super helpful :)!!

@@xxxxxxxHayleyxxxxxxx cheers:)

Hey! I followed the instructions and potted up a week ago but I have 3 little sprouts already - should I still put these in the fridge or will it kill them?? Thanks in advance!! Kat x

Thanks

ah man thats awful news, im sorry to hear that. you should definitely grow this kit in his honour for sure!

Thanks Chuck, unfortunately you heard right :(

@@BackGardenBonsai my condolences... it's a lovely thing that you were given these seeds by your wife, i think. if i were you i'd consider planting one or two of the seedlings in the backyard and allow them to develop into full trees!

cheers. this is something i have considered. we will see what happens :)

Sorry to hear my brother. Love to you from Atlanta

@PatrickGregoryDaniels Thank you!

:) thanks

Cheers :) yeah its a long process and patience is a tough thing but just keep going and we will all end up with good trees!

Cheers Connor, I just like to see the progressions... I wish they would do it quicker in real life. lol

That's great to hear. I hope you get as much joy from it as i do. :)

Cheers. Im glad they help :)

cheers, enjoy it :)

Thanks you

Cheers. Im glad you found it helpful :)

hahh that would not have ended well! i'm glad you could rescue them

Thank you.

very good! i hope you enjoy the process. it is very slow. but its worth it and all fun

Cheers, hopefully yours grows as well as mine!

cheers. just stick at it. your tree will end up better than the one you see at the market.

Cheers bro, I think salting that traditional wisdom is the way to go. Its literally zero additional effort needed to just plant them lol. #floatersforthewin

Cheers. If you didnt see the pinned comment, check it out. that link should cover anything the actual instructions didnt cover :)

Cheers. Hopefully it all goes well

Cheers, glad its helped :)

Cheers. yeah I now have loads of new trees to enjoy for years :)

Cheers :)

Great job! So yeah, following the instructions on this one actually seems to work fine. 👍

@@BackGardenBonsai yeah. I was unsure what to do next as this is my first time having a bonsai and the instructions dont actually say what to do after you take it out the fridge (doesnt say how many weeks, whether to keep it in the bag etc) which is why I watched these videos. Thanks for these vids tho, helped me out a lot! Great to see how your progress is doing

That's a good point, they don't really set you up for any long term care! just keep watching videos from everyone, you've plenty of time to learn what to do. You just need to focus on growing/keeping them healthy for now

I got some sprouts on my first try, but I managed to let them die :( . I left the bag open and I did not know whether to water them or not, and they dried out. I think I opened the bag too soon. I’m gonna try again with the other bags, and with the alternative method in this video

Cheers David, It will be ready in a few days :)

Cheers :) I hope they grow well for you

Nice one! just keep following the instructions and leave them in the fridge for the full time and you should see some action soon enough!

@@BackGardenBonsai fun fact, after just over a week on the windowsill I already have 2 shoots popping up. Not sure if it will harm them if I put in the fridge somewhere next week..

Thats cool. I wouldnt put them in the fridge. the whole point of the fridge is to get them to germinate... which yours have done. you can either just leave the whole pot out, let those two grow and see what happens to the rest of the seeds ...or you can try and remove the two that have popped and put them in a different pot then fridge the rest (huge warning, this is mega risky!!! newly germinated seeds dont like to be disturbed..part 2 is out in about an hour, you will see what can happen when you mess with them) i'd properly just leave them all out untouched and see what happens with the rest, youve got 2 already, so thats good.

I GOT NO FUCKING SEEDS

damnnn thats not cool. you should email them and tell them

Cheers. I would agree over a natural winter is the best. unfortunately/luckily there is not that long until spring is here, so the fridge was the only option for these guys

How do you set your stuff up because I've got some seeds and I want to leave them to the natural elements but it's my first time so I have no clue on set up

@@BackGardenBonsai how would you recommend to natural overwinter now that we have a winter coming?

@@joncrabb5926 With most seeds I mostly full a seed tray sprinkle on the seeds, cover with a bit of soil (not much). Then I cover the whole thing with a piece of glass from on old green house, stops bird getting at them and helps warm them up early in spring. JP maples can sometimes take two winters to germinate so I reuse the same one each year.

Cheers :)

Very good. I hope yours are growing as strongly 👍

Cheers Dave, I guess no one would buy them for the cost they are, if it was just a picture of some seeds lol. I also now have more trees than available space, a happy nightmare haha

@@BackGardenBonsai LOL a happy nightmare! when you feel some leaves tapping your face at night in bed, then you know you've got too many trees! 😆

you have no idea how close this is to actual reality hahah

Cheers. You need to open it gradually over the next few weeks so that it doesnt go from nice warm green house, to cold air of the room. And as for watering, you just have to check and keep it damp, it probably wont need much. If you look at the pinned comment, there is a link. that goes into more detail about what to do and stuff. so it should answer everything you need. hopefully.

thanks :)

Cheers. wasn't exactly scientific 😂 lol. but its all good fun

cheers :)

Thanks :)

Cheers bro. "substantial" is an understatement lol. more trees than i know what to do with now!

