Grafting Pines in the Ground - Arkefthos Bonsai

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20 күн бұрын

I've gotten lots of questions, the past 2 years, about my technique of approach grafting and since now is a great time to graft pines this way, I made this video explaining everything in detail. Thank you for your time!
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@W9SL9Y 18 күн бұрын

Great video and explanation as always Fotis, thanks for sharing your knowledge!

@ArkefthosBonsai 18 күн бұрын

You're most welcome Wesley!

@trombadude 19 күн бұрын

I enjoyed the drone footage! ☮

@ArkefthosBonsai 19 күн бұрын

It's nice to see drone footage every now and then, as the seasons change, the colors change! Thank you!

@phillipwaterman5721 18 күн бұрын

Very interesting view of the grafting great video thanks my friend

@ArkefthosBonsai 18 күн бұрын

I truly appreciate it Phillip!

@oussamachaachoui3727 16 күн бұрын

Beautiful video well explained Thank you for sharing your experience 🙏

@ArkefthosBonsai 16 күн бұрын

You're welcome! Cheers!

@joetheblowjoetheblowdave968 19 күн бұрын

Very we’ll explained thank you.

@ArkefthosBonsai 19 күн бұрын

Thank you Joe! I appreciate it!

@acer_p_bonsai 18 күн бұрын

Thank you for addressing the cutting of the donor material as being unnecessary and possibly risky. I said the same idea in my video on thread grafting Japanese maples. I agree fully, that there is much more risk of damage or at minimum slowing down the growing shoot, which in turn will cause a slower healing process. My thread graft has quickly thickened in half a growing season to be larger than some of the preexisting branches. Bravo! 👏🏽

@ArkefthosBonsai 18 күн бұрын

Definitely unnecessary for thread grafting as well! I'll check the video, I must have missed it. Have a great Sunday!

@acer_p_bonsai 17 күн бұрын

@@ArkefthosBonsai thank you for the inspiring content and trees!

@ArkefthosBonsai 17 күн бұрын

@acer_p_bonsai cheers!

@jiijino_bonsai_ch 19 күн бұрын

Great job 👍 I would like to try grafting using this technique one day.🤗

@ArkefthosBonsai 19 күн бұрын

Thank you! It is an easy way to graft but requires patience! Cheers!

@JohnThurlbeck 18 күн бұрын

Thank you for sharing your technique. I look forward to seeing the future results. I also thought that the closing shots of the garden and beyond looked wonderful!👌

@ArkefthosBonsai 18 күн бұрын

Thank you John! Everything can look awesome from a drone's point of view! Cheers!

@JohnThurlbeck 18 күн бұрын

@@ArkefthosBonsai - love the drone shots! One day it would be great to see it all at first hand! 👍

@ArkefthosBonsai 18 күн бұрын

@JohnThurlbeck do you plan on visiting Greece?

@JohnThurlbeck 18 күн бұрын

@@ArkefthosBonsai - potentially next year! This year I’m buying a new home between now and October and heading to a wedding/holiday in Oz in November. However, I would love to visit at some point! 👍

@ArkefthosBonsai 18 күн бұрын

@JohnThurlbeck sounds like exciting times for you! I'm glad!

@DavideSchachterJazz 19 күн бұрын

Great Job and you got a cute little acer monspessulanum seedling right next to the sion plant...

@ArkefthosBonsai 19 күн бұрын

Cool identification David! In fact I have hundreds of them, everywhere, I pot several of them each spring and still they are everywhere! Thank you!

@robertobreglia9224 18 күн бұрын

Thank you my friend for sharing your interesting job! The technique you use for the grafts is very clean and correct! Very compliments!👍👍👍👍

@ArkefthosBonsai 18 күн бұрын

Glad you approve Roberto! I truly appreciate it!

@DavesBonsai 18 күн бұрын

Well done! Can’t wait for the chop in. Few years.

@ArkefthosBonsai 18 күн бұрын

Thank you Dave! Even though some grafts might be ready in a few months, the chop and the digging might take 2 years or more. Thank you!

@bonsai_life_style 19 күн бұрын

good job again 👍

@ArkefthosBonsai 19 күн бұрын

Thank you, I appreciate it!

@trybonsai 17 күн бұрын

Thank you for sharing the knowledge and explanation, making it so easy to follow and try 🎉🎉🎉🎉

@ArkefthosBonsai 17 күн бұрын

Please tell me your name so I can call you properly! You think you can apply that in tropical trees, besides your black pines?

@trybonsai 17 күн бұрын

@@ArkefthosBonsai Hi Banner is my stage name lol...and yes you can...they use needle grafting on tropical trees..

@ArkefthosBonsai 17 күн бұрын

Ok Banner! Did not know that, sounds interesting!

