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@XtianApi 9 күн бұрын
Did you want that low cut to grow? I would have left that and maybe cut at the top. Although I liked it before any cuts.
@jenniferpr27 17 күн бұрын
Ugly for to be a bonsai not every tree may be a bonsai please
@kinderfarms8417 14 күн бұрын
Its a wonderful thing that we each get to decide what is beautiful to us and what is ugly. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, as they say, and luckily, I am the beholder here :) Thanks for watching!
@joaniewillow Ай бұрын
is that one part perlite and one part peat moss or one part of a combo of them, thanks for clarifying. great quick to the point video.
@kinderfarms8417 21 күн бұрын
Good question - its not entirely clear from the video. Overall, and most importantly: its two parts organic to one part non-organic. I get my inorganic from two places: the perlite in the peat mix I use and the perlite+sand+lava in the succulent mix. Since both the succulent and the perlite mix contain organics and inorganics, I figure it gets me roughly to a 2 to 1 ratio. I am going to do a full series on soils where I work from the base ingredients rather than mixes like this to make it more clear.
@rakamakaffo Ай бұрын
Взял и расхуярил нормальное дерево
@kiritsaini6379 2 ай бұрын
Why do you “let the tree recover” in shade after pruning?
@kinderfarms8417 2 ай бұрын
Good question - the pruning can be a bit of a shock to the plant, so I always do it as a precaution anytime I do extensive pruning or root work. The idea is, it will get less sunlight and so will feel less pressure for photosynthesis. Also - and maybe more importantly - I put them in a place where I will keep my eyes on them a bit more than if they go back in their regular place.
@habrill1 2 ай бұрын
That was an extremely harsh cut and prune bro! Always expose your trunk and do the root work first, then work up the tree as you go. Tree be better near eye level also as you cannot judge properly the best vision of the trunk. All the best!!
@kinderfarms8417 2 ай бұрын
Thanks for the tips. This thing recovered really well and had a great couple of seasons - I pruned it back once more this past summer and it did great. Unfortunately, it died this winter when we had below zero temps and ice storms. Can't win them all :(
@whocontrolthesenses 2 ай бұрын
Cool explanation ❤❤❤❤
@kinderfarms8417 2 ай бұрын
Glad you think so, I appreciate hearing that!
@HeutenCZ 2 ай бұрын
Can be this apply to my young willow cuttings ?
@kinderfarms8417 2 ай бұрын
Yes, absolutely - I have a young corkscrew willow that I started from a cutting and have been cutting roughly half the canopy off each year. It works great to make it more of a small bush shape. Good luck!
@HeutenCZ 2 ай бұрын
@@kinderfarms8417 💚
@BrandenClark-cz6hw 3 ай бұрын
What kind of bonsai is this
@kinderfarms8417 2 ай бұрын
It's a lodgepole pine tree - very young, still pre-bonsai state and still doing great :)
@luisfalves5229 3 ай бұрын
watching from Brazil. tks
@kinderfarms8417 3 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@dylanbehan5080 3 ай бұрын
Thanks for the video!! Just picked one up today actually. Mine is fully leafed out already, I should wait to repot it until next season right?
@kinderfarms8417 3 ай бұрын
Are you putting it in a bigger pot? If so, you should be fine. To put it in a smaller pot, you might wait until early next spring.
@dylanbehan5080 3 ай бұрын
Yeah I haven’t decided yet. It has a really cool trunk already but it would look cool bigger as well
@Screeno1993 3 ай бұрын
This made me feel better about mine, i recently gave it a chop the exact same way as here. Exept i left a few leaves. If basically a stump can grow back, mine will be fine xD
@kinderfarms8417 3 ай бұрын
Yeah - super resilient trees! This one is already ready for another cutting - it came back hard and even flowered this winter.
@Wobbledwob 25 күн бұрын
@@kinderfarms8417how’d you get it to flower? I live in a really hot environment and mine hasn’t flowered in the 6 years I’ve been growing it.
@kinderfarms8417 21 күн бұрын
@@Wobbledwob - I am not sure how it happened and was a first for me. Will post an update on it soon.
