Quality Bonsai and My Ficus, Part 5 The Bonsai Zone, Jan 2021

[@snakeplisken7714]

Nigel watching you over the years I have learned alot. So thankful! I just wanna say your like the Rob Ross of bonsai! It's so peaceful watching your vids.

[@DmDragonGf]

Very beautiful ficus, the root formation it's very nice 👍👍👍

[@WeareTheBonsaiSupply]

Exquisite Ficus Microcarpa! Well Done!

[@zachnescio4559]

I really like those twisted rope like aerial roots in the back. I probably wouldn't use it as the front but I'm glad you kept them. They give some great character to the tree.

[@satisharibam]

Nigel Sir,with all the risks taken and the hard work that you have put on this tree,finally the tree is coming to what we can call a ‘perfection’ .With both the branches and the root developed so well,the tree is looking awesome!Just love the tree and all the videos arranged in 5 parts for the year 2021 for this tree.Thank you for tutoring us in how to make a Bonsai tree look perfect👍

[@chinookwind8535]

Great Nigel love to watch you work on roots most informative

[@jessevdmeer]

Just an amazing tree. I am 25 now, and have some small trees, and quite some seeds in germination. I hope one day, i have a tree from seed like that😋

[@barbkrienke8400]

I’ve been watching bonsai channels for quite a while now, but always saw the ones with a more “old school” (if I can call it that without meaning to insult anyone) interpretation of bonsai. Lots of wiring, and trunks with the “S” shape, and all. It was eye opening for me to watch your talk on quality trees. I really think I’m more in line with your philosophy of having a bonsai that is authentic to what the old large trees look like in nature. And as a long time gardener it never made sense to me that branch pruning and root pruning were done in different years on those channels. I’ve had a bonsai pot that I bought and have loved for over 20 years, but never have done anything with it for some reason. (It’s not really expensive or anything, but it appeals to me.) And I just ordered a 5 pack of tiny American larch trees that will be delivered in March to start a small forest in that pot. Thanks for your great videos! I can’t wait to see the progress that your community makes in the gardens this spring / summer, and I am enjoying and learning a lot from the bonsai videos.

[@selfmade6142]

Dear Nigel, that was a great series for processing your bonsai. This part of root preparation has brought me a lot personally. So far I have neglected the root processing on my bonsai (compared to your approach). Thank you for your detailed explanations which are very inspiring. I will do better in the future (encouraged by you). For me you are and always will be the best video channel on KZbin.

[@camerondouglas3936]

Haha thnx for the warning on the bathtub method! You ain’t kidding!

[@carynludwig6667]

Looks fabulous, Nigel! 👍. Great tutorial.

[@jyothilavigne2263]

Wow! That was a very detailed pruning and repotting session. Just what I need! Your tree is gorgeous and it has a beautiful branch structure. When the tree is defoliated you get a much better view of the tree. It will look fabulous by June. I’m finding it a very steep learning curve. When I saw my first bonsai trees at the Montreal Botanical Garden, I was blown away. It looked so magical and it never occurred to me that I would be capable of creating some thing like that. So it’s a late start as that was over forty years ago!!

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Thanks Jyothi, I hope you give it a try, it's really fun watching them develop over the years!

[@BonsaiJCan]

Nice job, the tree's looking really good.👌 Very interesting seeing the root system devolop on the aerial root, a feature of the tree I'll be looking forward to see develop.

[@InLakech_AlaKin]

Yes Nigel, the soil mixture you use is the one I also have utilized. I just haven’t fed the plants nearly as much. They seem to be well enough without the food. I can imagine feeding them daily adds significant growth however and will be doing that come this growing season.

[@farmert9679]

Excellent root system. Tree is superb.

[@danieldalton8125]

Hi Nigel, I really like the back of this tree as much as the front, maybe more. It has a twisty quality I really like. At least on film. Looks amazing from all sides though. Cheers from London.

[@isteinnilsenOrigami]

There was a glitch in the matrix at 5:31.. anyway. Great video:)

[@InLakech_AlaKin]

Nah that was just you. Haha

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Follow the white rabbit.

