Sir, you are by far the most underrated of KZbin bonsai artists. Your explanations are detailed yet clear and succinct. Coupled with very nice close-up photography makes your presentations not only educational but enjoyable to watch. Thank-you for your valuable contributions to this enjoyable hobby.
@TerryErasmusbonsai2 жыл бұрын
Wow Don, I am blushing. Thank you so much for your kind words. I am passionate about bonsai and love sharing it with others so they may in turn enjoy the hobby more. Thank you so much for your encouragement.
@andrewpye63712 жыл бұрын
Great video packed full of clearly-presented and well-explained information. Thank you for sharing your expertise with us!
@TerryErasmusbonsai2 жыл бұрын
Awesome Andrew, so glad it was helpful
@gavinbuckner56592 жыл бұрын
I had never heard that buds needed to be cut completely flat. thank you for that awesome tip
@TerryErasmusbonsai2 жыл бұрын
You bet! You should compare cuts, make some cuts diagonally and some flat. Then later in the growing season compare how the buds develop at those cut sites. You will then be thoroughly convinced I am sure. :)
@germanliebana95722 жыл бұрын
Great video and very good explanation, as usual. I have found it very useful! Thank you Terry!
@TerryErasmusbonsai2 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@hanspeter61982 жыл бұрын
Thanks terry! Love the advanced content. Many people show flashy transformations but we all know these operations like decandleing are what really makes a good bonsai.
@TerryErasmusbonsai2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Sir. True words those for sure. Achieving a beautiful bonsai is the sum of years of daily small steps. Sometimes it can be theatrical but most times is methodical.
@pascualbeldapenades35042 жыл бұрын
Just an amazing and well explained video Terry, just as every single one that you've got. I've learned more with 4 of your pine videos than reading, asking and watching other videos for a year. Thank you very much 👏🏻👏🏻🌱
@TerryErasmusbonsai2 жыл бұрын
Wow, I’m so glad. Working on pines can be so confusing especially if you listen to what multiple people say. Their advice might be fine but when you combine it all the mix might not be ;)
@dermo19812 жыл бұрын
Thanks Terry. Excellent as always 👍
@TerryErasmusbonsai2 жыл бұрын
Very welcome
@robertobreglia92242 жыл бұрын
Fantastic black pine and very interesting video! Thank you very much for sharing 👍👍👍👍
@TerryErasmusbonsai2 жыл бұрын
I am so glad you enjoyed it!
@baldyeti2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic knowledge drop yet again, good sir. Great job showing the technique, and the “why” behind it. My winters are too cold for double-flush, I’m envious. Keep sharing, brother. I appreciate you.
@TerryErasmusbonsai2 жыл бұрын
Thanks 👍
@BONSAIenCORTO2 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot for such a great knowledge and interest. Thank you, is great to have this material.
@TerryErasmusbonsai2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoy it!
@isidroalbertgarcia239623 күн бұрын
thanks again, lovely video.
@TerryErasmusbonsai19 күн бұрын
Thanks so much. Glad you enjoyed it.
@joevelez6652 жыл бұрын
Another superb video , very informative.I would love if you can do ones on Japanese White Pines . Well Done Terry 👏👏
@TerryErasmusbonsai2 жыл бұрын
Great suggestion!
@gerritdevos47072 жыл бұрын
Great video, thanks a lot.
@TerryErasmusbonsai2 жыл бұрын
My pleasure Gerrit!
@facundoorsi3237 Жыл бұрын
Excelente explicación muy detallada
@TerryErasmusbonsai Жыл бұрын
¡Muchas gracias señor! Me alegra que te haya gustado el contenido.
@marcoreptile862 жыл бұрын
Very nice video, it's possible to repot the tree after this?
@TerryErasmusbonsai2 жыл бұрын
Not a good idea to the best of my knowledge. Either action would weaken the tree, combining them may kill it. I’d be very cautious if I were you.
@minibonsailovers9832 жыл бұрын
very beatiful tree.💞💞💞
@TerryErasmusbonsai2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much 😊
@paulbaron6092 жыл бұрын
Hi - another great video. Do most of the points also apply to scots pine?
@TerryErasmusbonsai2 жыл бұрын
Great question but as I don’t have one I cannot answer. If it’s a double flush pine then yes. If not then no
@stephencopland10532 жыл бұрын
Hi great info thanks. have you done any videos on white pines on their own root stock. I’m particularly thinking about repotting. I live in the uk
@TerryErasmusbonsai2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Stephen. No I have not as I don’t have or have access to a non miyajima gotomatsu. Repotting them is pretty much the same as black pine but as their root system is much weaker I would repot using the 50/50 method (repot half the tree and then 2 years later the other half). This would be safer.
@stephencopland10532 жыл бұрын
Cheers Terry. Keep up the good work I love the detail you give in your videos
@erickvarela27772 жыл бұрын
As always a great video filled with so much information! I still want that apron! Was the apron expensive?
