Understanding Bonsai Fertilizer (What fertilizer is needed? (N, P, K, Mg, Ca, Fe, S)

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Күн бұрын

We all fertilize our plants. but do you know what each nutrient does in a plant? Do you know why a plant uses a lot more nitrogen (A macro nutrient) than for instance Sulfur?
An overview of the role of nutrients in a plant so it is easier to understand what fertilizer to use for our bonsai in spring.
0:00 Fertilizing bonsai
0:10 Nutrients in a bonsai in a nutshell
0:33 Types of fertilizer
1:00 Which fertilizer to use for bonsai: Understand labels
1:56 The different nutrients
3:30 Is it food? Basic physiological process
4:38 What do macro and micronutrients mean for a plant?
8:23 Making your own fertilizer?
8:56 Flowering Bonsai Fertilizer
9:57 Recap

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@Darkfire1300 Жыл бұрын

All as we have come to expect from your videos: clear, concise, well-thought out and delivered.....and accurate. Thanks again for the hard work you do on all our behalf. There is science intertwined with the art after all.

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you! I am getting a little embarrassed here!

@naturgeist Жыл бұрын

Very well explained! Thank you for your all this great information. Love the consistency of your Uploads 👍🏼✨

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

You're so welcome! I might have to drop the frequency as my topics might run out!

@kurtdebree Жыл бұрын

And yet another very professional, short and clear explanation of something everyone is trying to overcomplicate

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Every once in a while I wonder whether I am overlooking something fundamental. The basics of bonsai are often made complex. Where they should not be. Stop overthinking.

@notaclue7227 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Professor Jelle 😁. Very informative and crucial video. Steve👍

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

Hahaha, well, professor is a protected title here, so lets stick with Dr :)

@salorofino5137 Жыл бұрын

Hi Jelle, not boring at all. Keep up the lectures! Thanks

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@ScottTheExperimentalist Ай бұрын

Really enjoyed the academics behind this

@HoundStuff Жыл бұрын

The "lecture" was great! Looking forward to the next in the fertilizer series.🍻

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

OK, so now I have to make it right? I was just looking at my recordings for that one.. And it is soooo boring!

@HoundStuff Жыл бұрын

@@GrowingBonsai I'll definitely be here for it! I'm not worried about it being boring, haven't seen one of those yet from you. Enjoy the rest of the weekend.

@tacobonsai Жыл бұрын

I am relieved to have watched this video. I have known to use certain fertilizer to correct problems but only because labels will say "bud booster" or "leaf out" and the like. Understanding this more completely changes the game for me and may have saved a few plants in my collection. thank you very much sir!

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

You are very welcome! If you are part of any social media groups on bonsai, feel free to share this around :)

@Bonsaiandknives Жыл бұрын

Very helpful hints from a professional guy. Thank you for this theoretical lesson.

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the compliments Andrea!

@TheBonsaiGarden Жыл бұрын

Another superb video Jelle. Lots of in depth knowledge clearly delivered. 👍

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

Ohw thank you so much! A lot of thinking went on before I made this. Only the delivery of the topic was a challenge!

@jeffhurst4744 Жыл бұрын

One of the better Bonsai fertilizer videos. Your breakdown was direct, simple, and very much on point. New and old bonsai enthusiasts should have a better understanding on not just the brand or usages of it, but a better understanding of what the fertilizer they are considering or currently using. In the end you get a healthier Bonsai. Looking forward to the subsequent fertilizer video you mention. Also, like the graphics/drawings you utilized.

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@bobcatbonsai Жыл бұрын

Absolutely phenomenal explanation and breakdown of fertilizer and it's effect on the trees. I'm going to have to watch again and take notes to look back on in the future!

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Matt. Glad it helps!

@greenmachinesweden Жыл бұрын

That is a great summary. I have been talking about the same things when it comes to plants in ponds. Adding nitrogen to reduce phosphate buildup resulted in less flowering. I agree that it does not matter that much in bonsai. Our trees take what they need from what is awailable and the rest is flushed out via the drainage holes. Some over intake are always happening if one nutrient is abundant. liebig's barrel is an easy way to explain it.

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

Heya Magnus, thanks for chiming in!

@deineath Жыл бұрын

Great informative video. Thanks, Jelle!

