How to collect Yamadori with Jelle

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Can you collect yamadori in early winter? In today’s Bonsai Basics, I will be doing my tree collecting with lots of help from Jelle‪@GrowingBonsai‬ If you have never collected before this is just what you need to watch. This has everything from great tips, practical advice and even a few funny moments too! You definitely don’t want to skim this video…
Thanks to Hugh of Aveland Trees for allowing me on-site, especially as he thought he was going to have to do all the digging! If anybody else is interested in visiting and is near to Bourne in Lincolnshire hit the link below:
www.avelandtrees.co.uk/
Part Two of this Bonsai Basics series will be all about root pruning and potting up your collected trees and will be available in the following playlist:
• Bonsai Basics
God Bless and Happy Bonsaiing,
Xavier
-- TIMESTAMPS --
00:00 Jelle and Xav get together.
00:33 What tools do I need for collecting?
03:53 Three Dig Site Options.
04:42 What tree should I collect Jelle?
08:35 A visit to Aveland Trees.
10:05 Too many branches Jelle!
11:14 Where do I start digging?
13:15 Is it the same rule for all trees?
14:00 Packing the root ball.
16:15 Hardwood cuttings challenge?
18:15 A tour of Aveland Trees.
20:06 Packing the roots with sphagnum.
21:30 A few more useful tips.
Equipment & Acknowledgements:
I use a Panasonic Lumix DMC 330 Bridge Camera
All video production using AVC Video Editor Software
Sound equipment courtesy of: johnaronphotography.co.uk
*Please be aware that all details of products used are given for your benefit only - I do not receive any financial recompense. I just think they are good value and you should know where to buy them if interested.
#yamadori #pruningbonsai #bonsaiuk #hornbeam #elm

Пікірлер: 96

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

Cracking video. Xavier, well done. To all watching: If you agree this is a great video, share the love for Xavier and hit that like button. Let's get this video 1K likes and 10K view before new years!

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Жыл бұрын

or at least 50 views and a packet of stale hobnobs to eat with my gin :)

@sbragaglia Жыл бұрын

This is a great video: you guys are getting better than the Two Ronnies! And, incidentally, you just taught me all I know about yamadori! (I guess my 3 yardadori seedlings - 2 red cedars and 1 ash - growing in the weeds of the patio of our new place don’t count… if they are thinner than a pencil, don’t count them!)

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

@@sbragaglia 🤗

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Жыл бұрын

@@sbragaglia I will show you the smallest yamadori I have collected next spring - that was a pencil thickness. :)

@bonsaitis566 6 ай бұрын

Agree! Great video. Thank both of you!❤

@TheWishDragon 2 ай бұрын

The most wholesome video I have seen with two humans in it on KZfaq ever. Loved this so much.

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat 2 ай бұрын

I really enjoy working with Jelle and we chat quite a bit. He is genuinely such a nice and caring guy and always trying to look out for me when he thinks I need a lift :)

@jasongannon7676 Жыл бұрын

Fun video, thanks for the smiles.

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

Here is another: 😁

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and hopefully jelle managed to bring some credibility to the video :)

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

Very nicely done my friend!

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Жыл бұрын

It was your work too.

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

@@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Thank you but you did the editing which makes it work!

@maryweber4176 Жыл бұрын

I swear all of you guys are on the comedy circuit. Love it.

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Жыл бұрын

Cheers Mary. No spoilers, but I have just finished a collab between jason hanrahan and Candice of Bonsai Science which should be saturday week...

@maryweber4176 Жыл бұрын

@@XaviersBonsaiRetreat I am in the same bonsai club as Candace. Small world.

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Жыл бұрын

@@maryweber4176 Next time you see her ask her about her head banging technique...

@greenmachinesweden Жыл бұрын

Great collaboration and fun video.🙂👍

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Жыл бұрын

Cheers Magnus - it makes it a lot more interesting working out some fun editting. :)

@BlueJayBonsai Жыл бұрын

Always keep a shovel in the boot, you never know when you need to bury a bod.. er, I mean dig up a tree. 😂🤣🐦💙

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

Encouraging this behaviour are you? Erh Dave, I am going to do a shoutout to you in my video over Christmas. Just so you know !

@BlueJayBonsai Жыл бұрын

@@GrowingBonsai it’s me Blue JAY .. not Dave ( Blue SKY) 😂🤣🐦💙

@sbragaglia Жыл бұрын

Exactly what I thought… and judging from the video, it looks like Xav knows how to get Police off his tail…

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

@@BlueJayBonsai aaaaah. stupido!

