I am from India ... I am 12 years old.. I started a bonsai inspired from you... Thank you ..

Thumbs up for using the rainwater ! 👍

I wait on the edge of my seat for every video you come out with. I love the local trees you have and not just junipers and pines

I have learned so much from you, Nigel! I truly appreciate your willingness to share your expertise, experience, and knowledge. You have helped me to develop some skills that have made my bonsai journey a true joy. I especially love the awe-filled passion you bring. It is exciting and contagious! Many more years of bonsai-ing to you. Blessings and Peace. Martin

Really interesting that you use a pinch of 20/20/20 as an all purpose solution for both deciduous and evergreens! As a newbie to bonsai, there's so much confusing and contradictory information out there on this topic, but your results speak volumes! Thanks again Nigel :)

In book, this is one of the most important videos on keeping bonsai. So scientific and vital, and yet practical. Thanks a lot Nigel.

Thanks Nigel for the video and all the information have a wonderful day till next time

Thanks for the wonderful videos. I have been thoroughly inspired! I've got an old Haw's watering can too. They're great!

Thank you man,for making it simple! Thank you, You're Awesome!

Thank you very much for this video Nigel. As I'm relatively new to bonsai, this helped greatly.

Perfect timing for me, Nigel. Thanks. I've gotten s few more from collecting, lost one scotch pine due to too aggressive root pruning, I think. : /. Ive learned a lot since then

Both my 11 year old daughter and I enjoy watching your channel, thank you for sharing.

Great video! Thank you Nigel for the advice. Very healthy looking trees!

Thanks for the videos. Keep up the good work. I started watching your video about a month ago and I am going to join the Winnipeg bonsai group and hopefully start my first bonsai soon. And finally -- please keep talking about the basics. I find them the most helpful .

Gracia por toda la indicacion...y hermosos arboles....buen trabajo

Great idea to have a tray of water to see how much has evaporated! Definitely gonna use it! Thanks these helpful tips

now i know its all that simple. thanks a lot for the precious tip!

Nice vid once again Nigel, your gardens looking great, i like the "green wall" of large bordering trees, tranquil setting.

All of your videos are so helpful, thanks for the tips cant wait to see what you put out next.

Nigel, love your serious, but relaxed approach to Bonsai.

Thanks Nigel, it seems such a straightforward task watering and fertilising but not always so easy to get right,thanks for another informative video 🌴

Awesome!!! Very informative. Thank you for sharing your secrets and spreading the joy of bonsai.

Very clear and concise explanation of your watering/fertilizing methods. Thanks.

Best explanation I've seen! Good job sir!

Leaving the tray of water and checking the evaporation level is such a great idea! I think I will try that too.

From one enthusiast to another, WATERING IS ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT THINGS TO MASTER WITH BONSAI, amen to that! You know what japanese Bonsai Masters, Nursery Masters says to the students when they first set their foot on the property? - How much do you know about watering.. - Can you water? Great episode, i would never ever use chemical fertilizer, ever, but thats just me and how i roll, we all find our methods.

Thanks Nigel for this information(s).

Thank you! I needed to know what you just shared.. 💚

I love your videos. Thanks for posting.

I am growing bonsai trees from seeds, I’ve been watching your videos like crazy. Great content 😌

Hi Nigel, thank you for another informative video. To add my two cents, I do water my trees every evening thoroughly but as the temperatures are going higher, I will be deploying my automated watering system soon and set it up to two times per day as the evaporation gets really nasty during full summer. I am also adding chemical fertilizer to my watering can regularly, though I must say that I don't put it there every day, but at least twice a week and I use higher dosage than you, so it might even out in the end.

Who else has noticed the change in the introductions? You have your following and we all wait for the notification alert for your latest upload,thanks again for your maple advice all doing great can't wait to see how yours are doing this year.

Thank you Nigel for a great informative video.As usual

I absolutely adore your little forest. Your videos are very helpful to a bonsai noob like myself. I started out buying a gardenia bonsai for my mother as a gift and fell in love ...had to buy a tree for my own...I bought a Japanese maple bonsai for my mother and I, any tips on those trees in particular would be much appreciated. 😊

I remeber you said once that a good bonsai soil is quite impossible to over-water. So usually I water all my willows once in a day, even it was not very hot day. Big like for the video!

Thanks Nigel very helpfull. Your videos have taught me so much, keep up the good work mate 👍

Thanks for the good information Nigel.

love your channel. I have an indoor Chinese elm and three jade cuttings I have now potted. I can't wait to get some outdoor space again. I'd love to have some great trees like yours. keep up the outstanding work.

Thank you Nigel for your knowledge

awesome to see the nursery in the sunshine nigel. you've been busy, first video in a little while. very informative thankyou immensely.

