Corin Tackles A Field Grown Japanese Maple - Greenwood Bonsai

[@265petsar]

Love your videos, Corin, they give me a lot of pleasure. I have a few small trees ( small elms from B&Q and a few airlayers from my garden ), but over the past year, I have slowly become disabled. Due to nerve damage, I struggle to use my arms and can no longer feel my hands and fingers. Wiring is now impossible, and my wife puts scissors or pruners in my hand and helps me to try and trim them. So you see, I really appreciate seeing your wonderful work, please keep making them......Take care,. John. ( Belfast )

[@robmartin3312]

Great to watch you set a tree up for future development

[@colinpye3206]

Just love the work you do turning a tree into a bonsai thank you

[@denhardy7238]

I have watched Corrin over the years always a great watch from Dennis the butcher

[@joegarland4885]

You sure work hard having to sort 50 of them on their first stage to become bonsai trees, along with all the other work you have to do this time of year. Must come again to see what you have. Thanks Corin.

[@Tinoshke07]

Beautiful tree already !

[@angieb6899]

Great future for this tree. Can’t wait for the update. Thanks for the inspiration 👩🏻‍🌾🌲🪴

[@phillipwaterman5721]

Such a beautiful bonsai acer thanks corin keep up the good work mate thanks

[@williammallender8391]

Very interesting and informative - thank you

[@allanchurm]

thank you i have two 43y old maples to prune in the next month so watching this gives me a better idea ..

[@bonsa1guy]

Thanks, very enjoyable and informative video.

[@AJBAdventures]

Lovely job Corin, no mucking about 👍 would love a bonsai like that Cheers Aaron

[@leszekrybak5067]

Excellent lesson...

[@lukaszbandzior2541]

Great Job mate im impressed of what you have done ❤❤❤

[@roberthannigan4382]

Thanks for another great video.

[@joseantoniosanchez3158]

Thanks for the video, from Spain, a good specimen, although what I personally do is wash the entire root ball with water, so I can see the roots better 👍👍👍

[@claudiucampean1392]

Lovely job and trees

[@arekushisuruizu2968]

you should show the bald cypress again ! I love that tree

[@greenwoodbonsaistudio]

I might do, its been re-potted and wired since it's last appearance. Will wait till it is in leaf

[@PiscatorUK-Fishing]

Hi guys great video as usual. Can I make a suggestion, when it comes to follow up video of the progress of a tree you have been working on. For a first time viewer to the channel they will have to search through future videos in the hope that they can find the video. You could drop a link into the description when you do the video or add an end screen.

[@greenwoodbonsaistudio]

Great suggestion!

[@harrietb2141]

Thank you Corin🌳🌺

[@philtudor6079]

Love to you Corin. Thanks for yet another brilliant video. Wishing you and your family a Happy Easter.

[@ernsttencate6699]

Such a beautiful tree. Amazing is the ease that you do the pruning and the preparing for the bonsai pot. I am getting better as my bonsai years progress, but looking at you makes me bit jealous. Video was great👍👍👍

[@martnhu8170]

Thanks for the video. I hope you make a follow up on that one.

[@raymondbirds2392]

Any updates please . Love to see how the tree has leafed out

[@willbhm]

Thanks for another great informative video, it amazing how easy you make these things look, I can’t wait to see the progression and how this looks in the future 😜

[@mcbabs7495]

Merci pour la vidéo!

[@kite9039]

If I lived near you I would work for free with any spare time I had, I love working on Bonsai. Fancy opening a shop in Bristol?

[@wolfwolf-sr6he]

Thank you for your good explanations and entertaining videos. I would like to see this tree how it looks this spring !

[@jacktaylor6190]

Another great video! I have put my new Premium Potting Stick to good use this spring, loving it!!

[@raymondbirds2392]

Lovely job

[@williamingleby3327]

Wow, another stunning video.

[@bonsaitera]

I watched the video until the end, congratulations for this excellent work!!! I will try to make a good video for my channel with your valuable advice!!!

