Bonsai Grafts Field Planting for Thickening - Arkefthos Bonsai

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

I sound tired, I was exhausted, so I'm sorry for that!

[@Hoeffel11]

Thank you for your very calm Videos. We really enjoy watching them.

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

I appreciate it! Thank you!

[@abydosianchulac2]

Your normal style of speechless videos are fantastic, but it's nice to hear you however you sound.

[@bonsai_life_style]

It is spring time we all are on the edge with the strength. This year I repot all my trees and I'm done . Work and repotting sometimes something to eat. 😔

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

Thank you! I wish you strength and patience to get through this! My problem lies more on the very mild winter and that it causes trees to wake up about a month sooner. So now all of my planning went to h@ll.... Cheers!

[@susanbossert6833]

Your videos are always informative and entertaining. Thank you for sharing.

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

Thank you Susan! I'm glad you find them informative as well as entertaining! Have a great weekend!

[@stum450n]

Another excellent and very well considered video from my favourite bonsai channel. Thank you

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

I feel honored! Have a great week!

[@JohnThurlbeck]

That was a fascinating look at how you grow your trees on, and I loved the change in the shape of that final tree. Very well done, my friend!👌

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

Thank you John! This tree looks kinda unconventional but I love it! Cheers!

[@andrewclack4881]

great to hear you talk on camera and look forward to many updates.

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

I appreciate your input Andrew! Have a great night!

[@marnoster]

It’s great seeing your process. Thanks for taking the time to document it and sharing it.

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

You're very much welcome! Have a great Sunday!

[@SubjectiveFunny]

I really appreciate the talking. Your English is great, and matches your skill and passion. Thanks for sharing!

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

Thank you for the input! It's hard for me to have an objective view of how this looks, so your comment means a lot! Have a great weekend!

[@phillipwaterman5721]

Yet another beautiful video and beautiful bonsai s thanks

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

Thank you Philip! I appreciate it!

[@thebonsaiarea]

that first branch wired makes a lot of difference very nice great video

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

Thank you! I believe you are referring to the Japanese white pine graft. Yes, that looks already great. Cheers!

[@alexm9148]

Thank you for another informative and inspiring video 🙏

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

I appreciate it Alex! Have a great Sunday!

[@MrNixtt]

Ποσό χαίρομαι που βρήκα τα βίντεο σου. Τέλεια ευχαριστώ ❤

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

Εγώ σε ευχαριστώ για τον χρόνο σου!

[@acer_p_bonsai]

Very nice video! It’s great to see these experiments with different understock. Looking forward to the future progress. Nice advice about the pine vs. maple ground growing. 👏🏽 🪴

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

Glad you liked it! Thank you! Cheers!

[@doogliebop]

Thank you for the narration!!!

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

You're welcome Jesse! Cheers!

[@robertobreglia9224]

Hi my friend,thank you for sharing this interesting video,i really appreciated your work on the grafts and i see that you have achieved excellent results,then i really liked the japanese white pine and i think it has a great potential,very compliments! 👏👏👏👏

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

Thank you Roberto for your support! Have a great weekend!

[@robertobreglia9224]

@@ArkefthosBonsai You too 🙌

[@darkinhoo2]

ahhhh got my weekly dose of relaxing bonsai videos from fotis

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

Thank you Darko! Always a joy!

[@BonsaiCornwall]

Wicked mate! Thank you for the vids

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

Thank you! I appreciate it!

[@kikegobe2216]

Gran video! Muchas gracias!!!

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

De nada Kike! Have a great weekend!

[@givetanks]

Looks great! I know the tired part, I'm repotting, editing and a family and work gets crazy sometimes

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

There's a Greek saying "run my feet, so that you don't get sh@t (soiled) by the @ss" and that describes the situation well, where you are hit by spring about a month sooner! Thank you! Cheers!

[@Nemisia]

No Thank you for YOUR time! Lets hope no pigs will be involved again, but then maybe they should😅💪 Wish you well and happy growing!

