From Nursery Stock to Bonsai - Giant Sequoia Bonsai 2020
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- čas přidán 30. 03. 2020
- Thanks for watching my channel. I started my gardening channel based on my collection figs, at one point I had over 350 varieties in Seattle. Now I've expanded my channel to Bonsais and Kois as well.
This is video on my purchase of a nursery stock Giant Sequoia. I'm going to try to turn it into a recognizable bonsai but it may take a few years to get the branches to grow the way I would like them to.
Alot of my raw videos were taken prior to the stay at home order. Now that I'm stuck at home. I have more time to edit them.
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"Skip ahead could be boring" sir this is a bonsai video, heavy metal and saws vs rootball is like pure adrenalin
I would love to see it now two years later
Just bought seeds. I will get them to sprout but at 72 do not know how long I will get to watch it grow. I remain optimistic.
You should get a seedling from the jonsteen company. They sell small sequoia seedlings for only 12-13$ including shipping. You can get a medium seedling for under 20.
I understand the beauty of growing a tree from seed and caring for it all the way, but it will take years to get anything resembling a bonsai vs you can spend under 15$, and already make a pre bonsai...
I agree with the other person's comment. I planted several seeds last year. In the entire year the tree is still much smaller than the sprouted seedlings from Jonsteen Company. I still wanted the full experience so I planted from seed. But it is a slow process. They are such beautiful trees. Even if you aren't alive to see it grow your family and community will.
@@CaptainPupu Thank you for recommending the shop even im from EU they do ship international , happy new year!
I’m 58 and growing trees from seed. I had good luck with costal redwood. I start them in my kitchen window. One year got me a tree that’s about 8”.
Redwoods are fairly vigorous growers. They like moist soil and don’t like real hot weather.
There is a massive tree at a local nursery. It’s too big for my car abd will need 2+ people to carry it. Multi day bonsai project.
Maybe later this year.
Can tell you that they are starting slow but then they get very big fast. Got one seedling from a friend of mine. It was 3 cm tall. After 4 years it is 80 cm tall and I did some cutting to create a bonsai. I'm sure you will have a lot of fun with your seedings. My bonsai gets potted in a bonsai pot this spring.
Awesome Tree!!! Please do an update on this tree!!!!!
Will be watching for updates, Ben. What an amazing project!
That’s an awesome tree! I would’ve taken at least two! Haha! That’s addict of me talking! Great nursery! Excellent job there Ben!
Giant Sequoia roots only go down 5-10 ft they normally branch their roots out to balance their immense height they also entangle with each other to keep each other standing. So it’s not surprising how thick those roots are, thanks for the video I bought a baby Giant Sequoia at the park and I’m hoping to keep it as a bonsai but I’m very new to it so videos help. Thanks!
That was just wonderful. Im looking forward to watching more. You have so much passion, good on you.
Very cool vid and not boring at all, my bride and I went to a near by park in late October of this year and found seed cones on the ground from a giant sequoia and those seeds are now in the soil, now we wait for spring.
Nice. Every time you see the tree in it's glory you will think of your hard work.
Hey Ben do you have a new update on this baby? I want to see how you train it. I am learning "topping" like the do on Bald Cypress. All these giant trees are so cool in bonsai forms.
If it is alive after that roots cutting..
Great video Ben!! If it doesn't backbud as much as you want, you can always approach graft some of those long, unwanted branches closer onto branches you later decide to keep.
I have to say, I enjoyed every second of that mystery :). New subscriber looking forward to updates. My Sequoias here in the NL have already 2cm of new growth today.
Awesome tree. Love those finds! Got a giant redwood in much the same manner (and effort). Stoked to see how they both turn out!
I appreciated your struggle and your outocme.
Thanks Ben. I just found your channel. Love Bonsai's and love Sequoias, tiny ones and the mind-blowingly big ones. I learned a lot just from this one video. Great effort on cutting that root mass down! Just subscribed, look forward to seeing your videos.
Keep us updated on this bad boy
I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE! I have a 2 years old seedling. Just planted the plug last summer and will Bonsai pot it this late winter-spring.. it Doubled in branches. and tallness. is about 16 inches tall. started as 10 inches.
i love the on screen commentary!
