I’m going to be “That Guy”. It ain’t Cotton Easter but rather Ka-tone-ee-aster. Thanks for the video Scott. I’m liking the daily frequency, keep it up.

I hate to tell you Scott, but the eggshells could cause chickens to grow up out of the soil. Inspector Pete is on the job today and Harry helps out! Nice root work Scott. Bee well!

I've got 4 or 5. Going to see if I can pick up some small pots at Doncaster. First time repoting so thought I'd start with these. It been in the back of my mind & up popped your video ☺☺

Harry!!! You are a great leader of your family my friend. Nice cotton Easters. I love your soil compisition. 😎🍺🍺

I have noticed that the areas I sprinkle crushed eggshells to...the moss grows great...anytime I go foraging for moss in my yard, the best stuff has chips of shell sticking out of it! I just use a rock in a pot like mortar pestle style to crush em.

One of my favourites, Cotoneasters. I have a few on the go (also at very early stages). I look forward to seeing yours develop. Harry is adorable! He seemed quite interested in what you were doing, too.

Glad I'm not the only one adding eggshells to soil. I use mortar to break it in to fine powder. The trees are looking good! Love the little helpers you got :D

So i just spent a full 5min Looking at a man breaking eggshells you got to love bonsai it is so relexing

Nice watching you work on the cotoneaster and those are cool little pots you put them in! I'm sure Harry would agree, what a cute little guy 😀👍 That was too bad about that pot Pete knocked over 😬

I have a couple of Cotoneaster I started from young trees early this year. One of them had a long branch I trained downwards and wired in a zig zag to make a cascade. I was thinking you could have done the same with the second tree instead of cutting them all short. I bought mine with flowers on and now they are covered with red berries.

Great job

you are really drastic with the roots. Doesn't that harm the plant at all? I wonder because I want to start with bonsai and cotoneaster is a beautiful plant so it would be my first choice. Love the video

If you have bonsai outside, troubled with slugs, I use crushed(not powdered) crab shells and put around the plants being bothered. The bits of crab shells are like broken pieces of glass and the slugs will not travel on them. Also good for keeping ants and earwigs out of the plants also if spread around the base. As the shells decompose, nutrients for the bonsai.

man i love cotoneasters! you dont see those around here too often as bonsai, i bought 2 small cuttings planning to plant them on the ground com winter!

Have you tried a Tiny Tim Cotton Easter? Grows about 6 inches tall and spreads about 3 feet and the leaves are very small. Might be a nice try for a bonsai for you, Mr. Winnard.

yes egg shell is very good for trees i have been using it for about 10 years. thanks

I’m. Huge fan of cotoneaster 👍👍 also I can’t believe that pot got broke 😳

Nice miniature tools and the urn you have them in !would you mind me asking where you got them from please? BTW love cotoneaster, bought 5 little cotoneaster dammeri seedlings recently.

Shocked at how much you tore at your rootball- I will kill things just transplanting them, how does your tree survive that?

Egg shells do release calcium into the soil along with some other nutrients for an added bonus from the research I seen on it.

I don’t know what your winter temps are typically where you live but where would you suggest overwintering them in an area with freezing and subzero temps in the winter?

Pop the shells in the oven while it cools after cooking dinner; makes them an absolute cinch to crush!

What soil did you use with these Scott?

Now, I just bought one and it is STIFF in the pot. If I'm raking the roots, what are the chances I'd hurt it?

Where did you get the small root rake?

do you keep them outside? Will they survive inside?

I wonder if anyone ever told Scott the Cotoneaster is one word.

Is this bonsai still alive?