How to collect Yamadori with Jelle

[@GrowingBonsai]

Cracking video. Xavier, well done. To all watching: If you agree this is a great video, share the love for Xavier and hit that like button. Let's get this video 1K likes and 10K view before new years!

[@XaviersBonsaiRetreat]

or at least 50 views and a packet of stale hobnobs to eat with my gin :)

[@sbragaglia]

This is a great video: you guys are getting better than the Two Ronnies! And, incidentally, you just taught me all I know about yamadori! (I guess my 3 yardadori seedlings - 2 red cedars and 1 ash - growing in the weeds of the patio of our new place don’t count… if they are thinner than a pencil, don’t count them!)

[@GrowingBonsai]

@@sbragaglia 🤗

[@XaviersBonsaiRetreat]

@@sbragaglia I will show you the smallest yamadori I have collected next spring - that was a pencil thickness. :)

[@bonsaitis566]

Agree! Great video. Thank both of you!❤

[@GrowingBonsai]

Very nicely done my friend!

[@XaviersBonsaiRetreat]

It was your work too.

[@GrowingBonsai]

@@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Thank you but you did the editing which makes it work!

[@GrowingBonsai]

ooohw.. This is going to a be something to watch!

[@XaviersBonsaiRetreat]

It is just a shame I couldn't get you to sing a little too :)

[@GrowingBonsai]

@@XaviersBonsaiRetreat buddy, you never asked.

[@XaviersBonsaiRetreat]

@@GrowingBonsai I dont think it would be fair on the rest of us to ask that of you :)

[@GrowingBonsai]

@@XaviersBonsaiRetreat haha, I am just going to pretend to not be insulted.

[@jasongannon7676]

Fun video, thanks for the smiles.

[@GrowingBonsai]

Here is another: 😁

[@XaviersBonsaiRetreat]

Thanks for watching and hopefully jelle managed to bring some credibility to the video :)

[@TheWishDragon]

The most wholesome video I have seen with two humans in it on KZbin ever. Loved this so much.

[@XaviersBonsaiRetreat]

I really enjoy working with Jelle and we chat quite a bit. He is genuinely such a nice and caring guy and always trying to look out for me when he thinks I need a lift :)

[@maryweber4176]

I swear all of you guys are on the comedy circuit. Love it.

[@XaviersBonsaiRetreat]

Cheers Mary. No spoilers, but I have just finished a collab between jason hanrahan and Candice of Bonsai Science which should be saturday week...

[@maryweber4176]

@@XaviersBonsaiRetreat I am in the same bonsai club as Candace. Small world.

[@XaviersBonsaiRetreat]

@@maryweber4176 Next time you see her ask her about her head banging technique...

[@oachkatzlsmum]

Can’t wait to see, what’s coming here… 😘🙋‍♀️

[@XaviersBonsaiRetreat]

Well at last with Jelle starring there will be some good advice given :)

[@oachkatzlsmum]

I missed the singing 😄🙋‍♀️

[@XaviersBonsaiRetreat]

@@oachkatzlsmum It's only a short reprise of Little shop of Horrors by me...

[@oachkatzlsmum]

@@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Honestly, I‘m quite concerned about the high frequency of your accidents and concussions, my friend 😬

[@XaviersBonsaiRetreat]

@@oachkatzlsmum Imagine what I am like with a chainsaw then...

[@greenmachinesweden]

Great collaboration and fun video.🙂👍

[@XaviersBonsaiRetreat]

Cheers Magnus - it makes it a lot more interesting working out some fun editting. :)

[@luigiluigi2098]

Love your sense of humour Xavier! Bit of fun and great information too.

[@XaviersBonsaiRetreat]

My attempts at bonsai make me laugh constantly :) Cheers for watching, Xav

[@crazyblonde1695]

Wow that fall was absolutely stellar! I always knew my clumsiness was genetic, though you might want to disown me when I tell you my first reaction was hysterical laughter 🤣🤣🤣

[@GrowingBonsai]

Crazy Blonde Hysterical Laughter you say? Yes, Xav has the humor bone!

[@XaviersBonsaiRetreat]

Thanks oh wonderful daughter of mine!

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

Very entertaining 😊 Great work Xav and Jelle.

[@GrowingBonsai]

This is easily my best video to date!

