I look at Weeping Willows and Black Willow trees and show how to start your own Willow bonsai. I also check in on my older Willow bonsai and discuss care, style and pruning techniques.
I did put a foam on top of the container right at the water line to hold the plant in place, worked great! Always waiting for the updates on your willows!
Trees just fascinate me so much like that willow with just the suckers left but very old suckers it's amazing how much they try n keep themselves alive
I must say that I am starting to get a kiOne must certaily ck out of your videos...you have a great style, and one can learn a lot from your videos. One must certainly understand tree species to be able to perform bonsai. It is about nature, the climate, soil, the type of tree you work on, fertilizers that you use, watering and what not. A weeping willow design next to running water (just like a creek) would be great :) Greetings from Istanbul!
Willow bonsai is easy to make and has a taste. The disadvantage is the short life of the tree. In Japan, it is difficult to become a bonsai product. Bonsai materials are generally long-lived tree species. Expensive bonsai is mainly pine and cypress cousins. Bonsai's great taste is the taste of trees that have been used in pots for many years. It brings the godliness（by Sintouizm） of a large tree to a small potted tree. I am a Japanese bonsai lover.
A weeping willow never dies truly, unless infected by a parasite. I grow up with generation after generation of loggers and I used to log to and I’ve seen some Willows looking bad, but they somehow always produce new offspring and their same old drunk that died away.
A question, I was looking this video again and a doubt camera out... How do you keep the water container fresh? I have willows too and the water under them in summer tend to go at proibitive temperature; I change the water everyday forse that reason, you?
Great video, as always, Nigel! Have you ever been to Niagara Falls? There's a massive six-trunk weeping willow on CN Rail grounds beside Lococo's vegetable market on Victoria Ave., just north of Bridge St. Check it out the next time you're down this way (I took a branch from it and am trying to get it to root)!
I just checked it out in Google street view, what a beauty! It looks like a black willow, I don't see any weeping branches. I hope your cutting does well! Thanks.
Nigel Saunders, The Bonsai Zone - Oh, pardon my misidentification! If you are ever down here, you must see it in person :) Thanks for the well wishes for my cuttings!
We have raised a lot of orphaned baby squirrels over the years, and Dandelion is the only one who still hops on your shoulder to get petted after living outside. Most of them go wild fairly quickly after being released to the outdoors. He's great to play with and loves a back massage!
That willow at about 6:00 does not look like a true weeping willow, Salix babylonica. The main branches of those do tend to curve downward, with the smaller branches distinctly weeping. Of course, other willows in the right conditions, will have branches that droop, like the black willow you showed first, for example. And there are numerous hybrids, both man-made and naturally occuring. Enjoyed the singing of the hens.
I just startet a willow bonsai from a cutting... And so far i have done everything wrong :P Wonderfull ow you can learn. Luckily willow is one of the easiest to come by :D
nigel how do u winter ur bonsai? (native varieties) Do you bury the pots like i have read? i have a japanese garden juniper i just started and im not positive on what to do with it over the winter. I was gonna put some fabric (arbotex) around the pot and bury it up to the trunk and put some mulch around it or something. Will that do?
Mayor McCheese I keep my trees in an unheated part of the basement for the winter. I used to put them in the ground, but I lost to many trees to rabbits and mice. Putting it in the ground as you suggested should work fine. You might want to put a steel basket over it to keep the snow weight and the critters away.
from a long time i was thinking to have a willow tree..and near to my place i have seen a huge willow tree but it is in some one's house..i was always thinking to ask the owner for doing airlayer on that..since i was not aware that they can grow through cuttings dipped in water. actually to be honest with you mr.nigel..i was always thinking that only roses and few other plants grow from cuttings:-) so now i will have atleast a branch cutting from that tree !! and more over few days ago i came to know that cuttings developes roots by keeping them dipped in water !! i tried to develope roots through cuttings dipped in water but only peepal tree(ficus ) produced roots..can you tell that do all trees cuttings produce roots through cuttings dipped in water?or just few? and one thing more i wanted to say that ..was the Squiral your pet?that was cute..and secondly...i must say that your chickens are very enthusiastic too for your bonsais i think:))😁😁 nice video mr.nigel thanx for sharing
Many of the tropical trees will root in water if the conditions are good (bright light and warm temperatures). Many trees will grow from hardwood cuttings in soil. This needs to be done in a greenhouse type seed tray. Check out CZcams for videos on rooting hardwood cuttings, you'll be amazed at the different trees you can use!