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@zenobibonsai Жыл бұрын

This was super helpful and well explained - Many thanks🙏👍

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

You are very welcome! Glad it was usefull!

@MrCat998 2 ай бұрын

Beautifully expressed and explained, thank you

@GrowingBonsai 2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! SO happy you enjoyed that!

@robcottam2 Жыл бұрын

Academic lectures are fine by me sir. I'm here to learn. Thank you!

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

Excellent! I might just make part 2 equally dry :)

@riri59sk8 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video!

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

You are very welcome! Thank you for sharing it 🤣

@ev815 Жыл бұрын

Exactly kind of information I was looking for thanks a lot!

@GrowingBonsai 9 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@ernsttencate6699 Жыл бұрын

Zeer duidelijke uitleg. Ben blij dit te horen. Ik combineer koemest korrels met chemisch 15 - 10 -10. Zeer goed resultaat. Ik doe dat omdat men zei dat dat een goede combi was. Maar nu begrijp ik ook waarom. 👍👍👍

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

@BartoszBassa Жыл бұрын

Hi Jelle, dont apologize for the lecture informative videos like this are a welcomed addition to bonsai channel. I follow you for quite some time and wanted to share my apprieciation :) Keep up the good work. Would love to hear/watch sth on the topic of yamadorii, do you collect trees from nature from time to time?

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

Great to hear. I do sometimes collect trees (But from gardens). I have 2 in the making, one on Elms and one on Taxus. There is a short video on pulling a juniper from a garden out. The Elm and Taxus will not come out until 2024, as I prefer to also show successful outcomes and not just the work done.

@BartoszBassa Жыл бұрын

@@GrowingBonsai I have one kind of unrelated question that I wanted to get your opinion on. Do you mist your trees? Some say it helps with increasing the humidity others that humidity doesn't really change and keeping leaves wet fot to long is asking for fungal/other infections. Any thoughts?

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

@@BartoszBassa in summer when it is hot i hose the trees down. But normally I try to keep things dry. Keep in mind, normal years I have over 200 raindays..

@NotAnotherBonsaiChannel Жыл бұрын

Excellent video Jelle. When it comes to Bonsai fertiliser, I never know which way to turn and for the most part try to make my own. But this video really helped. Thanks for the info.

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

I am so happy to hear this. I was in doubt whether I should indeed publish this!

@scotthogbin613 Жыл бұрын

Thankyou Jelle, lots of usefull information and fantastic explanations.

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@tobywilson4876 Жыл бұрын

really awesome educational video!

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@backbudbonsai Жыл бұрын

Love the info, it’s always to the point. My only question is, what was the cereal box in the background on the tree for?

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

😂 You mean the tomatoe fertilizer? Just to keep people entertained :) Fertilizer does not really grow on trees

@LeandroLinguidi Жыл бұрын

Dat was precies wat Ik wilde weten. Great video, heel erg bedankt.

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

Goed te horen, dank je!

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Жыл бұрын

Great video and well explained. I have ended just sticking to a balanced granular fertilser that I can mix in with the soil at repot or sprinkle over the top. It is from Oceana and relatively new on the market but a lot cheaper than the Biogold regimes. Thanks for this.

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

:) In the end, it does not seem to matter too much

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Жыл бұрын

@@GrowingBonsai No - but I think you showed that in your won way. It was informative and I definitely learnt stuff. Brown spot on leaves is a constant issue with my satsuki. Drives me nuts!

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

@@XaviersBonsaiRetreat is brown spot nor more fungal than fertilizer?

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Жыл бұрын

@@GrowingBonsai I thought so too - but you mentioned it on this video so I wondered if you had more intel?

@sadoldgit313 4 ай бұрын

Higher N after leaf set in Spring. Balanced NPK during summer, easing off in mid summer as they enter semi dormancy. Then a boost of P,K biased fertiliser in Autumn to help the plant strengthen it’s cell walls for the winter! Anything more complex and my head hurts!

@rtweedtwee Жыл бұрын

Wederom een heerlijke video☺️

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

Fijn te horen!

