Wait u til they’re a little more mature, give them another couple of weeks. There are techniques where seedlings have their roots removed at just a few weeks of age to help produce a new better nebari. But it’s not something I’ve done before….however I’ll be publishing a new video from an expert on these things in the coming weeks ;)

@@bonsai4me2 thank you. I used black bonsai seeds I got in Kyoto and instructions had me bury 5 seeds equidistant in a very small pot a pinky’s knuckle deep. One sprung up 4-5 weeks ago and then another about 5 days ago. They’re very close and I don’t want them to bind together at the roots before I can put them in separate pots.

Seriously??!!!

Mountain Maple/straight Acer palmatum

And as you have to look after the water quality so your fish are healthy, we have to look after the water and substrate to ensure our bonsai stay healthy

That’s what I didn’t want to end up having to do 😅 With regards a video on fighting fungal attack, it’s kind of hard to do because there are so many variables. If you’re suffering with a lot of fungal problems, it’s possible, as a for instance, that your trees have some underlying stress that reduces their ability to fight off pathogens themselves. I use beneficial fungal spray ( Maru) to reduce the possibility of pathogens taking hold. Copper will kill most pathogens but you don’t really want to have to keep using it routinely, particularly as it will kill all microbes, good and bad.

@@bonsai4me2 yeah I figured it's a tough subject to cover. All conifers in Alberta Canada and a lot of other provinces I hear are having a huge problem. Especially with spruce. (Wild). I just seem to have been battling it as well. ( Wild and bonsia). I believe it's rhizophaera. Or what one would call needlecast. I had a huge spruce die in my yard that I now have to cut down. Of course these are Alberta spruce or white spruce. Black spruce as well have been affected bad as well. Maybe a bad couple years for them here.... I don't know. Anyway. I enjoy your videos and Knowledge on bonsia. Thanks for the quick reply! I really appreciate it.

Nice one!! I’ve resisted the urge to add anything like seaweed or fertiliser to the main butt, for fear of the butt getting heavily mossed up!

Thank you Paul. No, the waterbutt pump mentioned here needs to be in the water. That said, there’s plenty of inline pumps about and anything that has at least the spec of this relatively small pump should be good enough to run a hose 30 metres or so

Thanks

Gosh have you ever thought maybe you have good water in your area ? Or a difference in opinion . It's not nonsense at all ! It's science . Plus he's telling you what he has , he's not saying you have to have it . Ffs people love bringing people down . Sick of it go outside

😂😂 brilliant!!

@@Tailor8804 thank you for saving me the energy having to reply.

@@Tailor8804 So you are telling me I wasted my time at University doing Biology and Zoology. You have no clue what you are talking about. I don't have the time or inclination to educate you. You can listen to uneducated people if you wish.

@@johncaldwell3558 so John, do you find bonsai relaxes you?

If you’d got to the end of the video…I use oyster shell to provide some calcium to some species. I also use slow release fertiliser that feeds my trees each time I water

Thank you, it’s great that it’s helped!

Allowing some extensions, even if it’s just for 2-3 weeks increases the vigour of the tree ahead of (partial) defoliation ;)

There are all kinds of ways to apply a foil covering, they all work for the same reason ;)

See you soon mate!

It will become available online next winter, but due to Brexit, there won’t be any more hard copies in the foreseeable future

Absolutely…and those pieces of spaghetti wire are time consuming to mess around trying to use again 🤣

It’s surprising how often experienced enthusiasts remove all of the wire immediately after seeing one or two branches cutting in

I really liked it, as soon as I saw the slate wall's I thought it looked very much like the lake's then I saw the signpost with keswick on it 👍