@user-cz8ym9zu9e 4 ай бұрын
Beautiful orange
@kinderfarms8417 3 ай бұрын
I think so too! This is one of my favorites.
@vickykent353 4 ай бұрын
I was so excited to finally find a soil mixture for Asparagus Ferns that made sense to me. I got out my orchid bark to sift through it for the particles left after separating the bark, but there was almost nothing left. I'm going to try stepping on the bag and see what happens. So ..... I got very little after doing the Watusi, a dance popular during the '60s. I put on my aluminum hat including the antennas and a voice whispered "coffee bean grinder." It worked quite well, however, only very small batches can be ground. Lots of small batches. 😊 If this Asparagus Fern dies on me, I won't be replacing it. It's so pretty when it's healthy but mine developed what I think was brown spot so I whacked it all back to about 3 or 4 inches and I'm repotting in two or three pots. I will keep you posted. 😊 Edit: Couple weeks later. The 2 pots of Asparagus ferns are looking brilliant, even if I do say so myself. I do wish what comes out of the griner was courser though but I think the soil is worth it. They are growing like crazy and they're beautiful. I'm very pleased that I took this route.
@kinderfarms8417 3 ай бұрын
How did it work out? Coffee grinder? That's smart!
@vickykent353 3 ай бұрын
@@kinderfarms8417 It worked great. I'm keeping it with my plant supplies now.
@vickykent353 4 ай бұрын
And you provided the recipe for the soil mix!! Absolutely fantastic all the way around! I'm SUBSCRIBING!! ❤ 🎉 😊 ❤ 🎉 😊
@kinderfarms8417 3 ай бұрын
Thanks for subbing! Hope you find even more helpful videos here!
@Logab13 4 ай бұрын
Bonjour, ça peut se faire en toutes saison ?
@brice2678 4 ай бұрын
Non, privilégier printemps et été mais le reste non évitez
@matshagstrom9839 5 ай бұрын
Seems to me you have a ways to go before the tree has developed a sufficient trunk diameter. I would probably let it grow out 2-3 years preferably in the ground to get it a bit closer to complete primary development. Once the trunk is developed you can cut back and start primary and secondary branch development. At least that’s what my teacher is telling me. Cutting back the tree at this stage just slows down the growth. It’s interesting which trees do a second flush. I guess the burning bush would not appreciate defoliation. Then again maybe that’s what it needs to stimulate a second flush of growth. Been thinking about getting one but the word on the street is these are invasive in much of the country so maybe I’ll hold off. That said I have a Bradford pear that came with my house and they are supposed to be horribly invading buy mine does not make fruit. I’ve been air layering off fat branched off the Bradford pear. Those are now turning into nice bonsai trees several years later. Happy growing
@kinderfarms8417 3 ай бұрын
You are not wrong, if your objective is to get to the bonsai look of a fat, old trunk fastest. On the other hand, there are a lot of bonsai growers out there who like the approach of keeping small trees small through clip-and-grow approach. The fact is - there is no rule book because there is no 'official bonsai technique' - I actually prefer the look of young slender trees. These are invasive - I pick the fruit off as best I can - but there are so many already planted in my neighborhood. Bradford pear huh - that's an invasive species for sure - but have never seen one Bonsai'd before. Would love to see how they are doing.
@441rider 5 ай бұрын
Very nice, in Columbia they chop them down real low like that. I just got 30 or so cuttings in today and hopefully they or some root as well. I have them in mini green houses inside with my citrus.
@kinderfarms8417 3 ай бұрын
Oh wow! Let us know how they go!
@jvbons 5 ай бұрын
very informative bonsai video.
@kinderfarms8417 3 ай бұрын
Many many thanks - appreciate you letting me know!
@alanparmenter 5 ай бұрын
Such a beautiful tree!
@kinderfarms8417 3 ай бұрын
Thank you! Cheers!
@WXyzaa 6 ай бұрын
BIGGER BETTER STRONGER
@kinderfarms8417 6 ай бұрын
That's the dream! Cheers!
@kushing64 6 ай бұрын
how often do you water them ?
@kinderfarms8417 6 ай бұрын
It depends on the time of year and humidity - I generally let the soil dry out before watering again. Once a week in the winter and twice a week in the summer is about right for my area. Cheers!
