How to Yamadori and Collect Bonsai in the forest of the Pacific Northwest

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In this video I head to the forest of the Pacific Northwest with a couple of friends to yamadori and collect a few trees for life as Bonsai.
It was a great adventure to finally be out and about after being locked up inside for over a year.
Chapters:
0:00 Good Morning
1:30 Overview of the tree collecting permit in Washington
4:00 Typical tree varieties found in the Baker Snoqualmie area
5:15 Meet Evan and David
6:00 The hike up
7:00 My 1st Tree
10:45 Lake View
12:30 David's 1st and only tree
13:30 How to identify different varieties of trees
21:00 Red cedar dig
21:40 Post collection thoughts
26:00 Soil mix and repot for the collected trees
39:40 Review of my 3 trees
43:00 final thoughts
* Sorry about the blip on the 20 minute mark just skip past it.
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@leeschlosser4069 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing this. I'm inspired to try and get my own yamadori! The explanation of acquiring the permit was also helpful.

@j.ressler395 3 жыл бұрын

This is great!!! I could watch yamadori videos all day long. Please make more of these.

@SamDoeckeAussiebonsaibloke 3 жыл бұрын

Cool video. Thanks for sharing 😀😀

@dickmcshan9778 3 жыл бұрын

I have been toying with the art of bonsai for almost 20 years. Living in the Northern area of Houston, Texas, I as fortunate to collect from the heavily forested areas that surrounded me as well as access to very old landscaping material from decades old subdivision. Thanks for letting us join your group and adventure. Keep up the great work. Cheers, Dick from Vancouver.

@rsa420 3 жыл бұрын

Time waits for no man, snooze you loose

@-ChrisD 3 жыл бұрын

It's really cool when one finds small trees in the woods, like some of these, that look like they just came out of a "bonsai pot" and got planted in the ground. It's always fun to stop and admire!

@ketutwintara7503 3 жыл бұрын

Collecting yamadori bonsai in the morning with beautiful view, i love this channel ❤🌳👍

@templeartsbonsai 3 жыл бұрын

Love it Ben ! Great vid..Thanks guys !

@smumm 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video. I loved virtually tagging along on you pacificdori quest. Love your attitude toward this hobby as well and I'm looking forward to the future progress videos!

@TonyHigginsonVlog 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing the day with us. Really interesting to hear how you go about collecting yamadori.

@bluebonsai55 3 жыл бұрын

Great video! I love doing yamadori with friends and enjoying nature. Some good time outside in the woods is priceless.

@haydenfox3116 3 жыл бұрын

Love the video! I've been looking to collect some yamadori trees from Snoqualmie baker area recently too! I think the tree that you're showing at 14:00 (as well as the clump of trees you collected with the connected root system) are actually mountain hemlock. Mountain hemlock has very similar needles to the western hemlock except instead of growing flat they grow on all sides of the branch. Keep up the videos!

@barbkrienke8400 3 жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed getting taken along on your yamadori trip! And enjoyed seeing the little feet running by! 🙂

@satoribonsai7201 3 жыл бұрын

great information on the permits!! glad to hear this

@gayles6321 Ай бұрын

Never thought to add rooting powder! Thank you

@calvinchau5479 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing. Look like great fun but hella tired lol.

@scottsaree4295 3 жыл бұрын

GREAT weather blue sky scotland this year so bad

@brianbarker1675 3 жыл бұрын

Love the video and the trees! Well done. Also great hearing the kids running around happily in your videos 😁! Keep up the great work

@stephanebrillant5254 3 жыл бұрын

Magnifique. Bravo 👍👌🤗

@litsnombre6390 2 жыл бұрын

wow! nice find....trunk has a nice shape

@austinmesta9862 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome video, keep up the good work

@BlueJayBonsai 3 жыл бұрын

Really fun video, almost felt like I was on the adventure as well. Currently stuck with yardadori .. can’t wait to get out for some yamadori too. Great inspiration.

@houghtonbonsai 3 жыл бұрын

great video m8, love yamadori collecting

@davidbetin1471 2 жыл бұрын

Perfect! Cool!!!

@Tybold63 3 жыл бұрын

Enjoyed the hiking, trees and environment which gives both a familiar touch but at the same time not and you have more species of trees than here in Sweden. Thanks for the trip :)

@GreatLakesBonsai 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome trees Ben, looks like you had a blast! I'm with you on it being exhausting - once or twice a year at most methinks!

@MrBlueyes95 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome I’ve been trying to find places to go near Seattle love the video makes me want to go even more!

@BenBSeattle 3 жыл бұрын

Dude it's so fun. I'll definitely do this once a year as a tradition

@LearnREPhotography Жыл бұрын

This is awesome. I might have to stop by a rangers office and head to snoqualmie soon

@JAMES-dv5ns 3 жыл бұрын

Nice looking trees, I can see the satisfaction in the video after the trip, it’s a great feeling after a successful collection.That shore pine was a beauty too, are you going back for it ?

@steveanacorteswa3979 3 жыл бұрын

I bought a Christmas tree permit and it was $5 per tree, got 3 a Doug, a Hemlock and a Cedar, all but the Hem are doing well, did a bug spray on the Doug and it's losing needles but I hope the buds will bloom soon, love them.

@raisingmaple4633 3 жыл бұрын

I have rooted large cuttings of red cedar. Just a chopped trunk with no roots to begin with, just sticking them in the mud of a creek bed. They root like crazy. I recommend keeping it extra wet, like even in standing water. I think the cedar has a good chance of survival that way. I find western hemlock to be way more delicate. With those small rootballs, I'll be surprised if yours are still alive in a month. But, I'm wishing you success.

