Thanks! I wish I could buy BioGold. No dealers in Australia. I got one bag from Japan but that was just an expensive experiment. I wonder though if any fertilizer from the garden center would be good enough. When you add "bonsai" as an adjective to anything the price goes way up.
@XaviersBonsaiRetreat3 ай бұрын
You are spoiling me again Roger but thank you!!! I thought if i put Bonsai in front of my videos it would have the same effect...but alas no :)
@misupport67353 ай бұрын
@@XaviersBonsaiRetreat 😆
@rtregear3 ай бұрын
@@XaviersBonsaiRetreat I appreciate the effort you put into getting videos available for all to watch. I know you enjoy it (well, most of it) but the bonsai education benefits to me, and all viewers, are huge so I'm happy to make a small contribution to that from time to time. Given the amount of material you produce, it's just a few cents per hour of education and that's great value. Many thanks.
@danielfonseca50073 ай бұрын
Have been following your Trident tutorials and the last one I did is a little kabudachi. And right now (winter in Australia) it looks like 3 dead sticks in a pot, but once the growing season comes and the new shoots extend from that very tight structure it will be stunning 😊. This long term approach really works, it's just hard as you say going back to bare bones when they look so nice, but then the next season when you see the multiple levels of short internodes it is so satisfying!😊
@XaviersBonsaiRetreat3 ай бұрын
You are so right. Tridents always give you more chances it is just about being patient :)
@misupport67353 ай бұрын
I think the last tree is charming. I would remove that one bended root though.
@XaviersBonsaiRetreat3 ай бұрын
I agree that I need to look at the roots more.
@nerinat83713 ай бұрын
So many good instructions in this video Xavier.. so much to learn but can't wait to start snipping.. thanks again Xavier
@XaviersBonsaiRetreat3 ай бұрын
Far too generous with your compliments Nerina - we all love to snip
@danielfonseca50073 ай бұрын
With that last tree, I'd wire up the highest branch and pull it up. And since you are now a master of thread grafting you could put another branch on that side mid height in between the other two
@XaviersBonsaiRetreat3 ай бұрын
I think you maybe right about the threat graft option. Cheers
@carolewald50753 ай бұрын
Thanks! Great refresher on pruning tridents.
@XaviersBonsaiRetreat2 ай бұрын
Thank you for that Carole - I feel like I am finally beuilding the knowledge and confidence to develop these properly. Autumn will be when I next get my cutters out to them :)
@mick6813 ай бұрын
I think that I would plant the last tree in the ground and leave it for a couple of years to grow freely. Once the trunk had thickened a bit more cut the top off and go for a fat stumpy tree.
@scheers1003 ай бұрын
That is exactly what I would do. One or two years could be enough to heal the wounds on the trunk and regrowing the apex.
@XaviersBonsaiRetreat3 ай бұрын
That's the best bit of advice and reaffirms what has been in my mind for a few years. Thank you :)
@XaviersBonsaiRetreat3 ай бұрын
That seems to be best answer :)
@osmanmx2 ай бұрын
Excellent work, congratulations Xavier. In the last trident tree, I would have used the apex to graft the first branch. And the roots emerge on a beautiful rock (I don't cut them) Best regards 👍🏽
@XaviersBonsaiRetreat2 ай бұрын
That's an interesting idea - still lots of building to do with that monster :)
@joegarland48853 ай бұрын
Good long term pruning my friend. I am going to do something different, I am putting myself in the mind of the tree and think to myself, I spend all freezing winter making sure that I stay alive in the first place but also healthy with loads of good juicy buds so when the weather gets better I can throw out some great beautiful leaves so I look full and healthy !! Then this bloke comes along and cuts all or most of my beautiful leaves off, what’s all that about, somebody take those things he cuts my leaves with OFF HIM or I am not going to bother next winter and see how he likes that when it warms up and Im DEAD. don’t have any Tridents but I am sure the pruning applies to all maple species. I am not a great lover of exposed roots Xav unless they’re wrapped round a rock. Is that brutal enough. .Have fun my friend.
@XaviersBonsaiRetreat3 ай бұрын
I loved your view today and the more brutal the better. Liking the roots may just be another way to show I am 'at a loss' with what to do next...but don't tell anybody :)
@phillipwaterman57213 ай бұрын
Very nice bonsai s beautiful trees looking good xavier keep up the good work mate thanks
@XaviersBonsaiRetreat3 ай бұрын
Thanks for your long term support Phillip
@Bonsaicrazy3 ай бұрын
Great video xav 👊👊
@XaviersBonsaiRetreat3 ай бұрын
Thanks Andy
@sueb13173 ай бұрын
Still amazes me how much the leaves have reduced on your tridents. Do you use a similar technique on any of your other deciduous trees? I think the direction of the last tree will be easier to see in autumn when the leaves have dropped - easier to tell if major branches are crossing the front. You should have no problem re-growing!
