There are two follow up videos on this tree already, it’s filled out very nicely and at this point the cut off branches aren’t missed anymore

Yes

Nope, Spruce

Oh yeah for sure. The thing is that even on tree that usually easily send out aerial roots in the right climate it’s tough to get and maintain them in temperate climates, especially on a windy balcony as I do. That’s why I gotta „cheat“ a little to eventually get a result that won’t look any different

If you see the wire bite into the bark you remove it in that place

@@Bonsaifly Grazie♥️♥️♥️

Picea Glauca

To be fair, indoor Bonsai is quite the science in and of itself. It’s not impossible, but it can never be everything that bonsai is. However, I started with indoor trees only and still maintain tons of these early bought trees. It’s possible to do it. I should make a an updated video

Picea glauca

This was pretty severe but the first styling always is like that. For your second question: I could’ve just let one branch on the tree and it would’ve survived. So as long as you leave some green the tree can recover. Preferably do it in spring or autumn and cover wounds with cut paste

@@Bonsaifly thanks a ton!

Aluminium Bonsai wire

Still very much alive and beautiful to this day

You just mad that Gojo was off-screened

@@Bonsaifly hey that’s not nice 😭

It’s called Raffia. It doesn’t make bends easier but it prevents moisture loss when cracks form in the bark due to bends. No tricks really, just bend carefully in a rotating motion with the direction of the wire

It’s a spruce actually

This is a funny comment

Aluminium wire

I actually meant to bend this tree much further than I ended up doing. I only stopped because the bark on the other side of the trunk started to crack. This bend was made with a bit of a rotation, which is why I decided to hollow out a part of the trunk instead of going for a V-cut. This way little living tissue is removed. I might bend it a little further over time where this will still come in handy :)

In case this didn’t come across clearly (which it probably didn’t): hollowing out the trunk like this or a V-Cut are techniques for bending parts of a tree that have become to rigid to bend just by using wire and pressure.

I am German and i sometimes sell trees from my collection although I am not a professional seller. Hit me up in instagram dms or per e-mail for some more infos :)

@@Bonsaifly ok, thanks for the reply!

Thanks Grace :)

Copper

Thank you :) the collection is getting better by the year but has a long way to go still :)

Thank you :)

Yeah somebody told me this before, so sorry about that

Deadwood creation

They’re all in Boxes filled with some airy substrate for winter. Gives the roots some more room to grow and store more energy over winter and also makes watering much less of a struggle

Not really, more like spoiled little tree

I am sure it is!!

Do you want to buy one?

Thanks!! I hope I’ll get around to it sometime

Burning deadwood gives it a natural aged look. The aluminum foil is to protect foliage from the heat and fire

Thanks for the kind words! It’s hard to fit a full „how to process“ into a shorts video. Also, I don’t consider myself ridiculously skilled, I am confident I could teach doing this to someone easily

Yes? ✨