@surgeinc1 7 ай бұрын
Any thoughts about coco coir in your recipe?
@kinderfarms8417 7 ай бұрын
Yes - I am a HUGE fan of coco-coir - its more sustainable than peat moss. You can use it alongside or in place of the peat.
@produktebimoredurres6908 7 ай бұрын
Në çfarë muaji krasitet...
@kinderfarms8417 7 ай бұрын
U krasit në fund të gushtit - më pëlqen të krasit kur bimët rriten fuqishëm. It was pruned in late August - I like to prune when the plants are growing vigorously.
@mariarosagiordani2921 8 ай бұрын
Quale è il periodo giusto?
@kinderfarms8417 7 ай бұрын
Ho effettuato la potatura a fine agosto: mi piace potare mentre la pianta cresce e ha ancora un po' di tempo per guarire prima dell'inverno. Il video del recupero è di qualche mese dopo. I pruned in late August - I like to prune while the plant is growing and still has some time to heal before winter. The video of the recovery is a few months later.
@terencedixon2960 8 ай бұрын
very very helpful and encouraging for a retired bonsai newbie. thank you
@kinderfarms8417 8 ай бұрын
Thank you! I am a newbie myself (last 5 or 6 years) and it just takes a little learning and a lot of experimenting - these trees are tougher than we give them credit for.
@lucinainyene4107 9 ай бұрын
Thank you GOD! Finally a video that gets straight to the point, provides beautiful music and no nasal or annoying sounding person sitting with a trillion plants behind them going on and on about the care of a plant.🙄 I’ve been searching a whole hour for Fern soil recommendations, I had to fast forward as the person gabbed on and on just to get told I use regular potting, cactus n perlite. I was searching for a video just like yours that shows the person creating the mix and that’s it. THANK YOU SO MUCH. If you could just make short videos like this, showing yourself creating each mix for different plants that would be amazing and I bet your channel will blow up. I’m looking for one just like this for my Pilea Peperonia (or however it’s spelled) plant and can’t find that anywhere either!! Smh
@kinderfarms8417 9 ай бұрын
thank you! Glad you enjoyed - I have a great time making them.
@vickykent353 4 ай бұрын
@kinderfarms8417 It would be wonderful if you could make individual shorts on 10 or so rather unusual soil mixes and then list the plants that this soil mix would be applicable to. That would be awesome. Just like the person that this comment originated from, I have spent a lot of time trying to find a straightforward video for soil mixture for Asparagus Fern and have had to fast forward through a good many of them before I found yours!
@vickykent353 4 ай бұрын
I suggested that he do videos on 10 or 15 off-beat soil mixes like what you're looking for for your pilea. I actually need to go back to my suggestion and rewrite it, so it's similar to what I just wrote here. In the area where links are added by the creator, he could list many of the plants that the mix would be good for. Back to my grinding.
@kinderfarms8417 3 ай бұрын
This is a great idea - I will take you up on it.
@samueldcostawardenfromthed6855 9 ай бұрын
I have started a shito bonsai from a airlia ming .😊😊😅
@masonbrowne6796 9 ай бұрын
You should cut a plastic pot up and pot up the trucks to encourage roots shooting from the sides off the trunks giving you that mangrove look i really love what youre doing i love in North Queensland's right next to a mangrove forrest youve inspired me to create something like this so thankyou 🙏
@kinderfarms8417 9 ай бұрын
I think its a good idea - thanks! I've done a lot of work on this planting recently to add more trunks. I'll do a video on it soon.
@deaconcummings6916 10 ай бұрын
Hoping for updates on the lopdgepole pine as time progresses, Im currently growing 3 lodgepole pines from seed and hoping to begin their bonsai journeys next spring. Would love some inspiration from your videos. Keep up the good work. 👍
@kinderfarms8417 10 ай бұрын
Thanks! I'll try to post an update on it every year - best of luck with yours!
@VuLe-uo2ic 10 ай бұрын
I like you are doing a great job
@kinderfarms8417 10 ай бұрын
Thank you so much - its been a month since the cut and it seems to have even started growing a little. I am hopeful it will make it through the winter and we'll see it come back next spring.
