Part II: Maple Forest from cuttings | The Bonsai Supply

[@Dirtguerilla]

I'm still waiting for a revisit 😉

[@andychapman5676]

I will be completely shocked if these root. Great experiment to try, can't wait for updates.

[@WeareTheBonsaiSupply]

Hey Andy! Be prepared to be completely shocked 😉

[@andychapman5676]

@@WeareTheBonsaiSupply Looking forward to it!

[@IcecoldDan26]

Interesting. I've never seen cuttings that large take root. I'd be very interested in how this progresses.

[@davidreid622]

Amazing, hope it's a great success. I thought you'd have to remove some bark at the base of them to make them root but it seems not. Looking forward to the update.

[@JankyzFSX]

Yeah I had the same thought.

[@ck8313]

Awesome. Do give an update when the cuttings start pushing out branches.

[@WeareTheBonsaiSupply]

You got it CK!

[@JankyzFSX]

You must can't wait!

[@KennetDeBondt]

Great! Any updates?

[@Tore1972Wisdom]

I learnt something new. Did not know you could do that.

[@carolinegarvie4101]

Awesome your video’s are great look forward to seeing more didn’t know you could do that with a maple love your big trees

[@WeareTheBonsaiSupply]

Hi Caroline! Thank you so much!

[@donnaikin7397]

Wow, Never seen a planting like this before. Greatly interested in seeing how this turns out. Great video!

[@carloscruz6536]

Good luck!! Thanks for sharing your work and the tips. I’ll use it on another species😎👍🙏🙏

[@WeareTheBonsaiSupply]

Please do Carlos, and share your feedback with us!

[@calvinchau5479]

wow big cuttings. hope it will roots. thanks Jerome for the video please update. by the way estimate how long will it roots?

[@WeareTheBonsaiSupply]

They start to root pretty immediately but you wouldn’t want to do any work to them for at least two years

[@DanielFlores-nw2yz]

Please show an update of this video. Very interesting.

[@Dirtguerilla]

I demand a follow up video!! :D

[@HAJUBONSAI]

Very good

[@agfbero204]

Absolutely awesome! Thanks for showing us that technique. I would like to try it. Where can I get some of those bonsai trays?

[@jballenger9240]

You guys are great.

[@WeareTheBonsaiSupply]

Thank you very much!

[@joshuacarpenter2814]

Very interesting. I'm definitely trying this. I know survival is usually best with hard wood cuttings and with new growth, so I would expect this would be a challenge to do in the middle of summer. Have you tried this with soft wood cuttings in summer, maybe with defoliating to reduce water loss?

[@blueridgebonsai9155]

Agree that these are big cuttings to root so I would have added a couple extras just in case. Also you could place the tray on a heat pad to increase the chance of rooting success. I am really happy to see you actually talk about aftercare as so few KZbin bonsai “masters” ever mention it, yet it is the most critical step, so kudos to you. I could also see a mod of this method where the trees are screwed to a piece of plywood and set in a ceramic or plastic pot. It would give the same result without having to screw through the tray. I would be really concerned that the tray would crack with so many holes in such a small area. Did you put washers on the screws to prevent them breaking through the tray bottom? As always another good addition to your channel 👍

[@WeareTheBonsaiSupply]

Hey man! Thank you for your kind words 🙏🌳To be honest with you, I don’t believe the heating mat would help unless it is done right on the ground. Ground, heat mat, tree then it might work. There is something about elevating cuttings and or collected trees where the success rate goes drastically down. On the floor and out of wind has always worked wonders for me. You can absolutely use a wooden slab, plastic slab or whatever you’d like. These pots are specifically made for modifications, and it makes it a bit easier for me.

[@sako5]

Do you have a update on this video?

[@dracokaiser]

Would love to see this tree’s progress in a few months. I’ve never thought Japanese maples that thick could be made as cuttings

[@billyckjelson]

Do you water these cuttings so they stay pretty moist most if not all of the time like most cuttings? And do you advice rooting hormones or removal of the bark and the cambium layer for improved results? Or even just scarring the bark where you wish them to root? How long would you say it takes for cuttings about that size to push out enough new growth indicating there are enough roots developing so the group can be moved? Is this done in one growing season?

