How to Work on BIG and Small Juniper Bonsai

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Күн бұрын

Whether you only have access to smaller trees or bigger trees, I'll show you how to work with both sizes. To demonstrate, I'll be working on a big and a small Juniper!
0:00 Introduction
0:54 Working on big Juniper
1:08 Designing the big Juniper
2:16 Wiring
3:20 Cut redundant branches
5:41 Making jins (deadwood)
6:21 Before & after
7:52 How to root cuttings
8:56 Working on small Juniper
8:59 Designing the small Juniper
10:10 Cut redundant branches
17:00 Wiring
17:39 Before & after
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@rossefamily362 9 күн бұрын

Please don't think you talk too much--I love your speech patterns --very soothing--and your philosophy of bonsai translates into life lessons - it's very inspiring! Please keep us updated on the progress of these trees at the end of the season 🙏🏾

@bonsaiheirloom 5 күн бұрын

Thank you so much for the kind works! :)

@100lols 5 ай бұрын

“Less is more, often times… Just like when we talk, we talk too much, and that’s not so good. It masks what you really wanted to say.” -Milton Chang Beautiful quote!!!❤

@MiltonChang-ee6rq 5 ай бұрын

I was quite verbose in my younger days, Took the advice of Zinsser "On Writing Well"...edit what you wrote to 1/4 of the length...that help my communication skill.

@schandler726 Күн бұрын

The large juniper is a beautiful design! I am looking forward to see the changes since this video.

@user-zi8qz8ws8f 5 ай бұрын

A wonderful way to start my Saturday morning

@MiltonChang-ee6rq 5 ай бұрын

Enjoy your day!

@jeffhurst4744 5 ай бұрын

You have and find great base trees to design. Looking forward to future videos showing their results.

@100lols 5 ай бұрын

Camera person gets brownie points today!!! Wonderfully shot, edited and explained. Thank you Mr. Chang!!! Your ability to envision how the tree will grow amazes me. Your experience is priceless 👍🏽

@MiltonChang-ee6rq 5 ай бұрын

Practice, practice, and practice! I guess they will say three P's. 😇

@growclipbonsaiforseniors1951 5 ай бұрын

Tree 1 was a nice massive undertaking. Tree 2, a lot of work done to it that will make it look cool at the start of the growing season. Excellent work on the 2 trees.

@MiltonChang-ee6rq 5 ай бұрын

Just have to keep at it...again and again...to make incremental improvement each time.

@tombrooks3812 5 ай бұрын

I find your show very relaxing. I have also learned that juniper is a very forgiving medium, just give it time and it will take care of itself. Thankyou✌️

@bonsaiheirloom 5 ай бұрын

Yes, Juniper is very forgiving! Best of luck to you and your bonsai!

@luigiluigi2098 5 ай бұрын

Oh wow love what you did with the large Juniper, you have an amazing eye for style.

@bonsaiheirloom 5 ай бұрын

I'm glad you like it!

@edwinpineda5601 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for doing these. I love watching you work on your trees. I'm learning so much. Thank you!!!!

@bonsaiheirloom 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching!

@maryweber4176 5 ай бұрын

I for one, very much appreciate you working on a young tree. I will be getting 2 junipers that will be dug out of a landscape that have been planted there for about 15 years. Excited to see them. But I do have some young trees. Your demos help so much. Thank you.

@MiltonChang 5 ай бұрын

Have fun!

@IEATCHAIR 5 ай бұрын

Cheers milton, another detailed video, the side by sides are great. I have a couple air layers from some junipers that are on my property (40-60 years old) and your video are inspiring.

@bonsaiheirloom 5 ай бұрын

Sounds like you have some good material to work with!

@phillipwaterman5721 5 ай бұрын

I like the way you do bonsai Milton great job thanks Milton

@MiltonChang-ee6rq 5 ай бұрын

thanks for the encourage. Still, I like to learn...to keep peripheral vision open.

@suzannepoffel2160 5 ай бұрын

I love too... great information🎉 ❤ and encouragement😊 thankyou

@MiltonChang-ee6rq 5 ай бұрын

Enjoy your trees!

