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

This is more like a beginner's video to a miniature Formal Upright style bonsai (well, more like a pre-bonsai) that I created; using this Chinese Juniper seedling. This video was done in June 2011, I will post updates to this bonsai soon to show your the progress

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• Miniature
• Bonsai
• Shimpaku
• Juniper
• formal
• upright
• pruning
• potting
• root
• repoting
• mame
• shohin
• pot
• chinese
• juniper
• nursery

[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.

[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 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.

[myles117]

love your video. very informative. you voice is very clear and calming. goes with bonsai very well :)

[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

[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