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Lemon Tree Bonsai and More!, The Bonsai Zone, Sept 2018
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- čas přidán 19. 08. 2024
- It's been over year since my Lemon tree bonsai was severely pruned back.
In this video I update, and work on all my Citrus bonsai, my Lemon trees, my Grapefruit tree and my Orange tree.
Home from work on a Friday. Perfect way to relax before bed. Thank you Nigel. I used to love growing orange trees from seeds I found while eating. Back in grade school. I often set up a box with a garbage bag in it, filled with soil from outside, with my seedlings. I had a blue plastic bag pond, with ducks, rabbits, etc that my Mom got from craft and cake decorating stores. Not sure what happened to them. My mother never brought them when we moved to Thunder Bay. One of my teachers in high school had tried to grow Orange trees, with no success. He had a nervous breakdown one year cause of what some of the other less respectful students. He was small, like me. A bunch of us went to his house to make sure he was ok, with permission of his wife of course. He was rebuilding an old tractor. We brought him oranges and Maria cookies he loved. He found a seed in his Orange and the topic came up about his difficulty and interest in growing them. I taught him how I had grown them, successfully. That next year when he came back to teach, he had 9 trees growing and a new seedling every week or so. I could see the joy and pride in his face. Something so simple. It helped to "fix" him. His wife took the time to write me a letter to thank me. Not sure why I had to tell that story, but I did. Sorry Nigel. :P
You and your friends are good people. It’s the smaller gestures that can make all the difference
That is a great story! My daughter is in Thunder Bay now, for her second year of University. I think she is growing an Aloe, hopefully it won't stress her out!
There is something about growing a tree from a seed, I think it reminds you that we are part of nature and how fragile life can be.
Nigel Saunders, The Bonsai Zone I will be hauling salt out of Thunder Bay to all the different highway MTO domes as far as Longlac, Geralton, Marathon, Sunshine and all the in between ones. If she needs anything I am able to help with, let me know. I only live an hour outside the city. I also know many people in and around the city.
Thanks, nice to know, it's so great to have such a nice group of viewers on the channel, I am lucky!
Thank you for sharing that, great how bonsai brings the best out in everyone.
Hi Nigel, I’d love to see what this lemon bonsai looks like now :) could you maybe do another video with this tree in particular?
Yes please. Update on Lemmon bonsai
When life gives you lemons...
you pick out the seeds and grow lemon tree bonsai.
@Rhys’s Lowlux I mean that's exactly what I'm doing right now. Unless the seed that was in the lemon and germinated after I planted is is not a lemon tree, but that seems even stranger doesn't it?
We created the lemon tree good sir
@@plants_before_people5329 hope your not expecting fruit, they have a good chance of being real nasty, lol
@@gunnykido7213 actually I heard in a video from a horticulturist that with citrus there's a pretty high change of the tree being true to type unlike other fruit trees. But then again, it'll take a whole lot of years before I'm even able to find out. Right now I can still use the leaves since they smell great and can be used in dishes
I’m hoping to start my first bonsai soon (a lemon tree) and I haven’t had a very green thumb before but I think the motivation to get mine as nice as yours will keep it alive for a very long time.
Keep up the awesome bonsai-ing!
You may want to get started with something a bit easier than a citrus if you dont have a lot of experience. It took me a year to figure out the correct soil and fertilizer composition for my kumquat.
I have a nuersy just for bonsai. And i have about 20 lemons left. I sell them on ebay
Love seeing the citrus bonsai. Some of my favorite.
I hope they become really nice large bonsai trees some day into the far future! Thanks Nicholas!
Best start to my mornings, new bonsai video!
right!
I love the way how that grapefruit's trunk bent. I thought that is a beautiful grapefruit bonsai, Nigel. Thanks for the video.
Thank you, the tree grew that way, so I went with it!
"...and the rooster agrees" Love your videos, you've inspired my love for Bonsai!
It really is a great hobby! Happy growing Alaina!
It’s gotten even more beautiful from last time, great work Nigel.
Really nice surface roots! Thanks for your advice and detailed pruning techniques, and thanks for braving the mosquitos for us.
Thanks J, I went to bed very itchy that night! The citrus trees will be a long term project, but some day, I hope they will be majestic bonsai trees!
This guy got pretty good bonsai growing on his head. lol. I love your videos man.
