 Shiver 1,000 here today. We're gonna do something a little different We're gonna grow or start growing a Bonsai tree never grew a bonsai tree before and I don't even think I've seen one in real life I just always thought they were cool one at one Mentioned the monkey a couple times. She remembered that got me one for Christmas. There's actually four in here. So Let's get into this see what it involves Okay guys, so this is what we're looking at here Bonsai bonanza, there's four trees in here. Um, now it says The kit contains four nutrient-rich soil discs Four burlap pots with waterproof lining four seed packets Four plant markers instruction booklet and trimming shears so Seed varieties may vary due to seasonality harvest times and availability You may receive a seed packet variety that is different from what appears on the box label So we we may not get this But if we do I think monkey said she wanted the purple one so I'm not sure the colorado blue spruce is cool and the black spruce is cool. Well, they're all cool, but um The box is a real wooden box um, so I'm going to keep the box of course Because I will make something out of it Not sure what? Hey, so Let's set this down here. I'll slide this out So All right, did we get Okay, so we got the black spruce the colorado blue spruce What's that? Smells good. We got the flame tree Where's the other one? And okay, we got the brazilian rosewood So we got everything that was on the box cool, all right So Here's our seed packets All right, so we've got those four And it says again here seed varieties may vary, but we did get what was on the box And we got this help card. Don't forget to register your seat register my seeds Go to www shop garden republic.com register to use the q register or use the qr code To register your kit now Your warranty number is oh, so it's got a warranty by registering registering your kit We can provide you with growing support through Our grower help bot on facebook messenger and access to our team of experienced gardeners For troubleshooting and questions you'll also be able to join our private garden republic growers community Okay, I may do that. I don't know we'll see Okay, so there's that This is our book And it's quite a book there, so Don't give up troubleshooting Okay, so Welcome to the heart of growing bonsai Step one pre-soaked seeds Okay, so i'm going to read this up a little bit see we've got oh these are made out of wood too Cool All right, so I can put my date on here plant name And you can put your date That's cool There's that and these are our little tremors All right, this is a cool little kit I can't tell you how much it costs. I'd have to ask her Or she can tell you she's not here right now, so um I like I said Uh, I'm not sure where she got him. I think amazon or ebay or something, but here's our burlap baggies Okay, cool And we've got four of them I'm going to have monkey do one. I'm going to have her do her own and I think she wants to Film it too. So that's cool And Here's our discs four discs in here So i'm guessing these discs just go in here. I don't know like set off read up on it. This this is really cool so Let me get to reading And then we're going to get to planting i'm going to plant We'll start one And I'll film that I may do the other ones later You know off camera since it's you know, they're all pretty much going to be the same I'm not sure which one I want to do yet I like both of these so I don't know boy. That's a toss up I'll end up I'll probably end up knowing both these because I want what I want to do is I think monkey said she wanted the purple one And I'll plant the red one for her mom and then I'll get one and then Bruno will get one So these two one will be mine and one will be Bruno. So it doesn't really matter so but This one feels like really bigger seeds Oh, there's stuff on the back too for best results Plant your seeds at a depth of one eighth inch Don't over water remember the soil should be moist to the touch not wet or dry Get the right amount of sunlight plant seeds any place that is naturally warm and well-lit Okay, and here that's that's good And plant nutrients after sprouting Or transplanting to new soil add plant nutrients. Okay Plant seeds plant seeds one inch apart refrigerate extra seeds Okay, so there's more that All right, I gotta read up on this And I'll be back with you because I don't know if you just plant one seed at a time or what so Let me read the book here. It's all step by step and then You know, we'll get on to planting at least one of these trees. So Okay guys hang tight. Okay, so I figured out what I'm gonna do with the box You actually use this box so that's pretty cool plastic in there because We have to soak these And then once we soak them we squeeze them out and we put Each one one of these in these and then we set each one of these Down in here So this is cool. This is really really cool. So I'm going to get ready Monkeys on their way home from the hospital. So So I'm going to wait till she gets here so she can make sure which one of these she wants and Then we'll continue on we've got to soak the seeds So we won't be able to plant the seeds till tomorrow But for you guys, you know, it'll be in this video But I'll show you how we're going to soak the seeds And we're going to soak the uh Our little discs here. So it's pretty cool. So hang around guys. There's more to come This is uh It's gonna be a lot of fun So what they want you to do is put Four or five seeds in and then save the rest in case those don't germinate but Whoa But yeah, we got to soak these so that's pretty cool. All right guys made a mess. I got to clean that up real quick So I'll be back with you monkey will be here and we'll go from there. So hang tight. Okay guys We've got our water ready So we've got monkey over here Monkey chose this one So monkey I was right you gotta get Four of these seeds out of here How do you do that? Sure, I'll try just put it in a spoon. Okay This is flame tree. This is going to be moms. I can go ahead and get them out because they're huge How many I need four Moms these four in here. That's the flame Tree so we're going to put this here What do you got? I need those four and those ones can go back. Okay All right now put them in one Put them in here Or whichever one you want Here we go And I got a soak for 24 hours 16 to 24 hours. Here's your thing. We'll put it here grow for me Now I gotta get look at these ones. I'll make a dough tiny tiny. Yeah, they are. Okay. So this one is the black spruce Which is mine Yours black spruce One two three four five you can do five three to five it says so this is mine. This is the black spruce That's the shape there and then this one will be I hope there's not a seed in there. There we go Okay, and and they want you to put these in a ziplock baggie and put them in the fridge in case we need them Now separate them or do you just put them in one