Off-season repotting of a Japanese Maple | The Bonsai Supply

[@TheBonsaiZone]

We all dream of finding a tree like this!!!

[@WeareTheBonsaiSupply]

I still can’t believe it Nigel! What a great find.

[@rossisbonsaiandavocados5785]

Insane tree! That Nabari!🥳

[@bulebonsaibatam1758]

Awesome find. Looking forward to More tips on Japanese Maples.

[@garyjohnson2989]

I bought 2 trees like that, structural, over the summer. 1 had all the leaves scorched a Nd the other not as twiggy, both r going dormant rn. Im waiting til spring to do some work. Ive already hard prunned the one that was scorched. The other is a small bush jus like the video. Both r in garden containers. When i seen them both i knew they would make excellent bonsai within next couple yrs. So expensive tho, i bought one, one paycheck then had to wait till i got paid again to buy the other. Im in not rush, no greenhouse but currently in the process of building a coldframe which the frame is built, bags of leaves have been raked to help keep warm all my trees once plastic is over the entire frame. These vids really help ppl like myself, but ive killed a few cheap trees when i first started out and i really dont want to lose one of my maples. Patience is key for our trees, i jus hope one day i will be alive to see the end rsult into jus continue to ramify.

[@raymondplodzien7459]

Truly a diamond in the ruff Jerome! Even without refinement it looks great.

[@WeareTheBonsaiSupply]

I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw it sitting the ground looking like a bonsai already.

[@BlueJayBonsai]

What a fantastic find! Can’t wait to see you style this! 😍🐦💙

[@melissacanfield6570]

Gorgeous tree, Jerome! I gasped when you uncovered the nubari! OMG! Can't wait to see the styling in the fall.

[@WeareTheBonsaiSupply]

That makes two of us! Everyday I walk passed it I’m like maybe I should style it now 😂

[@royanderson8268]

Wow!! Great find!!!

[@jballenger9240]

Beautiful specimen! Looking forward to the fall.

[@intense2u]

Omg. What a beautiful tree. Can’t wait to see the progress.

[@WeareTheBonsaiSupply]

I’m itching to get my hands on it 😄

[@ernsttencate6699]

Your videos are so good. Showing how to handle practical problems. I like it this way. Better than the live chat videos with the bla bla chat reactions, that distract from the from the true meaning of the film. Please make updates of your last mailen films.👍👍👍for the video

[@skrounst]

That's a legendary find!

[@henzobonsai]

Really nice 👍

[@carloscruz6536]

Beautiful finding thanks for sharing 👍👍🇵🇷. We need some tropical love.

[@WeareTheBonsaiSupply]

You got it Carlos! I believe in not the next one but the one after that tropical are coming back 💪🏻

[@sbragaglia]

Pretty pretty tree! 😍

[@barit924]

Can't wait to see what you do with this one.

[@WeareTheBonsaiSupply]

Thank you! I am itching to get to work on it. lol!

[@dmantaisi]

That is an amazing find!

[@thenaturecreater8906]

This was vierd in a good way a found a beni hime that was 30 years old. Biiiig trunk! last saturday. They almost look the same. I bought it right away.

[@WeareTheBonsaiSupply]

Nice! Gotta jump on these opportunities right away!

[@kestane123chesmo]

lucky find that tree is

[@Tore1972Wisdom]

When one find such a tree in a garden nursery, no matter the price, you just buy it. It´s a pretty rare found. Last year i found a Japanes maple ´Cynthias crown Juvel´ with the perfect nebari and it was pretty expensive, but there was no doubt in my mind. I have never seen this variant before ever and it´s a dwarf variant and have the smallest leafs. It had a big crown, but i cut all the branches back to no leafs at all. I think i will take maybe 5 years to get a good crown again, but it´s all worth it.