@TerryErasmusbonsai2 жыл бұрын
Ha ha! ZAR1200 or so I believe. www.woodheads.co.za/bespoke-woodheads-leather-aprons
@dk26142 жыл бұрын
I've read that decandling should be done in 3 stages from bottom to the top and over a week or two because the lower branches are the weaker branches and it assures the development of new buds in those weaker areas first. Than the mid-region, then lastly the top third. Thoughts?
@TerryErasmusbonsai2 жыл бұрын
There are many ways to decandle pines. This method is not wrong but I’ve yet to find a pine which grows in zones. You will get candles of varying strength of course but they will not be restricted to the apex. I did state in this and other videos that you can apply the method you describe but this means getting the same tree on your work table at three separate occasions. I prefer to leave a stub on the strong candles, a shorter stub on medium candles and no stub on weak one. It results in the same result as the method you describe but you work the tree once.
@dk26142 жыл бұрын
@@TerryErasmusbonsai thank you for your answer. I do enjoy your videos and I appreciate your meek and humble manner when teaching.
@tomasgerasimidis4822 жыл бұрын
What a great channel! If it was a single flush species, do you simply ignore this step and select buds at the end of the growing season?
@TerryErasmusbonsai2 жыл бұрын
Ah, great question but one which cannot be answered properly in this text. Essentially yes, you dont decandle although sometimes you might break the candle in half. Needle length and candle strength is controlled by fertilizing and watering etc.
@locpham-ie6ly5 ай бұрын
I have a question: few years ago I cut the candle, the new buds started growing a little bit and died the whole tree, a year later another black pine died same thing, don’t know why?
@TerryErasmusbonsai5 ай бұрын
The tree may have been too weak to decandle. The stress was too much and it died. Could have been other factors of course like getting too dry but I am guessing now.
@TerryErasmusbonsai5 ай бұрын
It’s not so simple to answer this without over simplifying things. However the trees might have been too weak to decandle. Other some other factor which I am not aware of from your comment.
@peterbreen28832 жыл бұрын
We can decandel the black pine every year? Or is it better not to do it every year because of health?!
@TerryErasmusbonsai2 жыл бұрын
If the pine is healthy you can and should do it annually. However if you repot most likely not. Also, if for some reason such as disease or other the tree weakens and the spring candle growth is weak then you need to withhold decandling. Decandling should not be performed as a matter of routine
@locpham-ie6ly5 ай бұрын
@@TerryErasmusbonsaiI guessed that what happened to my black pine, I remembered my pine was weak and I cut the candle, few weeks later new buds grew out a little and died the whole tree, so sad
@TerryErasmusbonsai5 ай бұрын
I’m sorry to hear that. Yes this is the danger about decandling. The tree needs to be very healthy to do it. However it is not common for it to die as a result of a single decandling when weak so perhaps there was another factor involved too.
@locpham-ie6ly5 ай бұрын
@@TerryErasmusbonsai so if we skip decandling then the branches getting longer? I still learn…
@TerryErasmusbonsai5 ай бұрын
@locpham-ie6ly please watch this video 10 Top Tips for growing bonsai shohin pines kzbin.info/www/bejne/fWjTkmmVfayZZtk
@paulrigby21902 жыл бұрын
Great video, very informative. I would like to see a similar video on BP's that are in development. The tree in this video is very developed and obviously in refinement. These techniques, as I understand it, are not correct for trees in development
@TerryErasmusbonsai2 жыл бұрын
Great suggestion! But I believe I covered that in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a2mpnoOFraqsnrM
@paulrigby21902 жыл бұрын
@@TerryErasmusbonsai Thanks Terry. I was fairly sure you would have done a video on the subject, but I had trouble finding it. I have to say that it is refreshing to watch Bonsai vids from the southern hemisphere ( I live in Melbourne Australia) so all the advise and timings of procedures are correct for my climatic zone. Thanks
@TerryErasmusbonsai2 жыл бұрын
@@paulrigby2190 never thought of it that way! That’s great.
@luongden2422 жыл бұрын
👍👍
@TerryErasmusbonsai2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@dawud77912 жыл бұрын
Beautiful tree! Someone cut the needles eh?
@TerryErasmusbonsai2 жыл бұрын
Thanks. Yes. I cut the needles. Makes the outline look more crisp when I took it back to my customer. Of course for aesthetic reasons only and not horticultural. Cutting needles are a perfectly acceptable practise when styling a tree. The tips do brown after a while but that doesn’t bother me.
@dawud77912 жыл бұрын
@@TerryErasmusbonsai I agree, I’ve done it many times! Especially nursery stock! Love your vids and always a learning experience , thanks for sharing Terry!!
@nigellee98242 жыл бұрын
How to make a brilliant subject, as boring as possible….
@TerryErasmusbonsai2 жыл бұрын
Well fortunately there are many other brilliant channels on KZbin to watch.
@ericloscheider743317 күн бұрын
How to misuse, a comma, while being, an internet asshole
@antoniojosegarcia94692 жыл бұрын
What a wonderfull class. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!!