Bonsai Tree Quick Start Guide for Beginners

[@n8tyler]

Nice BNW...Very helpful for those of us starting out and looking for some guidance...Very descriptive and well though out...I enjoyed and captured a few point for my own process...Definitely buying time is well worth the extra dollars and I totally agree that leaving the tree to grow in the medium that it was purchased, in my opinion, is key...A healthy vigorous, healthy root system really helps...Thanks for sharing...Well done...

[@BonsaiNorthwest]

Thank you for the kind words. Yes, totally agree a healthy tree is necessary before training can occur - not sure if I shared that thought in the video. This was actually a difficult one to create, as I covered so much ground - I'm sure I missed some key details, but hopefully beginners can find some useful info.

[@rb89362]

Very helpful, thank you!

[@BonsaiNorthwest]

Glad it was helpful!

[@lisawagner6076]

Excellent thank you!! What would be really helpful if you would want, is a month by month series of bonsai tasks Just a short one like this one wouild be amazing! There is not anything like that that I have seen anywhere. But it's where I am getting hung up. I have a Chinese Elm that seriously needs a prune, but is it ok to do it in the fall? Or even a series on seasonal tasks. Just a thought I had watching this one.

[@BonsaiNorthwest]

@@lisawagner6076 Thanks for the suggestion, I sincerely appreciate it. This video, and my most popular video to date, the NA natives video, were both prompted by viewer suggestions. So I like hearing what viewers would like. I'll think about what I could produce as far as seasonal guidance videos. As for the Chinese Elm: If you are in the northern hemisphere and get cold temps that cause your tree to go dormant, I wouldn't prune much late summer (general rule is stop pruning 8 weeks before your first fall frost date). But you can definitely prune in fall as the tree is going dormant (when the leaves start to change). I usually do fall pruning on most of my deciduous trees. If you live in a more tropical climate where trees don't really go dormant, you can likely prune year round, whenever.

[@lisawagner6076]

@@BonsaiNorthwest I live in Greensboro, NC in zone 7a. First poss. frost is Oct 15 for us. So 8 weeks would have been Aug 20. But that is good to know. Something I did not know, so Thanks so much!!

[@JudyGSD]

Thank you

[@BonsaiNorthwest]

Welcome!