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  • зачем ты так с деревом, что оно тебе сделало? :)

  • That's not bonsai at the beginning, that's torture!!! Hahaha :P nice vid btw

  • I live in florida too and i was wondering is the moss necessary because i cant find any around, also can i find the moss at home depot? im talking about the moss that you put on top by the way

  • This sort of rubbish totally insults the traditions of bonsai. So disrespectful and distasteful.

  • Usually the yellowing of the leaves means the elm is being over watered, try using the chopstick/toothpick method (stick a toothpick deep in the soil for a few minutes, if it has soil stuck or the stick is damp then it won't need watering). When it does require watering, use a small spray bottle an get the soil evenly, continue until water passes through your pot. P.s from late summer to early summer let the elm get some direct light. But keep away from windows on cold nights, Hope this helps.

  • Hi, i was wondering if you could help me. I have a bonsai tree for a little under a year now and it's suddenly started dying, all its leaves are turning yellow. It's autumn now - do bonsai trees loose their leaves like other trees? I've watered it when it's started getting dry, but not too much. i've kept it indoors out of direct sunlight but in some light. I've pruned it a bit. The only thing i haven't done is re-potted it but i'm not sure if i should or not? Any advice would be welcome

  • @missy19bond It would help if you could name what tree it is?

  • @kragger1985 It's a chinese elm tree

  • hahahah i come expecting some calm down to earth dude, and this guy is just like PUSH IT IN! USE ALL OF YOUR STRENGTH! ahhaha i laughed so hard!

  • There many professional Video's available to assist you as you seek to learn more about Bonsai styling and design

  • He is an inspiration to us all.

  • What prevents the tree from growing too big? Is it the trimming of the branches or the trimming of the roots?

  • @pkrska

    There needs to be a balance between roots and foilage - but if i had to guess its the roots as since they are the lifesupport system

  • Like this If you watched these vids but have never/dont ever see your self doing bonsai!

  • Go see Graham Potter for some great tips on bonsai!

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  • thats the ugliest pot i have ever seen..

  • for bonsai soil can u use anything? i started one today i just got a shrub called Escallonia 'Peach Blossom' and i just used compost and put small stones in the bottom also the dish has no hole for water too drain from the bottom so im not going to water it with loads of water just enough so it dont drown lol

  • he is sharing his knowledge about bonsai, I dont understand why he got haters! Doing something that is out of the box is sometimes better than just doing that same thing over and over again.

  • @babaganuc465 Cus he is doing it wrong.. Imo this bonsai will be dead in 3 months..

  • @maksenDK He has been doing it successfully since '85. If it works for him, good on him. Go troll someone who cares

  • Hi, I just bought a Fukia Tea Bonzai, and I tried repotting it according to your video, I found the Sphagmoss but it came in the Miracle grow bag and when I opened the bag, the sphagmore looks very fine, almost in a dust form. I went ahead and used it. Was that the right Sphagmoss to use? Also, the final potting material around the tree is very moist almost wet, is that ok? or should it be drier? Please let advice me. Thank you, P.S. great video.

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  • He's like the Bob Ross of the joys of bonsai, may be not traditional but however, he gets the job done. Good work nice video

  • fate tutto ciò che non avete visto.

  • To all: if u dont like it, just do not watch it - its simple, isnt?

    I know - Its not traditional bonsai, its not as beautiful as real bonsai , it doesnt have its own great philosophy.

    BUT its very easy, IT WORKS for so many people and it gives very original appearance. So please shut up.

  • So informative and inspiring, and a pleasure to watch. Thanks so much!

  • Are you a real person ? Or have you been grown in just sphagnum moss because you have no knowledge of bonsai what so ever. Please stop it with these videos as they are teaching people the wrong way to cultivate bonsai !!!!!!!!!!!

  • are you a real person ? or have you just been grown in sphagnum moss cos your head contains no bonsai knowledge what so ever !!!!!!

  • nice video, thank you!

  • Your videos have to be most uniformed with the worste trees I ahve ever seen. why do you even like bonsai? I don't think you do becasse what you do far from being bonesigh it the mispronuiciation banzai!