[@XaviersBonsaiRetreat]

Cheers Jason - It felt good when I was putting it together and I had to cut a lot of slapstick out. Part is a little less humourous.

[@bobcatbonsai]

You two are on a roll for making some great videos. Another humorous, but very informative video.

[@GrowingBonsai]

All the credits go to the X-man! I just sent a boring bunch of clips.

[@XaviersBonsaiRetreat]

Yeah Jelle is the brains behind the team :)

[@davidfishwick5108]

What nursery is that ?

[@XaviersBonsaiRetreat]

Its Aveland Trees in Bourne. The web address is in the video description. Cheers, Xav

[@XaviersBonsaiRetreat]

Yes, i know - you are all hoping Jelle will sing. But the title may be misleading to the point of clickbait :)

[@jiijino_bonsai_ch]

It was a lot of fun. 🤣🤣💕👍

[@GrowingBonsai]

Yes indeed. Mightily surprised how this turned out myself! Great work by Xav

[@TOMSAI]

Very nice and Funny Video . THX a lot of this funny Moment.

[@XaviersBonsaiRetreat]

Thanks for watching and hopefully there was some good information provdided by jelle too.

[@TOMSAI]

@@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Yeahhhhh ever Good Informationen from the Master !

[@GrowingBonsai]

Top 10!!!

[@XaviersBonsaiRetreat]

Anymore of this Jelle and I would think you are taking an unhealthy interest🤨 Is this because i still have your framed photograph on my bedside table :)

[@GrowingBonsai]

@@XaviersBonsaiRetreat i think that sais more about you..

[@TonysBonsai]

I really enjoyed this both Xav and Jelle. I was in stitches at the scene with the black stockings on your head. I have a photo of me and my brother as toddlers dressed up as bank robbers looking similarly dodgy 😂 As for the yamadori collecting, my general guide is to dig between 6 and 18 inches (that's the absolute max) from the trunk depending on the thickness of the trunk. I then put the roots in a bag and pour some water into the bag. They normally stay like that for the evening and I pot them up the following morning. Many of my collected trees ended up being bare rooted, and in general they did fine. Just blackthorn and larch that I have struggled with.

[@XaviersBonsaiRetreat]

Cheers Tony. I have had pretty good success with everything but then nothing has cactually come from the wild...apart from my Larches in 2015.

[@BlueJayBonsai]

Always keep a shovel in the boot, you never know when you need to bury a bod.. er, I mean dig up a tree. 😂🤣🐦💙

[@GrowingBonsai]

Encouraging this behaviour are you? Erh Dave, I am going to do a shoutout to you in my video over Christmas. Just so you know !

[@BlueJayBonsai]

@@GrowingBonsai it’s me Blue JAY .. not Dave ( Blue SKY) 😂🤣🐦💙

[@sbragaglia]

Exactly what I thought… and judging from the video, it looks like Xav knows how to get Police off his tail…

[@GrowingBonsai]

@@BlueJayBonsai aaaaah. stupido!

[@GrowingBonsai]

@@BlueJayBonsai still.. Just know.. It is coming up. :)

[@Yurup]

You two talked about the right season, but what is the best season to collect trees?

[@XaviersBonsaiRetreat]

I think early winter which I have done every year for the past 5 years. i have never really bothered collecting in spring...though I know people do that just as well. I just find doing it earlier gives the tree a better start. Personnal preference in the end. Thanks Xav

[@robmartin3312]

Yes I see so many trees I'd love to dig up on my walks.. but that's a great nursery..definitely need to find one near me.

[@XaviersBonsaiRetreat]

I know the temptation is strong - it's not like anyone will know? But...no hobby is worth breaking the law :)

[@BecomingTreeish]

Hahah, that was a lot of fun! Very informative and great jokes. I’d like to collect a couple trees but am a bit nervous having never done it before!

[@XaviersBonsaiRetreat]

It is very easy and I only wish I had started collecting years earlier. The same goes for air layers. Another skill I should have been trying back in the 2000's. All the best Vince, cheers Xav

[@oachkatzlsmum]

Missed the singing 😄😘 Just found it ❤️

[@GrowingBonsai]

Isn't she lovelyyyy!