Looks like a willow may be able to at least grow if planted upside down. Check out this article.... www.reddit.com/r/botany/comments/35ps5k/would_a_tree_workgrow_if_it_was_planted_upside/
Back in the 1950s my biology teacher demonstrated this to 'race' two sticks. The inverted one still worked but took a little longer to root. (One of the few things I remember from school)
I have a question: if you put the container on water, then you don't irrigate your weeping willow more? Is enough the water that it have under the pot and it "drinks" how much it needs?
ak50gunit The willow will use a lot of water on a warm sunny day. You will need to water the tree, just to keep the water level full in the pot under the pot. Generally, yes the willow will water itself from the pot underneath, but you will need to keep it full.
Yes, my Willow was grown from a cutting very close to the one shown. Time does the rest. I have often thought of growing it in the ground for a few years in a wet area of the yard. If it grows well with the pot of water below, I may not have to. May the force be with you.
I use Plant Prod, it's a powder that mixes with water. I use 20-20-20 with micro nutrients, here is a video on this.... czcams.com/video/gXIIpxUqxdY/video.html
Has anyone tried to split a weeping willows trunk to promote a thicker trunk? I'm curious to how it recovers. Will undoubtedly try this in spring to satisfy my curiosity and for learning purposes. Probably try to split cuttings before I root them as well
I appreciate the insight Nigel. I think I'll split a cutting before I root it just to see how it does. If it does well I'll try it out on my tree. Thanks again, didn't realize the wood rotted so easily
I use a powdered 20-20-20 with micro nutrients. I add a pinch to every 2 litre watering can and fertilize every time I water. I am careful not to use too much, as the growth gets too long and leggy with large leaves and inter-nodes between the leaves.
why you don't let the branches to grow longer for starting weeping? if the branches are too short - they are not weeping. I think if they are weeping when they are short (using the playdoh balls, how you said) or even when they are longer but not yet self-weeping - it wouldn't look naturally.
ak50gunit Some day, and I dream of that day, I will be creating the weeping branches. For now I'm just trying to grow the upright structure with lots of fine branching. If you let one branch or section grow on the willows, it will increase in vigor and the vigor will decrease in all the other sections of the tree. These weak sections will eventually die off. I am trying to grow the tree evenly. It is a slow process, but it keeps the branches and foliage miniature. The day will come when I create the weeping branches, stay tuned!
A true weeping willow will have weeping branches even when they are quite small. At least the secondary and tertiary branches. The tree he got this cutting from was not a true Salix babylonica. Look online or around your neighborhood for examples of a true weeping willow.
I use 60 percent sifted turface and 40 percent sifted composted sheep manure generally. I'll be doing an update showing the planting of the newly rooted cuttings in soil, and show you how to get them through winter. Coming soon!
Like I said you do give me hope and courage to keep my bonsai alive
I did put a foam on top of the container right at the water line to hold the plant in place, worked great! Always waiting for the updates on your willows!
Trees just fascinate me so much like that willow with just the suckers left but very old suckers it's amazing how much they try n keep themselves alive
Well, trees i.e. plants do that because they can, I guess.
I must say that I am starting to get a kiOne must certaily ck out of your videos...you have a great style, and one can learn a lot from your videos. One must certainly understand tree species to be able to perform bonsai. It is about nature, the climate, soil, the type of tree you work on, fertilizers that you use, watering and what not. A weeping willow design next to running water (just like a creek) would be great :) Greetings from Istanbul!
I came for the bonsai however now I wish I had a squirrel friend.
Seems you were always one with the squirrels!! Awesome video
Willow bonsai is easy to make and has a taste. The disadvantage is the short life of the tree. In Japan, it is difficult to become a bonsai product.
Bonsai materials are generally long-lived tree species. Expensive bonsai is mainly pine and cypress cousins. Bonsai's great taste is the taste of trees that have been used in pots for many years. It brings the godliness（by Sintouizm） of a large tree to a small potted tree. I am a Japanese bonsai lover.
I love your passion! Ive got the bonsai bug!
Awesome, nice to hear!
What a great video taking advantage of a range and variety of one type of tree. Valuable for inspiration.
Thank you very much!
A weeping willow never dies truly, unless infected by a parasite. I grow up with generation after generation of loggers and I used to log to and I’ve seen some Willows looking bad, but they somehow always produce new offspring and their same old drunk that died away.
It's exactly 1 year later haha! How's the willow now? Did it root?
If you click on his channel, you will see there is a playlist following this willow through 2016.
I love your vids!🌾
My willow tree seed sprouted!
A question, I was looking this video again and a doubt camera out... How do you keep the water container fresh? I have willows too and the water under them in summer tend to go at proibitive temperature; I change the water everyday forse that reason, you?
i love the squirrel
I miss him, he went wild after the first winter. We still saw him around, but he never came up to you and played.
