How to increase the value of your Ficus bonsai

David Easterbrook proceeds to completely restyle some recently purchased and neglected Ficus material in order to up its value.
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[@areebus4226]

This was very instructive. No way I would have expected this exquisite end result after wiring it up. As a novice bonsai enthousiast I fear getting wiring scars. I would love to learn what and when to pay attention to, to avoid scarring (and perhaps even what to do "when shit happens" and scarring has occured)

[@carlmcclain6934]

Never, EVER in a million years would I have thought the tree would look that good when you started! I have a 8yo ficus that looks just like yours before the transformation. Thank you for showing me how to improve my tree!

[@joeimbesi5361]

Great transformation. Perhaps you could include a before and after picture.

[@davidstokes925]

I’m too early in a learning process to say what I would have done. I think you’ve done an awesome job. Love how you bend the limbs to make them appear shorter.

[@toofyadam]

What a beautiful transformation , I’m a beginner with a small bonsai ( ficus)

[@SuperPeleke]

What a great transformation. And I love the videos on relatable material that we have all seen before. Often we see the "typical" ficus with the S shape trunk and the broom shape foliage. David did a great job showing what can be done setting the bones for the future while also making it look beautiful in the present.

[@BonsaiSociety]

Thank you for the compliment. So nice to read so much positive feedback!

[@dismian7]

Yes, a wonderful transformation. Thr S shape does seem a bit artificial, but when it's already started from the roots upwards, it is continued in a subtle way here.

[@TheBonsaiZone]

A very cool transformation!! Love the new T shirt too!!

[@BonsaiSociety]

Thanks Nigel we should get in touch soon

[@TheBonsaiZone]

@@BonsaiSociety Sounds good, I'll definitely see you in Toronto!

[@ReillyR99]

Honestly as a beginner you mentioned a lot of analysis and I appreciated it! I almost need to make a checklist 😂

[@grangrampa832]

Omg that ficus looks absolutely beautiful now ! Thank you for your teaching I love it 😊

[@kimberlyduncan1053]

You transformed this tree into an incredible bonsai! Thank you for showing your process

[@theworldofbonsai641]

Beautiful tree!!! I must admit I did not except the tree to have ended up like that, you did a beautiful job with the branch placements. I hope to see more videos like this from you! Thank you!!

[@redshotred6755]

Wow, I didn’t expect this change at the end , I bought a ficus bonsai just a week ago, the seller put it in a good size pot without holes and he told me to water it once a week a half litter, but I noticed it’s leafs begin to falling 3 days ago, it is in my living room and there is enough sunlight to reach it but I putted it 2 days ago near the window so it’s gets more sunlight. It’s small right now so I’m looking forward to try out your method once it’s get taller branches 😊

[@melvyntoppo678]

This being the first time I saw your video, it was a wonderful experience hearing your advice of how to transform an existing tree and taking us through the whole process of seeing the work.

[@mrpatchy9950]

A very good demonstration , well explained wiring , modified the and oriented the branches to give a very good shape of the branches . A very good video for a beginner into bonsai.

[@maureenrice545]

Amazing transformation - thanks to your video, I will now have a go at improving my sad looking ficus.

[@RadkoHoratio]

Hello! You made this ficus very nicely. I would never have thought that it could be made into such a beautiful tree. Anyway, I have a long way to go before I can do such beautiful things! The video was great! Few people make their trees in such detail in front of the camera and with such good interpretation. Great!

[@NYBraveheart]

What I always find so wonderful is how less is more - by cutting off a large branch and wiring and shaping the remaining branches, the tree looks so much fuller.

[@rogerboucher1913]

Beautifully done David. My thoughts at first was to a chop of all of those broom branches and wait for the sprouts to grow. But your way is much better ! Now we can enjoy this beautiful looking young bonsai until it grows new shouts and get then get a hair cut. You are a master 👍

[@user-bv7ml5ek8x]

Watching you transform this tree was great. As a newbie this was a good training lesson to learn by. Thank you for sharing!

[@BlueJayBonsai]

Fantastic video production Nicolas, and an amazing master class by sensei David! 👏🙏🐦💙🇨🇦

[@BonsaiSociety]

Hey thanks for tuning in as usual. -The team

[@garynorton8742]

You have a gift! What a wonderful process!

[@moonwatcher922]

Absolute fantastic transformation of that bonsai!!!!!!!

[@christinehenderson522]

I received 2 Ficus Ginseng from my son last July so very new to this. I thought you video was very informative, I've watch many and I liked yours as it was about moulding it into a beautiful shape not just cutting it to a twiglet, what a work of art, thank you for sharing. I hope I can keep mine alive and sculpt them well. Mine are from Airi Projects, living plant art so they're very unusual and worth a look. 😊❤

[@geomerm]

Mr. Easterbrook you are great! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and ideas with us!

