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Portulacaria Show Prep - Bonsai stands, Accessory plants & Pruning!
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Жыл бұрынIn this episode, it's all about show prep work for my little Portulacaria Afra bonsai (trees in training section 😊). Vince and I head to Tropical Expressions to look at stands and accessory plants, then it's back home for the reveal. Some detailed pruning on the portulacaria is also in order after potting up a couple of the plants as well (plants are definitely NOT my area of expertise) 🤣
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@TheBonsaiZone Жыл бұрын
11 days left until the show!!! See you there Jay, some very tough choices with the display!!
@BlueJayBonsai Жыл бұрын
🌟Thanks Nigel! I’ll just bring them all and decide the day of! 🤣😂🐦💙
@TheBonsaiZone Жыл бұрын
@@BlueJayBonsai Yes, the solution is to buy every stand in the store and bring them all to show!! All it takes is money, lol!!
@CherieChi Жыл бұрын
You have great enthusiasm and complete preparation for your Bonsai, really nice Jay!!
@BlueJayBonsai Жыл бұрын
🌟Thanks Cherie! I learned a lot from the master Nigel! 🐦💙
@CherieChi Жыл бұрын
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@raymondplodzien7459 Жыл бұрын
Love the choice of pots and stands you chose Jay.
@BlueJayBonsai Жыл бұрын
🌟Thanks Raymond! 🐦💙
@guywatson-bognorregisbonsa7370 Жыл бұрын
Well done Jay. It's really nice to see videos of enthusiasts all over the world preparing their trees and displays for upcoming shows. Everyone's enjoying themselves immensely and coming up with some fantastic looking entries. Thanks for sharing your display preparation with us all. Best of luck in the upcoming show and more importantly - Have a great time and enjoy the day(s) with your fellow bonsaists. 👍👍
@BlueJayBonsai Жыл бұрын
🌟Thank you Guy! 🐦💙
@Treegarden509 Жыл бұрын
Really beautiful experience
@BlueJayBonsai Жыл бұрын
🌟Thank you friend! 🐦💙
@growclipbonsaiforseniors1951 Жыл бұрын
Excellent Finish!
@vanZeben Жыл бұрын
Hey Jay! It's Ryan (with Cindy Lou who), it was really great to finally see you today at the show earlier today :)
@BlueJayBonsai Жыл бұрын
🌟Hi Ryan and family! Loved meeting you.. just got home! Keep in touch! 🐦💙
@PSPMHaestros Жыл бұрын
Woah that's such a nice selection of stands! Love the small ones, really ornate yet elegant, good prices too!
@BlueJayBonsai Жыл бұрын
🌟Thanks Edu! 🐦💙
@jiijino_bonsai_ch Жыл бұрын
美しいミニ盆栽ですね😍👍
@ncdavis888 Жыл бұрын
I think the "palm tree" would look good in the blue pot with a beach sand color topping on the soil. In my mind it would look like an island in the middle of the ocean. I know Nigel has done similar work with sand on some of his African style trees and they looked amazing. Thanks for the video!
@BlueJayBonsai Жыл бұрын
🌟Hey, great idea Davis! I might get another one and do that! 🐦💙
@ncdavis888 Жыл бұрын
@@BlueJayBonsai please upload a video if you do! I just subscribed so I'll be on the lookout
@BlueJayBonsai Жыл бұрын
@@ncdavis888 ok, I will! Thanks!
@gaeangardensbyizabela Жыл бұрын
How fun, I like your idea of taking circle cutouts for the right stand sizes
@BlueJayBonsai Жыл бұрын
🌟Thanks Izabela! Your pot is probably the nicest pot I have ever purchased! Everyone loves it… especially my portulacaria! 😂🐦💙
@gaeangardensbyizabela Жыл бұрын
@@BlueJayBonsai aww, thanks so much Jay, I'm glad to hear you're liking it
@Nepali_Bonsai_Bamrukh Жыл бұрын
The bonsai pot stand were cool ..... And I liked your stone pot the most 😍👍 thanks for sharing
@BlueJayBonsai Жыл бұрын
🌟Thank you! I love the stone pots too!
@baldyeti Жыл бұрын
Daggum! Again with the checkers and chess analogy! That was really educational and cool to watch the process. I’m diggin those mini tables you picked out. You sure got a few tough choices to make, brother.
