I like that you emphasized just having fun and doing what you want. It seems like so many people expect everyone in bonsai to be trying to show off their trees and win awards or something. My trees are just for me. I’ll never do a show, which really frees me from having to worry about what makes a tree “worthy” or whatever.

I think a good rule of thumb is a good bonsai looks like a photo of a large tree

Thanks for all your great videos Jelle! After the initial total beginner phase I find three types of videos very useful: 1. Problem videos 2. Species specific videos 3. Season specific videos I learn a lot from hearing you tackle a specific problem. It can be a pest, a design challenge, or perhaps a tough call balancing health of a tree with getting results fast. It’s also very interesting to dive deeper into specific species. I have a pretty good idea now about the general practice of repotting, winter protection, pruning, etc. But learning more about specific species is what many of us need. There are a lot of ”how to repot” videos, but much rarer to find what to think about when repotting a specific species. And finally, I find it increasibly useful when I you make a timely post of a video of the sort ”summer pruning” just as summer approaches. Very helpful!

Thank you, Jelle. People charge lots of money for information that is as well put together as your videos!

Having fun is the first and last thing that is needed I think. Of course you need a tree of some sort and some basic tools. Experience comes with time, on styling as well as on horticultural level. So the next best thing to having fun is testing and seeing(learning). Great content that gives everyone the opportunity to get going!

This was one of THEE most helpful overview videos I've come across. Extremely clear. Extremely helpful! Thank you Jelle!

Jelle you are the bonsai Guru! What would we do without your insight, on the ups and downs of growing bonsai, and the happiness and beauty it provides us when it all comes together. You tell it like it truly is, and for that I appreciate ❤️👍

As Always Jelle, I hit the like button before I have watched your vid’s. Your Bonsai channel is up there with the best. Thank you for all your hard in sharing them. 👌

Thanks Jelle! Most important: I have fun! Greetings from Germany, Thomas

Absolutely brilliant - everything a novice could want in a single video. Thanks for the shout out about your books. Having watched I can definitely confirm I am still a dummie! Great stuff Jelle :)

Thank you so much, Jelle! This is great info! I love watching your content!

This is amazing as always. What I would love to see also from you is a video on recommendation for what kind and diamater wire to get as a total beginner (also how much of each) and how to choose wire diameter when wiring a tree.

this is the best video that overviews everything on bonsai!

Outstanding primer. You have such an easy style about your videos; you inform informally. Thank you!

This video is awesome! Just what people need when starting out. There is so much contradictory information out there it's crazy!

Lovely video as always Jelle xx I particularly resonate with one of your last statements. My trees will never be show-worthy, but I'm enjoying myself and that is absolutely THE most important thing 😊 xx

This is one of the best "bonsai for dummies" videos out there. I live in Norway, and after watching many of your videos and others, I decided to start with bonsai myself. You say that you have some of your bonsai out in the winter. Here I live it can drop down to minus 25 degrees during some parts of the winter. What would you do to your trees if it got so cold? I believe I have to put them in a place where there is a bit warmer? Otherwise, love your videos.

How about a garden tour? To see all trees and projects you grow/develop!

Watching from Brazil! We LOVE your content! Since your blog to now the YT Channel. Soooo good.

This is such a grate video for beginners. I've had a bonsai for just over a year and defo neglected it in that time. Now summer has come and I'm sorting out the garden and house plants, I've gone down a bit of a beginners rabbit hole in the last 2 weeks for bonsai after find, in the greenhouse, some walnut saplings I'd potted up last year from the lovely squirrels stash in one of our flower beds, with the intention of doing bonsai with them. All the advices seems spot on and telling people to do their own research is always grate advice as everyone's environment and needs will be different and you can't cover all bases yourself.... I also love you saying don't worry about what others say. I've started following another bonsai channel (bonsai heirloom) and he has similar thoughts; the hobby is ment to be fun and relaxing. If it's working for you and you're enjoying it just go with it. At the end of the day if the trees look good who cares right.

Wishes: I wish I had seen a video like this 4 years ago! (And I also wish I could fully understand it 4 years ago too!) Great video, Jelle… thanks!

best beginner bonsai video ever!

