Hi, great videos. Have you or would you consider making one covering the basics of growing a young tree / seedling and when and how to start training it? I'd really appreciate a video on it, just a suggestion.

VERY thorough video! Thank you. I have an opportunity to dig a 4' tall podocarpus shrub and it enjoys a nice thick trunk and purportions I believe will be excellent as a pre-bonsai. I am glad to know it will back bud and given I live in So GA, should enjoy much of the vigorous growth you have in Florida. I need to figure out how to improve the taper on my trunk which is a different issue but appreciate your excellent knowledge transfer through this video. I look forward to exploring more of your channel as I just found it this morning.

this video may be 8 years old but its still one of my favorites. watching you work is so rewarding

Hi, I am so glad that I found this video. Awesome work and great looking tree. I have been looking like forever for tips on styling this species and now I've found the perfect one. Thank you 👌🙏

Really enjoy your videos Paul. All the way from South Africa. I appreciate your use of knowledge and basic tools. No power tools, nothing pneumatic. Continue the great work and if possible, please post more videos :)

I am new at trying to create bonsai. You give a wealth of information. I have watch a lot of videos and yours has so much information. I only hope I can take away just a small amount of this info to help me. I just bought a Podocarpus today. I hope you continue to post videos you give so much information not like some people that just work on the tree and not tell you why you are doing what you are doing. Looking forward to more videos. Thanks for making them.

Orlando you could continue to post videos, your work is incredible!!!

hi beautiful bonsai, thanks for sharing video tutorial, waiting for more tutorials from you.

Man it is so good to see you back at it.I really hope to see some consistent videos from you as you are my favorite on youtube and I know I speak for a lot more people.Good to see you and hope all is well.Cant wait for the next video already.I would really love to see some bought nursery stock worked from beginning.

Hello. Produce more videos, please. I am a fan of the cannel.

Another great video Paul. You have a knack for teaching and explaining. Look forward to the next. Congrats again on the Nationals! Well deserved!

Hey Paul, glad your back. While in Panama City last week I saw one of these shrubs while out and about. Didn't know what it was called, but it was rather striking, just a mass of dark green foliage. After seeing what you did to yours, I've got to have me one. I'm in zone 8b so I think I can pull it off. Had a great growing season this year. My pre bonsai maples are showing more signs of life with the cooler temps. Thanks for the post and look forward to hearing from you again.

Great lesson thank you so much. I'll be looking for this tree at Epcot in the spring . This was very helpful because I have several of these plants.

Really, really, REALLY appreciate your videos--you film so clearly what you're doing. One suggestion, if you feel inspired, would be to show what to do with a very, very young podocarpus. I live in Southern China, and the "Master" from whom I bought my trees was very kindly able to come to my place and guide me through my very first wiring--of a Podocarpus! It was a few years old, had been cut back a bit but never styled--except that when she re-potted it for sales, in the new pot before selling it to me she kind of turned it over on it's side to a great extent which instantly made it more interesting. Anyway, when I was over there a couple of days ago--they have at least 150 podocarpus at different states of growth--she handed me a very, very small one--it looks like it has multiple branches or trunks coming out of the dirt. She gave it to me to get experience starting a very small one, I guess. Would love to have some guidance on how to start one from such a young age.

I do want to add that your comment about being careful as these can look like a topiary. I assert that your second row of branches need some wiring downward as their shallow upward angles with the foliage pads do look rather topiary like and have a bit of pom pom shape which I think would beneft from a more horizontal wiring. I'd love to see this tree today given it's now 9 years after you shot this video. I am going to try to find it elsewhere here on KZfaq or on your Instagram, website, or other internet source.

whoa! nice transformation , i specifically look for doing bonsai for Podocarpus costalis because we have plentiful of this in my hometown in the wild and in the park and along the roads. it only propagates naturally in my town batanes (philippines) and taiwan, it bears conifer only in this 2 areas and so it has better branching , i wanna take advantage of it. i never knew it can be made into bonsai

Great video 👍👍

Yay !!! Thanks for the new video Paul. I was begining to think you didn't like us any more. I haven't even watched it yet but i know it will be very helpful

Great video!Tks. Your explainations are really clear.

Congrats on the win in the national bonsai exhibition.... Hey when will we get some more videos?

Hello, I'm Brazilian and I think it's very fantastic. I bought a podocarpus. I did not have any notion. Thanks for the lesson. If you can give me more tips on the species, thank you. Thank you.