[@XaviersBonsaiRetreat]

I think you just got Jelle to sing a dserenade to you :)

[@oachkatzlsmum]

@@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Desperatly hoping 🙏😊

[@FrostBiteBonsai]

That was hilarious! I loved it! No wonder you're out of breath, she had a broom! Haha!! Good thing you're far away, Jelle couldn't reach to smack you. That one tree had branches growing like the star of David, that was crazy! That poor shovel! What did it do to deserve that?! Take the broken piece off the handle and shove the handle into what's left of the metal sleeve, jam a screw through to hold it. or you can screw it in, whatever... :)

[@XaviersBonsaiRetreat]

Thanks marysol for all of that. I had a lot of fun putting this together especially with all of the footage Jelle provided me. I'm not sure the humour sits with everyone but that is who I am :) The shovel is still in two pieces sulking in the van!

[@mattbrennan647]

😂😂Well done. I’ve always read that spring is the best time to collect. Have you had success collecting late fall? Thanks, keep growing

[@XaviersBonsaiRetreat]

I always collect in early winter and have done so for the past four years without any failures. I have collected in spring but I find those collected in December have a big head start. It is also avoids clogging up valuable time in spring when I have so many repots to do :)

[@mattbrennan647]

@@XaviersBonsaiRetreat very interesting. What sort of after care do you give? Average winter temperature? Thanks.

[@XaviersBonsaiRetreat]

@@mattbrennan647 You will have that answer by now I hope. Basically coldframe till spring with temps dropping to -4 over winter. Spring I just let them go and feed them heavily.

[@maksenDK]

Using Vaseline jelly (petroleum jelly) to seal tree wounds is not recommended. While it might seem like a quick fix to cover the wound, petroleum jelly can actually trap moisture, create a barrier that prevents the tree from naturally healing, and could even foster the growth of fungi or bacteria that thrive in moist environments.

[@XaviersBonsaiRetreat]

You do make an excellent point and it is soemthing I shoudl have mentioned. The truth is that budget constraints often mean I have to find alternative solutions. In this case all of the chops have healed well and I have not seen any adverse effects. have you had problems yourself with this?

[@OutsidethePot]

Collecting is the easy part. How to get it to take once you get it home. That’s the tuff part. I have a 60% success rate but I’d like to increase that.

[@XaviersBonsaiRetreat]

I suppose the collection places can get pretty isolated for some ardent enthusiasts. In truth, I have found throwing them into a garbage bag with the existing soil works fine. I think my success rate isn't that mcuh different from yours. I definitely lost 40% of the 50 oaks I collected :)

[@OutsidethePot]

I live in a place now that has many trees and bushes that are very suitable for collecting. San Antonio Tx. I collect everywhere even right behind my house in a public park, the park rangers shake their fingers at me. Plastic bag and a socked towel. On longer trips I do bring buckets of water. I will be moving to Colorado and be hunting in the mountains.

[@DH-yj7bx]

Rather get the old Bally on and dig to Aus than pay a nursery, personally 🤣🤣

[@XaviersBonsaiRetreat]

I am with you on that one - time to go home :)

[@maxsiatfarm4455]

Wow 😍your face like actor X file...👍👍

[@XaviersBonsaiRetreat]

David Duchovney - Agent Moulder. I am guessing you are talking about Jelle who joined me for this episode :)

[@Darkfire1300]

Great video, but you and Jelle are having way too much fun! What a great example of taking things seriously for the trees but not too seriously for the people. Thanks guys!!! You're lucky to have such a great nursery close by. None anywhere close to Boise Idaho. Sigh! Well a girl can dream...just what I need, one more (or several) trees.

[@XaviersBonsaiRetreat]

Thanks Darkfire (love the name) - I am with you totally. Life is far too hard to not have alittle bit of fun whilst doing something you enjoy. Was Captain Kirk born in Idaho??? Cheers, Xav

[@Darkfire1300]

@Xavier Martinez - Expressions of Grace Bonsai Alas, that famous devil is considered the son of another "I" state, Iowa where he was raised. He was born on a shuttle in space!

[@johnlindell5024]

😂😂

[@XaviersBonsaiRetreat]

You have to be able to laugh when doing bonsai :)

[@johnlindell5024]

@@XaviersBonsaiRetreat indeed you do! Thank you for the great content and the laughs😊

[@thelazybonsai]

Noice

[@XaviersBonsaiRetreat]

Cheers - i was tired for the potting and root pruning process!