My Rosemary, Pomegranate and Pyrenean Oak, The Bonsai Zone, Dec 2023

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8 ай бұрын

Today I'm working on my Rosemary, the Pomegranate from Xin and my Pyrenean Oak.
To see previous videos of my Rosemary, click on the playlist here....
• Rosemary Bonsai
To see previous videos of my Pomegranate bonsai, click on the playlist here...
• Pomegranate Bonsai
To see previous videos of my Pyrenean Oak, click on the playlist here...
• Pyreanean Oaks
#TheBonsaiZone

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@wallygrandpa 2 ай бұрын

I never keep my rosemary inside. I just put it in the unheated greenhouse when it freezes below -5°C

@jac585 6 ай бұрын

How are you making the leaves small on everything. ?

@ferasi6944 6 ай бұрын

I love your dwarf pomegranate! 😍 Very good that you kept the branch at the left. The view from the back I find dramatic because the leader is going backwards strongly. I have several dwarf variety trees indoors the whole year for more than 3 years now and they grow strongly constantly and never drop leafs. The standard variety needs a cool dormant period in order to survive.

@ferasi6944 6 ай бұрын

I have never luck with rosemarys in pots. They always creep and die at the end. I tried calcareous soil ingredients without success. In the ground in the garden they thrive really well even though we had a very wet summer. My next and last attempt is to use almost no fertilizer.

@_mu. 6 ай бұрын

my little experience with rosemary: in pots bought for a few euros -> they die, no matter how much you water, if I remove peat and add pumice, sooner or later they wither. the only specimen I have: about 10-15 years old grown in the garden in full sun from mid-morning onwards. extracted and placed in a colander with very few roots, in coarse and medium pumice for about 2 years -> the roots did not develop (light and open spaces of colander) repotted in a low and wide pot (half depth of your pot), always pumice of various types and adding a little akadama and kiryu, it has produced many roots and pruned repeatedly (only sprout 3-5 cm from each branch of new growth) I don't over-prune because it tends to become very thick the vegetation. it doesn't even have a yellow-orange or brown leaf (when it did it meant it was sick) or worse, pale green and not bright leaves. fertilizer: prodigy spring, less in summer, autumn flortis powder or granular of another brand. my water is a lot calcareous (ph7-8) maybe he likes in conclusion, I think I'm lucky because I was told that he doesn't like repotting, vice versa I repotted and it was better every time (every 1-2 years)

@lukasmihara 6 ай бұрын

21:44 Somehwere around here could make a good front🌳

@chaiwatpotichanid 7 ай бұрын

🥰😚👍

@matshagstrom9839 7 ай бұрын

Hi Nigel, Keep up the good work. I have struggled with Rosemary. Mine refuses to back bud and is very apically dominant. I tried grafting lower branches without success. I recently found a pendulous form and took some cuttings. Luckily Rosemary is very easy to propagate from cuttings. The pendulous version is called 'prostratus'. I think working with the pendulous variant is much easier for bonsai though it may initially be supported. I do think Rosemary has potential. While they do like lots of sun I find they are also sensitive to drying out. Mine thrive with daily water in draining soil. I live in San Francisco so we have cold summers and Rosemary grows well in the area in large 4' bushes. Be well, Mats

@jeffncompany 7 ай бұрын

my rosemary hates dry soil. it tends to use quite a bit of water and does not like drying out. i'm finding this to be the case even in these colder months

@murallivishnu1396 7 ай бұрын

I think your hair need to be pruned

@Stettafire 7 ай бұрын

That's nothing! Mine is waist length 😂

@user-ch1gc3yy2y 8 ай бұрын

Hello, Nigel! Never used that rubber cement packing material you mentioned, but have stuck to cyanoacryl superglue instead for cases when cut matured and overwintered wood. I have packed some plum-cherry (all ages)and citrus tree (2 and 3 seasons wood) in a course of past half year. In living room conditions it dryback little. Still use this method. Has you ever tested this way? Good if it would be useful. Thank for your videos!

@Eram.Abbasi 8 ай бұрын

I have a qs Nigel.. In winter plants growth stops. Also generally speaking if v prune hard with no leaves then that becomes a tough time for plants to grow In ur case u r pruning hard leaving no leaves and that also in with. Both situations hamper growth. My qs is that isn't it dangerous situation for the plant. Isn't it high chances for it to die. I wanted to prune my trees but I afraid that they might die. Plz advice and explain with ur expert advice. Maybe u can do a video to explain about the right time to prune. Which trees to hard prune and in which season

@737ngJR 8 ай бұрын

Nigel, try reducing your fertilizing on plants with aphids. See if it solves the problem.

@Stettafire 7 ай бұрын

Yes, sometimes I think he over fertilised a tad (I think most bonsai folk do actually!)

@calvinbennet7009 8 ай бұрын

I had planted some rosemary in some red dirt it was so rocky and it did great good luck it wants to thrive

@FrostBiteBonsai 8 ай бұрын

You'll win that Rosemary over! I know it! Great show! Amazing what the pomegranates can handle!

@KennetDeBondt 8 ай бұрын

Hi Nigel I gave up on rosemary: it never buds back... Your pomegranate looks fine! Grts Kennet

@luigiluigi2098 8 ай бұрын

You're so brave when I saw the Pomegranate I was stunned how much you cut off. I couldn't do it lol. That's why you have beautiful Bonsai and I don't 😊 Hopefully I'll get brave with more experience

@Steves_Backyard_Bonsai 8 ай бұрын

There’s enough healthy foliage on that Rosemary. I think it should bounce back with a little TLC. The Pomegranate and Oak are nicely set up for next year.

