Avatar Grove Bonsai Forest, Part 2, The Bonsai Zone, May 2019

[@MD-wk3gj]

You’ve created a mini-world where imagination can reside. I hope you are enjoying the cactus & succulent show today!

[@hectordehesa2118]

Love the new hairdo! Forest is on point as always! Cheers from Utah

[@D.Will.C.]

Not Alone watching the trees.. They're very peaceful just sitting there enjoying life...

[@littlebonsaicorner]

Very nice new hair style, Sir 👍. Enjoying your video as usual. Thank you!

[@littlebonsaicorner]

Please help me get off your spam list :)

[@ronw86]

Love you vids, you are so amazing for sharing all this information. You have helped me get my willow leaf ficus to explode in growth and my dwarf jade has bounced back already from root rot! Also have a jacaranda that is slowly starting from a sapling as well. Thank you for all your work and advice!

[@fishgrowgreens9908]

Awesome stuff! Love the bonsai hair cut too!

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Windswept style!

[@h3nrymartinex1987]

I like your hair style you look like an artist which you art stilling all those nice bonsais. Feeling a little depressed but your video is making me feel better 😇🙏🌳🦅

[@jdvines8337]

Love the Grove and the hair cut! Keep it up!

[@eve66able]

You never cease to amaze me with your hair styles.

[@SylasMc1]

Wow! Loving the progress!

[@BonsaiJCan]

Looks really good after working on the large tree, it opened it up nicely to see some older growth and trunk. Great video!

[@rossisbonsaiandavocados5785]

the end result is beautiful! was so much fun to watch! thank you. i love your barbers Fukinagashi styling ;)

[@Nhoj31neirbo47]

Looks like the big old main tree took a significant step forward towards your styling goal with this pruning. ~ I’d be tempted to try using a mini-vacuum to clean up all that debris but that would eliminate the period of landscape meditation. ~ Cactus and succulent shows are always special. It’s like visiting a museum of fine art. This year I’ve been delving more deeply into the wonderful world of c&s. I replanted much of my frost free front yard with them .

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Sounds wonderful, I'm sure the show will be very enlightening for me!

[@tank1phillips72]

The sound is like a trip to the past , I remember the old records where you can hear this kind of sandy sound it gives a nice touch! and that forest is so beautiful it reminds me of a tv show called Land of the Giants from 1968, so overall this was a nice trip for me Thank Nigel!!

[@Nhoj31neirbo47]

I had totally forgotten about Land of Giants ! I loved watching that show as a kid.

[@TheBonsaiZone]

I remember that show, I used to sneak out of bed and watch it from the top of the stairs! I loved Time Tunnel, The Twilight Zone, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and many others!

[@tank1phillips72]

@@TheBonsaiZone I use to see them all, and what about Lost in Space!! Good times and My Favorite Martian o man it´s all coming back...

[@markfisher2224]

Nigel I've made a drinking game with "Here I Go" I take a shot every time you say it.

[@PanyandKham]

I love your new hair pruning style ;)

[@TheBonsaiZone]

My wife hates it, It's the windswept style!

[@Minstera]

goodnight ! for me morning 09:17

[@ErikPukinskis]

This planting is just a triumph!

[@jeanniegriffin1692]

The forest turned out magnificent. Beautiful job. The instrument is a Metzumbaum ( Metz for short), I used to work in surgery. There is also one that looks like it, called dolphin.

[@miratodc]

Thats a nice haircut Nigel! Keeping the spirit young, great video again!

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Broom style to windswept! Thanks!

[@patsfreund9164]

Enjoyed watching you work on that "Cathedral apex". I definitely learned something new from your video as I had no idea about this. This forest planting is really taking shape. You are such an artist!

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Thank you Pat, everyone told me to wire the branches down to make the tree look older, but I studied the old growth, cathedral look and fell in love with it!

[@lanng8273]

Always love you forests ❤️❤️❤️

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Thank you Lan Ng! I'm hoping to make more this year!

