Thank you for the compliment, and the old man just goes where he pleases!

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+ratherbecampin - I've got sassafras all around, too, & have considered it. There's one in particular on the side of the road that Im eyeballing. I'll be talking with the property owner next time he's out & about. I like the small flowers they produce in the spring, but am super curious how much reduction we could get in the leaves. If you give it a shot, keep me updated!

Hey, if it fails, you could still use the leaves for cooking, and the bark and root prunings for tea!

+Craig Hunter - He's a mess. Thank you for watching!

+Nigel Saunders - my wife completely agrees

Thank you! I do have plans to show my more mature trees, but it would have to be a backyard tour, and not nursery. I've studied bonsai ten years, I am involved in clubs and expos, but I am not a professional bonsai artist. Even still, my backyard has taken backseat to renovations of a new house, so my outdoor beautification efforts, though very much needed, have not been allowed yet by my wife (hence new basement sidewall for most back drops). Now that dormancy is approaching, and fall color, I'll be getting some footage of late summer/early fall. I will also be filming at this year's Carolina Bonsai Expo in Asheville, as our club will be presenting, so some of our collective trees will be showcased in a future video. Thank you again!!

+Arc Turus - will do & coming in the next month or so.

I will as soon as I can. My wife and I have been working on the house, so the yard is in shambles, but I will be highlighting several soon. The growing season is always so busy with good weather, holidays, and work. Vielen Dank!

+mikbonsai - & thanks for watching & commenting!!

+Ben Parkinson - I used the only pot left that it would fit! Didn't realize it until I was soaking the tree before potting up. Eh, well... it's doing fine. I've got one more collection video from spring - the dogwood from Larry's Place 1 - it came right up. Thank you for the comment!

Great to here about your tree doing well. Glad to see fellow bonsai enthusiasts!

It can be done, just be careful with retaining as many roots as you can.

That's a great observation, OzarkWanderer. They do become susceptible, and I've had it destroy some of my earliest collections. What I've found is this: American hornbeams are an under-story tree, so they're most often found in cool damp shaded areas. That kind of environment is perfect for fungi to thrive, so if a wild tree is damaged, it is likely to be exposed to spores and infection. My early days of pruning a tree while in the ground and collecting the following year were hampered by this. I'd return in the spring to a stump that was covered in fungus. Because of this, I found it best to prune & collect all in one swoop to avoid issues. And, because I have trees in good draining soil and in more sunlight, they dry out faster, with less chance of decay.

Appalachian Bonsai awe. Thanks for response. I make bows out of them. Onceci figured out that the damaged ones get sick those are the ones a started collecting to craft with. I fond several this last weekend that have been knocked over by flood water for example. And i know they will be sick or dead in next year or two

Eu faço para a maioria das árvores. Tente manter tantas pequenas raízes quanto possível.

Eu vou. Não é tão grande como você poderia pensar, apenas cerca de 50 árvores. Tudo isso começou como uma coleção pessoal, mas apenas continua ficando maior! Minha esposa e eu estamos trabalhando fora detalhes para ter um berçário adequado no futuro. Eu aviso você! Abraços

You don't need to have it, but it doesn't hurt. I add a rooting hormone (any will do), a systemic fungicide/insecticide with a little bit of fertilizer (I use Bayer 3-in-1), and water.

For me, spring time.

Ok Thanks for your reply!

I haven't tried it, but I wouldn't recommend it. Here's the biological backstory and reason why: Trees are going dormant, so they're pushing most of their nutritional sap into the roots before they drop leaves. This nutrition is required to sustain them through winter and and then thrust them into growth. In spring, the nutrition is pushed back into the trunk, causing the vascular system to swell, the buds to push open, and branches to extend - hydraulics! That's the time to collect. All that nutrition is leaving the roots and being pumped into the trunk. When the roots are cut at this time, the reservoir in the trunk sustains the tree until it can callous over cuts and regrow. Make sense? If you cut the roots in the fall, the reservoir of nutrition is lost, and you risk killing the tree. There isn't much sap left to restart the spring growth process. Repotting in the fall is something that can be done as long as you don't disturb the roots too much, but it isn't common. Usually the process involves slip-potting, and nothing else. I recommend being patient and waiting until spring. Good luck.

Makes sense - thanks!

This tree was on my personal property. Other trees I've collected were either on my property or friends' private property. I have intentions of collecting on public lands, but haven't done so yet. For National Forests, you can go to a ranger station and get a dig permit. I think it's like, $25 for one plus $10 for each next, up to ten trees. It's been a while since I looked it up though. Hoping to do this out west, like Wyoming or South Dakota this summer.

@@AppalachianBonsai Thank you for the reply. I think this is a crucial part to explain in modern day bonsai, especially when sharing on KZfaq to thousands of people (many wanting to do the same, but with little knowledge.) I am surprised more people don't talk about the importance of responsible collecting and the ethics of digging a tree out of nature.

I have a liquid rooting hormone as opposed to the powder type. It adds to water 1 ounce per gallon.

@@AppalachianBonsai So honored by your response! i'm a very new bonsai enthusiast and, if you welcome them, I will continue to send questions your way. Just a warning, some questions may be coming a very ill-informed stand point. Thanks in advance!

MVP de Turface, corteza de pino, tierra de diatomeas y arena. Relación de 3:3:2:1 Tamizar a 2-6 mm. Turface es un tipo de arcilla cocida y se usa en campos de béisbol. La tierra de diatomeas es el ingrediente principal en la limpieza de derrames de aceite y arena para gatos.

@@AppalachianBonsai muchas gracias y excelentes videos

I'm in a soil transition! Traditionally, I've used variations of Turface, crushed granite (chicken grit) & sifted pine bark. This year, I've a few different mixes; one with 30-30-30 Turface, diatomic earth, & sifted pine bark; another is only 50-50 Turface & diatomic earth. I've one with Turface, diatomic & lava. They're all working well. The diatomic earth holds great moisture & nutrients, but I'm finding it to be breaking down if disturbed. I'll see what happens after the winter & adjust if necessary. The granite is way too heavy with the larger trees, and it holds no moisture or nutrients. Happy I've stopped using it. The lava/pumice option is a direction I'm moving more towards. It also holds good moisture, and is light. The aesthetic is also lovely. Here's a great article from Walter Pall concerning soils. It's been a good influence: walter-pall-bonsai.blogspot.com/2010/06/feeding-substrate-and-watering-english.html

thank you :)

Terima kasih!

+Kalista Hall - WOOHOO!!! And happy you're one of them!!

+Kalista Hall - LOVE!!! Sprinkle that shit everywhere!!

Turface MVP, pine bark, diatomaceous earth, coarse sand. Ratio 3:3:2:1

Should be in the description. 3x Turface MVP, 3x Pine Bark, 2x Diatomaceous Earth, 1x sand. All sifted 2-6 mm

Thank you 😍😍😘

Depends on the tree. I'm working on series now to discuss properties of soil and mixes for different trees. The first two videos are currently up & running.