You hit on the nail with Bonsai to have fun. I lot of local native trees, some tropicals and some Japanese trees like maples and pines. Here in SA these are the common bonsai trees, Celtis africana, Senegalia burkei, Olea europaea L. subsp. africana, Portulacaria afra, Adansonia digitata, Schotia brachypetala and few others that I still don't. Most our native acacia trees are used as Bonsai Material, grow easy from seed and cuttings. I'm experimenting with Sausage Tree (Kigelia Africana) have big tree in my yard and plant the seeds and they germinate easy, do well with root pruning and 3 thats starting to get nice fat trunks and they are not older than 3 years. As always love your vids. Keep it Up!

Excellent video!!! Keep up the good work

Really great video, and great information 🎉🎉

Yet another brilliant video... Thanks so much... Actually, this particular one goes to the top of the class... Your little bit of humour makes a difference. Well done, Jelle

Great video. Great information. Thanks, Jelle, for putting this together.

Thoroughly enjoyed this vid! Awesome explanations and resources!!

Hele goede video. Stimulerend voor jonge mensen en starters over het algemeen om te beginnen met de leukste hobby (in myn ogen) die er bestaat. Myn complimenten 👍👍👍

Thank you Jelle, great info. Great approach 👍 👏

Great video, Jelle - as always!!

Very good video. I enjoy. Thanks

Well done jelle great video thanks for your time today hope you have a great day thanks

So much information 🤯😂 Thank you for sharing! 👍

Hell yeah, as a persons who watched all your videos ( twice ) thought you can’t get more content packed in one video. You prove me wrong, awesome and informative content. Very accurate with tools. I’m running just hybrid cutter, anything else except wire are “normal” tools.

Wonderful, instructional video - thank you, Jelle! 👍

Perfect video for starters.

Good advices , thank you.

Great video Jelle, as usual.. even better

Excellent video.

You have a good soul.thank you

This is bound to swell your subscription numbers 😂. A fantastic video, well thought out and you covered all the major points (maybe not pests and diseases, but that's for another time). This will be my goto recommendation for bonsai beginners as it's a far better resource than any book I've come across. Many thanks Jelle👍.

Again a great video Jelle! A tip a always remember, but I can't remember where I heard is : tip 1 listen to the master. Tip 2 ignore the master 😂 Bonsai is an art, as is painting. But there is a great difference between Breughel and Picasso. One should explore and find out what trees and styles he/she likes. At least that is what I do. Looking forward to the next video

Thank you, your videos Are great

Excellent tutorial Mate.

"Have fun"... soooo tru

I have trees I have been working on👍 thank you!

Dank je Jelle. Goede, fijne en informatieve video 👍🏻😁

Great video Jelle 👊👊👊

Hello I have a beatiful Japanese maple in my yard, and would like to cut off a branch and turn it into Bonsai, Is there any tips that I should really be aware of before I dive in? Thanks! great video!!!

Loved the vibes. Subbed and liked! Hoping to start my bonsai journey soon! Thinking of an olive, since it's my favourite local tree.

Great vid, thanks.

Very nice video ❤❤❤

Thanks!

I suggest anybody wanting to learn about Bonsai also consider joining a local Bonsai club. Clubs are usually full of like minded people with a wealth of knowledge.

Apart from bonsai, you have a knack for really boiling down information to essentials, well done! - Thank you for pointing out how important it is to just have fun with the hobby. I've seen chatroom bonsai experts, and boy are some of those people salty.. :D

Hey Jelle I think all the points are wrong, except for the one about having to watch all your videos 😂😉 Very good video 👍🏻, excellently put together and clearly presented. I bet you could have go on for another 2 hours 😉. There is so much knowledge to impart. And you do a Great Job on this! The most important thing for me is the health of the plants and having fun and enjoying the hobby. It doesn't have to be a perfect bonsai. Many thanks and best regards

Great video Jelle. I'm only a few years into bonsai and none of my trees look like the trees worked on by many of the people online and so I find it difficult to translate what they do with their trees to my own little ones. With your videos I can use what you demonstrate and I remember your tips. You and Peter Chan are wonderful teachers that help novices like me a great deal by making this hobby accessible 😊. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Great video jelle 💪😁 and thanks again for the Brazilian raintree cutting you sent me 2 years ago? It's not so small now. And I have successfully rooted one cutting from ut.