@BenBSeattle 3 жыл бұрын

Thx for the insight

@raisingmaple4633 3 жыл бұрын

@@BenBSeattle no problem. I guess I should just speakfor myself. I haven't had luck with western hemlock. But, I don't know what's best for them. Good luck!

@stevetippin 6 ай бұрын

surely that red cedar did not make it. SOOOO curious. Great video. I love yamadori videos - if you make 'em, I'll watch 'em.

@AFMR0420 2 жыл бұрын

The tree talk between friends is great and missing from most other yamadori videos.

@johnphillips9774 2 жыл бұрын

Great vid dude but you're never to old my dad in his 70s still keen to get out there .

@kelvintan674 3 жыл бұрын

Those hamlocks looks like our New Zealand Gold Totara Natives trees, and have another species in blue colour name Matapouri blue Totara.

@sophiaangelini4368 3 жыл бұрын

The garden and pond are magnificent.

@dirksens 3 жыл бұрын

Nice to see. Wouldn't Sphagnum moss be a good idea to use for freshly digged out trees?

@zaviahopethomas-woundedsou9848 3 жыл бұрын

I have a bunch of Stanly plum trees popping up in my yard from my main tree. Can I use those or fuyu persimmon trees to create bonsi?

@nomadicstanimal3396 2 жыл бұрын

Oooh, I'll be following you for sure! Hoping to start this method. I want to Bonsai Doug Fir and Manzanita \ Madrona. Any experience with those?

@christinedozier6071 3 жыл бұрын

Further down I90 is Cle Elum and Salmon L sac (sp). Lots of pines. Is there a forest that we can collect trees in that area?

@steveanacorteswa3979 3 жыл бұрын

I hope it lives, my Hemlock only has maybe 50 leaves less but I am still hopefull it survives

@nolanbrooks1588 2 жыл бұрын

Any update on if the cider survived ?

@cryptomillionnaire135 3 жыл бұрын

what do you think of panache fig??

@WLLYLOMN 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! What was the date you guys went out? Thanks.

@BenBSeattle 2 жыл бұрын

Late May

@alejandroortega3845 3 жыл бұрын

Wow beautiful beautiful beautiful Yamadori men

@MrBlueyes95 3 жыл бұрын

What kind of bins are those? What are they called? I’ve been trying to find where to get those, when you were showing your western hemlocks

@BenBSeattle 3 жыл бұрын

Anderson pots

@Bysourcebonsaisonsing 6 ай бұрын

😊😊😊😊❤❤❤

@SillySalmon94 2 жыл бұрын

When you put these in a shady area do you mean a fully shaded area? Or an area with some sun during the day and what type/time of sun would you prefer? Morning,midday, evening??

@BenBSeattle 2 жыл бұрын

dappled shade is the environment they grow in. avoid full midday sun if possible. Here in Seattle the harshest time is about 3pm

@austinmesta9862 2 жыл бұрын

I definitely wouldn't have pruned the roots on the cedar at all, not an inch. I would have just tucked under whatever sticks out past the pot. The tap root yeah, u can propagate that into a new tree anyway but I would have left all the rest. I noticed ur gonna prune the top and added clonex so u were trying to somewhat help it be root dominant but u chopped roots off anyway. I think I'm missing something.

@0neOf10ne 3 жыл бұрын

Do you guys know where snoqualmie area is in Seattle? You can pay to go bonsais hunting

@0neOf10ne 3 жыл бұрын

I thought, I was texting my sister, after watching the video lol. She lives in Seattle. No wonder she never responded

@devanmccarty1625 Жыл бұрын

Hi Ben. How are the trees doing?

@BenBSeattle Жыл бұрын

the forest is thriving, the hemlock and cedar didnt make it. Could protect them from the 112 degree heat last yr.

@devanmccarty1625 Жыл бұрын

@@BenBSeattle I really enjoyed your video. I am in Northern California and would love to collect some yamadori. Just trying to figure out the best time of year to do it.

@BenBSeattle Жыл бұрын

@@devanmccarty1625 spring usually but here in the pnw fall seems great

@gary24752 2 жыл бұрын

So do you ask permission to go on the land and take trees prior to doing so?

@mymikeysbeefarm3606 2 жыл бұрын

Put some seed in the hole when you leave

@davidcanetti6927 Жыл бұрын

hi I didnt like it ! I loved it , here in Derbyshire England we dont get any of the trees you have and you are not allowed to dig them up so we have to wait till we pass a auto wreck in a treea nd load it up. Love your vids thanks david

@George_fitness69 Жыл бұрын

Hey buddy, did any of these survive?

@BenBSeattle Жыл бұрын

Yes the clump is doing great. Cedar not so much

@George_fitness69 Жыл бұрын

@@BenBSeattle good to know, I’ve got a blue atlas cedar in my yard here in England and I want to attempt a air layer

@fish_built 2 жыл бұрын

Did any of these 3 survive?

@derekn7323 Жыл бұрын

That's my question

@FrancoisMcinnes 6 күн бұрын

The sole came off? U had duct tape. Tape it. 😂.. otherwise, nice explanations. Tks.

@Sayef_Li 3 жыл бұрын

20:39 lol what was that?

@BenBSeattle 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I pointed that. It's a weird glitch during export

@teresagalbreath7452 8 ай бұрын

Wonderful video, but that music really took away from the peacefulness of following the nature hike and your search for yamadori.

@johnrb9397 3 жыл бұрын

Praise God for the wonderful creation.

@-ChrisD 3 жыл бұрын

Amen!

@constitutionalanarchists6511 6 ай бұрын

You're collecting what nature is about to throw away with them being on their last leg. And struggling and making them into something beautiful.. I have no problem with hunting 🙏