Reduce Top-Dominant growth in Bonsai: An 8-Month Yew Transformation

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Nice work Jelle!

[@GrowingBonsai]

Thanks a lot! Such a shame we did not meet up in spring!

[@jaui1]

Hallo Jelle... Super Klasse... Richtig gut erklärt und auch im Video sichtbar und verständlich gezeigt... Top... Grüße aus Birkach

[@GrowingBonsai]

Danke dir! Freut mich!

[@woutmoerman711]

What a majestic tree!

[@GrowingBonsai]

thx!

[@mikeswain9085]

What a beautiful tree. Thanks for sharing the video Jelle, most helpful.

[@GrowingBonsai]

One of my favorite trees to be honest!

[@thenaturecreater8906]

Great work jelle! Love the yew trees. And great information on how to work on them! Thanka

[@GrowingBonsai]

Glad you enjoyed it! I love yew!

[@mcbabs7495]

Un grand merci pour la vidéo!

[@GrowingBonsai]

So glad you liked it!

[@phillipwaterman5721]

Very useful video thanks jelle keep up the good work mate thanks

[@GrowingBonsai]

Thanks, will do!

[@Hollylivengood]

These are always so easy to follow, thank you so much. And it's fun to realize my understanding of German isn't totally useless when reading the comments. Dad would be stoltz.

[@GrowingBonsai]

Thanks so much. And don't worry about the German. I also have no clue and just say "Nein danke" ;)

[@harrietb2141]

Beatiful Yew😍🌳

[@GrowingBonsai]

:) Lots of time went into this! Started as shrub in a garden...

[@harrietb2141]

@@GrowingBonsai you are a master

[@GrowingBonsai]

@@harrietb2141 thank you for the confidence but I am just pottering away here!

[@bonsaisn]

Cảm ơn bạn chia sẽ video rất hay ❤❤❤

[@GrowingBonsai]

You are very welcome! Do look around on the channel. Lots of content to explore!

[@MAMLeers]

Looking good! What goes for bonsaï in general, goes perhaps quite stronger for Yews: you need to be patient... As you well know: Yews grow slowly, if not very slowly... This one is already looking very good, to my opinion. I think you did very well!

[@GrowingBonsai]

Yews are on a three year cycle. Roots, shoots, pause. But in the shoot years I find I get 1-2ft extension if I do not prune them!

[@jeffhurst4744]

Very instructional and informative. Always learn a tip or two from your videos. We like yews. But find them has been somewhat problematic. Thanks.

[@GrowingBonsai]

Thank you so much Jeff! Always good to see a frequent visitor :)

[@conspiraterry7393]

Some really good hints and tricks in this video! Jelle, I need some advice on my 5 big old yews I've been chopping back over the years in the ground east side of garage. This spring dug them up and got in big training pots in full sun now and they are doing ok. But I want to chop them way back and most of the folliage is on the top. How and when do I do this? I'm in Ohio. Thanks

[@GrowingBonsai]

I would probably do this in later winter, a few weeks before you expect bud-break. That way the tree is all geared towards growth and should -a few weeks later than normal- start pushing buds. Alternative, after the first push of growth has stabilized, mid-spring. This would allow for a push over summer.

[@conspiraterry7393]

@@GrowingBonsai Thanks so much! That makes good sense

[@bijanbekhrad-zx6tb]

Hello, if possible, share a video for energy balance in deciduous trees, this issue is especially important in trees with a cascade style.

[@GrowingBonsai]

Great suggestion! Will think about this over winter!

[@bijanbekhrad-zx6tb]

❤​@@GrowingBonsai

[@grandmufftwerkin9037]

Oh yew!

[@GrowingBonsai]

No yew didn't!

[@vasilydanangovich]

In Indonesia, if you following our grandmaster bonsai artist Mr. Rudy Julianto or Bokop Art (his KZbin channel). Opening dimension of the bonsai is important for growth balance. So the sunlight can hit the lower branch. Because like he say: Understanding Nature Is The Best Approach to Make Bonsai..

[@GrowingBonsai]

of course. Without sun no growth. However, still you will see top-dominance.

[@FrostBiteBonsai]

Scary how a tree would affect you physically like this, yet you still work on it without gloves. I love the look of the Yew, but am somewhat nervous about getting one.

[@GrowingBonsai]

Yeah, I do not like gloves. It varies a lot from person to person. I asked in the club a year or so ago, and most people gave me a blank look, yet some other members also indicated they get dizzy from working yews.

[@FrostBiteBonsai]

@@GrowingBonsai It is strange Eh! Like poison ivy! Ficus sap too... Some people are affected, some are not!

[@2rogersboys]

You're basically allowing more light to reach the lower branches.

[@GrowingBonsai]

TRue. But also altering the hormonal balance in the tree, causing lower branches to pick up

[@Book20244]

Yeah man. Can you show me how I can make the tree produce coconuts? You seem to know all about trees

[@GrowingBonsai]

Sorry, I have no clue. As far as I know trees do not produce coconuts, only cocos palms do.

[@brucedeacon28]

👍👌🙂

[@GrowingBonsai]

:)

[@Yurup]

😮

[@GrowingBonsai]

:)