  • Hmm! Looks like a stick in a pot to me!

  • i also have bonsai in shagnum moss. my trees are over 20 years old and they grow best in shagnum.nice vids. keep up the good work

  • Can u use a turtle shell for a Bonseye pot

  • i noticed you have a ring on each finger why?

  • i love it when people stick a tree(1-2 years old) with no girth to the trunk at all, no nebari ,no wiring, in a pot thats way too big in comparison to the to the width of the trunk (not even going into the whole planting in sphagnum moss thing) and then call it a bonsai. Its about imparting the idea that the tree is much older than it is which cant be done with the twigs ive been seeing people use ,youve just created "mall-sai" you know ,the "bonsai" you see at the shopping mall for ten bucks

  • do we have to use just water or we need to add something to it

  • huff... so incorrect!!!! read some bonsai books!!!

  • great vid! i recently picked one up and im in love with it. i got it from home depot and i could already tell it needs some good re potting. thanks for the info.

  • Hey Jerry! I've made my first bonsai, i filmed it, it's on my channel. Can you check it and maybe you could give some tipes, or how I can make it better lookin? Thanks! =]

  • Thank you for sharing. I love your pot or dish too.

  • artinbonsai,i couldnt have said it any better

  • stick in a pot not bonsai not at all

  • Home Depot sells sphagnum moss.

  • Where do you get the spaghnum moss from?

  • What a letter "Y" shape again, as I have said- this shape should not exist in bonsai world. Cut that small first branch and that would look better and train it to become a letirati or a wind swept.

  • o_O' what the hell are you doing?! And you call this "bonsai"?

    Poor juniperus....

    PS: guys if you want to make a REAL bonsai don't listen to those videos, or you will trash a lot of plants!

  • This dude has NO idea what the design rules of Bonsai are. Main branch? NO, that is the trunk you idiot. John Naka would be ashamed of you!!!!

  • If you want to make mallsai, listen to this guy. If you want to make Bonsai, IGNORE HIM!!!!!!

  • don't forget the joss sticks

  • This would seem more plausible if you could explain what advantage using the sphagnum moss gives you and WHY.

  • What is the best time of year to re-pot?? I live in England.

  • you should repot as soon as the spaghnum starts to decay. but dont waste the spag. use it in a garden. it will make it grow like mad! :)

  • This is not Bonsai..............

  • thank you alot you have enspired me with your layout and design and i really thank you for the cutting,trimming tips i have a juniper and it was so bushy when i bought it and i was to scared to make the wrong cut but once i watched your video and copied your advice my juniper looks awesome actuelly almost the same as yours so i thank you alot p.s. keep up the good videos and good work.

  • Using and developing new methods is never a bad thing. If it works for him then thats great, and he should keep doing it. It will not work for everyone, but all this video is trying to do is a alternative to the traditional method of Bonsai.

  • emfie isso ae no seu cú babaca

  • Dont know if anyone noticed but he said that this Moss is Acidic. Is this good for bonsais? I doubt it

  • Sorry but this look dodgy as. I wouldnt do this with my bonsais

  • @mozzmanau this isn't bonsai its somone pretending to practice bonsai

  • I agree

  • and youre pretending to even know what a bonsai is. explain to me what a bonsai is, then, you moronic fool

  • Bonsai is the practice of the easthetic miniaturisation of woody shubs and plants by means of the control of growth hormones within the plant. This is acheived by control of the growing tips of the plant and the roots. Training is effected by the cut and grow method or my means of wire or palm fibe. Bonsai means potted tree in japanese, in Chinese the term in Penging. I recommend you read the books of John Naka or look at the work of Masahiko Kimura. But I guess you knew that.

  • @kvetak1964 and thats what he was doing.

  • I object to this kind of misleaing nonsense and so does almost every other commont on this blog. Think you are on your own in thinking that he practices bonsai. But if it makes you happy good luck.

