Affordable Spruce Bonsai ! Begin a bonsai for 50 bucks || #BonsaiChallenge
WIth lots of money, anybody can buy bonsai. But if on more of a budget, what will 50 bucks get you, if you have to buy substrate, pots, and a plant? Follow me as I search for plants at a nursery, repot, and do a first styling of affordable bonsai material
The original 50 dollar bonsai challenge took place last year. At the time, I styled a yew (My Yew: kzread.info/dash/bejne/fZ6b0tGcXbDVY9Y.html
) , but I also brought home a spruce. This tree was only lightly prunes at the time. now it is time to go through this picea and do a first styling.
0:00 50 euro bonsai challenge
0:30 Tree origin and plan in this video
1:35 First repotting picea for bonsai from nursery container
3:15 Bare-rooting a picea pre bonsai rootbal
6:01 repotting bare-rooted picea pre bonsai
7:26 First styling when creating a Picea [spruce] bonsai
9:37 Understanding wiring out foliage pads for Picea bonsai development
10:49 Pruning back spruce (picea) pre bonsai for development
14:24 Bonsai design Dilemma: Spruce bonsai
15:36 Discussing Spruce bonsai design
16:10 Call to all with a 50 dollar bonsai challenge
17:39 Update on 50 dollar bonsai challenge yew of last year
I am asking all the original participants: Share an update!
Watch the playlist: kzread.info/head/PLci6b9GxmP3VjYgkW8Pr3O9zzWUC3apy8
(Who am I missing? Drop me a comment with other videos in the challenge!):
The original challenge by @BonsaiYEAH challenging @TheBonsaiZone : kzread.info/dash/bejne/i5eTpKybh6eoaKQ.html
Nigels' answer: kzread.info/dash/bejne/m5uhvNZvm6e3f5M.html
@expressionsofgracebonsai explicitly challenged me, when I was done recording my video, after some informal challenges by chat / comments! kzread.info/dash/bejne/mXigm8WindG5aco.html
@BlueJayBonsai : kzread.info/dash/bejne/fHyVms5xZ9GxZMo.html
@TonysBonsai : kzread.info/dash/bejne/nneo08qOltypcpM.html
@FrostBiteBonsai : kzread.info/dash/bejne/f5-ZxraSn9Sqedo.html
@bonsaibysnc : kzread.info/dash/bejne/lId91LVwn9avndI.html
@BonsaiYEAH made another: kzread.info/dash/bejne/iJmVpY98nq6pmZc.html
@thelazybonsai : kzread.info/dash/bejne/oZerzpqkY7qcmtI.html and part 2 kzread.info/dash/bejne/f61qlNuxp862g8Y.html and update kzread.info/dash/bejne/fmxttMVqhtqyodI.html
@TheBonsaiGarden : kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZY53yqacnMmTkrA.html and part 2 kzread.info/dash/bejne/qIF_rtikpaayiJc.html
@growclipbonsaiforseniors1951 : kzread.info/dash/bejne/qHqbraptZca6Zqg.html
@Candice.BonsaiScience : kzread.info/dash/bejne/jHuj25mrc9Kvj9I.html
@drunkbonsai6715 : kzread.info/dash/bejne/dqV-urR6ctPNoso.html
@therisingofroninbonsai : kzread.info/dash/bejne/ip2sz7Bxgc-ciLw.html update kzread.info/dash/bejne/m2d1m7Ghgq3gkco.html
@SamDoeckeAussiebonsaibloke : kzread.info/dash/bejne/kaZsmMeEl7XZqdI.html
@bobcat bonsai: kzread.info/dash/bejne/aoSuxpOakabLZaw.html
@BonsaiCornwall : kzread.info/dash/bejne/p2ydqtKch67OeqQ.html
@LetsDoBonsai : kzread.info/dash/bejne/eWaFtbuhgdSribg.html
Chapters:
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It's looking good Jelle, big changes in a short period of time!!
@GrowingBonsai
11 ай бұрын
:) Indeed. Time will tell how it responds (Not that I am too concerned, but mistakes do happen). Thx Nigel!
Thank you for sharing this video about wiring. I'm going to attempt my yew this afternoon because this was so helpful.
@GrowingBonsai
11 ай бұрын
Best of luck!
