How to create bonsai from seedling: Miniature Bonsai Shimpaku Juniper formal upright.mp4

[docrw]

watering: use a bowl or tray with a couple of drops of dish soap, or add drops to water can.

[TheBonsaiStudent]

@docrw ahhh, interesting, you saying that the soap in the water can change its property so it is more easily absorbed by the very dry soil?? I got to try that....

[4GreenEarth2]

Thanks for sharing. I trying to grow some citrus bonsai.

[TheBonsaiStudent]

@4GreenEarth2 hey! citrus are good fro bonsai, specially the dwarf types. I checked out your channel, it is so cool! I also grow other things beside bonsai, so I will learn more from your experiences.

[magnusalexa]

nice trees,I'm tryna do beech trees,dug up seedlins from field&used soil they growin naturally in,they're very slow growin,3 yrs old biggest 1.5 ft smallest 8 inch,they haven't many branches,mainly just trunk with bud at top,some ave many branches.I use rain water for waterin,theres lots of nasty chemicals in tap water,& use animal pooh for fertilizer,like how they get in wild,soak in water first,mix up many times &leave with lid off for months then filter out bits 2get rid of harmful pathogens

[mclogan3737]

I am wondering how this tree has done with this choice of soil. The difficulty of getting water into the pot makes me wonder about another important aspect of soil, aeration. The water draining quickly through the soil draws fresh air into the soil. 

[TheBonsaiStudent]

@mclogan3737 What a good question/great observation. The soil I used for this plant was a more finer one (shifted), and also it was left to dry for a while (my mistake). This creates a condition where it will repell water. However, once you give it good soak, it will regain the ability to absorb and drain well. And that is what is happening with the plant now. I will address your question in the update video in the future. However, the soils is pretty compacted, so will need to repot frequently

[TheBonsaiStudent]

@mclogan3737 because of the smaller size of pot, I did not wanted to add too many large particles such as vermiculite or pumice, to help improve the aereation. Intead I used more sand. This helps drainage and should not post problem for aereation, (Air probably need less space than water, to penetrate to the roots.) However, with this said, this plant would need to be repot more frequently, like once a year, to avoid anymore compaction, that could cutt of the air.

[PugDiary]

I would have left the branch on the bottom right so that it would fatten up the trunk. Otherwise it might be hard to get the taper.

[TheBonsaiStudent]

@PugDiary good point. My original ideas is to keep this one small and miniature so I did not think of fattening the trunk. Thanks for the suggestions, everyone can learn from this

[chema5253]

another good video.thank you very much

[TheBonsaiStudent]

@chema5253 thank you very much for your support.

[titonetovta]

Great video, thank you for the effort of sharing your knowlege, and keep up the good work

[BonsaiNeno]

Thanks for the new video you have tought me a lot. Could you explain alittle more about types of soil to use?

[gutzboy1]

Thank you for sharing with us. I just started my endeavors in Bonsai two months ago. I have learned a lot from your videos!

[TheBonsaiStudent]

@gutzboy1 you are welcome, and thank you for watching

[godzilar35]

THANKS FOR posting a NEW VID

[TheBonsaiStudent]

@godzilar35 :) I had fun doing it