Collecting seed to growing bonsai from seed

[@natrjack965]

Really loved this video funny you jumping up for the seeds made me laugh 😃 well produced 👌 Plus great advice ..thank you yelle..

[@GrowingBonsai]

Jay, success! I was not sure whether I should put it in, but, decided, yes. This was actually one of the easiest videos to make, as all the clips were shot in one morning!

[@natrjack965]

@@GrowingBonsai it looks beautiful where you live.

[@GrowingBonsai]

@@natrjack965 Hi Michael, note, this is not really where I live. It is all a bit of a drive. My surroundings are a bit more urban unfortunately!

[@natrjack965]

@@GrowingBonsai I am fortunate to live in a small town with some countryside around me but no big forests but it was funny watching you jump up for the seeds you are adding comedy to your videos 😄 can I ask what camera do you use ..

[@GrowingBonsai]

Hi Michael, thank you. I do try but I am often accused of bad humour so I do hold back. My camera is a canon SLR, which is the cause for poor focus: All manual work. One day I will buy a proper camera suitable for video!

[@TonysBonsai]

What a coincidence! I went out yesterday collecting seeds myself. I really enjoyed this video. I collected, beech, oak,chestnut, hawthorn, larch, scots pine, and some cones off a beautiful ornamental pine which I'm not exactly sure what it is. I'm just going to put the kettle on and get them planted.

[@GrowingBonsai]

Ooohw.. You get to collect Larch seeds? I am slightly jealous now!

[@BlueJayBonsai]

That was a fun video Jelle! 😂

[@GrowingBonsai]

Thank you so much Jay!

[@XaviersBonsaiRetreat]

I fear I may have watched Tony's video first - but I got here eventually! Great video and I did enjoy seeing you jumping about as I have done many times in the past looking for berries and stuff. I have never tried planting my own seeds although the apple trees I show on my channel are all from seed germination by either my late wife or friends up here in Stronsay. Enough is enough...I' m going collecting when I get back from holiday :)

[@GrowingBonsai]

Haha, great to hear you got inspired. I understand, Tony makes great videos. I will make it easier on you and will drop my release frequency so it is easier to keep up!

[@hernandotorres1234]

These videos are a breath of fresh air, plenty of fun and quips as well as the information. I too loved the jumping up and dow, the grunting and the lolling about on the floor, not to mention feeding the mice 😂😂😂

[@GrowingBonsai]

:) Happy to hear you like them. If it is the first video you see.. Normale my videos are a breath of stale air with this old guy sitting in front of a black wall blabbing about little trees I am afraid. Be warned!

[@ARTificialDreams]

Great video! I like your down-to-earth just-do-normal approach and style. Very Dutch 😉Keep doing that on your channel!

[@GrowingBonsai]

Ohw.. I was just thinking about bringing out the fairy dust for my next video ;). Thank you though. I sometimes wonder why people make bonsai so complex :)

[@ARTificialDreams]

@@GrowingBonsai Totally agree! Looking forward to your next video!

[@GrowingBonsai]

Tuesday! Live from Brazil!

[@ARTificialDreams]

@@GrowingBonsai YAY! Very cool and highly appreciated to still inform me personally with this reply!👍

[@GrowingBonsai]

@@ARTificialDreams aim to please where I can my friend!

[@waynecooke9258]

As always... very educational and helpful! Thank you!!

[@GrowingBonsai]

Thank you Wayne! Any video you hope I would make?

[@waynecooke9258]

@@GrowingBonsai Let me ponder this and reply sometime in the near future. You do such an excellent job and cover many aspects of bonsaiing. It would certainly be a pleasure to one day meet you. You indeed are a wealth of knowledge and information. Thank you!!!

[@GrowingBonsai]

Well Wayne, if you are ever in the "munsterland" region of germany, let me know. Where is your homebase?

[@waynecooke9258]

@@GrowingBonsai I am in Pennsylvania USA. Grew up in Nigeria, West Africa and lived in the UK for a time - which is really where my heart is. Likewise, you are always welcome here. Any thoughts on a fragrant olive that keeps getting a fungus on the leaves when growing inside? I have a dwarf variety that is excellent. But the standard one has this condition. You are definitely an expert and much appreciated!! Danke

[@GrowingBonsai]

@@waynecooke9258 Cool. Lots of transcontinental moves for you too. To be honest.. I am intriged by Nigeria, but slightly concerned about visiting it. :(. I am not sure what a fragrant olive is.. I doubt it is an Olea? In any case, I have only ficus, raintree and jabuticaba that I grow indoors I am afraid :(

[@sbragaglia]

Nice video! I’m already harvesting trees in the hood… just got several oaks… waiting for the maples to ripe! 👌

[@GrowingBonsai]

Great! Keep in mind, oaks make big taproots which are best removed at a young age!