Thanks Surya, lots more coming in 2020!
@@TheBonsaiZone u look much better with short hair
hey Nigel you are my inspiration of all time. Just wanted to say that , I know you have a great time enjoying the hobby and it shows.
Thank you Patricia, some people say, the person with the best tree wins, I say the person that gets the most enjoyment wins!
Watching your videos gives me inspiration to respect our nature. Thank you sir !!
Thank you, nature can always use a helping hand!
I enjoyed watching how you approached each citrus and the cuts. I am fond of the striated kind bark on some of the trunks on these; they're attractive. For me, nine of nine peeled seeds sprouted. Of these 5 survived to grow last summer and they looked really promising. Now I have three thin branch like baby trees but I am not sure if they survived outdoors this past very cold winter on s.w. coast. I sheltered them as well as I could. Great class Nigel
Every day I check to see if you've made a new video. Ain't nothing better to come from work to one of your videos. Keep 'em coming Nigel! ❤️🌲
Thank you, I love making them!
3:04 It's amazing how the moss lifts right off.. Like it were a well laid out green carpet.. 👌🏻👍🏻
The grapefruit bonsai is amazing I love the slanted trunk.
Thank you Drew!
Nigel Saunders, The Bonsai Zone Youre very welcome! I grow plants hydroponically and started to have a passion for bonsai so I am starting my first bonsai lemon tree. Very excited
I admire you, for I am too cowardly to prune that many branches.
Fun batch of trees. To my eye, your original lemon tree has matured a lot since the early videos - perhaps its easier to appreciate only seeing the tree once in a while. The root system on the grapefruit is a work of art. Wonderful form to the tree as well, it could be something truly unique in 10 or 20 years. Have fun maximizing the last gasps of summer!
Yes indeed, fall is approaching fast, I'm working on my plant room, getting it ready. I leave the trees outside until the first chance of frost, this is usually mid October, but it can come much earlier! I hope the citrus will make good bonsai, but as you say, it will take many, many years!
Great to hear from you, Nigel - your channel has grown so fast it must be hard to keep up with all the comments and emails. I said "10 or 20 years" because you say that all the time!! It is already a fine bonsai just from the root base alone.
Hello Nigel,
I'm a newbie to this subject and completely addicted. I've been collecting needed items to turn my outdoor space into a Zen experience. Love your videos. Peace!
Just what I needed for a lovely start in the morning. Thank you, Sir ^^,
Nigel, you are the king man.......Thank-you for these awesome videos. They are by far my favorite Bansia videos ever. In fact I didn't even make it to work today because I watched your videos all night. I'm glad my boss (my wife) likes trees. My mother in law and I couldn't help but notice you trim your hair similar to your trees.. lol I actually do the same thing which is why I noticed. lol Anyhow you really have inspired me to go away from exotic trees to more domestic. I am going to go get a lemon tree and see how I do. I also heard the cherry trees look super cool as well,. If I have good luck with the lemon I will try the Cherry too. but you are the best teacher I have found on the internet. Thank again for the best videos ever !!
Hi Nigel, must say that your videos are super inspiring and interesting. After watching several of your videos, particularly on my off days and before bed, it has ignited my bonsai journey. Im a huge fan! Keep up the mind blowing work!!
Thank you Wayne, all the best with your long journey in bonsai! Lots more to come!
Nigel your videos are always a 20 minute vacation for me.
Glad to hear that, I always worry that my videos might be too long! I'll try and mix it up, some short and some long.
You're the bob ross of plants. Thank you for that
Thank you!
I am a new subscriber. And I absolutely love this channel. He needs more views.
What a gentle soul.
Thank you Jackie, each tree has a playlist located under the playlist tab on the channel home page. You can follow the progression of each tree easily this way.
Have a great day!
Nigel Saunders, The Bonsai Zone I spent about two hours cooking supper last night for my family and listening to your advice and tips for bonsai care. I have several indoor succulents that I have my eye for a future a bonsai project.
I have several jade plants that would be perfect for my own bonsai forest. Thank you for the videos you also have a great day!
sir , you are a very very good teacher....I am one of your big fan and I follow your all update...
Thank you Akash, lots more videos coming your way!
I even think the chickens did not like the back Branch on the dwarf Orange Tree. Love you vidios thanks
Thank you Jonathan, those chickens always get the last word!
