Cheers s Corin. The pot has provided me with loads of inspiration and I've enjoyed a couple of brilliant days with my dad out in the garden putting this together, so thanks for that mate much appreciated!
Lovely to see the generosity of people in the bonsai community and you made great use of the pot Tony and Dad. I have been listening to Tony Higginson's spotify play list and I'm impressed mate, everything from Blondie, Cream, Fleetwood mac, supertramp and tears for fears to metallica, sex pistols and underworld- born slippy. My favs are The Klaxons - golden skans and Squeeze- its cool for cats. 98hrs 56min of listening that i will enjoy and cherish. Thanks Tony
Cheers Scott. It sounds like your musical tastes are as eclectic as mine mate. I enjoy most types of music except 90s soft rock I just can't take that whining
Tony and Daddy - you did awsome good work on that. The pot is beautiful and I can imagine the little trees will grow very well in this landscape. I can’t wait to see the update. Enjoy your day ❤️ Cheers 🙋♀️ Martina
Thanks Martina. The blue colour in that glaze is just beautiful next to the tones of the rock and hopefully the green Will add a nice amount of contrast
Corin and Paul are legends, what an amazing gesture from a nursery. It’s so good to see you keep producing content mate, also big shout out to dad, he looks to be loving it loads
Cheers buddy. I'm loving how much my family have embraced bonsai. They've all learnt loads about pruning etc but none more than my dad. He's really soaked the information up and he's ready to take many of my trees forward now that's for sure
Looking very cool there Tony, like an idiot I watched the 2nd vid first so I can see how the bone structure of the creation is worked using your muck technique, letting your dad get all the muck on the rock along with rooted trees is very magnanimous of you mate, he is clearly having fun along with your running commentary is very entertaining. take care both of you working together. Btw that large rock planting your dad showed us is coming along very well, a few more years will see it turn into a classic composition.
@@TonysBonsai I've got some planks of wood that I've been trying to dry out so I can sand and paint them for making a bonsai bench. Nowhere to store them inside so I just need a few sunny days so I can dry them and get to work.... I've been waiting weeks....
It's great to see your still doing the vids, I always look forward to seeing them, was a little disappointed with you not getting your dad any gloves 😅. All the best shaun 👍
What a lovely gesture from Corin. What you have done is to make excellent use of a lovely pot. I can't wait to see the completed planting. This will be a stunning bonsai given time. I would never dream of doing this at this time of year but I bow down to the Bonsai Master's knowledge Tony. A brilliant and inspiring video mate. Looking forward to seeing part 2.
That looks already great Tony. With the added cuttings in part 2 it will look even better and then with time it will grow into a beautiful piece of art.
What a great pot! Corin is the man. Your dad may be your apprentice but he has become a master muck applier! This will look fantastic by next fall, I’m sure. Cheers Tony.
Nice one Tony, and good on Corin for sending you that lovely pot. You’ll need to be careful with your dad, he’ll be taking your title - Bonsai Master! 😂
You have definitely perfected that muck to a great consistency and I look forward to having a go at that myself. I appreciate your view on the 'other way' of doing root-on-rock but I have found that my Tridents and Chinese Elm grip the rock within a few years. The elms actually gripped within 1 year. I love the joy of revealing a bit more of the roots each year. I use fissures as well and agree that trying to twist loads of roots unnaturally around a rock is a bit forced. I think another short video reminding us all of the quantities to make that muck, as it is now, would be perfect - I would use it. Keep on enjoying life Tony - cheers :)
Alright Xav. Yeah root over rock has so many different options for success and failure. I'm really looking forward 😀 to checking out an eastern hemlock that I wrapped in sphagnum moss on the rock.I suspect it's going to be a failure long term in term of adherence , but it's definitely going to be interesting taking a peek I'll add a link later to the muck recipe, but it's basically just Equal Parta damp coco coir, wellchopped moss and clay. Easy peasy and really nice to work with. It makes this kind of project really easy to put together on your own, and for anyone like us who are lucky enough to have Access to lots of young material it's a great way to use it instead of just making clump-style and little groups
Yeah it will be really interesting for people to follow all the various root over rock techniques over the coming years. Ultimately the proof will be visible in 4-6 years time when the fine exposed root structures are finally on display. Until then it's really just a waiting game. I'd love to see Ryan' Niels junipers and peter warrens beech tree, but they pretty much never seem to do updates. My gut feeling is that the reason they use muck in Japan is because it's the most effective method, in my mind it just makes sense using a technique that allows us to individually place roots into position as opposed to trying to just get a bunch of roots to stick to the side of a rock. Even if they eventually do, I wonder if the look will be more like the looping alien roots that are so common? It's a fascinating subject to me and I'm always surprised at how few great root over rock compositions we see. Good ones are really rare from what I see.
