e very instructive, thank you!

The wonder of photosynthesis 👍👌

Very well explained, great specimen 🙏

Wonderful simple direct video with great practical advice.

Letting the wind blow trees around thickens them up nicely......then again I live in Arizona and only native desert species survive the heat and shockingly sudden wind storms. Got some pretty nice specimens though.

Lovely person. Thanks for your video.

Very nice explanation, thanks.

Love your greenhouse 🙂😁 want to live in it

Very helpful, thankyou : )

OMG look at all those bonsai trees.

Thank you for the great content, i loved your video

Very beautiful bonsai

Excellent video thanks

Thank you very much for sharing!

Great tips. Thank you.

Thanks for the video

Excellent video, sir

Very informatif, thanks so much

When he says to let it grow and then cut back, how far back are you supposed to go?

Thanks for sharing..

Love bosai

Vielen Dank, dass du dein Wissen mit uns teilst. Ich fand gerade dein video hier. Ich würde gerne aus einem Magnolienast einen Bonsai ziehen. Hast du mit dieser Sorte schon Erfahrungen gesammelt? Die Äste scheinen mir sehr porös und eher schwierig mit draht zu formen. Hast du vielleicht ein paar tipps für mich? Liebe Grüße, Lisa

How wet / damp do you keep trees that are stored over winter ?

So many people don't understand that trees grow literally out of air, by taking the carbon from CO2 and releasing oxygen. The soil and fertilizer are just addition to that. That's BTW also the reason why burning wood is CO2 neutral because you are just releasing the CO2 again that was used to create the tree in the first place.

Great video, thank you! Wondering if we can thicken the trunk in a shallow or small pot? I’ve read mixed things online says to get a bigger pot. I currently have a dessert rose in a tight pot with her ball root above the soil but want it to grow thicker/bigger? And I’m also growing Moringa trees (tree of life) from seeds, they are starting to sprout and just want to make sure I’m using the right pot to encourage the thickening of the trunk. Do appreciate your advice and video! Hope someone can help with my question! ❤️🏠🙏

How many times in one season would a person cut back? He makes it sounds like a couple times. Or cut back once every season ?

Wow its cool....

Hello! i think that the technique that Paul has mentioned, should be done in large containers, not in bonsai pots, because the tree will never thickening the trunk in other way. Any body agree with me?

What kinda tree is that?

Can you also combine sacrifice branches with this technique?

His video camera is very good qaulity

What should the PH be on a bonsai tree are the PPM

I’ve just started in bonsai this past spring having acquired some nursery stock. I currently have everything sitting in a cold frame which I built this fall. My question is do I water during the winter dormancy? Everything went into dormancy having received a good drink of water. Do I resume watering in the early spring when things are beginning to wake up? Any tips you can provide would be greatly appreciated. I reside in Indianapolis, Indiana.

You can also rub the bark with sandpaper. Compensatory growth will then make it thicc.

It takes 10 years before he talk on how it has to be done

can I use compost and gravel as bonsai soil

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I keep my trees pruned all The time and just give it time cus you Will never in your lifetime get The big cut sites to fully heal

If I eat more i get more Thiccer hehe

lol needels or leaves, needels are leaves.