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

@@BlueJayBonsai still.. Just know.. It is coming up. :)

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

ooohw.. This is going to a be something to watch!

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Жыл бұрын

It is just a shame I couldn't get you to sing a little too :)

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

@@XaviersBonsaiRetreat buddy, you never asked.

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Жыл бұрын

@@GrowingBonsai I dont think it would be fair on the rest of us to ask that of you :)

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

@@XaviersBonsaiRetreat haha, I am just going to pretend to not be insulted.

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Жыл бұрын

Yes, i know - you are all hoping Jelle will sing. But the title may be misleading to the point of clickbait :)

@oachkatzlsmum Жыл бұрын

Can’t wait to see, what’s coming here… 😘🙋‍♀️

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Жыл бұрын

Well at last with Jelle starring there will be some good advice given :)

@oachkatzlsmum Жыл бұрын

I missed the singing 😄🙋‍♀️

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Жыл бұрын

@@oachkatzlsmum It's only a short reprise of Little shop of Horrors by me...

@oachkatzlsmum Жыл бұрын

@@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Honestly, I‘m quite concerned about the high frequency of your accidents and concussions, my friend 😬

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Жыл бұрын

@@oachkatzlsmum Imagine what I am like with a chainsaw then...

@crazyblonde1695 Жыл бұрын

Wow that fall was absolutely stellar! I always knew my clumsiness was genetic, though you might want to disown me when I tell you my first reaction was hysterical laughter 🤣🤣🤣

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

Crazy Blonde Hysterical Laughter you say? Yes, Xav has the humor bone!

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Жыл бұрын

Thanks oh wonderful daughter of mine!

@luigiluigi2098 Жыл бұрын

Love your sense of humour Xavier! Bit of fun and great information too.

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Жыл бұрын

My attempts at bonsai make me laugh constantly :) Cheers for watching, Xav

@bobcatbonsai Жыл бұрын

You two are on a roll for making some great videos. Another humorous, but very informative video.

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

All the credits go to the X-man! I just sent a boring bunch of clips.

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Жыл бұрын

Yeah Jelle is the brains behind the team :)

@TOMSAI Жыл бұрын

Very nice and Funny Video . THX a lot of this funny Moment.

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and hopefully there was some good information provdided by jelle too.

@TOMSAI Жыл бұрын

@@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Yeahhhhh ever Good Informationen from the Master !

@TheBonsaiGarden Жыл бұрын

Very entertaining 😊 Great work Xav and Jelle.

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

This is easily my best video to date!

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Жыл бұрын

Cheers Jason - It felt good when I was putting it together and I had to cut a lot of slapstick out. Part is a little less humourous.

@jiijino_bonsai_ch Жыл бұрын

It was a lot of fun. 🤣🤣💕👍

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

Yes indeed. Mightily surprised how this turned out myself! Great work by Xav

@TonysBonsai Жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed this both Xav and Jelle. I was in stitches at the scene with the black stockings on your head. I have a photo of me and my brother as toddlers dressed up as bank robbers looking similarly dodgy 😂 As for the yamadori collecting, my general guide is to dig between 6 and 18 inches (that's the absolute max) from the trunk depending on the thickness of the trunk. I then put the roots in a bag and pour some water into the bag. They normally stay like that for the evening and I pot them up the following morning. Many of my collected trees ended up being bare rooted, and in general they did fine. Just blackthorn and larch that I have struggled with.

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Жыл бұрын

Cheers Tony. I have had pretty good success with everything but then nothing has cactually come from the wild...apart from my Larches in 2015.

@FrostBiteBonsai Жыл бұрын

That was hilarious! I loved it! No wonder you're out of breath, she had a broom! Haha!! Good thing you're far away, Jelle couldn't reach to smack you. That one tree had branches growing like the star of David, that was crazy! That poor shovel! What did it do to deserve that?! Take the broken piece off the handle and shove the handle into what's left of the metal sleeve, jam a screw through to hold it. or you can screw it in, whatever... :)

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Жыл бұрын

Thanks marysol for all of that. I had a lot of fun putting this together especially with all of the footage Jelle provided me. I'm not sure the humour sits with everyone but that is who I am :) The shovel is still in two pieces sulking in the van!

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

Top 10!!!

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Жыл бұрын

Anymore of this Jelle and I would think you are taking an unhealthy interest🤨 Is this because i still have your framed photograph on my bedside table :)

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

@@XaviersBonsaiRetreat i think that sais more about you..

