Bonsaify | Mike Pistello's Fantastic Bonsai Collection
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Join Eric for a tour of Mike Pistello's Garden - Mike has been a bonsai practitioner since he was a teenager, and his carefully curated collection is full of gems!
00:00:30 - Mike shares his 2-Year old juniper cuttings including a golden shimpaku he plans to use for grafting onto yamadori.
00:01:16 - The 7-year old cuttings Mike has in pond baskets.
00:01:50 - A plan for his golden shimpaku - ground growing to allow for more propagation.
00:02:10 - A crape myrtle that Mike got from Kaya Mooney (currently apprenticing in Japan as of 2022) that has nice small leaves.
00:02:50 - Another example of a 7-year juniper project - Mike talks about the sequence of wiring, growing and wiring and growing repeatedly.
00:04:45 - Different schools of thought on when to put in shari to create the most interesting trunk over time.
00:06:55 - Sacrifice branches from the top and branches below both help Mike create taper in his juniper projects.
00:07:45 - A crape myrtle that Mike started 6 years ago from inexpensive garden center material by chopping off all the top growth, growing a sacrifice branch for better taper and then starting the branch work down low.
00:09:22 - Mike's cork oak (Q. suber) that he bought from an old collection and then restarted all the branching. Mike estimates it is 45-50 years old and loves the movement and taper in the trunk.
00:10:35 - A Sierra juniper that Mike collected himself and has been working with that won best of show, and best native at the 2016 GSBF Convention.
00:11:56 - An English oak (Q. robur) that Mike obtained from the same collection as the cork oak, Mike loves the spring and fall color of this deciduous tree, and he's planning to grow the crown larger than it is now. The tree has an interesting trunk with a cool remnant on the left side of another trunk, and craggly bark.
00:14:07 - A Prostrata juniper trunk grafted with Kishu gifted to Mike by his wife, and recently restyled to make the crown more compact, with some workshop help from Peter Tea.
00:15:57 - A small collected Sierra juniper that Mike is working on grafting with Tosho (Japanese needle juniper, Juniperus rigida, similar to Juniperus communis) Mike decided to graft it because the trunk is too small to allow the coarse sierra foliage to compliment it well.
00:17:58 - An imported 'Itoigawa' juniper. Mike loves the size of this tree and has been adding shari to the trunk. He likes the twisting primary branch on the composition. This is a great time of year for Itoigawa, with the contrast between the darker old foliage and the bright green new foliage.
00:19:25 - Mike's large Quercus ilex (Holly Oak or Holm Oak) was dug out by Gareth Shepherd from Aptos, CA in the late 1990's. Mike likes the natural feeling of the tree, imagining a picnic under it with his wife. (Great bark!)
00:20:55 - A Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora) that Mike got a good deal on, imported and previously a shohin size tree. Mike had to rehabilitate the tree, so it's grown out to a larger size. Great old bark too!
00:21:55 - A Japanese black pine (Pinus thumbergii) that Mike bought from Boon (Bonsaiboon.com) Mike discusses the health of the tree and how partial dicandling last year has lead to some buds that can't be decandled this year.
00:23:20 - A Japanese maple (Acer palmatum) that Mike bought from Eric in 2020. Mike removed a couple branches that Eric had been using for taper and one that was sticking out in the front too far. Mike has tightened up the crown, but he's still working on reducing the leaf size. Mike uses 100% akadama for his deciduous trees due to the heat and his watering schedule.
00:24:46 - A Japanese stewartia (Stewartia monodelpha) that has a great trunk and base. Mike's been very happy with the ability to cut branches back and get good budding. He wants to work with the existing branches because they already have a good feeling, size and taper.
00:26:47 - Eric and Mike wrap it up. If you want to get ahold of Mike, check him out on Instagram (@MVPbonsai) or Facebook. Mike does demonstrations and workshops when he has time between his family, job and personal bonsai collection.
Huge thanks to Mike for the invitation to tour his garden and we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did!
We also recommend that you read this article if you're interested in developing young Kishu and Itoigawa junipers:
www.bonsaify.com/blogs/phutu-...
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Fabulous collection
thanks a ton, guys!
This is the perfect collection size in my opinion. Goals.
That Cork Oak was bonkers!!!
Bonsai bench tours are always so interesting and informative - seeing what people are working on, what techniques they are using, the history and how they got to that stage, and plans for future development. Great video Eric, always very gratefully appreciated. 🙏
Very...very..good video.
Mike is a pleasant person to listen too. The audio of this video is great, nice to hear the guest and host clearly. Videos like this, so visits to bonsai collections, are the most enjoyable for me and I would love to see more.
Love seeing the good things that happen when the time is put in. Let's get this Bonsai.
Excellent as always. Thanks Gents 👍
love hearing other people talk about the history of their trees. It really gives a new insight into each specific tree. Enjoyed watching and listening to the dialogue.
Great video!
Thanks for the tour and discussion. Beautiful collection. Thanks, keep growing
Nice tour & nice trees!
Beautiful trees
The "broom" shaping in this video is on another level, thankyou for sharing.
Thanks for sharing.
Great collection. Thanks for the video. Cheers from Ojai California
Beautiful collection. Thank you for sharing with us. Love your videos.
Great video. Love this!
Great tour! Thanks as always
Nice little talk about styling a tree as a bonsai or a tree in nature, you don't see many people talking about that. To me, the latter are the ones that really give you a sense of scale when looking at them.
Very nice and good qualit trees.
Beautiful trees keep it up !!!
With English oak you need a lot of ramification and prolong the repot to reduce the leaf size. And the reduce a lot. One of mine oaks got like 1 inch to half inch leafs and that pretty tiny. You can do it!
Great video, I am really enjoying your videos, keep it up.
