I’m getting my Norway Maple (Acer platanoides) ready for the 2023 growing season! This tree is grown from a seed and is about twenty years old.

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  1. Happy New Years! I like the look of those matte black Fiskars!

  2. 10 years – Fantastic! From the west coast of Canada, here's wishing you and your family a wonderful New Year!

  3. How long do the nutrients stay in the rain water when you store it? Beyond summer rains, I typically use tap water and my ficuses seem ok by that. If I do start to collect rainwater, does it has an expiration for it’s benefits over tap water?

  4. So much good quality content lately – and long videos too, perfect as a kind of background noise for "new year's cleaning" of my space! I really appreciate that, thanks a lot, Nigel! Happy New Year from Austria 🙂

  5. I understand my daughter has rain water for her/our plants. Really weird that it was cold and Then got wet. We’ll see what winter brings!

  6. Thanks for the channel Nigel! Always love learning from you & seeing your great work. Happy New Year!

  7. I’ve noticed that Sealing most of your cuts is a recent addition to your technique. Why the change? Thanks, keep growing

  8. Happy New Year Nigel.

    I received a Toronto bonsai show calendar yesterday signed by both yourself and Jay – it made my day and was a great end to 2022 and start to 2023 from two of the nicest guys in bonsai. All the very best to you, your family, your animals and your trees for 2023 😊🎉🥂

    Great things ahead in the coming year. 👍

  9. Nice job Nigel. You certainly go hard pruning your trees, but I think this one is going to have another strong year. HAppy new year, and here's to a great 2023!

  10. Happy New Year 🎉 to you Nigel and your loved ones. Thank you so much for sharing the bonsai zone with the world 🙌 👏 🎉 Bravo ❤

  11. May your trees stay healthy and stay firmly bent or straight
    May free drainage and nutrition be supplied by your substrate
    May your plants survive summer heat and winter cold
    May your designs, chops and wiring, and desires be bold
    May your tools stay sharp and shiny bright
    May your yamadori be easily dug and for transport quite light
    May your dream greenhouse or cold frame or bonsai stands miraculously appear
    May we all share green thumbs, prosperity, great health and share our good cheer!
    Whichever year you are celebrating, may be it a Happy New Year!

  12. So is it usually pretty safe to prune deciduous during winter while they’re dormant? I’m pretty familiar with topicals but my deciduous trees I’ve started as bonsai have been hit or miss

  13. I would recommend planting this tree in a large long conventional pot giving it alot of nitrogen and cutting it every 3 months to keep it in check, then after 5 years you should have a great thick and large tree with alot of branches to work with.

  14. Happy New Year!! Thank you for the great videos, the great lessons, good times an all the support you give! You have an awesome family, awesome pets and awesome trees! Be safe and well now, through the new year and beyond. Thank You Nigel!💚💚

  15. Happy and healthy new year Nigel! Great video. I have a few Norway Maples and Douglas maples, I like the challenges they bring myself. Got a question: what do you mean "rubber cement"? Is this like "contact cement"? Could you tell me what brand it is? Thanks in advance. Cheers!

  16. Sir I desperately need help with my junipers bonsai I’ve almost killed her I didn’t realize the soils dries out so quickly google said mist it and I didn’t realize the top stayed moist but in the pot deeper dry and her ferns whatever their called dried and felt like stickers I’m not giving up please help me save her, 🙏🏻

  17. Happy New Year from sunny Australia!
    Looking at that big scar on the back, I wonder if you would consider grafting a branch there. It would help with the ramification as well as hasten the healing of the scar. It is a technique that I have seen and read about, but not yet tried.

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