Transforming an Old Chinese Elm Stump into a Respectable Bonsai

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Күн бұрын

Hi everyone! Please follow along as I work through how to turn this very thick Chinese Elm stump into a interesting looking bonsai.
0:00 Introduction
1:30 Finding the apex in bonsai
2:40 Working on the apex
4:40 Cut off the redundant branches
4:54 How to water your bonsai more
6:10 How to bend a bonsai branch
6:59 Before & after comparison
7:48 Summary
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@theforce3241 24 күн бұрын

It is a beautiful tree and I appreciate all of the great knowledge you share.

@bonsaiheirloom 24 күн бұрын

Thank you very much!

@mimoochodom2684 25 күн бұрын

Will be spectacular. It's always about the quality of stock. Most of us , unfortunately, can't get our hands on such gold as this.

@OutsidethePot 25 күн бұрын

There are many spectacular finds out there. Sometimes free sometimes you have to pay. I can go in the woods behind my house and find similar trees to that tree he was working on. I con go into the hills and find ash junipers that are very old. I can find old lantana with thick trunks not to far from me. And you can always put an add for shrub removal for free. That can get you really old junipers.

@guibehmer 25 күн бұрын

I think it would look beautiful to show more of the hollow in the trunk, indeed. Great work 👏👏

@MiltonChang-ee6rq 25 күн бұрын

Thanks for the encouragement!

@RanceCantem 24 күн бұрын

I love watching your videos

@MiltonChang-ee6rq 24 күн бұрын

Thank you!

@phillipwaterman5721 25 күн бұрын

Nice job Milton keep up the good work

@MiltonChang-ee6rq 25 күн бұрын

Thanks for the encouragement!

@raymondplodzien7459 24 күн бұрын

Wow! Well done sir!

@bonsaiheirloom 24 күн бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@peterianramos3792 23 күн бұрын

it's so lovely sir Milton keep it up❤❤😊

@bonsaiheirloom 23 күн бұрын

Thanks for the encouragement!

@jeffhurst4744 25 күн бұрын

You are going to have one beautiful Elm bonsai. I am always amazed how much we can cut/trim for future design and ramification. Thank you.

@MiltonChang-ee6rq 25 күн бұрын

No pain, no gain!🙂

@MiltonChang-ee6rq 23 күн бұрын

Thank you for the encouragement

@alliet808 25 күн бұрын

Thanks again Milton ❤

@MiltonChang-ee6rq 25 күн бұрын

Welcome Allie.

@alfredomarotta6604 23 күн бұрын

Here to give you " brownie points "😂, all kidding aside, thank you for sharing. 👍👍

@bonsaiheirloom 23 күн бұрын

😁 Thank you!

@Jugganata 24 күн бұрын

I really like the backside of the tree where you can see the hole. Even better if you could accentuate it more! I'm not sure I understood the thing he said about the triangles? Anyone care to explain?

@MiltonChang-ee6rq 23 күн бұрын

Most mature tree in nature has ah embrella look...irregularity in the gorw results in asymetry...thuse the triangle...one side is longer than the other.

@tanarehbein7768 23 күн бұрын

I really think the side you called the back should be the front so the hole in the trunk can be seen from the front. Do you find you tend to face most of your trees curving the same direction? It seems many bonsai artists do.

@bonsaiheirloom 13 күн бұрын

Some argue is is because whether you are right handed or left handed. We are habitual beings! Also, the likelihood is there is in your life a tree with a certain style that really pleases you… Bonsai is recreating your idealized nature. Your way is by definition right for you!

@knudpolewsky4359 22 күн бұрын

THIS BONSAI HAVE SPIDER MITES

@shaneadkins60 23 күн бұрын

i really need you to start selling mume bonsai!! i really want a finished bonsai that i can’t keep pruning from you!! to keep your heirloom alive for many years!! only 21 years old right now!

@bonsaiheirloom 23 күн бұрын

Thank you for letting me know! :)

@shaneadkins60 23 күн бұрын

could we email each other and make that happen?

@shaneadkins60 23 күн бұрын

@@bonsaiheirloom ?

@Bibabonsai 23 күн бұрын

I had a question because i live in bali in the tropical weather is there still a specific time to repot and prune because one of my bonsai died after I repotted it in early summer.

@bonsaiheirloom 20 күн бұрын

Good question! I will address this in an upcoming Q&A!

@jonathanzellner906 25 күн бұрын

This is off topic to this video, but as you know, I’m transitioning from only bonsai styled garden trees, to potted trees also. And I’m still a while away from shallow pots, but how do you keep squirrels and chipmunks from digging and destroying roots?

@bonsaiheirloom 20 күн бұрын

Good question! I will go over this in my next Q&A!