Bonsaify | One Mame Trick to Rule Them All

[@SuperPeleke]

That tray full of moss and mame pots makes me unreasonably happy. Like looking upon the Shire of Bonsai.

[@annas7892]

OMG same feeling here!!

[@micabejo224]

NEXT PLEASE: How to grow moss

[@MuhammadArfanSyafriArt99]

I like to... Im waiting..

[@sukantaghose]

Simple put some moss in semi shade and water as much as possible

[@maexchef]

I had the same problem until last year: collect moss from dry places, walls etc. This is the type that thrives on bonsai soil. Next get yourself a greenhouse for the trees in spring, it helps a lot and in a couple of weeks your trees will have a lawn.

[@Cryptochinodotsol]

@@maexchef it's a mission keeping that moss moist once a chef always a chef

[@annas7892]

yes please - ive just failed miserably at growing moss and not the soil molded over, gotta restart

[@cherylandrews3195]

I have been doing this since the last video you did with the tray and they grow so well! I have come to love the little ones so much now, thanks!

[@brooklynbauer8013]

Where have you been my whole bonsai life!?! This is a great idea. I live in Idaho (pretty dry) and this will help beautify my tree display and keep them healthy!

[@margaretsims4344]

A great unique idea. I dont grow mame myself, but even pots 6 to 8 inches can dry out quickly, so this could be utilised for larger pots. Thanks for the demo.

[@tomsmith2215]

for small pots, i consider using more organic, so it holds moisture longer. because yeah they do dry out quickly

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Excellent video Eric!

[@Bonsaify]

Thanks! I love those little guys. :-)

[@bartstellink307]

Thanks for being so active on other bonsai-channels!

[@garlanddavidson6845]

Mr. Nigel Saunder you’re one of my faves Enthusiast too!-your expression to the hobby really inspired my Journey of Bonsai in so many ways! One was Get my ideas from nature & build my own greenhouse which will begin in April when Air layering season starts (well I’m Located @ the Eastern time south region of Kentucky in the US) that when all the trees nodes start to begin to show their leaves. With your spiky fuzzy hair with glasses ,you look like a mad scientist & with all due of the Highest respect for you & Hobby -it totally suits you & fits your persona and out-look for bonsai.❤️

[@TheBonsaiZone]

@@garlanddavidson6845 Thanks Garland, happy growing!!

[@waynethebarber1095]

WOW! I have seen Mame, but never how to to grow them..... Great video. I learn so much every time I turn on KZbin. Thank you for showing us how you grow your trees.... they look sooo cool.....

[@XaviersBonsaiRetreat]

What a fantastic idea and now I intend to steal it!!! I love doing little mame stuff from my cuttings so this seems perfect. I really like your style as well. Cheers.

[@conspiraterry7393]

Thank you for this great video! I have been wanting to focus on mame bonsai and this trick gives me the inspiration I needed!

[@bulebonsaibatam1758]

Excellent👍👍👍. Looking forward to the next video on the Mame’s.

[@florafaunabonsai9639]

Mame bonsai, nice video, thanks for sharing Eric

[@liverocks62]

I love bonsai but I used to grow them, not anymore. I am still very much interested in them. I stumbled upon your channel because it was presented in my KZbin probably because I am subscriber to Herons Bonsai. So I’ve subscribed to your channel, it triggered something in me. I might give it a go. I like the video a lot so the rest of the day I will binge watch everything on your channel 😄

[@Bonsaify]

It would be awesome if this channel brought you back to Bonsai as a hobby! Keep us posted :-)

[@Bonsaify]

Lol, welcome aboard! We've been getting a lot of great feedback and hope you like all the videos. If you have any questions you'd like to see in a video, let us know.

[@TrueLady-m9v]

What a talent! Thank you for sharing.

[@greeneryeveryday5699]

Those dwarf bonsai looks really cool

[@Emerald_Coast_Bonsai]

Thank you so much for sharing this with us! I have been struggling with my mame bonsai and this seems to be the answer I have been looking for!

