Jelle, this was absolutely amazing to watch and see how you took it back to nothing than 3 months later it looked like you did nothing. Thank you for sharing this!!!

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

keep in mind: key is a healthy established plant !

I've owned an Ficus from IKEA for 10 years, it had all grafted branches. But I overwatered it, and then overfertilised it and then the whole top of the plant died. I cut it back to let's say 20cm of trunk and now it's producing shoots like mad. So I kind off have the same plant at the moment haha.

good ficus bonsai, and lots of people like it... greetings, beginner bonsai from Indonesia 🙏

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

thank you, great to see my vids reach Indonesia!

Hi Jelle.Looking forward to see the future of that ficus.😊

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

me too!!

Dr Frankenstein would be proud.😂 That’s a wonderful creation. Ficus are so vigorous there’s no end to how they can be manipulated. Thanks, keep growing

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

HaHa, yes, at times it feels like that, doesnt it!

so much character in this bonsai, even with all of the limbs trimmed off

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

thank you! I am hoping it will be a good tree in a decade or so!

I find trees like this so interesting, because they look so rough and ugly (to my eyes) after all the chopping back but really take on a lot of character with even just a few branches and leaves back out. Can't wait to see where you take this one, Jelle.

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

agreed, it is a crude method, and my least preferred (have you seen my vid on thickening trunks?). But i. this case I saw no alternative. It will be a few years before this becomes a tree again :(

Front 1: Has much more features and nicer movement&taper plus as you mentioned it leans toward the viewer. Really cool transformation. Love the videos that show the tree over such a time span. Well done!

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I hope that nrxt year I can push it even further! Much fertiliser and water in summer!

@watsup6084

Жыл бұрын

@@GrowingBonsai since you already have it in your killer substrate it will repsond very well for sure!

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

@@watsup6084 ohwww!!🥰

Nice, neat and easy grafting technique with push tacks and wound putty. Thanks!👌

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

now here os to hoping they take!

Really great grafting information. Thanks Jelle. 👍👍

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

Gladly! Here is to hoping the grafts take!

Superb information Jelle. 👍 I have a 35 year old Ficus benjamina that I have developed nicely but I'm a little disappointed that it needs branch or two halfway up the trunk and it never seems to back bud there! Your video has inspired me to tackle to an approach graft or two either by using a branch from above or by striking some cuttings in the soil below. Excited to be able to continue on the journey now, so thank you 🥰

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

great to hear. It should work buuut.. No guarantees!

Hello Jelle, I just love your channel. Your explanations are clear and to-the-point, and watching you at work is so therapeutic. I am new to Bonsai and always worried that I might end up killing my plants. Your videos provide information, clarity and encouragement. Thank you.

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

Ohw thank you Fusion! Glad to hear my vids help people!

Thank you.... 🙏 😔 🙏 It is nice to know how you did what you did. Thank you very much. 🌮🙏🖖🙏😔🙏🙏🙏

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

Hey Walter, Gladly. Hope there was some. ew and surprising in there!

cool video, thanks for all the infos!! Best wishes from Germany

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

Danke dir!

Great job Jelle 👏 👍 👌

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

thank you natejack!

Love your content. Keep up the good work!

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

thank you. Will try to keep it up!

Great video Jelle. I have had a lot of success with full defoliation on my ficus but it was definitely worth seeing the grafting tips as well. Cheers, Xav

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

Hey Xav, indeed, defoliation works really well on a healthy focus!

That creativity! Nice one!

Very amazing work Jelle. I´ve done something like this in a big one I have. Did like your content and go on posting your videos. Congratulations from Rio de Janeiro - Brasil.

@GrowingBonsai

9 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot! You live in Rio? In my previous jpb I would be in Brazil at least once a year!

Definitely the first front, more interesting features and the trunks are leaning towards the viewer. Clear choice if you ask me :)

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

thank you!

I'm going to try painting roundup on some weed's in pots this year because I have the same problem. My theory is, glyphosate is only absorbed through the leaves so it shouldn't hurt the tree.

