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Spruce, Pines and Junipers grow in cold countries, they will not survive in a hot weather and no winters. Just as Ficus, Bogenvelia etc will not survive in cold countries, unless we take them indoors as the weather starts to get cold heading into Winter. Focus on trees which are local to you as they will not need extra care and attention. I hope this is helpful. Keep watching and giving your feed back and comments.

@@MehranAshkanian You should only remove the needles completely which have turned yellow/brown. As for green needles, these should never be removed completely as new growth sprouts from green areas. That said, you can cut back half, a third or even more, as long as you leave some green needles behind.

@mikbonsai Thanks my friend🙏🙏

​@@mikbonsai Now I am really clear and you explained it very well Thanks a million my friend 🙏🙏🙏🌲🌲🌲

Another question. An small blue star Juniper was gifted to me last week and I wasn't familiar with this type of Juniper. In what season you prune the green needles for back buds. Mine is too small for wring and styling. I must wait at least a year. Thanks

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Thank you Jason. Mine is close to 60 years old. I purchased it from Mike Jones this tree and a beach forest. he had grown all the trees from seeds or saplings. The crab apple was a sapling from Nagasaki when he got it. Sadly he got arthritis and could no longer after his trees and sold them off. the trees I got were 50 + years old and that was 10 years ago. I could never get to grow trees that old at my age, so I started buying old trees. I have many photos taken by mike of the trees I bought and he kindly gave them to me. If you ever read this, thank you Mike.

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Hi Dom ? I was off youtube for five years and am back now. I know these trees are native of South Africa. They grow in desert conditions and when growing them we have to create similar conditions that they are used to in the wild. These are succulents as there is no wood in the trunk or the branches. In the desert conditions there is very little rain and that is when the roots are growing and seeking water. When it rains, the roots get the water and are in a relaxed mode. As the soil dries out the roots again start to grow. The bonsai trees have to follow the same watering pattern. I tend not to wire these trees, the clip and grow should work. You are aware I live in London UK, I take PA's out doors during the summer months and bring them in during the winter months, before the temperature starts to fall. As far as the soil goes, I mix my own and you too can do the same, I use compost number 3, horticultural grade sand, horticultural grade grit, Pumice, horticultural grade pine bark in equal quantities. As for your Ginseng ficus, you should treat it as my ficus, I have recently up loaded three videos on a very large ficus which got damaged during the winter of 2022 and how got it to recover and its progress. The is also an earlier video which shows what the tree was like before the damage. 1) old video showing what the tree was like: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZ2kcoyuhb-di5Y 2) Three recent videos with detailed pruning, repotting and wiring. Treat your Ginseng same as I am treating my ficus tree. Your and my tree are same family. Latest videos: i) kzbin.info/www/bejne/aoW7c413rqepq9k ii) kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y6Oqda14dp5pask iii) kzbin.info/www/bejne/b2K4oaKHl6uMmdk Good luck with your repotting and Ginseng bonsai. Just like the Ficus, Ginseng are very tough trees and will tolerate mistakes and neglect and bounce back. Leave me comments when you do watch my videos. Please share if you can as I was away for five year and it feels like starting again from Zero.

Thanks for watching and your feed back. With all the variations it works, I have another video planned for next year as it's too cold to do air layering.

I am using sphagnum moss which is already moist. Thank you for watching and your comment.

Very thing branches may take root in sphagnum moss, I have to say I have not tried it, now that you have mentioned it will try it next summer and video it. I am not too sure that this method will work with such thick branches. Have you tried the sphagnum moss to root thick branches ? either way do let me know, I am interested to know and learn as its something I have not done. Great question, thanks you.

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@@brucedeacon28 Thank you for watching and your supportive feed back.

For the last fe years I have been making my own Soil mix. I use John Innes no. 3 compost, Pumice, Horticultural grades of: grit, sand, pine bark. Works well and I still use Akadama and add it in depends on the tree. I have come acro and have yet to test it. I was goping to test it off camera, but your question has inspired to do it on camera and hare the success or failute ! A Big Thank You for that !

Thank you for the warm welcome. Much appreciate your comment and your support. Keep watching. Nigel I have known a long time and came across Xavier since my return, came across his video mentioning Nigel Saunders, Marc D’Cruz and my self who inspired him. All nice people, you are in good company.

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Thanks for watching and encouraginh feed back. No I don't keep any birds. We do have loads of free Green Parrots flying arround in large a large flock. It is these Green Parrots who make all that noise. These Green Parrots are natives of India. There are two stories which have been doing the rounds for over thirty years: (1) these parrots escaped from pet shop all those years ago and adapted to the UK weaither. (2) They escaped form a film set. No one knows how these Indian Green Parrots ended up in the UK and they have multiplied over the year. There you go now you also know but not any wiser than the rest of us.

@@mikbonsai yes they r green ringneck parakeets the males have the ring collar females don’t ,have heard about these flocks in uk coming to people’s garden bird feeders they seem to be surviving rightly in the uk weather…I am in Northern Ireland

@@joepearce1728 Won't be long before they get across and over to you. 🙂

@@nerinat8371 Thanks for watching and your encouraging feed back.

Wow that was quick Tim, thank you for being here at such short notice !

Hello Matt, thanks for watching and sharing your experiences and an how you use moisture meter to help with your watering, along with a lot more information on the needs of the different tree species, pot size etc. I so hope other viewers read your comment and find it helpful as your information nicely complements what I have tried to communicate. Please subscribe if you haven't already done so.

@@mikbonsai I’ve been a subscriber for MANY years. Nice having you back

@@mattbrennan647 Thank you Mat for your continued support. Let me know if there is any thing I can do for you. If you in my neck of the woods, please call and pop over for a coffee and a pastry.

Thank you for watching and your very encouraging feedback. Very much appreciated.

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@@SulamAkarBonsai Like wise.

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Looks very similar, I will have to take a very close look at the foliage and then compare. Many thanks for your contribution to identifying this plant.

Many thank for dropping in. Glad you like the after thought.

Thanks for dropping in Chris, I had been off YT for five years, just got back to discover loads of new bonsai channels, including yours, good to see the bonsai community growing.

@@mikbonsai nice to see you back my friend. There are so many now, it's hard to keep up with everyone's videos. ☺️

Thank you Chris, do keep watching, like, comment and share when you can. Happy to be in contact with you. Take care and catch up soon.

So nice of you to let me know and am glad you are finding my videos helpful.

Tthanks Ross, Glad to have you with me and your feed back is much appreciated.

Wow, Gee thanks for your Islamic greetings and Peace be Upon You too.

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I too have a few large ones, they too need a more work to being them back into shape. I enjoy watching your videos, keep up the good work. 😀

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Hi Kennet, A lot of personal things happened all very close to one another. Due to personal circumstances i was off YT for nearly six years. All is well now and am back working my neglected trees and making bonsai videos of my trees. Thanks for looking in.

Thank you for watching and your feed back very much appreaciated. I was Off YT for a few years due to personal circumstances. All is well now and I am back making videos of my bonsai trees. Am glad to be here and appreciate your support,

@@mikbonsai More than welcome, glad you are OK and ‘all is well’ now. I will look out for your new content. Take care. 😊

@@rosseveritt8250 thank you, and I will be sure to look out for your visits and comments. Have a good weekend.

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