@MyTreesinthePott Жыл бұрын

Hello Prof. Dr. Dr. Jelle, can we please discuss the redox reaction 6 H2O + 6 CO2 = 6 O2 + C6H12O6 in your next lecture. As an automotive engineer, we only had hydrocarbon chains without oxygen atoms, even if sugar is energy, we always want to burn something that doesn't make us fat. Respectfully and with great anticipation for the next lecture, your student Patrick!

@naturgeist Жыл бұрын

😄

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

Heya Patrick, what would you like to discuss, besides me writing it down incorrectly!?

@FrostBiteBonsai Жыл бұрын

Great information! I was not using fertilizer for a long time, I still forget to fertilize. I give my plants water from the aquariums regularly and have well water. I try to remember to fertilize, I just have 20-20-20... I really do not have a strong understanding of fertilizer other than, it's expensive Haha!

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

It does not have to be. Some of my fertilizer comes in Big Bags that are really affordable. Just do not buy japanese organic pellets because there you pay a lot of money for ..

@FrostBiteBonsai Жыл бұрын

@Growing Bonsai by Jelle I bought miracle grow powder. Like Nigel uses. I got it from Walmart for about $35. I use it sparingly as the price has gone up since i purchased it. I can get fertilizer sticks from the dollar stores for about $5 a package, they are garbage hahaha. Pretty much everything from the garden centers is more than I can afford. There was nothing in any garden centers under $60, even the same fertilizer i got from Walmart was double the price there. I will have to save up and order off the internet maybe. I'll get it figured out. My trees seem to do just fine without all that stuff. I'm still using soils with organics in it as I'm not home all day to water. They dry out really fast inside the house.

@theoschmitt3037 Жыл бұрын

Gut erklärt Jelle.

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

Danke Theo!

@dihan7574 Жыл бұрын

Hi I have been looking at your other videos Love the practical advice you share I am amazed at the fantastic growth you get in your maples and figs over one summer , I only get growth of about 2 inches if that , how can I get my trees to be 5 times as big by the end of summer thanks

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

I think it is the combination of the water/oxygen/fertilizer triangle and the right position for the tree. My trees never dry out to wilting point, and are fertilized throughout the growing season. The substrate is very coarse so in summer there are days that I have to switch on a mister if I am away from home for the day, to ensure midday-water.

@mandyhernon2238 Жыл бұрын

Very interesting Jelle but what about when to add fertiliser and when not to ? Or what happens if we don't feed at all ? Keep growing.xx

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

:) such a BIG domain!

@Yurup Жыл бұрын

More lectures!

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

OK, be carefull what you wish for. I will try to minimize the dose of boring lectures though!

@westvirginiaglutenfreepepp7006 Жыл бұрын

I hope that apology at the end was sarcastic, that was a great video.

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

I was truely a little concerned with how people would like that one!

@brucedeacon28 Жыл бұрын

👍👌🙂

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

@buonleo 8 ай бұрын

Awesome, I think you have a scientific background, don't you?

@GrowingBonsai 8 ай бұрын

I think so too. www.researchgate.net/profile/Jelle-Ferwerda

@dialecticcoma Жыл бұрын

decent primer mate

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@plan8plants418 Жыл бұрын

Hi, is Bonsai focus a good liquid fertiliser?

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

I have no idea. I do not know the product

@littlebighenk Жыл бұрын

Hi Jelle, are you going to the bonsai open house march 11?

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

I do not know which open house that would be :)

@littlebighenk Жыл бұрын

@@GrowingBonsai Are you from the Netherlands? (That is what I tought because of your accent and name) Lodder bonsai will have an open day. Peter Chan and Jan culek will also be there.

@Bonsaiandknives Жыл бұрын

Have ever m done air layering from Bougainville?

@Bonsaiandknives Жыл бұрын

Do you think it’s possible. Last year I wasn’t successful with Acer palmatum. I’m a little bit cautious. Would try this year again

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

I have not. I have taken cuttings though. So yeah, I think it should be possible.

@GrowingBonsai Жыл бұрын

Do you know what went wrong with the maple layering?

@Bonsaiandknives Жыл бұрын

@@GrowingBonsai and the cuttings were successful? When did you took the cuttings?

@Bonsaiandknives Жыл бұрын

@@GrowingBonsai it was a red Acer. I don’t know if it’s working with red once. On KZfaq you find air layering only with green Acer