Hello😊 just came across this video. Very interesting and different method than I use. A very big thank you for sharing this 👍👍

Superb video Jelle, not only very creative, but extremely practical too - love it :)

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Bob! Glad it is a nice & useful video!

Great video and great advice as always! 🐦💙

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Jay!

Nice video as always, Jelle! The Chinese Elms over rocks that I prepared earlier this year following your instructions have slowed down for winter, but have been growing well! I can see lots of roots at their base, and had quite some growth in the canopy. Haven’t trimmed them yet, and I’ll soon share an update video! Thanks for the valuable tips!

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

Coool! Yes, update videos please!

The first video I've watched of yours Jelle. Highly informative, enjoyable and easy to follow. You've got me hooked! 👍👍

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

welcome to the channel! Feel free to browse and if you like other videos too, it might be worth subscribing!

@guywatson-bognorregisbonsa7370

Жыл бұрын

@@GrowingBonsai I already have.😁😁

Developing my 4 year old, seed planted Europea ash, root over the rock. It already developed an amazing root system . I‘m looking forward to watch the progress of your trees, Jelle. 👍 Kind regards from Austria 🙋‍♀️

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

Ohw cool. Are you uncovering? Looking forward to shooting an update of this yew in fall 2023 (!)

Great explanation! I also love root over rock. Yes my rock is too smooth, But I used it because it has memories for me and I needed somewhere to keep it. Haha!

@bobcatbonsai

Жыл бұрын

Sometimes the emotional connection is what brings out the most beauty!

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

fair point!

Amazing video Jelle. I have been wanting to try a root over rock. After watching this I feel a lot more comfortable with the process. Now to find a nice rock!

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

Hey bobcat, glad to hear it. Landscaping stores often have loads of rocks

Awesome video

@GrowingBonsai

7 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

Great video, thanks for sharing your technique

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for the comment. Glad you liked the video!

Yet again yelle you have done a great video with great advice 👍 thank you ..

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

thank you michael!

Very nice .. beautiful bonsai... Good sharing 👍

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 🙂 Glad you liked it!

Great... 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 Looks Natural...

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊

Thank you so much for sharing, I have 3 Jacarandas from seed (since last spring) and I want to keep them as bonsais, hopefully I can accomplish that. 🙏🏼

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

Nice idea! I think jacaranda has very large leaves, correct?

@Arleth7

Жыл бұрын

@@GrowingBonsai yes, hopefully I can apply your techniques! 🌿🙏🏼🌿

Great video jelle! And a littel update to the brazilian raintree you sent me. I got it last week. And it lost almost all it leaves. Put i put it straight in my indoor greenhouse with light and fans. And Its looking good now! Think it going to pull true!

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

Jay! These are complaining little trees, BRTs!

Hey Jelle. 😊 Great video and tutorial. I have a big rock from a previous failed attempt that I need to find a tree for and have another attempt next year.

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

Looking forward to seeing how that went! Hope this can serve as a thought-starter!

Wow Wonderful Bonsai ^^ Thank you for good sharing~ Like 95 My friend, have a good day

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

thank you so much!

Nice video ❤️❤️

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

Hope it helps!

great vid! your explainations are really really clear! how do you water these seedlings over rock? and how often? I'm rather scared they get dry really easily with those semi-exposed roots.

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

Hi Klaartje, thank you so much! I water with a shower head on my garden hose. I just shower them. I water these at the same time as all my trees, which in summer is 1-2 times a day. WIthin weeks the roots will start to grow out below the cover, typically

Great explanation and very interested about using aluminum foil straight over the young roots. I started my trdient maple and chinese elm root over rocks about 3 years ago and they are still buried in pots. I will start to have a look at them and uncover the top few cm next spring. The hardest issue i find is trying not to rush the process. I have just one completed chinese elm root on rock and that started in 2015 with a young cutting. Your advice is spot on - and do as many as you are able. Cheers for this one, Xav

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

Owh, looking forward to hearing how they have done. You have not peeked at all inbetween?

