E158. Bonsai in the ground, collecting yamadori, and air-layering the big Willow

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Nice to you outdoors again Candice!!! That GMC still has a good 100,000 miles in it!!!

[@Candice.BonsaiScience]

At least!

[@growclipbonsaiforseniors1951]

Nice work on the cedar root system and the repot.

[@baldyeti]

7:00 there’s no bad dirt, just bad watering practices That’s a fantastic perspective I’m stealing that. I like this conversation. I throw used bonsai substrate in with my veggie beds, flower beds, and pre-bonsai beds. And I like to cut my compost with perlite and pumice in pots.

[@Candice.BonsaiScience]

Keeping in mind that natures watering can overwater it also

[@growclipbonsaiforseniors1951]

Very wise information, Professor Candice on the nursery stock and potting. Excellent!

[@Candice.BonsaiScience]

Thank you Thomas

[@mattbrennan647]

Glad to see spring has finally sprung for you. I have several trees I collected earlier this spring and an air layer on my crabapple. Some of my largest attempts to date 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻. Thanks, keep growing

[@Candice.BonsaiScience]

Can’t wait to hear about it more!

[@growclipbonsaiforseniors1951]

Nice work on the root system.

[@growclipbonsaiforseniors1951]

Nice grafting work. You are a true Bonsai Master.

[@Candice.BonsaiScience]

🥷 can I be a ninja

[@Bonsaicrazy]

Nice Candice. Good luck with it girl 👍👍👍

[@Candice.BonsaiScience]

Thanks!

[@TonysBonsai]

Nice video, and that cedar looks like it could be a really nice tree. As for the deadwood spike on that willow, chop it in half. I know we have a spare eye, but it's much better having two!

[@Candice.BonsaiScience]

Yes definitely going to split it after we separate the layer!

[@growclipbonsaiforseniors1951]

Willows are easy to root also. Pot of soil sitting in water, and they root in no time.

[@Tinoshke07]

'we're close to the 20th May .... '....SQUIRREL ! 🤣 It seems like you own quite a big piece of land and Nature is all around you. Seems to me a quite beautiful place to live , if you love Nature of course. You gave us all kinds of good information !

[@Candice.BonsaiScience]

It’s a great property otherwise I’d have sold it and moved

[@BobBelveal]

Nice tree

[@tacobonsai]

Really nice video. I think i am guilty of many of those things so I'm always glad when i learn better from one of your videos. I finally got some red cedar to survive but never the ones that i wire halfway to a piano class.

[@Candice.BonsaiScience]

🤣🤣 we learn we live and we bonsai on! Here’s to increasing your ‘stay alive’ rate!

[@t3dwards13]

I'm gonna hold out hope...There was a gorgeous pair of maples in a courtyard @ The Grand Ol Opry, which I collected seeds from. They had awesome colours in their long, thin, serrated leaves. If I knew what they were, I'd source the tree, cause I suck at growing from seed.

[@Candice.BonsaiScience]

I don’t mess with seeds at all 🤣

[@growclipbonsaiforseniors1951]

Have you tried floating row covers? Supposed to protect against frost.

[@XaviersBonsaiRetreat]

Gee - now shouldn't I have just watched this one a week ago Candice :)

[@Candice.BonsaiScience]

🤣🤣🫣🫣

[@bobcatbonsai]

Great video Candice! It was super informative. Is perlite similar to pumice in keeping humidity and temperature? I can't believe your ERC grew such a radial root pattern in the wild. I look forward to seeing were you take that tree next year! Willows are such a blast to experiment with. Worse case cut it down to nothing and it will come back!😂 I have found the lantern bugs are very attracted to my willow trees also. Thank you for sharing!!

[@Candice.BonsaiScience]

Perlite is great for aeriation in a potting soil mix. Not so sure it can maintain any humidity on its own though. It’s so light and airy and more like tiny styrofoam beads I’m not sure it would work the best on its own. If using perlite for recovery it would probably work best with some amount of organic material mixed in- like 50% perlite and 50% forest farms soil. Perlite also gives me major nightmares in that it reminds me of tiny packing peanuts 🤣🫣

[@Candice.BonsaiScience]

I also think the weight of the pumice helps stabilize the roots more and won’t shift around as much in the container.

[@bobcatbonsai]

@@Candice.BonsaiScience I'm going to reply to both your comments here. The idea of the weight makes perfect sense. I was trying to think from a cost effective side, so adding ocean farm soil would not be helpful🤣. I see your point with the small packing peanuts. Now I will never be able to look at perlite the same way again!😱😱😱

[@bonsaitime621]

I have sooooo many maple accidentalis 😂.

[@Candice.BonsaiScience]

And in fall Cottonwood accidentilis

[@apostlewoody]

Bear attack tip: PLAY DEAD! It will be good practise for when you die a few minutes later.... Peace..... 😑

[@Candice.BonsaiScience]

BahH

[@Dunbarton]

maple accidentalist? maple occidentalis? maple ?????????????