Yamadori Bonsai - Collecting Trees from the Wild

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John E. McDonald

3 жыл бұрын

Helpful tips for collecting trees for Bonsai from the wild.

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@grubsnub 2 ай бұрын

this is everything I’ve been looking for. Thank you Brian!!! 😭❤️❤️❤️

@TonyHigginsonVlog 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent video packed with information and experience. Thanks for sharing.

@matshagstrom9839 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video with many good points. Getting collected trees to survive is harder than people think. My first mistake was over watering collected trees. Oak trees and some conifers have virtually no root ball but instead have one large very deep tap root. I have many times stopped digging and left trees because there is no point in taking a tree that will not survive. These trees should instead be collected in stages by weakening the primary tap root to encourage root ramification. We all kill trees in the learning process and starting with trees that do represent a major loss while learning may be prudent. Thanks again, Mats

@iamshredder3587 2 ай бұрын

Good point about the collecting in stages to prepare it with a proper rootball first. Some tree/shrubs in some areas it's an absolute must. In my book if its worth collecting and training as bonsai than its worth taking your time and ensuring its healthy and suitable before removing it even if takes many years like that. I ruined a few trees with real potential learning that, trying to rush it and get them in a pot asap. Only for them to die from it or from being too weak to defend again attacks by borers or diseases and such. I can understand beginners wanting to get something nice to show off or practice on and whatnot but i rather see that be nursery stock or something.... over collected trees. . especially like rare old alpine conifers and such. Anyway im ranting haha just wanted to say good point you made.

@rjcmd 2 ай бұрын

Really nice instructions. Question, what about when, how and with what to fertize the newly transferred tree?

@exooptik 3 жыл бұрын

Really nice video and very calm presentation, very informative, thank you. Those trees all look great already, sorry about those that got destroyed in the fires.

@savageblades360 Жыл бұрын

What a great coastal redwood yamadori I'm so intrigued, wouldn't mind seeing more and learning more about keeping that variety alive.

@kalandrakasartbonsai5400 3 жыл бұрын

What a great collection sir...

@invinciblecucumber 2 жыл бұрын

One more tip, if it's possible you should water the tree with root promoting fertilizer day before collecting and water it with rooting hormone after you plant them. If you collect pine, you can also wrap the trunk and branches with moss cause it retains moisture and help in prevention of drying out.

@dirtysouthhc2936 2 жыл бұрын

Great idea on dropping the pins. I've been spotting trees on roadsides out in the country already that I want to go back and collect!

@cuernavacadave 10 ай бұрын

You have some amazing trees!!! Our climate is too cold to leave trees in pots through the winter unless you dig a hole and lower the pot down into it, that might save it. Enjoyed your video.

@kennycheng5591 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing, this is really interesting.

@plumbummanx 3 ай бұрын

Well done and educational!

@BrutalToucan 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing your knowledge this is very helpful to me since I'm just a beginner in bonsai

@dougyoud5944 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Living up in tahoe now, I see some yamadori collection in my future :)

@andrewwilson9617 Ай бұрын

Great video. I live in Antalya , Turkey and we are surrounded by mountains that are covered in pine forests. I've just been up there for a picnic and I collected 2 really nice-looking saplings. They are both about a foot tall and I've potted them with soil collected from the forest . How often should I water them considering how hot and dry it is here.

@BradJenksNorCalQuality 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video, I appreciate the weblinks.

@moonhussain2467 9 ай бұрын

Great video. I would love to find a local group to go collecting

@klebutbonsaiart1320 Жыл бұрын

Wow emaizing bro.

@dirtysouthhc2936 2 жыл бұрын

Hey cool video man I just collected some trees from Middle Tennessee they're in great topsoil that I collected some of for replanting a dogwood that was about three and a half inches in diameter 12 ft tall that I chopped about 3 ft off the ground and beautiful red bud that was chopped already and has sprouted lower branches. I did chop the top one more time to shorten the tree up. Was wondering if these techniques work the same when you chop a tree before you dig it up? Thanks in advance my friend. Cheers from Knoxville Tennessee

@Wiratama13 2 жыл бұрын

very good bonsai, greetings to one hobby

@126wil Жыл бұрын

Fascinating. Great video! It's my desire to collect my own material one day. I probably should join a Bonsai Society, first. Do you have any suggestions? Really enjoyed this video.

@hummbaby20 3 жыл бұрын

Very interesting and helpful. Sorry for the loss of his Bonsai collection.

@sagebonsai 2 жыл бұрын

If anyone's ever in utah I'm in the buying mood for native trees and shrubs. I've collected a few sagebrush and they are just amazing to work with.

@hashiramabonsai 8 ай бұрын

I have to dig out a juniper, in one week we will get the first cold spell, so i really need to hurry, would you reduce the foliage after collecting? Most experts say leave the foliage on junipers?

@kennycheng5591 2 жыл бұрын

Yamadori in Hong Kong s completely gone due to over-harvesting ! I really envy the precious resources in America.

@xviolist 2 жыл бұрын

are any of those Utahs for sale? ...cliff

@Boru06 2 жыл бұрын

Keep the vids of yer big one for the Only Fans page T 🤣 Birch are one of my favourites too. Did ya know they cross breed nd hybridize? It got very confusing trying to i.d them till I realised I was looking at cross bred birch.

@Matt-kt9nm 2 жыл бұрын

In my area a just a few people have burnt the bridges with almost all land owners and forest service employees. As soon as you say bonsai or tree collection people get hostile.

@danielcarey2046 Ай бұрын

Wow you can really drag an explanation out can't ya

@mmjnice97 Жыл бұрын

Cut off every you don't need to carry... if you know it's not going to be useful in the final version of what this tree can be cut it off.

@natesipe Жыл бұрын

Enjoy the beauty of Mother Nature. Please don’t collect from public lands. Thank you for the inspiration to be responsible and tranquil in this world with other species.

@joseduran7368 2 ай бұрын

I could give 2 💩s

@stickyman7585 Жыл бұрын

Is this legal? Or ethical? If we all took what we wanted from the wild, there would be no wild. Can't you leave them for others to enjoy in situ? Seems wrong to me.

@emoji_page 2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like stealing endangered wild dwarf trees

@mantistoboggen9842 2 жыл бұрын

He obviously knows what he is doing.If anything he is protecting the genetics,it can be cloned an endless amount of times

@ShuKatashSam 2 жыл бұрын

The National forest here are logged extensively, take a google earth search and you will see massive squares that have been logged all up and down the Sierras. Are those trees "stolen" as well? USDA almost gives them away to the wood processors and lumber companies. An extremely tiny fraction are collected for bonsai over massive area. These are not endangered species(According to California native plant Society) nor are they dwarf varieties(bonsai are smaller due to horticulture methods, we do not collect dwarf species, those are almost all cultivars that are dwarf). Sounds like you lack much knowledge about 1. Bonsai, 2. the miniscule ecological impacts where these are collected(Private lands with permission of the owners) and 3. what is "endangered" or not. Troll somewhere else.