Hi everyone! Today, I’ll be answering some questions and discussing what I think about the “right” or “wrong” way to do bonsai. Stay tuned until the end for a special tour of my huge bonsai in the back and my dinosaur sculptures!
0:00 Introduction
0:10 Shoutout to Tony’s Bonsai!
1:47 What is right or wrong?
5:11 Thickening your trunk
5:45 Soil mix alternatives
7:44 Wiring vs. clip & grow
9:09 Bonsai care in winter
9:58 Aerial roots
11:34 BIG Bonsai tour!
16:11 Thank you to this community!
Helpful videos related to these topics:
– Cut Your Bonsai Like This to Thicken the Trunk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSRD2Y7zQdA
– My Proven Soil Mix for Bonsai: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOeeXAGb6T0
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39 Comments
Thankyou for the video. Do you give any special care to trees just after you dig them out? Any advice to keep yamadori alive after digging them out?
Great video Milton! Very interesting!
Thank you for all the information and especially the shout out to Tony- he is a very inspirational individual and a fabulous artist and award winning photographer.
Thanks for the video mate
Great video! I appreciate that you are honest in what you don't know from personal experience. I look forward to your pine videos. I mentor beginning bonsai enthusiasts from our club, and your experience helps me to guide them with what I have seen others do. I refer them to your channel. When I began doing bonsai years ago, I asked every member of our club what they did with their trees in the zone 6 winters. Every single person had a different opinion and method! It was confusing for a newbie, so I tried to take the key points and adapt them to my own situation. Fortunately, it works for me. Thanks for your advice.
You’re a good man Milton. Positive words don’t take much to say but are still so rare to hear. Tony will be ecstatic to hear from you 👍🏻
👍👌🙂
Hi Milton and thank you for the mention
I watch all of your videos and I love your laid back style and relaxed approach to bonsai. None of us know how long we have left, so I enjoy making the most of each day sharing my love of Bonsai
Keep up the great work and keep on inspiring people to experiment and have a go themselves.
Gotta keep making that lemonade 🍋
Mr Chang I love your video efforts so much and anxiously await each new video you post! Thank you for all the knowledge you share, giving me the courage to pursue this hobby!
Rick
Milton ihave been keeping bonsai tree s for 30 years now and still have the same wishes for bonsai now keep it up mate thanks
north east us here. for over winter with my cold hardy trees i found a south facing wall (most sunny for my part of the world) i put my pots right on the ground up tight to the wall. and let the fallen leafs build up to cover the pots. dirt would work fine too for covering pots. tho that means you have to shovel. thanks milton! always great info
Never to old, good information, great content.
What's right or wrong in bonsai👍🙏
With my ficus I plant cuttings in the ground and tie them to low branches and they fuse together. Kind of cheating but works
well need to count your rings to be sure youre really that old
Mr. Chang, love your videos with your relaxed style. With your years of experience you provide valuable info, however you being in California and needing a lot of moisture, is quite different than here in the northeast, with your organic soil compared to my lava and pumice soil. Keep up the good work. Steve.
Also i forgot to add for that gentleman with the scared maple tree, what I do is, put little slices in the wire groove in line with the branch, not with the groove. This way you're not cutting any water fibers. The slices will swell up and fill the grooves. Steve.
Thanks for doing that for Tony. He’s made a real difference to the YouTube bonsai community. Very nice for you u you to do that 👍👍👍👍
Bonjour Monsieur Chang,
un grand merci à vous pour ces précieux conseils!
I love your videos. You bring beauty into the world, and you make us aware of the beauty that is here. Thank you.
Thank you so much for the tour and the history of the statue and the big bonsai, I really enjoy all your videos
Happy thoughts for Tony, thank you for what you contribute to the community with your life.
Mr Chang thank you for another heartfelt video . I can’t wait for the next one .
Hi Milton another great enjoyable video and thank for the nice words for tony i enjoy his videos very much awesome guy
Yes I love hand watering because I see each of my trees daily, and am able to see what they exhibit, both good and bad, very quickly.
Great talk through… always picking up tips on your posts
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i think your trees are great, i was just commenting on that particular tree dig. I hope yall are handling the crazy weather ok, your trees are looking good
Fantastic video Thank you for the shared knowledge as always. Ohh and so nice hearing you mention Tony I love his videos as well.
There's a big snail on one of your trees, around the 2:55 mark.
You’re so right! It builds such a great community
Thanks for the video. I think our climate is similar to yours, so your tips are very relevant.
Thanks for mentioning Tony – he's a great bloke who loves his trees and he's got a fantastic following.
What's your opinion on repotting in late summer/early fall vs. early spring when the buds are pushing? This is more aimed at repotting conifers.
Sending love and light to Tony …. I just love this channel I’m very excited with every new video….
Thank you so much….
First of all, thank you for the good content you provide – love your videos.
Could you make a video or share your opinion on Ivy bonsai?
Thanks for the advice Milton, I did what you said before this from your previous video advice anyway now and new leader is growing strong.
I plan to let some lower branches stay for a while to thicken the base and take off more branches that could cause inverse taper once it’s recovered a bit.
Best Wishes, Dalton
have you ever made a bonsai from a big juniper?
I am ripping out some overgrown shrubs that are at least 50 years old. But I would really like to keep 2 juniper. I'm thinking of making them into bonsai. Suggestions??
You are passing down a giant family heirloom to all of us! Thank you
I wish the best to Tony!❤