The First Pruning of My Royal Oaks, The Bonsai Zone, July 2021

[@ericnorrington3014]

Just started bonsai took a month for me to find your channel. I have to say you are my favorite out of the bunch! Cheers sir for your years of videos for me to catch up on. Thanks

[@twodogsyyc6729]

Welcome to the community. You've done well finding Nigel I'm sure you'll enjoy every video.

[@nolesfan8900]

Absolutely the best. Been watching from the very beginning. You picked a winner Eric.

[@LetsDoBonsai]

Couldn't agree with you more!! NIgel is the Best!!

[@bethsabath]

His name origin is "Black Sand".

[@SamDoeckeAussiebonsaibloke]

Thanks for the update Nigel. Things are really growing well. Lots of work for 1 man 😀😀

[@-ChrisD]

Wow, cool story! I love it👍🏻 I'm so glad you do updates and a walk through periodically too! Another great video!!

[@SequoiaElisabeth]

Love the Penjing, it is looking so good.

[@romino23]

yep, can't wait to see some "work" on it soon..

[@sophiaangelini4368]

Good to see the Sequoia seedlings slumbering betwixt Ficus Fancy and the Gooseberry Twins

[@mattaustralian6584]

The Penjing is awesome. Thanks Nigel for showing us what you do. love it

[@DakotaDS]

Thanks, Nigel!

[@rebeccahunter725]

It is a good reminder to prune for future benefit. I have some oaks that need the hard decisions to be taken - both with the roots and the branches!

[@rainbowstar4360]

You have such a beautiful garden

[@ebenoid6643]

It’s really cool that we can take seeds from trees that may be significant in history to be able to grow a clone of the same tree.👍 another reason to love the hobby

[@denisemac118]

Love your videos!

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Thanks Denise!!!!

[@johnpereira9594]

I really enjoyed that

[@alvarolupinacci641]

Nice to see that the mini pencil cactus made its way from Brazil to Canada and it is thriving nicely!! Eventually it will put nice yellow flowers!!

[@fredgrech1498]

Great video your bougainvillea plant is looking gorgeous with all the flowers

[@urouroniwa]

I keep thinking your trees are looking better and better. From when I first started watching your channel many years ago, my uneducated opinion is that you've really improved a lot. But then I also realise that I've started to really enjoy the "sticks" :-) I finally have a yard again after many, many years and my wife and I have been growing many plants. I just love looking at the buds and leaves and tiny branches poking out. I love looking at how it's growing and imagining how I'm going to prune it. So many joyous things that you've brought to my life! Thanks!

[@Rblock777]

This was very interesting

[@martifish]

It’s a shame the original Royal Oak got destroyed glad your keeping it relatives alive Nigel.

[@ashleybonner5423]

Wait, the original was destroyed?? What blasphemy us this??

[@martifish]

@@ashleybonner5423 since the 1700s to many people took souvenirs

[@craft-o-matic2377]

I think you are having a banner year with your trees Nigel! They all look so beautiful! Exciting new trees! Just amazing content! Thank you! Lisa

[@patsfreund9164]

Always a pleasure to watch your videos as you give clear explanations of your decisions in styling. So nice of you to get the gooseberries for the two ducks. Do you have a video in which you show how you made the penjing with the houses/trees? I'd love to see that. You have accomplished in that work what many of us in this hobby are seeking to do. Stay safe and healthy.

[@rodneyclifford2505]

awesome video Nigel best thing about the bonsai zone you learn some history but best of all you learn more about bonsai

[@natrjack965]

Love it Nigel you picked a tree that I love .. nice to be growing your piece of the commonwealth 🇬🇧🇨🇦...

[@hyperionhelios190]

Love seeing the 3D printed pots!

[@TobyJin]

Your oaks are doing really well, I have 2 similar sized English oaks to yours and one is in the ground so I can get it to thicken up, interested to see what shape you'll develop yours into the future.

[@rman8028]

Am I missing the premieres? I know that the last 2 or 3 I caught just as they ended, and those were about 3 weeks ago. Now, love what you're doing with the oaks! Cashews doing good! Baobabs are coming along. Looks like you have the feather blight under control. I just started having antler blight to deal with on my plum seedling. Our 40°+ heat hasn't helped except for my prairie prickly pear. Overall, great bonsai collection there, Nigel!

[@twodogsyyc6729]

Thanks again for a great video. Royal Oaks are something special.

[@3apa3a4eva]

Hi Nigel! Than penjing is looking amazing! Looking forward the video on that. Have a nice day!

[@RainyDayz]

Thanks for sharing this! I’m really curious as to how those Oaks are looking now…

[@danutashayler34]

Your great Nigel. Thanks for the video.

[@jameschicken7482]

would love another update on these oaks.