Love ur video and great and beautiful tree I've got one and I would love some advice and help with my tree please thank you

That was funny "i hope i mean it this time" its cool to see you again you had me worried I thought you retire from bonsai but it looks you were really busy with bonsai,

Excellent jobI

You are Amazing man!!! Every time I see your vids I learn something new!!!!!!! Please keep them coming!!!!!

Very instructive. I plan to make a couple of podocarpus bonsai while I am here in Florida. I already bought two podocarpus var. Maki. When should I do the rough styling (hacking back the trunk and keeping only the branches needed) and the repotting from the nursery pot(15 gal.) to the large plactic bonsai training pot? Can I do both the same year? How much of the root ball can I trim back?

Thanks for the video! We just got our first Bonsai and it's a podocarpus. We have no idea what we're doing! Haha

This is a great video ur ura great instructor thxs for being thorough. ..keep it coming! I'm here in the Orlando area with a few projects of my own....do you have any classes or trngs?

Yeah, I've got 7 very young, badly shaped, nursery stock and two ficus ( indoors ) that I was hoping to get started, but after potting this past spring, it's a few weeks into fall here in VA, and I think they'll need shelter for the winter. Still havent figured out how or what I'm going to do about that. And worried that the ficus will die off like last year. Maybe a winterizing video for young trees?? I'm pretty sure these are lost, ( bad styling, lack of knowledge, and poor stock ) but if I'm wondering about wintering young trees, maybe others are too.

Do trunks thicken up or do you need to pick a certain podocarpus? Mine has great full branches but trunk in so thin, 1 year old at most I'd say

Beautiful job!

Nice structure

From Cincinnati and I have three of these bonsai,they need a little winter protection but that’s all really

Amazing transformation as always!

Beautiful bonsai

That's a nice yew pod you have paul here in Scotland they get sold as shohin or meme for beginners and dold as indoor trees! Such a difference from the bacatta its got a right black pone style! Hope to see more of you this year on youtube this is my new channel im subscribed to you on another, are you on Facebook fourms or bonsai group talks etc? I'll look out for you this is a beautiful yew love the dead wood

Thank you so much for all your videos over the years. Wishing you a new year filled with, challenge...Inspiration, and Fulfillment. ;0)

Really enjoyed the video. I just bought a podocarpus bonsai from Jason Schley in late December.I has an awesome shari. Wasn't familiar with the podocarpus and your video has really helped me to know how to trim it and prepare it for show in the future. I'm in zone 8 and have kept it inside near a window with good morning sun because of the below freezing weather we have had lately. Should I bring it in when it gets below 40 or is it good to 32?

Hello, I just wanted to give you a million thank yous for your guidance and time dedicated to videos. I am in Florida as well! Currently in Gainesville since Im a student. I was wondering what plant you would recommend for bonsai with the weather here? Also, (very separately) what do you recommend as far as an indoor bonsai? Thanks again, David

Very nice work , i hope to reach the same in 10years or so .. I have this one indoors in belgium but still very young. For the moment i don't see any new leaves but i hope they will come soon. How can i see any signs of new leaves?

Hello, I really enjoy your bonsai videos and have learned a lot from them. I wanted to ask you if you ever tried to bonsai an Australian Pine? I too live in South Florida and see these pines a lot. I was wondering if they could be used as bonsai material and how you would go about pruning their distinctive needles?

a while back ago I asked you how I can get finer roots towards the base of the trunk since the tree has mostly thick roots. you replied by saying "split the roots towards the tip" is there a specific time in which I should do. like during the dormancy stage or can it be done whenever

Very good

hi its me again I moved my podocarpus indoors to save it from the winter but now the leaves are drying up and are fragile. do I have any chance on saving my tree? should I water it more or maybe fertilize, or maybe its not getting enough light by being indoors??

So, what are you up to these days? It's spring. Would be cool to see an update of your trees, or just to see how you are doing.

Hey Paul i have a small bald cypress and i was having problems with it, but it seems that I finally found the right combination of soil water and sun. The tree looks healthy and growing but the pot looks like crap it has a lot of hard water and green algae from setting on water, i really dont wanna change the pot cuse the tree just stabilized but i wanna make the pot look i little better. what can i use to clean the pot without harming the tree?