  • why do you not think he does it? HE NOT ONLY PRACTICES IT, HE MAKES BONSAI. WOW.I USED HIS METHOD TO MAKE ONE OF MINE.

  • que cosa mas fea colega!

  • yeah! this is America! we can do bosai in 5 minutes! just take a big scissors and cut everythig you want...if you can`t...TAKE A HUMMER!

    where`s passion? where`s art?

    no comment...

  • I agree with you!haha

  • LOL...Fast Food and Fast Bonsais

  • not traditionnal...!!! very bad

  • WARNING!!!!!! DO not plant your bonsai as this guy!!! spaghnum moss goes sour and kills the tree!its important for any bonsai to have proper soil and not a moss! trees grow in soil not spaghnum....if you do this your bonsais days will be short................

  • i have done this it was in jan 08 and my bonsais have all lived and have grow shouts prefectly

  • but you cant see the rotting..hehe you can do it if you want to but you will see oneday that bonsai dont grow in spahgnum!they need soil!your trees are slowly rotting away...........

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  • plz tell me the soil-less in french i dont speak good inglish tanks men

  • god job thanks from morocco

  • if the bonsai is a outdoor bonsai wouldn`t it be normal to cut the tree and the roots when it is doing his wintersleep ? like aur

    tum or before spring?? i can not find anything on when the best time is. does someone know??

  • When you do something on outdoortree in the winter it will usualy die because the buds get cuttet off and the tree can't grow out in the spring. The best time to get a bonsai is in spring, when the first leaves come out. then you can cut the roots and everything else on the tree. I hope i could help you a little bit. And sorry for my english if its anything wrong.

  • Let's qualify that a little bit -- Junipers and pines can be worked on in the winter if you live in a place where it does not snow in the winter. Broadleaf trees should only be worked on in the early spring right before new leaves emerge, and tropical trees like bougainvillea and ficus should be worked on in warm weather, spring and summer. With pines and junipers, do not cut into bare wood if you want new growth -- leave some green.

  • u should cut the roots in winter when the bonsai is in hybernation or dormat. u should probably do the prunning of the leavs in winter as well.

  • and it will die because it will not heal as its in hybernation fool

  • Oh, you're in Florida! That explains how you can use only sphagnum moss for a juniper. I guess that explains it. Sorry for callin you a moron dude.

  • leave the poor guy alone he is just showing people how he does bonsai he isnt saying its the best or the only way he is just demonstrating hes style, if u dont like it thats fine but dont give him shit about it because he is only doing wat he loves and it obviously works for him

  • @grafferman4444

    Certain techniques in bonsai are used because they have withstood the test of time. The way you cut roots, the timing of such action and the medium in which the tree is planted in are all standardized based on the fact that they work and have been shown through trial and error by thousands of practitioners to work better than anything else (including pure sphagnum moss). There is an obvious difference between amateur and professional growers and it is well demonstrated here.

  • Hi Jerry. I live in India. Its hard to get sphagnum moss. I usually us coco coir as a soiless option. Will coco coir do good with this technique too..?

    Thanks a lot

  • Hello Jerry, . My question is will i be able to grow these trees as Bonsai using the Moss. Below is a list of the trees that i ordered. Bald Cypress Weeping Willow Tuliptree Red Oak Pin Oak Red Maple Sugar Maple Silver Maple River Birch Thornless Honeylocust Thank you for any help, Joe
  • Hi, what age are these trees? and yes you can use ANY tree for bonsai but DONT USE THE MOSS your tree will die and you will waste alot of money. You need proper bonsai soil.

  • This as Bonsai? Not even close. This is nothing more than a pruned juniper in a container with a bad growing medium. Victrinia is 100% correct and is making an informed and reasoned argument.

  • You obviously are a bonsai purist, but it is still bonsai man. Just with a few shortcuts. I'd like to see you wait 40-50 years before being able to sell one!

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  • Take the advice and buy John Naka's book. If what you are doing makes you happy fine! As far as it being even close to Bonsai, no way. I have sold many small Junipers like what you demonstrated with in your video. The difference being is that they were wired, styled, put into a proper container/soil. This art has already been invented, you are trying to reinvent what a collective of Chinese/Japanese people have already done, over many centurys.