@@BackGardenBonsai it’s the only way to be!

thanks for watching!

Cheers, hopefully you get some good success with these too

Thank you! hopefully your kit will kick off soon and grow too. if you look in the description i have a link to the extra instructions i wrote, which might help you out if your finding the original a bit lacking lol

@@BackGardenBonsai yes I went to it got mine in bags. I wait 3 weeks then pop in fridge for 6 weeks. Thanks so much for doing that. Much appreciated

cheers :)

@@BackGardenBonsai cheers

buon lavoro :)

You shouldn't have to... but you need to still check like once a week, just in case it has dried out. If it has add more water to keep it damp. if its sealed, it probably wont need any, but, just check. Good luck. i hope you get plenty of growth.

good stuff!! it sounds like yours are growing well :)

Thanks for watching :)

Thank you

Thank you 👍

cheers. you can anything you want. I think i just chucked mine in the compost. but you could grow anything with them, even if i think they are less than ideal.

@@BackGardenBonsai Thanks again😁👍

You should buy a kit, they are fun :)

Cheers hopefully the answer is there, but basically No. you shouldn't need to. just check every now and again, but you should find the soil is damp the whole time

good work! 👍 hopefully they start going crazy like mine

yeah you will have start opening the bag nice and slowly. id start with a few cracks a day and then slowly work it up to leaving it more and more open. as for the ones you want to put in the fridge. thats the gamble. grow the ones that have sprouted. or kill them off in the fridge in the hope that many more sprout. id probably just grow them out as they are. more still may pop. but only you can decide what to do after weighing it up

@@BackGardenBonsai legend, cheers!

If they are growing, you dont need to put them in the fridge. everything you will probably need to know is answered here - www.backgardenbonsai.com/an-instructional-guide-to-help-beginners-with-the-grow-it-bonsai-kit/ if there is anything else just ask

doesnt matter. the seeds are under soil. so. they are in the dark regardless.

cool. give it a go now. it will be fine to start now, and then keep it inside until spring. it will just have a little headstart, which will do it no harm.

well eventually yes they will need separated. the big decision is when. You could do it pretty soon as its nearly spring, so an ideal time ...but the danger is that its small, so risky to mess with it, so if you dont do it now, you would have to next year for sure ..but then can both of them handle being squished into a small pot for another year id probably do it this year, but be very delicate about the whole operation and try and upset the roots as little as possible

yeah i just kept them inside. and just put them somewhere where they can get some light. they dont need full direct sun

good choice! enjoy

skip it, the fridge will kill those sprouts

short answer - no. fridging them after they have sprouted will kill them. long anwser - read this - www.backgardenbonsai.com/an-instructional-guide-to-help-beginners-with-the-grow-it-bonsai-kit/

have you taken them out now? im sure more will pop soon. Water when ever they need it. just keep them damp. NOT soaked, or they will drown. Id leave them inside for a few weeks at first, then when its like late spring, and they are a little bigger, take them outside.

in bag. so they should be sat in a bag for a few weeks before, just put the bag in the fridge. no need for any extra boxes

If they haven’t germinated. Then yeah. Put them back on for longer. And keep it in the bag for a while after so it’s keeps the humidity high. It will stop the seeds drying out

@@BackGardenBonsai ah ok well ive got a few sprouts that have come through so i guess that means they've germinated? Sorry im new to this lol thanks for the advice

yeah if they have already popped, the fridge is not needed. The fridge just tricks the seeds into thinking its winter, so when you take them out they think its spring and grow. If yours are already growing, just leave them out.

@@BackGardenBonsai thank you very much for your help. Ill be watching your videos and updates for more tips! 👍

i took them out after 8 weeks? what ever the instructions said. lol. then i pretty much kept the bag closed until i seen sprouts then opened it slightly, and every few days opened it a bit more/ started pulling it down. So that it was slowly adjusting to the humidity in the room. If yours are sprouting i wouldnt put them in the fridge. the fridge is to imitate winter, so when you remove them, they think its spring and grow. If yours are already growing, they dont need this trickery.

no, just open it it a little. it will be fine like that

no you will kill them if you fridge them. just miss that step

if they are growing, dont put them in the fridge. they will die in there

they will need to go outside eventually, but you could do either for now.

good luck. im sure this time will be the success!