[@sbragaglia]

@@GrowingBonsai Thanks Jelle! I’ve just planted the 9 “ripe” oak acorn in the planter upstairs, as they will germinate straight away (I’m planning to wintering them with a fleece, winters are usually quite mild here).

[@sbragaglia]

@@GrowingBonsai My other oak is 2 years old now, and is growing in a 14 cm vase… it’s not growing very quickly, just a slightly ticker stick with a few minor branches… I already had plans to repot it and cutting the tap root next spring! Can’t see the time!

[@bonsaikastur]

You enjoyed more the making of the video than us watching you wallowing 😆

[@GrowingBonsai]

I DID have fun making it. Although I was freezing here and there. It was such a cold day!

[@watsup6084]

Nice Outdoor Video Jelle! Maple, oaks and larch are on the menu. Hopefully i can germinate them.

[@GrowingBonsai]

Thank you so much! Should be no problem to germinate those, right?

[@watsup6084]

@@GrowingBonsai i hope not, especially acorns seem to have an abundance of energy ready for the plant. And about the birch/elm seed collection video: do it.

[@GrowingBonsai]

@@watsup6084 Acorns should be no issue, just protect from rodents (!). A video on birch.. Lets see whether I remember!

[@ARTificialDreams]

When will you post on the Brazilian Raintrees? I'm refreshing you channelpage for days now, got sleepless nights! I'm obviously very hyped! 😊😅

[@GrowingBonsai]

hahaha, closing was on friday. Please give me a few days to get it sorted. time differences with brazil and good weather needs.. The next one published!

[@SamDoeckeAussiebonsaibloke]

Well done on a great fun and informative video

[@GrowingBonsai]

Hey Sam, good to see you here all the way from Australia. Do you have the BRTs there too? Australia is one of the favorite countries, and I almost stayed there after living in Melbourne for a bit. We could have been bonsai neighbours!

[@SamDoeckeAussiebonsaibloke]

Is is a great country. Still though we have our issues like all 😃😃 Love it though

[@mediccohealth8141]

Absolutely entertaining and informative, David Attenborough could not have done it any better. So glad you had quite a comprehensive range of seeds… all from the same forest I assume! Close up of seeds and it’s pods would be great and respective leaves or how the whole tree appears in the wild would be an even more comprehensive video! Thanks

[@GrowingBonsai]

Glad you enjoyed it. Let me think of a follow-up. THx

[@heidizwaenepoel7355]

Next week I go to Portugal, already researched which trees live there 😅. I’ll be collecting seeds as well. Thanks again for the video !

[@GrowingBonsai]

If you have a change, go visit some bonsqi nurseries and get a decent olive

[@heidizwaenepoel7355]

@@GrowingBonsai I already have one, from Greece earlier this year

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

Great video Jelle 😊

[@GrowingBonsai]

Thank you Jason! 😁

[@mycelia2809]

Love your videos very educational I learn a lot from you thanks :)

[@GrowingBonsai]

Thank you Mycella! Great to hear!

[@GrowingBonsai]

Time to go seed hunting. Let me know: What are YOU growing this year from seed?

[@abydosianchulac2]

I collected some shagbark hickory seeds that I'm growing for fun, but I'm trying to geminate some Japanese stewartia seeds I gathered from the local arboretum for future development.

[@TOMSAI]

Ich habe dieses Jahr viele Eichen gesammelt. Ich hoffe sie wachsen alle und ich kann mir einen schönen Eichen Wald basteln .

[@GrowingBonsai]

@@abydosianchulac2 Sound cool! WIl you put a video online when they germinate?

[@GrowingBonsai]

@@TOMSAI Gute idee! Beim eichen sollte man die Haubtwurzeln nach 1-2 kappen!

[@TOMSAI]

@@GrowingBonsai nach 1-2 Jahren ?

[@G-boi]

Hi. Can you make a video about collecting, sowing, growing, shaping, and caring for alder trees also known as alnus glutinosa.

[@GrowingBonsai]

Hm.. that will require some study first. I do not have an alder!

