The Hunt for Bonsai in the Mountains - Fall Yamadori Reuploaded

Hi I'm Ben.
Plant collector and Bonsai Guy from the Seattle area. In this Video:
We are on another Fall Yamadori trip here in the PNW. The warm October weather has made it easy to access new areas in the mountains.
Here we hunt for Firs, Lodgepole pines, hemlocks, cedars and western white pines trees.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:10 The initial search
1:55 Small Engelmann Spruce
2:35 Huckleberry
3:05 Tony's Cedar
5:00 Second Half of the hunt
5:25 Trunk chopped Douglas Fir
9:35 Tony's awesome Douglas Fir
12:27 "ostrich" Douglas Fir
12:38 Western White Pine
14:10 Lodgepole Pine
15:00 How to wrap the roots
17:48 Close up on Tony's Douglas fir
18:15 Cleaning up the greenhouse for the misting system
20:50 My trees
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[@BenBSeattle]

I had to reupload this. There was some voice over lost in the last upload. 3:55

[@Adam5Taylor]

Great videos Ben! I enjoy watching your yamadori hunting videos along with the additional fun facts. I plan on venturing out in the next month here on Vancouver island. Wish me luck!

[@bobcatbonsai]

Thanks for taking us on the hunt. This was a blast to watch.

[@Sherman_616]

its scary how you bare root all of them. if you leave a bigger rootball with original soil you will get better survival rates

[@plssmellmycheese]

you live in a nice place! inspiring, thx 👍

[@DTown206]

Mannnnn, you guys have all the fun!

[@Chris-oq6kn]

Wow great trees. Love these videos! Guy was gonna try and get that tree off the side of the mountain 🤣 crazy 🪵🪓🪓

[@TonysBonsai]

What a superb video. I just love watching your yamadori trips, and it looks like you bagged some beauties. Definitely looked more fun collecting in the sun than wading through all that snow last year!

[@BenBSeattle]

For sure Tony! It was fun, even though I was fighting a cold which made me tire quickly on that trip.

[@TonysBonsai]

Well done soldiering on. No pain no gain!

[@haydenfox3116]

Hey Ben! Love the content, I watched this great interview with Randy Knight about his post-collection process for his trees and there's some really interesting and useful information there, one thing I thought was super interesting was that when he collects a tree that's bare root or has very few viable roots he buries it in fresh course saw dust in the ground for a year to recover. I really love your content keep it up! I am about to get a membership with PSBA and would love to see you there sometime this Spring!

[@BONSAICERIACHANNEL]

keren keren sekali pohonnya tinggal pilih mantap👍👍👍

[@nightcoder5k]

Wow, incredible finds. Don't you need to warp the roots with a wet towel inside a plastic bag?

[@BlueSkyBonsai]

fantastic! one year I must come ove to PNW for a yamadori hunt 😊

[@BenBSeattle]

For sure Dave. I would love to host you

[@BlueSkyBonsai]

@@BenBSeattle thanks Ben I appreciate that.. don't hold your breath though!

[@JS-fp6ei]

Hey Ben, discovered your channel. Was wondering if your still making videos?

[@131313chemistry]

What's your survival rate? Barerooting evergreens, especially older (mature) evergreens is never a good thing IMHO/experience.

[@nightcoder5k]

Here's an idea. What if you air-layer a bunch of nice branches, then come back in the spring and cut them? That way you get the trees that are less likely to die when you repot them, easier on your back, and the original trees will survive.

[@jeremystandifird5884]

Great videos, I've been following for a bit. I'm getting ready for my first yamadori hunt this October (in about a month). Just wondering, where are you going where you can take trees that are taller than 2ft? Every ranger office I call in the PNW area (west side of the Cascades) to discuss permits always comes down to the same two things: must be within 50ft of a road, and no taller than 2ft. You're hiking in pretty far and taking taller trees. Can you give me a hint? I'm in Seattle. Thanks!

[@TaigaBonsai]

Hey Ben thanks for uploading this. With respect, I was under the impression that the root balls of conifers should be kept with as much of the native soil/fine roots intact as possible. I'm seeing a lot of bare-rooted trees in the video (9:25, 13:55, 15:25) . Please understand that I'm not trying to be snarky. It's just I'm wondering how these trees responded to this. I'm also curious about the aftercare you've given them.

[@BenBSeattle]

Totally agree the more of the root ball and soil you can take with it the better. Most of the time the fine roots though are at the end of long tap roots and sometimes it's just not possible to get those pulled out. Thats why I converted part of the greenhouse into a misting system to keep them from desiccation as they grow new roots in pumice.

[@viktorsbonsai]

11:07 jesus christ u gotta have a chat with tony that was scary! Be careful!!

[@savageblades360]

Can you give me some beginner tips? Which Washington evergreen pine species has the highest yamadori survival rate?

[@johnrb9397]

Where I live the government is proposing to fine people for walking off the track in any national or state park. I’m envious that you can hike and select these wonderful trees.

[@nightcoder5k]

What do you use for soil mix? It looks like there's only one white ingredient. Thanks!

[@RockSolidStudios]

Primo Materialis! hahahahahaha

[@SJKurd]

what soil you use it ?

[@BenBSeattle]

100% pumice

[@percy_the_bonsai_dynasty]

hey ben what soil do you use?

[@BenBSeattle]

just pure pumice

[@littletargets]

Hi Ben! If you meet bear,how do you fix it?

[@BenBSeattle]

run faster then the guy next to you. =)

[@littletargets]

@@BenBSeattle 😂

[@matthewkizziahcuzia...gott9632]

I would love to go on an outing.

[@jamesglenn520]

Looks like some illegal tree digging to me😬

[@sherwing15]

came across this videos now and I do not have any other means of contacting you, I'm not quite sure if you've gotten a permit to dig and transfer from NFS, you might want to consider pausing public sharing this video for now before NFS sees it

[@jeremystandifird5884]

This is one of his only videos where he doesn't mention getting a permit, so I'm going to guess on good faith that he's getting them. They're free up here for five trees per year per household. You can pay more for extra permits.