What is cold steaming?

The problem I have with this is when your an older person who’s got several years to muck around creating a plant to shove back in the ground for a few more years and then to trim and finally get into a pot to make a bonsai , glad someone has that patience, I’d belong gone before I got to see it how I wanted it . I definitely be digging up trees ready to go 👍

Best t-shirt ever brother ! 💪🏼💚

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Very useful video thanks

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I got 2, 3 footers, fat trunks at Kimura's 50% off sale. I use small latex gloves that fit my hands tight when trimming. It minimizes any spider bites, or getting shanked from the needles. When they prick me it used to irritates my skin as well. I debarked mine and sanded them. I like the red bark, green foilage look. Plus it reduces places for bugs to hide.

Awesome collection !

Great video!

I give them a good drink early in the morning. I wrap old dish towels (white) around all pots ceramic and plastic that have full sun exposure all day. They stay cool. One of my double benches up against my husband's shop, have firs, spruce, larches, pomegranate, and kurume that get full sun until around 2:00. Pots are also wrapped. We made a frame with 3/4 PVC pipe the whole length. Ran heavy cord across the top and made 40 % shade cloth curtains I can pull across as needed.(like shower curtains ) Pull them back after full sun is off of them. Our large deck is fully covered, faces North. Maples under it in bright shade. All the Satsuki are on benches on the edge of the deck. They get morning sun, then bright shade all day until the sun gets all the way around in the evening, then they 😢get a bit more full sun. So far no scorched leaves even at 108 in SW Oregon. Best of luck to everyone in this weird weather change!!. The dish towels and shade curtains have really worked well. Not very attractive but it works.

I've been doing cacti lately. I need to get back to bonsai again.

For me, here in the Phoenix, AZ area, (115+ temps 🥵🥵) it is really tough. I love maples and the way how I keep them here, is using sunblock + Evaporative coolers. It helps a lot. It lowers the temperature 12+ degrees.

PBE coming up!

Very nice garden 🪴❤

I made a trellis with a grape growing over it. Provides shade for trees that can’t handle the heat. Ojai gets 100 often. Olives and Oaks are full sun. Great video. Thank you

Water 3 times a day in some trees, maples get a 30% shade cloth. Awesome update on up coming events, unfortunately it's hard to balance bass fishing and bonsai sometimes.

I only have 15 trees, so I move most of them in my yard to have afternoon shade for these 3 months and for the few larger trees I have that are tied down for wind I use a large thin white nylon pillow case 22 x 60 and cover the tree around noon till 7 pm and this works great at protecting my trees from cali's summer heat.

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Beautiful job filming. 👍🏻

So the 1/3d of azaleas that do reflowe in the fall, will not do so in bonsai culture because we prune after flowering. They leave the growth and so the buds that didnt pop in June will pop in august in unpruned bushes .

Someone buy the man a turn table

Nice I am local to Dallas . Are you visiting any bonsai gardens or collections here? I would like to collaborate if interested 😁

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That's a great tree!

Love this video! SoCal resident here and I feel very informed 😂 see ya soon!

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Tom, in an earlier video you said that a Chinese Elm won't ramify unless the branches harden. What did you mean by that? Thanks

Are some of your trees/pots buried in the ground? Does it help with faster growth?

Hey Tom- You bet'cha yeah! Love the window into personal collections, local shows, and club activities. My only pick of the almighty nit is: I will welcome the day a wireless mic becomes available for vid production. Appreciate all your efforts in keeping the bonsai blazes burning bright from SoCal and wherever you find yourself drawn to tiny trees! Thanks again!

Great collection. Thank you for all your great videos. Happy 4th. Cheers from Ojai Bonsai

Thanks Tom...regular updates would be great..

Loved the update. Thank you for the heads up about the meeting. Questions.......how do you control your weeds with straight dirt on the ground? Do you get mud everywhere when you water or does the water stay contained because of the watering system? How come you don't have 8 million spider web's everywhere?

Thanks for sharing, some refined trees on display for sure ✔️

Thank You Anh Nam Vo for sharing these beautiful Exhibition/ Show

I'm learning Mr Peter. He of Shohin master. Thank you for share.

Operculicarya decaryi Oper cull a carry uh Dee carry eye I hope this helps.

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7:40 or so mystery plant. Not a Santa Ana But a Lantana (Probably not from Atlanta)

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What are the measurements on the cinderblocks you used here?

Nice cork tree. I’ll be interested in its future development. For the last few weeks I been cutting back all the branches I can reach. Been doing that for years. Topping the trees is going to be very challenging for me. Too tall and too heavy.

Wow thanks for the info... I really needed that muck recipe for a cement slab

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Bill!

How old is the forest?

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Beautiful Cork Bark Elm! I have just gotten one from my property, in the early spring. I have many shoots coming out. This gives me great ideas for mine. Thanks so much. 🫶🤩

This video came along just as I was getting really discouraged with the lack of ramification and straight branches on my willow leaf ficus trees. You answered all my questions! Thank you!! Keep the videos coming.