@XaviersBonsaiRetreat3 ай бұрын
I use the same technique on all my deciduous. Combination of pruning, semi defoliation and leaf cutting :)
@TOMSAI3 ай бұрын
Very Good work xav. And 2 nice Trident mapels ! I like this trees . 👌 Cheers 🍻
@XaviersBonsaiRetreat3 ай бұрын
Thanks Tom - lots of work to do on these yet :)
@DavesBonsai3 ай бұрын
Great looking tree my friend:
@XaviersBonsaiRetreat3 ай бұрын
Cheers dave - i am still very jealous of your field grown pines :)
@raymondbirds23923 ай бұрын
Lovely job
@XaviersBonsaiRetreat3 ай бұрын
Thanks Raymond
@MrTsBonsai-ease-s8k6 күн бұрын
Hello Xav... I got gifted a Trident from Heron's today for my 50th! ... it'll need some work but I'm nervous to be as bold as you have been...
@XaviersBonsaiRetreat14 сағат бұрын
Make sure it is healthy first...then it will be fine with whatever you chose to do
@trybonsai3 ай бұрын
Great video my friend 🎉🎉
@XaviersBonsaiRetreat3 ай бұрын
Thank you
@notionbonsai3 ай бұрын
Great pruning decisions Xavier, always thinking long term! Love it!!
@XaviersBonsaiRetreat3 ай бұрын
Thinking 'long term' means i can make excuses for why the tree looks so bad 'short term':)
@treesbonsaiperfect84203 ай бұрын
nice work thanks for sharing this video❤🌳
@XaviersBonsaiRetreat3 ай бұрын
My pleasure - some of these are starting to become good trees
@oachkatzlsmum3 ай бұрын
Second is fine as well 😂😘
@XaviersBonsaiRetreat3 ай бұрын
The second one is slowly growing on me...so to speak :)
@oachkatzlsmum3 ай бұрын
@@XaviersBonsaiRetreat now I blush ☺️ thank you
@oachkatzlsmum3 ай бұрын
Love your pruning instructions! Trident in big trouble: Indeed a challenge. I would have cut quite similar and would hope for backbuding. Probably for one year. Rethinking if not successful. I try to do the same with my Chinese elm. Meanwhile unfortunately still not own a trident maple myself. Maybe it is possible to buy some of your rooted cuttings or even a smaller tree? Enjoy your day. Cheers, Martina
@XaviersBonsaiRetreat3 ай бұрын
I'm sure we could arrange something Martina :)
@oachkatzlsmum3 ай бұрын
@@XaviersBonsaiRetreat I would love to
@maryoverton724514 күн бұрын
your last trident, (exposed roots) what if you buried the roots and since you cut back that top apex concentrated on a shohin broom style tree. I know the trunk has a curve, but I think it might suit it better
@XaviersBonsaiRetreat14 күн бұрын
That's a good suggestion mary - thank you
@ishamakkusu3 ай бұрын
Lovely little tree. Do you apply the same branch/bud selection technique to field maples?
@XaviersBonsaiRetreat3 ай бұрын
Exactly the same method to all my maples. It seems to work well.
@markjagger71393 ай бұрын
Great video and some super informative content, thanks Xav as always.
@XaviersBonsaiRetreat3 ай бұрын
I appreciate you watching Mark
@simonbremner27073 ай бұрын
✌
@XaviersBonsaiRetreat3 ай бұрын
A big hello to Simon :)
@brucedeacon283 ай бұрын
👍👌🙂
@XaviersBonsaiRetreat3 ай бұрын
Cheers Bruce
@trybonsai3 ай бұрын
I'd leave it and develop it as is, and put it over a rock... Creating a tree that's been to hell and back
@XaviersBonsaiRetreat3 ай бұрын
I definitely think that one is going to go back into a nursery bed for a few years and see what 'it' decides to do :)
@notionbonsai3 ай бұрын
First!
@XaviersBonsaiRetreat3 ай бұрын
Thank you Adam :)
@t3dwards133 ай бұрын
My comment is that I know my opinions are meaningless. Lol