Of all the bonsai video tutors I find you the best. I’m a complete newcomer, and you are really good at talking through the decisions you make and why. You explain everything in simple language, and explain terms we might not understand. I’m really learning a lot, and it’s giving me confidence to try things with my own trees. Thank you!

@grobonsai

3 жыл бұрын

That’s very kind, I’m glad the videos help

@marcirving1230

3 жыл бұрын

I second that! 👍

I have found that with the natural crazy zig zag growth habit these are good for clip and grow pruning, and also for dramatic looking windswept designs. Their naturally tiny leaf size is great for bonsai and the April blossom is just divine.

@grobonsai

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely a good species 👍 sounds like you’re having fun with them too

Fabulous! I had no idea there was such a plant as a Fuji Cherry till I started watching bonsai videos few weeks ago. Thanks for the great lesson. 👍

Thanks Darren, another great video! Questions would be: How to deal with fungal issues? How to prune for ramification? how do fruit trees differ from other deciduous? What are the styling goals? ...take your pick :) thankyou, all the best!

@grobonsai

3 жыл бұрын

Great questions thanks Matt

Nice work Darren 👏 Love how you've styled this. Looking forward to seeing how this progresses.

@grobonsai

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks George 🙏

Bravo! Great work and REALLY great tutorial. Keep growing. Thanks

@grobonsai

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much Matt

Mega superb Darren! Looks awesome!

@grobonsai

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bjorn

Great work mate!

Great stuff mate, always quality!

@grobonsai

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks James

Really appreciate the process explanation and close ups. I lost a windswept plant this winter, but have a lovely project, I am a novice so appreciate the insight. Habe subscribed and look forward to more videos

Just found your channel. I really liked the informative nature of this video. I also LOVE start from scratch, nursery material… because I believe that is what so many that want to try Bonsai need to see. Look forward to seeing more.

@grobonsai

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for taking the time to watch and provide feedback, Sarah

The amount of new growth that pops out after this pruning, is really gonna look good. Nice form.

@grobonsai

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and the comments

Enjoying your videos. Learning a lot from them. 👍🏻😊

@grobonsai

3 жыл бұрын

I’m glad they are helpful, thanks for watching

simple and easy tutor

Well done

Beautiful, excellent

@grobonsai

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏

Another great presentation and a beautiful outcome. Cheers, Dick from Vancouver.

@grobonsai

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks again sir

Amazing... 👏👏👍👍👍

@grobonsai

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

Beautiful work! Greetings from Italy

@grobonsai

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏

I love this species. The twists and turns look good. And the tiny blooms.

@grobonsai

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely agree there, and so easy to get hold of (and propagate)

@matthewkizziahcuzia...gott9632

3 жыл бұрын

@@grobonsai when I first saw your tree I thought in my head, how did he get my tree. I have one that I've been thinking on. Looks just like that.

@grobonsai

3 жыл бұрын

Haha that's crazy. Makes a change to have a taller slender tree to work on :)

Simply amazing. I wish I could see it I’m bloom

Very nice

@grobonsai

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 🙏

Thanks Darren.

@grobonsai

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers Al

I brought one of them from Morrison’s and growing it outside for a year. Grow well so I’ll cut it back in feb next year. Grow and clip method. Seen on in somebodies garden that’s massive. Great stuff with the video

@grobonsai

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Peter, there’s a big one round here too, I keep eyeing it up

The bee is probably a Solitary Bee as they use mud and such like to block their holes up once they’ve laid a single egg , do you have a bee / insect hotel in your garden ?

super

@grobonsai

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 🙏

IMO this is your best video so far Darren, great styling work and very informative tutorial... if possible a before/after split image in conclusion would be a beneficial addition please?

@grobonsai

3 жыл бұрын

Great suggestion, definitely will do that in future, thanks

I have a question (total newbie). How can I know when is the right time to remove wires?

Hi Darren, if you haven’t already, can you please show how to propagate this tree. I have one of these and would love to have more. Thanks 👍

@grobonsai

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Les, I did an air layer on one in the video below. I’m told they root readily from cuttings but I haven’t tried yet. I’ll plant some in the next Fuji Cherry vid in a week or two, and see how they get on

How would you have done differently if you noticed the die back at the natural leader that got cut. At about minute 17 you talk about this. I do like the decisions you make.

