Repotting a large trident maple bonsai

[@greenmachinesweden]

Nice tree and great vid. Please keep them coming.😀👍

[@GrowingBonsai]

I will try. THere is a bit of work in volved in creating these so lets see if I can keep up.

[@OjaiBonsai]

Great tree. I love those sumo trees. Cheers from Ojai California

[@GrowingBonsai]

Hey Jason, thank you so much for your comment. I love them too. (Did you notice I have another one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mXWvkJWpaKpgbK8). California.. WIsh I could be there. Freezing cold here now, and California sounds just right!

[@heidizwaenepoel7355]

Beautiful 🤩

[@GrowingBonsai]

thx!

[@TOMSAI]

Mega Baum Jelle Der wird mal überragend !

[@GrowingBonsai]

Danke! Mal sehen was ich draus machen kan!

[@arnopienaar8111]

Baie mooi en leersaam ,groete uit Suid Africa

[@GrowingBonsai]

Danki Arno! Nice to see my videos reach people all the way in South Africa!

[@Albanus35]

Wow, that looks great dude! Awesome material, I'm sure you'll give it a nice outcome!

[@GrowingBonsai]

Thank you. Lets hope I can do the trunk justice!

[@jeffhurst4744]

It’s me again catching up on several of your older videos. Have you ever tried using wide meshed screen, similar to window screening, to put in the bottom of the pot, especially at the development stage of tree in video - instead of constantly cutting small pieces, Thais not secured in the hole, could move. I tried it several times - it works! AND it sort of root prunes, again at this stage of development.

[@GrowingBonsai]

Hi Jeff, sssst.. You are not supposed to talk about this in public. ;). I think we all do this with rough stock. I know I do. It is just not worth going through all the small clipped pieces.

[@panjibonsai]

cool beautiful bonsai greetings support greetings new friends🙏

[@GrowingBonsai]

Dear Panji, thank you for stopping by! If you like the video, feel free to share :)

[@thenaturecreater8906]

Please do a update on this tree Mr jelle

[@GrowingBonsai]

will do

[@stepheneurosailor1623]

👍

[@GrowingBonsai]

Thank you Stephen!

[@reinholdbeck7097]

I'm usually not a big fan of those tiny, fat trees, but this one genuinely looks quite nice, in a few years time with more branching it will be a really good looking tree! Are trident maples hardy enough in the Netherlands, or how do you overwinter them?

[@GrowingBonsai]

Hi Reinhold, thank you. Trident maples are indeed hardy enough. The roots are a little sensitive to frost, but normally I keep them in a shaded, wind-free spot on the ground. If temps drop below say -10c I move things into a sheltered shed, which stays a bit warmer. That is rare though.

[@reinholdbeck7097]

@@GrowingBonsai Oh, thank you for that infos! I always hesitated to get a trident maple because I don't have a frost-free shelter, but when you say that they are mostly hardy in the Netherlands, I guess they might work here in Austria as well!

[@GrowingBonsai]

Hi Reinhold, Austria is a bit colder than the Netherlands (I am acturally just inside the German borders!). So if you get permanent frost, I would be a little carefull. Do you have some local people that can advice you how they keep the species?

[@reinholdbeck7097]

@@GrowingBonsai Also dann kannst du Deutsch? :'D Ich kenne tatsächlich keinen einzigen anderen Bonsaihalter persönlich, nur aus Internetforen, und dort heißt es durch die Bank, Dreispitzahorne bräuchten es zwingend frostfrei ... wenn sie aber bei dir draußen stehen und das scheinbar bestens überstehen, hört sich das schon ganz anders an. Wir haben selten unter -10°C (diesen Winter z.B. kein einziges Mal), aber doch oft mehrere Tage unter 0. Denkst du, dass das Eingraben der Schale oder Einpacken in Styropor ausreichen würde?

[@campigomez]

What substrate do you use? Thanks!!

[@GrowingBonsai]

Hi miguel, a combination of pumice, pine bark and baked clay

[@kat1746]

The original pot has no drainage!

[@GrowingBonsai]

The water disagrees. The pot drains well :)