How to Make Concrete Bonsai Pots.Man left alone while wife escapes NS winter! Bonsai By The Sea Ep.5

This is a step by step tutorial on how to make a concrete pot for your Bonsai! The cost per pot is mostly time, and a few bucks for sand and Portland Cement. Below is a list of tools and the materials. Good Luck-- let me know how it goes if you try it out!
Tools Needed: Flat Head Trough, Pot to measure cement, Pan to mix in concrete and colourant, sponges, diamond file, sandpaper,Jigs made from scrap wood and pieces of metal roofing
Materials: Sand, Portland Cement- GU Type, and Colorant and Water
#bonsai #concretepots #yamadoriinpots #bonsaibythesea #DIYbonsaipots

[@GreenhornBonsai]

Your finished pot looks great. We've made them with perlite and peat moss instead of sand, to make them lighter weight. That works well, too, and some of the pots are fifteen years old and still holding up.

[@annanym5947]

the dude makes bonsai pots now instead of bowling noice 👍

[@danielcuellar5718]

Well, that’s just like your opinion man.

[@annanym5947]

@@danielcuellar5718 let me tell YOU something bandero :D

[@ellizabethdiazdelcampo397]

You are a great artist my dear brother and a very good speaker. Love you! Your Sister, Betty

[@janethowell9048]

Great lesson. Thank you. Glad to see someone else who’s starting their bonsai adventures late in life. 😊😍

[@mattbrennan647]

That’s quite creative. Nice pots at a great cost. Thanks, keep growing

[@glennstairs6798]

I made a bunch of those or similar, and my wife loves using them . The succulents do very well.

[@OjaiBonsai]

My dad has been making me pots for the same reason. Great work. Cheers from Ojai California

[@zenobibonsai]

This is something I really want to have a go at.. I feel you about the price of pots and nothing can beat a one off pot that you have spent time and passion creating. Grabbing myself a coffee and will enjoy this video - thanks so much for sharing 👌👍🙏

[@fengfei5654]

Every step seems perfect, moulding, coloring and polishing. Great works!

[@markomeingassner6193]

That’s awesome mate. Hope to get to 1000 subscribers soon. Keep up your inspirational videos coming. Chur

[@gayles6321]

I'm in Saskatchewan Canada. Love this. Thank you.

[@Tagger0325]

I made pots all last summer. I've had many battles as you described. You gave me some solutions to the mistakes I've been making .Best informative video I've seen, and I watched a bunch .People who never tried can't appreciate the process . Thank you .

[@j.e.k.6014]

You could do a shallow concrete pour in the Miracle Grow tub to get a nice shallow/slab like pot. The bottom would be the top and you'd have a small recess for the soil mound.

[@arnoldmmbb]

Very good informative video thanks!! Keep going with the videos!!

[@pinegd1]

Add 10% silica fume to make a creamier, more plastic mix. Add 3% AR fiber or basalt fiber and you can reduce wall thickness to 1/2". Use CSA cement and demold in 15 minutes.

[@bonsaibythesea]

Guess I’m just a Portland and sand guy cheers

[@Chercher4848]

Well that was a treat! Love them ❤

[@jackieburnett6881]

Enjoyed your video. You did an amazing job!

[@conspiraterry7393]

I am sold! Can't wait to make some. This appeals to my cheap ass and my adventurous spirit to create some wonderful bonsai from my miss planted japanese maple trees in my front yard. Big pots are way expensive and I'm a stickler for asthetics and isn't asthetics what it's all about? Thank you so much for this video and tell your wife I am bummed that you have a wife but I hope you reach your goal for subscribers!

[@davinatest8467]

❤thanks for sharing all the info and for the inspiration

[@harrietb2141]

God job! Very nice pots😍

[@Bonsaicrazy]

Really enjoyed that video thanks 👍

[@claudiahawkins2648]

Wow thank you, very inspirational and I so want to learn this to make pots for my own trees.

[@jawwadhaider5908]

Nice work 👍

[@-ChrisD]

Inspiring!!

[@brendancahill3376]

Very intresting video ,and i must try making one.

[@miltonescobar8685]

Awesome ❤️😍

[@randydaigle]

Great information thanks from Flin flon.

[@theresevarney4715]

Very cool! Thanks for your time to show us how to save money and make our own pots. I think I will try this for a bird bath. Fan from Washington State 😃 🌲🌲🌲

[@peterzukof7942]

Fabulous! Your pots look wonderful and I loved all the information in your video- so happy to have found your channel! I’ve always wanted to play with making concrete pots - this was a great inspiration and instruction!

[@bonsaibythesea]

It’s been such a fun journey. Will be making lots more.

[@faustinae3927]

Nice job❤

[@janecarver9672]

Ive so enjoyed your video, thanks so much for making it. Have you ever tried coconut coir in the mix?

[@donaldslovey338]

That is awesome I'm going to try this

[@bonsaibythesea]

Have fun!