[@mayarada2059]

Fantastic vlog ,watching and support

[@joydahl75100]

Watching replay great share,nice bonsai tree

[@dandantv4098]

the grow a bonsai tree 🌲 very nice 👍 unique design so good thanks you for sharing... God 🙏 bless you...

[@aitnobetafaq]

Thank you for the beautifull videom. Your mini bonsais look verry pretty

[@bartstellink307]

This is the video I was looking for! Thanks!

[@PIT-EKA]

Great video! I'm going to set up a tray and see how it goes.

[@Bonsaify]

OMG, you're gonna love it. Just remember to cut the roots from time to time.

[@peterbatyi1844]

Very, very beautiful collection! Namaste 🕉

[@aaryansetia9093]

This method is called Double Potting. Just did this a couple of weeks ago with my jade that I wanna style as mame.

[@Greeny22]

Wow. Literally a different level of bonsai

[@gedeaster7723]

Fantastic idea brother

[@ayushkawalgaonkar2318]

Amazing Technique Sir 👌 You are a great teacher 😁

[@Armistice023]

First vid of yours I’ve seen and will definitely binge your channel. I like the short lengths many of your vids have. Some days, I like long 20min vids. Other days, 5mins is plenty I like the name focus too. I’m going to try a few myself

[@TheSebastianLeFay]

This is so clever and has given me many ideas to do similar experiments. Thank you.

[@cynthiafernandez4302]

Fantastic idea Eric. Thanks for the demo.

[@whatwewantAItodo]

My Mommy is so impressed!

[@mikedan297]

A small and effective trick, indeed.

[@cirilloz]

Thanks for the video. Such a gorgeous display. Great technique to get some more vigorous growth. I must try it. Can't wait for more videos. I'm getting back into bonsai again.

[@Bonsaify]

Thanks for watching!

[@dapurminibonsai]

Wow… amazing… tks for share mini bonsai video…

[@greenmachinesweden]

Nice one! I did similar setup but with fine sand for my shohins in spring. I have a vid about creating it and one when checking the roots and prunning not long ago. Works fantastic!

[@slametsetiadi4293]

Amazing tree Mr Erick.thankyou

[@MasADIGardenFARM]

Cool and unique mame bonsai in one pot, greetings sir, good luck to all

[@MuhammadArfanSyafriArt99]

Salam bonsai mini... Salam satu hobi dari kami penggemar bonsai dari INDOnesia... Saya suka mini bonsai Sy dapat inspirasi dari postingan... terima kasih

[@Bonsaify]

You're welcome. Bonsai in Indonesia, love it!

[@MuhammadArfanSyafriArt99]

@@Bonsaify salut buat semua postingannya...

[@scrummyvision]

really cool way to propagate moss too!!

[@maliktowles7647]

Your work is so beautiful

[@kenhunnicutt8536]

Very cool. Thanks for posting.

[@bhavnashah6506]

Thanks for sharing this video.

[@Bonsaify]

Thanks for watching!

[@arnoldmmbb]

6:58 Totally love that Itoigawa 😍

[@Bonsaify]

Thanks! I've been working on a batch of these for about 7 years now, and these are the ones I kept.

[@bos3bonsay]

good and very helpful for beginner bonsai lovers indonesia

[@BeTheCREATOR]

Wow! Its so interesting! Love from India. 💖

[@Bonsaify]

Thanks! 😃

[@apearson79]

The junipers are gorgeous! I really love mame but I don't think the extra maintanence is for me. The mini orchard is obviously working well!

[@RichardDenRooyen1973]

love the tray idea

[@zebulundocallas]

I do this too but with sphagnum as medium on the extension pot. Dont need to water 3 times a day.

[@shmickyshmoe]

That’s great!!!! Thanks for sharing!

[@denisemac118]

Graeaaat info!