Wow you sure do have some citrus trees mate. Well done and great video 😁
They are a bit of a challenge growing them here, but it can be done, but very slowly!
This is my favourite video of yours thus far. I have ~9 calamondin bonsai and one meyer lemon growing here in Toronto and just love watching your videos, very informative!
The Grapefruit Bonsai Was The King...The Trunk and Exposed Root Network Looks Epic
I loved this video! I have some orange, mandarin, lemon, lime and grapefruit seedlings growing. They seem to be extremely easy to propagate, so they are fun to experiment with. I hope some of them will end up as nice looking bonsai trees in the future.
I have seen some really good citrus bonsai, it does take time, but they make a really nice tree, especially with the nice striped trunks!
The Grape fruit tree has heal the base scar almost 100% and look amazing!!
Also now you have a lot of citrus leafs to make a good Anti Flu Tea n.n
Yes, I had some nice blackberry tea the other day, made from the leaves! I'll keep growing the citrus trees and see how they develop!
Great video as always Nigel, and i love the grapefruit tree it looks amazing.
I like your ponytail, it suits you. Youve inspired me to getback into bonsai...i have a lemon tree seedling from seed growing on my windowsill....
That sounds like a great way to get back into bonsai! Citrus trees are so nice as bonsai, if your not worried about getting a typical bonsai tree!
Ok now you gone and done it! I have to get more citrus trees. Sheez you just had to twist my arm. Love your citrus trees, thanks!
I like them too, they get really nice bark as they get old!
Hi Nigel, I would love to see how this lemon bonsai looks like now, its amazing to see everyday plant in bonsai
I'll be updating the Citrus trees as soon as I get the plant room done! Coming soon I hope!
always been a fan of bonsai then saw your lemon vid from 1 year ago and now this, you make me want to start with it :)
Excellent, I hope you give bonsai a try! Go Lemon trees!
The bark on the trunks of these trees looks great
All your plants look so good and healthy 👌
Thank you! It's always a battle, me vs. the insects!
I love it. Hoping for more trees update. Keep it up Mr. Nigel im always excited to see your new video when notification popsup.
Thank you, more to come!
Nigel, I am renovating a Very overgrown forest type garden this fall. Though the techniques vary somewhat from Bonsai, Your Close-up Video Demonstrations are excellent. Helping decide how to Carefully proceed.
These vids are inspirational and calming
How old were u when u first started bonsai
Well, his grape fruit bonsai starter 22 years ago.. As he said
man, that lemon tree though. wow. you're doing just a fantastic work with it. I just recently found your channel, but really enjoying the content so far, it's kind of a dream of mine to plant some bonsai some day.
I love the way your first lemon tree's trunk looks! It reminds me of London Plane trees I had in my neighborhood growing up that were always chopped back and continued to grow. As a matter of fact, a few years back I bought a Meyer lemon and was having issues with it indoors and found one of your videos on your lemon tree. THAT video got me interested in bonsai. I am actually going to record some footage of my bonsai now to put on my channel. I haven't uploaded in like a year, but I've been recording the footage - just gotta edit and release them.
Always great to see updates on that tree! I want all my tree's trunks to look as cool as that lemon tree! I currently have some Meiwa kumquats I started from seed and hopefully in another 18.5 years I get a tree like yours! My kumquats are already growing fruit!
Sounds great, nice to hear your seedlings are doing well and happy growing as your bonsai adventures continue!
YES! I was waiting for this one!! Thank you Nigel! Cheers from Portugal :)
Thanks Marco, I think I have them on the right track!
always cool to see unique bonsai.
Thank you Sil!
Thanks Nigel for showing Conners presentation on UTube, since I am missing the meetings in the winter.
Another enjoyable video ! Thanks you.
Thank you Robert!
Oh my goodness, it breaks my heart to see you make your trees so bare. It takes courage to do that.. I don't really have it... Atleast not with my bonsai trees. :0
The trees are in their early stages as a bonsai, getting the trunk lines and style set is the hardest part, after that, they will have an easier life!
You should try to start a mango bonsai. It's easy to plant from seed if you take its outer shell off. I think it would be a fun and challenging tree to bonsai 🌱
I think the big leaves might be a "problem". I thought about turning my avocado tree into a bonai but realised soon that the leaves were far too big (some bigger than an A3 sheet). A friend of mine has a small mango tree and the leaves are pretty big too. In addition to that all the branches seem to be pretty big (the smallest were like a pencil).
