In a follow-up to our most popular video “One Mame Trick to Rule Them All” (https://youtu.be/QxHEHi4nt5w) Eric shares more growing and maintenance tricks for mame bonsai.
00:00:44 Some of the mame in the tray need to be repotted, and some are rooted into the tray.
00:01:26 The soil in the tray is fine lava sifted to a coarse sand consistency, and it now contains lot of liverwort (flowerless, spore producing plant) in addition to the lovely green moss. Eric will be replacing the soil for all new.
00:02:01 A tip for escape rooting: it can cause drainage holes to plug up, so stay on top of a repotting schedule.
00:03:29 Portulacaria (Dwarf Jade) in a cement pot: growth improved after Eric put it in the mame tray.
00:04:38 Eric uses a new large mame tray (from Thomas and Kathy Arakawa: https://www.bonsaify.com/collections/arakawa-bonsai-containers) and uses a first layer of regular medium bonsai soil.
00:05:37 Shohin aoki mix added on top of the first layer of soil.
00:06:17 Eric’s tip for sifting out dust for mame size soil particles and adding a third soil layer.
00:07:19 Repotting a cotoneaster: with mame it is likely you will need to improvise with tools because of the small size of the trees.
00:09:01 Three pot options for the tiny cascade; Eric selects and preps mame container.
00:09:47 Another tip on how to make a tie wire for mame – create a staple and run it up from under the pot.
00:10:53 Placing tree in pot to highlight the trunk and adding soil.
00:12:06 Putting all the repotted mame into the new tray. Eric uses shredded sphagnum moss with medallions of live moss also shredded to lay over the surface of the fine lava mix.
00:13:25 All mame are in the tray – how do you think they look?
Thank you for watching! Share your tips for mame bonsai in the comments below. Like this video and share it with your bonsai community!
32 Comments
Cool 👌
how and when do you feed these guys? Would think that you couldn't be very aggressive
Best trick I can recommend for growing mame is to yell at them, and threaten violence
love these videos on mame, you are one of the only bonsai content creators that make them!
Ah, so, I need a mame tray!. And bent nose tweezers!
I wonder if you put the used lava in the oven for a few hours if it will kill off any spores, my black lava is getting harder to find. Thanks for the video.
Such cool little bonsai! Really appreciate all the informative videos. I've never had a mame. Would Conifer mame live outside in the winter of grow zone 5 or would I have to keep them in my garage to keep them from freezing since I don't have a greenhouse?
Some nice specimens there especially the 2nd one along from the bucket in the1st not second row.
Please keep these mame videos coming, Eric. Extremely helpful. Many tiny trees on my calendar to repot this Spring. This will be year 2 of using a bed of lava rock similar to yours. All good.
#MameMonday 🎉🎉🎉
This is awesome Eric, I've used regular playground sand in my under trays and it seems to work well. I'm sure the fine bonsai soil will work even better!
where can I buy a mame tray like that?
New camera Eric? This video looks super crisp👍🏻
Another great Bean video. Thank you for sharing!
Beautiful , I like your jobs
Absolutely excellent
I usually remove all old soil from root base. Is that correct? Or should I leave some of the old soil in there while repotting? Means basically should i clear all of the bonsai soil around roots like we do to medium or large bonsai trees?
Thanks , just beautiful and I love your clear instructions , it’s a real help on how to proceed with my own .
Daggum, that’s pretty slick, brother! You’ve given me some inspiration. I’m diggin this!!
Grateful for mame
Really enjoy these Mame videos. Thanks for the content
Is there a way you can sterilize the old soil so that it can be recycled without risk of the liverwort coming back?
Eric, great tips. I have been getting more interested in mame and shohin lately after carrying my big tees down the hill for winter storage. I found a couple of really good Japanese channels: Bonasi Q and Kimi’s Bonsai. Today’s video on Bonsai Q blew my socks off, take a look https://youtu.be/uYXyCu2Iw_I . BTW, my chinese elm and cork oak seem to be doing fine in my window well. They are about 3’ below land surface with a clear plastic cover so it is basically a cool greenhouse. Have a great week—Larry
Dope.
Low energy in this video, is that what rain does to a Californian? haha I have to make one of these trays for myself. Thanks!
I love that little soil scoop. Where did you get it?
Would have loved to see all the repotting tbh but great video
Always superb content Eric. Greatly appreciated. 👍
hello from Indonesia
I made a mame "garden" after I watched your last video! Thank you so much for your ideas and teaching!
So cute .I like mame
Gud luck….