yay steroids ! can i say that here? oh well. glad you are doing as well as you are. in a way this has been a sort of rebranding for your channel so that really was the last. beautiful pot and love the ending "this isn't goodbye, break in play, rain delay" 🤣
I'm still going Taco. Just a bit of an update really on what's going on for me and how I'm still managing to get content out as people have been wondering, and as you say, the answer is with the use of some incredibly strong drugs 🤣
What a great use for Corins pot! Another technique I've not attempted yet, but hubby is intending to do it with the common juniper he won in your raffle. He has finally found a rock he likes but is waiting until spring to give it its best chance. Keep growing.xx
Oh - the Nothofagus planting is off to a roaring start!! Those tiny leaves are truly amazing. Cool rock that you chose - should look fantastic when the roots have populated the crevices. What sort of medium do you use for your cuttings? I'd love to try hard wood cuttings from a nearby tree and was wondering about winter protection.
Very nice job lad's! Wow that large root over rock hawthorn forest coming along great! Love to see a more detailed update of that one! And what is your father's first name so I don't have to keep calling him "dad" 😂
Alright Chris, he's called John. If we get a nice day I'll try to get my brother to lift the rock up onto the turntable for a better view as it does need a trim anyway and it looks fantastic from the proper side view
You picked out some of my favourites there Scott. Sounds like we've both got similar pretty diverse musical tates based on good solid writing Regarding the yew. They can be pretty temperamental. How's it done this year? And what is the foliage looking like at the moment?
Our chances have been steadily going downhill since 1988when I faced Andrew Fllintof in schoolboy trials, 🤣 I scored 4 runs in 4 balls too. Too! To be fair they were all by's but I sang the willow with style nonetheless 🤣
Hello Tony how are you doing, i like the way you have been doing the bonsai and i would like to thank you for all that you have done for bonsai thanks again, Mendis from sri lanka 🇱🇰 😀
Still “mucking around”. I love it Tony. Thanks, keep growing buddy ✌🏻
Another great video. That gonna look really good Givin time. Thanks Tony look forward to the next piece of work on this xxxx
Fabulous pot Tony. Loving the daily updates. Thanks for continuing to share 👍
It's a pleasure mate, and so long as I'm able I'm in the mood for Bonsai!
Your Dad has a good narrator voice. it was like Attenborough speaking
, yeah he was sounding pretty smooth.compared to me. My sound is a little more hostile 😂😂
@@TonysBonsai what a word to land on 🤣😆🤣😆
Good to see you making use of the pot Tony. Its a Sperling Keramik Pot. Corin
Cheers s Corin. The pot has provided me with loads of inspiration and I've enjoyed a couple of brilliant days with my dad out in the garden putting this together, so thanks for that mate much appreciated!
@@TonysBonsai no prob at all take care
Lovely to see the generosity of people in the bonsai community and you made great use of the pot Tony and Dad. I have been listening to Tony Higginson's spotify play list and I'm impressed mate, everything from Blondie, Cream, Fleetwood mac, supertramp and tears for fears to metallica, sex pistols and underworld- born slippy. My favs are The Klaxons - golden skans and Squeeze- its cool for cats. 98hrs 56min of listening that i will enjoy and cherish. Thanks Tony
Cheers Scott. It sounds like your musical tastes are as eclectic as mine mate. I enjoy most types of music except 90s soft rock I just can't take that whining
Tony and Daddy - you did awsome good work on that. The pot is beautiful and I can imagine the little trees will grow very well in this landscape. I can’t wait to see the update. Enjoy your day ❤️ Cheers 🙋♀️ Martina
Thanks Martina. The blue colour in that glaze is just beautiful next to the tones of the rock and hopefully the green Will add a nice amount of contrast
you keep going Tony well done
Cheers John. That's the plan mate 🙂
stunning pot Tony, Corin is a top lad, and the rock idea is fabulous! Living scupture!