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat

Жыл бұрын

@@GrowingBonsai not at all.

That is a fascinating project. I'm partial to windswept pines grown in that style, might even give it a try one day, if I can get my sister to bring me a nice heavy rock..

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

Go for it! Get a rock and do it!

Thank you for this video. I am enlightened 🐱

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

Enlightened even! Wow! I hope also inspired to create one?

Thank you my bonsai brother. You are a pro and a great teacher. What kind of rocks have a lot of tiny character so it looks like a massive scale to extenuate the bonsais scale? Maybe stupid question, but can you grow root over rock in the ground to grow faster?

Jelle, das mit dem aufgesetzten 2. Topf ist super.

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

Danke Theo! Nachstes Jahr mahl sehen ob es funktioniert!

@theoschmitt3037

Жыл бұрын

@@GrowingBonsai davon bin ich überzeugt.

Hello, im Viet Nam, super bonsai

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

Hey! Greetings to Vietnam!

mooi werk Jelle!

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

Dank je Greenhawk!

great vid, only thing I would recco is to grow the material out first in a talll rooting can so you get longer roots to work with to start

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

yeah, that helps indeed, nice addition

The idea is beautiful and the stone too I have redbud seedlings, I will try to plant one like you, but the stone is a problem😅, I will try to find one😁

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

:) great yo hear I onspired you to get started on one!

Really nice tutorial Jelle. What is the purpose of adding the substrate over the aluminum foil? Thanks, keep growing

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

Hey Matt, thank you. The substrate on the one hand keeps the alu foil nice and tight against the rock. Next to this, it isolates a little bit, so that the sun does not burn on the foil directly. Or so I tell me!

Thank you for the video. I've just one question: you keep the big windswept bonsai at full sun wuthout protection? I mean, the sun over the aluminium foil won't cook the roots? Thanx

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

I don't to be honest. Alu reflects sunlight quiete well

Thanks for the awesome video! How do you water the yew? From the top or bottom?

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

What do you mean? I water the roots, with a hose or watering can, just like all trees

@firemouse666

Жыл бұрын

@@GrowingBonsai thanks for your reply! I meant that maybe the foil and additional pot would shield the roots from the water, and in that case you could put the pot into a flat bucket or such and immerse it. However that could rinse the soil away so I figured it might be tricky to water.

Quick question: it seemed like you used a different substrate composition for attaching the roots to the rock; what was in that substrate? I've collected a few rocks from the local coastline I'm considering for a future project. They're not as cracked/porous as yours are since they're mostly granite or gneiss, but they haven't been worn too smooth yet. Hopefully they should still make visual sense.

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

Hey, yeah, I used pure cocopeat for it basically just to ensure some moisture is retained!

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat

Жыл бұрын

@@GrowingBonsai would you consider using sphagnum moss?

Hi Jelle, i am a little confused or maybe i missed something?! but it looked like you did not put the cocopeat all the way down to the potting mix before adding the foil. Does this not mean that once the roots get to the edge of the cocopeat, they will dry up and die before reaching the soil below the rock? Thanks Andrew

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

Hi Andrew, In general I think the area between rock and alu will stay fairly moist. The substrate also serves to just keep the roots in place initially. I think I could hav explained better what I am intending there :)

@andrewbeattie5245

Жыл бұрын

@@GrowingBonsai Ahh i see, i was worried that the roots would not bridge the space between the cocopeat and the soil below the rock but as you say the foil will keep moisture in. Cheers.👍

👍👌🙂

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

Thx Bruce!

Thanks. I have to admit I dont have one tree rooted over rock....

@GrowingBonsai

Жыл бұрын

so.. Now you have something to do during the christmas break 😁

@BONSAIenCORTO

Жыл бұрын

@@GrowingBonsai Hahahahahaha!!!!!