@grobonsai

3 жыл бұрын

Honestly I don’t know haha this time it worked out just fine, but I should have seen the signs

The kojo no mia Fuji cherry what do you do with it in the summer months in what kind of heat temperatures can it handle can it be brought inside is it need to be in the shade does it need to be protected from a certain heat temperature

@grobonsai

7 ай бұрын

I keep it in a location in the garden that get's shade from 11am onwards. As a higher altitude species it does better in climates that are not super hot, I see signs of heat stress when it is high 20's celsius and above. Indoors tends to be lower humidity which causes issues, so if it's hotter better to protect the roots and leaves from direct sun and keep watering on point.

I loved the video! :) I have a question, have you ever grown a bonsai from a seed? Amd if yes, do you have any tips? Thanks! :)

@grobonsai

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah sure. Plant more seeds than you need because there is a failure rate, and mistakes/accidents do happen. I have a long term series of vids starting soon, following the process of growing seedlings for bonsai. So keep an eye out for those! Oh also, it’s best to start mid-late winter so the seedlings have time to grow strong ahead of their first winter, but it does vary depending on species chosen.

@vanillemor5009

3 жыл бұрын

@@grobonsai thank you so much for those tips! :) Then I'll have to be patient... I'm looking forward to the series :)

The leafsize is not bad !

@grobonsai

3 жыл бұрын

They are a nice size for prunus

Realy nice work 😊 I have a question: When should I form bonsai with wires and lashings - before or after flowering? Or in which months? My kojou-no-mai tree is a year old, but it has not yet been formed. Thanks 😊🖖

@grobonsai

Жыл бұрын

They are prone to a fungal disease called silver leaf, so best to work on the June-August. Repot when buds are swelling in spring

@Jakub-Rys

Жыл бұрын

@@grobonsai Thank You 🖖

Looks like a dragon

@grobonsai

3 жыл бұрын

Oh good imagination, it wasn’t intentional but now you mention it, I see it

I would go for the opposite angle.

@grobonsai

Жыл бұрын

Hey Kennet, nice to see you. Sadly this tree didn't make it, my puppies got hold of it and used it as a chew stick

Hi Just wondering if you have any juniperous trees at all I dont see any in any thumbnails I have no experience with them and wondered if you could maybe do a video on them sometime .

@grobonsai

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Thomas, I don't keep junipers for the foreseeable future, unfortunately there are a number of landscape junipers in my area all infected with rust. Rust is manageable, but I made the decision not to grow them. I do have more videos featuring other conifers in the pipeline though. Thanks,

@tomd3337

3 жыл бұрын

@@grobonsai Thanks for the reply That's understandable I enjoy your content either way but I thought I'd ask great videos regardless I've learnt alot

I'm from kalimpong west bengal India and here the blooms are between late autumn and winter and buds in the start of spring.. when should I do what? please help 🙏

@grobonsai

Жыл бұрын

Repot in spring just before the buds open. Prune after the leaves have matured, or mid-summer. Hope that helps

My big question is the timings for each step. When to prune, when to repot, when to wire, when to fertilize? Best time to do yamadori or to go to the local nursery... Can you help? :)

@grobonsai

3 жыл бұрын

That’s an excellent question, feels like a video on its own

@joaosousa988

3 жыл бұрын

@@grobonsai that would be incredible!! And if I might add another suggestion is on what to look for in nurseries/yamadori for pre bonsai material, ideally with visual examples

@grobonsai

3 жыл бұрын

Funnily enough I’m working on that right now!

@joaosousa988

3 жыл бұрын

@@grobonsai you're awesome! Look forward to watch it and learn from you!

Plastic surgery for trees :D

@imneverwrongsometimestruthlies

Жыл бұрын

You can look at it that way or see it or you can see it and say that at least the tree is alive and didn't get cut down..plus after some time one can finally repot it in the soil and it'll grow naturally and look awesome after some time when you wudnt be around or me and it wudnt have mattered what you have written now in a youtube thread 😀