Today I repotted my Willow Oak and pruned it back hard.
this is a good video my dear new friend , because i am a plant lover , i enjoy watching with you and leave all my support to you ok ? Stay connected
Thanks and welcome!!
Great video, as always, Nigel! Have you ever been to Niagara Falls? There's a massive six-trunk weeping willow on CN Rail grounds beside Lococo's vegetable market on Victoria Ave., just north of Bridge St. Check it out the next time you're down this way (I took a branch from it and am trying to get it to root)!
I just checked it out in Google street view, what a beauty! It looks like a black willow, I don't see any weeping branches. I hope your cutting does well! Thanks.
Nigel Saunders, The Bonsai Zone - Oh, pardon my misidentification! If you are ever down here, you must see it in person :)
Thanks for the well wishes for my cuttings!
I want a squirrel... But I also am afraid of them...
We have raised a lot of orphaned baby squirrels over the years, and Dandelion is the only one who still hops on your shoulder to get petted after living outside. Most of them go wild fairly quickly after being released to the outdoors. He's great to play with and loves a back massage!
If you’re afraid of them why would you want to squirrel for a pet
What type of furtalizer do you use?
That willow at about 6:00 does not look like a true weeping willow, Salix babylonica. The main branches of those do tend to curve downward, with the smaller branches distinctly weeping. Of course, other willows in the right conditions, will have branches that droop, like the black willow you showed first, for example. And there are numerous hybrids, both man-made and naturally occuring.
Enjoyed the singing of the hens.
Thank you, I believe most weeping willows around here are a cross between a white willow and a true weeping willow.
Love your little friend.....lol
I just startet a willow bonsai from a cutting... And so far i have done everything wrong :P Wonderfull ow you can learn.
Luckily willow is one of the easiest to come by :D
I'm sure you'll get one going soon! Best of luck!
Hi Nigel, I like your videos. Do you think this technique would work for a myer lemon branch? It seems simpler than air layering...
+TheSlim I'm not sure, people have rooted Mulberry cuttings in just water. Give it a try and keep me posted!
Or, check out the video on CZcams by Graham Potter showing step-by-step how to air layer a tree. It's actually pretty simple.
It is wild
Thumbs up for Nigel!
Thank you Craig!
nigel how do u winter ur bonsai? (native varieties) Do you bury the pots like i have read? i have a japanese garden juniper i just started and im not positive on what to do with it over the winter. I was gonna put some fabric (arbotex) around the pot and bury it up to the trunk and put some mulch around it or something. Will that do?
Mayor McCheese I keep my trees in an unheated part of the basement for the winter. I used to put them in the ground, but I lost to many trees to rabbits and mice. Putting it in the ground as you suggested should work fine. You might want to put a steel basket over it to keep the snow weight and the critters away.
from a long time i was thinking to have a willow tree..and near to my place i have seen a huge willow tree but it is in some one's house..i was always thinking to ask the owner for doing airlayer on that..since i was not aware that they can grow through cuttings dipped in water.
actually to be honest with you mr.nigel..i was always thinking that only roses and few other plants grow from cuttings:-)
so now i will have atleast a branch cutting from that tree !!
and more over few days ago i came to know that cuttings developes roots by keeping them dipped in water !!
i tried to develope roots through cuttings dipped in water but only peepal tree(ficus ) produced roots..can you tell that do all trees cuttings produce roots through cuttings dipped in water?or just few?
and one thing more i wanted to say that ..was the Squiral your pet?that was cute..and secondly...i must say that your chickens are very enthusiastic too for your bonsais i think:))😁😁
nice video mr.nigel
thanx for sharing
Many of the tropical trees will root in water if the conditions are good (bright light and warm temperatures). Many trees will grow from hardwood cuttings in soil. This needs to be done in a greenhouse type seed tray. Check out CZcams for videos on rooting hardwood cuttings, you'll be amazed at the different trees you can use!
surely will watch..in one CZcams video i saw water bonsais..just grown in water...is that possible?
It is, they seem to be able to keep them alive long term!
www.bonsaiempire.com/blog/aqua-bonsai
If you put the willow "stick" that you were rooting in the beginning in the water upside down, would it still root, or do trees only grow one way?
I read from someone else that it's a one way street; they only can root from the bottom. I have no source though, so I could be wrong.
Looks like a willow may be able to at least grow if planted upside down. Check out this article....
www.reddit.com/r/botany/comments/35ps5k/would_a_tree_workgrow_if_it_was_planted_upside/
Well that is very interesting!
