Making a Wooden Bonsai Training Pot【木工】製作木盆景盆

Using some pine wood boards to make a simple bonsai training pot. I cut enough materials to make two pots. Single pot should be able to use half of the material I used.
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[@soulmn2210]

Love this I know it's been posted years ago... I just ran across it though and need new bonsai pots due to a few cracking this winter gonna start building a few of these this weekend!!!

[@BonsaiTalk]

Thats one of the best wooden boxes if have seen for bonsai..

[@greymalachi3049]

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[@dylanotis6307]

@Grey Malachi instablaster ;)

[@BenMonteSS]

VERY nice work Victor. Especially the finishing work and your attention to detail. Well done!

[@victorhe7200]

Thank you.

[@gusvietnam5086]

Beautiful!

[@TheAlexxandru]

Thank you for the video,i think that the bonsai pot looks good and serves his purpose well!

[@tphilips66]

Exactly what I was looking for. Easy to follow. Thanks.

[@NaserHekmat]

Bonsai pots are very expensive. Good idea to make them out of wood. The only issue is that wood rot when you water plants. I suppose that can be addressed with using pressure treated lumber.

[@curatorofcardboard]

Well done

[@bobbydelaura]

Aloha victor mahalo for your answer

[@justdylan4759]

Nice video just gave me an idea

[@stevenbradford6824]

Very Nice

[@victorhe7200]

Thank you!

[@davidclark9086]

Very well-made and informative video. What were the dimesions?

[@victorhe7200]

Thank you for your suppot. The pot was made by 0.75 inches thick pine wood. The outter size of the finished pot is around 10.5 x 8.5x 4 inches. The inner size around is 9 x 7 x 2.5 inches.

[@chriskennedy8514]

Supplies list?

[@nicodemusblackowl]

OMG. I love this! Are you able to sell your pots?

[@victorhe7200]

Bryon, the pots were made for my father, they were scrap wood projects. I don't sell them. But thank you very much for liking them.

[@nicodemusblackowl]

@@victorhe7200 you are very welcome!.

[@nicodemusblackowl]

@@victorhe7200 How much would you charge someone if they wanted you to make one for them?

[@victorhe7200]

@@nicodemusblackowl It's hard to say. I don't think the quality is good for real display bonsai. The pot won't look good after a few years. The softwood expends and contracts after the hot and cold, a mirror gap will give the water a chance to go into the wood and starts to grow mold. The look of the pot will start to bad. That's why I made it just used for bonsai training purpose and not for real display.

[@nicodemusblackowl]

@@victorhe7200 Gotcha. It's too bad. If only it were made for display. I love minimalist modern bonsai pots. I'm a designer; so my style tends to lean more towards contemporary minimalism; so for me, the style and design of this pot, even though it was made of wood and not meant for display, was a visual orgam for me; to put it best lol Cheers!

[@bobbydelaura]

Aloha Victor what is your bonsail soil mix I see potting mix perlite lava rock crushed is the grey material vermiculite

[@victorhe7200]

Aloha, I used Potting Mix, Perlite, Sand, Red Lava Rock. If you find anything is good for drainage, you can feel free to replace.

[@dibiodepaint]

nice video

[@TonyNguyenFR]

RIP to all my comrades that don't have all this equipment. We will find a way.

[@kevinaugustsson2202]

Looks like a lot of job for a training pot, a way faster alternative is to use the plastic trays you get meat in, I find them to have perfect dimensions anyway

[@SP-ki5gn]

@@DS12210 Hey, you just described me! lol

[@vagelistassis7441]

Well done!!clever idea the ankles to the box!maybe you speed up a little your video!keep up the good job.

[@victorhe7200]

Thank you. I will keep that in mind in the future videos.

[@madsteam77]

Love your channel!! Did you crush up lava rock and mix with soil? I see people use stuff called turfus, but it’s pricy. This looks like a good substitute. I just need to crush it. What is your opinion? Thanks.

[@victorhe7200]

Juan, I did just used lava and potty soil. Depends on the humidity on your location. You can mix with cleaned sand, barks, lava rocks, Perlite, and "Palm, Cactus & Citrus Soil Mix". Those are easy accessed in Lowes and Home Depot.

[@shabtab3637]

Great job,i start to make wooden planter, can you tell me about waterproofing?

[@victorhe7200]

Shabtab 3, Thank you! For the gluing, I used Titebond II, which is outdoor and waterproof glue. For the coating, I used Spar Urethane. Make sure give it more layers of coatings, no gaps left behind. And don't use it for fruits and vegetables.

[@shabtab3637]

@@victorhe7200 thank you so much, i love wooden planter and this video was helpful for me

[@deploribusunum3894]

Niiiice.

[@SuperKnightwind]

can that topcoat withstand water and uv?

[@victorhe7200]

Glue the pieces as tie as possible. Put 5 to 6 coatings depends on how dry your woods are. It will stand very well. No problem with sun and rain. Make sure put more coat layers on the end grain surfaces. Just a side note, don’t use it for fruit or vegetable plants.

[@MatthewSherriff85]

Is that the dewalt jobsite saw? I'm thinking of upgrading to one of those

[@victorhe7200]

Matthew Sherriff, Yes, it's the Dewalt jobsite table saw, DW745.