[@quezster]

Please tell us the grit and material of your grinder bit. Thank you! Wonderful video, as always. I learn something every time I watch. Do you have a page that lists your tools? You also used a small blue "chain saw" that I'm curious about.

[@gloriablanco7856]

Thank you.

[@oliwestside5050]

Nice work

[@dogbone277]

Great video. Thanks.

[@josrukker]

From 5:50 on, grinding back into the trunk and sealing the wound, both things that should not be done if you like your tree healthy and give it a long life.

[@greenwoodbonsaistudio]

I have done this to 100's of trees and they heal really well, smooth callous tissue over the entire area.

[@chasingthefish9042]

I am not the biggest fan of the field bent maples. I feel like trunk chops are the best way to put movement into the tree. Still this is a great demonstration.

[@arnopienaar8111]

Bravo

[@elcazadordebonsais9867]

Que bueni👍👍

[@luisvega6770]

buen trabajo y espero los próximos videos para ver como evoluciona después de ese trasplante, desde MAR DEL PLATA ARGENTINA

[@jballenger9240]

Miss your reggae interludes.

[@MF-fc5vk]

Thats a great tree, how old is this feild grown material, ?

[@greenwoodbonsaistudio]

About 20 yr old

[@kestane123chesmo]

ı want to see these trees get watered too, its satisfying

[@lolpwndk]

Powerful scissors those, what make are they?

[@MAMLeers]

Good tutorial! In earlier days, I had to find out the hard way after having a few Japanese Maples growing in my garden for a few years (before digging them out again). They really are very powerfull "growers". Luckily, they turn out to be very tolerant to quite harsh interventions too... Nice job, mister Corin! But I'm a bit amazed that they seem to answer so well to pure akadama at your place. I guess you have a lot of rain during the growing season?

[@janegardener1662]

It's the UK, which is notorious for its wet and drizzly summers, although that might have changed since I lived there in the 60s and 70s.

[@737ngJR]

Whats the size of the large branch cutter? The largest one on the website are 208mm

[@RolandObermeier]

Found my Acer Palmatum Sharps Pygmy root strangled as I kept it 2 years after purchase in the same pot, had to go abroad for a project. As bad as I found it the tree was def strangled before already. Started to chop the roots I realised quick there is hardly anything left once I finish. Took off only about 2/3rd of what would be required hoping the tree will survive. Added sphagnum moss around the bottom to aid root development. Any other tips from you guys would be appreciated…..

[@thenaturecreater8906]

Allowed to ship to Norway now?

[@Rene_Voortwist]

Hi Corin, just curious, do you ever wash out the rootball with water? Great video again!

[@greenwoodbonsaistudio]

Not often, as I tend to work inside and it makes a hell of a mess !

[@BenshobbyStuff]

just found this so i subbed.. would you please have a look at my acer palmatum?? if you could i would be over the moon.. its nebari showing is 13-14 inches but will be more like 16 inches after repot :) im really cut on what step i need to do next ...

[@rosanadancel7225]

What you do about does tiny bugs in a young leaves?. Thank you so much.

[@murray821]

Geen and black fly spray with soap and water. Leave it on a couple of minutes and rinse off. They sure love the sweet tree sap and zap the vigor out.

[@rosanadancel7225]

@@murray821 thank you for this information,and immediate answer.

[@simonmcguire6800]

I wonder if you are using cornflakes for this re-pot

[@genep.1005]

Well if you cant ship them to the US, maybe its time to open a Greenwood Bonsai in the US !!! lol. Never hurts to dream does it. 😊

[@pete1820]

Thanks Corin, another excellent video presentation showing a little bit of everything!!!

[@angryzombie8088]

About the double stacked root, personally I would cut the bigger lower root because it wont help the tree get into shallow pot. Secondly that lower root is just too big it wont help the tree getting an evenly spreading nebari. In fact, cutting off that big root will encourage the smaller upper root to grow bigger. Third, that lower root is way below the nebari line, a little bit lower & it would be a tap root.

