How To Feed Your Bonsai

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19 күн бұрын

In this video I show you how to feed your bonsai and explain the different feeds availble.
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@user-fe3ux6fl4g 16 күн бұрын

Your videoographer does do a very good job. We respectfully request that they get closer shots when Peter is trimming, feeding, or showing seeds, candles, or bark of trees, so we may get a good look at what you are doing. It is so facinating and educational, that we appreciate the close up of hands on. Thank-you!! We love your videos, Peter.

@ozgoodphotos 14 күн бұрын

He is such a lovely and kind soul. Thank you.

@stuartCcash 17 күн бұрын

Awesome content as always, thanks to peter and the team. Also the least complicated but most helpful vid I have seen about fertilising trees. Take care all.

@stylezhiiipower 17 күн бұрын

The grand master speaks! ✊🏾😎

@peterchan3100 17 күн бұрын

Really ? No -- I am just sharing my experience from what I have been experimenting for years.

@dodgersfnshepard8673 17 күн бұрын

The perfect topic for today. One I struggle with and am scared I will get wrong

@mk-jf1ux 17 күн бұрын

thanks from Usa

@scheers100 17 күн бұрын

I find(feel like) al the water soluble fertiliser is best to use in every watering. Of course micro dosing

@bonsaikitchen 15 күн бұрын

Fine 👌 Big greetings and respect from Bonsai Kitchen team. 🍴🔥🧑‍🍳

@rtregear 16 күн бұрын

Very useful, Peter. Thanks. Nice shirt!! 😀

@user-to9fw1wv9l 16 күн бұрын

Great needed lecture. Peter Takes care have a great day.🙏🙏🙏

@steev927 17 күн бұрын

Best button-down shirts in the Bonsai game! Great informative video, loved the little mesh feeding pots, I'll have to look for some!

@almac2598 17 күн бұрын

Thanks Peter, all good knowledge.

@gregv04 15 күн бұрын

I use bonsai fertilizer pellets. I add them once in spring and another smaller dose in early fall. They work great for me so far. I need to learn more thanks for video.

@cathierose2009 17 күн бұрын

Exceptional video. Very helpful. Thanks

@cyndydejoy6129 17 күн бұрын

Thanks Peter! Lots of good info!👏👏👍😊🙏

@lek498 12 күн бұрын

Thank you Peter! Learn your knowledge with a clear way! I have extra questions: How can you remember which bonsais are feed and which are still need to be done? Or you will do it in one go? 2 What is the difference between a NPK 3-3-3 and 5-5-5? Hope I can meet you offline one day. Have a nice day!

@mick681 17 күн бұрын

Very comprehensive and useful.

@ironelegance 17 күн бұрын

Amino acids and fulvic acid are the way! If you're going to drive growth with NPK, don't skip the calcium! If you're using R.O. water, humic acid will act as a buffer to prevent 'lockout' or antagonization/bonding between anions and cations.

@Rstytrsrs4325 12 күн бұрын

Thanks Peter, very useful information. I would love to come to the UK to visit your nursery one day, you have many lovely trees.

@gerritplays9985 16 күн бұрын

Thanks Peter

@briangallagher3106 17 күн бұрын

Nice. Can’t wait to watch on the commute home from work.

@user-bf4ml3xk4q 17 күн бұрын

thank you chen

@martinredfern9130 17 күн бұрын

Thank you Peter , very informative

@kevintiemann6366 17 күн бұрын

Thank you for sharing. 👍

@MidniteSan 17 күн бұрын

thx for sharing Peter 👍

@Adventur. 17 күн бұрын

Very interesting video, MR !

@vedsingh8843 17 күн бұрын

VERY GOOD INFO,,,👍👍👍

@frederickdominguez4829 10 күн бұрын

Thank you Peter. Really good info.

@pezpythons1532 6 күн бұрын

I use pond filter water for my trees when I clean my koi ponds, it works very well

@uchimartos7674 17 күн бұрын

Saved the video. Thank you!

@rep001 15 күн бұрын

Thank you !

@mcmak666 16 күн бұрын

Thank you. I think I may have been feeding slightly too much. So I will dial it back a little.

@dariokrizman3117 13 күн бұрын

thx for info master

@user-zh4uo6gy4n 17 күн бұрын

nice video

@shivangnisharma9448 17 күн бұрын

Thank you 🙏🏻 some of my plants like lemon, gardenia are growing pale leaves with dark veins. It seems to be iron deficiency, will chelated iron help or making the soil acidic do the trick? You had promised to bust a few myths about soil, waiting for that video. ❤

@pansepot1490 17 күн бұрын

I would definitely try chelated iron. I use it for my hydrangeas and it works a treat. In my experience it works best when applied in spring (or when the plant is in full growth depending on your climate). Prevention is better than cure, meaning that it’s easier to get green leaves when you treat them young and more difficult to get them to green up once they have grown large and yellow. Hope this helps. Cheers.

@shivangnisharma9448 17 күн бұрын

@@pansepot1490 thank you

@danicagrahek-ogden4444 17 күн бұрын

Peter, what is best to use to promote the root development?

@peterchan3100 17 күн бұрын

Hormone rooting liquid in mild dose is good.

@danicagrahek-ogden4444 17 күн бұрын

@@peterchan3100 thanks!

@Sam-SGP.v.E-92 12 күн бұрын

Bedankt

@Gbhmagic 17 күн бұрын

I prefer making my own as the Japanese stuff is ultra expensive vs what you get. i just grind stuff to a powder and put it in tea bags. i use 5.4.6

@voligod2773 17 күн бұрын

what about mushrooms fertilizer, where shroom grow in symbiosis with a tree

@peterchan3100 17 күн бұрын

Do you mean mushroom compost? If so that's very good because it is made from horse manure.

