Structural Pruning [and propagating] Brazilian Raintree Bonsai

[@FrostBiteBonsai]

One day when I retire from working, I might try a raintree.

[@GrowingBonsai]

why only then?

[@FrostBiteBonsai]

@@GrowingBonsai That's when I will have enough time to care for them properly! I work construction. Run the gravel pit equipment. I feel my trees suffer a bit for the long hours in summer. I have to keep that in mind when deciding on new trees to try.

[@koikanalen]

Im new to all this bonsai. Thank you for your brilliant videos 😊 very educational for a beginner! I would love to give that cutting a shot 😇🤞

[@GrowingBonsai]

Good luck getting started up!

[@koikanalen]

@@GrowingBonsai thank you 😇

[@Amstellovich]

Came across this tree a while back, fell in love but figured I wouldn't be able to grow one in the Netherlands. You've proven the opposite, thus I'd love a cutting!

[@GrowingBonsai]

:)

[@mcbabs7495]

Un grand merci pour la vidéo!

[@GrowingBonsai]

Un plaisir!

[@Bonsaiandknives]

Thanks for sharing your experience with raintrees. Always a clear structure in your videos. Every Bonsai keeper can learn a lot from you.

[@GrowingBonsai]

So nice of you! ☝️☀️

[@XaviersBonsaiRetreat]

Very enjoyable seeing the progress this tropical has made. A really good point about putting the cuttings straight back into the bag - who knows what spring may reveal :)

[@GrowingBonsai]

I hope that in the next weeks they will root. Another few weeks of good weather ahead!

[@scheers100]

I would really like a young one off this species 😁. I haven’t found them yet. Interesting video on an interesting species!!

[@GrowingBonsai]

Odd how rare these seem in the EU!

[@gayles6321]

..."so the proper thing to do would be to wait" ... ....😂 Love your content!!

[@GrowingBonsai]

😁

[@bejkee]

Thanks for another awesome video. I likely will bit qualify for the littleleaf lilac in the previous giveaway, but if any of the cuttings make it, I would love to give growing one a try.

[@GrowingBonsai]

☝️

[@acer_p_bonsai]

Awesome progress on your rain tree, Jelle! Currently downsizing on tropicals myself 😅 too many winter “house trees” competing for space with houseplants. 😂

[@XaviersBonsaiRetreat]

I definitely know that feeling!

[@GrowingBonsai]

Yeah, indoors space with good light is heavily fought over!

[@Rollan000]

I ran into the same situation here with my brt cuttings. Was getting too cold outside for them to root up so I had to switch them into small pots and bring them indoors. They had a bunch of the white dots forming for new roots and new leaf buds up top so I'm hopeful they will make it.

[@GrowingBonsai]

fingers crossed!

[@Giedrinis85]

Greetings from Lithuania. I would be very happy to receive a cutting(s).

[@GrowingBonsai]

noted

[@Giedrinis85]

@@GrowingBonsai Thanks!

[@francklehmann8689]

Yes for cuttings, based in Switzerland

[@GrowingBonsai]

😁

[@johnholloway691]

Mine would start out looking fine in the morning, but wilt every afternoon, even with daily watering. Not knowing what else to do, I repotted it, which of course meant removing much of the root ball...and it responded with lots of growth and stopped wilting! I guess it just needed rejuvenation. In coastal Southern California, we can keep these outdoors. Maybe I should plant mine in the ground? As a plant wizard once told me: "Don't give up on cuttings that haven't rooted. As long as they're still green, there's still hope."

[@GrowingBonsai]

a full pot means less water storage

[@vallvds]

Hi Jelle, nice video as usual. I am interested in getting BRT cutting. Let me know if you have some.

[@GrowingBonsai]

Will do!

[@kvuurtje]

Hey Jelle, ik zou een stekje enorm waarderen!

[@GrowingBonsai]

😁

[@nw4hit9fresh]

Looks great. I have a few BRTs. What kind of fertilizer are you using? Thanks from Texas

[@GrowingBonsai]

i use organic pellets, mostly saidung, a german brand

[@StephenChenery-ph5dz]

Hi Jelle. I love all you video content, very informative, especially your recent ones on Juniper pruning. I would love one of your cuttings of the Brazilian Rain Tree, i have been trying all year to find some here in the UK but have had no luck at all. It doesn't seem to be a species that is readily available.

[@GrowingBonsai]

hm.. UK is a challenge!

[@StephenChenery-ph5dz]

@@GrowingBonsai Would be happy to pay any post and packing costs. Also would like to ask, did you ever get the aerial roots to grow on your Ficas. I found a little trick that works every time. When you bring the tree indoors for the winter, make a tepee type tent out of tinfoil, wrap around the trunk at the high point (leave space to water at the top) make the tent spread out and leave covered all winter. Works every year for me.

[@brucedeacon28]

👍👌🙂

[@GrowingBonsai]

☀️

[@JohnGreenaway-ky8ps]

I would love to have a cutting, unfortunately I live in the UK . Hope this doesn’t cause a problem. It is a good video, I’ve watched quite a few of your videos

[@GrowingBonsai]

:) Sending to the UK is no option at the moment!

[@pirminkrusi2261]

Thanks for your great channel. I would be interessant in cutting. Is it possible to switzerland?

[@GrowingBonsai]

sure

[@pirminkrusi2261]

Nice 😊

[@mariamincikova6187]

Hi Jelle, nice video. I love rain tree but I was not succefull to find some tree. I grow Tamarine tree from the seed it is a little bit similar but I would love to have Rain tree cutting. I am from Slovakia. Let me know if it is possible. Thanks.

[@GrowingBonsai]

:) We'll see. RIght now, I hae no rooted cuttings!

[@kirbydirby]

Hi Jelle, I have many outdoor bonsai, but no indoor bonsai yet. I would like a cutting if available! I live in the Netherlands.

[@GrowingBonsai]

brrr winter is near!

[@rtweedtwee]

Hey Jelle, zou heel graag een cutting van je willen . Groetjes johan.

[@GrowingBonsai]

cheers!

[@CarlBridge58]

I'd love a cutting. I'm in Tuscany. Let me know when (if ;) they've taken so I can give you the details for shipping and to pay you for it. Cheers, Carlos.

[@GrowingBonsai]

Lets see how it goes!

[@pamadiona]

Hello from Malta 😊 would be interested in a cutting please and great temperature here all year round :)

[@GrowingBonsai]

Noted!

[@pamadiona]

@@GrowingBonsai Thanks so much ❤️

[@rsg9358]

Hoi Jelle, ik zou als dat zou kunnen hier ook wel graag een stekje van willen.

[@GrowingBonsai]

Ze zijn geliefd!

[@AlexandreGil3166]

I can never find this species of tree in France 😢

[@GrowingBonsai]

It seems to be nearly unavailable in europe!

[@AlexandreGil3166]

@@GrowingBonsai 🥲🥲🥲

[@AndrzejRaźniewski]

hello, I would also be willing to receive a small tree :D of course with all costs covered :) greetings from Poland Andrzej

[@GrowingBonsai]

😁