Willow Bonsai - Update & trim

[@robertdavis7453]

My wife had a willow she loved dearly, I lost her to cancer a few months ago. I generally have a green thumb so I took several cuttings from her tree to root and give to our children. Wish me luck brother. And I did subscribe to your channel.

[@BonsaiBoise]

Very sorry to hear about your wife. Great idea with the cutting still. Best of luck on them!

[@maryperrysmith5815]

I absolutely loved it 😍

[@KevinCampbell-un5qe]

Great tutorial. I just started some dragon willow cuttings two weeks ago. I started them in 6 inch trays with good drainage. I really wish I had started them in atleast 10 inch trays but hopefully they will thrive for a year or so. I layered with bonsai granule on bottom then money tree premium blend and another layer of bonsai granule. Its a pretty interesting hobby to say the least. I'm in NC and things grow pretty good here. I also use forest moss on top and trying to stick with bottle water only and since you mentioned it I'm glad I did. You're subbed dude.

[@KimMcDonaldStudios]

So, glad that you did a willow this time. I'm living in "Salix-land" lately. I got a double trunk Dwarf Purple Willow that I was successful in splitting into two little trees. I think I'm going to stick with these for a while before I "branch" out. haha. They're so easy and fun to learn on. My Lilac died.

[@BonsaiBoise]

OOh a Dwarf Purple Willow sounds cool! I'm going to do some googling on that one. Sorry to hear about your lilac :(

[@alexandruserban2138]

4:25 oh,now I understand why my moss turned brown after I put it in the pots.I'm using tap water to water my trees and yeah, it's not easy to collect rainwater while living in an urban area. 😏💡

[@gabrielshaw386]

Nice video. Stopping by to say hi from Boise! Just got into bonsai myself.

[@BonsaiBoise]

Welcome to Bonsai then! And thanks for stopping by

[@alexandriastarlight]

Great video

[@ThePhobosAnomally]

Really nice tree. Great video.

[@BonsaiBoise]

Thank you!

[@davidjennings9556]

I would use bottled water. You can buy it at the dollar stores fairly inexpensively. It would also solve your moss problem at the same time!

[@BonsaiBoise]

Yeah I thought about that but I just have so many darn trees I'd be going through2 or 3 cases of water a day. It's always funny to me how much abuse these trees can take sometimes. Chop them in half, bare root them, cut their limbs off 3 times a year. But OMG tap water! lol

[@davidjennings9556]

@@BonsaiBoise MIKE....you can by it by the gallon and some stores sell it in 5 gallon containers. Some also sell quantities as high as you would like. You could even check into a deliverie service. Worth checking out at least. I have well water so don't have that problem, but a friend has water delivered for a relatively small monthly payment.

[@WesLoneWolf]

New to Bonsai, but absolutely hooked! Being a fellow Boisieite, I have been thinking about what I can do outside and year around. My first thought was a rocky mountain juniper. I have them showing up once in a while, and I've actually let one grow out, it's huge now lol. My second thought was willow trees, my mom has a willow tree that has gotten too big, has dead parts, and is near the house that needs to be taken down. I told her to make some cuttings from it. I was thinking about doing an outside bonsai area. Do you have any suggestions on what plants to try?

[@BonsaiBoise]

I do actually! I'm fact, if you're here in town you're in luck because I'm moving this week and need to purge some of my little starters. Want some?

[@WesLoneWolf]

@@BonsaiBoise that would be great!

[@BonsaiBoise]

If you want to shoot me an email at [e-mail] I'll give you the details. They're not anything too grand, just starters for the most part. But a handful of species to play around with.

[@mnhockeycrazy429]

Most moss is supposed to be green especially if it’s moist enough so it’s more of an indication it’s staying adequately watered…

[@wadmadhushan4434]

Very nice. Super

[@BonsaiBoise]

Thanks WAD!

[@nate8930]

Can you use metal wire to redirect branches for these?

[@BonsaiBoise]

Yeah you can. I usually don't though just because I forget about him sometimes and then they start cutting into the branches. Especially on fast growers like willows.

[@janstewart2041]

Would a britta filter work?