@trybonsai 17 күн бұрын

@@ArkefthosBonsai it is but your technique can be applied to tropical trees

@ArkefthosBonsai 17 күн бұрын

Good to know, even though I can't grow them here

@alexm9148 18 күн бұрын

Thank you for this very interesting and informative video 👌🙏 The filming and editing are fantastic. I particularly enjoyed the opening and closing shots. You used to have drone footages in your videos often but not lately. I am happy they are back!

@ArkefthosBonsai 18 күн бұрын

You and me are probably the only ones enjoying the drone shots ha ha ha! Thank you Alex!

@illka314 18 күн бұрын

Thank you ) Good luck 🤞

@ArkefthosBonsai 18 күн бұрын

Thank you for your wish!

@illka314 18 күн бұрын

@@ArkefthosBonsai thank you for the inspiration

@TheMightyYak 17 күн бұрын

Awesome video, are you planning on doing a full garden tour video? I'd love to see it!

@ArkefthosBonsai 17 күн бұрын

Thank you! The landscape part is still young, not mature enough to make an impact, but the bonsai display part is almost there. Maybe in mid November when the colors are crazy. Cheers!

@TheMightyYak 17 күн бұрын

@@ArkefthosBonsai I think we can all appreciate a "work in progress". I would be interested to see the garden regardless of maturity. Either way, I look forward to your videos.

@ArkefthosBonsai 17 күн бұрын

@TheMightyYak it will be done then!

@Bonsaicrazy 17 күн бұрын

That is crazy. Great lesson as usual. Love your artistic work and thoughts, gonna follow this with keen eyes, Was that a wild tortoise? 👊👊

@ArkefthosBonsai 16 күн бұрын

Thanks man! Yes it is wild, I have more than 10 this year working all day through the garden eating sedums, my melon and watermelon leaves, maple leaves etc. I usually had 4 or 5 but this year they exploded. Love them! Cheers!

@Bonsaicrazy 16 күн бұрын

@@ArkefthosBonsai they are so cool I love it 👊👊

@brucedeacon28 17 күн бұрын

👍👌

@saschameier1984 18 күн бұрын

👌 👍👍👍👍

@markiewiczdawid 18 күн бұрын

Thanks a lot for sharing this video and your expertise! It was really helpful and inspiring. Quick question: what kind of healing paste do you use?

@ArkefthosBonsai 18 күн бұрын

Thank you Mark! It's an Italian I find easily here in Greece. You can search for it on Google with 'Zapi Fitobalsam" . It's a grafting and healing paste. Cheers!

@ilkersaraydn3434 18 күн бұрын

Thank you for sharing your works. great and very informative video. I want to ask some thing. Your graftting material is not center of the main trunk so the branch grows edge of the trunk. will it be a problem in the future? Thanks

@ArkefthosBonsai 18 күн бұрын

Excellent question! No, it won't be. As the trees thicken, everything becomes fused more and more naturally and the rough pine bark will hide all the scars. In 4 - 5 years, this will look like a natural change in direction with a bit of twist as well. Cheers!

@samuelmula5570 18 күн бұрын

You cut your hair!? Great video. Very informative as always. Even though you have so many trees, having all that mountain side would be so enticing for yamadori adventures.

@ArkefthosBonsai 18 күн бұрын

Yes, hair is gone Samuel! Too hot here for long hair.... Actually, digging out trees from the wild, especially a natura 2000 protected forest like the one that starts above the house, is prohibited in Greece and I totally agree and respect this. But still, I've got whatever I've planted in the ground since 2010, plus whatever tree has popped out naturally in the garden as yamadori.... Cheers mate!

@samuelmula5570 17 күн бұрын

I respect it as well. Look forward to the next one.

@ArkefthosBonsai 17 күн бұрын

@samuelmula5570 thank you Samuel!

@mikelee6366 18 күн бұрын

❤🐢❤

@ArkefthosBonsai 18 күн бұрын

I've got more than 10 working around the garden this year. So much fun! Thank you Mikel!

@alexandraprevezanou5448 4 күн бұрын

Πολύ λεπτομερής εργασία. Καλή επιτυχία! Σφενδάμι τρίφιδο ειναι το φυντανάκι διπλα?

@ArkefthosBonsai 4 күн бұрын

Σε ευχαριστώ Αλεξάνδρα! Είναι Acer monspensulanum, ενδημικό εδώ. Κάθε χρόνο βγαίνουν εκατοντάδες. Καλό βράδυ!

@johnswn255 18 күн бұрын

Why not bury the Japanese pine in the ground, instead of leaving it in the pot?

@ArkefthosBonsai 18 күн бұрын

Because I'm still going to develop a bonsai tree from it, after I remove it from the graft. I've already worked the root system, spread it radially, this spring and I'll make a tree from all the other buds. Cheers John!