Great tree. Looks like a lot of very hard work!
Ive just found your channel, so will be catching up.
It will be nice to see an update on this giant Sequoia :-)
love the way you got the moss
When this tree is really healthy again it will back bud. Branches tend to be in a cartwheel which is something that needs to be addressed. Good luck with it Chris.
Good find hope it survives. Last summer found a tree at my local nursery like that on the back lot probably a year or 2 be trashed. A bit out of my price range but had memorial day sales and trees where %50 off but this tree that I'd been stalking was left they gave me %75 and I was sold lol. Waiting here in Colorado for buds to break so I can put it in its new pot.
Grand work, beautiful piece.
Sometimes something more awe inspiring than the art, is the artist's love for what they're creating.
That was well worth watching, thank you.
Well it's been two years did you get to make a new video what a cool video this is you inspired me to do the same thing I'm going to go hunting
Glad I found your video on this, Ben, as I've had a giant sequoia in a pot for over 10 years. Bought it as a seedling at a gift shop in the Muir Woods. Re-potted it once, and it's now about 3 ft tall. Doesn't look as scraggly as yours. I've been considering whether to bonsai it. I saw in the comments that your sequoia didn't make it; I'm wondering if a different approach to the roots would make a difference ... given its years in a pot, I'm guessing the root ball will look similar. At least you've taught me what not to do! cheers!
Just picked one up from a nursery not long ago, keen to see an update on this
Beautiful find, Ben. Nice video too.
My FAVORITE nursery!!! Thanks for the video. I've been apprehensive to take such a strong wack a similar root ball. Not anymore!
You should probably wait until you hear if the tree survives or not before doing what this guy did
What nursery is this ? Do they have a website ? Or phone number
Wonderful work!
DUDE! Im from king county originally and moved to Idaho to be closer to the pnw and I'm planting a forest here. I found this channel because I just got a little sequoia and was wondering if this was even possible. I know the greenhouse in Kent you're talking about and I love it too! Automatic subscribed, I look forward to watching more of your content.
BWAhahaha, 3 hrs...unreal man. I hate that moment where you realize you’re too deep into something to quit, yet finishing seems impossible. Well done, an absolute stunner of a tree as is.
I look forward to updates from this!
It does backbud well. It also backbuds on the main trunk as well.
Ben* One word; Chainsaw....the biggest ever made...LOL. What a fight you put up there.
I use a reciprocating saw on difficult root balls. Works a treat.
Beautiful will look for updates.
Gosh I wish our nurseries grew these!!
Ben, I did the same to my G/Sequoia early spring last year (2019) it back budded along the branches to the trunk and if you cut a thick branch off it will produce 2/3 buds at that cut. A nice taper on your tree, my tree was 8ft high and I cut it down to 4ft so a fairly straight trunk but with healthy foliage. Enjoy your G/S.
awesome news that makes me quite happy to learn that. i'll save the canopy work for next year though
thx for the great video!
Very nice. I did not find a playlist for this tree - please consider making one if this tree survived. Keep up the goodd work, cheers.
i have a 2 year old seedling and it definalty grew new branches under the main ones when I potted it up.
You've got a new subscriber 😉
Keep up the great work, beautiful sequoia giganteum, a sequoia sempervirens bonsai would be interesting
Awesome channel and video per always.
I'm new to the greater Seattle area, which amazing nursery in Kent was the one you went to?
Thank u for your vid I enjoyed it
Love my redwood trees, I have 5 Sequoias 2 Dawns and 3 Coast redwoods.
I have a spruce similar to that , it was root bound and in clay... I soaked it and removed the clay then repotted In loose compost and peat with some rock for drainage and sphangnum moss.. didn’t touch the roots though
Do you have an update? How is the bonsai doing now? Love your work!
Any update on this tree? What a great content by the way
An Update on this tree would be Nice !!!
This is good an example for us thank you sir.
Would love to see an update on this tree
That was some battle ,stunning tree , how is she getting on ,any follow up?
Very curious how this awesome tree is doing. Any updates?
I'm sure you will find it will backbud quite readilly once it gets established.
