A Short Tour of My Bonsai

[@grobonsai]

Thanks for watching! I’m doing a Q&A session on Patreon soon, styling opinions, tree health, bonsai techniques - you name it! www.patreon.com/grobonsai

[@junoantaresofficial]

Ive wanted to get into bonsai for a long time. You see a mess in your garden, i see the garden i wish i had. Big, sprawling plants that i can get up to my elbows in nurturing. So im here for the autumn garden vibes.

[@grobonsai]

I’m glad you’re here, thank you for seeing the positive

[@antwonevis5249]

Honestly, the caotic placement all over the place, having many that need work and weeding makes me feel better about the caos in my garden 😂 don't ever feel bad about it, I always kove your videos and down to earth honesty ! Thank you for the video, a lot of nice trees in working, can't wait to see them finished one day !

[@grobonsai]

Glad I’m not the only one haha thanks for watching

[@antwonevis5249]

@@grobonsai 😂definitely not alone, I think everyone's benches are a mess until someone comes over or they make a video and then clean up, like when you were little and someone was coming over so you rush to pick up all the clothes off the floor 🤣 same thing. It was my pleasure to watch your video, your stuff is always fun and insightful, thank you for your hard work, and I hope you get some more engagement and sales soon! You definitely deserve it 🙌

[@karlvonz_vlog7317]

Thanks for the garden tour.a lot of nice bonsai materials...

[@grobonsai]

Thanks for visiting!

[@XaviersBonsaiRetreat]

When you told that story about the wind I was literally taken back to a similiar event that happened 4 months ago with a starter literati Nothofagus! I love that your garden is in the same state as mine with projects in all states. The real world of pre-bonsai and a very creative mind. I'm annoyed that i missed the premiere but kids still expect me to put them first :)

[@grobonsai]

You can’t make it up hey!? Sounds like you can relate but I just love all types of growing plants and bonsai - seeds, saplings, prebonsai, developing bonsai… maybe one day even refining them hahaha

[@XaviersBonsaiRetreat]

Thee refining bit is the part that I may need to start concentrating on soon :)@@grobonsai

[@watsup6084]

So cool you did the tour. Wish I had this many thick trunk trees. I think your garden is beautiful, while non bonsai people might think some parts are a mess and ugly, for us this is a treasure grove :)

[@grobonsai]

Always good to see things from a different perspective, thanks

[@my_bonsai_and_koi]

Hello, and I thought I had lots of trees and chaos in my garden. But I'm only a very small light compared to you... 🤣 Very nice tour and I don't think you'll get bored! Have fun with the trees, hopefully often without rain! 😉 Best regards!

[@grobonsai]

Take up bonsai they said, it’s relaxing they said! Thanks for watching

[@Rojin_Bonsai]

Fantastic tour. Lots of amazing trees ti work on 😊

[@grobonsai]

Thanks mate

[@bloodfungus3066]

Geezy u have such a nice collection of trees🤙i look forward to seeing ur future work on them😊

[@grobonsai]

Thanks 👍

[@Dylan-ok6ft]

What an amazing collection! Thanks for sharing!

[@grobonsai]

Thanks for watching, glad you see the positives rather than judging on the negatives!

[@thenaturecreater8906]

All i see is content for years to come! A clean and some organisation and this will be awsome! Cant wait mate to see everything you come up with. And you got some great trees that just need a little love. My name is Christopher by the way. 37 from Norway

[@grobonsai]

Thanks Christopher, it’s getting there slowly but surely

[@RocamboleMan]

man that's a collection ! hope you'll take us on a tour again in the late spring or early summer

[@beardedbonsai6941]

A lot of interesting trees to work on, that's what I see in there. Your garden looks real, I like it.

[@grobonsai]

that's true, the mess bogs me down but it's my mess so I can't complain :D

[@BlueJayBonsai]

Great tour, love it! Thanks for sharing .. it can be intimidating to open the kimono! 😆🐦💙

[@grobonsai]

Hahahaha nobody wants that cheers Jay

[@Rojin_Bonsai]

Loving that thumbnail 👌 😅

[@jimpanse5375]

Legendary collection, wow 💚

[@grobonsai]

Thanks 😊

[@brianjanku4549]

Looks very similar to my collection! That's a lot of trees!

[@grobonsai]

Help me hahaha

[@juanita5691]

Goodness, you have fantastic trees and accents plants!!! Thanks for showing your garden to us. Hope we can have more bench tours in the spring and summer!