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

Thank you Christian! I spend a week and fenced the garden 3 years ago and since then I don't have any artistic invasions from large animals! Only birds cats and lizards. Now, my dogs, are a different story.... We'll see… happy growing!

[@atomartin]

Unusual but very interesting video looking like an old movie

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

Can't say I understand your point of view but sounds interesting! Thank you!

[@atomartin]

​@@ArkefthosBonsaihave you seen the movie "Apocalypse Now" with Marlon Brando? You are looking like the hero of Brando in the final scene. However, you got the same because of being tired, while the scene in the movie was done by the director`s cut. From this POV, it was fantastic due to its dramatic tension and the disposition.

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

Haven't seen the movie, but I checked out some scenes like the horror speach and the last scene, and I get what you are saying! But I couldn't compare my video with Francis Ford Coppola......

[@jiijino_bonsai_ch]

great job👍💕

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

Thank you! Have a great Sunday!

[@hfestion.]

Μπράβο φίλε!

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

Σε ευχαριστώ!

[@bonsai_life_style]

Nice work bro.👍

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@yoteslaya7296]

Great video man. When are you gona give us a tour of your collection? I saw some interesting trees in there.

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

Trust me Yote, it's not time yet. Still not something as interesting. Thank you for the support!

[@yoteslaya7296]

@@ArkefthosBonsai I know the feeling I got another 10 years before my stuff looks decent 🤣

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

@yoteslaya7296 feels like there are always 10 more years before my stuff looks decent. Doesn't get less..... Cheers!

[@juan-leon]

Hola me gustan mucho tus vídeos soy gran seguidor suyo podría activar los subtítulos en español gracias

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

Thank you Juan! Yes of course, I'll look up how to do it. I hope it is possible. Have a great night!

[@juan-leon]

@@ArkefthosBonsai thank you

[@Bonsaicrazy]

The more I watch you the more I realise how close sour spirits are dude Great video That second little tree graft that went in the ground. What are they called?? Rare species is it ? 👊👊👊👊👊👊

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

Ha ha ha! Thank you! The second one is a cultivar of Japanese white pine called "Myo Jo" . I'm experimenting on that one, but for now it looks like a great DNA!

[@Bonsaicrazy]

@@ArkefthosBonsai 👊👊 thanks dude 👊👊👊

[@eagle-db8kf]

mi sono iscritto qualche giorno fà e non riesco a smettere di guardare i tuoi video !!!! Sono fantastici. Una domanda ma dove si trova quel posto fantastico da cui lavori ???? Grazie

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

Thank you! I appreciate it greatly! This is Greece, south, Peloponnese peninsula, at 900m elevation. Have a great week!

[@brucedeacon28]

👍👌🙂

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

Thank you Bruce! I appreciate it!

[@steveanacorteswa3979]

Nice video but why do the graft, I grow JBP and JRP, trying to understand why put JBP on a different rootstock?

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

Thank you Steve! For various reasons, with the most important being, I don't just graft Japanese white and black pine the species, but rather cultivars of them that have specific characteristics, like smaller and straighter needles, better color etc. Growing endemic pines from seed is much easier, faster and cheaper and sometimes I want to change the foliage type on some pines I'm already working on (like the Pinus nigra I had on first). Lastly, it's easier to thicken a trunk and add a graft low, to create a dramatic taper in just a few years. Cheers!

[@steveanacorteswa3979]

@@ArkefthosBonsai Thanks for the answers, I hadn't thought about a sacrifice graft, I have some of my oldest JBP that are on their 4th year, a couple grafts would fatten those trunks for Shohin.

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

No, I don't graft to thicken. I grow tall the rootstock to thicken and the low graft creates a shohin sized tree with foliage very low, with a thickened trunk from the rootstock upright growth. And since pines have rough bark, the graft union can be very inconspicuous (when done right).