[@BlueSkyBonsai]

Love English oaks! I had to bring acorns back from England, they don't grow in the wilderness here in Spain. They're similar to the Pyrenean oaks (the ones that I promised to send you some seedlings... waiting til autumn when they won't die in the post) But the English oaks definitely grow faster and bigger. OTOH you can get smaller leaves on the Pyreneans, so you can make smaller bonsai with them.

[@matthewcampbell5877]

I can't see your hairdressing business taking off if "Just a little off the top" results in a single branch! :-D Love the video as always. Thank you Nigel.

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Yes, they are sending out new branches now, exciting to see!

[@nickgillespie8234]

I'm trying an experiment, I took 5 acorn sprouts and used grafting tape and wire to bind them together as a fuzing bonsai so far it is fuzing together and doing very well

[@catherinerigaux6825]

Hello Nigel its wonderfull the bonsaï garden 👏👏👏👍👋from 🇫🇷

[@jballenger9240]

Phenomenal growth!!!!

[@EverythingPlants]

What an extremely interesting video. Hello from Regina, Saskatchewan!

[@mattbrennan647]

Everything is looking great. Did your ginkgo survive? Keep growing. Thanks

[@3apa3a4eva]

Yep, I wonder about the ginkgo as well, poor thing. :(

[@uncleted1963]

We have a number of Royal Oak’s in Australia too. Planted in commemoration of the same event. Great idea to grow acorns from them…

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Cool Andrew, amazing how they sent trees out all over the Commonwealth!

[@marysoldeeley2218]

I loved it all! Even the abominable soil beasts!!

[@jmmvangoor]

Dear Nigel, I like your video's, I only see you never wire trees?

[@cor3944]

He’s not fond of wireing

[@henrylobos434]

Henry Hi Nigel. I like watching you trim your bonsai. The results you achieve are beautiful and they look like they are second nature to you. I have an issue with a large bonsai that I am bringing back from near death. It is a very large ficus. The trunk is thicker than a can of sofa. Is there anyway of getting some suggestions from you on how to trim it. I have been nursing it fir a couple of years and the leaves are finally growing back in with some vigour. I’m afraid to cut any branches off and remove any of the growth that has finally come back. It does need a trim, I just don’t want to ruin it! I have pictures I could send to you if I knew where to send them.

[@TheBonsaiZone]

My email is... [e-mail] I'll try and help!

[@mangeshthawre416]

Cityscape penjig is coming out so well, i m eager to see planting on Ta Pohrm temple🌳

[@MrJcalvino]

I agree on showing more trunk and display the future amazing bark but as it in 11:10 your trunk is straight, little taper and with no movement. I think is better to prune to a one of those low branches that you pruned to achieve movement and taper. In 5 years doing this you end up with a nice trunk. Prune in winter, let grow for the rest of year and repeat.

[@leneecasteel2005]

Hi Nigel!! I actually winced when you did those lower cuts on the first oak. I went back to watch the cuts again and I noticed that they would have made some good starts all on their own. Have you ever done air layering? You are so good that I have no doubt that they would all have struck. I haven't tried layering with oaks, but I don't see why it wouldn't work on them. I think you could get root development quick enough that it wouldn't have created any noticeably larger pruning scars by the time you cut them off. I don't remember seeing you do an air layer, so I had to ask. Thank you so much for your videos!! I love your personality and all the info you share, and I really appreciate all the updates. Some bonsai artists show the work they are doing for the video, and then you rarely see any follow-up. Have a great week, Nigel!!

[@RosarioCostanzo]

Hi Nigel, it's pretty common to see ruined or deformed leaves in almond seedlings. Actually, it's very common in all almond trees! Leaves are very delicate and they usually become damaged, deformed or yellow. Sometimes, especially in hot days, almond trees can even partially defoliate themselves. That's what they usually do here in nature and pots too

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Thanks so much, very good to know, I won't worry so much now!!

[@RosarioCostanzo]

@@TheBonsaiZone you're welcome, dear Nigel. Almond trees are strong ones with very delicate foliage

[@rRobertSmith]

Seems like you could have potted those root cuttings and started another tree?! That is what I would have done, the worse thing that can happen is they don't grow and fail. The best thing is that in two years you have another tree!

[@ashleybonner5423]

Lovely work, Nige! I will email you after I finished putting the cleaning laundry away (the missus is putting me to work!)

[@paulschaefer5241]

As a general rule the Japanese like to try and have a trunk size that is such that the finished height of the tree is about 6 times the thickness of the trunk. Of course like just about everything else in this art, this is only a guideline and not a steadfast rule.

