How to Repot a Bonsai (100-Year-Old Tree)
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- čas přidán 21. 07. 2024
- Not repotting your bonsai is one of the ways you can kill your plant. When you repot, you prevent your bonsai from being pot-bound, create more room for new roots to grow, and provide more nutrients in the soil. Repotting also gives you the opportunity to switch to a different pot so you can change up how your bonsai is displayed in your garden.
Today, I'll show you step-by-step how to repot one of my older trees. Please enjoy my short backstory about my pomegranate tree and enjoy the video!
0:00 Introduction
0:36 History of my Pomegranate Tree
4:09 Remove bonsai from the pot
6:58 Clean up the roots
16:40 Choosing a new pot
18:37 Prepping the new pot
20:01 My soil mix recipe
23:00 Place tree into new pot
25:09 How to choose a bonsai pot
To spruce up your bonsai even more, add some green moss to make the soil look more lush. Here's how I make and place my green moss: • How to Make Green Moss...
If you enjoyed this video, please check out my repotting series: • How to Repot Bonsai - ...
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This is seriously the best up and coming bonsai CZcams channel! You sir are a treasure with a wealth of knowledge that you’re giving us for free. Thank you very much sir! I enjoy your videos a lot!
agree 😎
Hi Shane, this means a lot to me! Thank you for such kinds words and encouragement. Since I've been doing bonsai for 50 years, my goal is to make bonsai an accessible hobby to you all and to share with you the techniques I learned along the way. Please stay tuned as I have much more to share with you all!
I am obsessed with pomegranate bonsai please make more videos on them! I hope someday mine will be so nice for someone in the future
I'll do an update on my pomegranate bonsai in the future, so please stay tuned! Keep working on your bonsai and I guarantee it will become a great heirloom for someone in the future!
When I had my house in Northern California there were two old pomegranate trees very healthy and old. I made pomegranate jelly and give to friends and they all came back for more. One day I saw a man around 35 year old that jumped the front fence and he was taking pomegranates, I asked him what are you doing he didn’t see me, he said he used to still pomegranates when he was 6 or 7 from the same trees . I told him next time ask me and I gave him a big bag. One of my favorite trees. This trees had big, huge pomegranates and were very sweet. Amazing bonsai that you have.
What a wonderful story! Thank you for sharing!
I mean stealing!
watching from Philippines
Hi Milton, another amazing tree, it looks 1000 years old.
What a compliment! Thank you!
Milton, beautiful tree, a do you so very much like your soil mix and your Bonsai theory towards developing your trees.
Thanks so much! I give credit to my soil mix for my bonsai growing such thick trunks! I appreciate your support :)
I enjoy your videos so much, love the laid back approach and skilful way you teach, thank you so much
Thank you! My goal is to show you that bonsai doesn't have to be hard; it can be a relaxing and fun hobby for anyone! You just have to be patient and learn as you go!
Vos grenadiers sont magnifiques, merci pour la vidéo!
This is a very good video, thank you for showing the process. You have a gorgeous collection of bonsai trees!
Thank you so much, that means a lot!
Thank you so much Mr. Chang.. this tree is wonder. Beautiful
Thank you so much! :)
I, like many other viewers, find your information extremely useful and think it's a helluva idea to post update videos so we can follow the bonsai's progress. Thanks for sharing!
I’d rather have that small branch separated. Excellent video as always!
As a novice bonsai enthusiast in SoCal, I very much enjoy watching your channel. Great show-and-tell teaching points that one cannot learn from books. I can apply the techniques I learn from this video to an old banana shrub tree I recently purchased from a local nursery. Hopefully I can turn it into a beautiful bonsai. Please keep posting new videos.
You can do it!
been doing bonsai 2 years now ,im 57 wish i wouldve started in my 20,s to have some treasures, but im learning alot from you thanks....
It's never too late to start! I've been doing bonsai for 50 years and I'm still going!
What a magnificent tree! Glad it is in deserving and worthy hands!
Thanks for your kind words!
Watching your bonsai creative process is very soothing for my soul. Each of your bonsai is like a dream vision!
I'm so glad you enjoy my videos! Thanks for watching!
