Repotting My Cherry Tree, The Bonsai Zone, March 2022

[@BostonBonsaiIdiot]

Like everything else you touch, I'm sure it will do fine!

[@TheBonsaiZone]

I hope so, I do go too far sometimes!!! I'm hoping the greenhouse helps too!

[@YOtaBZH]

Bonsai is such a "zen" hobby :) Side effect is you always want to get more and more of them hahaha :)

[@stealthheero616]

Man I love the chatoyant gleam of young cherry tree bark! It just has this sheen like a moonstone gem. Nigel, your cherry should do just fine with the root pruning if my small Kojo-no-Mai cherries are similar, but don't expect to many blossoms this spring. That and it might be a bit slow to leaf out for late spring and early summer. I'm growing my trees in Tennessee so the conditions are significantly different, but I tend to have great luck with just letting them flower in spring, swap to leafy growth for summer, and once the leaves have hardened off and left for a week or two I'll either just prune branches or prune and re-pot while kept in partial shade to recover. Good luck with your first cherry tree!

[@BlueJayBonsai]

Dang lunch meeting! I missed the premiere. Maybe a slice of cherry pie will ease my pain. 🍒 🤣

[@TheBonsaiZone]

We missed you Jay, hopefully another video tonight!!

[@baldyeti]

I was delighted to see you start a Prunus in the fall, and the follow up root prune this spring did not disappoint! I dig the talk-through of the logic behind each root pruned. You are SO stinking consistent with your process. Thank you, good sir.

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Thanks Yeti, you gotta keep em separated!

[@XaviersBonsaiRetreat]

You really get to the root of the matter in this one Nigel! I've had a similar day today with some of my younger nursery stock - especially the Forsythia. What really amazes me is how you manage to turn around your video's so quickly. Just keep it coming and then I can keep on copying you :)

[@marysoldeeley2218]

I love the branching on that tree already. Like an open hand. Wonderful addition to your royal Greendom! Hopefully it bounces back easily!

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Thanks Marysol!! I took a lot of the roots off!

[@dabblingwithbonsai]

Nice work on the root pruning! Pretty nebari on this one too, you seem to have luck with the nursery stock 😊 Fun fact: Sámi people call March Njukčamánnu (Swan month) because swans come back from their winter migration 🦢

[@chinookwind8535]

Your comment on not mixing the soils really . Made sense never thought of it that way before

[@sbragaglia]

Inspired by your recent videos, today I inspected the root system of my 1.5 years old Royal Oak. The tap root didn’t even get close to the bottom of the pot, and yet it bent 90 degrees and started to go around in the middle of the pot! Never saw anything like that, but it has been sorted out! 💪

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Strange, but good you sorted it out!

[@danbehrens1621]

What an awesome start to the video! Nigel comes walking around the side of his greenhouse with a big smile and T shirt.👍 Heck yeah, that’s what I’m talking about.

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Glad you enjoyed it!!

[@hyperionhelios190]

Great to see you wandering around in a tshirt! Excited to stop by tomorrow.

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Yes, such nice weather, I actually got a bit sun burned! See you tomorrow!

[@hyperionhelios190]

@@TheBonsaiZone I think it's calling for rain.

[@natrjack965]

Another great video Nigel 😉😉

[@lukasmihara]

I hope it'll get nice flowers!

[@box7063]

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[@mattbrennan647]

Love the root work. Well done as usual

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Thanks Matt, I hope it does well!!

[@TheCrazyBird844]

Hi Nigel, I’ve never seen you use fertilizer for your trees, would a “root stimulator” type of fertilizer work to aid in recovery after these severe root prunings?

[@gautambhattacharyya4883]

This is great....

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Thanks!!

[@MrPirreE]

This tree I hope to get an update on before the fall and dormancy kicks in.

[@YaroslavPronin]

I have heard that when the white roots are just emerging this is the best time to repotting.

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Yes, as long as they have just started to turn white, if they have already started to grow, then you are pruning off the new active root tips, this could weaken the tree. It's like letting your leaves come out and then pruning them all off.

[@mattbrennan647]

Did the cherry survive? Thanks, keep growing

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Yes, it is doing well!

[@johnzeiger910]

Good morning, how much organic matter is in your soil?

[@shrory]

Question to yourself and subscribers, i have four, three to four year old cherry fruit trees, bare roots, which i purchased this year 2022, they have budded very well even after reducing the trunk to 2 feet, i want to take the trunks ( 1.5" in diameter), down to 2, 3 and 4 inches, what is the best time of the year, and would it bud again or would you graft?

[@DavesBonsai]

I wish you good luck. My cherry did not survive, and I didn’t have a good idea as to why, I’ll be curious.

[@TheBonsaiZone]

I hope I didn't remove too many roots, we'll see!!

[@ncdavis888]

Nigel, do you have any galaxy false aralia videos? I picked up 2 clumps of 3 trees yesterday ($10 total) and decided to have a go at making a forest. I'd love to see you you approach them. If you haven't worked on them and take requests, add them to your list please!

[@TheBonsaiZone]

I don't have any, but I'm sure I'll be getting one in the future!

[@abbasduman6963]

Nice repotting Btw, do you use a fly screen as the mesh in the pot? Looks pretty fine, does it drain well?

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Yes, it works very well!!

[@Boccacio100]

Hi Nigel. How are the cherries doing?

[@TheBonsaiZone]

The Cherry tree is doing well!!

[@Boccacio100]

@@TheBonsaiZone That's great, I look forward to working with you. I have now bought a cherry tree and will think about how I will prepare it in the spring. Thank you for the inspiration and I wish you all the best.

[@albaneseb]

You may have covered this at some time earlier, but what do you do with the soil you remove both from nursery stock and your repotting of your existing plants?

[@TheBonsaiZone]

It goes into the garden beds!

[@debfaulbonsaigurl]

Hi Nigel 👋. Love cherry tree's. Hope I'm awake tonight when the next premiere is on fingers crossed 🤞

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Thanks Deb!

[@waterlover]

Love seeing swans and ducks flying. Hate how idiots kill them for there so called sport.

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Yes, the swans are very majestic to see in the air!!

[@growclipbonsaiforseniors1951]

Third

[@baldyeti]

I think it’s spelled “thoird”

[@dubsydabster]

Foist

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Dubsy is on top of his game!!! Noice!

[@mattbrennan647]

Dubsy, Mr FOIST is in the house 👍🏻

[@dubsydabster]

@@mattbrennan647 Yessir!

[@امیرعلیشاهی-ص6ن]

Hello. What is the composition of your soil? What is perlite mixed with?