Transforming an Old Chinese Elm Stump into a Respectable Bonsai

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Hi everyone! Please follow along as I work through how to turn this very thick Chinese Elm stump into a interesting looking bonsai.
0:00 Introduction
1:30 Finding the apex in bonsai
2:40 Working on the apex
4:40 Cut off the redundant branches
4:54 How to water your bonsai more
6:10 How to bend a bonsai branch
6:59 Before & after comparison
7:48 Summary
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  • @theforce3241
    @theforce324124 күн бұрын

    It is a beautiful tree and I appreciate all of the great knowledge you share.

  • @bonsaiheirloom

    @bonsaiheirloom

    23 күн бұрын

    Thank you very much!

  • @RanceCantem
    @RanceCantem24 күн бұрын

    I love watching your videos

  • @MiltonChang-ee6rq

    @MiltonChang-ee6rq

    24 күн бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @raymondplodzien7459
    @raymondplodzien745924 күн бұрын

    Wow! Well done sir!

  • @bonsaiheirloom

    @bonsaiheirloom

    23 күн бұрын

    Glad you liked it!

  • @phillipwaterman5721
    @phillipwaterman572124 күн бұрын

    Nice job Milton keep up the good work

  • @MiltonChang-ee6rq

    @MiltonChang-ee6rq

    24 күн бұрын

    Thanks for the encouragement!

  • @mimoochodom2684
    @mimoochodom268425 күн бұрын

    Will be spectacular. It's always about the quality of stock. Most of us , unfortunately, can't get our hands on such gold as this.

  • @OutsidethePot

    @OutsidethePot

    25 күн бұрын

    There are many spectacular finds out there. Sometimes free sometimes you have to pay. I can go in the woods behind my house and find similar trees to that tree he was working on. I con go into the hills and find ash junipers that are very old. I can find old lantana with thick trunks not to far from me. And you can always put an add for shrub removal for free. That can get you really old junipers.

  • @peterianramos3792
    @peterianramos379223 күн бұрын

    it's so lovely sir Milton keep it up❤❤😊

  • @bonsaiheirloom

    @bonsaiheirloom

    22 күн бұрын

    Thanks for the encouragement!

  • @guibehmer
    @guibehmer24 күн бұрын

    I think it would look beautiful to show more of the hollow in the trunk, indeed. Great work 👏👏

  • @MiltonChang-ee6rq

    @MiltonChang-ee6rq

    24 күн бұрын

    Thanks for the encouragement!

  • @jeffhurst4744
    @jeffhurst474425 күн бұрын

    You are going to have one beautiful Elm bonsai. I am always amazed how much we can cut/trim for future design and ramification. Thank you.

  • @MiltonChang-ee6rq

    @MiltonChang-ee6rq

    24 күн бұрын

    No pain, no gain!🙂

  • @MiltonChang-ee6rq

    @MiltonChang-ee6rq

    23 күн бұрын

    Thank you for the encouragement

  • @alliet808
    @alliet80824 күн бұрын

    Thanks again Milton ❤

  • @MiltonChang-ee6rq

    @MiltonChang-ee6rq

    24 күн бұрын

    Welcome Allie.

  • @alfredomarotta6604
    @alfredomarotta660422 күн бұрын

    Here to give you " brownie points "😂, all kidding aside, thank you for sharing. 👍👍

  • @bonsaiheirloom

    @bonsaiheirloom

    22 күн бұрын

    😁 Thank you!

  • @knudpolewsky4359
    @knudpolewsky435921 күн бұрын

    THIS BONSAI HAVE SPIDER MITES

  • @Jugganata
    @Jugganata24 күн бұрын

    I really like the backside of the tree where you can see the hole. Even better if you could accentuate it more! I'm not sure I understood the thing he said about the triangles? Anyone care to explain?

  • @MiltonChang-ee6rq

    @MiltonChang-ee6rq

    23 күн бұрын

    Most mature tree in nature has ah embrella look...irregularity in the gorw results in asymetry...thuse the triangle...one side is longer than the other.

  • @tanarehbein7768
    @tanarehbein776822 күн бұрын

    I really think the side you called the back should be the front so the hole in the trunk can be seen from the front. Do you find you tend to face most of your trees curving the same direction? It seems many bonsai artists do.

  • @bonsaiheirloom

    @bonsaiheirloom

    12 күн бұрын

    Some argue is is because whether you are right handed or left handed. We are habitual beings! Also, the likelihood is there is in your life a tree with a certain style that really pleases you… Bonsai is recreating your idealized nature. Your way is by definition right for you!

  • @shaneadkins60
    @shaneadkins6022 күн бұрын

    i really need you to start selling mume bonsai!! i really want a finished bonsai that i can’t keep pruning from you!! to keep your heirloom alive for many years!! only 21 years old right now!

  • @bonsaiheirloom

    @bonsaiheirloom

    22 күн бұрын

    Thank you for letting me know! :)

  • @shaneadkins60

    @shaneadkins60

    22 күн бұрын

    could we email each other and make that happen?

  • @shaneadkins60

    @shaneadkins60

    22 күн бұрын

    @@bonsaiheirloom ?

  • @jonathanzellner906
    @jonathanzellner90624 күн бұрын

    This is off topic to this video, but as you know, I’m transitioning from only bonsai styled garden trees, to potted trees also. And I’m still a while away from shallow pots, but how do you keep squirrels and chipmunks from digging and destroying roots?

  • @bonsaiheirloom

    @bonsaiheirloom

    19 күн бұрын

    Good question! I will go over this in my next Q&A!

  • @MANNY100123
    @MANNY10012323 күн бұрын

    Should you start growing a sacrificial branch early on or later in the bonsai's age?

  • @bonsaiheirloom

    @bonsaiheirloom

    19 күн бұрын

    Good question! I will go over this in my Q&A!

  • @Bibabonsai
    @Bibabonsai22 күн бұрын

    I had a question because i live in bali in the tropical weather is there still a specific time to repot and prune because one of my bonsai died after I repotted it in early summer.

  • @bonsaiheirloom

    @bonsaiheirloom

    19 күн бұрын

    Good question! I will address this in an upcoming Q&A!

  • @chaiwatpotichanid
    @chaiwatpotichanid20 күн бұрын

    🥰🥰👍

  • @brucedeacon28
    @brucedeacon2824 күн бұрын

    👍👌🙂

  • @MiltonChang-ee6rq

    @MiltonChang-ee6rq

    23 күн бұрын

    Thanks Bruce

  • @timothywolfenden4478
    @timothywolfenden447824 күн бұрын

    I liked it before he cut all the branches.

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