[@leonardarce6117]

You created a masterpiece David. Great job Sir.

[@glenwatcheston633]

Yeah it is a beautiful transformation, with extreme smooth movement that is outstanding. You definitely taught me something today. Thanks 👍🏼

[@geoffbreen2386]

Watching you work is mesmerising. You're skill, speed and results speak for themselves.

[@bilalkassem1443]

Unreal transformation! Thanks david.

[@thetruthchannel7073]

Transformation is awesome it looks really nice bonsai now... you have done a great job

[@andrewcarver3337]

From start to finish was awesome 👌.

[@acloserlook6133]

Love the videos David.

[@salvatorepetralia4000]

Great David, fantastic transformation... Thanks for sharing !!

[@mrjeffryson4449]

Love the transformation! Great to see you work your magic. I have definitely learned a thing or too! :)

[@ajith90169]

Great transformation and waiting to see the progress....

[@mrpatchy9950]

You have done a wonderful explain of how to train a Ficus bonsai with a load of very important points when wiring a bonsai tree , the hand movements were well photographed . Thanks a lot.

[@GreenWitch1]

Amazing transformation! Im impressed 😮

[@holyek7892]

God! what a wonderful transformation! Love it. I wish I can work my trees as masterfully as him!

[@nightcoder5k]

Thanks for the video. I always learn something. Keep up the good work.

[@michaelmott7402]

Very nice transformation I had no idea how much nicer it would look in such a short amount of time. Looking forward to seeing it in the future two thumbs up 👍

[@stephenkoebcke9070]

David your video came in handy last night as we had a ficus workshop at our club. Thanks for the advice and guidance. Steve.

[@bruceteede]

I looked at the start of the video and the product at the end. GREAT WORK. ID LOVE TO SEE THAT IN YEARS TO COME

[@chrisbailey2125]

Looks amazing, big transformation in such a short time

[@Kwood10]

I love what you did . Looks like a brand new tree .

[@sagebonsai]

you've done a wonderful job on this ficus. 👏

[@mowglibwoy]

This is exactly what I was looking for!

[@BonsaiSociety]

Glad you found value in this masterclass!

[@pjsullivan128]

I am very impressed. I’ve been into bonsai since the early 70s not so much tropicals but I am very excited how you did this ficus makes me wanna go out and buy one except I know how finicky they are with temperature changes and it’s in the teens right now, I am now follower

[@mrpatchy9950]

Excellent transformation , the wiring and branch bends were really very well explained, just the tutorial for a beginner to understand the transformation . Good work, learnt a lot.

[@robtlyra]

Verry nice work as always David, the result is impressive with what you had to start with ...

[@billy3133]

Ficus over rock, I would love to see it again, you inspire me to do well with my bonsai, many thanks Bill. 🌲👌

[@maureenrice545]

Amazing transformation - thanks to your video, I now feel confident in trying to improve the look of my sad looking ficus. Thanks David.

[@bonsaitime621]

Awesome job, very creative and inspiring transformation!

[@randomsht218]

This is what's beautiful about the internet, if it wasn't for videos you and other bonsai enthusiast's and artists make people like me wouldn't be able to expand the knowledge we need to produce such beautiful specimen. I am now entering my 3rd year of bonsai, i have one ficus, three acer and one cypress and i have been really lost when it comes to shaping my ficus and find myself only realy pruning it back to maintain its current shape so thank you for this video which has given me some inspiration on where i could begin and where i could take it in the future

[@bridgitsubramoney9405]

Wow this is fantastic... What a wonderful God given talent... Thank you so much for sharing 😍

[@user-yx4ok7yj3y]

You are an exceptional bonsai artist. The structure is clearly explained with great camera angles allowing the viewer to see and better understand the design you are striving to attain. The tree is very attractive at this stage of training which is encouraging to those of us just learning. Thank you for helping us to develop our vision to see the possibilities and the path of progress!

[@johnmccauley101]

Great transformation...I am new to the bonsai game and constantly looking for new knowledge and most of all inspiration, many of you guys are great at the step by steps and not super articulate which makes it alot easier for us newbies to learn. Thank you for posting this.

[@roddfrancis5816]

Love the transformation ..learnt some great stuff to apply to my one that I have been trying to improve that is like what you started with ... Cheers mate ... PS i have been what seem like a little while waiting for new videos and techniques to learn from thanks

[@lempira69]

Great work!