Good detailed explanation as always! I thought that lower left branch should be bit longer. That way the tree would have more triangular shape because the branch next up is almost as long as the bottom one. or maybe it is what looks from the video.

I would love to see how the tree looks now.

Thanks for the video

There was for a long time. Happy to see again you. Even if I do not understand English :(

Hey I live in Scotland would you recommend me to take my podocarpus inside for the frost and should I trim the summer shoot too? Appreciate your help than you

Hey man! I just recently got into bonsai (about 4 months ago) and your videos have been guiding me through the beginning stages. Was just wondering if you had any experience with Witch Hazel as a bonsai?

¡ Thanks for sharing, i've learned a lot from watching your "How to Bonsai" series !

im trying to grow a prodocarpus tree in a wind swept look..i live in michigan and have no south window im going to put it out side for the summer..... how soon should i trime the new growth back???

So your in Florida! Awesome heading there Next Tuesday any good stores you can recommend in Tampa or Port Charlotte FL to visit for supplies and tools?

Hi paul,Im looking at growing my own bonsais here in Australia and I wanted to know what size pot I should get once the seedlings have grown.the choices were going to be between:10 cm (4 inch)12 cm 13cm pots (5 inch)Also your email you posted does not work. Choosing them sizes because I can get a good price on them Thanks a lot !

Always Enjoy your videos, Thanks for taking the time and effort to make these. I had a good laugh at about 43:10 in the video. It looks like your Podocarpus has palm tree branches.

Hope you're okay post hurricane!!

What a difference! Your vids Are awesome ! Great inspiration :) looking forward to the next one already. . Keep up the great work :) take care..

wow dude. you are good

Amazing work, this Bonsai is really coming together.

Question on podocarpus propagation, do you put the cuttings in the water (read this online) or the usual root hormone and stick in the medium?

I think it needs to lose the 1st & 3rd branches on viewers right and 2nd branch on viewer left. Have you thought about that option. Appears to symmetrical as is. Would love to see the tree now

Hello sir, can you make a video on how to take care and prune a japanese maple and Fukien tea. I recently bought these two trees from a nursery and want to learn more on how I can prune them while they are still young. That would be great thanks!

Where did you go man? post more videos please!!!!

Hello Nice work. Long time no hearing from your new work! I hope you are ok. Greetings Kennet Belgium

Awesome demo! Was this tree grown from seed, air layer or yamadori? And how old is it?

With my watering system set up and my part shaded area. I lost three trees this year they didnt have any size on them yet but im really getting discouraged.

I actually have one of those. They do sell them up here as indoor plants, under the common name, Buddhist Pine. How long did it take you to thicken up the trunk?

Hi Paul, waiting for more tutorials from you :)

Hi again. I got a wierd question :).. should I "deleaf" My indoor trees once a year ? like it would naturally do in the fall ? Mikkel

Kind of like a long needled Yew.

Hello, I know this has nothing to do with this video. But recently someone gave me a mugo pine as a gift and I wonder if it can be grown in tropical climate?

hi sir is there a way to contact you I have a cypress I collected and I was wondering if you would look at the photos of it and maybe could give me some advice as to what to do with it. thanks

Really miss your videos!!!!!

When are you going to make another video?

Great Video. with the tree opened up there's so much more to see. look forward to more on this tree. As for frequency of video's.......i believe in quality over quantity, and in this case we had 48 minutes worth. ;0)

Hi Orlando, How long will it take to grow a Juniper Prostrata in a pot? I want to make the trunk thicker before repotting it into a bonsai pot, but not sure how long it will take for it to thicken

When will you post an update?

verry nice

what should I do to my podocarpus in the winter im from ohio

Hi, are you planning to do some new vids?

Hey Paul can you thread graft a bougainvillea?

what happened where is the videos ?

When is your next video, can't wait!

if it's possible for a Portuguese subtitle thank you

how old is this tree

Now that you have a new bonsai dog, you just have to make a new video. :)

Ive been taught by William Vilvanis and Julian Adams

Dont worry for the delay on videos i think you have the most patient audience lol

Hi

please come back! would be nice to pick your brain... :-)

I have a friend who is very much into Bonsai. I will definitely be forwarding this channel to him. I sent you a message. If you're interested at all, feel free to email me. Thanks!

😢 I killed my beautiful podocarpus. 😭

Too many talk

This guy is sexy and makes beautiful Bonsai... I hope he's OK.