[@grobonsai]

Definitely!

[@OjaiBonsai]

Every bonsai enthusiast has trees like this. My wife didn’t like it until I started putting them in pots but it takes years if not decades. Cheers from Ojai California

[@grobonsai]

Glad it’s not just me!!

[@bonsaiexpression]

Nice to finally have a tour of your collection. Fantastic 👍🏻

[@grobonsai]

Thanks for checking out the collection

[@BonsaiCornwall]

Hi mate, really reassuring to see you’re a normal guy like us. Viral content yes but still battling weeds and lack of time. Humbling and big respect to you for showing us, I personally really enjoyed the video

[@grobonsai]

It’s all smoke & mirrors of the editing process

[@972holden]

Oh no! Can’t believe the pot broke - that was a great video where you repotted the hawthorn. I’ll have to make another one!

[@grobonsai]

My own fault, but yes, completely gutted, one of my faves - sorry Gavin!!

[@WazakuraJapan]

Excellent video, Thanks for showing your garden!

[@nerinat8371]

I wish l had a large garden like yours, id be in my element. Thanks for sharing

[@grobonsai]

Thanks!

[@mattbrennan647]

Pruning party at Darren’s house. Thanks, keep growing 🎉

[@grobonsai]

The party never stops! 😄

[@japanesemaplesbonsai7133]

Amazing collection of trees with loads of potential! Thanks

[@grobonsai]

Thank you too

[@Andi_M.]

Just WOW!! 😍✌ Keep on growing!

[@grobonsai]

Thanks - keep growing!

[@Nobodyimportant19012]

I would love to get lost in your garden. I am for the whimsical feel of the chaos. Just to become invisible in a corner surrounded by these projects and get lost in my own world❤️

[@grobonsai]

Aww thanks, sounds lovely

[@jokinramosperez]

Amazing

[@grobonsai]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@davemiddleton4971]

Cool rambling garden !

[@grobonsai]

So nice of you!!

Perfect! Now I am satisfied with knowing that many videos will be coming 👍😉. And I maybe should ask my wife if she let me be your apprentice for 2-3 weeks to help you little bit with tiding up your garden for exchange to improve my english 😅😅😂😂

[@grobonsai]

Let me know what she says 😂

@@grobonsai 😅😅👍

[@shuancook9005]

Nice material 🌳 Enjoy 👍

[@grobonsai]

Thank you 👍

[@joaobalinha3631]

Excellent video, love bonsai garden exhibitions 😂 how do you feed so many trees and cuttings??

[@grobonsai]

Haha I don’t even know!

[@jarvisalden9019]

Yeah this video just made you my go to bonsai channel. We have the same style you and I. 😅

[@mikeswain9085]

For me, a much better commentary, far more 'natural' than the other recent 'scripted' videos.

[@grobonsai]

I understand, but it’s a lot easier to talk naturally when I just have to stand there. Working, talking and being film crew is hard, especially as I’m not naturally talkative. Filming the work silently is a lot faster and less exhausting. Regardless, the audience has spoken, so the next vids will continue the lo-fi style 👍

[@thevaluehorse]

I like all your elms the most. you could make content about wiring those. I'd love to see a windswept.

[@grobonsai]

Might have an elm vid or 2 coming in the next few weeks, one with a bit of a windy vibe but not full blown windswept

[@nillysbonsai9636]

Working progress as long as you progress you can’t beat yourself up :D bonsai Fever is Addictive throw in life,work and trying to make videos = time gone 😅 keep growing

[@grobonsai]

So true - bonsai fever

[@BillyBobJoeSnr]

I was amazed by the garden, not the mess more the collection of started trees. I've got a bunch of MAME/shohin trees but moving more towards the mame.

[@grobonsai]

Nice nice - makes working on the quicker and it’s easier to carry them haha

[@laughingmanic]

I can understand the feeling of getting annoyed at a tree that wasn't what it was sold as. Wanted to get a beech, found a decent one at a nursery over the winter (so no leaves) only to find out in the spring it's actually a hornbeam. Nothing wrong with it, just not what I wanted so I'm grumpy with it!

[@grobonsai]

So annoying! There’s more to that maples story but I didn’t want to go on. But the nursery sent the tree I selected to a different customer, and his little azalea to me. So they said send his tree to him, he’ll send mine, and they pay the shipping. So I send the azalea and turns out the guy decided to keep my tree! So the nursery send me a different maple - one thats got multiple issues. I was pretty mad, but at least I got a rare beni chidori at last… 🤦‍♂️

[@foltrap]

Love this channel!