Great tour! Thanks Mike and Eric!
hello friends, the bonsai is really good, thank you for sharing, it is very inspiring, greetings, one hobby, friend, from a new friend,
I loved the way mike described the development process. I have a Dawn Redwood that baffled me , now I know the direction to take for it's next step Thanks Guys .
Fabulous garden and well done video! Very nice presentation Mike, it was very enjoyable to hear about each one of your trees! Thank you for sharing.
Great video as always Eric! thanks for sharing
sheshh what a collection, some badass trees no doubt! 😍😍 & Mikes gets it man sometimes the best way is to start all over ! #chopchop
Beautiful work Mike...
Interesting ,I think about that ,when making gin ,if I make it to early the gin or dead would will become out of proportion. What an incredibly,deep and vast art this is . Thanks for the great videos.
@TheBonsaiGarden
2 жыл бұрын
I worry about the same thing, which is seldom acknowledged - that since it is dead wood it will cease to grow and so as the tree continues to grow, the relative proportions will change.
@jaycrockett9205
2 жыл бұрын
@@TheBonsaiGarden when ,I started working with trees ,I knew nothing about bonsai. I quick became deeply involved, i found this odd. And looked More into the matter , we do not choose bonsai we are lead to it ,it is a special kind of person that is lead to ,work with trees ,in most cases the tree actually chooses you, kind of like adopting a pet ,most people believe they choose the ,cat or dog ,in reality the pet often is the one to adopt the human family, these trees are alive and living beings , incredible beings which,some of us are responsible to insure that they remain safe and alive for many years to come.
Awesome tour. Cheers 🍻
Beautiful
Learned a lot!
Great, great question of oak defoliation.
Bravo
Beautiful tree work. As a carpenter I wish I could make him some quality bench tops and display plinths. That treated wood just doesn't give his work the honor it deserves. Like a Michelin meal on a paper plate.
@Bonsaify
Жыл бұрын
I actually think Mike has a nicer display garden than many I've seen. But, to your comment in general - yes - better materials in a good garden are warranted, but often fall down the list to acquiring and taking care of quality trees. I would also mention that there is some uncertainty in the community if raw wood can harbor harmful pathogens - so treated wood can be preferable if folks believe that this is the case. I don't know of any hard science one way or the other.
Incredible collection... it made me pull out my book: Bonsai: Trees and Shrubs, A Guide to Methods of Kyuzo Murata" Lynn R. Perry ...
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Hello, i watched some of your video and you mentioned you keep some conifers in garage? I also have unheated garage. Can i overwinter conifers/evergreen in garage with poor light? Thanks a lot
@Bonsaify
2 жыл бұрын
We do not get cold winter temps, so no protection is needed. However, keeping trees in an unheated garage is something a lot of people do. Light is better than no light. (Maybe you can install a window.🙃. ) But even with no light they should do okay. Keep in mind light duration is also a dormancy starting and ending trigger for many trees, not just temperature.
Great stuff. I loved the Goldenen Shimpaku and I would like to see more of that (grafting and styling process). By chance does anyone know more details about the subspecies/variant/cultivar and where can I acquire that in the SoCal (LA) region? Does Mike Pistello have a website for his work? I couldn't find one online. Thanks!
@Bonsaify
5 ай бұрын
you can contact him via instagram @mvpbonsai there.
@BonsaiEnthuasit222
5 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!
@BonsaiEnthuasit222
5 ай бұрын
@@Bonsaifyps, thank you for your videos! They have really inspired me to focus on honing my skills on mame and shonin kishu/shimpaku juniper. I look forward to more of your videos
What are the red spongie globs on the surface of the soil on the trees? Is it a type of fertilizer?
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What type of fertilizer does e use
@Bonsaify
2 жыл бұрын
Biogold, Dyna-Gro and Omakase (OOF).
@ericksepulveda5850
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you
Its a shame you didn't ask him to explain how he grows in colindars. I need to fast grow my junipers
@Bonsaify
2 жыл бұрын
Junipers actually grow much faster in solid-sided containers. (As do most trees.) Use of colanders is not my recommendation to you. Use a large solid-sided container or a fabric grow bag; use a heavy dose of time-release fertilizer, and regular watering. Once the plant has a good rootball going, nestle the bottom of the container in the ground and allow roots to escape out the drainage holes to increase the speed further.
@yoteslaya7296
2 жыл бұрын
@@Bonsaify if junipers grow faster in solid sided pots then why does Mike have his in colanders?
@Bonsaify
2 жыл бұрын
The primary advantage of colanders is that they can help form a more radial root spread. Since that's not a priority in junipers (due to deadwood/lifeline) the colanders are not much benefit. The practice was popularized based on black pine, which do benefit from using colanders, but not all trees are the same. Junipers can absorb more water and don't grow well in the drier conditions that JBP prefer. Mike is a hobbyist, not a professional grower, and I suspect he is doing this from a lack of a complete understanding. (not dissing him, he's very good at bonsai.) This is actually why I did not mention it in our tour - I don't agree with how he's doing it.
@yoteslaya7296
2 жыл бұрын
@@Bonsaify are there any other conifers that would do well in colindars like cedar/Cypress etc?
@Bonsaify
2 жыл бұрын
Cypress (Cupressus, Hesperocyparis) do okay, but they grow more slowly. Quercus do not like colanders in my experience, nor do anything deciduous. Arborvitae (some have cedar as the common name) would also do okay, but slower than in a solid container. Eastern Red Cedar is in the juniperus genus. Swamp cypress (taxodium) would not do well, they actually prefer being sunk into a bucket of water. No idea on incense cedar (Calocedrus ssp.)
Mike...Sylvester Stallone?
Is this Bonsai Mike ??
@Bonsaify
2 жыл бұрын
Yep, Bonsai Mike!