10 Ways to increase the size of your Bonsai Trunks

[@lindagallagher6051]

All I can say is this has been the "BEST" video I have seen on this topic! Not only sharing priceless knowledge, but at the same time going around to show perfect examples of what they are telling us about. Would "LUV" to see more like this on other Bonsai topics. Thanks so much for sharing this awesome video. Now I am going to go get started putting some of my trees in the ground. Blessed Be To You & Yours.

[@timm.6391]

@Daniela Ferreira I'm waiting till spring to start mine.

[@oliviatrue2907]

I'm just now getting into bonsai. Why don't people always start out the bonsai in the ground, on a board? So much easier to keep moist....which has worried me about getting into this. Could I keep up with watering potted bonsai..? ..don't know....but in the ground yes. And faster growth! Thoughts?

[@maggiedoyle1435]

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[@maggiedoyle1435]

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[@ErikPukinskis]

Dan Robinson's spot looks completely magical. The wind, the adult trees around, the way the Bonsai are all arranged, the lake view. Wow.

[@taff6987]

I was thinking exactly the same! Reminds me of my grandfathers place. He was a professional gardener Holtuculturist.

[@aysinduarte]

What a beautiful place to live and work

[@bradengrimm442]

It is. I've been there and love the atmosphere.

[@TheDcraft]

The water too.

[@soundbydesignindia3730]

Just what we all thought, including me. Such a haven and piece of heaven.

[@MrFlashwall]

life goal- bonsai garden that backs out on to the lake

[@weareorigin]

*daydream drools*

[@yoteslaya7296]

dan's backyard ....amazing

[@kandythehauntedhippy]

I would love to chill in that mans yard with him and just talk trees all afternoon.

[@maxoforce2920]

Smoking some trees with the Chinese guy

[@BigBoss-ti2xm]

Yea, but he also need to work and make money

[@MasterovD.Skies42_411]

I'd love to sit down with so many of the KZbin gardeners/bonsai-ers/carnivorous plant growers, and all these really exotic plant fields, and exchange tried and true advice/information for labor in their greenhouse/farm/garden. There's so much to learn from so many people, and knowing that I'll likely never know everything about all or even one of these fields gives me a really euphoric feeling of unending-ness. There's always more to learn, so given that you try, you'll never stop getting smarter and better.

[@wnynewjersey222]

amen to that

[@danieldevito6380]

You have no idea! I have entire backyard full of different future bonsai trees, and I would just love to just go and pick his brain all day. I have a million and one questions.

[@yusrirohman3266]

Finally someone who is not afraid and selfish to share the knowledge.

[@danieldevito6380]

I have my entire backyard full of different, future bonsai trees and I've been trying to find as much info on them as I can. Definitely gonna subscribe.

[@sidewaysonhighways]

Another great thing about ground growing pre bonsai material is that those trees are less maintenance than ones in pots. Nature and the elements tend to take care of the tree’s growth pattern and shape. I have a few trees that are planted at the edge of a retaining wall in my back yard. I’m applying the retaining wall to simulate a cliff side on a mountain top. I have placed rocks at the bases of some of the trees so that wind or the weight of heavy snow have leverage to contort the trunks. One of which is a limber pine which is partly in the shade, and it has contorted so it’s foliage can reach the light. There is a yew I got from a closing nursery which has started cascading down the retaining wall in many places. With potted trees, you have to often protect them from the cold wind so the roots don’t dry out. Easy solution would be to bury the tree still in the nursery pot for the winter. If you still really want it in the pot.

[@judithmaybee733]

It's not possible tho in colder climates like NE America. No greenhouse...?

[@sidewaysonhighways]

@@judithmaybee733 I live in MD, so the roots will be fine as long as they are not exposed to the wind and dry air. I would only use a greenhouse if the trees were in grow boxes or pots. However I have a couple large collected boxwoods out front in those half barrel planters, and I just put dead leaves over the bonsai substrate, and the bushes have come back the last couple years. The planters are sitting on the ground in my plant bed.

[@myrabbitispink]

this is a really extensive, knowledgable and useful synopsis of the subject and your well-spoken presentation makes it even more enjoyable

[@michaelreed9805]

Very informative and fun to watch. Thanks for the info. Just started growing bonsai tree's from a seed kit I found on sale. They have grown nicely over the past 4 months or so. So much to learn ...it's a science and art combined with plenty of patience...well worth it! Now I'm a bonsai junky. the only regret I have is not starting many years ago

[@drohnenfabrik]

I had to comment again. I learned new things in your list of trunk thickening tips. Then, the field trip with Dan Robinson at the end??? What great knowledge! I got chills when he was leading us to the trees he grew in-ground! Exciting and informative. Great video.

