Bonsai fertiliser - My new regime

In this video I take you through the new choices I have made for the fertilization of my bonsai trees.
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5-5-5 NPK fertiliser
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[@oachkatzlsmum]

Love this one. RIP Tony 🙏❤️

[@backbudbonsai]

Miss u, Tony!! rest easy

[@amandawelch9125]

I use Gaia Green organic 4-4-4 and water from a fish tank. Trees seem to love it.

[@TonysBonsai]

Ah yes, i've heard of using fish tank water. Makes a lot of sense.

[@dreamingofbonsai]

I was just thinking about fertilizer for my trees when I saw this video pop up. This is all super helpful! Thank you so much for making this video.

[@TonysBonsai]

My pleasure Dave. Glad you enjoyed it!

[@AlexBraunton]

Interesting to see your mix mate. It woild be great to see a follow up later in the year to get your thoughts on your new regime

[@TonysBonsai]

yeah, I'll definitey let you know how I get on with it. It seems pretty straight forward, and I'm hoping for some really strong growth.

[@shazzam532]

The minute you said chicken poo you had my attention. Use it on my allotment. I use miracle grow in the poly tunnel. Learnt something new as well, the organic fertiliser! I actually thought it was organic with no chemicals. I have a large barrel and put in lots of comfry and nettles, cover in water and leave for several weeks, then use it all over, it’s great stuff & free. Thanks for all the info Tony x

[@TonysBonsai]

Hi Sharon. Sounds like a good system you've got going on there. I watched a video where a chap makes his own fertiliser using tea bags, banana skins and egg shells. Apparently it is a really good one, but that's gotta smell worse than the chicken pellets

[@GoodSamaritan1972]

Thank you soo much for this video Tony. I have been waiting for a detailed video on bonsai fertilisation on youtube and yours is the most comprehensive one...i believe❤

[@TonysBonsai]

Thank you. I tried to compress everything I've learnt into one easy to digest video, so thanks for the feedback mate

[@lukev9965]

We miss ya tony 💚

[@vonsopas]

We really do, RIP

[@marcuswerner3397]

Great video angle of you kneeling amongst your trees. That perspective really shows off the different colours of your trees. 👍

[@TonysBonsai]

Thanks Marcus. Yeah in spring, those Japanese maples are a real show

[@Michael-yt3wz]

Thanks for the new upload! Great information.

[@TonysBonsai]

Thanks Michael. Glad you enjoyed it mate

[@CC-eq7rd]

Another helpful video. Thanks Tony! Keep doing what you do.

[@TonysBonsai]

Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it

[@MatthewLeeman1990]

Great video tony. Very well presented. I genuinely was just going to use westlands or something. Now I'm considering the pellets with seaweed. Thanks!

[@johnlindell5024]

Back to school😂 very informative tony!👏🏼

[@TonysBonsai]

Cheers John. I was one of those weird people who liked school!

[@tacobonsai]

Thanks for the great informative video Tony!

[@TonysBonsai]

It is my pleasure mate

[@joegarland4885]

Water water everywhere buttoning Tony’s spray, Ha Ha. I use Neruko and find it works for me plus root boost when repotting. Great video Tony, the educator has spoken.

[@TonysBonsai]

When i'm a bonsai educator, then we are all in trouble Joe 🤣 I've hear Nerulo is very good, but quite pricey

[@andrewclack4881]

nice video tony. I have been waiting for one of the grass roots bonsai people to talk about fertilisers

[@TonysBonsai]

Thanks Andrew. I have had quite a few requests, so I thought I'd make one.

[@BusinessButlers]

An excellent presentation, Tony. Just my sort of content ! I love the new spray fertiliser tool but as well as buying that device you should have bought a funnel for when you were pouring the liquid goodness into the device. Your weeds will become giants if you keep spilling the neat stuff hahahaha. And the assembled bonsai specimens are looking incredible - the differing foliage colours and phyllotaxis are marvellous considering it is only May 2023.

[@TonysBonsai]

Thanks Nikki. That is exactly what I was thinking as I tried to pour the fertiliser. I was asking myself why I don;t own a funnel? 🤣 Definitely something to add to the shopping list I reckon

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

Lots of great info there Tony. 👍 For book nerds there is a very detailed book Modern Bonsai Practice by Larry Morton that goes into fertiliser, amongst other stuff, in great detail.

[@TonysBonsai]

Cheers mate. I'll wait for the Larry to make a video 🤣

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

@@TonysBonsai he might do one via his proxy in The Bonsai Garden 😀 Beat me to the punchline on this one 😆😆😆

[@TonysBonsai]

🤣🤣

[@keepingitkoi]

Some great tips Tony 👌 ive been using that same seaweed fertiliser for my acers for the last 3 years and youve seen how there doing 😊

[@TonysBonsai]

That's great to hear. Hopefully mine will have a really good growing year and those trunks will thicken up nicely.