[@gardening9131]

Oh, man! Im loving the hair style, too! Nigel, The Bonsai Guy!

[@bradleyhamilton4409]

Looking fresh!

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Thank you Bradley!

[@learningbonsai244]

I love that forest!

[@mattbrennan647]

Enjoy the cactus and succulent show. Perhaps you can finally get some material for a desert rose bonsai. They’re tricky, believe me, I’ve killed many. Good luck and enjoy. Thanks

[@KellyCDB]

I thought I’d killed my desert rose last year but i didn’t get rid of it and it popped out new leaves this spring!

[@Twcra]

I like the new hair style! It's far better looking than the birds nest before, haha. I've enjoyed your videos for some time, keep up the good work :D

[@benbishop1131]

coming along very nice. Ambitious creating that cathedral top!

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Thank you Ben, it will be an interesting tree some day!

[@BostonBonsaiIdiot]

Nigel, I was clipping my kid's toenails last night and found myself saying "so here I go..." every time squeezed one off. Is this a good thing, or do I need to cool it on the KZbin for a bit?

[@TheBonsaiZone]

When you reach the large toenail, be sure to say, "big cut coming up" also!

[@saturnynetitan]

Lol

[@saturnynetitan]

@@TheBonsaiZone You're really going to have to get those "Nigel Says: So Here I Go" t-shirts made!

[@BostonBonsaiIdiot]

@@saturnynetitan Take my money.

[@KennetDeBondt]

This a great Nigel! grts Kennet

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Thank you Kennet, we bonsai onward!

[@sakanason]

Nice video! I just did some similar work to a box wood I got at the Orlando bonsai convention. Looks just amazing. Keep up the great work.

[@HEWfunkingKNEWit]

Looks like the trees gave you a bit of a trim too 😁. Looks cool

[@stefanburczymucha945]

Heh I also watch Lyn's channel (Desert Plants of Avalon). She has a very good knowledge of cacti and succulents. I really do recommend her channel and website. It's really impressing ho internet connects people now. I'm Polish and I was born during the communist rules in Poland (late 80's). We had almost nothing in Poland then, just one channel in tv and no computers at all. Now after the communication/internet revolution, I watch some Canadian guy's channel about bonsais, and we both know some Irish cacti breeder. And it all happend so fast. Really impressing.

[@TheBonsaiZone]

It's the age of information! I watch lots of Lyn's videos, she seems so nice! Here is a link to her channel.... kzbin.info

[@arnoldsmit1978]

You got also a kathedral Style yourself!! Btw. Looks good on you👍👍😎 hmm getting a little jealous over here 😉

[@MrJruda]

Nice hair nigel!

[@sudiptochakma3351]

Give some updates about your Citrus Bonsai

[@MikeyDunn]

I stand there looking at my trees and usually end up saying to myself, "Now why are you growing that way?", lol!

[@TheBonsaiZone]

My wife says my trees will start feeling self conscience if I stare at them too much!

[@BalikesirCicek]

Muhteşem tebrikler.👏👏🇹🇷🇹🇷

[@hectordehesa2118]

Does the moss brown when you prune it with the scissors?

[@maryshoemaker1437]

Yup yup one!!

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Mary, you have just entered the Foist Zone, nice going!

[@AmitKumar-ql4vb]

Nice hair style N.S

[@qwertyzoion]

16:17 I've paused your video to hear some news (Japanese coast cleaned up by volunteers)... then, approaching to restart, it suddenly appears: the Avatar Grove Forest!