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

Hm.. I am not a fan of the stuff :(

@its_notta_cedar

Жыл бұрын

@@GrowingBonsai just realize that it's not the chemical, it's the people using it. Glyphosate breaks down to nothing in three days unless "some guy" decides to unload jugs&jugs of it into one plant. That's when you end up with roundup in the creek. It's probably just some severe coping after years of having to use it for work, I truly understand not liking it but there's also some education out there that could make you not like it less.

Amazing...good afternoon my friend🙏

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

thank you! Enjoy yr day!

Ist front is what I like! A cool tree!!

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

thank you! Lets see whether I can make a tree out of this project!

Thank you for this video. I have a small, old bonsai with a only a couple leggy branches. I am desperately trying to bring back to life. It was my grandmother's, so it has sentimental value - I am terrfied of being too experimental with it. In the past two weeks, about ten new leaf buds appeared, so I'm feeling a bit more optimistic. :)

@GrowingBonsai

11 ай бұрын

Sorry to hear this! If you have reasonable weather, it would be good to put the tree outside. Be carefull transitioning from inside to outside, as leaves easily burn the first weeks when in direct sun, so limit that to an hour or two early morning or late afternoon.

Looking forward to a follow up on this tree, perhaps this summer sometime

@GrowingBonsai

4 ай бұрын

this one? kzread.info/dash/bejne/qKafq8xtcqXSY7A.html

…. great video, thanks for sharing!

@GrowingBonsai

9 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it. In November I will share a follow-up!

Nice material. I would recommend chopping trunks like that straight across rather than at an angle, since you weren't cutting to a live branch. You can always cut it at an angle later and there's less chance of it dying back.

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

thx, and absolutely right. Oddly, it is what I always tell people yet in this case dos not do.

Good vid fella 👍

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

thank you so much art!

Good sharing 🙏

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

thank you!

Halo Terima kasih sudah berbagi video bonsai, salam dari indonesia

Thank you! I was looking information on whether it was possible to propagate larger ficus cuttings. Every source seemed to say it was easy with 6 inch tip cuttings but hard with larger branch cuttings. This video really proved it's very possible with larger branch cuttings. Any further tips on propagating 1/2" - 3/4" ficus cuttings?

Hi Keller, you talked about bringing back to living room over winter. Want you tell a bit more (light, temperature) because I always get trouble while overwintering my ficuses. Thanks

The bare backside looks like an omnivorous dinosaur looking towards left.

did you figure out the oxalis? i just try and outcompete it or use moss to smother

omg for 3 months, gz

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

great, isnt it? Key is healthy plants to start with!

Best video love from india bharat

@GrowingBonsai

9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! A follow-up on this tree is coming later this year!

that was incredible. u keep it in green house during summer? can these trees go out in full sun in hot dry summers?

awesome

@GrowingBonsai

11 ай бұрын

Thank you!

The first side was way nicer IMO. 😁

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

:) This is always the best part of bonsai design.. Thinking about the future tree and seeing how many different fronts people pick!

Nice! Love working with Ficus. Where did you find such a large one?

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

this was on ebay from a private seller that had had it for 3 decades and just had let it grow!

@Bonsaifly

Жыл бұрын

@@GrowingBonsai I figured it was something like that

I tried cutting off all branches, leaving just a bare stump. Unfortunately, all the trees where I tried it died. Any idea what I could've done wrong? Thanks.

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

Hi Kurt, key in my view is ensuring the tree is very fit, and you do this in a period of active growth. And of course, each species is different

👏👏👏 that can not be the same tree, it was just a stump

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

hahaha, thank you

Nice, but you should consider sharpening your shears. Sharp shears are better for your bonsai and on your hand.

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

Not so much blunt, as bent. I should have tossed these pliers! Thx!

this wasn't 12mnths. it was 3mnths update. pls share more videos on this specific bonsai to see the end result and ofcourse the process.

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

It was 12 months from getting the tree and the first work done discussed in the video to the final shots of the tree.

@prittib6412

Жыл бұрын

@@GrowingBonsai oh I see. I am very very interested to see the further development... pls do not for get abt fans like me.... and keep posting ur fab bonsai videos.

Hi Jelle. Love your videos. Do you know what species the parent plant might be. Can you cut back a Retusa as drastically?