Love pomegranate as bonsai..... I recently dug up a clump of old pomegranate and divided into single trees for bonsai. They are very straight with little character, but hopefully over time they will be interesting. I also have a dwarf pom that is only a few years old and it had several fruit last year. They truly are special trees. Thanks for sharing your amazing trees and wisdom.
Thanks for sharing! I love hearing about your guys' bonsai. Yes, just keep working on it and your bonsai will grow into a wonderful heirloom!
I never realized the reason for re potting then every few years. I wish I’d have started this so much sooner. Thank you so much!
It's never too late to start! Best of luck to you and your bonsai!
@@bonsaiheirloom I have 3 growing from a seed, one transplanted from a sapling in my yard, and a hand full growing in my yard, and pruning them to look how I want them to
Thank you so much for your ability to simplify all of the processes. You make it fun and relaxing my friend
My goodness that is gorgeous.
Thank you, Hugh!
What an amazing tree! Thank you for sharing it with us. I'm looking forward to the updates.
Thank you! Please stay tuned, updates coming soon!
Pomegranate roots make awesome root cuttings!
Definitely!
What an amazing tree. Really looking forward to the updates. I’d love to see the update of the roots. I would love to have one, but I’m in England and I believe we don’t have the right climate.
Thank you! Updates will be coming soon!
One of my favorite bonsai channels. Thank you!!!
Thank you! Your support means a lot!
👍 you make me happy 👍
I love the results I'm getting from lining my pots with screening for all my plants (flowers etc) including bonsai. My best lesson from you😊. I never have to wire little pieces of mesh over pot holes😅.
Wonderful!
Also please plant those roots I'd love to see the results!
Will do! Thanks for your interest!
Some of the best bonsai s beautiful bonsai ihave seen thanks mrchan keep up the good work
Thank you, that means a lot to me!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. It's great to see how you get your trees to be so healthy and beautiful.
Thank you for your support! Feel free to let me know if there are specific bonsai topics you'd like me to cover!
@@bonsaiheirloom thank you very much.
I wonder if you could explain how to improve the nebari on different types of trees? Not only young ones, but older trees that are let down by poor root spread and sometimes none at all. I've heard that you can debark the roots and grow new feeder ones from the point where the bark was removed, sort of like an air layer. Have you any experience with that? Thanks for your great videos!
@@greasylimpet3323 According to Google, the visible or surface roots of Bonsai (Nebari) Deadwood near the bottom also adds to nebari and to the overall design of the tree; great, why not…do what nature does.
Clear the bark off the branches and exposed dead roots near the bottom because that’s what old trees in the wild do. You can scrape off bark off the top to show the wood inside. There is no reason why doing so disturbed the roots below. I did that to my pine tree demonstration, which will be posted soon. Stay tuned!
Your bonsai concept it's so motivate from Nepal 🇳🇵.
Thanks for the kind words and for watching!
Yes to all the video ideas mentioned in this video.
Loving this channel
Thanks, I appreciate your support!
You have helped me save my bonsi I found I thought they where dead there not I very excited many thanks ❤
That's great! I'm glad I could help :)
i love givng away cuttings and propagations too. great videos thank you
It's a great way to share the joy of doing bonsai with others!
Wondeful plant. I hope to find a plant like this in the future for my collection!
Thank you, Milton. I have only recently found your channel and am enjoying the content that you present. I'm looking forward to seeing progress on the root cuttings. I have a pomegranate myself. However, it is only about 2 years old😂. Cheers from Central Victoria, Australia.
Thanks for watching, Peter! Two years old is still a great start! You will have a magnificent pomegranate bonsai one day.
Enjoy your approach to bonsai. I have learned so much. Thank you.
your videos are great, and "useful" is an understatement
This truly means a lot to me! I'm glad you're finding my videos helpful :)
formidable! Great video , merci beaucoup. your trees and personal style are great! 👍🏼🌟🌟
I really love your videos. It’s very helpful for beginner like me. Thankfully.
I'm glad to hear that! I want to make bonsai easy and accessible to everyone as a hobby, and I enjoy sharing the techniques I've learned from doing bonsai for 50 years. Please feel free to comment or email me if you have any questions!
