Bonsaify | The Bonsai Nut 6-Year Pine Contest

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@lynnmartin1548 9 ай бұрын

I like how you talk us thru your rationale in a well understood manner. Much luck to you in the contest. Give us an update on your results. I’m giving you a 🥇 medallion in advance 😂🖖🏾

@Dylan-ok6ft 9 ай бұрын

That was some Nigel Saunders working on a tropical in summer level of root and shoot work! I really hope it’s successful! Looking forward to an update and your trophy (or bragging rights)! 🏆 🌲😊

@DavesBonsai 9 ай бұрын

Wow a 6-year challenge. That’s patience and persistence. Nice Eric!

@OjaiBonsai 9 ай бұрын

Cool tree. It’s perfect to see what you can do in 6 years. Thanks and cheers from Ojai California

@realifenow4485 2 ай бұрын

My only suggestion for your work is to see if you can twist up the sacrifice branch a bit to make it a deadwood feature instead of leaving that big chonking cut to heal. Love your videos, and will continue watching them all with excitement.

@matshagstrom9839 9 ай бұрын

Spectacular presentation from a man with a mission. I would be nervous removing that much roots and soil for fear of killing the three which i seem to manage doing without trimming roots. The pot selection was ideal. I hope you win first prize.

@rubber800 8 ай бұрын

Congrats on getting 2nd place!!

@Planted.Aesthetics 9 ай бұрын

I love that you showed the dead one! It's all part of the process, I can't even count how many I've killed along the way! Lol ❤

@TheBonsaiGarden 9 ай бұрын

Fantastic work there on those super little black pines.

@EggEggEggg1 9 ай бұрын

I love the neagari style of bonsai. It has been the main focus of my bonsai design. It is super nice to see someone else who works with it a lot!

@Bonsaify 9 ай бұрын

My favorite style by far. I find the standard informal upright trunk to be lacking in character.

@raynorris135 9 ай бұрын

Thanks Eric, love these small pines👍

@Cory_J 8 ай бұрын

Make sure you submit your final photo in the contest today! Happy New Year!!

@Bonsaify 8 ай бұрын

Thanks! I totally didn't know we had to send photos via email....which was not in the original contest rules!

@nerinat8371 9 ай бұрын

I really enjoy your videos, tree looks amazing so good luck

@JasonSchmidt-1979 9 ай бұрын

It’s beautiful; I hope it lives, lol!

@blueridgebonsai9155 9 ай бұрын

Eric, have you done a series of videos over the 6 years documenting the process? If so can you put together a playlist? Thanks

@Bonsaify 9 ай бұрын

Hi - no I did not. The only real record is the still photos from the BNUT forum. When I started them I didn't even have a YT channel! Not sure I was even blogging at that time - I think I had stopped.

@brucekelsch5080 9 ай бұрын

I really like and learn from your video's.

@maximumchicken4518 9 ай бұрын

Your videos are a big cheat sheet for my bad memory :). Do you have a video teaching how to make exposed roots?

@Bonsaify 9 ай бұрын

Yes, three actually - here's the first: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJ_Ye2CtotB8m7s

@MarkusMh 9 ай бұрын

Hey Eric, nice pot choice. Hope the tree recovers well from all that work. Quick question, are you not worried about 'bare rooting' pine? I know it wasn't entirely bare rooted, but still.

@Bonsaify 9 ай бұрын

It was basically bare-rooted. But we bare root seedlings all the time. I would never bare-root an old specimen tree because that's what I've been told so many times and what I'm risking is so much greater. But for me it's worth exploring where is the line between being able to bare-root and not. As a professional grower, answering that question could be very valuable. In this case I think the tree was suffering from some pythium infection in the root ball, so bare rooting could be beneficial - removing the pathogen and giving it a fresh start. (I did a fungicide treatment also) But, unless I can stimulate new root growth in the next few weeks it will not be successful. Hence the mention of a seedling root mat. In cuttings, the principle of top-cold, bottom-warm can be very successful - you are limiting transpirational stress in the leaves while stimulating root growth. So I'm going to try that here: shady spot, cool weather, warm toes.

@MarkusMh 9 ай бұрын

@@Bonsaify I appreciate your scientific approach. So much bad information being spread with this topic, it's hard to sort through sometimes. Perhaps you'll end up writing a book like Hagedorn, 'debunking' Bonsai myths?

@JasonSchmidt-1979 9 ай бұрын

@@BonsaifyThanks for this. I’m starting a business selling ornamental conifers, especially pines. I’m just starting out, learning, growing from seed and purchasing seedlings

@DarthMasiah 9 ай бұрын

looking good

@mhylton 9 ай бұрын

Eric, how will you handle the wound where you cut the sacrifice branch? Thanks, Michael

@Bonsaify 9 ай бұрын

I would normally grow another sacrifice - both to create taper and to help heal the wound. In this case it's not super large - less than 1". Because of the contest I'll have to allow it to make another sacrifice later or something else. With pines, it will eventually heal typically as long as the tree stays healthy. I plan to allow this to grow without decandling in 2024 - that will push extra root growth.

@T1374 9 ай бұрын

Hi Eric. For boosting root growth, would you consider great white rooting hormone or fertilizer?

@Bonsaify 9 ай бұрын

Rooting hormone - I don't think would do anything...it would be interesting to see if there has been any study on this front. Fertilizer on the foliage might help - but heat and beneficial soil inoculant is probably the best bet in my mind.