One of the best bonsai step by step evolution series ever

Merci pour le suivi de ce bel arbre bravo très beau travail 👍

I just love this series of vids! Really helps me visualize the steps required, and the time needed to produce interesting shape. Always look forward to these updates!!

Looking good Eric, getting closer with every video!!

Very interesting work. I'm looking forward to the next episode!

I love this series! I have an S shaped Tiger Bark Ficus that I got as one of my first bonsai. As ive learned more about bonsai I’ve decided it looks too contrived. I have implemented your technique to try to get air roots to help improve the trunk and perhaps a trunk chop as well. Thanks!

Really enjoying this series - it's fantastic to have incremental longitudinal follow up like this for bonsai instruction. Thanks for the efforts you've made, I look forward to trying it myself on my S bend mallsai!

Thanks

O was waiting for this one!! Thanksss

@atumrox1

Ай бұрын

And now i cant wait for part6! How long Will take professor ?

@Bonsaify

Ай бұрын

Maybe by the end of summer...but I'm not 100% sure. At this point I need to wait for some roots to form as well as the new shoots to come out and elongate about 18".

It looks great! Congratulations on your driving and greetings from Brazil!

Great job, Eric. It's got the potential to be a cool shohin 🌳

Eric, I thought you were crazy before, no worries...

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That's a great start for the ficus.

I did a similar technique on a F. Benjamina to encourage a better root flare which worked fairly well. I’m sure you’ll get some usable roots to add veining.

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Nice ficus better even nicer shirt, ERIC.

Will patiently wait to see the outcome. Looks promising.

Nice video tks forma sharing

Try to make thumb size cuttings, and split the cuttings into 4, the roots will spread nicely and you will get faster taper and nice trunk contour.

Eric - is the perlite/coco coir mix suitable for getting some growth on a Fukien Tea? It was a gift and is tiny, in a tiny bonsai pot and in full akadama soil. I watched your soil video and know to pot it larger and give it a different substrate to allow it time to grow! Love your content!

tree looks good but aerial roots are just a problem on Ficus tree they get tick and then you have to cut it and try to make them again and again on the end, and that is very short period of time you have to cut it off becouse root is ticker then trunk so you end up with mega scar. I have 1500 Ficus trees and I was happy to get some aerial roots on beginning now I just cut that problem off.

Hi Eric, can you use your 80% perlite and 20% coco coir mix for growing black pines from seed. Is there a better mix? Thanks.

@Bonsaify

Ай бұрын

Yes, but I've found over time that the coco breaks down too quickly for long-term pine growing. Fine for seedlings (keep in mind it's wetter.) but as you pot up, adding fir bark seems to be better. And I've tried Fir Bark/Perlite/Lava also...seems to work well for pines. But the key in any pine mix is particle size - the roots need a lot of air. So make sure to remove particles less than 1/8" and all the dust.

Hey man can I cut off all the leaves of a willow leaf ficus? I have a beautiful one similar to this but it’s only got tiny leafs on the tips of the branches and the branches are getting a little bit long. Will it survive if I get them back?

@Bonsaify

Ай бұрын

It sounds like it may be not healthy - e.g. it should be more full naturally if it's getting enough light, water, fertilizer and air. If you're growing indoors, try putting it in full sun (although this will probably fry the existing leaves...). But answering your question - yes, they back-bud well, but as is typical of most trees, only when healthy.

@Christian_Bonsai

Ай бұрын

@@Bonsaifyawesome sounds like the reason. It’s been in full sun and outside. Definitely haven’t been feeding it well enough. And I had to slip pot it into a better pot as it would dry out too fast. Looks like it’s getting better now. I force fed it some dynamic lifter from Yates. It’s essentially chicken poop with added fert. Very scared to cut it. I’ll take it to the guy who initially grew it and get his recommendation as he grew it for several years before generously selling it too me, but don’t want him to be disappointed if I’ve neglected it. Should I cut early spring? It’s coming into winter now here in QLD Australia

@DeciduousSnurb

28 күн бұрын

@@Christian_Bonsai I saw your comment and noticed Eric hasn't got back with you yet. I would personally wait till beginning of Summer at earliest when the tree is getting the most sunlight in a day, so...December for you? Just my personal opinion. I grow some Ficus as well and I do my heavier pruning with those in Summer, June/July where I live.

Why a taller pot instead of a wider shallow pot (not a bonsai pot)? Thanks!

@Bonsaify

Ай бұрын

Just using a grow pot for plenty of room and good growth. Also, plastic pots don't break. I could use an Anderson flat, but I don't want really wide nebari on this tree...

@iPheek

Ай бұрын

Ahh ok that makes sense!! Thanks!!