@user-zh4uo6gy4n 5 ай бұрын

looking good

@MiltonChang-ee6rq 5 ай бұрын

Thanks...work in progress...continusous improvement.

@ChannelSobari 5 ай бұрын

Terimakasih sudah berbagi informasinya tentang perawatan bonsai🙏❤️🌲🌳

@MiltonChang-ee6rq 5 ай бұрын

Terima kasih kembali

@OutsidethePot 5 ай бұрын

From my perspective on the phone the small tree seems to have a lot of potential.

@bonsaiheirloom 5 ай бұрын

I think so too!

@kapilkamboj8877 5 ай бұрын

Hi sir, this information was so helpful. Thanks a lot! Could you please make a vdo on ho to differentiate between cypress and junipers

@MiltonChang-ee6rq 5 ай бұрын

I am not sure...I think Juniper has much more distinct scale leaves. Study a few trees in nursary where trees are labeled.

@rionjb 4 ай бұрын

I appreciate your time & demonstration. Keep inspiring!

@MiltonChang-ee6rq 4 ай бұрын

Thakns for the encouragement!

@louismilienou5442 5 ай бұрын

Nice video thanks

@MiltonChang-ee6rq 5 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@tambou5022 5 ай бұрын

Thank you again for so much information to ponder.

@MiltonChang-ee6rq 5 ай бұрын

Think about what you hear, and then take into consideration of your habits before accepting....including mine...because every situatlon is different,

@robryan9841 5 ай бұрын

Very natural looking 👍

@MiltonChang-ee6rq 5 ай бұрын

Thanks! Glad you like it.

@keefe4484 5 ай бұрын

keep up the good work

@MiltonChang-ee6rq 5 ай бұрын

thanks!

@kennethjones6045 5 ай бұрын

Prostata juniper is such a wonderful material. I use them often. Very hard to find them on this side of the Sierra. I love your styles on these two.

@MiltonChang-ee6rq 5 ай бұрын

Grow your own!

@kennethjones6045 5 ай бұрын

@@MiltonChang-ee6rq all of mine are from cuttings. Very satisfying.

@thejuanderful 5 ай бұрын

Thinking of buying a couple rocky mountain juniper almost 2 meters tall, a you buy you dig situation. Not sure if they're any good but it seems to have good branching and would give me something big to work on.

@MiltonChang-ee6rq 5 ай бұрын

Nice if there are interesting curves.

@edmanescurc2823 4 ай бұрын

Very informative,thanks! Half of the trees that I have dug up from nature have not survived. What are the keys when moving from ground to pot?

@bonsaiheirloom 4 ай бұрын

Keep as much roots as possible in the rootball. I suggest you dig around the tree a portion at a time over a period to encourage the development of fibrous roots, and then cut the taproot when you dig.

@fredgrech1498 5 ай бұрын

Hi Milton, do you belong to any Bonsai club or association and do you ever show your trees? Great video?

@MiltonChang-ee6rq 5 ай бұрын

Yes...I am a member of the CA (in Southern CA) bonsai society since 1975. One has to qualify at that time. I now live in Northern CA, Only pay dues and get newsletter. I joined two clubs here, not very active (due to workload), but exhibit my tree once in each of the clubs.

@VuNguyen-pi6rk 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for the videos!!! You have such a calming and relaxing way of teaching sir. I am new to this hobby and I don't have any Bosai tree but I am motivated after watching your videos. However, do you know where can I purchase young pre bonsai Prostata or San Jose Junipers? I couldn't find anything locally (Northern California) or on the web. I couldn't even find the seeds for these junipers.

@MiltonChang-ee6rq 5 ай бұрын

These are in abundance in Southern CA...where I started my bonsai hobby. Try Bolsa Nursery in Huntington beach and nurseries in Gardena. I recently fund Shijpaku at Regan nursery in Fremont...a great nursery.for landcaping material. They are so easy from cuttings...dNo one I know starts with seeds. Have fun!

@guibehmer 5 ай бұрын

Have you ever used moss to heal the scars from breaking the branches ?

@MiltonChang-ee6rq 5 ай бұрын

I don;t usuall;y heal the scar...if I use green moss to hide scars...fine, but not to cause roots to emerge. Scars look nice on bonsai.