@@BackGardenBonsai thank you

im just sprinkling more soil on top. it just looks funny as its dry ...also its bonsai soil, so probably why it looks different. although if you have grown succulents you might be using something similar. its just molar clay, perlite and a dash of compost. give this a read for more about soils - www.backgardenbonsai.com/a-general-guide-to-bonsai-soil/ Also good work on getting some spruce to grow, id let them grow a bit before translating into something else. maybe when they are a couple of inches tall and you wont break them when you try and move them. As for indoors. not ideal, spruce will need cold. read these two, and you should get some idea on what needs done/why www.backgardenbonsai.com/what-are-cold-hardy-bonsai-trees/ and www.backgardenbonsai.com/how-to-protect-your-bonsai-trees-over-winter/ sorry lots of links, but bonsai is all about learning. the more you know. the better :)

You will probably find its fine. The fact it is in a bag usually means the water cant escape, so it will stay wet the whole time. I would still check every few days though, to make sure and water if need. ..then when its actually growing you will need to check daily to see if it needs water or not.

it should be damp always. you should check it in the fridge, but you will probably find it just stays the same. it probably wont dry out, but of course check every few days to make sure.

just put it on a windowsill. it should be fine there

Thanks for the response, also what would you recommend for watering it

Cheers. I am sure that it is all down to their crap instructions mixed with humans not being patient. too many "ive had this for 2 weeks, why hasnt it grown?" going on lol.

short answer, just remove the fuzz, but its harmless. long answer read all this. www.backgardenbonsai.com/an-instructional-guide-to-help-beginners-with-the-grow-it-bonsai-kit/ it should keep you more on track than the instructions.

close the bag at the start to keep the air ...well more importantly the moisture in. when they grow you will need to start opening the bag, so they can grow in a more normal climate. the bag basically a mini green house, so it doesnt need to be airtight or anything, its just to help keep things humid.

if it needs it, but it probably wont. If you have it in a bag, its usually going to remain the same level of damp and not need any more

Just scrap it off. its kind of hard to avoid given the conditions. you can check this if you want a lot of details :) - www.backgardenbonsai.com/what-to-do-about-mould-on-seedlings/

@@BackGardenBonsai thank you!

are you confused why? or the how? if its the why, its because the fridge makes the seeds think its winter, so when they come out they will think its spring and wake up and grow. as for the how. do what it says. gets some damp kitchen paper and hold it over the seeds. put this in a sealed back and put it in the fridge for how ever long its says. then after a while start checking like once a week to make sure it is still damp and when the root comes out, plant it. this is the method i normally use. the kit in the video says to do it differently, they put the seed in the soil and then put the whole lot in the fridge. its really the same difference.

yeah windowsill will be fine. as for water. it probably wont need it, since its in a sealed bag ...so the water inside cant really escape, but i would still double check every few/even weekly to make sure it is still damp (which it probably will be)

you dont really need to worry about fertilising seedings. you can pretty much ignore that for the first year

It was just just hanging on by one needle. so was about to fall off at any point. I would just leave it until it falls off, or is just about to, like i did.

yeah. if you put that in the fridge, it will die.

@@BackGardenBonsai Thanks, should I leave this pot in a rest period for longer, or slowly start to open the bag it is in?

@calslater2611 I’d just treat it like you had taken it out of the fridge and it had started to grow. Give it a few days to gain some power then start introducing it to some real air gradually by opening things up.

No just skip that part or you will kill them!

thats great you are both doing this. but yes. if they have germinated, they dont need to be in the fridge, you can just let them keep growing

good work, now the fun of watching them grow can begin :)

Well if you think what we are copying…winter …it can last for much longer and even be much colder than a fridge. I will really depend what species it is. A tree that is native to Norway will probably be expecting a long winter than a tree that’s native to Italy. If you get what I mean. As for rotting. Unless they are damaged in some way I don’t think it would really happen. I don’t know. That’s an experiment for some one to do haha

@@BackGardenBonsai very helpful, thank you for your response!

If they have already sprouted, you dont need to put them in the fridge. The fridge is to trick the seeds into thinking its winter, so that when you remove them...they think its spring and start growing. If your seeds are already growing, you dont need this.

Cheers :)

yes all the seeds where put in the fridge

I wouldnt worry about it until its a year old

you should put them in the bag now.. leave it for 2 weeks sat out, then in the fridge

if you place them in the fridge they will die. id just skip that part and leave them out and let them grow

Thankyou Sir @@BackGardenBonsai

I will leave them out and open the bag bit by bit, until they are ready to be transported to their own pot ? thankyou again

I personally wouldnt poke holes, But im sure many people have followed the instructions and been fine. If you look at the pinned comment you'll find a link to my views on the instructions. cheers :)

What do the instructions say? I cant remember, if says 6 weeks, do that. Take them out and put them in a well lit spot. If youve had them in a bag, leavethem there. They should still be damp. Just keep checking it every other day and give it a few drops of water if if it isn't looking damp. You should see some green pop up. once they have popped, you can crack open the bag and over the next few weeks, slowly open it more and more until its gone. watering at this time is the same, check it and keep it damp throughout. NOT wet, just damp

its to give it "winter" so it follows the natural cycle of seeds. might grow without it if they have been stored somewhere cold, but really it will maximise your chances

ah cool. Im guessing the glass cabinet acted like a green house. Sounds like everything is going to plan. id just keep doing what your doing. give it light and keep it moist and they will keep growing. You will probably need to transition them at some point, but id give it a month or so yet until they grow a little bit more

@@BackGardenBonsai legend