[@partyboyww]

Thank you so much, i want to make a elongated oval pot and was thinking of making it out of clay, but with the sand in it looks really easy to use concrete, i will try it out and let you hear about it :D

[@pinegd1]

February in Florida is pretty sweet.

[@bonsaikenarialor1902]

good make pot bonsai

[@gary24752]

You can use water glass to make what is known as green concrete used for casting purposes. This will hold the sand in place.

[@patilorbonsai9126]

nice job 👍

[@arcanamystic]

I'm subscriber #1000. I wish you much luck in your KZbin success :).

[@uppergorple]

Nice one mate. Concrete pots can be elegant!

[@bonsaibythesea]

Thanks! I am enjoying the process.

[@thegreenmanalishiyamadori371]

Top artist🤘🤘🤘

[@JohnSmith-ut5mv]

I had already subscribed but when I heard you say your wife's name I would have definitely been subscribing because mine has the same name I too am making my own concrete pots and am just starting in the bonsai practice I plan on selling pots and eventually bonsai and other herbs and ornamentals but at this point I am still trying to meet people also involved in bonsai so I can learn from them so please keep posting and I will keep viewing have a good day and tell Val I said hi please

[@mlangfordcamper]

Nice pot and I would not have considered going without a fixed shaping shaping trowel but it looks like a better process than what I am working with

[@brianmooney5552]

This is the first video I have seen on this technique in English. I had tried to make some concrete pots with variable success. Now that I know the details I know what I did wrong. Might give it another try soon.

[@bonsaibythesea]

Let me know how it works out!

[@AntonKoba]

Awesome! Subbed

[@jtkruk]

Nice instructions , impressive results. Looks like have pottery studio in your shop why you don't make stoneware/clay potts?

[@gromageindustries6745]

Fantastic pots 👏 I'm not sure if you mentioned it but how do you get the strong alkalinity out of the pots? I guess the water curing does this somewhat, but what do you do?

[@Connie4580]

Wonderful work! New subbie here

[@oliveambros9887]

I am your new subscriber!

[@jerryzito6840]

WOW! what a great video. I'm hooked. Just a few questions before I get started. Is there a special type of sand? Also, I saw you adding mixture and smoothing several times. Why were you doing that? Lastly can the pots be glazed without a kilm?

[@jonathanaristone2468]

AS you were finishing the top edges in and outer, I was thinking a HHS router bit might work before it is fully set up. You could get some cool profiles if it doesn't degrade. These are the Sherman Tanks of Bonsai pots for sure.

[@bonsaibythesea]

Concrete and router bits not for me….but anything is possible!

[@trebledog]

Hi, have you tried goong for a thinner wall, to simulate the same thickness as the clay pots or is that too thin for the concrete to keep from cracking. Also have you ever used any wire or mesh to stiffen to add strength. Looks like a sweet little workshop you got there. Do you have to mess with the ph of the pots? How much do your bonsai's sell for. I imagine at art fairs, flea markets, professional offices?? Thanks for the video.

[@jan.lmateboer7884]

What a interesting way of making a bonsai pot. I wonder whther the tools are for sale somewhere? regards from The Netherland.

[@bmwrulesforeternity5218]

Great Video !!! I am on the OTHER end of Canada .. in BC ... specifically the Okanagan Valley. I noticed early in your video that there is a kiln ... what do you use that for ? Do you use it at all for certain bonsai pots?

[@bonsaibythesea]

Yes I’m making concrete and ceramic bonsai pots

[@annabelcleare138]

I missed the bit where you made the sand dome - it just sand and water? Did you make it like a sand castle?

[@bonsaibythesea]

Yes just wet sand

[@carmenhogea9261]

❤❤❤❤

[@lyndaburrows777]

Do you have a website or FB page where u sell your pots? This was really nice and informative.

[@GlacialRidgeHomestead]

It’s like putting frosting on a cake

[@nedcramdon1306]

My aunt and uncle lived in Blandford, N.S..

[@bonsaibythesea]

We’re having a cold blow to day I probably know them cheers

[@mauriciosotorubio5389]

interesting. I'm in Calgary so I am wondering if adding a little layer of insulation could help to protect the trees in the winter. I have a little greenhouse but still lose trees due to extended -30 or -40 temperatures.

[@timshel011]

Try an Alberta Spruce ...

[@marcsaunders8599]

How do you use the plastic molds with the leftover concrete and make them so symmetrical inside and on the top? Do you set something inside to square and/round them up with equally thick sides? Is there a video for this?

[@bonsaibythesea]

Tapping the side of the plastic pot on a level surface and moving the inside pot till it is centered

[@zomburs]

Ever been told you sound like Jeff Bridges?

[@garymullins4815]

is the solid form under the sand or is the sand made from the interior of the mold? Thanks.

[@bonsaibythesea]

Under the sand

[@DPB1947]

Thanks for your helpful video. Going to try it. Q: could the alkalinity of the cement potentially harm some bonsai plants? Or does the water cure neutralize the alkalinity?