[@Quercusrobur176]

Sehr schönes Video. Grüße aus Deutschland

[@scottpiatanesi8834]

Excellent, as usual.

[@MyxomopoBHeT]

Интересный приём! Nice.

[@abhishekplantsstation1273]

I m new subscriber in India 🇮🇳

[@LetsDoBonsai]

Great video thanks Eric!

[@pela1100]

Muchas gracias por los subtítulos en español. Salud! 🙇‍♂️

[@sahabshraddha8453]

Informative vid ☘️🌸🌸🌸❤️

[@nigellee9824]

What a good idea…..I’ve done something similar for root over rock, but I’ll expand……

[@seiyuokamihimura5082]

Your trick helped me and nigel, you bonsai saint. Granted definitely need to water mine 3-4x daily inside. If they were outside period, I can't imagine anything that scale would have made it past a year. Granted still not sure the ones I started survived winter 3 yet. No buds yet. So not 100%. But it's bendy? So I'm assuming they are OK? We will see come spring spring.

[@kobaltocr6927]

😂the way he pops up saludos ❤🤝🇨🇷

[@mehrdadirajpour4030]

excellent..... very very good

[@124ziggy]

Great, Thank You!

[@kawin9]

Very cute.❤❤👍

[@pascualbeldapenades3504]

Hi Eric, it's really impressive the work you do and i think we're all very thankful with you sharing your knowledge with everyone. Here's a thing, what 2 diameters of wire would you recommend to a person who is basically starting in mame bonsai? (Junipers, olive trees, Japanese black pines and chinese elms, as ficus are less strong and i think the wire could be the same?) Thank you very much and I'll carry on enjoying your content 😀😊😊💪🏻🌱

[@Bonsaify]

Hmm. I think 16 and 18 copper. But TBH wiring the trunks would need larger and sometimes branching needs smaller. I use AL for training young trees and copper when I want them to look pretty.

[@bonsaymas4547]

Muy buen video, Thank you

[@MauriceFerguson]

I've tried this, and it works! But mine look a lot more chaotic. 😅 Perhaps because a few of my trays have baby's tears or selaginella in them, which gets messier than moss.

[@МаринаКучева-ь1р]

Good. Very good. I like it.

[@amrin7625]

Thanks

[@alexandros1973]

This video is very good and it’s always a pleasure to watch you explaining your work, but in this case I think I don’t get it. What is the point of growing a plant in a small pot if you need to put that pot inside another pot in order to keep the plant alive?

[@Bonsaify]

They're not really growing into the other pot. But the point is to moderate the environment - just one of a lot of tools we use to do that with bonsai. (shade cloth, humidity trays, automated watering, misting, etc.) Keeping the bottom of the pot cooler effectively increases the size of the container without having to have a container that is actually larger.

[@kimrichardson8376]

I put my bonsai in the garage for the winter. I have a few that are really tiny. Mame style ones. How do you care for them over the winter? How often do you water them? Kim🍁🇨🇦

[@Bonsaify]

Unfortunately, I'm not a cold-winter expert! I would say water occasionally to ensure they do not dry out, but dormant trees do not require a lot of water.

[@RosarioCostanzo]

Very interesting,thank you

[@joyboy1742]

❤ thanks✨🙌🏾🙏🏾

[@atetawiyberdesa2741]

Woow amazing Bonsai small

[@BertBonsai]

Nice 👍

[@OldIronShops]

Great tip I wonder if this might be a good idea for wisteria I'm developing one here in the hot central valley and it's tuff to keep it from drying out

[@Bonsaify]

I think the common technique for wisteria is to sit the bottom inch or so in a tray of water since they absorb a lot of water in summer. However, I think this can cause root death if you over-do it so do a few days in a row and then let it dry a bit before doing it again.

[@HelmBiru]

Luar biasa😍😍😍

[@ro-dana]

Very nice beautiful trees sir! I have one question, where can I get pots like that for my trees?