@WesLoneWolf 10 ай бұрын
Thanks for info, just picked one up, interesting trunk
@kinderfarms8417 10 ай бұрын
They are really great trees, but they do make challenging bonsai material. I did a major cut this winter and then some root work this spring and it had an 'okay' summer, will post an update.
@bonsaiexpression 10 ай бұрын
Nice tour. More cuttings than you know wot to do with.. im the same. Ive had to "cut" back on making them 😅 pun intended 😂
@kinderfarms8417 10 ай бұрын
That pun 'cut' to the quick of the problem though! Same here - I played the scenario out to the end and saw myself with no space left if I wasn't a lot more selective about what I kept. I saw 'plant hoarder' in my future...
@bonsaiexpression 10 ай бұрын
@@kinderfarms8417 🤣🤣
@bonsaiexpression 10 ай бұрын
Love how the trees looks so far. I have a Benjamina, I did a fusion project on it which has turned out really well. It's about 3/4 years in now. Just shows that these trees with care and love are great for bonsai 😁
@kinderfarms8417 10 ай бұрын
I really love how vigorous they are - really impressed with them.
@blackburned 10 ай бұрын
Something about its resilence is so beautiful.. you take its food source and it pushes through and grows it back
@kinderfarms8417 10 ай бұрын
Well said - the will to survive that these trees have amaze me.
@bonsaiexpression 10 ай бұрын
Nicely done 👍🏻 in 5 years that's going to be one hell of a tree. Great video very detailed, good job man 👏
@kinderfarms8417 10 ай бұрын
Thanks much! I'm really excited about how its going so far!
@DeciduousSnurb 10 ай бұрын
Congrats on the successful air layer. I air layered a much smaller part of my 'Seiryu' Japanese maple last year (living in zone 6) I put in a pot in September and overwintered it in an unheated garage. The following spring it had trouble leafing out and some buds were just dead. To this day it is still alive but not thriving, hopefully next spring it will make a comeback. Your black and white cat looks almost completely identical to mine, minus the white nose stripe.
@kinderfarms8417 10 ай бұрын
Thank you - I am not going to call it a full success until I see how it does over the winter. I am in zone 8b, so our winters are mild. I've had success with Ficus air-layers, but had similar results to what you described with maples in the past. We'll keep our fingers cross that both our maples have a good winter and a vigorous spring!
@kinderfarms8417 10 ай бұрын
On the cat - Loki - he's my constant gardening buddy! On these tuxedo cats, its odd when you see one that looks 'almost' the same isn't it?
@mmjnice97 10 ай бұрын
your living a lot of long straight branching im like CUt that please ohhhhh no he left it smh...heheheh
@kinderfarms8417 10 ай бұрын
You aren't wrong - I was looking at some of them yesterday going 'Why didn't I cut that?' - On some of them, I am trying to build vigor up so I can do a really big cut later, but I think I just overlooked a bunch of good cuts too.
@RexChua-dd3or 11 ай бұрын
Looks great bro,,,nice to meet you here... I'm a new supporter😊...
@kinderfarms8417 10 ай бұрын
Thank you - and great to meet you - glad you are here!
@shades.of.lyf.21billion 11 ай бұрын
Absolutely Gorgeous ❤️
@kinderfarms8417 11 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!! You are very kind :)
@Prickly-Brew 8 ай бұрын
I was recently given one of these from an elderly woman who said her grandmother started in 120-125 years ago. The thing is massive!
@kinderfarms8417 8 ай бұрын
@@Prickly-Brew Wow! That's an old plant! These things are really vigorous, so it doesn't surprise me that they are able to make it that long.
@shades.of.lyf.21billion 11 ай бұрын
Beautiful ❤️❤️
@kinderfarms8417 11 ай бұрын
Thank you! Cheers!
@shades.of.lyf.21billion 11 ай бұрын
Beautiful. I am new to your channel. I love gardening and very much fond of bonsai. ❤❤ 😊😊
@kinderfarms8417 11 ай бұрын
You are so kind! Welcome! I this tree is a really strong grower - its very pleasing :)
@shades.of.lyf.21billion 11 ай бұрын
Wow. So beautiful ❤️❤️😊
@kinderfarms8417 11 ай бұрын
Thank you so much - they are having a rough time in the summer heat. Hopefully they'll do well.