baggie? In one baggie it's fine. Okay. Now this one is the colorado blue spruce Which is brunos Okay. Now here's brunos Now if somebody don't come over and switch these around will be good Don't do it. So now we got to wait all night long and then these this is our Our little soil things again That we'll have to soak them tomorrow, but they they don't have to soak all night They just got to soak up the water and then you take them and you squeeze the excess out And we'll put it in our burlap In our burlap baggies here and then we'll put our seeds In there and then cover them up and then we'll wait. So these have to germinate look up at your mom's is Yeah, they're huge So I figured since I got four trees we can each have one. So because I like to share So all right guys. Well It's going to be a long time for me, but I will there's still two seeds left here And that one I'll put these away. I'll see you guys tomorrow, but for you, it'll be instantaneously. So Monkey swimming right so stick around guys. Okay guys it's next day Now we're going to take our little pucks here Our discs they call it I'm going to put them in here We've got two cups of warm water here about 120 degrees the same as what they said for the seeds So I got two cups of water here What it is is they average Like, you know a half a cup per disc Uh, some people will do each disc individually and do three quarters of a cup And I'm going to do it the way the book says they said to put it in there And it should double in size once it starts soaking it up. I don't know how long it'll take It doesn't say that's another thing it doesn't say how long You got a weight or anything like that It just says it That they'll double in size And you don't want them wet you just want them moist That's not quite two Two cups But I'm going to let these soak up. I see down here at the bottom. It's it's soaking it up pretty good So Hopefully you don't have to wait all night because it doesn't say It doesn't say how long you soak it. I went online. Nobody will really gives me an answer A soil disc including you can't expand to several times So several times their original size and was soaked in water This will be the starter soil for your pots Place the disc the soil disc in a large bowl pour two cups of warm filtered water That's another thing you want to use filtered water which I did Uh And they want it warm about 120 degrees Which I did that I actually used I used my thing here for the seeds and the soil Because I don't want to you know, I want to do everything they they say to do And Pour directly over the soil discs add more water As necessary, but do not oversaturate the oh look at them. Well, they're growing as we're speaking Ha cool Oh, yeah, okay. Whoa. Okay. All right It's like there's They're coming apart right in the middle, but that's okay. Um So I'm going to use the rest of this And when we get ready to put them in our things over here And put our seeds in I'll kick you back on I got changed my battery. Anyway, I didn't charge it last night. So So what this is going to be it's going to be its own playlist under bonsai trees or something like that and Like once a week I'll do an update on it Or if we have to do some trimming. I think it says in a few days. We got to do some trimming, you know I'll bring you back on for that but All right, cool Excuse me So I'm going to let that soak up some more I'm going to change my battery. I'll be right back with you. Excuse me. Sorry for the coughing Okay, so we're just about ready I I did add a little bit more water to them So it says to break this up crumble this up in here Squeeze out any excess. I have already done that And then it says to crumble this up. Whoops. I was trying to do this without making a mess I'll show you one There will be plenty of soil here And then they want you to put An eighth of an inch of soil loosely on top of it So you want to save some of this But I'll show you again just one And then I'll do the rest off camera because it's they'll all pretty much be the same thing Okay, so now Let's see Let's do And let's do brunos. We'll make this one brunos. All right Oh, I just got a spoon here. I'm just going to See some of these seeds floated and some of them sank some of this out There we go There they are. So there's brunos So now We're going to take some more of this soil It's about an eighth of an inch loosely on top. So And then you want to keep this in a warm sunny area It says if you don't have a warm spot you can put a They got a little heaters that that you can put under these things Okay, so All right, so that's about probably an eighth of an inch We'll give it a little bit more water here Not much Okay, so I'm going to do that with the rest of them and then I'll be back with you And that'll probably pretty much the end of this this video. So let me get these done. Okay guys Now we wait so This one is brunos It's a colorado blue spruce this one's mom. It's the flame tree I'm going to save this I got some soil left over and we'll save in case I got to do this again This one is mine It is the uh The black spruce and this one's monkeys and it is the brazilian rosewood. That's going to be pretty so All right guys Well, thanks for watching. I'll give you an update in a couple of days. See how these things are doing And let's see Yeah, once we do that we sow our seeds Cover the seeds with about an eighth of an inch soil The brazilian rosewood and the flame tree which is That one and this one Our tropical trees That require a soil temperature of 85 degrees If you don't want to purchase a heating mat and The weather is below 85 you can also Uh try placing pots in a warm car or on a heating register until germination placing each pot In a ziplock bag will retain heat and moisture to help Achieve the desired environment for germination Okay, so I might do that because it it did get down to 39 last night, of course not in here, but Uh Once the seeds germinate And reach a few inches in height place in direct sunlight for six to eight hours a day We're florida that shouldn't be much of an issue so It doesn't say It doesn't say much about How long it'll take so we're just going to give it some time like I said I may I may put this one in that This one and that one in a In a Plastic bag we'll see Uh, I think it's going to be all right because we'll set it over there By that window where the sun comes in it should be fine And if it doesn't doesn't feel that warm then I will Put a baggie over but anyway guys there we go I'll let you know in a couple days. Well as soon as something sprouts I'll let you know And if I have like two of the sprout and two that don't I want to do the two that don't again Since I have extra seeds But we'll just have to see so thanks for watching guys. Shaber to myth man legends stay tuned for more on this It'll be in its own playlist of bonsai trees We'll see in the next one. Bye. Bye guys and take care Okay, so