[@isteinnilsenOrigami]

Hehe. 🐇

[@dirtyrootslaboratory]

10:21 - The number of times this has happened to me 😂😂😂 Sometime you just gotta do what you gotta do

[@khakhashisam3761]

That's some good relationship advice. Love it👍🤣

[@SamDoeckeAussiebonsaibloke]

Really nice tree and pot 😀

[@clarkvillegas4383]

I love your videos about bonsai

[@marcelwesterhoff]

Beautiful tree Nigel!

[@AYKABONSAI]

Very good saga of Ficus.... I'm become training aerial roots to on my ficus benjamina.... Thanks for the knowledge man....

[@oscarsorensen210]

Funny you mention cleaning the roots in your bath! Was doing exactly that a few days ago

[@littlefangel9243]

Beautiful tree, you treat it like your child:).

[@phasicsbonsaiworld6902]

Absolutely beautiful Bonsai! Well done!

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Thanks Phasic!

[@betulaobscura]

Tree looks very nice!

[@marysoldeeley2218]

A tree pedicure LOL Thanks for all this Nigel! This is a fantastic learning series! I took a lot of information out of it all!

[@davidreid622]

Great series, Nigel, thank you. The tree is lovely.

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

Great videos. I would be personally inclined to remove the big aerial root - it is too thick, straight, vertical and at too great a distance from the main trunk for my own taste.

[@frankshewmake9753]

Nice, really nice. . . well done.

[@cube_view]

Seeing you working on a tree like this makes me so jealous! Sadly I don’t have trees that need work this time of year. Love watching your videos, keep it up🙌🏼

[@elementalbonsai]

Beautiful tree it's come a long way great video Nigel !👌

[@mangeshthawre416]

Its really so inspirational to watch u working on a bonsai, awesome 🌳👍

[@jwkoeniger]

Beautiful job...again! One of my favorite things about your technique is the fact that you give yourself positive reinforcement. When you meet a challenging situation you figure it out and when you're done executing the solution you evaluate it and say "That looks good." I've never heard you swear fireworks after you make a dramatic cut. Great self-control...or do you just edit out that kind of stuff?

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Thanks Jim, no I stay pretty calm! I hope all is well in Florida with your family and your trees!

[@katyb2793]

My mum actually let me put my Japanese maple seedlings in the bath when we had a heatwave 😂 We don't use the bath so that helped. But I thought it was extremely understanding of her hehe

[@jonahupah5377]

Great vid, can't believe how far this tree has come!

[@PlantCraftDIY]

Like old tree😍😍😍

[@leszekrybak5067]

Excellent work. Tree looks great. Amazing root system. Glad your risk taking paid off...

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Thanks Leszek!

[@nataschawienand2380]

Yesss this is the part I've been waiting for 😍😍😍

[@dabblingwithbonsai]

I missed the live by 30min :/ I love this tree, it was beautiful to me before, but both the branch and root pruning made it even more so! Great video, as always

[@lifeonthecensorship884]

Looks fantastic! Def one of my favs!

[@angelocelestino2286]

Beautiful tree.....

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Thank you so much !

[@DavidMartin-xr3ym]

Just to let you know Nigel the trees looking and beautiful and just to let you know you can do root cuttings and make more trees out of it.

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Thanks David!

[@DavidMartin-xr3ym]

@@TheBonsaiZone you are very welcome.

[@nbkTVChanelbelajarbonsai]

Nice the tree

[@clementbellande8720]

Thanks Nigel

[@NotAnotherBonsaiChannel]

Really enjoyed this mini 5 part series Nigel. I learnt a lot from these videos. I remember hearing some time ago that you were planning to visit Peter Chan at Herons in the UK. I'm guessing Covid stopped that, but is the trip still on for the future? Looking forward to seeing yourself a believer in clip & grow meet Peter who is a fan of wiring every branch.

[@54114142]

Surprised you didn't remove the areal roots on the back that grow to the side and wrap around the trunk. They look a bit off to me because everything else is straight. Tree looks awesome. Hope my trees reach this quality in 20 years!