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

I think it is a ficus retusa!

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

Cutting back hard only works on very healthy trees!

Ikut belajar kawan

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

terima kashi!

Second option is best front imo

damn Jelle, what a very nice transformation...really like your videos and your very clear guidance and explanations. BTW, as a beginner bonsai enthusiast it is difficult to get some nice bonsai...how can a beginner like me get hold of some interesting commercial bonsai (as you mention in the title) without paying hundreds or even thousands of dollars

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

Ha Koen, this ficus I found on ebay kleinanzeigen, sort of a german Marktplaats. Often people have overgrown trees that they would like to get rid of. Similarly, look for people wanting shrubs removed from gardens.

@koenvanmeerbeeck8724

Жыл бұрын

@@GrowingBonsai thanks Jelle...time to catch up on my german...here in belgium raw material is scares and if there is something interesting prices are stupid high

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

@@koenvanmeerbeeck8724 if you ever make it into germany.. Try to go to a field grower. I know of two of them in Germany, one about 1 1/2 hr drive from me

@koenvanmeerbeeck8724

Жыл бұрын

@@GrowingBonsai ok top....could you give me the details of those 2 please?

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

@@koenvanmeerbeeck8724 there is bobsai Linda, and Carsten Sickmann. The latter I have put a video on online in spring!

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5:53 HOW?! 😱 I'm trying desperately to save mine and I don't know how. It lost all of its branches and leaves. It has a Y shaped bulb of a trunk. One side has green when I make a light scrape. The other does not. I took two cuttings last summer on a whim. They're the only ones who have any leaves and they've been growing in water. I don't know if there's any saving my ficus but I hope there is. ☹️😩

Hi Jelle, you sound Dutch but I am not sure. I am a beginner bonsai grower and was wondering if I can ask some questions. Have some soil problem for my ficus and looking for some species that do well outside In Holland. Best regards Dennis

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

Hi Dennis, I am Dutch, Living just outside of the Netherlands. Pretty much all non-tropicals that you see on my channel do well outside :). And even the tropicals play in the garden in most of the year, only in late fall they go inside till frost risk is over!

What substrate are you using?

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

Next month a video will come out!

Fikus bonsai is beutyfull friends

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

thank you!

i liked the 2nd side more, the first one looks like 2 separate trees

@GrowingBonsai

9 ай бұрын

Fair point, thanks you!

@hashiramabonsai

9 ай бұрын

@GrowingBonsai love your channel :)

@GrowingBonsai

9 ай бұрын

THank you so much! Glad to hear it!@@hashiramabonsai

So this is a pure Ficus benjamina now, right?

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

I think it is a ficus retusa tbh!

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

Well, hello again!

❤️✌️

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

thank you!

👍👌🙂

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

😁👍

Try spraying weeds with horticultural vinegar

@GrowingBonsai

11 ай бұрын

Will that kill the roots though?

3:32 front !!

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

really?

We have a similar pest weed in uk, amongst many, called ‘mind your business’’ we actually introduced it to our garden,, big mistake! It consumes small pots, and to remove it you end up disturbing roots of your bonsai.

@GrowingBonsai

7 ай бұрын

It is the worst!

sy tertarik dan suka

@GrowingBonsai

10 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Front 1 seems more interesting/natural

@scheers100

Жыл бұрын

Nicely set up for the future. Very curious where it will be in couple more years, and later off course. Keep growing Keep growing 🌳

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

@@scheers100 I am looking forward to it too. At times I wosh for time travel!

At least the oxalis should fertilize your soil by fixing nitrogen from the air.

on one side that looks like a poney (horse

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

Who does not like ponies :)

You cant get rid of oxalis you probably can water it with gasoline and still dont kill It hahah

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

grmpf. Now I just have to get rid of it. Gasoline you say?

Oxalis grows in acidic soil. raise ph of soil slightly, eg lime.

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

I think that would create boggen problems for my trees!

Ich hoffe, dass gestern alles gut gegangen ist.

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

so do I my friend, but I. sure it will work out fine!

So will cutting of all the old grafts make the tree grow its original foliage?

1st side is the front