@BlueJayBonsai Жыл бұрын
🌟Thanks Billy! The show stuff is definitely not my forte! 🐦💙
@KleinBonsai Жыл бұрын
I like those stands. They have a really nice pattern on them. I think the Lithop will work the best for the Portulacaria Afra, because the Port have that top soil decorative gravel and the Lithop is basically just a large version of that 😁
@BlueJayBonsai Жыл бұрын
🌟Thanks Matthew! I think you are right! 🐦💙
@dabblingwithbonsai Жыл бұрын
Such beauty, much wow! It's in the details! 💚💚💚 The wooden slab is a beauty, but maybe it makes the whole look a bit busy, since the pot is so colourful? Thanks for the price tags of the stands in all teh moniez (currencies) 🙃
@BlueJayBonsai Жыл бұрын
🌟Thanks Aija! I know exactly what you mean… tough choices! Monies! 💰💵💸
@gayefanner731 Жыл бұрын
Hiya Jay, whata fun shop thanx for taking us along, sooo many stands but to my eye your slab of wood beats them all n shows the PA n pot off to perfection. Delicate and restrained pruning n wiring Jay, show prep sure focuses the mind! I’d like to see d Lithops in the other little brown pot, just a hint of a curve to it, harmonising with the whole. Have fun and God bless you 🙏✝️ ✌️🇷🇺☮️🇺🇦✌️
@BlueJayBonsai Жыл бұрын
🌟Gaye, you are so right about the Lithops and the pot.. I will swap. Yup, I am leaning heavy towards the slab as well! 💙🐦
@gayefanner731 Жыл бұрын
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@DavesBonsai Жыл бұрын
You’re so lucky to have store with that many options…or any options for that matter.
@BlueJayBonsai Жыл бұрын
🌟Thanks Dave! The other store (Kim’s Nature) has big stands too…. Mostly from Japan though so they are very expensive. With multiple bonsai clubs in this area, it supports the vendors for sure! (Which in turn, support us!) Take care my friend! 🐦💙
@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Жыл бұрын
I was thinking just the same as you Dave!
@growclipbonsaiforseniors1951 Жыл бұрын
Nice price on the stands. Really cool Port.
@BlueJayBonsai Жыл бұрын
🌟Thanks Tom! 🐦💙
@naturgeist Жыл бұрын
I find it hard to not break the branches of Portulacaceae and Crassulaceae. But Cut and Grow is working fine :) Great Video, Greetings from Germany ^^
@BlueJayBonsai Жыл бұрын
🌟Yes, clip and grow works best and produces the best results.. but sometimes impatience wins out and wiring is useful! 😂🐦💙
@naturgeist Жыл бұрын
@@BlueJayBonsai I feel you 😂 Cheers!
@gerardoforesthillsbonsai Жыл бұрын
The Portulacaria Looks Great, the leafs are so small 🤤
@BlueJayBonsai Жыл бұрын
🌟Thanks Gerardo! Are they small? Or are yours just big?🤣😂🐦💙
@TheBonsaiGarden Жыл бұрын
That’s a great selection of stands. I have to get mine of Amazon… 😮 Those tiny pots indeed look like the ones I unboxed recently. 👍 Jay!!! stop trimming!!! There will be no tree left for the show 😂😂😂
@BlueJayBonsai Жыл бұрын
🌟Ha ha, thanks Jason! Alright, I’ve stopped trimming… for today. 🤣😂🐦💙
@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Жыл бұрын
I was amazed at all the different stands available to buy. I still have no idea how to try and guess what would make a good accessory plant for a tree. This was a really interesting video and very educational for little old me. I am terrible with colour matching - that's why my wife did all my clothes shopping 🙃
@BlueJayBonsai Жыл бұрын
🌟Thanks Xavier… there’s a reason I just always go with blue. That used to include pots, but then I found out blue pots are for trees with red leaves usually.. and I had to start all over with my pot collection. So many rules to learn and break. 😂🤣🐦💙
@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Жыл бұрын
@@BlueJayBonsai You are a rebel with a cause!!!
@growclipbonsaiforseniors1951 Жыл бұрын
If you could find a skull pot, the red or red/green fern would look good in it as hair for Halloween.
@BlueJayBonsai Жыл бұрын
🌟Wow, you have a spooky mind Tom! 💀🎃
@Candice.BonsaiScience Жыл бұрын
I LOVE that pot the little PA is in!!! ❤❤Why didn’t you bring the PA on the field trip! I think the decorative stand actually looks a bit small with how deep the pot is. I like the slabs size for diameter. Who knows perhaps another option will come forward we have 11 days as Nigel keeps pointing out 🤣🤣 The red green fern thing I have and was used in my DRW forest Love the red fern in blue pot!
@BlueJayBonsai Жыл бұрын
🌟Thank you Candice! You can't bring outside plants/trees into the nursery without going through the quarantine process.. so cardboard templates is the best I could think of! Yes, that's a pot from Izabela (Gaean Gardens). I want more (and bigger ones). It's 10 days to the Toronto show (now), but 28 days until the KW show which is mostly where my little trees in training will be!
@Candice.BonsaiScience Жыл бұрын
@@BlueJayBonsai no outside plants makes sense! You could stand outside - ring a bell and yell out: ‘BRING OUT YOUR STANDS! BRING OUT YOUR STANDS!
@greenmachinesweden Жыл бұрын
Wow, not only a good assortment of pots and trees, but also bonsai stands! I have not seen any stands whatsoever for sale in Sweden. I need to build my own. So envy your local stores. Nice selection and really good prices. I am sorry to tell you, the red Selaginella looks dead or dieing. They need very high humidity and dies very fast away from it. Do not put it to show. Great little Portulacaria and well done on pruning. Your wiring is right up at my level :). I would not put moss on a PA, would look quite unnatural to me. Good luck in the show! Looking forward to see the final display.
