Fixing Soil That Destroyed Bonsai Mother Tree
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- čas přidán 23. 02. 2024
- I failed to repot this tree for several years past its due date. It's a nursery sourced Fuji Cherry mother tree. Not only did the soil completely break down, but the reduced foliage mass exacerbated the unbalance in the root system. For this reason it's often best to change the soil before doing pruning work on to style the branches.
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That's the joy of having "spare" trees at the back of the garden. 😅 But hey, they can go so much longer between waterings! Thanks for sharing the successes and the not-so-successful. In theory we can keep a good water balance in any soil, but I bet it can be hard in that UK weather at times, eh? 🪴🍁
Last winter I lost ALL my Fuji Cherries. I later read this from Brent Walston of Evergreen Garden Works “Prunus almost universally suffer from winter and spring fungal diseases and should be treated like fruiting trees. A fixed copper dormant spray several times a winter will protect most species”
Live and learn
The feeling in my gut when you went "That was alive" after snipping 🥺I enjoy watching these but I can't even keep my own houseplants happy and healthy. Inspiring me to try to do better and repot the two plants that are hardy enough to stick with me. 😂
Am I just that strange? I find cleaning out the root ball of a heavily over grown plant to be extremely satisfying! :)
Cheers, Dik from Vancouver.
Can't wait to see an update on this tree! It's gonna be beautiful 😊 I love your videos! Been a fan for a long time. Keep it up 👊
I remember my kids liked 'wet dry' when they were much younger. great video Darren :)
You answered my question at the end 😀🌳🌳
Thanks 🌱
Yeah I think coir is underrated as a grow substrate, it does need refreshing more often than bark based mixes (in my wet garden) hence higher rates of perlite than standard 70:30
I've recovered a wild cherry by replanting in pure akadama and it's looks fine, just waiting for the spring push to see happy it is...
Another great video, thanks for sharing 👍👍
That soil is grim. Hopefully it can start fresh with that better mix and recover.
Thanks Darren 👍
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It’s a hard balance between vigorous growth in potting compost and light and airy soil. I find the more inorganic the slower the growth. I’m sure it will come back around in a few years 👍🏼
They can grow extremely fast in inorganic substrate but need more water and fertiliser to achieve it
@@grobonsai possibly that’s where my balance has gone wrong. Thanks for the advice
Excelente. Gracias ❤
Gracias
@@grobonsai 🌲🌲🌲🌎
We all have our issues 🤗😁😁
That’s a LOT of soil 😮😊
Yeh all the fine roots rotted away
What do you think of helping the tree with coir and perlite for a season or two 🌳🌳
I would love to get an update on this in a couple of months.
For sure
do you not have issues with perlite floating to the top when watering?
Nah unless watering too aggressively
You should have reduced the roots anyway.. maybe 1/3 at the lowest part (both alive and dead roots) gives you a better chance getting fine roots 🙂
Absolutely not
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I love the fuji cherries but theyre so finnicky they can dieback seemingly out of nowhere 😢
Yeh they seem to be fussy
6:01 It seems like you already kind of have