Hi Nigel. All the trees are very beautiful. I love all of your videos. This again is a very informative one. And the update in the end!!! It's superb. Thank you very much for this great video. Regards.

Nigel very informative watering video. I water with city water never adding fertilizer. Since watching your video I will look for 20 20 20 at my local garden center. Michael

Such great teaching,the best I have come across as a beginner

Great video, Thanks Nigel!

This was a great presentation NIgel.

Hi Nigel, thanks for the video. I will get 20-20-20 for my bonsai.

Hey Nigel. Thank you so much for all the tips, the tray of water near the pots is really smart, will be very useful :) Again, honoured and grateful for... well you know ;) Greetings

your camera work and editing have come so far. Great job man! love your videos

Thank you so much for this video. This information is so helpful.

20 20 20 is great. I'd really like to incorporate more rain water into my watering now that i finally have my own property. time to find some reservoirs.

That open tray of water is pretty clever, as always I really enjoyed your video and did learn something new ! Also interesting was to know about your fertilizing technique. I absolutely agree with you about the control of the fertilizer, aswell as the metaphor of Vitamines, it fits like the fist to the eye. I think your fertilizing method is the best possible way (I do it in the same way). Thank you very much, Nigel !

If it's good enough for you , it's good enough for me. I'm ordering a watering can! I have several young nursery stock conifers that I have performed initial pruning and shaping on. I currently water them with the shower like spray nozzle from the hose, however I like the thought of taking the guess work out of fertilizing by adding it to water. It's somewhat comforting to know that as man as experienced as yourself can have so many thriving trees of different species using the same simple method. I've read so much about what you 'should' do regarding fertilising that it's now nice to think that's all obviously just personal preference.

Interesting vid 🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲

You are the best!

......a great show!

just reloaded your home-page for impatience and a new video pop out :D

I'm kind of worried about the summer and keeping my trees and plants adequately watered. Unfortunately my job has me the full day on some days. I'll have to employ the family to help out. Your larch forest is looking lovely, I'm ready for the next video you'll have working on it.

отличное видео! спасибо!

Best ever. thanks for this video. Always my doubt about fertilizing tress when ever I see your healthy trees in videos. :)

So much helpful and informative.🙏

excellent video Nigel....!

Very good and interesting video. Thank you very much for sharing Greetings👍😄

PERFECT. Just what I was looking for. Thanks Nigel!!! And, I appreciate the quick service :o) GARY

Thanks Nigel!

Hello, Nigel! I've decided to go with the mix-in fertilizing method as you show here, but am confused how the fertilizer dose is meant to be divvied up between the trees. You have dozens of trees - how many times do you mix up a new can with fertilizer to get them all? I've got less than a dozen and a similar size haws can. One, two, three batches in my case to achieve a proper fertilizing? Curious to hear your thoughts :) Thanks!

Thank you for sharing

that's cools really cool

Your videos are incredibly informative. As someone who has started with bonsai a couple months ago I love your videos. I want to ask though if you have a delonix regia/ flamboyant bonsai and a dream catcher/ kolkwitzia amibilis? Those are my 2 most favorite bonsai and would love to hear/ see your thoughts on them? Everybody I have spoken to keeps saying that the delonix is a terrible bonsai subject, but in one video I watched of yours, you said that a person should just do what they want and explore the unusual options. I have learnt quite a lot watching your videos especially about trunk chopping and various other techniques. I just recently watched your video about the ficus benjamina operation with the areal routes and that was fascinating. Anyway I look forward to more and more of your videos.

nice video sir thank you

Hi Nigel! Nice to see videos about all aspects of growing bonsai, even the seemingly simple things like watering and such. Also, i love how the larch forest is looking. Plantings with a lot of moss like that are absolutely sexy, lol. Anyway, I just got a new Japanese holly (Ilex crenata helleri) this last week. I wondered if you had any Ilex or if you had any advice on them specifically. It's too late to repot it, I think, but what's a good time to prune them? Or is it not to late to repot...? In other news, idk if you remember the video of me repotting a lemon tree, but that spent a little while after I repotted it just doing nothing. I guess it had to recover from the operation i did on it... But anyways, good news is I finally see new growth starting on those little buds where the leaves join the branch, so it is recovering! Also, I put some moss on it's soil, like I said, I just like the look of moss.

Hi Nigel I planted 8 different trees to make into bonsais from seeds in early April most of them are coming out very well but I was wondering do I use fertilizer now or wait a year. I use Miracle Grow for my plants outside and some inside but this is my first time doing bonsais.

hey mr.nigel how are you..thanx for another nice video...learned many things...thank you so much

Nigel, video #4 did not post to the menu. I can't find it anywhere. #s 1, 2, 3, and 5 are in the menu.