@robmartin3312 Жыл бұрын

Yes I see so many trees I'd love to dig up on my walks.. but that's a great nursery..definitely need to find one near me.

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Жыл бұрын

I know the temptation is strong - it's not like anyone will know? But...no hobby is worth breaking the law :)

@BecomingTreeish Жыл бұрын

Hahah, that was a lot of fun! Very informative and great jokes. I’d like to collect a couple trees but am a bit nervous having never done it before!

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Жыл бұрын

It is very easy and I only wish I had started collecting years earlier. The same goes for air layers. Another skill I should have been trying back in the 2000's. All the best Vince, cheers Xav

@oachkatzlsmum Жыл бұрын

Missed the singing 😄😘 Just found it ❤️

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

Isn't she lovelyyyy!

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Жыл бұрын

I think you just got Jelle to sing a dserenade to you :)

@oachkatzlsmum Жыл бұрын

@@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Desperatly hoping 🙏😊

@mattbrennan647 Жыл бұрын

😂😂Well done. I’ve always read that spring is the best time to collect. Have you had success collecting late fall? Thanks, keep growing

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Жыл бұрын

I always collect in early winter and have done so for the past four years without any failures. I have collected in spring but I find those collected in December have a big head start. It is also avoids clogging up valuable time in spring when I have so many repots to do :)

@mattbrennan647 Жыл бұрын

@@XaviersBonsaiRetreat very interesting. What sort of after care do you give? Average winter temperature? Thanks.

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Жыл бұрын

@@mattbrennan647 You will have that answer by now I hope. Basically coldframe till spring with temps dropping to -4 over winter. Spring I just let them go and feed them heavily.

@DH-yj7bx Жыл бұрын

Rather get the old Bally on and dig to Aus than pay a nursery, personally 🤣🤣

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Жыл бұрын

I am with you on that one - time to go home :)

@Yurup Жыл бұрын

You two talked about the right season, but what is the best season to collect trees?

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Жыл бұрын

I think early winter which I have done every year for the past 5 years. i have never really bothered collecting in spring...though I know people do that just as well. I just find doing it earlier gives the tree a better start. Personnal preference in the end. Thanks Xav

@maxsiatfarm4455 9 ай бұрын

Wow 😍your face like actor X file...👍👍

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat 9 ай бұрын

David Duchovney - Agent Moulder. I am guessing you are talking about Jelle who joined me for this episode :)

@davidfishwick5108 Жыл бұрын

What nursery is that ?

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Жыл бұрын

Its Aveland Trees in Bourne. The web address is in the video description. Cheers, Xav

@OutsidethePot 6 ай бұрын

Collecting is the easy part. How to get it to take once you get it home. That’s the tuff part. I have a 60% success rate but I’d like to increase that.

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat 6 ай бұрын

I suppose the collection places can get pretty isolated for some ardent enthusiasts. In truth, I have found throwing them into a garbage bag with the existing soil works fine. I think my success rate isn't that mcuh different from yours. I definitely lost 40% of the 50 oaks I collected :)

@OutsidethePot 6 ай бұрын

I live in a place now that has many trees and bushes that are very suitable for collecting. San Antonio Tx. I collect everywhere even right behind my house in a public park, the park rangers shake their fingers at me. Plastic bag and a socked towel. On longer trips I do bring buckets of water. I will be moving to Colorado and be hunting in the mountains.

@johnlindell5024 3 ай бұрын

😂😂

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat 3 ай бұрын

You have to be able to laugh when doing bonsai :)

@johnlindell5024 3 ай бұрын

@@XaviersBonsaiRetreat indeed you do! Thank you for the great content and the laughs😊

@thelazybonsai Жыл бұрын

Noice

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Жыл бұрын

Cheers - i was tired for the potting and root pruning process!

@Darkfire1300 Жыл бұрын

Great video, but you and Jelle are having way too much fun! What a great example of taking things seriously for the trees but not too seriously for the people. Thanks guys!!! You're lucky to have such a great nursery close by. None anywhere close to Boise Idaho. Sigh! Well a girl can dream...just what I need, one more (or several) trees.

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Жыл бұрын

Thanks Darkfire (love the name) - I am with you totally. Life is far too hard to not have alittle bit of fun whilst doing something you enjoy. Was Captain Kirk born in Idaho??? Cheers, Xav

@Darkfire1300 Жыл бұрын

@Xavier Martinez - Expressions of Grace Bonsai Alas, that famous devil is considered the son of another "I" state, Iowa where he was raised. He was born on a shuttle in space!