[@henzobonsai]

Good job..👍

[@ThatGuy-cs3nb]

Did this actually live? Crazy if it did

[@gaeangardensbyizabela]

Awesome tips about the earth resonance, thank you. It makes sense, trees don't walk around in nature. The tree is a response to it's own genetic material unfolding in the specific environment- which is a very important factor. So allowing the tree to be in unchanging environment without moving it, makes sense. It must feel very shocking for them to be moved I imagine

[@WeareTheBonsaiSupply]

I like your description much better than mine! Thank you!

[@Bonsaifly]

Those are big cuttings. If they actually root I’d be surprised but it would be incredible. Looking forward to seeing the update already

[@alessandromassimo5717]

There’s this Italian guy “Biobonsai” on KZbin e makes cuttings with 10cm diameter base. So I think it’s possible you just need high humidity

[@WeareTheBonsaiSupply]

So it’s really easy to make cuttings from most maples, and most deciduous trees. It’s the aftercare that will determine the success rate

[@DM-wb4jv]

Is there an update on these bonsai. I would like to see how they progressed or did they die out?

[@leonkoopmansdutchsyntheticreef]

How are they doing.

[@dermo1981]

Can we get an update video please? Really interested to know how they're doing. Thanks

[@WeareTheBonsaiSupply]

There was an update of this tree in the most recent update video.

[@potreliefbonsaibatu5035]

Natural

[@WeareTheBonsaiSupply]

Thank you!

[@MarkSun1962]

I about 20 miles north of Times Square (NYC). I have a maple a friend gave me in a big nursery pot. It looks like one you might find at Home Depot or Lowe's. I is in full leaf. I pruned the lo g shoots back. I see 1 or 2 limbs I think I can airlayer. If I try what you did in this video, would scraping off bark at the cut point (like airlayering) and painting with rooting hormone power be helpful ?

[@sbragaglia]

Foist? Looking forward to see what happened to those cuttings!

[@WeareTheBonsaiSupply]

Not sure if that is foist brother! I will make an update video soon

[@sbragaglia]

@@WeareTheBonsaiSupply I update the comment section several times, but I could see I was secoind (I’m secoind, right?) only now! Kudos to got first (but my comment still looks to be the oldest), and looking forward to see your update video!

[@WeareTheBonsaiSupply]

@@sbragaglia I think you got first actually 😉

[@sbragaglia]

@@WeareTheBonsaiSupply 🎉

[@rikdah]

Did these cuttings grow? Is it possible for an update?

[@WeareTheBonsaiSupply]

Yes they took, but very slowly! Yes, we will make an update soon. 🙂

[@alexvoicetravels]

Can you apply this technique to all deciduous?!?!

[@timothyvanheerden8105]

Hi. Did these trees strike?

[@shaneshac]

Good info on this video. Does this work with cuttings of most trees or only certain species?

[@reddy969]

Did you put rooting powder

[@tamaraelfkin]

Are there other trees that this could work with? i can imagine willow or perhaps figs might work considering how easily they root.

[@ernsttencate6699]

I am impressed. Please update in a few months. Of course a like👍👍

[@WeareTheBonsaiSupply]

Thank you Ernst!

[@dermo1981]

Any update on these? When they failed did you burn them or throw them in the compost heap?

[@WeareTheBonsaiSupply]

What makes you think they failed?

[@bushidowarrior2891]

Jerome, when did you film this video? I live in MA ( zone 6b) and all my jap maples leafed out several weeks ago. If this cutting procedure works, what is the latest time of year you can do this in zone 6b ?

[@WeareTheBonsaiSupply]

Hi! I filmed I wanna say about mid March! I would do it as they start to bud. Smaller cuttings after they leaf out.

[@jerrefisher2184]

Great job! Looking forward to the followups. Was any rooting hormone used?

[@WeareTheBonsaiSupply]

Thank you Jerre!

[@timdady4660]

Jerome, never seen this type of cutting before , have the trees started to root Yet ? , I like most would have cut back the bottom a bit and put rooting power on . Please show follow up Cheers Tim

[@WeareTheBonsaiSupply]

Hey Tim, there will be a KZbin update video soon. The forest is covered in leaves

[@cristianbranea5034]

Wow! Any update on this project? Based on the comments bellow, it will be the most wanted update!! :))

[@intense2u]

I did not think you can do that from a large cutting. Can you do this type of cutting from any Japanese maples? Or just certain ones? Great job BTW

[@WeareTheBonsaiSupply]

Hey Luis! It works on a large amount of trees but not all. Kinda trial and error type thing

[@rommelcielo5630]

Any update on this? I doubt the maple survive. I will edit this comment if we have an update.

