Thank you for addressing the cutting of the donor material as being unnecessary and possibly risky. I said the same idea in my video on thread grafting Japanese maples. I agree fully, that there is much more risk of damage or at minimum slowing down the growing shoot, which in turn will cause a slower healing process. My thread graft has quickly thickened in half a growing season to be larger than some of the preexisting branches. Bravo! 👏🏽

@ArkefthosBonsai

21 күн бұрын

Definitely unnecessary for thread grafting as well! I'll check the video, I must have missed it. Have a great Sunday!

@acer_p_bonsai

19 күн бұрын

@@ArkefthosBonsai thank you for the inspiring content and trees!

@ArkefthosBonsai

19 күн бұрын

@acer_p_bonsai cheers!

Beautiful video well explained Thank you for sharing your experience 🙏

@ArkefthosBonsai

18 күн бұрын

You're welcome! Cheers!

Great video and explanation as always Fotis, thanks for sharing your knowledge!

@ArkefthosBonsai

20 күн бұрын

You're most welcome Wesley!

Very interesting view of the grafting great video thanks my friend

@ArkefthosBonsai

21 күн бұрын

I truly appreciate it Phillip!

Thank you for sharing your technique. I look forward to seeing the future results. I also thought that the closing shots of the garden and beyond looked wonderful!👌

@ArkefthosBonsai

20 күн бұрын

Thank you John! Everything can look awesome from a drone's point of view! Cheers!

@JohnThurlbeck

20 күн бұрын

@@ArkefthosBonsai - love the drone shots! One day it would be great to see it all at first hand! 👍

@ArkefthosBonsai

20 күн бұрын

@JohnThurlbeck do you plan on visiting Greece?

@JohnThurlbeck

20 күн бұрын

@@ArkefthosBonsai - potentially next year! This year I’m buying a new home between now and October and heading to a wedding/holiday in Oz in November. However, I would love to visit at some point! 👍

@ArkefthosBonsai

20 күн бұрын

@JohnThurlbeck sounds like exciting times for you! I'm glad!

Great job 👍 I would like to try grafting using this technique one day.🤗

@ArkefthosBonsai

21 күн бұрын

Thank you! It is an easy way to graft but requires patience! Cheers!

I enjoyed the drone footage! ☮

@ArkefthosBonsai

21 күн бұрын

It's nice to see drone footage every now and then, as the seasons change, the colors change! Thank you!

Very we’ll explained thank you.

@ArkefthosBonsai

21 күн бұрын

Thank you Joe! I appreciate it!

Great Job and you got a cute little acer monspessulanum seedling right next to the sion plant...

@ArkefthosBonsai

21 күн бұрын

Cool identification David! In fact I have hundreds of them, everywhere, I pot several of them each spring and still they are everywhere! Thank you!

Thank you for sharing the knowledge and explanation, making it so easy to follow and try 🎉🎉🎉🎉

@ArkefthosBonsai

20 күн бұрын

Please tell me your name so I can call you properly! You think you can apply that in tropical trees, besides your black pines?

@trybonsai

19 күн бұрын

@@ArkefthosBonsai Hi Banner is my stage name lol...and yes you can...they use needle grafting on tropical trees..

@ArkefthosBonsai

19 күн бұрын

Ok Banner! Did not know that, sounds interesting!

@trybonsai

19 күн бұрын

@@ArkefthosBonsai it is but your technique can be applied to tropical trees

@ArkefthosBonsai

19 күн бұрын

Good to know, even though I can't grow them here

Thank you my friend for sharing your interesting job! The technique you use for the grafts is very clean and correct! Very compliments!👍👍👍👍

@ArkefthosBonsai

20 күн бұрын

Glad you approve Roberto! I truly appreciate it!

Thank you for this very interesting and informative video 👌🙏 The filming and editing are fantastic. I particularly enjoyed the opening and closing shots. You used to have drone footages in your videos often but not lately. I am happy they are back!