[@peterzukof7942]

Great content as always - love your info and just the way you present ! I’m going to go to the garden center and ask for the fertilizer that smells like oysters! Your trees look fabulous too!

[@TonysBonsai]

Thanks Peter. Better one that smells like oysters than chicken manure! By the way, I got the package through the other day, and it looks fantastic. It's a little later for repotting now, so I'll hold off until a bit later in the year when I can put one of my mugo's in it!

[@Darkfire1300]

😢 i miss you!

[@265petsar]

Tony, get a room with your fertilisers or go in the perfume business. Joking aside, Miracle Grow is a good quick feed, but Biogold pellets are the best. Just push about 3 into the soil in the spring , and they will feed your trees all summer long. One drawback they are expensive but cheaper than those big containers you're buying. I've been using them for years, and you can see the difference. John (Belfast)

[@TonysBonsai]

Yes, I've heard that biogold is the best that you can buy John. I do have over 300 trees though, and a lot of them are in big containers, so It would cost me a lot to use biogold I reckon. I may move onto that in the future when my trees are a bit more refined. At the moment I want to really push them with heavy fertilisation.

[@chasingthefish9042]

I use green county fertilizer like i do for my lawn. Just because its easier for me to remember to do both trees and lawn at the same time.

[@TonysBonsai]

Whatever works best for is the best solution mate. That way you always have healthy trees and a lovely green lawn!

[@guysolis5843]

I can see your benefit by using the hose end sprayer. I only have a few trees so I fill up an 8 ounce bottle with my fertilizer and go for it..I never seen a sprayer like that before..it's accuracy in mixing is alien to me..cheers and thanks for the video..

[@TonysBonsai]

Thanks Guy. Yeah, it makes the job a lot easier for me, and it will encourage me to fertilize properly. I normally skip it because I can't be bothered 🤣

[@guysolis5843]

@@TonysBonsai I can imagine, you have tons of trees while I only had two but I did just add some nursery stock to my collection. I keep forgetting I have them until I see them...thanks again 'T"!

[@greenlizardballs]

I like to keep it simple with miracle grow as well. I'll also use dirty aquarium water just because it's around.

[@TonysBonsai]

Yeah, whatever works for you and your trees mate. All the organic stuff is quite a lot of messing about.

[@78tjeerd]

Great Shit Tony 🙂.

[@TonysBonsai]

🤣That's what I used to say when I was rolling a big spliff when I was a student! 🤣🤣

[@iamaduckquack]

Green dream or oceana contain all of those products you've shown. Cheaper and faster as they're dry and they're sprinkled on the surface. That said I still water with liquid seaweed and a balanced liquid feed on alternating days.

[@johnm4090]

Like to keep videos going

[@NotAnotherBonsaiChannel]

Nice mix Tony. What are the odds, you put out a fertilizer video right at the same time as me 😂

[@TonysBonsai]

That's quite mad isn't it! Your natural home made soup was really interesting

[@NotAnotherBonsaiChannel]

Thanks Tony! I'd be interested to see how it works out if you gave it a try.

[@Chris-oq6kn]

Ive dove deep into this subject. Biogold has given me such good ramification on my maples its very balanced like 5 -5-5 which maples like that are in refinement.. It is expensive though but for trees in refinement its prob a good idea to use that bec of the low npk.They dont like to be pumped up at the refinement stage . My maples in pots i do osmocote the pink bottle which is a higher npk. I just started using grow power 12 -8-8 on all my bonsai trees in bonsai pots mostly jbp and junipers. its all natural and i use the teabag method . I think the natural kind is better bec it will leave behind less salts and like u said some people say it has better nutrients. I do use silica in the fall to protect roots from freezing in the winter but as far as fish oil and seaweed i havnt tried them.i read too much about attracting animals and bees i dont need that but i never used it so idk. I guess if im worried about that i can always dilute it alot. I did hear they are very good for trees and i think u can buy a fish emulsion and seaweed extract together in one bottle.Also i bought some rocks online called dragon stone thats used for aquariums a little pricey but very good looking stones for some penjing. Its on amazon also.

[@TonysBonsai]

Yes, in Ptere's video, he talks at length about biogold. He basically says its the best you can get, but he reserves it for certain trees as it's just too expensive. He also says to hold off from fertilising maples at this time of year if they are in refinement just as you say. I'm happy to jet have everything growing at the moment. Last year some of my beech trees went yellow because of lack of fertiliser, so this year I'm determined to do a better job.