[@kimberlycrisler6834]

You are exactly what I’ve been searching KZbin for. Thank you for sharing your expertise and time!

[@Johnnysday]

Wow, what an exceptional video. Not only was it very informative but it shows your passion for the art of bonsai. It’s rare you get so much information coupled with passion for the art. Many thanks

[@TheBonsaiZone]

A nice video Ben and Dan!

[@lindagallagher6051]

Really "Luv" your videos as well!

[@tyguydude1]

nice

[@dinudavis4230]

*Here I go*

[@pattyfugate4137]

Thank you for this video..it was very informative!!!

[@t3dwards13]

@@dinudavis4230 Snip. "Like that."

[@trentgoodchild1218]

Great information on trunk thickening. I'm all ready a believer in growing in ground and after this video I think a lot more people will be doing it to

[@raarism]

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[@LKS-mudslinger]

Thanks for passing on the knowledge, what a beautiful garden you visited. Thank you!

[@bubblesvods1115]

It’s his

[@WTnovice]

Wow - who would have thought it....grow your trees in the ground......enjoyed this video as it emphasizes the need to be patient...I'm quite new to all this and have just started a couple of projects but with not much space I have to be selective about what goes in the ground. I was already of the opinion that they would be better started and developed in the ground for a few years then maintained in pots, Seeing those results has confirmed it for me - thankyou

[@michaelhudson5404]

Thank you Ben for your advice I live in UK 🇬🇧 and I have been keep bonsai for several years now thanks to you and others on KZbin I am slowly learning how to do things correctly...

[@BlueSkyBonsai]

Superb video Ben, really enjoyed it! Tip 7 is a simple one if you want that gnarled look at the trunk base. Tip 9 - silica - is completely new to me. I will investigate. Thanks!!

[@forestwalker6435]

Great video. Great info. Understandable. The amount of info you provided in such a short time is really impressive.

[@bruceande1]

Your interview with Dan Robinson was amazingly informative....Starting plants in the ground is definitely an advantage!!!

[@dmac9954]

The only channel I've watched that correctly pronounces "bonsai".

[@Dovietail]

What a lovely video. Very well-thought-out and calmly delivered. Totally subscribing!

[@betoo1769]

I think this video quite answering my question. Tq so much👍👍👍

[@sophiaangelini4368]

Splendid video and splendid teaching. With gratitude.

[@melanesianbonsai]

simple knowledge but very useful..

[@Reblwitoutacause]

Loved this video. The music in the beginning reminded me of Strobe and that was a blast from the past..

[@cyndifoore7743]

I love bonsai. Those thick trunks are beautiful.

[@Truthseaaker]

What a beautiful place. Bonsai heaven

[@willyventura7632]

Amazing bonsai idol verry nice lessons learned to me thanks

[@chrisbranan2538]

This is the most helpful video I’ve seen in a while. I had trees in small pots and never grew. I just planted a bunch in the ground.

[@bonsaisn]

Thank you for your great sharing, I will apply it to my plants

[@temujinkhan6326]

and that is why bonsais are priceless with some taking 1/4 of a person's life to turn into one

[@over50nomads70]

Wow thank you so much.. I’m new to Bonsai and this was so valuable...

[@kitsukeita]

This is probably the best explained video on the internet about bonsai which goes into the actual details of why and how to do things instead of serving as an advertisement for a 'course' to learn more. Greetings from India.

[@seemamaheshwari6324]

Very informative video Viewer from India

[@DeanKYouTube]

Fantastic video, thank you!

[@strongstyleorganics4868]

Great tips! Especially the one on adding silica. I like agsil 16 as a foliar to add silica and prevent fungal issues. Basically using it as a ph up substitute for baking soda.

[@grobonsai]

Great video, packed full of tips and a nice chill vibe 👏 congratulations Ben ✌️

[@robertboeckmann1111]

Thanks Ben! I stumbled upon your video this morning and it was one of the most educational bonsai videos I’ve seen in quite a while! I’ve subscribed 😊

[@antoniomaceda]

Great video. Thank you for the education!

[@duncanj206]

Fellow Bonsai'er from Seattle! You have a beautiful garden, sir!