@ArkefthosBonsai

20 күн бұрын

You and me are probably the only ones enjoying the drone shots ha ha ha! Thank you Alex!

good job again 👍

@ArkefthosBonsai

21 күн бұрын

Thank you, I appreciate it!

Well done! Can’t wait for the chop in. Few years.

@ArkefthosBonsai

20 күн бұрын

Thank you Dave! Even though some grafts might be ready in a few months, the chop and the digging might take 2 years or more. Thank you!

Awesome video, are you planning on doing a full garden tour video? I'd love to see it!

@ArkefthosBonsai

19 күн бұрын

Thank you! The landscape part is still young, not mature enough to make an impact, but the bonsai display part is almost there. Maybe in mid November when the colors are crazy. Cheers!

@TheMightyYak

19 күн бұрын

@@ArkefthosBonsai I think we can all appreciate a "work in progress". I would be interested to see the garden regardless of maturity. Either way, I look forward to your videos.

@ArkefthosBonsai

19 күн бұрын

@TheMightyYak it will be done then!

Thank you ) Good luck 🤞

@ArkefthosBonsai

20 күн бұрын

Thank you for your wish!

@illka314

20 күн бұрын

@@ArkefthosBonsai thank you for the inspiration

That is crazy. Great lesson as usual. Love your artistic work and thoughts, gonna follow this with keen eyes, Was that a wild tortoise? 👊👊

@ArkefthosBonsai

19 күн бұрын

Thanks man! Yes it is wild, I have more than 10 this year working all day through the garden eating sedums, my melon and watermelon leaves, maple leaves etc. I usually had 4 or 5 but this year they exploded. Love them! Cheers!

@Bonsaicrazy

19 күн бұрын

@@ArkefthosBonsai they are so cool I love it 👊👊

You cut your hair!? Great video. Very informative as always. Even though you have so many trees, having all that mountain side would be so enticing for yamadori adventures.

@ArkefthosBonsai

20 күн бұрын

Yes, hair is gone Samuel! Too hot here for long hair.... Actually, digging out trees from the wild, especially a natura 2000 protected forest like the one that starts above the house, is prohibited in Greece and I totally agree and respect this. But still, I've got whatever I've planted in the ground since 2010, plus whatever tree has popped out naturally in the garden as yamadori.... Cheers mate!

@samuelmula5570

19 күн бұрын

I respect it as well. Look forward to the next one.

@ArkefthosBonsai

19 күн бұрын

@samuelmula5570 thank you Samuel!

Thanks a lot for sharing this video and your expertise! It was really helpful and inspiring. Quick question: what kind of healing paste do you use?

@ArkefthosBonsai

20 күн бұрын

Thank you Mark! It's an Italian I find easily here in Greece. You can search for it on Google with 'Zapi Fitobalsam" . It's a grafting and healing paste. Cheers!

Thank you for sharing your works. great and very informative video. I want to ask some thing. Your graftting material is not center of the main trunk so the branch grows edge of the trunk. will it be a problem in the future? Thanks

@ArkefthosBonsai

20 күн бұрын

Excellent question! No, it won't be. As the trees thicken, everything becomes fused more and more naturally and the rough pine bark will hide all the scars. In 4 - 5 years, this will look like a natural change in direction with a bit of twist as well. Cheers!

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Πολύ λεπτομερής εργασία. Καλή επιτυχία! Σφενδάμι τρίφιδο ειναι το φυντανάκι διπλα?

@ArkefthosBonsai

6 күн бұрын

Σε ευχαριστώ Αλεξάνδρα! Είναι Acer monspensulanum, ενδημικό εδώ. Κάθε χρόνο βγαίνουν εκατοντάδες. Καλό βράδυ!

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@ArkefthosBonsai

20 күн бұрын

I've got more than 10 working around the garden this year. So much fun! Thank you Mikel!

Why not bury the Japanese pine in the ground, instead of leaving it in the pot?

@ArkefthosBonsai

20 күн бұрын

Because I'm still going to develop a bonsai tree from it, after I remove it from the graft. I've already worked the root system, spread it radially, this spring and I'll make a tree from all the other buds. Cheers John!