[@Benw3790]

I've never understood this method.. is this the same method that the Japanese use to develope their maples. I feel like it will always have a lot of scars no matter how long you try to let them heal and typically there shouldn't be any carving or deadwood on maples?? I'm saying this to say that I try to develope my maples over time with branch selection at times where the wounds will 100% heal. So my maples already look the way I want them to but they are just not as big as I'd like them. So they will keep the same shape and branches but over the years keep going into bigger snd bigger pots. Is your method only for rapid trunk growth and mass production? Or am I doing it wrong?

[@greenwoodbonsaistudio]

The carving isn’t done to make deadwood. It’s carved back to get a cleaner better cut that will heal just like the cuts you do on your maples.

[@brucedeacon28]

👍👌🙂🙂

[@murray821]

These maples have great movement, but not much taper, don’t you find that a problem? They look like they were shaped as a 1 meter few year old seedlings that were left to thicken up. Perhaps airlayer them in half and let a new leader grow. Don’t get me wrong, they are amazing trees. And in full leaf they would look stunning, but the lack of taper above the middle part bothers me.

[@greenwoodbonsaistudio]

All are different, that's why it is important to reduce the thickness at the tops of them.

[@murray821]

@@greenwoodbonsaistudio I see. The removal of the thick branches is a good tip thanks!

[@bonsai_life_style]

But I still think it would grow much better in rise krispies ]]]

[@bonsai_life_style]

So many good branches for cuttings end up in bin. [[[[

[@Tiger313NL]

Can't help but get a wallet ache when I see bonsai experts toss half a scoop of akadama next to the pot it needs to go into. I have a low income due to partial disability and I'm Dutch lol

[@bobsiddoway]

Double root would have made more unique interest. I would have left it.

[@paulfenn9693]

My trees are still going snap crackle and pop 😂

[@halfabee]

You start the video wanting to protect the roots and finish the video cutting the root system all the way back.

[@greenwoodbonsaistudio]

Yes, wanting to protect the main surface roots, as they form part of the design, but yes, the lower root ball was then trimmed to facilitate potting.

[@gregs190]

It’d be nicer material if they hadn’t put those bends in, looks too contrived for my taste. Nice video nonetheless

[@Bigninjon]

Foist

[@VinnyChirayil]

Flaws of the main tree that makes it unappealing to me : - the trunk curves are 2D, no depth in 3D - curves are excessive - bottom 2/3rd lacks trunk taper & looks more like a python than a tree trunk - root flare & surface roots are mediocre This problem is present in a few other trees also, seen around 1:43 Many Indonesian bonsai channels show how they create great surface roots & trunk taper. I maintain a playlist called Surface Roots / Trunk Taper, in case you want to know what my benchmark is

[@gregoryh4601]

Hello and Thanks Corin for this Awesome Japanese Maple. Sad you Can’t Ship to America because our FDA are pains. But it’s ok to Have Open Borders for Bad People that Kill our Patriots but Bonsai Trees must Stay Out. 👍🏻 Love the Bonsai Pot with that tree can’t wait to see it.with Leafs

[@janegardener1662]

FDA stands for "Food and Drug Administration". The USDA ("United States Department of Agriculture") controls the importation of trees into the United States because of its desire to keep exotic fungi and insects out of the US. It's a complicated process but it can be done. p.s I find it reprehensible that you think it's acceptable to impose your right wing political nonsense onto this gardening forum.

[@plantdesigns7889]

It's to prevent invasive disease, insects, and plants from coming to the US. The blight that destroyed the American Chestnut was brought here from China. That is why they regulate produce and plants.

[@wabisabi3619]

Trees gonna have more scars than a Tom cat. The grower of the material has the issue of scale. Too many trees turning over to pay proper care. You can get away with this in a pine or juniper but a maple needs grace. There’s no short cut. Put in the time. I have a similar maple, from seed, slightly less girth, in 6 years, using a grow box. I actually have about a dozen. Doing it yourself, you can maintain control over the branch development. No doubt, greenwood could turn this into a nice tree but you’ll be spending another 10 years on correcting the issues created by the stock grower. Bottom line is, you can’t rush quality in bonsai. And when it comes to maples, and most deciduous species, time and care is what makes outstanding trees.

[@arnopienaar8111]

Bravo