[@incognitotorpedo42]

Wow, the knowledge density here is off the charts! Subbed.

[@dodgersfnshepard8673]

That was awesome and just what I needed! I've been wondering so much and this answered questions that didn't even deal with trunk size.

[@yoopermann7942]

so that is how its done! i was just thinking of doing this just to see what would happen and if my trees would survive better over the long freezing winters, thank you for the tips

[@ontario_backwoods_beekeeping]

If you want to thicken trunks fast hang weights on the branches near the trunk. It adds stress weight and it bulks up to deal with it rather then wait for all the new growth to do the same thing😉

[@a-mb9373]

What would be a "weight"?

[@bonsa1guy]

Wow. Just gobsmacked.

[@GrowingBonsai]

Thank you for this insights in your bonsai garden!

[@lorismiotto88dilegnoamano]

Thx for your clear and useful explanations. Ciao. Lori from Italy

[@drohnenfabrik]

Stress wood!! Amazing info. Thanks!

[@mauriciosotorubio5389]

This is great information. Thank you

[@quangvietphi9483]

Great! this video is what I need now. Thank you very much for sharing!

[@roiq5263]

Very very nice trees.

[@VondaInWonderland]

I'm so glad that I found your channel. This video was great! I just put my Psudobombax Elipictum in the ground after 3 years in a pot. I hope that I can train it to be a fabulous tree ♥

[@wypimentel]

Very complete video of thickening up trunks, thanks a lot!

[@vernwilson6910]

Very interesting, l love your work, being a Nursery man, l have a small Nursery and maintain a few bonsai plants myself, l love it, very inspiring, bsafe,

[@nazariojuarez3156]

Great info, really appreciate you shearing your knowledge..

[@angiethompson5648]

Thank you so much fo the video, gardening is a hobby that I adore, I also raise lithops and other plants in the mesembs family. I am very new to Bonsai, I only have one small tree so far. Lithops and Bonsai are complete opposites as far as care goes. So I am constantly searching for new info. I chose bonsai not because I love to garden but because it is a test of patience and loyalty and teaches consistency. It brings someone a sense of fulfillment. I think the art of bonsai is beautiful and hopefully I can learn something about myself along the way. And hopefully I can keep my trees happy and healthy for a very, very long time.

[@brianfoster7794]

Very educational and well explained, great video thanks for sharing

[@mynala110]

Thank you! That was a great learning experience

[@ruigsantos]

That bonsai garden with the lake view by the end of the video. Is that paradise?

[@-ChrisD]

This video was excellent! Job well done👍🏻. Thanks for sharing! Amazing trees!!

[@bonsaimaniac8389]

Thanks for all the advice. Just helped more than you know!

[@lizzyanthus1]

I'm learning quite a lot about bonsai lately. This was a very good, very informative video. Thanks! Also loved the gentleman you visited. Best lesson learned here today? Plant them in the ground! Anyway, I've subscribed and am looking forward to watching more.

[@jesters1gamble201]

I have 2 trident maples placed in about a 100L container one is sitting on a old rooting tile that one was put an a 20L pot and forgotten about for 4 years roots grew into the ground definitely helped

[@scroungasworkshop4663]

Thank you so much. That just confirmed I’m on the right track. Cheers Stuart 🇦🇺

[@deedahl2866]

I'm trying some of these methods with my 12 foot tall Japanese Maple. I have done 2 air layerings and now waiting for roots to start forming. I used PressNSeal because it sticks to itself and I can form a bubble with the sphagnum moss and pinch the ends. I also cut a piece of the spiraled protective plastic on the lower part of the trunk to use it for air layering - that's an experiment. I already have 3 new Benj Ficus cuttings from air layering and they are doing GREAT. Also trying air layering for several different colored Bougainvilleas, but it's too early to tell if they are taking or not.