I have 2 ficus cuttings and I fertilized one with my bushaki compost and fertilized the other with the store bought fertilizer I have. the bushaki one free alot more than the other one in one week

Hi Nigel, I love your videos. I have learned so much from you. So for that, I thank you. I'm trying to nail down a feeding regimen for my trees and I'm not sure how much fertilizer to use. I'm worried about burning my trees. Do you know what the "ppm" or "EC" reading is of your nutrient solution? This would help me out tremendously..

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Hi Nigel, We have a well for domestic water use.It's about 200-250 feet seep.Is this water OK instead of rain water? I'm not positive but I think we have a lot of acid rain and I would hate to kill my first bonsai! Tom

I love that tamarind tree @5:23

Do you use 20-20-20 all around the year cause people are saying to use low nitrogen and high phosphate and potassium in spring and high nitrogen fertilizer to autumn can you please guide me through I am just a new starter

Thanks.

My ficus bonsai tree is in a container without drainage. I had it for two years. Repotted it once. Each winter I take it inside and each spring it is outside under a patio roof to protect it from too much rain. I don't prune it's leaves because it doesn't have a full head of leaves. :( What I would like is for my bonsai tree to grow more leaves. Hopefully, if I fertilizer it. It will grow more leaves. What would you recommend? Thanks.

What type of fertilizer is best to support blooming in a serissa? My serissa is kept indoors under a cloche to maintain humidity. Thank you!

Hello mr. Nigel! I remembered a question I wanted to ask you. You work from home and so you can check on the plants 3 times a day. If for whatever reason, you would have to start going away from home to your job, what kind of changes would you implement regarding your bonsais? Thank you.

Thank you

I got a small juniper bonsai around 3 months ago and it has a lot of growth. It is time to trim and wire it but the shape is strange. Being a novice I do not know what I should shape it to look like. Right now it has a small trunk the goes up about 3 inches then splits into a Y shape. I have looked at the shapes of many bonsai and I am troubled at what I should shape it to. What do you think I should do???? This is what it looks like: // /// //// / // // / ////// /// / /// / /// // / //// // /// // / //////// / ///// // / ///// // // // /// /////// ///// // /// //// / // /// / //////// //// //// /// /////// ///// // /// // // /// / ////////////// / / /// // //// /// /// //// ////// //// ////// //// ////// /////// //// /// //// /// //// //// //// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

Hi Nigel, can you advice what is proportion of the fertilizer per amount of water? A pinch of fertilizer for 1 liter of water? does it make sense if we put 1 tea spoon for a gallon of water? Thanks.

Nigel, I have a 'Ficus Ginseng Microcarpa' and don't know when is the best time to water. Could you please tell me How and When do I know it's time to water? My soil is dry on the top but if I push my pinky finger in 0.5 inch in, then I feel cool moist soil. Could you please explain how should i water it? Thank you

How frequent do you fertilise bonsai trees thank you

Do you fertilize your succulents as well? I've heard that they do nsed only very very little fertilizer. Just wondering.

Nice watering can. Which model is it?

Hi Mr Saunders have you any tips on growing and pruning a 9inch bonsai from potting to pruning and repotting. Have you ever heard of growing a bonsai in fluid system without earth.

Thanks for all the information. What size (capacity) Naws watering can are you using in the video?

Is that yellow liquid in the spray bottle whey? I always have tons of it left over every week from making yogurt. I hear it is good for supplemental nutrients for plants if you mix a little in with water.

about how much water is that for a pinch of the 20-20-20 fertilizer? a gallon or so?

I realy like the way you fertilize. I'll give it a try. by the way can you say me whats the exact name of the wateringcan or at least what size it is ? I'm looking forward to buy a haws and dont know a good size . thanks

hey nigel i have a few air layers going on my mohave pyracantha. it has the young green berries that eventually turn in fall, should i cut of the fruiting sections of the air layered branches to direct energy to growing new roots?

I wanted to know about fertilizing bonsai... Thank you Nigel... but I want to know more about it.....

it is the summer here. the plants grow much slower because of the heat ( this week average is 45c). i would like to use your method but do you think it is safe to fertilize that often when the plants are trying thier best to survive? thank you for your great videos

Hi nigel, i have a question. Do i need to give fertilizer to the bonsai tree even after using fertilizers in the potting mix. For example my potting mix is 50% gravel and brick chips, 20% garden soil and 15 + 15 of cow dung manure and leaf mould. So do i still need to provide additional fertilizer?

Hallo Nigel. Advice about fertilazing when you transplanting bonsai and cutting roots. Is 11-40-11 good for bonsai, or? Thanks