[@OddBonsai]

It's always great to see you work on the roots and the amazing root systems that you manage to achieve. All your hard work definitely gets rewarded. If the woody part of the root base is sitting on the bottom of the pot is it possible that it may block the central drainage hole?

[@maxtonasher7080]

instaBlaster.

[@dk2614]

I went through a phase where I was using granite poultry grit as the main component for my soil. At 8$ a bag I was really happy until I had to move a tree! I am certain your perlite blend is much much lighter

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Yes, weight is certainly a factor in bonsai! The heavier the tree, the less it gets moved!

[@quoikoi]

I wish to see this tree in an other 10 years...

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Me too, it should be grand, I hope!

[@rickieslider3925]

great video

[@connorjones7432]

Been waiting for the repot! That’s a beautiful tree you’ve grown. In many of your videos you mention putting fertilizer in your water every time, what kind of food/water ratio do you use? You also said your soil doesn’t hold the fertilizer, so how much do you feed your plants that haven’t been planted in your perlite/turfus mix?

[@TheBonsaiZone]

I use about a pinch of powdered fertilizer in my 2 liter watering can or pop bottle. All my plants are in bonsai soil!

[@santy6242]

Hello bonsaista master,I would like to ask you again.I already asked you where you had acquired that cumade,or rake. And question is ???¡¡¡¡he has never considered making a mold of it,and selling it¡¡¡¡??I would like to have one, Thanks. Greetings bonsaista from Barcelona.

[@venomiel]

i feel like perlite is underestimated. I had some trees in pure perlite because that's all I had at that time and i was amezed at how good the roots were looking, almost as good as my trees in akadama

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Yes, I've found that perlite has many of the same properties as akadama, I've seen the roots break up the particles into finer pieces and it seems to work great for both developing trees and for refinement.

[@Kodygreen10k]

On a ficus, could you plants those root cuttings and make a new tree? I know cuttings easily take.

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Yes, you can grow ficus from both root cuttings and top cuttings! Amazing trees!

[@dk2614]

I water my tropical trees in the shower through the winter. I can only fit 4 or 5 at a time so it takes about a hour to do them all.

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Boy, would I get in trouble doing that!!!

[@percyacutt3110]

Hi Nigel don't know if I missed it but when you repotted the tree you did not cover the holes with gause was that deliberate? Please enlighten if intentional, thanks

[@TheBonsaiZone]

It has the screen put back in place, I forgot to show that!

[@debbiej.2168]

Did you put a screen in the bottom of the pot?

[@joeverpadronhomebrewery3003]

Good day sir. Kindly make an update to your frankenstein ficus banjamina? I a fan from Philippines and im a newbie. Thank you.

[@jaimecolley1345]

Hey Nigel I wondered if I could maybe send you my root over rock drawing I need to find a tree to fit it maybe you have some ideas

[@TheBonsaiZone]

I'd be happy to look at your artwork! [e-mail]

[@jaimecolley1345]

@@TheBonsaiZone already sent you the email can’t wait for the feed back 👋🏽

[@InLakech_AlaKin]

Just beyond the 5 minute mark, seems you used a clip twice in succession. I though I was experiencing deja vu.

[@TheBonsaiZone]

A glitch in the matrix!

[@kris-chan1440]

First try! ( with the fitting in the pot)

[@balbahutog7004]

Nice work of art ♥, but it seems your hair too needs some prune

[@Bw40099]

hello nigel

[@notbonsai671]

🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@Thimbrethil]

10:21 - or with parents

[@denisemac118]

First?

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Yes, Denise has entered the Foist Zone!!!

[@GardeningLecture]

Hello sir.. Sir Please make video on bonsai tree soil mix..

[@debbiej.2168]

He has in the past.

[@goo757]

hehehe 10:28 i did it in the kitchen sink.... xD:::::::::

[@duskmoss]

Or sink (experience)

[@keenasfishingadventures4605]

Get a haircut Nigel