[@XaviersBonsaiRetreat]

What more can I say - exactly what was needed. I started with the miracle gro and then ended up having too many trees for the constant mixing. I use the orgainc pellets but do find they often grow a beautiful 'fuzz' on them. I will be honest i should do more fertilsing regimes but often I dont fertilse at all. Expenses and time seem to be the variable for me. I will check out the Peter warren link - thanks for that.

[@TonysBonsai]

That's exactly my problem. Last year I barely fertilised at all, which is fine if the soil has plenty of compost in it, but with my mix now not having any in it at all, I know that I need to add the nutrition. That watering sprayer is fantastic, and even if I go back to miracle grow, that will allow me to keep up a proper regime of fertilising regularly. Maybe something for your next adsense payment mate.

[@XaviersBonsaiRetreat]

@@TonysBonsai I meant to add that point. that is definitely my next purchase - I just have so much too water :(

[@TonysBonsai]

Getting my watering lance last year was a game changer for me

[@bimmer635csi]

Key Tip: Pour from the jugs upside-down from how you did in the video so they don't *glug* and spill everywhere. Even on it's side will glug less than pouring with the spout toward the bottom.

[@TonysBonsai]

Thanks Vensten. That is a good tip, and I normally do that, and before I filmed, I weighed it up but with the weight of the tub and the strange wide opening It just disn;t seem practical with that tub. What I really need is a funnel.

[@amandawelch9125]

From the side works well too. It's how I pour windshield washer and barely spill a drop.

[@MrYukonDave]

I use the pellet chicken poo/blood/bone/feather meal scattered on the surface and water regularly with miracle-gro. Late last year I was experimenting with leaf compost/nettle/comfrey tea but didn't see much result. I'll continue with it this year. I'll watch with baited 🐟 breath for updates. 🐔😂😂

[@TonysBonsai]

I think I'll leave the fertiliser potion making to you mate!

[@mikeswain9085]

Thanks for the tip about the balanced fertiliser from Taymar Tony. It has far less smell and is a much better size than the chicken poo I've been using. I've now started using it too.

[@mikeswain9085]

Not sure if my trees are any happier with the Taymar balanced fertiliser but the rats are really big fans of it. So much so they've starting telling their mates about it.

[@aronwalsh9680]

Great video Tony can you put up links as to where you bought from mate ?

[@TonysBonsai]

Hi Aron. All the links are in the description mate

[@christophe5740]

Hi Tony, thanks for the video, for miracle grow, do you use ratio for « in the garden » or the « indoor plants » ratio? I have outdoor bonsai. Thanks. Cheers from Montreal, Canada

[@MrWTBeck]

Thanks for the video Tony, can you tell me what the hose attachment is called. Thanks again

[@TonysBonsai]

Hi Wullie I bought mine off ebay It's called the Watering Can Aquamix Swiss Birchmeier Hose End Sprayer

[@phildelaney8614]

Great advice as always Tony, what are you using on the Azalea’s? I’ve just picked up the miracle-gro azalea, camellia & rhododendron liquid, for my first Azalea, but I literally just bought the first thing I saw tbh.

[@TonysBonsai]

I did give them some liquid feed, but I haven't put any hard fertiliser on them. I should probabaly head out and pick up some of that azalea feed because they need it to be acidic

[@phildelaney8614]

@@TonysBonsai The Range has it in £6 for a one litre bottle.

[@leesmith4605]

What are the pellets called tony? Thanks 😊

[@Maples-and-cats]

"Maybe there is something wrong with me....i kind like it..."hahahahahahahahaahah...great stuff😂😂😂😂

[@TonysBonsai]

🤣🤣 Just looking at how many tree I have in pots tells me that there is something wrong with me 🤣

[@Maples-and-cats]

@@TonysBonsai very lucky to have so many trees!!!use a lot of energy to take care of them and they pay you back everyday!!!!!thanks for your videos.

[@TonysBonsai]

I've just ordered two knew maples online. That will take me up to 22 different varieties!

[@brianwitton5061]

Hi tony ,I think you need a funnel there mate.

[@TonysBonsai]

You're not wrong there Brian. I have never really needed one before today, but it's on the shopping list.

[@thenaturecreater8906]

Great video mate!!! I burnt myself or my trees on some over fertilising last year. This year I am trying bio gold out. Let's see if its expensive shit from Japan that doesn't work😂😅

[@TonysBonsai]

Everything I've heard is that biogold is amazing. Peter Warren suggests that in colder regions that it works a lot better when you dissolve it and use it as a liquid fertilizer.

[@thenaturecreater8906]

@Tonys Bonsai that's cool to read. I will let you know how it works out.

[@rtregear]

Thanks Tony. Why did you put the pellets in 3 piles rather than distribute them over the surface?

