A Japanese Black Pine and a Chinese Juniper... - Arkefthos Bonsai

[@robertobreglia9224]

Beautiful video as always my friend,i appreciated your job on these two fantastic trees. I very like their style,very compliments!👏👏👏👏😉

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

I appreciate it as always Roberto!

[@hyperionhelios190]

Such a beautiful painting, an adorable pine, a suspenseful juniper in its new angle. Your ceramic selections are always impeccable good sir.

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

Even though taste is objective and very biodiverse, I really appreciate the last comment! Thank you very much!

[@pabloneuenschwander729]

The picture at 0.20 could easily be a picture by a master painter. Very beautifully staged, bravo. I really like your work and am looking forward to the next video. Many thanks

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

Definitely not a master, so many mistakes, contours for example, or that the objects are separated and not overlapping but I really appreciate your input though! Thank you very much Pablo!!

[@nerinat8371]

Your art is beautiful and so is your bonsai work. Thankyou so much

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

I appreciate it greatly Nerina! Especially about the painting!

[@Nemisia]

Nice Work! Like the color of the pot you chose for the pine. Wish you well and happy growing!

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

Thank you Christian! Have a great Sunday!

[@snejinka_in]

Lovely video as always, however I feel like the juniper is a bit too mounded up...looks odd in the pot for now

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

Thank you! Yes it does, that is what I will adjust in 2 years. Lower and more to the left. Cheers!

[@BONSAIenCORTO]

Thanks.

[@yoteslaya7296]

Nice trees mate, I see a lot of potential. As always I'm super jealous of that mountain view.

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

Thank you Yote! Mountains are not for everyone, especially here in Greece, people are all about the sea, but not me. That mountain view is the reason I live here! Cheers!

[@yoteslaya7296]

@ArkefthosBonsai hell ya brother I'm from Colorado, love the mountains. Cheers

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

@yoteslaya7296 daaamn! You're from Colorado and you are jealous of this view??? The Rockies are one of the most beautiful mountain ranges on earth....

[@yoteslaya7296]

@ArkefthosBonsai yes they are but I moved to California (mistake) so I dont see them anymore.

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

@yoteslaya7296 I understand now....

[@bonsaibythesea]

Everyone needs a hobby happy bonsai making 😮

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

Or even more than one! Thank you!

[@trybonsai]

Great work... Following you from Trinidad and Tobago 🎉🎉🎉

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

Thank you mate! Greetings from Greece!

[@alexandros1973]

Beautiful trees! I love the pine, very elegant, absolutely beautiful 👌 The oil painting is impressive, you really know what you are doing. I haven’t seen your dog for a long time. Is she ok?

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

Thank you Alex! Yes yes she is fine, it's just that she's hiding in the shadows of trees as it is already summer for her...

[@franbru8292]

Saludos y gracias 👍🙋🙂🙏🙏🙏👌

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

You're welcome Fran! Have a great Sunday!

[@JohnThurlbeck]

Loved the painting, my friend, and the shohin black pine! What else did you add to the substrate besides zeolite and pumice in the shohin?

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

Thank you John I appreciate it! Just a little bit of forest topsoil, semi composted abies needles, pieces of cones and bark. They have lots of mycorrhizae and usually that helps a lot! Cheers!

[@pela1100]

Excelente tu arte volcado en la pintura. Tu barba me recordó a imágenes de Leon Tólstoy...😅😂, son solo locuras mías. El pino negro es una maravilla como creó corteza. Salud. 🙇‍♂️

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

Ha ha ha thank you Fabian, for everything! Have a great Sunday!

[@pela1100]

@@ArkefthosBonsai 🙌

[@Bonsaicrazy]

Wicked Was that your painting at the beginning. That was so good. Trees look great 👊👊👊

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

Thank you! I appreciate it! Yes, indeed that was an early painting of mine. Cheers!

[@Bonsaicrazy]

@@ArkefthosBonsai you are brilliant my friend brilliant 👊👊👊

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

@Bonsaicrazy you're exaggerating, but thank you from the heart!

