Hi tony,last time I saw legs like that they had a label tied to the big toe.😊😊

You did that old boy a huge favor. Thanks for sharing and for the entertainment..!

Hope it makes it Tony. It would be a shame to lose such a sentimental specimen. Thanks, keep growing

I have noticed that oak tend to be one of the last ones that open here for me. The buds on that look super healthy! I hope it does well after that repot! Nice one Tony!!

Every time I watched you anchor your feet, take the stance, and throw the knife at the fence, all I could think was: "damn, nice nebari!"

i think you should have made a couple more drainage holes in the pot Tony ..what a cracking bonsai tree hope it makes it i give it a 70% chance of survival now its been freshly potted in much better draining soil .

Think you're right about the waterlogging. I'd have laid a thick bed of sphagnum under the roots, it's amazing stuff for encouraging root revival.

I could be wrong (not everything is easy to see on video) but that soil looked quite wet and compact. You've done all you can now to save it and I really hope it will come through, it not only has great sentimental value for you but it's also a great looking tree. Keeping my fingers crossed for you, Tony and keep us updated🤞

Nice work Tony, it has a good chance now!!

A lot of pots very wet from this winter and the trees have suffered a lot oaks this spring are about a month late thanks Tony keep up the good work mate thanks

Great video. Hope the oak makes it! Interesting your mix being different and more accessible than others.

Fingers crossed Tony. I was thinking that root rot had killed the tree until you showed the buds coming out so there's hope yet. You've given it a good chance now so we hope to see the tree spring forth in the future. Well done. 👍👍

It has beautiful structure Tony. Hope it springs back. You’ve done everything you can do. Keep us updated.

Cheers Tony! Hopefully the oak will pull through. I’ve a JM that is acting the same way. Nothing to do but repot and wait. Well, we’ve all got to go sometime, I guess. Hopefully, not too soon. For us, or the trees! 😅

Beautiful oak, good luck Tony!

Looking forward to updated video on this great tree.

I have enough faith in your bonsai skills and that there was no rot smell that I'd bet your tree has an 92% chance at living.

Wishing you the best! Hope the oak makes it!

I’ve got hope for this oak!! Thanks to you!!

Tony put a block on the side of the pot were there is no hole so the water can drain out nicely to keep the tree from being to wet,and don't feed it at all till the new growth has come out hopefully the tree make a full recovery 😊

Hi Tony, I really hope your oak pulls through mate. I’ve had exactly the same problem with my specimen oak this year and it’s without doubt my favourite tree of mine, it’s in a quality soil too and was full of health last year, but for some reason which I don’t know it’s just not pushed as yet. There is green too under the bark so… who knows??? I’d be proper gutted if it goes. All the best mate. Steve

Hopefully it pulls through Tony, fingers crossed 🤞.

This oak is certainly taking us on a journey. Hope this is the fix it needed

🤞 hopefully the repot will wake it up, keep us updated 😁

Wow Tony, your socks blend into your ankles. Just poking fun. hope the tree makes it, it would be a shame to lose such an old tree

Alot of people have lost trees this year due to the excessive heat last year including the bigger names in bonsai, Harry Harrington recently lost some amazing looking trees that just didn't open at all. But he has suggested the black bag trick, completely covering the tree to increase the humidity to help the buds opening as you would with newly collected trees, and may be a shout for you, that's a fantastic looking tree and would be a shame to lose it. I look forward to a happy update soon 😁

I came for the bonsai, I stayed for the knife-throwing 😂

Hope you get it sorted 🤞💪

The knife throwing and shorts should shock the tree into leafing out! Just kidding. What a good job on the tree. However, I would have taken the time to drill at least two more large drainage holes. I invested in some diamond crusted hole bits and have been glad to make old small holes larger and more efficient and add new ones. Pretty handy. I look forward to seeing the tree all leafed out from your good care. Thanks for sharing your hard work and strategy.

Hi Tony a lot of trees are late coming into leaf this year or some branches on the trees are still not leafing while other branches are in full leaf, very odd mate my percentage of the oak is 75 % chance of it making it good I reckon. All the best with Tony for your dad’s sake.