He's definitely a sound bloke, and he's got great taste in pot's too. That blue glaze is stunning
Corin and Paul are legends, what an amazing gesture from a nursery. It’s so good to see you keep producing content mate, also big shout out to dad, he looks to be loving it loads
Cheers buddy. I'm loving how much my family have embraced bonsai. They've all learnt loads about pruning etc but none more than my dad. He's really soaked the information up and he's ready to take many of my trees forward now that's for sure
You are lucky to have a dad like this, very nice tony
Looking very cool there Tony, like an idiot I watched the 2nd vid first so I can see how the bone structure of the creation is worked using your muck technique, letting your dad get all the muck on the rock along with rooted trees is very magnanimous of you mate, he is clearly having fun along with your running commentary is very entertaining. take care both of you working together. Btw that large rock planting your dad showed us is coming along very well, a few more years will see it turn into a classic composition.
Hi Joe. I think you're right about the big rock. Given a few years I believe that it could become a real showstopper of a composition
Nice as usual Tony. Think that will turn out lovely. Also nice to see the updates. Shows your methods work.
Yeah they're thriving in the muck so I wanted to encourage others to perhaps have a go themselves knowing that it is a decent technique
Excellent rock planting you two!
Cheers Dave. I'm getting more and more into these landscapes
Natures not going to mess about in washing it away if we carry on with the weather we've been having. Classic British summertime
Not wrong buddy I like the warm days and drizzly nights
@@TonysBonsai I've got some planks of wood that I've been trying to dry out so I can sand and paint them for making a bonsai bench. Nowhere to store them inside so I just need a few sunny days so I can dry them and get to work.... I've been waiting weeks....
Loving the videos Tony keep them coming mate you are truly magnificent
Thanks Stevie. Glad you're enjoying them, and I'm definitely enjoying filming them too
It's great to see your still doing the vids, I always look forward to seeing them, was a little disappointed with you not getting your dad any gloves 😅. All the best shaun 👍
,😂 a good apprentice needs to earn their gloves mate 😂😂
What a lovely gesture from Corin. What you have done is to make excellent use of a lovely pot. I can't wait to see the completed planting. This will be a stunning bonsai given time. I would never dream of doing this at this time of year but I bow down to the Bonsai Master's knowledge Tony. A brilliant and inspiring video mate. Looking forward to seeing part 2.
Yeah it was a lovely gesture I agree, and I just love the blue glaze
👍👌🙂
That looks already great Tony. With the added cuttings in part 2 it will look even better and then with time it will grow into a beautiful piece of art.
Definitely inspired by bonsaify this one. I just love his zelkova forest
@@TonysBonsai I love watching his videos too, especially the ones about shohin.
What a great pot! Corin is the man. Your dad may be your apprentice but he has become a master muck applier! This will look fantastic by next fall, I’m sure. Cheers Tony.
Thanks Steve. I'm thinking autumn 2026 for this one to begin shining mate
You’re back ! Dang I ain’t even know . God speed brother
Cheers mate. It takes more than a bit of cancer to stop me 😎
How to make root bonsai thank you for sharing Mr
Thanks, it's always a pleasure
Wow extra muck and doubs of muck.. Great stuff Tony😊
Cheers Graham. More muck the better for a project like this one
@@TonysBonsai keep going Tony.. You are amazing.. God bless you
Its great to keep getting videos m8 , im very glad the steriods are helping you keep doing what you love and we get to enjoy. 😊
Thank you. I'm now trying to reduce the drugs to help with side effects, but hopefully I can keep cracking on right into the summer 🌞
Nice one Tony, and good on Corin for sending you that lovely pot. You’ll need to be careful with your dad, he’ll be taking your title - Bonsai Master! 😂
🤣🤣 luckily it's a title I only earned via the t-shirt 🤣
I prefer bonsai bodger!
You have definitely perfected that muck to a great consistency and I look forward to having a go at that myself. I appreciate your view on the 'other way' of doing root-on-rock but I have found that my Tridents and Chinese Elm grip the rock within a few years. The elms actually gripped within 1 year. I love the joy of revealing a bit more of the roots each year. I use fissures as well and agree that trying to twist loads of roots unnaturally around a rock is a bit forced. I think another short video reminding us all of the quantities to make that muck, as it is now, would be perfect - I would use it. Keep on enjoying life Tony - cheers :)
Alright Xav. Yeah root over rock has so many different options for success and failure. I'm really looking forward 😀 to checking out an eastern hemlock that I wrapped in sphagnum moss on the rock.I suspect it's going to be a failure long term in term of adherence , but it's definitely going to be interesting taking a peek I'll add a link later to the muck recipe, but it's basically just Equal Parta damp coco coir, wellchopped moss and clay. Easy peasy and really nice to work with. It makes this kind of project really easy to put together on your own, and for anyone like us who are lucky enough to have Access to lots of young material it's a great way to use it instead of just making clump-style and little groups
@@TonysBonsai It definitely lends itself to the younger material. What was the clay you used again...I'm beng lazy I know.