[@Bonsaicrazy]

@@ArkefthosBonsai no bro I may need glasses in my old age 😂😂 but you really are what I’d call a true artist 👊👊👊

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

@Bonsaicrazy thank you it means a lot! I'm almost 41 by the way and you look younger than me...

[@darkinhoo2]

Do you still paint the scrolls for the tokonomas? i'm still waiting for my cherry blossom scroll by the way... :) love the vid

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

Thank you Darko! I've set it aside as Im not happy with how the paper I have wrinkles when water hits it. I need to find a solution on that first.... Cheers!

[@brucedeacon28]

👍👌🙂

[@MatarasX]

Ωραιο βιντεο!!! Γιατι να αφαιρεσεις το moss τον χειμώνα??

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

Σε ευχαριστώ Βασίλη! Γιατί το χειμώνα θέλω να μη καθυστερεί να στεγνώνει το υπόστρωμα. Με μόνιμη υγρασία στις ρίζες, χάνεις εύκολα δέντρα και αναρωτιέσαι τι έφταιξε.. τα βρύα τα χρησιμοποιώ μόνο για να κρατάω υγρασία το καλοκαίρι.

[@alexandraprevezanou5448]

Θα ήθελα να σχολιάσω τη εξαιρετική επιλογή της μουσικής! Χαίρομαι που σας ανακάλυψα κι είσθε και συνΈλληνας😊

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

Το εκτιμώ ιδιαίτερα Αλέξανδρε! Σε ευχαριστώ!

[@alexandraprevezanou5448]

@@ArkefthosBonsai Αλεξάνδρα 😀

[@alexandraprevezanou5448]

Ελαφρόπετρα ως υπόστρωμα?

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

Μετά από έδαφος ναι. 5 με 6χιλ. Αν είναι απλή μεταφύτευση, βάζω ζεόλιθο, ελαφρόπετρα και περλίτη, ίσως λίγο οργανικό σε κάποια είδη.

[@alexandraprevezanou5448]

@@ArkefthosBonsai Θα πρέπει να προμηθευθώ ζεόλιθο. Και για το κτήμα. Εξαιρετικές ιδιότητες! Υποχρεωμένη για τις απαντήσεις, ευχαριστώ!

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

Αλεξάνδρα, ο ζεόλιθος είναι το κλειδί στο μείγμα που χρησιμοποιώ! Αν θέλεις να σου στείλω τον δικό κοίτα προμηθευτή με εξαιρετική ποιότητα και εξυπηρέτηση και εκπτώσεις για μεγαλύτερες ποσότητες.

[@alexandraprevezanou5448]

@@ArkefthosBonsai Ναι, ευχαριστώ πολύ 😀

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

@alexandraprevezanou5448 ψάξε για zeolife . gr και βρες το προϊόν για γεωργία στα 2.5-5χιλ. Καλημέρα!

[@W9SL9Y]

First 😁

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

With the finger on the trigger!

[@W9SL9Y]

Can you explain why with conifers/pines you should grow the roots as a mound instead of try to create a flat root surface like with deciduous etc?

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

@W9SL9Y definitely! Initially, conifers tend to grow deeper root systems as they grow mostly on drier, poor rocky soils. So aesthetically, nature has this difference in nebari look. Then, in bonsai, the way that you create great taper in conifers and mostly pines, is to always set the roots on mounds and as the nebari gradually matures, you gradually expose part of it in every future repotting. So every 2 - 3 years the tree sits just a little bit higher and the nebari gets a bit wider. After 50 years or so, you end up with huge, mature nebari, with rough bark, that barely fit the pot. Then you have to move the tree into bigger pot. That is the technique until the tree's death. Can you do this into maples as well? Well, yeah and Japanese definitely do that, but at a point you will settle with flat shallow roots, as this is what trees do in nature. Cheers!

[@W9SL9Y]

@@ArkefthosBonsai Thanks for the great explanation this makes sense!

[@W9SL9Y]

@@ArkefthosBonsai Always look forward to your videos, the painting is beautiful and its great to see how you're always pushing to improve in all these areas!