Bonsai - Working the Roots

In this video I get to work. I show how to deal with a root bound tree, transfer a tree from a nursery pot and separate a Brazilian Rain tree air layer

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• air layer garden
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[GabrieleColonna]

Im going start a tree by air layering, & i was planing on doing this come spring.

I have two questions:

1) I live in Niagara Falls Canada, our climate isn't as cold as people would think, we only have 1-2 months where it drop 5 below freezing. That being said, what would be a good tropical tree to do this process on.. aside from your average Ficus?

2) when is the best time to start this process of Air Layering?

Love all your videos, even started purchasing online at your store!

[OrlandoBonsaiTV]

@GabrieleColonna Pretty much any tropical tree will do well for you. Brazillian rain rees airlayer very quickly. Just start in the early spring as the tree's leaves start to fill in.

[RaidenTheAlmighty]

This isn't really related to the subject of your video, but it was something I was wondering about, since you are also from Florida. I'm sort of starting out with bonsai, and I've been collecting a lot of wild material. Something I have seen a ton of in my areas are the Sugar hackberry trees. I like their twigginess and the way their leaves change color. Have you ever seen, or created a hackberry bonsai?

[OrlandoBonsaiTV]

@RaidenTheAlmighty Hackberry make great bonsai. Really great trunks and good to work with

[kenaniahmwh]

Paul, what do you use for your nursery mix? do you mix something up yourself or do you buy it somewhere?

[OrlandoBonsaiTV]

@kenaniahmwh Nothing special, just a basic mixture of pine bark, pearlite (if its available) and some sort of potting mix. Most of the time I just save what the nursery puts in my trees before I repot them

[RaidenTheAlmighty]

@OrlandoBonsaiTV That's awesome. I had one in my yard that I dug up yesterday. It's a pretty massive stump,at least 6 or 7 inches across at the base. The surface roots are really thick too, and radiate out from the tree really well. The weird thing is, I think it's actually two or three threes that have fused together. It has two big trunks and two sapling sized trunks, and I have no idea how that will work out lol.

[badwin689]

I don't know much about bonsai but for other plants or trees you need at least 1 gallon per vertical foot of growth, so if your tree is 2 feet tall then you need a 2 gallon pot.