Yeah it will be really interesting for people to follow all the various root over rock techniques over the coming years. Ultimately the proof will be visible in 4-6 years time when the fine exposed root structures are finally on display. Until then it's really just a waiting game. I'd love to see Ryan' Niels junipers and peter warrens beech tree, but they pretty much never seem to do updates.
My gut feeling is that the reason they use muck in Japan is because it's the most effective method, in my mind it just makes sense using a technique that allows us to individually place roots into position as opposed to trying to just get a bunch of roots to stick to the side of a rock. Even if they eventually do, I wonder if the look will be more like the looping alien roots that are so common?
It's a fascinating subject to me and I'm always surprised at how few great root over rock compositions we see. Good ones are really rare from what I see.
Great video Tony. I will definitely try this 👍👍
You should do!. With your practical skills you'll find it a piece of cake mate
@@TonysBonsai 👍
yay steroids ! can i say that here? oh well. glad you are doing as well as you are. in a way this has been a sort of rebranding for your channel so that really was the last. beautiful pot and love the ending "this isn't goodbye, break in play, rain delay" 🤣
I'm still going Taco. Just a bit of an update really on what's going on for me and how I'm still managing to get content out as people have been wondering, and as you say, the answer is with the use of some incredibly strong drugs 🤣
Lovely job Tony, i enjoyed the video
Thanks Raymond. I'm looking forward to finishing this one now hopefully making the rock into more of a feature within the composition
@@TonysBonsai sounds good Tony
What a great use for Corins pot! Another technique I've not attempted yet, but hubby is intending to do it with the common juniper he won in your raffle. He has finally found a rock he likes but is waiting until spring to give it its best chance. Keep growing.xx
Good idea being patient. The juniper will definitely appreciate it
Oh - the Nothofagus planting is off to a roaring start!! Those tiny leaves are truly amazing. Cool rock that you chose - should look fantastic when the roots have populated the crevices. What sort of medium do you use for your cuttings? I'd love to try hard wood cuttings from a nearby tree and was wondering about winter protection.
I just use my normal Bonsai soil mix, but I like to use a deepish pot to avoid overly wet soil rotting the cuttings.
Very good one!!!! Atsuuup 👍
Cheers mate
@@TonysBonsai welcome mate☝🖐 always watching here from Edinburgh 🇬🇧 👍
Inspirational project guys...well done ❤
Thanks, I just love the use of the rocks in Bonsai
Great to see this amazing work
How do you make the muck Tony?
Using your soil mix
Great channel
Very nice job lad's! Wow that large root over rock hawthorn forest coming along great! Love to see a more detailed update of that one! And what is your father's first name so I don't have to keep
calling him "dad" 😂
Alright Chris, he's called John. If we get a nice day I'll try to get my brother to lift the rock up onto the turntable for a better view as it does need a trim anyway and it looks fantastic from the proper side view
@@TonysBonsai cheers Tony! Big John is it! 💪 that would be aswome. It looks heavy?
I started a Yew root over rock at the start of the year, my first attempt. When do you think I can repot it and have a look at the roots?
You picked out some of my favourites there Scott. Sounds like we've both got similar pretty diverse musical tates based on good solid writing
Regarding the yew. They can be pretty temperamental. How's it done this year? And what is the foliage looking like at the moment?
To similar difficulty I'm struggling to, but we will keep bonsaing together, Intel we can't.
Keep enjoying it Jason that's what it's all about
@@TonysBonsai yes it is
Given where you are against Australia, rain can be your only savior 😀
Our chances have been steadily going downhill since 1988when I faced Andrew Fllintof in schoolboy trials, 🤣 I scored 4 runs in 4 balls too. Too!
To be fair they were all by's but I sang the willow with style nonetheless 🤣
To
And I humbly take back my words, what a fight back and win for England! Congratulations!!
Is mock something you make or something you buy? How do you make it / where do you buy it?
Thanks.
Hi Kurt. My dad made this muck up.
It's equal parts finely chopped sphagnum moss, Coco coir and clay.
Seeems to work really nicely
@@TonysBonsai Thanks. I'll try it.
What is the recipe for the Muck Please ?
A Sperling pot maybe?
yep Sperling Keramik
That's the one!
Hello Tony how are you doing, i like the way you have been doing the bonsai and i would like to thank you for all that you have done for bonsai thanks again, Mendis from sri lanka 🇱🇰 😀
Thanks Mendis. It's an absolute pleasure. In glad you're enjoying the videos