[@WeareTheBonsaiSupply]

Nice find and work! It is definitely worth it 😄

[@garyjohnson2989]

Found 2 over summer almost as u described, waiting to spring do some work

[@potreliefbonsaibatu5035]

You are really lucky,get a rare type,You are good at caring for,mastering knowledge,theory & practice👍💚 I thing ,with a densely packed branch structure,the only possible style to that tree ,ideal is formal convensional🤔

[@WeareTheBonsaiSupply]

Thank you for your kind words! Do you mean like a broom style?

[@potreliefbonsaibatu5035]

@@WeareTheBonsaiSupply Umbrella,semi - circular canopy,upright trunk,spreding roots in a circle. ( in our bonsai community🇮🇩we called formal conventional)

[@WeareTheBonsaiSupply]

@@potreliefbonsaibatu5035 ohh okay 👌 I think we are saying the same thing 🙂

[@potreliefbonsaibatu5035]

@@WeareTheBonsaiSupply hopefully later it becomes a high value bonsai ,in aesthetic and....in US DOLLAR 😀😀

[@Bonsaifly]

What an incredible find. Would you share with us how much this cost you? It might be worth considering going a little above budget for material like this

[@WeareTheBonsaiSupply]

I could probably get you one. Please email me at [e-mail]

[@jebsism]

Will you be propagating cuttings from this tree? If so how can i get my hands on such a great species?

[@WeareTheBonsaiSupply]

Hi! I will try to propagate some in the spring. Please check back in with me in mid summer :)

[@jebsism]

@@WeareTheBonsaiSupply I am looking forward to it and hoping for success! Thank you

[@LuisRojas-rs6pv]

How much was it? If you dont mind me asking

[@clydewhy343]

Would love to found a tree like this 😢 I guess it wasn’t cheap!

[@consueloamortegui3099]

Hey I have a problem. I have a boxwood bonsai that’s pretty big and for some reason the foliage on the right side of the tree is wilting and dying while the foliage on the left tree is fine. Idk why it’s dying am I watering it too much or something

[@garyjohnson2989]

If u live near zone 9 like myself, everywhere I look round ppls houses that have boxwood, the leaves have been scorched it looks to me. But like u, the one side looks dead. I figure was from 2 weeks extreme heat over las part of summer end July and some of August. Couple my maples suffered scorch during that time and I was on a week vacation in Florida.

[@Lennart.R.LK.Bonsai]

holy shit, another huge maple - how is the cutting planting doing?

[@WeareTheBonsaiSupply]

Hey Lannart, it is doing quite well. One main trunk died but the rest survived.

[@VinhVoTV]

👍👍👍cây gì vậy bạn

[@Nuggettfaz]

As John Lennon said, "I'm just a jealous guy". What a beautiful tree.

[@gaeangardensbyizabela]

At the beginning of the video it took me a while to realize that it was not a weird Photoshop trick and the ratio of you to the tree is true lol

[@WeareTheBonsaiSupply]

Thats funny! It took 3 people to lift it onto the workbench it was that heavy. Definitely a great find!

[@carlgilbert3395]

I just had a lesson with Bob pressler president of the California Bonesai society. His wooden Box had open slats at the bottom With open/at the bottom with mesh. Why don't you?

[@WeareTheBonsaiSupply]

Instead of slats I’m drilling large holes covering them with mesh. Same thing 🙂

[@Book20244]

Too risky hopefully it makes it !

[@WeareTheBonsaiSupply]

How so?

[@Book20244]

@@WeareTheBonsaiSupply repotting is done in the spring not summer !

[@WeareTheBonsaiSupply]

@@Book20244 so you didn’t watch the video I assume?

[@SuperPeleke]

Ridiculous find. You could have a tree for your entire life and wait for it to look like this. You found a diamond.

[@Julian-gt8lw]

Very risky, the tree's been growing in this soil for 20 years, why would you be in a rush to repot...

[@WeareTheBonsaiSupply]

Because of all of the reasons I mentioned 🙂 the soil it is in right now is clay which doesn’t allow for oxygen to aerate the root system, nor for water to evenly penetrate the rootball. Therefore I had to do this procedure which was essentially a slip potting since I hardly removed any roots. I’m setting myself up for success so that next year it can go into a pot.