Cảm ơn người bạn chia sẽ kinh nghiệm ❤❤❤

Thanks, Jelle. I would love to think that at some point in the future I would be able to give so much useful advice, so well, with so much confidence. The internet should be rebuilt so that the first time anyone anywhere searches for "bonsai" they get just one hit -- this video.

Hi julle I have questions normally when we make bonsai from nursery store tree if I do something wrong how long the tree will show up the sign of drying (I mean after repot 3 months my tree still look ok that mean they will be ok or have to be longer ) thank you for sharing l learn a lot from you thank you very much 😊

Nice vid😊

Thank you for this video! I will look if you have a video about bonsai pots.

Really an excellent video, thank you! However, a few questions came to my mind during the video. When you said that you could do it with native trees, I immediately thought of my "grandpa tree". It's an "Acer pseudoplatanus" tree that started growing on my grandpa's balcony while I was caring for my grandpa until he died. I somehow want to believe that the life that was taken from him at that time has passed into this tree. That was about three years ago and I took the tree with me and have been looking after it ever since, it's grown quite a lot, but it's also looking boring and straight right now. The idea of turning the tree into an eye-catcher, apart from the fact that I'm always being asked why there's a tree on my balcony, would be really great especially because I could actively spend time with it. With that in mind, of course, I don't want the tree to suffer or, in the worst case, die. I would be extremely happy to know how I should best proceed to minimize the risk and how I can give it character, if anyone has some tips! And is a shallow pot really necessary, or can I leave it in the existing one? But now I will start with my Ficus Ginseng, which was the very first plant I received as a gift from my mother. Best wishes from Germany

Jelle, thanks for the content. How can I search the tree in your thumbnail? I don't see it in this vid.

Do i need a knob cutter and a straight cutter from the start? I'm thinking about buying only a knob cutter or a hybrid tool (more expensive).

Hello Jelle! It's me a 10 year old kid interested in bonsai and you know what? I never found good bonsai material.... Would you mind sending a few of your pine seedlings / rooted juniper cuttings, so I could work on this hobby of bonsai. I would be the most happiest. I will ask my parents to pay for it, we can talk about it.

Jelle how would i prepare a cherry seed to grow

I recently bought Japanese maple bonsai seeds and I live in a very hot area. I'm worried they will dry up and die if I leave them out when they grow and they don't have any room in the little greenhouse that came with them. What would be a good solution to this? Btw, I like your vids! I've been meaning to get a bonsai tree for a long time, so your channel has been helping me out a lot! :D

The Basic Definition of Bonsai: A tree in a pot that resembles a tree. Once you have the tree, you can start shaping and maintaining the tree.(1:45+)

19:33 How much is such complete bonsai equipment?

Hey! I recently discovered you and your channel and I love the content. Thank you for sharing your knowledge 🙏! If we do not have a garden to plant our trees, what would you recommend for their development? I understand bigger pots will help, but should we use organic soil or the classic anorganic mix of akadama, pumice and lava rock? For big pots, using that mix can be quite expensive. I have also seen at other KZfaqrs that they use baskets with this anorganic mix to further enhance the air flow. At a bonsai nursery from Germany from where I bought some young Itoigawas (2 years old cuttings), the advice I got was to replant the young plants every year until they reach 5-6 years. What is your opinion on the proper way to get a young tree (2-3 years old) to a proper bonsai material ?

22:30 i second this lol 😂

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Hi, I am interested in buying my own bonsai tree, neither big nor small. I am interested in the type of bonsai tree that was in the Karate Kid movie, can you tell me what type it is and the price range for ?such a tree

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Every bonsai video I watch that tries to give beginners advice never says "LEARN HORTICULTURE FIRST"

Sorry. Too much talking at the beginning. Bored.

Great job organizing basic information...as always, I stay in trouble for being too far in extreme south in the opposite emisphere...but still doing well. Greeting from patagonia