[@jeffncompany]

definitely improved from where it began. started as an s curve house plant and became a nice bonsai in the making. i found some of the branch bending to be a bit a radical, but it's difficult to get a true feeling for the tree watching it on video and not seeing it in person. and after all, you are the master. really found the work on the apex interesting and vastly different from what you normally see - far more filled out and rounded. as always, thanks for sharing, David!

[@deft1abc1]

Wow what a transformation.

[@adsminibuild5791]

It looks fantastic. Great transformation 👏

[@Patbonsaitv]

informative.. thank you for sharing...you make me inspired ..

[@markwoodard4012]

Great transformation!

[@pacificopastrana7191]

Great transformation

[@jesusarmendariz9128]

Excellent work Mr. David!!

[@BonsaiSociety]

Thank you!

[@Consciousnessbin]

Thanks! It was very insightful.

[@a.k.h.channel]

nice bonsai ficus,thank you Mr for sharing

[@michaelmcfaun3199]

Just enjoying your talent and narration as you go along . Thanks again sir .

[@BonsaiSociety]

Thank you Michael most of this is unscripted and unplanned. Thanks for enjoying my natural flow

[@francien5001]

This is amazing.Thanx for showing. Greetz from the Netherlands.

[@rajeshvarma7135]

Sir Great working technical ideas. Thanks

[@roberthouston1498]

I liked the final outcome of the tree. I feel it could in the next few years, go even further with design concept. Thank you for the great lesson.

[@scotthogbin613]

Great job with the ficus David....looks fantastic and i can see its future looking bright. Im ficus crazy and as you know they strike from cuts easily so i have tooooo many now. Thanks for the great video and your expertise David.

[@davebishop1516]

Hi David its the first time I have seen one of your videos and I found it very interesting. The transformation was amazing. The biggest rake for me was not to scared of using lots of wire to get the shape of tree you want. Thank you

[@HH-nc1dp]

Very nice transformation draft an ordinary specimen to a next level. liked your videos a lot thanks

[@BringNatureIndoors]

Wow. That is absolutely fantastic. I am blown away! LOL I never thought that would look like that in the end. I thought it looked good at the beginning! Thank you. I am getting into bonsai's and I will be learning from you! I have a plant shop in London, Ontario and do not have experience with training them.

[@AnkurRaina]

Thank you for the video... Great learning.. I would be working on a ficus soon. Fingers crossed

[@BarefootBeekeeper]

Nice work!

[@gabloignon]

Great inspiration for what to do with my ficus! I have been keeping mine in it's original store bought semi-cascade form, but would love to add some mouvement to it!

[@user-oh9kz3oy3v]

I have just been gifted a bonsai starter from my friend's mother who has had hers passed on from her own mother. I liked the video and the result is beautiful. I think I would have liked a little more commentary on how and why certain branches go where. I understood a front, back and apex branch but I'm not sure what to look for in creating the other branches. Thank you for a great post.

[@VictorHernandez-lr2un]

Thanks a lot master you really teach. God bless you 🙏🏽🍀

[@bigtomatoplantslover6205]

Wow Wonderful Bonsai ^^ Thank you for good sharing~ Like 359 My friend, have a good day

[@juanhierbabuena]

You`re goodo in this joba!

[@rjfloyd839]

looks great

[@chawlapankaj76]

Great sir , you are a great artist 🙏

[@coltanharrington9688]

Love Wigerts! I’m hoping to go grab some pre bonsai from there this year. They have great tropicals.

[@roshanrai8101]

Very nice!

[@bopinart]

Thank you for sharing

[@Ollieslife101]

That's cool with those shirts I have purchased like 5 pre bonsai from that nursery they are great and ship yes very well

[@quykhucvlog]

Thanks you for sharing the great video 👍

[@QuattroDenn]

I'm listening. . . .Gives me peace.

[@jeffdowswell7706]

Just what I would've done. Love to see a pic of the new pot as well.

[@BonsaiSociety]

Thanks Jeff that second repotting part is coming real soon

[@nazariojuarez3156]

The tree turned out great

[@shmooptys]

I liked your approach to styling this tree a lot. I would love to see how it has developed in the year since this video was posted

[@BonsaiSociety]

Hey we sold the bonsai a few weeks after the video

[@Patbonsaitv]

great skill for making bonsai..

[@zhaneversBonsai]

Beautiful ficus ❤️❤️❤️

[@andy5771]

Super Baum geworden,sehr sehr gute Transformation 👍

[@cesarurb]

Thank you so much!

[@MyPlantWorld]

Wow awesome 👌

[@vyvii3293]

Really interesting, I'm new to bonsai.

[@harrietb2141]

Beautiful😍

[@nessi5413]

watched the video today. your follower-number (that you mentioned in the video) has tripled since you released the video. And I understand why. That was great content, thanks a lot!!!