  • Hi, it's very nice of you to post these videos! I would like to know how the little jade that you planted is doing... Have a good day and I hope you can continue to make bonsai and bonsai videos.

  • just wondering how long have u been doing this "bonsai easy new-method?" cause i've been in this bonsai culture for 2 years now...

    but my previous trees died bcause i went for a 3month holiday and SOMEONE! forgot to water them properly...

    anyways im starting again

    will post some of mine on Youtube so that i can get some tips and advise's from others

    and i think i've done way better that you sir.

    no offence...

  • hi, after watching your video i have but one question. what is the moss on top for?

  • Hi, It is a finishing touch that gives an appearance of age to the tree. It looks like a grassy field. It just seems to finish off the plant, as do added rocks and stones to make an interesting landscapoe. It's nice to make hills and valleys in the moss for a more natural look. The trouble I have is finding decent moss.I would moss all of my plants, but the squirrels here always dig and ruin things. But I may have a decent supply of top moss now, and I am trying to make my plants look better.

  • thanks alot for responding to both my posts. any other tips for making a bonsai look older?

  • I'm not quite sure if your supposed to press them in that tight... Plants do better if you don't pack it in so tight. The best way to pack something in is by putting in the soil and then water it. The water will compress the soil to the perfect density. I once again my be wrong because your using spagnum moss. I'm sorry I'm leaving so many comments, I'm just really curious.

  • Hi, That may be true with soil, but not with sphagnum moss. I have seen it from experience. They really seem to do better when firmly packed with the sphagnum moss. Please feel free to write with any question you have. I appreciate the give and take. I often learn things from the writers.

  • Hi, I am from India and i would like to start my own BONSAI. Is it possible to create a NEEM tree as a BONSAI....Let me know....

  • Hi, I am not familiar with a Neem tree, but I will look it up. In general, any woody stemmed plant can be made into a bonsai. But there are problems with palm trees. Vines make great bonsai also. Good luck. Jerry

  • your sure are very discriptive i like these videos but i wanted to know if you could do a demostrition close up of wiring a juniper that is really what i want to know and i am a begginner to the art of bonsai oh and i also wanted to know if i have a 2 year old juniper that is at a slant if you could picture that how do i make it shakan style could you give me some info i might try tying

  • Hi, I would watch the traditional bonsai videos on You Tube, as they are the masters at wiring. I rarely to never wire, so my opinion is not worth as much as that from those who do it all the time. Jerry

  • You are quite welcome. Thanks for taking the time to write. Jerry

  • Very inspirational, thanks very much

  • I like your videos they're a great help into how I can make my own Bonsai Trees. I like all the trees that you worked on in your videos. Have you ever thought of using a Blue Spruce as a Bonsai Tree?

  • When I lived up north I believe I did. Just not good here in this climate. But should work well in sphagnum moss up north. Jerry

  • "what are you? the bonsai police? you determine what the meaning of bonsai is, and everyone else follows?LOL. what if i dont want to spend 15 years on a bonsai but i want a beautiful plant thats easy to enjoy. its all bonsai brother, its all art...you just sit in front of a computer and critique everything. Get off your ass and make a video tutorial of something 4 the benefit of others.

    I guess being a critic takes less energy and brainpower

  • If your problem is time, don't make the bonsai. Buy one the size you want and go from there. It sure as hell will save you lots of work and time.

    Bonsai is an art based on method and tradition. This guys art sure looks interesting and innovative, but I wouldn't call it bonsai.

  • Thanks! It is an enjoyable hobby, however you participate.

  • Probably some of the best and easiest advice for beginners. Pretty simple. I bought one from a vendor pre-grown but it seems like its more satisfying to make your own and style it.

  • can u use green algea instead of moss

  • i think it's nice... easy and makes a great decoration. thanks for the post! it's a great intro.