[@willemspangenberg1378]

Victor, what type of tree did you plant there?

[@victorhe7200]

I't s a type of Spruce. I lost the tag, so I couldn't remember what specific name it was.

[@willemspangenberg1378]

@@victorhe7200 Thank you very much. I am so envious of the trees available over the world. What we get in South Africa is very limited if I can refer to traditional bonsai.

[@steveanacorteswa3979]

@@victorhe7200 It looks like a Dwarf Alberta Spruce, I get them for $13 at Home Depot, I really like the way they look. Great box, I am going to get a table saw today and use cedar so it won't rot.

[@22bbl]

did the woods clear will poison the soil?

[@victorhe7200]

Thanks for your question. I was afraid that too, so I gave it a try. I used water-based Spar Urethane. After the coating, I let it dry for a week before putting the plant in. My little tree is till growing very well after a year now. However, I wouldn't suggest to use pine wood and any coating on the pot for food plants. You can use cedar or any fruit tree wood with no coating for your bonsai or food.

[@spiritofscouse]

I noticed you use a pattern in that 2 sides are longer than 2 sides.can you give an example of lengths please?

[@victorhe7200]

The thickness of my pieces are 0.75 inches, longer pieces are 11 inches long, the shorter pieces are 9 inches long. I zig-zag stacked them and glued them together.

[@spiritofscouse]

hi are the angles on the mitre 60 degrees?

[@victorhe7200]

45 degree for all edges cut after gluing

[@davidletz9123]

Thank you for the video. I know this video is somewhat old, but I have a question: was the bottom plywood, or solid wood glued together. And, what are the approximate dimensions of the box? Thank you again.

[@victorhe7200]

In my case, I use a piece of scrap plywood. Solid wood is good too. The inner size is 7x9 inches with 2.5 inches height. You can make it wider, but not deeper, because after sealing and coating, the roots won't breath very well compare to the clay pot. Just a side note, all the pieces have to be glued very tied and coated very well including those bottom holes. Otherwise it will mold from the gap, and the pot will look ugly after a while.

[@davidletz9123]

@@victorhe7200 Thanks for the prompt reply. why is this called a training pot? Will the tree have to be transplanted later to another pot? Sorry, I am a beginner.

[@victorhe7200]

@@davidletz9123 From a normal plant to bonsai, there are lots of "trainings" need to be done on the plant before it becomes a "bonsai". Like giving a strong growing life if growing from a seek (at least two or three years before first pruning). If you buy a plant like the one I showed needs at least three to five years more years to grow and prune the branches and the roots in the direction of the way I want it grown. So during this time, usually people will just give it any pot to grow and let it sit in a side, until it becomes the real bonsai, they will buy it a beautiful clay pot. So usually how the training pot looks don't matter. Playing bonsai is not easy, it's hard for me to tell you everything you need to know. Here is the guy I recommend you watch if you haven't found him out. Nigel Saunders, The Bonsai Zone kzbin.info/door/xWc7cn-M-22gie8oPslLcA

[@kurtsimmons9735]

The dimensions of the training pot all depends on the size of the tree you are training. There are no set dimensions

[@LuisOrtiz-iv2vi]

What kind of wood is this?

[@victorhe7200]

White pine.

[@neiljohnson5351]

Wish I had a table saw just to get those angled edges!!!

[@johnnnyboo7105]

Same here! But they look pretty good with square edge as well

[@stevenbradford6824]

Please build me aprox. 100

[@FoaiSibwesa]

Hy I really like your video, this bonsai pot is very attractive. I need some information, because I am begginer. Can you discribe how to do the metering of the bottom to be fixed?If you send me how to do step by step it would be great. Thanks

[@victorhe7200]

FoaiSibwesa, thank you. I may not understand you correctly. Do you need the information of the depth of the the bonsai pot or how to plant a bonsai?

[@FoaiSibwesa]

@@victorhe7200 Hy How is the depht ?

[@victorhe7200]

@@FoaiSibwesa The pot was made by 0.75 inches thick pine wood, I planed it thinner to make all the dirty marks clean. The inner size of the pot is 9 inches x 7 inches, the inner height is 2.5 inches. Because I sealed and coated the pot, it doesn't allow the plant root breath very well compare to the clay pot, I drilled 4x0.75 inches and 1x1.5 inches holes for the breathing and drainage. You can create your own version, you can make the pot wider, but don't make the pot too high (too deep), unless you drill some holes on the sides, otherwise the moisture will make root die. Hope this is the information you are looking for. Feel free let me know if you have any more questions. Thank you!

[@ShahAlamHelal]

i have been loose interest to see full video bcz of unnecessary activity. you should make it simple. why you make it so so so critical ?

[@victorhe7200]

Thank you for your comment. I will keep that in mind in my future videos.

[@modsquad8u]

You can speed the video up if it's too slow for you, instead of being critical of the effort put into sharing his build. Great planter, I'd just want to research the spar urethane to ensure it's not toxic to the tree.

[@ShahAlamHelal]

oh...really...........!! supporters always jump and shout more than the player.

[@thegreenmanalishiyamadori371]

@@modsquad8u PU isnt toxic for trees Only for human🤣🤣🤣