Pruning My Orange Tree Bonsai, The Bonsai Zone, Feb 2023

[@nerinat8371]

Really enjoyed seeing a citrus bonsai 👏

[@jedaaspiras4324]

Enjoyed the ease and flow of this video, I watched the whole thing through! :) I was fascinated by how movement was created in your orange tree despite how straight citrus branches usually grow! Your vision to create in bonsai is very esoteric, as it seems there is so much intention behind how you go about each tree. Side note but I am a preschool teacher for children 3-6yrs old in Montessori. We introduce Art as self expression by keeping the presentations non-representational so they could form their own originality on what they are passionate about creating. You carry originality well. In my world there is so much pressure on quantity and production that it’s so nice seeing you put care and dedication towards each tree’s process and not rushing through. Next years growth will definitely prosper from this pruning!

[@Liisa3139]

The bark on the trunk looks beautiful.

[@ChrisVidouras]

I had missed seeing the citrus trees! Thanks for sharing Nigel and cheers from Greece!

[@ferasi6944]

I love citrus trees. Bark, leave shape and colour. It is good that they back bud easily but you never know where and internodes can be long. Good luck for great new branches on your tree! 🍀🍊

[@FrostBiteBonsai]

That is a really elegant looking tree!

[@alexbrendan7181]

Of course it's hard to tell from a video, but that looks like a giant scale insect to me!

[@justynamaek]

Great video, as always! I hit your channel when I have put "lemon bonsai" in the browser last summer and I have been following TBZ ever since. Now I am catching up with some older videos and cannot express enough how inspirational these are for me. I am becoming a huge fan of yours (and of bonsai in general 😅). 💚💚💚

[@lechateaudenikki]

This is so helpful. I. Have an 8year old tree and I think I may have to do some hard pruning. But I’m so nervous.

[@MaybeBonsai]

Quite the reduction Nigel, get ready for an explosion of buds!

[@TheBonsaiZone]

I hope so Xin!!!

[@gloriablanco7856]

The trunk looks much thicker now and more movement, nice job, thank you.

[@growclipbonsaiforseniors1951]

I find that citrus back bud easily. On my older tree, I get new shoots even on the lower parts of the trunk and the older branches. Spring will give this tree a new flush of growth.

[@thysillybilly]

Great video

[@mandieartym6594]

Greeting greetings from South Oz. It looks like a scale on the trunk of your orange tree. Spider sacs look like an egg without the shell just the Membrane. Love citrus trees as bonsai have a few myself. Great to see them

[@bonsaimonsai]

first i thought you meant cutting off the whole straight leader part (or nearly) down to the two other branches.. :D which would also look good^^ this part is still eye catching straight without branching. but maybe you're just hoping for back budding :D

[@growclipbonsaiforseniors1951]

Nice looking orange tree. I like the way you explain the pruning of the branches. Easy for students to understand. Great video!

[@glenwatcheston633]

I like the hair style

[@KurisuBonsai]

Looking forward to learning more about Citrus, I've got a Limequat here that I thought was a lemon!! The spikes on the branches are seriously sharp!!

[@betulaobscura]

Nice!

[@patsfreund9164]

What a lovely orange tree! Nice to see your work on this tree. Has it ever fruited for you?

[@birgittej5895]

That looks so much better to me! A huge change, but I think it will set the tree up for the future ❤

[@mattbrennan647]

Orange you glad I’m thoid? 😂

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Ha, ha!!

[@jballenger9240]

Yes🍊🍊🍊🍊

[@jaguardelcielo]

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[@jaguardelcielo]

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[@StevesBackyardBonsai]

The orange tree is looking good Nigel. It got quite a haircut today, didn’t it!

[@slamrock17]

Is that a scale mites? I would pick it off and check also hit the tree with soapy water.

[@kiwibonsai2355]

🤔 Did look like scale and caterpillars weave web as well. A careful lift won't hurt to check if eggs or a hole. 25 years, well done. ✌️👍🇳🇿

[@sonnysome3201]

Looks very much like a spider sack. We get these on rgular bases in our green house. A good thing to have, spiders.

[@kiwiprouddavids724]

So I have a couple citrus trees in plastic pots, I'm going to try Making a bonzi. Can I clean soil off roots and train it over a old whiskey or wine bottle?or is that a bad idea . I want to do something a little bit funky or strange

[@rebeccahunter725]

That sounds like a very cool idea, and there is "root over rock" bonsai, so why not "root over bottle"? There are probably extra challenges of heat and the impact of sunlight on the glass, but I assume it should be doable. Pick an easy and tolerant tree to start with (and maybe keep a simpler design alive for a few years as practice). Basically, though, go for it!!

[@kiwiprouddavids724]

@@rebeccahunter725 thanks I've been looking at it again today and I've got a old bottle I found in an old farm dump from like the 1920s ,that's extra thick glass so I'll probably try with a lemon seedling I've had for a couple years that should have some good roots and the tops pretty small after it got eaten by a possum . It sounds like you have experience, I'm a horticulturist specialized in grafting but I haven't tried bonzi before. I'm thinking I'll give roots a good clean up and tape them where I want them and put a plastic shell around it filled with soil for a year or whatever so that when I take it off and ree pot it the bottle will be sitting on a angel sticking out of the soil with hopefully the trunk starting around the neck, and I have some copper wire to shape it hopefully that's okay , got to see I kinda want a twisted trunk with pads see how I go ,if it dies it dies I'll try again with something different.... thanks for the encouragement and advice I really needed it

[@kiwiprouddavids724]

I'll have to put a cork in it so I can drill it out later on when I take off shell and I might be able to put a led light in the bottle for a cool effect

[@rebeccahunter725]

@@kiwiprouddavids724 That sounds amazing, go for it! Nothing ventured, nothing gained . . . (And all I can say is "bloody possums" and as an Aussie, I apologise!

[@kiwiprouddavids724]

@@rebeccahunter725 👍

[@richardmcadams3493]

That definitely looks like a large scale insect to me. My mother in law’s magnolia tree was infested with them last year so badly it looked like it was covered in lichens but nope just lots of scale.

[@TheBonsaiZone]

I'll keep an eye on it!!

[@chinookwind8535]

Now that was a haircut

[@ethannguyen5428]

What time of bonsai soil do you use?

[@sherryparry6651]

i have a 12 yr old tree which is twice the size. I want to prune it but so scared in case I lose it. I've been snipping here and there, but I think after seeing what you did today, I am encouraged - wish me luck tho! Btw, has it ever flowered or fruited in the 20 years or do you keep cutting away budding branches?

[@ronaldveer3833]

Hello from Vancouver. I picked up some seedlings from a nursery last year and want to transfer them into bonsai soil. When is a good time to repot theses seedlings?

[@Yurup]

Usually just when the buds are starting to break but you should Google your tree species and add when to repot.

[@yei9316]

Orange trees are stubborn as a mule. You cut a branch and they grow the same branch again and again.

[@neilhamilton2621]

Is that mock orange

[@TheBonsaiZone]

It is a Calamondin Orange tree, a member of the Citrus family!

[@fennhoppe1746]

Ive been watching your channel for a but and was wondering where you bought your greenhouse/ what model?

[@JackC1961]

Watch Nigel's video "The Glass Greenhouse, The Bonsai Zone, April 2021", then watch "Working On The Bonsai Glass Greenhouse, The Bonsai Zone, Sept 2021" for all your answers 👍

[@MrEieio44]

What kind of pot is that?

[@MrEieio44]

690 views, 121 like’s….really people…hit the button

[@Rblock777]

3:50 graft the top off Nigel

[@bonsaitime621]

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