  • Glad to hear your comments. Thanks! Jerry

  • You're quite welcome. Sorry for the delay in answering, my mother has been very sick. Jerry

  • While I appreciate the effort... the methodology is limited in it's scope, and frankly flawed. This is not bonsai... it's penjing at best, and even that is a stretch... really it's a trimmed container plant. I worry about things like this, which so grossly misrepresent the art and craft which is bonsai. But if someone wants something small like this, and is satisfied... thats great.... just don't think it's great bonsai... or even good bonsai... you'll be disappointed to have your bubble burst.

  • This is another attack by an unthinking troglodyte, who offers nothing constructive, but is very quick to criticize something she obviously knows little about.I have been doing this for over20 years.My results speak for themselves. Let the author of this comment put her own video on you tube.I'd like to see what she have to offer other than empty words and inane thoughts.If you don't like it, don't do it.Wallow in your uneducated bliss. But stop trying to influence others wheo prefer to think.

  • Constructive: Use a combonation of organic/in-organice soil components such as crushed lava... composted pine bark.... pumice.... etc. Plant junipers into BONSAI pots in the early spring. Style a tree in a manner which makes one feel as if there is age or at least grants visual interest. Feed every two weeks or so during growing season. Water when the soil is drying out, but not completely dry. Provide at least 4-5 hours of good sun per day. Too much sun can actually slow vigorous growth.

  • I have been in email contact with Victrinia, and the exchange has been most civilized. I appreciate her attempt here to provide information that she feels may be helpful, but as she has no true xperience that I know of with shpagnum moss, her suggestions of alternate and added substrate material may wreck havoc with your trees. If you stick with the methods I show you, I believe you will have success. If you wish to do a more traditional method, please do so. Just enjoy what you do.

  • Havoc? I have to ask, with all due respect, based on the massive collections of bonsai in the US cultivated with those general parameters, how you came to that conclusion? Indeed my use of Shpagnum moss is limited to it's use in air-layers. Which is only done for a limited amount of time while a tree is putting on roots at the new location, and the need for a high mositure content to keep the bark edge moist is critical to success. I look forward to your response to my question.

  • Just from personal experience and the advice of Brian Batchelder, the pioneer of this system, It continues to work swell for me and others, and we just invite you to try it. You may have it has a place in your collections.

  • Jerry...

    I am sure you believe very much in what you are doing... but I wouldn't risk such a thing with them. For one thing, the value of my material is considerably higher than what I have seen in yours... while you are risking little, I would be risking much.

  • Your concerns are warranted. Jerry is just what he seems to be: a big kid torturing a small tree. He doesn't know what he's doing. Luckily his material is cheap and common. The styling, if you can call it that, is juvenile. The only form the juniper has is bad form. Forcing the moss in destroyed half of the feeder roots. 100% moss isn't correct. Research the needs of your individual tree. Each is different. If you follow his tutorial, you'll kill your tree as others already have.

  • @ArtinBonsai your just saying that because you've never tried this method, i don't care what you think, all Jerry is doing to showing his way, iv seen most of his videos and only about 6 out of about 100 of his plants have died

    you need to leave other people alone, just because you think there is only one way to do things

    douche

  • I totally agree with you gal! your knowledge of bonsai is great! i think that this guys trees will all die using this method!cause spaghnum goes sour after awhile!and its too wet,,,, trees need fast drainage! i have to admit victrinia you are sharp!A++++

  • PS... I am sorry to hear your mother was unwell. I hope she is doing much better.

  • This is another attack by the establishment, who can't let anyone else try something different. If people like this ruled the world, we would still be living in caves. The fact that he has to resort to ad hominem attacks shows that he is but a jobberknowl. Just because he doesn't want to think for himself, doesn't mean that you should blindly follow someone else's advice. Try his method. That may work better for you. I am not afraid of other methods. I just share mine.

  • hey i repotted my bonsai on sphagnum moss, so often should i water?

  • Sorry for not getting back earlier. Usually you can feel the wetness or dryness of sphagnum moss by touch. You can also (or should be able to if it was packed correctly) pull out the plant and look at the bottom. I water mine almost daily when the temps are 90 and above and there has been no rain. We just started our rainy season here so I haven't had to water my plants for the last 4 days. Look at the leaves. If they are wilting, give water quickly.

