Huge Air-Layered Maple Bonsai Start - Full Project

[@bonsaiexpression]

Nicely done 👍🏻 in 5 years that's going to be one hell of a tree. Great video very detailed, good job man 👏

[@kinderfarms8417]

Thanks much! I'm really excited about how its going so far!

[@VuLe-uo2ic]

I like you are doing a great job

[@kinderfarms8417]

Thank you so much - its been a month since the cut and it seems to have even started growing a little. I am hopeful it will make it through the winter and we'll see it come back next spring.

[@DeciduousSnurb]

Congrats on the successful air layer. I air layered a much smaller part of my 'Seiryu' Japanese maple last year (living in zone 6) I put in a pot in September and overwintered it in an unheated garage. The following spring it had trouble leafing out and some buds were just dead. To this day it is still alive but not thriving, hopefully next spring it will make a comeback. Your black and white cat looks almost completely identical to mine, minus the white nose stripe.

[@kinderfarms8417]

Thank you - I am not going to call it a full success until I see how it does over the winter. I am in zone 8b, so our winters are mild. I've had success with Ficus air-layers, but had similar results to what you described with maples in the past. We'll keep our fingers cross that both our maples have a good winter and a vigorous spring!

[@kinderfarms8417]

On the cat - Loki - he's my constant gardening buddy! On these tuxedo cats, its odd when you see one that looks 'almost' the same isn't it?