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Wish I started this when I was like 6

Me: kills a cactus Also me: imma plant my own bonsai

I'll be back in 15 years for a time-lapse of your progress.

I should be studying but somehow here i am learning how to grow a damned Bonsai

Me: ok, cut to the chase. I don't have all day. Me: I want to learn how to grow a tiny tree that takes a lifetime.

There was a period when people used this technique when planting trees in the ground. Some of those fat-trunked trees you see on older properties are fused trunks.

man and trees live on a different time continuum. I learned at 5 that grandpas don't plant trees for themselves, but for grandchildren and great grandchildren.

That beautiful creation started life from when you were 16! What a natural.

Thor is now into bonsai making. Nice content and well explanations. Immediately subscribing even if I dont have any time to do these.

My brother thinks I'm crazy for tuning every native tree there is into bonsi. This video is so awesome!

I’m a horticulturist and you give GREAT practical info in a easy to follow way. GOOD WORK BRO

Not a bonsai, but I've been taking care of a green lace-leaf Japanese maple that my parents planted when I was barely a year old. Now, nearly 30 years later, that scrappy little tree has transformed thanks to selective pruning into one of the most beautiful umbrella shaped trees I've personally seen. I love Japanese maple trees, particularly the lace-leaf variety, because of how delicate and soft their leaves are and how much character their branches end up developing even without external wrapping or binding. It's a tree really well suited to miniatures. Mine isn't a miniature because it's planted in the ground and I wanted it to reach a scale to suit where it was planted, so now it's about 15ft high with a nearly 30ft span. It's a beautiful tree that will probably outlive me if its next caretakers keep up with maintaining it.

I have done this by taking a ceramic tile and drilling holes in it that are big enough for the seedling trunks to fit and arranged in a pleasing way then put the tile in the ground with the trees in the holes. as they grow to the size of the holes in the tile they put out roots on top of the tile and eventually fuse together. When i pot them i remove the roots under the tile and the tile. the results is a very pleasing wide base with lots of nebari. then it is just a matter of training the multiple trunks and branches

What? That seedlings 2-3 years old? I thought that's only 1-2 months, damn I should have lots of patience to do something like this

You are a fabulous teacher. I love that you move quickly but tell us everything we need to know in detail. Bravo.

awesome, love that you show material that has been prepared ahead of time, now I' eagerly waiting for the second episode!

I applaud you and all the bonsai artists for your patience and dedication to these beautiful projects. I hope someday I can maintain such a long-term project while keeping my passion for it!

Great work and please keep raising the benchmark of online instruction. Clean, clear, concise.

During a long winter up here Canada. Your work keeps me inspired and looking forward to the next growing season. Thank you for putting these videos on KZfaq !

I read a Dorling Kindersley book about bonsai when I was 10, back in 98. I still remember most of the things in it. This is such a trip down memory lane 😊 It's like having a part of the book in video format.

Fellow Tennessean here. Love the videos. Spending quarantine building a Japanese style garden and working on some of my niwaki and bonsai. I've got a tray of seedlings that I am hoping to do this with in 2021; that and a forest. Hope you are well!

This is one of the best bonsai classes I've ever seen ! Thank you

This is one of my all time favourite bonsai videos. Watched this numerous times.

You are well on your way to being a master yourself. I cant wait to go scouting when the snow melts.

I have a couple kabudachi style willow leaf ficus. This was a great video, and has inspired me to try it with a bunch of Dawn Redwood cuttings I'm starting this year. Your classes are a little too expensive for me but I appreciate your Bonsai-U videos and will definitely contribute when I can, thanks Bjorn!

Holy moly Christmas has come early for me 😍 I love stumbling on great channels like this

These are by far the best bonsai tutorials on youtube!

Another very informative, easy to follow and professional video; many thanks Bjorn.

One of the best instructional bonsai videos I’ve seen. Thank you! I shall hunt down some more to watch.

Watched a lot of tutorials on starting bonsai. This is hands down the best so far. Awesome to see your channel keep getting better. Good job.

very excited to not only try this but learning more and following this plant over the years, you definatly got a long time subscription from me!

Excellent video, great explanation of everything, very easy to listen to, and not condescending at all.

yo those half knots on your hoodie ties are dope! First time I've seen anyone do that. Aside from this great bonsai tutorial I can tell you are an artist!

Sweet! Another good Bonsai channel. Great demo, easy to follow, understand, and no mystery.

I’m not going to watch all of this because bonsai’s not my thing (not sure how I got here) but I must take a second to comment and give you kudos man! Your passion is inspiring. Keep up the great work!

This and your starting a shohin juniper are two of the very best bonsai starter videos on KZfaq.

Thank you for sharing your technique Bjorn! Very inspiring! 👍👍

Brilliant stuff...wish there were more maple videos out there..would love to see more like this!

Great video, I really like the fact that you take the time to really explain what to do and what you are doing to accomplish what is going on with the tree. :)

It's great to hear someone teaching people how to keep their trees alive foremost ,because some of us are wandering blindly in the dark,, thanks

Thanks for this, Bjorn. I'm definitely going to give this a try following your explanation

best bonsai tutorial I have seen so far. Quick and easy description.

Yes yes yes! More deciduous! Great video Bjorn!

Just came across you. What a great teacher! Thanks. I had so many seedlings a few years ago :(. Looking forward to doing this next year!

This is a great video!! Keep doing more like this! Like how you show progress a year later! Bill Valavanis is an hour away from me. Love seeing his garden!