@gantoin 11 ай бұрын
Nice trees!
@kinderfarms8417 11 ай бұрын
Thank you! Its been fun watching them grow up!
@sureshchand1308 11 ай бұрын
Please share the latest update video. Also, what is the gap between giving it water
@kinderfarms8417 11 ай бұрын
Its had a great year this year, so will share an update soon. How long between watering depends on how hot and dry it is. I lost one last year from over watering (I think) so I wait until the soil is completely dry. Can be every other day in the summer to once a week or so in winter.
@sureshchand1308 11 ай бұрын
@@kinderfarms8417 thanks for your reply, I lost lots of casual plans, just because of over watering. Even I was giving water once in a week, now I got two small plants (3-4") now I have decided I'll give them water only once in a month
@kinderfarms8417 11 ай бұрын
@@sureshchand1308 that makes sense - a lot depends on the humidity of where you are also. Its low humidity here, so the pots dry out faster than in some other places.
@gantoin 11 ай бұрын
Hello 👋 can we do air layering on Ficus benjamina whenever we want? Or I should wait until next spring?
@kinderfarms8417 11 ай бұрын
You should be able to do it any time - except maybe deep winter when they enter lite dormancy. I do lots of work on my ficus in late summer and early fall, and they do great.
@gantoin 11 ай бұрын
Ok, thanks @@kinderfarms8417. Also, I repotted a big ficus, I should wait a year for air layering? I’m scared that repotting + air layering make too much stress on the tree. What do you think? What I should do? The tree is on really good health.
@kinderfarms8417 11 ай бұрын
@@gantoin I would wait at least 6 months after a major repotting to let it get some vigor. Good luck and let me know how it turns out!
@hpgrawp 11 ай бұрын
Thank you for this video. I am so grateful that it popped up in my search for answers on why my own wasn't growing. Would you suggest a fall, winter, or early spring pruning for this tree?
@kinderfarms8417 11 ай бұрын
Oh good! I'm glad it was helpful, so appreciate you letting me know! It depends on how cold it gets where you are - I do mid-winter in the Pacific NW where its pretty moderate. If you are in a colder area, do late fall. Good luck with it!
@jadesnursery Жыл бұрын
Amazing ideas
@kinderfarms8417 11 ай бұрын
Thank you! 😊
@DeciduousSnurb Жыл бұрын
Good idea planting the cuttings all around to simulate aerial roots. I never cared much for the regular Ficus benjamina as bonsai since they often have big-ish leaves and not dense enough, but yours seems quite nice and appropriate for bonsai in my opinion. I know Nigel S. of the Bonsai Zone has many of a certain medium-small leaf kind that I've been trying to track down here in the states for a few years now. The closest match I've come up with is Ficus benjamina 'Natasja' or natasha, but I have yet to find any for sale in the U.S. I do, however, have a type of benjamina that has worked ok for me as bonsai and the variety is 'Orientalis' which has medium size leaves. I also have a small 'Too Little' but it really does grow too slow and sparse for me currently, at least it survives I guess.
@kinderfarms8417 Жыл бұрын
Thank you! I really love how vigorous these are. I also appreciate all the information on the different cultivars - when I selected these I was taken by their root base and am counting on the leaves getting smaller over time. Nigel has some amazing stock that he works with - and a lot of different varieties of just about everything!
@DeciduousSnurb Жыл бұрын
Its nice to see someone using native maples for bonsai, or just native trees in general. I am experimenting with Acer rubrum also except mine were pulled from a family members yard as seedlings and aren't of any particular variety. I hope these trees are doing well for you this year. I'd be interested in seeing a fall color update if possible.
@kinderfarms8417 Жыл бұрын
Local native trees are important to me, so I'm excited about this little forest. Last year I made my first bonsai purchase; the local bonsai club had a benefit auction, and I got a mature mother-daughter red maple and a sizeable western hemlock. You're right, you just don't see a lot of local material, and I'm pleased I can take care of these trees for a while - my hats off to the original makers!