[@Bonsaify]

Hi, we're hoping to have some in stock soon. Otherwise, you could take a trip to Japan - to the green club during the Kokufu show.

[@TTTorpedOOO]

Amazing! Please tell me how you get that moss?

[@OscardeMuriel]

8:22 - "The tiny container that they're in gives you the sort of aesthetic goal that you're trying to create, which is that nice, small, err -- container"

[@scottwilliams4137]

Excellent video. I am just starting to look into growing Mame. These are some excellent tips. Where do you get your material?

[@Bonsaify]

Hi there, we propagate these junipers ourselves from cuttings. Small starters are available on Bonsaify.com, if you want extra-small, we have 2" containers that are not listed right now also. Th maples was from seed we collected, the cotoneaster were propagated by cutting from a larger older bonsai in Eric's personal collection.

[@Dulur-Bonsai]

Waooooow mantap ​keren 👍❤️

[@supriyahazra5022]

Nice...❣️

[@steveanacorteswa3979]

This tray would probably be good for customers to use, since Mame are very sensitive, I hate to sell small trees for fear of dying quickly.

[@kino410]

Hi I have 3 Question please 1- do you water 2 times a day? 2- it’s only fine black lava that your using under them? 3- from where did you get the mousse? Thanks 🙏

[@Bonsaify]

1 - Water - yes when it's warm to hot. Generally the lava keeps the lower part of the pot cooler, but the tops can dry out quickly. 2 - Yes. 3 - It grew there by itself! But, you can collect moss. Moss is a finicky thing, so see what grows naturally in your yard and try to encourage it.

[@kino410]

@@Bonsaify You are the best Thanks a lots for answering my questions You are very professional and nice Thanks you

[@kino410]

@@Bonsaify And the lava it’s less than 3 or 2 mm no !??

[@TheSunnyTrails]

Have you tried red scoria? It’s a red lava rock it’s pretty heavy but I can get lots and lots of it for cheap

[@judymagrath3771]

Wow, what a fantastic idea, and so beautiful. I have been very reluctant to try Mame, but with this suggestion in mind I will have to give it a try. How do you overwinter the tray?

[@garlanddavidson6845]

I do that same technique ,but I don’t do them all together,Just as individual ,like one in each tray.

[@GraftingTactick]

So nice ☘☘🍃🌱🌿💕

[@annronayne6173]

What soil mix are you using in the containers, please?

[@carloseduardoramosmidence3470]

Thanks for the video Eric. How often do you change the lava underneath? How often do you water? Greetings from Honduras

[@Bonsaify]

Lava/ soil underneath - about once per year or even less. Watering - here in SF - once per day on a typical cool summer day - or 2-3 times on a warmer day. The second and third time might just be a light spray, to wet the top but not re-soak the soil underneath completely.

[@jimsgardenproject3507]

Odd question maybe. Would Siberian iris , for example, grow smaller like bonsai? Always looking to make miniatures not necessarily bonsai I guess.

[@Bonsaify]

Many plants grow smaller when established in small containers. But I'm not familiar with the one you're asking about.

[@jimsgardenproject3507]

@ thanks. Great video btw

[@bonsaistop]

This is such a clever trick - I always felt like mame bonsai were daunting or require an unreasonable level of care : / This is making me consider having a go at it :)

[@Bonsaify]

Yes, give it a go and share photos! ;-)

[@ez-8238]

Hello can you buy that kind of moss?

[@Bonsaify]

Yes...but I would suggest that you try to cultivate it instead local to yourself. Take a flat of sand, water it, fertilize it with fish emulsion a few times, and then find a clump of moss with spore heads on it that you like. Place it in the middle and then keep the sand moist on top for a few months. You should see moss start to pop up. The other way you can do it is just go collect moss off the side of the road. Golf course sand traps (along the edge), vineyards (under irrigated vines), road sides that are irrigated. Basically it seems like the best moss is full-sun, and that normally only grows where people make sure that grass and other plants don't. Moss is not susceptible to herbicide, so it often grows where people use herbicide to keep grass down.

