Bonsaify | Slip Pot or Not? Common Viewer Question Answered

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@TheBonsaiZone 6 ай бұрын

Awesome, thanks for stressing the root work!!

@tanluwils1736 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for this video! So many bonsai tutorial tend to be about finished bonsai material or something close to that, and tend to be dogmatic about horticultural practices. This video was great for me because while I’ve been in the hobby for over a decade, I haven’t heard/seen slip potting thoroughly presented in the context of those best practices while also involving very young developing material. Your video was also helpful to me because I just performed a slip pot (it’s early winter here) on a young JWP because much of the soil fell though the bottom of the pot when it arrived - it was cross-bottomed long pots you showed in the video. I wasn’t sure whether I could slip pot it safely since the roots were exposed to the elements at the wrong time of year, but I feel better about my decision to slip pot it AND I also now know I still have the option to properly repot it this spring, thanks to you!

@AnvilOfTheGods 6 ай бұрын

The timing on this is good. I just ordered some Kishu and JBP from you in June which I did slip pot. Thx as always for all you do for this community!

@DavidScheltema 6 ай бұрын

You know it’s a good video when the 🕳️ 🥊 comes out. 8:26. 🎉🎉🎉

@TheBonsaiGarden 6 ай бұрын

Always a pleasure watching you share your wisdom and experience Eric 🙏

@Sully-83 5 ай бұрын

Just received my itoigawas, plan to slip pot them tomorrow.

@christymartin6281 5 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for this video Eric! Much needed explanation. I am receiving 4 nursery conifers this summer in gallon pots: Pinyon, Scots, Ponderosa, and Mountain Hemlock. Because I am on rented property, my solution for the Pinyon was- remove from the pot into a 5 gallon nursery pot sunk into a raised bed, with the bed soil and as much pine bark as I could gather. This option seems to be a good idea because now my landlord wants to replace the raised beds, so I know it will cause minimal disturbance. I am at a higher elevation (6000 ft), on a windy ridge facing south in No. Colorado. I think this will work well for all my pines, any advice for the Hemlock, will this work also?

@DeciduousSnurb 6 ай бұрын

So weird, I was just looking around on your website and went on your channel to find this video posted "21 seconds ago" haha. Eric, I bought a 'Kishu' Anderson band pot starter from you last September and it was a very nice size and healthy. I kept it in its original liner pot through the winter in an unheated garage here in zone 6. This past March I repotted the kishu into a slightly bigger pot in similar soil...It's now July and it has not put on any growth that im aware of (pretty certain). It's still green(not as blueish), soft and flexible. No die-off or anything. Almost like it's at a standstill or is still dormant, very weird. Any ideas as to what it could be or tips what to do?

@Bonsaify 6 ай бұрын

It's possible after root work that the tree is basically putting all it's energy into new root growth. I see it sometimes in the nursery. That said - as long as it's not staying soggy, keep it well watered. I assume you're fertilizing and hoping you live in a warm summer climate. Other than that it's hard to say.

@DeciduousSnurb 6 ай бұрын

@@Bonsaify Thanks for the reply Eric. I understand there could be a lot of different variables. That being said, I will continue on with keeping a close eye on it

@BenCreehan 5 ай бұрын

Do you the same soil/mediums that was used in the smaller pot? Or is it always a new batch of medium?

@AWanderingZach 5 ай бұрын

I have a few pines that I have been nervous to do root work on because I don't want my learning experience with them to kill my trees. If I accidentally over do it with soil removal can I put the original soil back in the pot after cleaning to help reestablish the mycorrhizae colonies or does disturbing the soil destroy the colony?

@Bonsaify 5 ай бұрын

Repopulating with a bit of old soil isn't a bad idea, but unless you're removing most or all the soil, it's usually not a problem.

@ugopozzi1909 6 ай бұрын

how the soil of these plants is composed, thank you

@Bonsaify 6 ай бұрын

Ah (google translate gave me "compostable" which is totally different.) I use a mix of perlite and coco coir. More details here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJK3i3uOgLV5m7c