@bonsaitis566 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for the video. What are your bonsai soil components? I grow my rosmaries bonsai in 100% akadama, not any organic component in soil, and I'm in the mediterranian area! They really don't like any soil keeping too much moist.

@arnoldmmbb 8 ай бұрын

Rosemarys dont heal very well you can leave the dead branches and make a little jin is the way they grow in nature

@brucedeacon28 8 ай бұрын

👍👌👌

@eve66able 8 ай бұрын

Rosemary are picky. It’s better to start with a young plant. Once they get old and woody it’s almost impossible to shape them.

@bonsai_life_style 8 ай бұрын

So today can be fish for dinner ]]] becouse Rosemary is very good with fish . Or steak 🥩 🥩 . If you are vegetarian then mash patetos are good with rosemary.

@Stettafire 7 ай бұрын

Rosemary is nice with soups and stews

@baldyeti 8 ай бұрын

Great video, was really diggin how good you are at getting the right angles to show your work. I reverse seasoned my rosemary. They go dormant/slow down all summer outside. First frost, through them in the grow tent and they grow small dense vigorous foliage…🤷🏼‍♂️

@WolfgangKeim1 8 ай бұрын

For the rosemary: Try putting it in pure LECA pebbles. Rosemary is a Mediterranean plant. It cant stand wet soil. And try not to fertilize it at all. The leaves you should cut back drastically so it’s forced to bud back. Don’t cut into the woody stuff.

@eriklheureux7879 8 ай бұрын

Hello Nigel! In nature, rosemary grows in calcareous soils. Adding a little bit of dolomitic limestone granules to the soil mix might help.

@growclipbonsaiforseniors1951 8 ай бұрын

I like the oak. Really a cool little tree.

@growclipbonsaiforseniors1951 8 ай бұрын

All that pruning and that Pom is ready for some spring growth. Now for its winter sleep.

@growclipbonsaiforseniors1951 8 ай бұрын

Rosemary difficult for me to winter over in the basement. Yours is real cool. Nice trunks on it. With your skills, it will grow. Nice Pom from Xin.

@arkapadma 8 ай бұрын

how many years rosemary can last? I try to find it online but people give different time.

@Stettafire 7 ай бұрын

It's highly variable, but it can live a long time.

@peterkeightley4256 8 ай бұрын

Hi Nigel. Rosemary might like a bit of limestone in the soil.

@737ngJR 8 ай бұрын

Im still waiting for another Blue Sky Bonsai video.. I love how the pomegranate is coming along, excellent 🙂

@Nick-ey1is 8 ай бұрын

Hi Nigel great trees I think I see a scale bug on that elevated root at 21:51

@zimmy1958 8 ай бұрын

Thanks.

@cornbreadburglar 8 ай бұрын

Loving the pomegranate; I don't have one but I've got a Virginia Creeper styled virtually identical.

@TitanUranusOfficial 8 ай бұрын

Hi Nigel! When I saw "rosemary" I got excited - a plant I actually know about! Your plant looks a little leggy/anemic to me - but as you said almost everything I was going to say and can't help day length or rainfall, my only other thought is it might be over-fertilized. I know people here (granted we get longer hotter days which makes it easier) who grow them in a combo of pea gravel and sand with almost no organic matter and fertilize lightly once a month once the growing season starts. As I know you have mentioned that you do dilute fertilizer every watering in growing season, maybe it's getting too much nitrogen? Despite the pH (6.5-7) suggested I find it grows best closer to 7 and even a little higher, than lower. Maybe try give it a nice boost in Spring then limit fertilizer - and yes, when a few days or rain in a row are coming, bring it in greenhouse. Good luck with it!

@emmitstewart1921 8 ай бұрын

You might try using highly diluted tomato food. Tomato foods usually have trace elements, calcium, and more phosphorus and Potassium than nitrogen.

@arkapadma 7 ай бұрын

so it is better to starve them a bit from organic matter?

@TitanUranusOfficial 7 ай бұрын

@@arkapadma i think Nigel's might have been a bit overfed as they looked leggy compared to my own - I feed mine (large pot) half-strsngth Miracle Gro once a month or so - but also my growing season is long and it gets very hot here.

@emmitstewart1921 7 ай бұрын

@@arkapadma It makes sense when you realize their native home is the sand dunes on the shores of the Mediterranean. Rosmarinus is Latin for sea foam or sea dew.

@arkapadma 7 ай бұрын

Interesting, did you place them on full sunlight 12h/day or shaded region 6h/day of light?@@TitanUranusOfficial

@HansWeberHimself 8 ай бұрын

Ready for spring myself as well!! 😂 Just need to hang in there for 6 months or so. ☀️

@Marblelantern 8 ай бұрын

I have three rosemary plants, they all had muted growth this summer. So you aren't alone, I'm relatively near you in western NY.

@dkstott29 8 ай бұрын

Rosemary make good windowsill bonsai..you can trim bits off during cooking.

@dk2614 8 ай бұрын

Cuttings strike easily with Rosemary. I killed a healthy tree this fall but the cuttings I took all made it! I started Pomegranates from seed three years ago. This past summer( growing season 2) some of them flowered! I am very pleased with how well they grow!