@Jona-kb7mu 17 күн бұрын

Inoculating the soil with mycelium can help improve nutrient absorption in some tree species, but does not replace fertilizer. Instead of buying mycelium, I would reuse some of the old soil when repotting, as the fungi and microorganisms that live in symbiosis with the tree are already in there.

@Poopeh_le_pieux 13 күн бұрын

N : nitrogen, it's purpose is to make green leafy matter P : phosphorus, it helps with roots propagation and the formation of flower K : potassium, is for fructification So in the early life of the plant you give it a fertilizer rich in N When it starts to flower, you need a fertilizer rich in phosphorus When the flowers start to become fruits, you need a fertilizer richer in potassium Note : you shouldn't feed a plant that doesn't show signs of hunger an you always use half of the recommended dose because you can add more but you can't take back if you gave too much and too much food is as bad for plants as it is for animals Great video, take care of you !

@lorenzomoseley5926 9 күн бұрын

When should I start feeding? I'm growing a few horse chestnut trees and some other trees, but i don't know what they are called. Anyway they all popped out of their seeds about a month or two ago, so are all saplings is it too early to start feeding?

@J_3_P_O 17 күн бұрын

I learned a few things thank you. Is there a method of using natural layers of mulch to feed the trees rather than synthetic fertilisers with bonsai?

@Jona-kb7mu 17 күн бұрын

In theory this is possible, but in practice you have little control over the nutrients the tree receives and the soil becomes compacted as it rots.

@peterchan3100 17 күн бұрын

More difficult to get the NPK right using Natural fertisers.

@J_3_P_O 16 күн бұрын

@@peterchan3100 Thanks, I am good at gardening and have a lovely ornamental flower and shrub garden. But my one attempt at bonsai failed. I think due to these synthetic fertilisers. I got the dose and timings completely wrong. I have a Juniper am going to have attempt two with 😅.

@maanjezus8622 17 күн бұрын

I only use liquid feeding, because of stealing birdies. They even took those feeding baskets with them.

@pansepot1490 17 күн бұрын

So that’s why some people tie them to the pot!

@maanjezus8622 17 күн бұрын

@@pansepot1490 . Yeah and it looks stupid and ugly.

@luisrojas2893 13 күн бұрын

My dog eats it

@briankavanagh7191 15 күн бұрын

Peter have you changed your shopping area to the big greenhouse and where have you put the trees?

@peterchan3100 15 күн бұрын

Nothing has changed. Our back greenhouse is usually empty in Summer

@briankavanagh7191 15 күн бұрын

@@peterchan3100 👍

@brucedeacon28 17 күн бұрын

👍👌🙂

@moro8274 17 күн бұрын

Is it OK to collect and recycle the fertilizer water so it wont go to waste?

@peterchan3100 17 күн бұрын

Of course - I like to stand the trees in trays to collect the water that runs off as it has a lot of nutrients from the fertilisers

@TronWynn 5 күн бұрын

So will low nitrogen, high phosphor, and high potassium give better color in spring also?

@gracepeterson7483 16 күн бұрын

What about Tsuga? (Hemlock trees?) I have heard they shouldn't receive nitrogen.

@peterchan3100 16 күн бұрын

I don't think so. Leguminous trees which fix Nitrogen in the soil might need less N but Tsuga is not leguminous.

@RemiBusseuil 17 күн бұрын

what about magnesium and calcium?

@peterchan3100 17 күн бұрын

Many synthetic fertilisers have trace elements added

@user-uf3us1fu8g 17 күн бұрын

When to start feed Maples? How many times in the year?

@Jona-kb7mu 17 күн бұрын

You start with liquid fertilizer when the first buds open, with organic fertilizer balls when the buds swell, the second one takes time to dissolve. From mid-summer, at least a month before the autumn colors begin, you stop fertilizing so that the wood can mature. How often you fertilize depends on the fertilizer you use and must be read in the instructions.

@peterchan3100 17 күн бұрын

We feed two to three times a year - In England we start in May - then again in late June/early July and finally in late August with higher P&K

@henrychan1 17 күн бұрын

I saw a squirrel 🐿️ steal one of my tiny fertilizer baskets the other day.

@chaiwatpotichanid 17 күн бұрын

🥰😙

@Gowalkabout 17 күн бұрын

Peter: is 20-20-20 too potent for trees in development?

@pansepot1490 17 күн бұрын

Imo in theory it’s the same: you only have to use a lot less. However the risk of harming/killing the tree is 4x higher if you get the dosage wrong. Don’t ask me how I know it. 😁

@peterchan3100 17 күн бұрын

It is a bit high. I have not come across fertiliser with this high a NPK

@Gowalkabout 17 күн бұрын

@@pansepot1490 Nigel Saunders (The Bonsai Zone) uses 20-20-20, but very diluted, during each watering. I've been using that method for several years now with no apparent detriment to the plants. Nevertheless, I thought Peter's input would be instructive.

@Jona-kb7mu 17 күн бұрын

at 20-20-20 the NPK ratio is 1-1-1 you just have to dilute more. Rule of thumb is N ensures leaf growth, P ensures flowers and fruits and K ensures healthy wood. Depending on what is more important in development and what type of tree you are caring for, the ideal proportions can be different. The fertilizer I like to use has a ratio of 5-2-3. But these are subtleties that in most cases hardly make a noticeable difference.

@timjones7888 16 күн бұрын

Just use less