[@bonsaibythesea]

I’ve seen no problem with concrete only happy plants

[@brianwitton5061]

What type of sand do you use,I’m going to try plastering sand is that any good.

[@bonsaibythesea]

Any clean sand will work good luck

[@brianwitton5061]

@@bonsaibythesea thanks

[@rohanpgk]

🎉❤

[@brianwitton5061]

Have you put any pots outside for the winter,that will really test them.

[@bonsaibythesea]

Actually I sold two trees to people who go back to Toronto for winter they left them out here they did fine I keep most of mine in unheated greenhouses I’ve been happy with the pots cheers

[@brianwitton5061]

@@bonsaibythesea thanks.

[@PremKumarmj]

wowwoowowo

[@claudiobenetti1913]

Can you tell us how much do they weigh after cured? Good stuff bud?😎

[@bonsaibythesea]

The one I made in the video weighs around 8 pounds the I like the weight of them haven’t had one blow off the bench yet thanks for watching cheers

[@bradbuss9753]

Only 22 more subscribers until we see Val!

[@bradbuss9753]

I’m happy that you will soon be able start monetizing your channel. Congratulations and “Moss it Up”!!

[@einarjungmann273]

Hello, you didn't put reinforcing mesh. So this mix of cement and sand is enough for strength? :-) thx

[@bonsaibythesea]

Yes I have 3 year old pots that haven’t cracked I also have pots that have cracked in the first months keeping them very wet for two weeks seems to be important they are so cheap to make I can live with a few cracks

[@einarjungmann273]

@@bonsaibythesea So, now, If I understood correctly, you suggested: After 48h from making, let's put pots into water for next 14days for making them stronger? ~> this process will make pots stronger even without mesh?

[@bonsaibythesea]

@@einarjungmann273 yes I soak them under water slows the Portland down and makes a stronger pot

[@einarjungmann273]

@@bonsaibythesea Great. I saw another video where maker put banana bark tree into the water soaking for remove lime from cement, because lime may damage root system of the bonsai. Do you also put some vinegar or acid in the water for those 14days? :-)

[@bonsaibythesea]

@@einarjungmann273 no have seen no evidence of problems with the concrete just happy trees cheers

[@naomisee789]

can you share your jig patterns as a download?

[@bonsaibythesea]

Sorry I wouldn’t know how to do that

[@robertfowlkes1166]

I just found your channel this evening. Those are THEE BEST concrete containers I've ever seen. How much do you sell them for just out of curiosity? I'll try and make one, but, I know it won't come out nearly as professional as yours. I need a saucer shaped container about 15-18 inches round inside dimension, about 4 inches deep. What would you charge for something like that? I live in Alaska, so, I'd need one that would handle harsh and long winters. Look forward to hear from you.

[@bonsaibythesea]

I’ve never shipped one here I get 75 dollars for one hope you have good luck making one cheers

[@trebledog]

It looks like you've got some really nice pottery in the shelves there. Are they waiting for a kiln? So curious, why don't you just make bonsai pots with clay and glaze them. Since it looks like you also are working with clay (pots and vases in the shelves?)

[@bonsaibythesea]

I am making clay pots but I’ve been really happy with concrete pots for my yamadori trees they can stay out all winter in concrete and have done really good I have 3 year old pots now that haven’t cracked but they haft to be 1 inch thick thanks. For watching

[@greenraven7762]

how did you make the sand mold? was it just damp sand?

[@bonsaibythesea]

It’s just a plastic pot with dry sand

[@grogdizzy5814]

The dude abides

[@joem2745]

I'm number 945. How angry is your wife right now? 😂

[@ouztaki]

O.K. But don't we need to reinforce concrete ?

[@bonsaibythesea]

I have many pots that stay outside all winter and haven’t cracked I only put steel in large pots

[@bonsaibythesea]

Portland and sand is very strong if done right

[@ryju777]

,, Give me my money Lebowski'' :)

[@sidvicioux]

ok. i'm 892. tell the wife.

[@stevevaughn2040]

Is your wife a harp player?

[@bonsaibythesea]

No she plays guitar

[@stevevaughn2040]

@@bonsaibythesea Ah, very good. A Valerie plays classical harp out of your area. Thank you and wonderful videos

[@nigellee9824]

Nice pots, but man what a boring video.....

[@user-pt8mq2xf1p]

Do the concrete pots take freezing weather well? Some I've used crack apart with freezing and thawing conditions over time.

[@bonsaibythesea]

It’s not good to let them freeze I’ve had a few crack but most have been good the shape seems to be important the soil needs a place to heave upwards

[@zofiakmicikiewicz2269]

​@@bonsaibytheseawater can generate 50,000psi with expansion as it turns to ice, its important to avoid any places it can exert its force, including within the concrete itself, sealing it helps.

[@francispakhuongte4221]

Ok..ill sub to your channel...