@@centrifugedestroyer2579 I see what you mean. But i think if you make the bonsai a bit higher than standards, it might work, because you get a better ratio between size of leaf and height of the tree. I think Nigel has some good techniques on making leaves smaller though and it would be fun to see if he actually could make it work 😄
They will be coming soon! Both can make an interesting bonsai and they are easy to start!
@@TheBonsaiZone Great, I'm really looking forward for this. What do you think about a chestnut bonsai (the edible species with the long spikes on the shell)? Thats my favorite kind of tree. My neighbors have a really gorgeous huge one that is so old it is under conservation. I tried to make bosai out some smaller trees multiple times but they didnt make it. I would love to see what you can do with this species ; )
your channel gives me some kind of theraphy
It's 248 am and I'm watching the bonsai zone.
I hope you get to sleep in!!!
Awsome plants sir i lov u r Vedios thank u sir.
Wait... Lemon trees are thorny?! What a wonderful little tree!!
Yes, most Citrus trees have killer thorns! Thanks Hazel!
Hey Nigel, I attended my local Bonsai Club's monthly meeting (was my first) and the tree I was told was a Dawn Redwood is actually a Yew! I knew it wasn't a Dawn Redwood but couldn't give it any other name. Also they've started doing an annual auction, your club may already do it but if not it was a fun way to both get some plants and pots and help the club financially, all auction material was donated by club members. Your club should look into it.
We do have a silent auction once a year, it's a very dangerous place for me and my wallet! But one more tree won't hurt.......
Is there anyone else back here to see this tree after 2017 👌👍
The tree is growing really well this spring, more to come on it in future!
when he said "20 years ago ..." I had to sub. He is the bonsai tree sensai.
Thank you, I'm hoping to keep going right to the end!
I like your new hairstyle
Thanks!
Been waiting for this!!! feels like forever
Just one year, years seem so short to me, I must be getting old!
adoro seu canal de bonsai comteudo incrivel
I was hoping you would keep the lower branch on the grapefruit tree. I think it looks really nice there.
here is a species that I have never dared to do in Bonsai,
thank you for the info
voila une espèce que je n'aurai jamais ose faire en Bonsai,
merci pour l'info
Hey Nigel, can I suggest something you are well aware of. I started cutting my citrus trees leaves in half because the size of the leaves casts so much shade in the interior of the canopy. Trimming the leaves as allowed the buds at the leaf axles to sprout causing it to ramify.
Good job sir..
Hi Nigel, what will you do with all the pruned branches? Some are really thick. If you grow them again, please make a video how to develop roots for those branches.
They are in water right now, If they grow roots, I'll plant them in a future video. It is near the end of summer, so it might be hard to get them to grow.
@@TheBonsaiZone Did they grow roots?
Good job sir thanks u, & your heir style nice😊👍
I'm not a fan of wiring and like the natural look of non-wired trees.
However, I feel like you could have used guy-wires for some of the trees. I use it to prevent branches from crossing over one another.
They can be used, not just to pull a branch down, but also to pull it left or right without pulling it down to much (I like the upwards growth of main branches).
I think as the tree grows, I'll get more choices and I can get all the problem areas worked out. Hopefully the clip and grow trees will start to look better, far into the future! Thanks.
Very detailed video.
Thank you.
Keep updating please.
Thank you Nani, more updates will be coming!
@@TheBonsaiZone Am a beginner in bonsai.
Ur videos are very well explained and helped me understand a lot.
Keep up the good work Sir!
I like this video
Thank you JIK MIK!
Can you give me a breakdown of your soil composition? I need to make my own but I've received such a diverse range of advice that I'm not sure what's best. Your soil appears not to actually have dirt at all, am I correct? That's crazy! The main plant I need to create a good soil for is my gardenia bonsai tree, it was given to me six months ago and I still have yet to repot it since I received it. Thanks for any tips you can give me. This follow up video is amazing! I was shocked and horrified watching this lemon tree come within an inch of its life. I knew it would come back twice as beautiful, but WOW. Still breathtaking to see. Well done.
Hello Brandy, my soil is a 50/50 mix of perlite and turface. (by Volume) Here is how I water and fertilize the trees.....