Your free draining mix is great but if there is nowhere for it to drain out, it kind of becomes moot. i think you may need to put more drainage holes in the pot. It would be a real shame to lose such a nice tree.

I would imagine that oak didnt like the winter we just had frozen in that sodden soil. You did the right thing. Funny year for oaks though. One of mine is sulking.

Nicely done. I have had fair luck replacing lousy soil with bonsai soil, of course it's the bonsai soil I made so who knows. I was sad you used the same pot because I was going to ask you to send it to me!

that pot is beautiful.

I have two oaks and here in the north of Italy they opened in early April, it is definitely a bad sign it didn’t open yet and the soil…well it was really bad. I had the same problem with an elm and I have tried the Peter Chan of herons bonsai method, replacing the soil with 100% moss, + bagging and it worked (but it was an elm..). Granular soil should work, I would try some fungicide as well. Long story short, I’m rooting for this nice oak!!

Good luck !!

Hey Tony, I’d love a follow up on this tree in a few months... I have a load of oak sapling I’m gonna bonsai so I’d love to see what can be done with a mature one like this...

Fingers crossed: it´s a nice tree. Grts Kennet

black bag trick tony.. i had an elm the same but its starting to bud out now

Did it leaf out nicely? Nice video

Good luck with your Dads oak.

I have a few of my oaks looking exactly the same as that. The buds have started to open but nothing more. Unlike yours they were in pretty free draining soil so I'm not sure if it is the same issue. Fingers crossed for yours Tony and can you let me have the risk matrix table you use to generate your percentage survival rate please :) By the way, my son does knife and axe throwing in Grantham once a week - he loves it!

Tony on second look at the video do you think planting it in the ground might be best?

Good luck tony

The knife throwing is impressive, as is your physique and your shorts. I would be scared by those alone! I tend to use the wrist rocket slingshot for anything like that. Very quiet and does not reveal your position :) ps I wish I'd watched this video before I consigned my dead dogwood to the compost pile...

It is good that you could repot the lovely tree now but it probably should have been done earlier. I have not seen broken pottery being used in a bonsai pot and that too so big and quite a bit of that as well. The poor soil and these pieces were enough to stop free drainage. The tree would have died very soon if you had not acted. Well done Tony and hope it survives.

Maybe instead of planting the tree back into the pot, it would be better to plant it in the ground ?

Have you ever pruned the roots on it?

Did you consider adding some spagnum moss around the roots?

Have you considered black bagging the tree to get it warm and humid to invigorate root growth?

Thank you bạn 👍❤️👍

We need a follow up on this.

Hope it does okay for you Tony If not it’ll make a good Tanuki 👍👍

Hows the oak looking now Tony, any signs of it bouncing back

So you're as good of a knife thrower as you are a drummer😂

innit lovely when all the old pot bits are removed and your tree is half the weight it was?

Fingers crossed it goes well

Oh no!

I would have drilled 3 more holes for adequate drainage since you only have one drainage hole on the side.

Godluck. Hope it pulls true

Fingers crossed it pulls through and leafs up....

That pot looks like an old wood kiln saggar. What’s the story on it?

In my house if you want to hide something permanently just put it on the bottom of a pot where I plant

Just throw rocks. 😂 You’ve got plenty

Finger crossed !

did your dad grow from an acorn (the tree i mean lol)

Neighbours looking out of their windows: “Mum!!! There’s a madman with milk white legs throwing knives around his garden!!!” 😂😂😂 My diagnosis would be dense wet soil, needs swapping for something more free draining, and ensure there is drainage in the pot. Place in a shaded spot and hope for the best. And for the tree… 😂

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Gro tree gro 🙏

Put it in a clear plastic bag. It will push growth in a week or two

maby it have spider mites? i see a lot off web's around. i am just saying this becuse 90% off my tree's die usely off pest's.

root rott,watering with fungicide

Gently teasing roots: Are those your roots, or are you sitting on a chicken?

😂 at knife throwing. You need to adjust distance if knife over or order rotating. 😉 we throw knives for fun (knife throwing style not real).

I bet the chap who made the comment about Tony’s legs 🦵 is sorry now 😢

Put it in a plastic bag to get it leave.

well at least you would have beaten him to death!