@BlueJayBonsai Жыл бұрын
🌟Thanks Magnus! I’ll baby the selaginella and we’ll see… I know nothing about plants/flowers… as you can tell! 🤣 🐦🐦
@greenmachinesweden Жыл бұрын
@@BlueJayBonsai You know a fair bit and nobody know everything. We are all learning all the time. 😀👍
@basicallybonsai2532 Жыл бұрын
You know, the reddish coloured stand might have actually matched quite well since there are those coppery red tones in the glaze on the port pot. But hard to tell for sure without seeing it.
@BlueJayBonsai Жыл бұрын
🌟Mippy, you are so right! Dang, got to go back now. 😂🤣🐦💙
@basicallybonsai2532 Жыл бұрын
@@BlueJayBonsai always happy to inspire a trip to a nursery! Lol
@growclipbonsaiforseniors1951 Жыл бұрын
I’d go with the fern. Just my thought.
@BlueJayBonsai Жыл бұрын
🌟I got the fern to go with my larch or cedar.. I think it’s a bit too big for the port.. but I’ll check again!
@growclipbonsaiforseniors1951 Жыл бұрын
@@BlueJayBonsai I think you are right looking at it again. What about just a simple rock? Check out Nigel’s supply. Sometimes something different just works. Just a thought. Port does look cool.
@aaronleslie1581 Жыл бұрын
Hey sorry I missed this!!! I had to put Levi to bed 😢
@BlueJayBonsai Жыл бұрын
🌟All good Aaron! I was trying to sneak it in early before any else decided to do one!
@clivesconundrumgarden Жыл бұрын
As someone who doesn't Bonsai yet, your level of detail you go through is half scary half impressive Jay !! We definitely liked the 2nd and 3rd platform, but refer to first sentence 🤣. Hope you have a blast at the show !! Cheers J&C 🌱🤞🌱
@BlueJayBonsai Жыл бұрын
🌟Thanks Jason & Colleen! I’ll take the impressive, save scary for Halloween! 🐦💙
@MaybeBonsai Жыл бұрын
I think the "palm tree" may be a bit too tall to accent the PA, I like the lithop as accent, maybe bury the lithop a little bit deeper even.
@BlueJayBonsai Жыл бұрын
🌟Thanks Xin!🐦💙
@marysoldeeley2218 Жыл бұрын
Clean your Crotches!! Neat, tidy, well trimmed crotches not only look better! It allows for better air circulation, preventing insect infestations!! 😋 I love that port pot on that wood slab! If it wobbles, get some clay or play dough from the dollar store, make small balls and squish the slab down onto them so they aren't visible. Lay some wax paper down under so they only sticks to the slab. Cut the wax paper around the clay so it keeps covered and won't leave marks on the tablecloth at the show. Hopefully that makes sense... LOL FREE PLANT PILE??!! WhaaAAAaaaAAAaaaTT?!!!!! Bromiliad has a flower... Keep the center of the leaves full of water. Water the roots a bit, but fill the leaves in the middle. Really nice plant. Propagate by the pups they grow.
@gayefanner731 Жыл бұрын
Bril bluetack tip Marysol, that should swing it ! Wooden slab wins!! ✌️
@gayefanner731 Жыл бұрын
I meant clay/play dough, we got blue tack over here(UK) ✌️
@BlueJayBonsai Жыл бұрын
🌟Thanks Marysol! My crotches and armpits are clean! 😂🤣 I had a bit where I explained the table is warped, not the slab, but I edited it out! 🐦💙
@marysoldeeley2218 Жыл бұрын
@@BlueJayBonsai Excellent, on all counts!🤣🤣
@marysoldeeley2218 Жыл бұрын
@@gayefanner731 Thank you! Yes, we have blue tack too! There are many options that will work for leveling! Even chewing gum! 😆
@growclipbonsaiforseniors1951 Жыл бұрын
Secoind!
@BlueJayBonsai Жыл бұрын
🌟Silver medal for Tom! 🥈
@bobcatbonsai Жыл бұрын
I really like the one you bought for it today, but from a visual aspect, It almost feels like the pot is popping more than the tree. Do you know what color the back drop is at the show?
@BlueJayBonsai Жыл бұрын
🌟Hmm, I think white at Toronto show, black at Kw show.
@bobcatbonsai Жыл бұрын
@@BlueJayBonsai that is a tough one then. At the end of the day though it is what makes you happy and how you want to express your art.
@ronlackey5187 Жыл бұрын
What is the little plànt name the one that looks like a deer hoof
@BlueJayBonsai Жыл бұрын
🌟It’s a Lithops! 👍
@mattbrennan647 Жыл бұрын
Over achiever FOIST
@BlueJayBonsai Жыл бұрын
🌟You said it - not me! 🤣😂🐦💙
@BlueJayBonsai Жыл бұрын
🌟Ok - a gold medal for Matt! 🥇
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