Brilliant tie-down method - been struggling with this in the past! Quite like the secondary trunk on the main tree. Very old growth looking.
@GrowingBonsai
11 ай бұрын
Very happy you got this out of the video! Been struggling as to leave it in or not. But to me these little tricks make a difference when learning!
That is EXACTLY what I wanted out of my Christmas tree Challenge!! I used my twin trunk Dwarf Alberta Spruce! It had a rough winter so I'm leaving it to grow this season. I don't have wire so I will likely use guy-wires, or string Haha! Great video!
@GrowingBonsai
8 ай бұрын
That is awesome! Glad it worked out!
Really good result for the initial styling. Spruces are tough trees to work and make them look good.
@GrowingBonsai
11 ай бұрын
Thank you! Cheers! I am so excited about second wiring in winter!
Nice job jelle great video thanks jelle keep up the good work mate thanks
@GrowingBonsai
11 ай бұрын
Hey Philip, good to see you again. Thank you so much for your support!
Very very nice! Good job Jelle!!
@GrowingBonsai
11 ай бұрын
Thank you!! 😁
My Picea is still weak from its repotting and is hardly putting out new growth. So I wont be doing anything to it this year but watering and hoping it will grow. Love your version of the tree, can't wait for next years update!
@GrowingBonsai
11 ай бұрын
IF it remains with me for that long. I am thinning out my collection and some of the trees will be moving on!
Job well done, what a difference
@GrowingBonsai
11 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!
Let’s get it Jelle!
@GrowingBonsai
11 ай бұрын
:)
Very nice to see an update on the $50 challenge! Well done! Very helpful to see how are you developing your trees!
@GrowingBonsai
11 ай бұрын
Thank you so much! So would you say I should do a second wiring on my yew from the first video?
@sbragaglia
11 ай бұрын
@@GrowingBonsai I’m a student, anything would help me! Maybe with more accent on the styling rather than on how to apply, when, and why?
Beautifully done 🙂
@GrowingBonsai
11 ай бұрын
Thank you! Cheers!
Did one of these last year with a double trunk and it’s coming on well this year they don’t look there best after until they start to fill out and ramification takes place, I like you wire method for tying down the tree I have used similar on pots with only one hole, the yew is coming on well. Thank you for the video.
@GrowingBonsai
11 ай бұрын
Thank you so much. The best tool one has for bonsai is time!
Thank you for sharing
@GrowingBonsai
11 ай бұрын
You are welcome! THank you for stopping by!
Very good
@GrowingBonsai
11 ай бұрын
Dank je!
I love your videos mate but you can start spruce bonsai for much less, especially at Christmas 😊
@GrowingBonsai
10 күн бұрын
Sorry to say but.. Around here 18 euro for a spruce with rootball established in a pot is a pretty god deal.
Im with you ...
@GrowingBonsai
11 ай бұрын
:)
Hi Jelle, very nice tree. My little Christmastree was too dry in winter. It loosed all the old needles. Bad. What kind of substrate is the red one and where do you buy this? I saw such a substrate at a company which is producing plants for green roofs. - And off course, a nice cat. Best regards
@GrowingBonsai
11 ай бұрын
Hi Andres, the orange stuff is either Seramis or Diatomous earth/Molar Clay (The Linda Moler kitty litter is pure molar clay)
What would you recommend for a first time bonsai in uk weather? Kinda cold and always wet here. I like red maples, yews, junipers and stuff that fruits also
@GrowingBonsai
11 ай бұрын
Elms and yews should be really easy to grow in your climate, as would hawthorn!
Aside from the height, the tree looked fine to me without witing. Just my humble perspective. 😊👍
@GrowingBonsai
11 ай бұрын
Fair enough! A little full though.
👍👌👌🙂
@GrowingBonsai
11 ай бұрын
❤
Nice spruce ! I liked to have a Little bit more branches in the back, in the emty Space between the two trunks. But it’s only my taste! Can you Link my 50€ Video to your list! I can‘t find it! Thx! Werner
@GrowingBonsai
11 ай бұрын
Thanks for the tips! I thought I had linked! Now it is.
Mooie boom
@GrowingBonsai
11 ай бұрын
Dank je wel!