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I sift the soil to get a 3 to 4 mm particle size (1/8") I buy the turface as "SafetySorb" and the Perlite from Miracle Grow.
Woah! The lemon tree was the subject of the first video I watched of this channel, I've been wondering when I'd get to see it again. Excellent!
I can't wait for the new leaves to grow in! Thanks SB!
very nice
Your vids have come a long way! This vid shows you cutting of branches that we can not see at all. Cutting on stuff you cannot see was painful
Nigel, I'd love to hear your opinion on wound pastes. Love your channel and your videos. Besides being very educational and inspiring, they are also very calming. Thanks for sharing your passion with us!
I agree. These videos are really calming to watch. Wound pastes are optional in Bonsai. If you want a tree wound to heal over nicely you use a wound paste. Alternatively you could just leave it as is and create a deadwood feature. The live bark around the wound would eventually roll over the edge of the wound and look really nice.
I look forward to this years update!
Ka thloh me me
Lovely
Thanks Florence!
This year i have started a Citrus collection from seeds, i hope one day they will look as nice as yours.
Thank you for your inspiration.
They can grow very fast, they'll be nice bonsai in no time!
2:58 sooo satisfying
It sure was nice moss!
congratulations it s a beautiful tree
Thank you, it's slowly getting better!
Thank yuo.
Thank you
Thank you, keep up the good work on your channel!
I'm surprised you don't have any pomegranate bonsai since you're always starting fruit from seed. I started a few from seed this year in potting soil and the trunk is already pretty thick. I also started orange lemon and grapefruit from seed after watching ur videos, all doing well.
I should have one, they are so easy to grow and look really good as a bonsai tree! I'm glad your trees are doing well, it's very satisfying growing them from seeds!
@@TheBonsaiZone very satisfying. Started my collection last year with some willow cuttings and as many seeds as I could collect to keep me busy. I'm waiting on ur bonsai from seed update to see how everything's going
Wish my trees did so well lost three this summer
I lost a handful in spring this year, but they have been replaced with new ones already, funny how that happens!
@@TheBonsaiZone how do you not get discouraged.
Very nice
Thank you, the tree is growing well!
@26:08 "The idea is to prune it away so when the cut heals it heals nice and flush."
....
"And the rooster agrees."
Lol, Nigel!!
Crazy roosters! Every time I start to talk, they start to crow.
Looks like your hair dew could use some topping. Lol Perhaps a little root rake as well.
Indeed!
I would love to see a liverwort mame. All by itself they look like little trees.
Good work
Thank you!
Glad to see your citrus trees once again. I didn't know you have so many lemon trees, they all are beautiful! Mein are growing quite short for a long time now and I don't know why. Could it be something wrong with soil? I repotted them half a year ago
What soil are you using?
I use universal soil and I add perlite and a little bit of dust with charcoal
Have you tried using citrus fertilizer? I think there is more iron in it than in universal fertilizer. I got two year old citrus trees and they werent really "responding" to spring this time, and the leaves were quite pale. After I used the fertilizer a couple of times they did a lot better. Maybe try a new position or move them inside/outside if possible. A way to "cheat" about the hight is to place them under a overhang so they want to grow around it. They grow tall faster, but they may end up asymmatrical, skinny and not very straight.
Yes, I do use citrus fertilizer and they are kinda growing, creating new shoots, maybe time will show, if it will solve the problem
Montreal here and the amount of mosquitoes is also ridiculous for mid-september... usually there are none at this time of year, and yet I feel like it's worse right now than it was in June!
Surprising that the trunk hasn't thickened with such a long shoot.
I almost want to say you should have waited until next year to cut the lemon tree down.
The trunk seems to thicken slowly, but it is getting better and smoother with time. I need to try and get the vigor balanced more between the branches better, so off goes the top! Hopefully over winter, it will begin to branch out better.
Great video -do you get lemons on your bonsai plants or it's grown only for bonsai decoration purposes ? Would love to see a bonsai with fruits on it too. Thanks
yes thats it!
Finally an update!
Make the two little branches off the trunk into its own little bonsai tree off your bonsai tree.
Yes, that would look good!
Thank you :)
nice
Please update on South African Acacia Rubra. It's a beautiful tree and it reminds me of home.
Unfortunately the Red Oak died over the winter, I will try and grow another. We had a really cold winter last year getting down to -24 C
Thank you!! :D