Pre-Bonsai - 1 Year Progress Clips

[@Tybold63]

Nothing particular to comment but I never get bored to see progress videos and you have some nice trees there.

[@BonsaiBoise]

Thank you!

[@BonsaiMethod]

loved seeing the progress. nice work ☀️🤩☀️

[@BonsaiBoise]

@@BonsaiMethod thank you!

[@tacocheif429]

love a good update video!

[@BonsaiBoise]

Thank you!

[@nerinat8371]

Enjoyed the show around of your bonsai, thanks

[@BonsaiBoise]

Thank you!

[@jagboy69]

Great update! I see lots of possibilities. I was watching Dr Chang the other day and he suggested a really good idea for pre Bonsai... Make the holes on the bottom of your nursery pot bigger and just plant the entire thing in the ground for a year or two. The roots will go through the holes and make digging it up easier and less traumatic on the plant. It will also help thicken up a trunk super fast. All the best!

[@BonsaiBoise]

Thank you I appreciate that! And it's funny you mention that because I sort of found that out just by accident recently with a couple of willow cuttings. There were a couple willow cuttings I had that were on the ground next to some other Willow cuttings that were on the sidewalk in the two that were on the ground just exploded and growth compared to the others. It took me a minute to figure out what it was. But when I moved them I found that they were rooted into the ground. So now I'm going to do it on purpose from now on!

[@jagboy69]

@@BonsaiBoise rock on!👍

[@stormdrifter7904]

wonderful stuff. good commentary

[@BonsaiBoise]

@@stormdrifter7904 thank you!

[@n8tyler]

What a nice trunk on this tree...From what I gather about Trident Maples is that change in environment can through them off a bit...Maybe this explains your symptoms from purchasing it and brining it home to a new location...Obviously it likes its new location...Thanks for sharing...

[@BonsaiBoise]

Thank you! And yeah I kind of chalked it up to that as well. It didn't do that this year so I think it was just an anomaly

[@Yurup]

3 or a bit more are just called a group planting if the trunks are not connected.

[@BonsaiBoise]

Nice

[@jagboy69]

When does it become a forest? 5 or more?

[@BonsaiBoise]

@@jagboy69 Good question. I'm not sure if there is a hard rule on it. I think it's probably 5 or 7 or more but it is really in the eye of the beholder.

[@Yurup]

@@jagboy69 might also depend on the layout of the trees. If you plant 5 in a bunch together it could be a group but if you spread them into a 3 to 2 planting it might look more like a forest.

[@NoQuarter01]

I think eventually the nebaris of the 3 trident maples will fuse together and it will look like a clump style planting or kabudachi. I bet in the next 5 yrs or so the roots flares will start me;ding together. I bet it will look awesome if you don’t separate them.

[@BonsaiBoise]

@@NoQuarter01 I was actually debating on that. I can't decide.

[@roddfrancis5816]

Hay mate I personally would put more fertiliser on those privets 1 to2 teaspoons each it would help a lot

[@BonsaiBoise]

@@roddfrancis5816 Thanks for the tips! I don't have a ton of experience with these so I'm sort of winging it a little bit

[@backbudbonsai]

Interesting that tridents aren’t common there. Trident maples should thrive in Boise, better than here in western Washington state. Thanks for sharing this video, I enjoy watching bonsai hobbyists work/show their work

[@BonsaiBoise]

Thanks! And to be honest, it could just be that I personally haven't noticed many of them for sale. But I honestly haven't