[@BonsaiCornwall]

Great video mate, thank you

[@GrowingBonsai]

Thank yu! Glad to hear you enjoyed it!

[@TeamFishweights]

Just an important note - your comment about not needing refrigeration for seeds is valid only if the species grows wild in your area or if it comes from a similar climate. Where I live, we hardly get a winter frost. Japanese maples grow really well here but our winters arent cold enough for their seeds to germinate in spring. I HAVE to refrigerate my seeds to get them to sprout. I also have to refrigerate my japanese larch to keep it happy.

[@GrowingBonsai]

Hey Christopher, you are absolutely right. I thought I had addressed that point in the video, but learly not well enough. THank you for adding!

[@peterjohnson350]

Hi Jelle, I'm going for beech and maple seeds this year. Last year none of the beech seeds grew but there was a lot of very wet weather and flooding where I collect the seed. The trees may have suffered and so the seeds as well. I guess we'll find out the results in the spring. That's half the fun. Personally, I soak the seeds for a couple of days before sowing which seems to help identify non-viable seed. Those that still float I throw away.

[@GrowingBonsai]

Good luck there! Have you ever tried germinating floating seeds?

[@peterjohnson350]

@@GrowingBonsai I could give it a go and see what happens.

[@jiijino_bonsai_ch]

good video👍👍👍

[@GrowingBonsai]

Thank you 👍

[@dimuthuharshana9602]

A funny and beautiful video ❤️

[@GrowingBonsai]

Thank you 🤗

[@BONSAIenCORTO]

Love edition....

[@GrowingBonsai]

Gracias!

[@mmenelaos]

Great videos! Do you have experience with that particular maple species (Acer preudoplatanus) as bonsai? I like them as trees but always thought they have even coarser growth habit than Norway maple (A. platanoides) therefore never tried them for bonsai. Do they reduce in a pot?

[@GrowingBonsai]

To be honest.. I have one in my garden that I am trying to make more bonsai-isc. But I do not consider it great, and untill I have access to a massive trunk with very small cuts, do not think I will grow one as bonsai for real.. So.. Not much I can tell you. In the yard defoliating, removing winter terminals and frequent pruning do create short internodes..

[@TheMrjoehughes]

Excellent, regarding oak, they must just grow a tap root all autumn and winter and then in spring they feel heat and sprout their stems and leaves ?

[@GrowingBonsai]

I have been clipping that taproots early to stimulate side-roots in an early stage!

[@jimmylarsen82]

Please do a video on silver birch maybe from seed to plant :)

[@GrowingBonsai]

Hm.. Will have to think about that. I actually do not grow Birch for bonsai due to their tendency to drop limbs!

[@SJKurd]

Nice Vedic

[@GrowingBonsai]

thank you so much! Very different views from where you are, i am sure!

[@SJKurd]

Sorry 😅 Nice video & color I’m in Kurdistan I like forest 🌳 and 🌱 and growing seeds

[@GrowingBonsai]

@@SJKurd loooong way away!

[@TycoonMK]

hahaha, i love your videos

[@GrowingBonsai]

glad to hear it!

[@TycoonMK]

@@GrowingBonsai you got Chinese elm?

[@GrowingBonsai]

@@TycoonMK I have a "frosty" and I had a commercial s-shaped elm which I killed last year 😁

[@TycoonMK]

@@GrowingBonsai oo nooo, sry man. i love this tree, but cant find for self

[@pansepot1490]

To be quite honest I leave the birds do the job of collecting and sowing seeds of native trees. I always find all sorts of seedlings in my garden and along country hedges. However I have grown from seeds trees that I have found difficult to source from local nurseries like trident maple, crab apple, carpinus coreana, etc.. A part from crab apple seeds which I collected myself, the rest I bought online from a specialized seed supplier. Not going to sow anything this year because I already have more young plants that I know what to do with.😅

[@GrowingBonsai]

:) Yes, finding seedlings is often just as effective for native species!

[@brucedeacon28]

👍👌🙂

[@GrowingBonsai]

thank you!

[@abydosianchulac2]

Addition to the ending: if you're gathering in an area with hunting, always wear bright, unnatural colors in case you're mistaken about the hunting season.

[@GrowingBonsai]

exactly!

[@davidlahr7226]

Thank you Jelle for the Vid! Jelle, I contacted you via mail and Instagram. I’ll be very happy for a short response ❤😘

[@GrowingBonsai]

soory, will get right at it!