[@goo757]

i like the brown buck ....... BUT i love that roster he makes me giggle every time i hear him xD

[@peterw2845]

Hi Nigel , I oaks are my favourite tree by far , my first lot of bonsai oaks I tried , I cut the tap roots off and they all died , ( whether that was the cause of death one will never know ) so that why I was interested in what you were going to do with them , I never knew abou king George oak, I have 3 King Charles ( Boscobel) oaks I’m growing ( about the size of yours 3-4 years old ) and I really don’t want to loose them , I have a few forests of oaks of unknown species which I can probably experiment with . Anyways as soon as spring gets going down here in oz I will be off on an oak tree journey . Thanks as always for the great video and advise … Peter , Tasmania

[@TenHayoutube]

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[@growgardening]

I have a delonix regia pre-bonsai tree which is about 3 or 4 years old. Used to be 2, one died because of the summer heat. Really interested to see how you shape yours.

[@waterlover]

I should try to send you some California valley oak seeds and blue oak seeds

[@michaelduncan6287]

Love your channel, been following for several yrs. I'm torn between clip and grow vs wiring,,,, got @ half and half. Question / request ¿?¿ Any chance one could get some acorns from the Royal oak you featured ?

[@shvshvhkv8608]

👌👌👌...!!!

[@candimilliard2056]

My father is 80 this year! And he's a long time bonsai artist - and the traditional 80 gift is OAK! I'm not quite versed so not sure at what stage to get the oak? Can you help? I'm located in CT, USA. Thanks Candi

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Hello Candi, try looking for a bonsai club in your area, they should be able to steer you in the right direction!!

[@candimilliard2056]

@@TheBonsaiZone Thank you

[@sigitkamboja6078]

Verry nice

[@kestane123chesmo]

whats the potting medium nigil ? it looks very lean how could those trees flourish in it ?

[@stevenlowe8089]

I'm currently growing a royal oak in a very very small pot. Is it recommended I use a large pot, tree is about 3 months old.

[@JustMyThreeCents]

I'm in zone 7, can I hard prune now on my oak? It's about 3 years old and it's too high for my liking of development.

[@louiswilke7440]

Genuine question. How do you keep the trees alive after washing off all the soil from the roots? Love your bonsai collection ❤️❤️

[@TheBonsaiZone]

The soil is replaced and the roots continue to grow into the new bonsai soil.

[@louiswilke7440]

@@TheBonsaiZone thank you for sharing. And thank you for the fast reply sir.

[@brucedeacon28]

👌

[@jakubwodarczyk6500]

@Nigel Saunders in some online shops serrisa is been sold as a indoor ? Whats your opinion on that ?

[@aaryansetia9093]

Has your Delonix Regia ever flowered?It gets amazing flowers!

[@ThrillerBonsai]

Loved this video.. The Royal oak is one of my favorite trees.. But it's just not growing in my climate.. it's been almost 2 years but still looks like a seedling.. is there anything that I can do about it?

[@notbonsai671]

👍👍👍

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Awesome!

[@goo757]

but it is a bonsai

[@martinmcdonald3937]

how are the royal oaks doing since the pruning

[@gajendran01]

Hey Nigel don't prune the lowest branches they r called sacrificing branches they give u large trunk in the tree that u can notice below the trunk of the tree so don't prune them until the size of the trunk u need ... This is my tip for u thoungh I am following this ! 👍

[@nn843]

Hi, Nigel! Any updates on the oaks?

[@TheBonsaiZone]

They are doing well, check the playlist in the description for the latest updates!!

[@katyb2793]

I don't know how those ducks survive... Their life is so tough! 😂 Will you eventually end up pruning the top of the second one down to create taper? Or is that only necessary on certain species?

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Funny Katy, I think I'll just leave the trunks on the oaks as they are and see how it goes.

[@thome4229]

What 3-D-Printer do you own?

[@deMANvannederland]

Nice video Nigel! My oaks are developing quite some mildew, do you have any advice on that?

[@taylorlieb]

Have you ever grown a bonsai into a full size tree?

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Yes, I put some in the ground and now they are as tall as a house!

[@mftrezza]

Does this dude's hair not deserve its own show?

[@SorrowPolaris]

Why don’t you wire your trees?

[@labrinth999]

He explained in another video that he prefers the natural look and that he prefers working with the tree

[@SorrowPolaris]

@@labrinth999 didn’t knew this thanks

[@G3ZAAHS]

The Bonsai hair still? Nice hair Nigel

[@jeffw8218]

This guy has a Bonsai on his head 😂🙄

[@seethrough_treeshrew]

It sure needs a trim

[@bunthymarak1990]

Longest video maker about bonsai you are just try to short ur lecture

[@TheBonsaiZone]

It takes patience to learn the art of bonsai, those who rush through life miss the best parts!

[@austinmead5754]

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[@jamestropicals8262]

Austin aims foist, Bullseye!!!!

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Austin Mead, with a Foist indeed, posts a comment worth a read!