[@ez-8238]

@@Bonsaify Hello again, thank you for the info and taking the time to answer my question. I like that moss in particular because for me it looks like grass to scale with bonsai. The moss i can find around where i live grows stringy and flat which i don't like. Do you know the name of that particular class of moss and where one could buy it? I looked around have found close to but not exactly like that moss.

[@RajmahendraR]

Do mame alwasy in same size or we have to move them to big later ?

[@gariktv8756]

Want to ask if any chance do you have Stone pine bonsai and if yes any chance to make a video about it? Thanks . What pines and spruces you working with?

[@Bonsaify]

A friend of mine got a tiny stone pine seedling. We turned it into an exposed root bonsai. It's quite an oddity actually because we keep it all juvenile - so it looks more like a spruce or something. I would say as a mature tree Stone pine are probably not a great choice just due to the needle length and character. I actually really like P. monticola, but I only have two old ones and a bunch of seedlings so far - they are very slow growing. Scots pine is probably a good choice - I'm growing a batch and they are vigorous yet have short needles naturally. Picea glenhii is the most well-documented spruce for bonsai. (Red Ezo spruce.) I think Black hills spruce is rapidly becoming a favorite in North America. You can make a decent bonsai from a Norway spruce nursery tree actually. Keep in mind spruce generally need a colder winter - so better for northern/colder climates.

[@gariktv8756]

@@Bonsaify awesome, thank you. As a beginner I will say no then to stone pine and will go for Scot’s pines and black pines. Will follow your videos and guides. Thanks

[@bigbrobunny]

Just use pea shingle/gravel. The roots seek out the moisture.

[@snejinka_in]

Hello Eric ! I was just wondering if white sand would work just fine for this type of trays? It drains quite alot but retains mosture. Some people told me that it would not allow airflow below the pots? What do you think ?

[@Bonsaify]

Airflow....well, you wouldn't want to bury the pots too deep. But yes, I think sand would be fine. I'm not sure what white sand is - e.g. if it's actually just sand. Regardless, the key here is to provide a moist layer of soil under the pots, which acts both as a humidity tray and a place for the roots to escape into a larger container.

[@snejinka_in]

@@Bonsaify Thanks for the response! Yeah I just put them on the layer of sand, didn't push them into it. I watered them and it drained very well so I don't think there should be a problem. Thanks again !

[@TheBrewersDroop]

Your shop store won't deliver to the UK. Will this change in the future?

[@Bonsaify]

Hi, thanks for pointing that out. We've enabled shipping to the UK on the shop.

[@LetsDoBonsai]

@@Bonsaify wallet let’s out a sigh - here we go again lol

[@Bonsaify]

Well...technically I don't think we're supposed to ship plants to the UK, but I'll have to look into it. It's crazy how many regulations there are for these little plants! But, definitely can ship pots and stuff, and we'll give the plants a try if anyone is interested. And if anyone has resources we should be aware of drop us a line.

[@crktgrrl]

Greetings! I love the little ones too! I'm in Northern Michigan and will be bringing my tropicals and ficus indoors for the winter. What are your thoughts about using this technique indoors? Thank you!

[@Bonsaify]

I think this tray technique will work well indoors. I'm not sure how moss will do, but it will probably also do fine. The key here is that your plants are fooled into thinking that there is a lot more root space than there actually is!

[@Sam-od5jq]

What type of moss is that, makes a nice top dressing.

[@Bonsaify]

It's naturally occurring here so I don't know the name. But generally undisturbed fine soil like sand or lava that is kept reasonably moist will develop moss suitable to the local conditions.

[@horanbenjamin]

Are you the guy from bonsai wire podcast ?

[@waterlover]

So awesome would love to make a few myself.