Creating a Bonsai from a Shrub - Making the Initial Cuts for Beginners

[@armingivili]

Im waiting for the update !! Cool video!

[@davestatikpoi]

I was screaming NOOO when you said you were gonna clip the second trunk that base looked SICK already!

[@sophiaangelini4368]

Master Chan thank you for being our Teacher

[@genlj8998]

awesome video please give a full juniper styling of informal upright

[@nightcoder5k]

Interesting. The last branch would be one of the first branches I'd cut since it's damaged. But I can see where you're going. Can't wait to see the follow-up video.

[@bonsaihigh]

Great video. I agree on why there is not that many tutorials with shrubs. I personally like them.

[@keithdouglass3618]

🌱 I like how you don't get too involved in the way you explain ..not confusing great. Keith Australia

[@susanfield2444]

Fantastic info and insights into planning the development of a bonsai.

[@emmanuelperaltapaintings6371]

Great videos! This is the most detailed bonsai tutorial channel I've ever watched so far..❤

[@wheremylifego3790]

Its a great channel ur not wrong also check out "heron bonsai" another great channel

[@bobmccarlie382]

Looking forward to see how this tree does down the road. Thanks for sharing.

[@1niko3]

Enjoying the weekly videos. Hope you dont stop :)

[@DavidKottke]

Please do a video on trimming down roots on a 5 gal to train for a bonsai pot please. I always get great trees and kill them trying to put them into show pots. :(

[@ChristopherLMunoz]

Really underestimated channel. Some great advice here.

[@guantektan1824]

You are just excellent.... Every of your videos, you explained it very simple & easy to understand. Thank you SO MUCH. I learned so much from you.

[@SpacemanSpiff17]

Glad to see you are doing well jason and still uploading videos to help out us bonsai hobbyists doing the Covid19 pandemic. Stay safe buddy and always great work. :)

[@raymondbouchard5375]

Is there any follow up videos on this one? Thank you for information on makings cuts ~ starting to get comfortable doing what should be done sooner

[@hectordehesa2118]

This was awesome, motivated me to go back to Home Depot and get that boxwood I saw yesterday. Cheers

[@mattbrennan647]

Another great tutorial. Always great content. Thanks

[@ApachE_1337]

Great video!!

[@iamaduckquack]

What about repotting that? Would you keep it how is is currently or remove some of the compost and slip pot into bonsai soil?

[@keithdouglass3618]

🌱 yes .I found patients. next season grows back. then re think. re trim. good video. Keith Australia

[@dancingbread7015]

Hi! I just got a young pre-shaped juniper bonsai and I am clueless on how to care for it and I don’t know what information sources are reputable and which are not. Could you give me some good sources on how to take care of a bonsai? Sorry, It might be a lot to ask for.

[@finnsbiavl7483]

Another very good lesson, thanks 🌳😎

[@BenJamin-br5gr]

Thanks for making this video! i love working with yaupon, but there are so few videos of professionals using it. I'd love to see what you'd do with this or a similar tree in futures seasons.

[@yvettegraham9657]

Is there an up date on this shrub to bonsai. I'd love to see it now.

[@micahagresta]

At what time of year should you do this. Should it only been done in early spring or anytime of year?

[@sagebonsai]

Harsh to watch this, but its for the better outcome to achieve the style your looking for. I have to wait for early winter to do this to my burning bush so i can get more branches to come next year.

[@LessTalkMoreDelicious]

Nice! Please also do - chaenomeles, pomegranate, ume, seiju elm, azalea. 🙏✨

[@demontalembertjean1432]

Have you heard of olive trees put upside down to use the roots as future branches ? I am trying to understand the technic.

[@Chris-oq6kn]

Hey jay love the videos keep em coming . I have a question may be a little more advanced but can u do a video on secondary and tertiary branching maybe on an elm. Im not sure maybe the correct length at which point to cut back to start creating the tertiary branches and basically what type of shape of the pads were looking for. In nakas book he tells about 3 diff shapes to form pads like triangle arrow head or oval. I think this would be a very interesting video. Thanks

[@abegailvillacorta9228]

Thank u for sharing.... very informative video..

[@michaelwhyte8529]

Any advice for a salt hardy bonsai? I live on the coast in qld, Australia, sub tropical climate. Most of my plants get hammered by the salty ocean wind, the only ones that seem to handle it are my jades, green island ficus and rubber tree fig. Thank you

[@RomanSt.Clair.]

Hello! Good video

[@michaelbahr7267]

Wow great idea. Left a like

[@davidjennings9556]

Just a quick question.....which shrubs or nursery plants make good beginer bonsais?....

[@maximinix]

It depends on the climate you live in. Trick #1: Take a walk in your neighborhood and look what is used for hedges around houses or shrubs in public parks and has small leaves. Take pictures if you don't know the species for later identification. What already grows well in your neighborhood has a good chance to grow well at your place. Trick #2: Visit the outside section of the nursery closest to your home. What they sell outside is usually what is suited to your climate. Also ask if you can speak with the gardener in charge. Usually they know a lot about plants, their growing needs, and may even help with pictured plant identification. If you are lucky it may be a bonsai nursery.

[@grobonsai]

Cotoneaster, easily available, they flower, have tiny leaves, and easy to keep

[@curtisnt]

beautiful

[@demontalembertjean1432]

Most interesting !!

[@leevandyke4562]

Would this be the same for an azalea?

[@coryd8814]

Hows this tree doing?

[@jugado219]

You said that those are your favorite shears, why is that? I'm on the hunt for a new pair of good shears . Any help would be really appreciated. Thank you. PS, I was on your website and I like the "thinning shears" stile , but never used it before.

[@yoda12439]

Love it thanks

[@yoda12439]

Can’t wait to see it in the fall

[@patlambert9107]

Gosh--pretty shocking cuts! So, that is the way to go. Looking forward to the follow up.

[@kimgallagher1815]

I didn't see the pr😅gress of this plant !

[@M4NNHEIM]

Stupid question, but I've seen a handful of bonsai folks put colored tape on the handles of their tools. Is it to designate what's sharp/needs to be sharpened? I've always wondered.

[@steventang1002]

I think it is simply used to show the ownership of their tools. As a professional, they have many tools and when going on shows or demo, very easy to misallocate.

[@cencalbonsai6429]

yeah like Tang said, its just used for personal ID of your tools

[@petersuhan5418]

why not just train some of the old branches?

[@abcBonsai]

bety cv?...

[@emmanuelreynoso9246]

there was no follow up...

[@MadamePandora]

This seems really cool until you do it for real and you realize that most shrubs can't withstand the number of traumas they have been put in after all the drastic pruning. The shrub will likely die if you strip it of all that foliage. It is really interesting to notice that these KZbinrs never show the health condition of the trees after several months from the video.

[@easternleaf]

It's important to know which species you are working on for this. I'll do a follow up to show the growth on it. I wouldn't do this if I was planning on killing the tree.

[@avishachaudhary7105]

Plz try to speak to the point n keep your words clear n little slow so that anyone can listen u attentively.

[@Tagger0325]

Sorry ..Jay . Didn't catch that . What kind of Holly?