[@chandrakantthakare3787]

Very nice

[@1954bttmm]

Nice Haircut.. sir!! 🙌🤗👍🏻

[@denizdaymen2456]

Nice hair cut : )

[@coryleslie80]

Hello again Nigel! Love the video as always 🙂. I need some advice. I collected an Elm earlier this year and when I collected it, it was a stump. Now there's all sorts of new branches and growth. I plan on letting it grow throughout the summer and possibly next summer as well. The problem is I know that I have to prune it eventually. Do I prune the branches back to the first set of leaves? Or do I prune to the shape I want my canopy? If you have an email I can send you a photo of the tree. Thank you for your help. And if you have videos that could answer my question that would be awesome too. Thanks again, Cory

[@grobonsai]

Hi, to give you some food for thought I'll jump in until Nigel helps you out. You can use either approach to build the branches, but there are advantages and disadvantages to both. If you prune to the profile, the tree will look better if you wire in some movement to the primary and secondary structures. From time to time you will need to cut back to improve the taper over time. You can get a pleasing image in the short term, but risk a less natural appearance. On the other hand, you can use more of a clip and grow approach, which involves growing the branches out to the approximate required thickness, then cutting back to the appropriate length, to develop movement and taper. So in the short term the tree can have a messy appearance, but eventually you can end up with a very natural finish. Hope that helps add clarity, but in terms of your tree, only you can decide. Good luck, Darren

[@aussiebigbudz1254]

u should show us ur fruit trees im interested in starting my own

[@TheBonsaiZone]

An update will be coming! Thanks AB!

[@aussiebigbudz1254]

cant wait. thanks again ur vids help and teach alot@@TheBonsaiZone

[@R_H21]

Wow, nice new style, Nigel! I meant the hair! 😊

[@elderlypoodle9181]

You are a master! I had to subscribe. Sorry to ask but can you give me some information on the proper tools. I’ve been hacking away with my floral clippers and knife.

[@MrTributes]

the branches look great! #SumoBunReturns^^

[@peacecosmonaut176]

Is it possible to donate to The Bonsai Zone? Maybe you should concider a paypal donation link in the description of your videos without talking too much about it. Then the people who were interrested in donating would find it for themselves. I use an adblocker, and I hate the advertising based model that the internet works on.. Thanks for fantastic videos, and the endurance on keeping the videos coming month after month!

[@Cams_Stuff]

Looking good! I've been meaning to ask for a while now, but which particular surplus store do you buy those scissors from? I'm a sucker for a good deal!

[@53x15]

So there are some trees or roots laying on the surface that look like deadfall. Are these roots or are they trunks of dead trees that you employed for effect? Whatever the answer they do look great. Thanks Nigel! You are an asset to KZbin and the bonsai community.

[@TheBonsaiZone]

They are old dead trunks to look like deadfall. I saw a nice photo of this and have tried to duplicate the effect. Thanks Daniel!

[@alialhilali9862]

Have a zoomed in photo of this piece of art and I wouldn’t guess its a bonsai

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Thank you Ali, the forest has certainly grown well in the last few years!

[@HandidoorusMaximus]

Just noticed you got a haircut. Looks nice!

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Thank you, it's the windswept style!

[@Leib33]

If you develop the large tree as a spire top type tree, won't that end the "Avatar" theme you've been talking about for the last year or so?

[@TheBonsaiZone]

It will be different, the Avatar trees will have a more spreading horizontal canopy, like a flattened umbrella shape. The Cathedral style will be more vertical than horizontal with spikes reaching skyward.

[@GiveMeMyNameBackYoutube]

Can anyone tell me... I made my first bonsai a month ago and I finally got a good pot for it. Is it ok to repot it now?

[@TheBonsaiZone]

If it is a hardy tree, you should wait until spring. If it is a tropical tree and you have good weather and the tree is healthy, it should be fine to re pot now.

[@deploribusunum3894]

Your tree has a belly button. 😄

[@StanTheObserver-lo8rx]

No,no, Nigel. To do Avatar..you need to find gumdrop shaped rocks..planting the tops with tiny tree's and mosses that hang over the edge..and with a few done in different scales..are hung by monofilament line from...tree branches? Metal pipes?..whatever. I've seen it done with Aquarium plants- if you want me to link that ,I could...or search youtube for Avatar aquariums.. Looks very much like the movie.

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Thanks Stan, I'll check it out!