All of your videos are usefull. No matter what, it is all very interesting! Go ahead :)))
I'm glad you feel that way! I have many more videos in the making so please stay tuned!
stuff I needed to see, thanks for sharing
I'm happy to share my knowledge with you! Feel free to comment any topics you'd like me to cover!
@@bonsaiheirloom , thanks for taking the time to reply to me. I have been involved with Bonsai for several years now. My efforts have always been directed at the roots and trunk and overall health of the tree. I have a Red Spruce which is beginning to flourish. How do I balance the health of tree versus the development of the tree? Do I pinch tips, cut off branches, or just grow the healthiest tree I can? Mother nature wants to thrive...I like the clip and grow method and I also use the ground to advance my tree. I live in Pennsylvania.
@@keefe4484 Great! You are sensible and doing things right! Go with nature to stay natural! Clipping is to modify and then let nature do its thing again…year after year, the tree is naturally healthy and natural!
My approach to develop trees for bonsai is to clip only when I want to style it. That is, most of the trees while in the ground only get 10 minutes of my time a year to do a rough pruning when the leaves are gone. I also let the bottom branches grow to not only thicken the trunk, also to get a good taper. Enjoy!
Ps. My son graduated from Carnegie Mellon…and my grandson is going there too.
Another great video. Very informative and enjoyable.
Thank you! I''m so happy you found it helpful!
❤ lovely bonsai tree sir
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Thank you!
Nice tree!
Thank you!
Hi such a great video, really well explained. brilliant quality sound and picture. Keep making quality videos! I will be watching to learn from you 😄 this makes me want to help some people out with moving any big trees they have as I can’t afford much with just moving house, so I have my seedlings and 1 trident maple lol. I have 10 years to wait before getting hands on anything fun
Thanks so much for the kind words and encouragement! I really appreciate it! The seedlings and trident maple are a great start. If you want to get your hands on more, I recommend buying some nursery trees and working on those. You can even dig a tree out from the ground and turn that into a bonsai. I have a video on how to do just that on my channel! :)
I would gladly take a cutting😊
very pleased to find your videos, I am wondering if there is a standard or rule for selecting Bonsai pots. Are clay or porcelain or ceramic all ok to use?
Hi there! I will address this in an upcoming Q&A video, but here is my answer for now.
Anything that is artistically pleasing by definition is OK for you. I use exclusively Yixing clay pots. Porcelain is expensive and too refined to rhyme with weathered trees and is much more difficult to drill a drainage hole.
This is what I found on Google: Clay is natural, while ceramic is man-made…Ceramic is more durable than clay, while clay is more suitable for creating unique pieces.There are different grades of clay pots. The difference is the quality of the clay, firing technique, and the craftsmanship.
It is well known to produce the best bonsai pots (for centuries) are from Yixing, a small town outside of Shanghai that specialize in clay pots and teapots. Even that has a wide spectrum in price and quality. Similar pieces can be $1000 vs $10. Fine pieces are very pleasing. Very obvious when you place them side by side. I look for pots that ring (resonate) and hard to scratch. Those do not break easily. I will demonstrate this in an upcoming video, so stay tuned!
Dr. Chang when you move the soil under neath with your hand, don’t you fold the edges of roots under itself? Essentially doubling the roots under the edtself? Just Sayin…. Thank you and take care
Min.18:14 ... Notice the small Chipmunck, running to hide behind the green pot of the background... Perhaps, Chipmunck wishes, like myself, to take a peek and learn a lot, from the EXTRAORDINARY HUMAN MASTER...!!.
You're too kind! Thank you for watching and I hope you found the video helpful!
👍👌🙂
How do I winter my trees when it’s -40 outside and 3 ft of snow?
Hi Randy! I don't live in such cold temperatures, but I will do my best to address this in my upcoming Q&A videos. Please stay tuned!
#POMREPOT❤❤❤
No pressure!!!!!!!!!!!
Why fill the pot with so much soil and not instead choose another pot?
When you are showing the trees, they can’t be seen well because of the background.
Hi there, I understand what you mean. In my newer videos, I am working in front of a clearer background so you should be able to see the trees better. I am also working on setting up a clean backdrop to do my videos in front of, so please be patient with me and stay tuned for those videos! Thank you for watching.
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I have just subscribed to you. Very interesting video
Thank you! I'm glad you're a part of my bonsai community!