  • I suppose I'm a little bit of a purist, but on the other hand I'm really happy that so many people on youtube are into the ancient art of bonsai and are working to develop new ideas and challenge the old way of things, so bravo... I don't suppose you will post a video of this tree next year?

  • Hi, I did these first two videos over two years ago (maybe longer). It was a first time try that had to be split into two parts because of the 10 minute YouTube rule. I believe in Part 3, I revisit this tree, and I try to do that periodically. It is great to see so many people interested in this art form. It's nice that there are various avenues to choose. Many "PUrists" do hate it and tell me so. Like John Galt said, "Get the hell out of my way!"

  • Thanks a lot for sharing Jerry. I'm sure the purists will hate it! One thing I found curious...why did you choose to train the juniper upwards? From the sites I've visted, it seems most people make their bonsais branches go down. CAn't wait to try this!

  • Sorry for the delay in responding. I had seen Brian Batchelder (NEW HORIZONS IN BONSAI) do this on his show and I thought it looked great and was so simple and easy. He liked his trees to be more like they appeared in nature, just miniature versions. I came to find I like that too, yet I still appreciate and am in awe of the traditionalists for the work they do. They should inspire all of us. THANKS FOR WRITING!

  • Don't waste your time. This technique is quite simply idiocy and DOES NOT result in anything approaching a bonsai. I am speaking from over thirty years of experience.

  • I would try watching all of Jerry's videos before you refute his technique, I no Jerry's technique is not traditional, but nothing would ever move forward without people like Jerry and the videos speak for them selves, it works for Jerry whether you like it or not I'm afraid. All Jerry's re potting vidoes have had beautiful healthy roots, better than using soil with a lot of them if not all.

  • I don't think it is a good way to make a bonsai. I think you can buy the "John Naka" books... It ll be good for you!

  • Hi, This way works for me in many ways. There are many books and opinions out there. I have chosen this. I hope you are successful with the method you choose. Thank you for the suggestion.

  • Hey, will Spanish moss work?? O.o

  • Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. No, Spanish moss will not work. You need UNMILLED SPHAGNUM MOSS. Try Lowes or Home Depot, or a good garden shop for a small hobby bag. Good luck.

  • haha. Its ok. Well, spanish moss is working fine for me. I've had my bonsai in it for a yr. now and they are doing wonderful. =]

  • That's great! Always willimng to learn something new. Thanks. Jerry

  • Wonderful. I got one question. If I don't have sphagnum moss but I have sawdust, can I use it as an alternate?

  • Not really.

  • Not AT ALL...not even in your wildest dreams. Even the sphagnum moss idea is contrary to all conventional (read hundreds of years) wisdom.

  • For thousands of years, mankind thought the Earth was the center of the universe, and the stars and planets and Sun revolved around it. Conventional is just another word that really means "unable to think."Slavery was coventional once. That women could not, and still in some places, cannot vote, is a coventional concept. Instead of basing your belief about sphagnum moss on intuition, why don't you try it, and then make an informed and reasoned argument. Start acting like a thinking human being.

  • You live in Australia where temps get regularly into the 90's. Sphagnum moss holds nearly 20 times its own volume of water. In temperate climates (with higher rainfall) your soil mix is highly likely to cause root rot, especially in winter when plants go dormant. My 'method' is to create a mix that allows for good drainage - many use Turface in the States or BIMS (Walter Pall), thereby allowing Oxygen exchange to encourage good root growth.

  • Edit: America not Australia ....

  • Wherre I live in Florida, we only have summer and spring, so I run into no root rot problems. (Please see my videos that show root bound plants. The roots always look great). When I lived up north in Phila., I also had no problems. You just need to leard to judge the wetness of the sphagnum moss and water accordingly. With the sphagnum moss method, it is best TO MIX NOTHING with the moss. It seems to work best that way in this locale. Thanks for your ideas. Perhaps they will help some people.

  • Thanks.

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