[@BronzePanic]

Can anyone let me know the name of the tree he is using to make this avatar grove. :)

[@TheBonsaiZone]

It is an Eastern White cedar (Thuja occidentalis) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thuja_occidentalis

[@h3nrymartinex1987]

Here I go

[@iiaart]

Hi Nigel. This is Ivo the handicap handyman . I have a question. I told you I'm growing mostly unsuitable trees for bonsai one of them is the money tree. I know that you experimenting with it too. With one of the trees I got lucky. When l cut the trunk. I got three new branches. Now I want to cut them as well . I hope that they will divide in two in order to get some canopy. I'm planning to leave some leaves. I don't want the branches to die back. Any advice? You can send me an e- mail to send you pictures

[@TheBonsaiZone]

They are a little unpredictable when pruning back. Sometimes instead of producing more branches after cutting, the branch will just die back and another branch will grow strongly. I find the best strategy is to let the branches grow until they become woody and then hard prune them. Most of the time, you get the results you want, but not always! The Money tree seems to want to do it's own thing!

[@iiaart]

@@TheBonsaiZone I guess so. The branches are wooden already but not too long .I will let them grow this year. Thank you

[@erickmark2]

Every time you cut a branch I got scared and I don't why

[@meuxtag]

Hi Nigel! Have you ever looked into the 24 architecturals models of tree's growth pattern? The work of Francis Hallé and especially the book of Jeanne Millet called "L'architecture des arbres des régions tempérées"? It is quite amazing how those concept can be applied to the Bonsai world. It is like if the Science finally confirmed what the Lingnan style knew all along! I think by knowing what kind of architectural model a certain tree use it can be even easier to replicate a natural look and to predict how the tree will react to pruning and how to achieve a branch structure that resemble a tree in nature. Link to a Francis Hallé paper: www.ac-sciences-lettres-montpellier.fr/academie_edition/fichiers_conf/HALLE-2017.pdf Link to Jeanne Millet's book: www.google.ca/search?q=architecture+des+arbres+jeanne+millet&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiyrKiM0criAhUiwFkKHZuAD8gQ_AUIECgB&biw=1430&bih=698

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Thank you Maxime, the French to English translator is working really well for the KZbin video! I'll give the video a watch, it looks very interesting, thank you for the links! I just love all the technical stuff, especially when it has diagrams and theory!

[@marysoldeeley2218]

Wow!!

[@lmkkchn]

nice hair cut

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Thanks, windswept style!

[@MarkSun1962]

I didn't notice anything wrong with the sound

[@Andrew-eq1jw]

Repoting that must be a nightmare

[@TheBonsaiZone]

I'll just have to do one tree at a time, it will be a long process. Everything in a forest takes a lot of time, so many trees!

[@bloobeeblah]

Aww you should of done a pruning your head gag video.

[@Sherman_616]

why is david lynch teaching me about bonsai?? sorry someone has to give u a hard time

[@jonathonp1965]

Cathedral hair

[@Yurup]

Could you show us how you sharpen your tools? Edit: nm, I see you already have a video on the subject: kzbin.info/www/bejne/emjElWOHf5KNmZo

[@janandersen6001]

🌱🇩🇰👍

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Thank you Jan!

[@lakeelsinorebonsai1203]

Your cedar is really beautiful! I enjoyed watching your videos, never miss one episode. Got me to take videos of my trees, just to share to everyone too. I appreciate it if you can check it out, and love it if you can subscribe as well. I was shy before, but enjoying it now, thank you! Regards, Mel

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Thanks Mel, a wonderful channel you have!

[@lakeelsinorebonsai1203]

Thanks so much Nigel! I’ll be always a big fan of yours!👍

[@Leib33]

Did you get distracted in the middle of your haircut when you suddenly remembered you needed to make a follow up video to your previous video? *# ;-D

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Half a haircut is better than none!

[@Tony-ys3yo]

N

[@TheBonsaiZone]

ew haircut!

[@TreeHugger69420]

😂 wtf is that hair