[@tomatlanta2665]

So impressive

[@gregf8167]

Just found your channel. Great video. Thanks from Australia

[@RoyaleJester]

Priceless information with the guy at the end. Thank you for sharing and got my sub 👊🌳

[@darrenfisherman3838]

Omg that mans garden is beautiful

[@bonsaidevelopment1016]

LOVE that you mentioned intentional-scarring, it's important to note that NOT all species react well to this, for instance I use this technique to GREAT effect on strong-callousing species like bald cypress & maple & ficus, however on softer-woods like my bougainvilleas I would be very hesitant (well, it's not that you wouldn't do it at all, I do this on most of my trees to 1 degree or another but the significance in difference cannot be understated, like with a BC compared to a Bougie, each with identical nebari & identical intended-results, I'd probably be making a 10X larger wounding on the BC than I'd be doing on the Bougie, also the Bougie would only get this wounding at a specific time of year ie height of its vegetative growth flushing, whereas with BC's I wound/nick them anytime of the year that they're growing if/when I see areas that'd benefit, this isn't just a thickness 'trick' it's also great just for smoothing-out/tapering things that weren't flowing as smoothly or as nicely as you'd have liked ;D ) Great vid thanks for posting!!

[@joshuastover1047]

Great video and Dans place is amazing

[@sserpxee]

Thanks I will try these techniques on my bone sai

[@brewerfoodie9223]

Great video. Thank you

[@bjornnorberg8996]

Superb video Ben, cheers from Sweden

[@felixdiaz52]

Great job 🎉

[@bigview]

Nice how to thick trunks Compilation 👍

[@kaholiachumi8737]

Thanks for the informative video. Kindly keep updated. Love your video.

[@Clint_the_Audio-Photo_Guy]

Nice, I learned something again. Thanks.

[@thuydao8945]

Thanks for your valuable information.

[@dalifer3000]

wow! amazing content! thanks for the great info bro.

[@asanoen1777]

Ben great videos so so much has changed in this art this was one of the details that was heavily guarded in Japan back in the early stages of allowing students to study there especially the grafting techniques it was forbidden for American students to witness the process, it's a beautiful art the amount of artists that exist in the world is astounding and think about all the wonderful trees that have been created by all these artists with just the right amount of technique that has been allowed and shared.

[@angamvan1102]

Ok i will try with my bonsai method 7and 8 and wait result thank for share very good idea for aplly

[@kamanaeugenio5279]

This helps me a lot with general planting ty

[@rnmultimedia7162]

Thank You so much - I had given up on Bonsai bc they all died on me while being small and most of all I wanted a thicker trunk - now I know

[@NEWCREATIONRaiSantosh]

I'm bonsai beginner sir great beautiful collection sir thanks for knowledge

[@FlowericiousResident]

Thanks showing us all what you know i might do one bonsai as a hobby and the view @14:40 was amazing

[@PapaOsmubal.OscarBalajadia]

Thanks for the informative video

[@damianmlegacy7311]

Paradise!!

[@joshlang8247]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@thomasfribeiro]

Great video! Cheers from Brazil

[@zofiawarchaowska8464]

After this video, you have all my attention!

[@amcd6355]

This is awesome thanks so much for sharing your knowledge

[@lordofleaves257]

Love that intro song by Kubbi. I knew i recognized it but had to think for a bit

[@YsabetJustYsabet]

I'm pretty new at this, and I think I just learned more about trunk widening from this one video than from anything I've read, watched or heard about in person. That last clip you added was pretty telling, and made me wish I'd gotten into the hobby ten years ago. Oh well... I live in the desert Southwest (SE AZ, to be precise) and have to consider the climate in everything that I do; I'm experimenting with some native and drought-tolerant species, because I don't want to get some tropical moist-climate tree going and then watch it croak when the weather hits 115F (it's a good thing I have a big African Sumac tree for shade!) Putting things in the ground here might be a little problematic, but I can put them into some absolutely huge pots and deep earth-boxes-- hopefully that'll be the next best thing. I have a little dwarf pomegranate that's still in its nursery pot that I've done a little cleanup and wiring too, nothing else; it's about 9" tall, and it'll go today into an unglazed terracotta pot that's two feet across and very deep. Think that'll help? I was also considering putting a piece of slate from the nearby mountains a few inches down to increase the nebari-- it's a healthy, pretty little tree with a lot of promise. I also have a Blue Palo Verde, wired, no trimming, only two years old and currently in the leafless mode; that'll also go into a much bigger pot today. Thanks again, and happy growing to you.

[@shredder8401]

Nice video. Dan is the man

[@granlex]

Incredible!!! In 10min i have learned so much from you Ben and Dan. Thank you for all the information it is greatly appreciated. Keep making more videos. I have a question fro you. Let me know if i can write to you

[@evaposada4167]

Thanks. Informative video.ep

[@ironc5194]

Hell yeah, I learned a lot and hopefully my two seedlings make it this winter haha I got a whole new direction now!