[@skrounst]

This dude gets branches thicker than my thickest tree to root, after power drilling a hole into it, and using a shallow tray. I have like 50/50 success getting green/ semi hard cuttings to root, using deep pots. It's almost not even fair. 😂

[@andrewogawa1029]

No additional cambium exposure or rooting hormone?

[@WeareTheBonsaiSupply]

Hey Andrew! Nope, nothing at all. I’m not a big fan of rooting hormone, I don’t think it makes a difference.

[@andrewogawa1029]

I’m surprised. I feel that rooting hormones help. Also with large cuttings bottom heat and misting/humidity cover would help. Will be interested in follow up. Andy

[@WeareTheBonsaiSupply]

@@andrewogawa1029 for the bottom heat we use ground contact and misting is a must several times a day.

[@Andi_M.]

Du hättest auf der Unterseite Unterlegscheiben verwenden sollen! Ohne kann es sein, dass es ausreist!! You should have used washers on the bottom! Without it may be that it leaves!! Grüße ;)

[@abrdds]

They won’t root...

[@israel13g]

Is this Japanese maple ?? I thought you couldn’t root cuttings that big , I always thought it had to be semi hard wood cuttings

[@thenaturecreater8906]

I will cut my leg off and reagrow it if this works

[@WeareTheBonsaiSupply]

Feel free to try it but I am pretty sure regrowing your legs wont work. Perhaps if you keep them on the ground away from wind. Plants do this naturally!

[@The_Dood]

Please update in 8-12weeks.. New leaf growth doesnt equate to roots btw.

[@WeareTheBonsaiSupply]

Well not at first but then yes. The more the leaves grow the more the roots grow it is a give and take there. That’s why you want to let something like this grow wild for 2-3 years to grow as much root as possibke

[@justinnoda3908]

This is a game changer if these things actually root. Air layering...no point! Just chop it and plant it. Can you explain why these branches will root? I was waiting for you to add rooting hormones or wrap them in Spag moss or something. Not just screw it , cover it and enjoy :)

[@EMATREMA]

People do hair layers because big cuts like this don’t root except few species but not japanese maples. I wish you the best but I am quite sure these will not root. Please give us an update about this project it will be an opportunity to learn regardless if this succeeds or not.

[@WeareTheBonsaiSupply]

Hi! Japanese maple specifically are notorious for rooting on very large cuttings. The reason why people choose to do air layer is because it gives you a nicer all around rootspread.

[@frenchfries2148]

Please give us an update, from everything I’ve ever heard about cuttings; this sounds impossible

[@WeareTheBonsaiSupply]

Skip the the update video I show it in there. Trees like maples that have high water mobility it is quite easy to grow from cuttings.

[@frenchfries2148]

@@WeareTheBonsaiSupply thank you for the information, I will definitely be trying this for myself, thank you

[@jonobateman3494]

There's no ways these rooted...

[@WeareTheBonsaiSupply]

Why not?

[@kevinc6323]

when is the update video coming? without that no one will believe it @@WeareTheBonsaiSupply

[@WeareTheBonsaiSupply]

@@kevinc6323 Ill probably do an update next spring when they have grown some more. This is a very old gardening technique btw. The most important is the aftercare. set it on the ground, keep it above 40F and out of wind.

[@leonkoopmansdutchsyntheticreef]

This is really just impossible.

[@gabewashburn5756]

Maybe for you

[@leonkoopmansdutchsyntheticreef]

@@gabewashburn5756 I've never seen anyone do it in the bonsai world. I watch everything from him but this is very far reaching. If this succeeds I think it's great

[@WeareTheBonsaiSupply]

@@leonkoopmansdutchsyntheticreef don’t think something is impossible just because you never heard of it or because it hasn’t worked for you. Everything I know in bonsai is from taking what people have told me doesn’t work and then figure out how to make it work. Trust me by putting fresh cuttings or collected or even re potted trees on the ground first works wonders. 🙂

[@kylepurvis6231]

@@WeareTheBonsaiSupply The mother earth theory as I refer to it is powerful, more than a few times over the past years I have taken sick/ailing trees from friends and club members, planted them in a box of pumice in the ground and simply let them go for a year or two. The results are often stunning and recovery is sometimes miraculous. Good luck with this project, I’m tempted to give it a shot with some swamp maples I’ve had my eye on!

[@dermo1981]

@@WeareTheBonsaiSupply so did it work???