Great video. Do you get your mica pots from a source in the Northwest. I live up in Oak Harbor on Whidbey Island and would like to find a local source.
I just got a Pyracantha (firethorn) I am getting ready to work on.
And I like to experiment with citrus seeds turning them into future bonsai.
What a lovely video of a sacred Sequoia related to the Giants near Yosemite. Perhaps you are related to them too...
Did it survive..? I’ve cut the bottom off of a root ball on a white pine, I know it’s not the same, but it turned out that all the roots I didn’t cut off ended up not even being attached to the trunk
Hi mate how’s the tree doing.
Have you made an update on it yet 👍👍
Bro that was fkn epic, I also love doing stuff like that, finding neglected nursery stock is the most fun. I can't believe that tap root though, it was like concrete like you said, talk about persistence, but hey look what you have now, a glorious tree that will come back to life and give you decades of enjoyment. Is there a follow up video showing it's growth..?
That's an awesome tree. I've been considering getting 3 of them and making a forest bonsai. What size do you recommend I buy? There's seedlings up to xl available online.
I've got this bonsai mix from my local nursery and was wondering if I can plant my giant seqouia and coastal redwood in it. The brand is espoma organic bonsai mix it does drain water very well I think a little to well I do have my pine tree I got from the Colorado Rockies in it and my little mugo pine which seems to be doing fine with a little potting soil mixed in with it. At the moment all I have my 2 seqouia trees in is a potting mix I made which consists of a bunch of perlite and peer humus soils with a little sphagnum moss they drain pretty good after waterings but not sure if it's enough cause they stay pretty saturated the rest of the day. Should I replant them using just that bonsai mix or leave them be till next spring
I had a Bonsai I made from a giant sequoia that I bought at nursery, witch I was surprised they had one for sale here in Arkansas, definitely not a native tree here. Unfortunately it died after a few years . I think it needed more water over winter than my other Bonsai. Maybe our weather extremes killed it. I remember trimming the roots. Yes they were very tough to trim back probably the most difficult than my other Bonsai. We have harsh weather extremes in Arkansas. From 110 Fahrenheit in late summer to -10 Fahrenheit a few days of winter. But one year it's mild and the next it's extreme. I have to put my Bonsai in a place that only gets morning sun because afternoon summer sun here will cook a Bonsai to death. Some people mistakenly plants a Japanese red maple in all day full sun and well it quickly dies.
cool!! is there an update on this sequoia
Can you upload a video of how you make your bonsai soil?
I have a Sequoia Tree in a 50 gallon hemp fabric container do I have to trim the roots or will it grow ok if I don't?
What size bonsai pot is that Sequoia being planted in?
Could you re- pot the root ball remains?
Would LOVE an update on this tree.,
Any update on your giganteum? I’m trying to figure out how to prune mine. Although, new chutes are coming out of the trunk, no new chutes are coming out of the branches. With that, I’m afraid to trim the branches, but they’re too long
What kind of fertilizer did you use with this bonzai?
You make it much more difficult than it needs to be my friend. Easiest way to remove soil from roots is to use high pressure garden hose or even a pressure washer.
Hey Ben, how is the giant seqouia bonsai doing? Greeting from holland
Has he ever done an update on this tree
Super late, but do you think the "tap root" was just the trunk? I'm wondering if the tree was buried way too deep.
Inspiring 👏
Do you have any updates on this sequioadendron?
Is there an update on this tree? Thank you
Are you sure it'll survive with so much work done to the roots?
Most of the roots were dead. It can survie. It also has not a lot foliage.
What nursery did you get this from?? Please and thank you! I’m looking for more nursery’s around the Seattle area,
What soil did you use?
How is the tree looking now?
what kind of moss is that?
Do you have an update on this tree!?????
please update us on the Giant Sequoia!
Will anything from from that root?
Is there a follow up to thid video?
Any update on the Sequoia?
Any updates on the tree?
Is there an update on this one?
Hows the tree looking now?
Did it survive? It’s now March 2022.
That's one nice carbon sequestration. Still waiting for an update. If it survived or not.
How is the tree doing?
What does a tree like this cost at tour local nursery?
can you post an update? will be good to see
Post an update on this tree!