Back in the 1950s my biology teacher demonstrated this to 'race' two sticks. The inverted one still worked but took a little longer to root. (One of the few things I remember from school)
I have a question: if you put the container on water, then you don't irrigate your weeping willow more? Is enough the water that it have under the pot and it "drinks" how much it needs?
ak50gunit The willow will use a lot of water on a warm sunny day. You will need to water the tree, just to keep the water level full in the pot under the pot. Generally, yes the willow will water itself from the pot underneath, but you will need to keep it full.
I live 40 minutes form Stratford on Avon in the uk and I have a willow bonsai
Nice!!
Your willow looks great Nigel, I'm digging the bark it has developed.did you grow that from a cuttling like you should how to do.
Yes, my Willow was grown from a cutting very close to the one shown. Time does the rest. I have often thought of growing it in the ground for a few years in a wet area of the yard. If it grows well with the pot of water below, I may not have to. May the force be with you.
Wow is right
I've never seen a black squirrel before
What fertilizer do you put in the water?
I use Plant Prod, it's a powder that mixes with water. I use 20-20-20 with micro nutrients, here is a video on this....
czcams.com/video/gXIIpxUqxdY/video.html
great idea im going to try that
I think you will enjoy growing a Willow tree!
dandelion is so much love :))))) cheers
He was one of a kind! Missed by all after he went wild!
Hi squirel friend
what happened to the cuttings of the old weeping willow tree ?
The cutting is growing really well, an update will be coming this spring!
Has anyone tried to split a weeping willows trunk to promote a thicker trunk? I'm curious to how it recovers. Will undoubtedly try this in spring to satisfy my curiosity and for learning purposes. Probably try to split cuttings before I root them as well
The wood on a Willow tree rots away easily, it may work, but it could also lead to problems!
I appreciate the insight Nigel. I think I'll split a cutting before I root it just to see how it does. If it does well I'll try it out on my tree. Thanks again, didn't realize the wood rotted so easily
very nice :)
I got a Australian willow..
hello their I have a weeping willow bonsai question why do have black bits on it what causes that this my second one
Check out this website for spots on your willow leaves. Hope this is helpful.
homeguides.sfgate.com/willow-tree-leaf-spots-41453.html
thats for that that is a great help
What fertilizer do you use on your trees ?
I use a powdered 20-20-20 with micro nutrients. I add a pinch to every 2 litre watering can and fertilize every time I water. I am careful not to use too much, as the growth gets too long and leggy with large leaves and inter-nodes between the leaves.
why you don't let the branches to grow longer for starting weeping? if the branches are too short - they are not weeping. I think if they are weeping when they are short (using the playdoh balls, how you said) or even when they are longer but not yet self-weeping - it wouldn't look naturally.
ak50gunit Some day, and I dream of that day, I will be creating the weeping branches. For now I'm just trying to grow the upright structure with lots of fine branching. If you let one branch or section grow on the willows, it will increase in vigor and the vigor will decrease in all the other sections of the tree. These weak sections will eventually die off. I am trying to grow the tree evenly. It is a slow process, but it keeps the branches and foliage miniature. The day will come when I create the weeping branches, stay tuned!
A true weeping willow will have weeping branches even when they are quite small. At least the secondary and tertiary branches. The tree he got this cutting from was not a true Salix babylonica. Look online or around your neighborhood for examples of a true weeping willow.
Informative.
Thank you and hello again!
My willows grow upwards how do I get it to weep?
I attach cloths pegs to the branches you want to weep, you just clip them on, no wiring needed!
I added lead weighs to mine.
Watching in 2020, starting to grow 5 cuttings. Seeing if I can grow one in a fish tank
Awesome, I'm sure it will root well!
@@TheBonsaiZone wow! Great to get a response and yes as of day 3 its starting to grow.
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🤣🤣🤣 Love that sound 🤣🤣
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dude casually has a squirrel on his shoulder
Strangely, it happens a lot in our backyard!
Squirrel man!
Gottta love nature!
Swan carving
Peapod the pocket squirrel ;)
5:28 The bark is like that because rhe trunk has cancer!
Yes, many old Willows get like this!
Jo saubr a Oachkatzl
I had trouble translating your comment, what language are you using?
Swans HAVE killed humans by smacking your head between their wings. You have to pretty much just sit there helpless though.
Please don't tell me the baby ducks are killers too!
Too long! Too much talking. Get on with it!
Thanks for watching and giving your feedback!
what kind of substrate do you use?
I use 60 percent sifted turface and 40 percent sifted composted sheep manure generally. I'll be doing an update showing the planting of the newly rooted cuttings in soil, and show you how to get them through winter. Coming soon!
thanks, good luck!