@bonsaiheirloom 5 ай бұрын

I don’t usually worry about the cuts…so a bonsai looks natural…so I have never use moss for that purpose. I do spread moss power on old rough bark to make them look mossy during raining season.

@RicardoAraki 5 ай бұрын

It´s beautiful how a trained eye can see the beauty hidden on any plant. I got a question. I saw that you use the cutter to cut the leaves, but to my experience with junipers, everytime I cut the leaves with a scissor, it turn the tip brown and it never recovers and I ended up with a plant with some dry tips all around it. I was told to always pinch the leaves with my fingers to prevent it. Do you have any way to use scissors and not have the brown tips?

@MiltonChang-ee6rq 5 ай бұрын

You are right that the cut end would turn brown...That is quickly covreed with growth. I actually also pinich instead of cutting when it is filling out. that is when it fill out where the imaginary pad is. Maybe another way to say this is to pinch to make a tree show ready.

@RicardoAraki 5 ай бұрын

Got it! Thanks a lot!

@laddieokelley6095 5 ай бұрын

Do you modify your basic soil mix at all for junipers? A few years ago a teacher advised to add a small amount of decomposed granite to the mix. Have you ever heard this? A bit off topic: if cost and availability were equal, would you still use perlite rather than pumice? As always, good video.

@MiltonChang-ee6rq 5 ай бұрын

Decomposed granite is good...probably can only find in Southern CA. There is nothing wrong wrong with Perlite.

@laddieokelley6095 5 ай бұрын

@@MiltonChang-ee6rq Agreed about perlite. My complaint is that perlite in big box stores is not consistent--from particles to fine grains to dust--and I cannot find perlite in bulk or large bags in landscape materials companies. In Texas decomposed granite is available in bulk in landscape rock and soil companies. It helps keep a tree stable in pot because of its weight. Thanks for your response.

@josephmaikranz7492 5 ай бұрын

If you cat the branch off at the tree base, will It still grow a branch, or do you have to cut after a small branch. to keep It growing branchs, Thanks Joe!

@MiltonChang-ee6rq 5 ай бұрын

For most evergreen trees, including juniper, you have to leave some green so the branch does not die off.

@OutsidethePot 5 ай бұрын

As for natural. It seem that most show juniper don’t look natural they look like they were created in a studio and are stylized. Yes they’re beautiful but not natural. Your trees have a natural look.

@bonsaiheirloom 5 ай бұрын

Thanks! I always want my trees to emulate nature!

@brucedeacon28 5 ай бұрын

👍👌🙂

@MiltonChang-ee6rq 5 ай бұрын

Thanks Bruce...I think I can count on you!

@GeneBrodeJr 25 күн бұрын

I can’t seem to get my juniper cuttings to root before the tiny branches turn brown. Should I keep it in the soil and just hope it roots even though it might look dead?

@bonsaiheirloom 16 күн бұрын

Good question! I will go over this in my next Q&A

@GeneBrodeJr 16 күн бұрын

@@bonsaiheirloom thank you, I look forward to it!

@bonsaiheirloom 16 күн бұрын

Juniper cuttings root easily…almost in anything if you keep it constantly wet. For example, sharp sand or a mixture of perlite and vermiculite… Keep watering what you got to see if they turn green…not likely…Try new bigger cuttings.

@gastonmartins 5 ай бұрын

Where can I buy BIG juniper bonsai ?

@MiltonChang-ee6rq 5 ай бұрын

Buy small ones and grow them...big stock cost a fortune! Some bonsai growers offer eig your own.

@MehranAshkanian 2 ай бұрын

I have never been successful in getting roots from Juniper braches even with rooting hormones

@clg_pro2009 21 күн бұрын

Sense its an ART, opinions can be very different. As of this video the big tree look WAY better before you touched it. IMO I'm sure it will end up looking great though.

@tambou5022 5 ай бұрын

You make bonsai look less intimidating! Effortless !

@MiltonChang-ee6rq 5 ай бұрын

As it shoulde be!

@MehranAshkanian 2 ай бұрын

I have never been successful in getting roots from Juniper braches even with rooting hormones