Thank you for making those video's Bjorn. Good job

I have young children and I think them starting a bonsai is a wonderful thing they can keep for a lifetime.

I took a couple of classes from Bill when I lived in Rochester a while back. Great guy. I'm glad to see a fellow student.

I must say, I am proud of you. Having watched you since you were an apprentice, to what could be considered reaching master, you have come a very long way, while still being yourself. One aspect I wish to draw attention to, which you mentioned, is not worrying so much about final in the beginning. Desired happens with proper guidance and patience. Namaste 🙏 ,

Just found your channel. Love bonsai and super happy to have got here. Keep up the good work! Love how you explain things and show how they’re done

Lovely. Thank you so much for introducuing me to this type of bonsai.

This was an amazing video to find especially during a time I had the thought to take some cuttings from my grandmother's maple to bonsai them! Now I have another project after the root!

I’ve had great results with planting acer palmatum in plain ol sphagnum moss. The roots seem to love it.

An excellent, informative and, more importantly, a well-prepared video. Thanks.

Yes! Thank you I was waiting for a video like this just fabulous!

This video was awesome I’ve started about 20 Red Japanese maples and I will definitely be doing a clump grow as well as a single tree

Gonna do this with carpinus betulus. Love it. Thanks Bjorn. Greatings from Belgium.

At last very informative video regarding the maples species and in depth information.

Marvelous video! Very informative.

I subscribed after watching your intro... Great work, Looking forward to learning alot!

5am, KZfaq suggests, for some reason, that I watch this video about making a bonsai. Not something I've ever made. But here I am, watching the entire video!

What a great video, so informational and doesn’t skip important details. I’m sure others would charge full fees for it. I just started getting into bonsai properly after having killed my previous 3 trees, and I definitely love the look of a forest so started planning for that.

Mate, I subscribed just for your pronunciation XD Sillyness aside, I love gardening and Bonsai. I lost my first bonsai bc of an accident when moving flats. Now my mum-in-law has gifted me one of those from-seed kits and even with the fast-growing species I knew it would be the rest of my life before one could even be called a baby Bonsai. I think I'm gonna start some of the seeds tomorrow, and if I somehow get multiple strikes on the fast-growing types I'll give this arrangement a shot. I'm so glad this showed up in my recommends. Thank you so much for making this video

Great video. My favorite part was explanation of styling. You should do a series with basic principles. That would be the most helpful

Extremely knowledgeable and competent. Enjoyed watching and learning. You could have told me bonsais are from Jupiter and I would believe you. Well done.

Thank you so much for such a detailed and valuable information. Really appreciate it.

I've watched your vids for a while but just subbed. Love your work, super informative.

you are giving me hopes, I started mine about 2 years ago, and I thought it was dead, but seeing ours, I noted that they barely have leaves and they look dead, but that's the way they are.

I know nothing about bonsai trees (other than“The Karate Kid”)but I live :40 min from Rochester and you sparked my interest I plan on stopping in and getting started.

Ooooooh yea! Cant wait to try this, thanks for all the information!

Great delivery! Very listenable!

Hey Bjorn I just want to say thank you for the new Bonsai-U videos, they are great for people like me that want to expand our knowledge of bonsai and bonsai development. You were talking about developing native deciduous species that would be good bonsai material. I was just wondering some of the species that you will be working with that you think has good potential for bonsai. Specially species that are native to the eastern United States.

This was very educational, for some reason, I thought bonsai was a specific type of tree. Didn't know you could bonsai any type of tree. I'm tempted to do a bonsai. Thank you very much.

You did it again Bjorn 😍❤️

Great content Bjorn....just what I was looking for

I always seem to forget that we have such great artists and shows here in WNY.

Awesome! Acers! 👏 Ume, Azalea, Quince too please 🙏😊

Excellent tutorial! Thank you very much for this content.

Great video, enjoyed watching

This is great, I tried this with chilis, but unfortunately i got some bug in them so they died. I do try again with more than chilis this year, many maple seeds collected and apples too. Very informative and easy to follow, good video all in all :) Cheers from Finland!

Hooray Bjorn does Maples. These are weird times. =)

Wow I admire your patience. A man of virtue of patience.!

Great video! Really enjoyed this. Thank you.

Damn, never thought I would get into Bonsai stuff.

Im actually living in a remote area here in the philippines and i will be just starting to experiment with some of our forest tree and try to bonsai them 🙂

I'm learning a lot from Bonsai-U. This is really helpful.

That was very interesting. It was a really good watch.

Thank you for these videos. Very inspiring! how often do you water your Bonsais? and when can you bring them indoors?

Thank you so much for your videos. I am starting to get interested in bonsai as well as aquascaping, doe to the lockdown here in Greece. I wanted to ask if the solution of aeroponics or aquaponics could speed up the process a bit, as it does to microgreens and other plants.

I'm really impressed your tree is so beautiful it almost makes me shad a tear

Dude. youre killing it! Fantastic video. Thank you.

Great stuff, I'll be back in a year or two

Personally, I also love creating group planting:) well done, great video. I really enjoyed it. 멋있어요:)

I really admire your passion,Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

Thank you so much for the video and your easy understand presentation. From France.

Fascinating, fluid and captivating presentation. Good voice, nice look a d well timed hand gestures all work toward overall presentation. First time viewer and subscriber. I hope you will make some of your garden available for purchase. I am retired so would look for more mature and possibly lower maintenance piece of art. I look forward to another video. Thank you.

Wow you did bonsai fusion when 16 years old. Amazing.

very useful clear tutorial, wonderful work, thanks for sharing!👍

Always amazing works