[@TonysBonsai]

Hi Roger. The idea is that when they sit in a pile, they hold onto water and stay damp for longer allowing the bacteria to break it down into a useful source for the trees. In 4 or five weeks, I will scrape off the old fertiliser crust that is left and place new piles in different spots.

[@rtregear]

@@TonysBonsai Thanks for taking the time to answer, Tony. Yes, I can see that one pellet alone is going to react differently to a pile of them. Nice insight.

[@raymondbirds2392]

The new 20kg bag of pellets, what are they made from, would pigeon manure be good for bonsai

[@TonysBonsai]

I'm not exactly sure what they are made from. To me it smells like mainly plant with some animal manure mixed in. I don't know about pigeon manure, but if chicken manure works, I don't see why not?

[@Alepoudiitsa]

i use 2 the blue one but it is not to use on water but to put around and sloly melt, and iron? i can't rember the name off it is it for my lemon trees the need extra iron or the leafs befor like vains and the need both the blue one and the iron one for me at list other wise the will not grow that well.

[@TonysBonsai]

Sounds like you've got a good system that works for your trees, and that's what matters!

[@johnrb9397]

Chicken; manure, droppings, waste, feces, excrement, quando, MUCK… no uses sh’t. Classic Tony 😅.

[@TonysBonsai]

🤣🤣Made me laugh too John

[@fullmoonpeter]

Bio bizz is Dutch,and made originaly for cannabis😊

[@TonysBonsai]

🤣Along with all the coco coir and perlite that I buy, I wouldn't be surprised to get a knock on the door one day from the police!

[@marcus268]

But it works, i feed my Apple Tree with it. Cannabis growrh rate is very fast, that is why these cultivars learn a lot about plant growth. Silica is also very essential, it helps to keept the plant hydrated. Dont spray the tree, water the ground.

[@markweaver3497]

Tony I use grow... miracle grow on all my trees....it works the best. I also feed 💩 poop puppy poop to my older trees out side. Just one poop per year. Yes... 💩 Poop but puppy poop causes roots to respond. Tony I have up loaded a few videos on my KZbin channel. My videos will be about trimming the Azalea Tree after it blooms. Tony try 💩 poop in your Azalea Trees....just make sure to compost the poop like I do....50 percent coffee grounds to 💩.

[@TonysBonsai]

Sounds like you've got a system that works fro you Mark, but I think I'll stick to the 5-5-5 fertilizer!

[@markweaver3497]

Yes it works out for me. I have been doing Bonsia since I was 13. I am 45 on May 30. I have given away many trees over the years. I want to start six more Azalea Trees and six maples... bonsia trees keep me poor....but I love to grow plants. After a court case is done here in Northern Maine...I hope to get back to England. I have been to the UK five times. But at heart I love Maine and Hawaii. 5-5-5 fertilizer is good. I hear great things about it from others. I should be in the UK in the next few years. I wanted to see the park at Edinburgh Castle again. Plus I like Hyde Park Rd. In England. I would love to see a bonsia tree company show in the UK. My hope is to make time for Dublin Ireland as well.

[@markweaver3497]

Tony I am doing a channel on KZbin for my friends. Today I talked about soil health, and Lemon trees as bonsia trees. I am uploading now and it will take a while. I made the channel for my friends. It's a small audience.

[@Val0rG]

LOLOL "chicken shiet"

[@TonysBonsai]

Now i'm mad that I didn't use that. Dayum I love that pronunciation! 🤣

[@snoekhoek]

I feel bad for your down wind neighbours 😂

[@TonysBonsai]

🤣🤣I have seven neighbours bordering my garden, so one of them is always downwind too!

[@AlexBraunton]

I'm so glad we dont have smellavision ! 🤢

[@TonysBonsai]

I was surprised how nice it was, well apart from the chicken manure. that stuff is rank!

[@johnrb9397]

You don’t have black birds digging up your soil do you….

[@TonysBonsai]

The only animals that are somewhat of a problem for me are cats.

[@thenaturecreater8906]

Ahh that's why you don't have a bird problem. I have huuuuge problem with crows digging up every pot. Last year I bought the most heavy duty air rifle on the market. But this year they have not done nothing yet. 😅 they maybe know I am armed 😂😂😂

[@mattbrennan647]

Great information Tony. Like you I’m always experimenting. Hope your new routine goes well. Thanks, keep growing

[@TonysBonsai]

Cheers@@mattbrennan647 That's how I learn best, by experimenting.

[@johnrb9397]

@@TonysBonsai yep great stuff Tony. Looking forwards to all the updates also!

[@Technocucej]

By my opinion fertilizer smells like soy sauce :D

[@TonysBonsai]

Yeah, that fish emulsion had that very deep kind of soy sauce smell. I have to agree!