[@grobonsai]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@MrJcalvino]

That Potentilla trunk HOLY

[@grobonsai]

I know right!? It was worth the 8hr round trip just for that

[@katsanchez246]

"projects that I started and never finished" LOL that's literally my life. I think a lot of bonsai people are both artists and collectors and this sort of thing happens

[@grobonsai]

ANd a little sprinkle of adhd 😅

[@andrewclack4881]

Holy crap! you've got some work ahead. Have you had a gap year? 😂😂😂

[@grobonsai]

Need one, and an intern hehe

[@MrJuunhu]

Wow… you need another live to deal with all those trees. 😅 Good luck, I’ll be following you with that…

[@grobonsai]

Thanks it’s going to be busy!

[@danareed1656]

wonderful!

[@grobonsai]

Many thanks!

[@fredmanfv]

Goodness me...and here I am thinking I need to scale back. 😳 I'm sure you don't water by hand...? Ah, I really enjoyed this video mate👍

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

Even my biggest trees are sticks by comparison to all those projects.

[@grobonsai]

Sounds to me like you got it under control, I got all these long term projects and trees I can’t lift… and I’m still doing cuttings, eyeing up air layers, scrolling marketplace ads for material. Help

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

@@grobonsaimy biggest problem is all my material is much younger and/or less developed. 😊

[@johnrb9397]

Mate do you think you have too many trees and projects on the go? Maybe for peace of mind you could let a heap go and focus on the ones that bring you the most joy. Get some of the backyard projects done with the freed up time. Might be able to enjoy the backyard a bit more then.

[@grobonsai]

Honestly, yes, but it’s complicated 😅 every time I think I could move a piece of material on, I tell myself I can make a video out of xyz but never do. Or I could do xyz and sell it, but never do. I have washed the deck though, and the ‘patio’ well, money ran out due to unexpected issues. ADHD doesn’t help hahaha sigh god help me

[@Admiral_Pumpout]

I think we were non-identical twins separated at birth. the traits we have in common is now getting a bit scary! lists, my man, lists! split the garden in to sections, spend a bit of time doing one bit and feel the pleasure as you get to cross the job off the list!

[@grobonsai]

You’re so right, I need to start making lists again!! Thanks

[@pastafricelli]

looks amazing. Dont be so harsh its the things you love, if you do much things will get messy. Id better wont show my spots, my garage .... ^^

[@grobonsai]

Thank you

[@Alfaro_Bonsai]

greetings from one hobby❤

[@grobonsai]

Greetings thank you 🙏

[@BonsaiK2H]

Wonderfull

[@grobonsai]

Thanks 😊

[@Matias-lq2xw]

que emoción!

[@grobonsai]

:D

[@howardmckeown7187]

your memory must be better than mine, 🤔😂😂😂😂

[@grobonsai]

Hehe I’m not so sure

[@danareed1656]

Chinese elm are weed trees here!

[@grobonsai]

Yeah they can be invasive I hear. Excellent bonsai subjects though!

[@danareed1656]

@@grobonsaioh im sure they can be, i live in Wisconsin USA , and they like to come up where ever they want and if you don't remove them right away they become almost imposable to remove! you cut them down to the ground and they just come back and even digging them up don't work and i don't use chemicals because of my pets ! I'm pretty sure a couple in my yard count as in ground bonsai lol not good ones but still lol

[@Benw3790]

I could never dare keep my trees on the ground like this. They will almost all and almost always get infested with ants. 😢

[@grobonsai]

I have ants too, which country are you in? I've had success using worm castings to make a tea and soaking the pot in it for a few minutes. There is an enzyme in worm 💩 that is harmful to the ants exoskeleton, so they move out. Also drowning is pretty persuasive haha

[@Benw3790]

@@grobonsai I am in America. Even if I leave a tree on the ground for a few days, during the warmer times of year, on cement or concrete the ants will take over. I usually drown them as well. I almost always emergency repot though. I didn’t know that about the worm castings! You learn something new everyday. I’ll keep that in mind.

[@davebond8251]

Gardening is so over rated👍😃looks like you’re walking around my garden

[@grobonsai]

Always another project waiting to be discovered 😁

[@brucedeacon28]

👍😬

[@grobonsai]

👍👍

[@marinkoruscic7024]

Katastrophe sorry

[@grobonsai]

No apology necessary