Bonsai Linden Spring Repot, Autumn Restyle
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- čas přidán 18. 11. 2023
- Spring repotting and Autumn/Fall styling of my Linden bonsai tree.
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A bit of a trade off, I think the wiring and heavy bending is going to leave a lot of spiral wire scars on these already old branches. I think with the branches being so long and without a lot of taper, a harder pruning approach may have been an option without the wiring? It's definitely a good looking tree with a lot of potential!
One of the things I love about bonsai is how there is always more than one way to skin a cat. Always inspired by your trees, videos and approach Nigel, thanks for the watch and comment!
It must be really difficult to make these long term videos. I think this is what content creators don't want to do. Keep up the good work and great tips, even though some have to be hard lessons.
Time consuming to edit, the amount of footage that isn’t included is crazy haha Thanks for watching
Beautifully shot 👍
Cheers 🥂
Beautifully made. Keep up the great work, you're going places!
Fantastic result
Don’t grow bonsai but love these videos. The commentary is so clear and engaging. I really appreciate the insight. Shot beautifully and love the proud smile to yourself at the final look of the tree!
Thanks, knowing folks who don’t do bonsai can watch my video is really encouraging for me!
Well worth watching and if you want loads of good tips then don't skip any of this :)
Thanks mate!
Gro Bro does it again!
Nice work Daren. Always learn something watching your videos. Thanks, keep growing
Cheers Matt, good to see you’re around gro bro 👍
Good job, you did exactly what I was thinking would be best for the tree.
Excellent 👌
I think you choose a good front 👍🏻 Like the style of your work and your Vidos 😊 Thanks for taking us with you
Thanks for joining the ride!
Glad that you picked the rectangular pot for that tree, nice explanation on the masculine character of the tree associated with the choice of pot. I love that you decided to make long term decisions rather than just go with what kinda works now, but takes interest away from the tree.
Thanks for the watch and comment, appreciate it
Great video with lots of hard decisions made. I believe you did the best with what you got right now. It's a nice tree, can't wait to see how it bounces back
Thanks for the watch and comment Cody!
I’m looking forward to following this tree into the future! It’s got so much potential. 😊
Thanks Dylan, I can see it being one of my very faves. Gonna enjoy sharing the process 😁
Great video over time! I like your end choice, while watching I was thinking of a more major trunk chop down to the lower branches that potentially could have been wired up and improved taper. I’m excited to see where this tree back buds and develops for you! 🤘
That’s definitely something I have considered, and it’s not ruled out, probably be the second iteration though 👍
I was thinking the same thing tbh. I'm at the point in my bonsai journey where anything that's bothering me slightly has to go. Appreciate you're playing the long game. It may throw some lines next season after the hard prune which improves the overall structure and fills in the mid section. Loved the vid as always!
I thought the swan neck was alright but I can't argue that it contrasted too much with the well established lower trunk
love all the technique, very informative
yeah itself is fine, it just kinda sits there, perched on top
Reading your post earlier about finding a place , I think you've found it in my opinion , you're different to pretty much all out there . I love watching your vids and would be super bummed out if you didn't carry on . I'm a member of mirai and quite sure you are too as very similar teachings / advice ect . As for people having a negativity towards you . Unfortunately they'll always exist cos of the way social media grows ( everyone has they're own view ) hopefully you see / find the light and good luck ! All the best
Thank you that's really very kind. I needed to hear this. So stoked for creating content after all the help and advice the community including yourself has sent me the last few days.
Yes I'm ex-Mirai live student, unfortunately my sub had to go to save money but as soon as I can I'll be back.
Nice work. The tree looks good, I look forward to seeing it evolve!
Thanks David!
When you put the wire on the trees it always looks like you’ve sculpted the whole thing out of wire! Very pretty
I never saw it that way before, nice! I do sometimes look and think is the wire doing anything or does the tree look the same as when I started hahaha
Very interesting tree.
I was looking at the goose neck and I could see it being reduced completely.
Then turning a lower branch into new leader.
Great video mate.
Cheers from down under
That’s definitely an option cheers Shane
Cool tree. Thank you and cheers from Ojai California
Wow hi from cold and wet Britain 😁
Wow! Very high quality video, congratulations!
Thanks for watching!
Nice video, mate. The straight tapeless part is the main challenge, obviously. You should hope for some backbudding on that part and grow it out and upward from there to visually break down the flaw and encourage the thickening below new growth. Long-term but will improve the design. You know what you are doing well and I believe tree is on good way to become fantastic tree.
Thanks mate, means a lot coming from you! Fingers crossed 🤞
This is great content that is also well presented. Thank you and well done.
Thanks, glad it’s been well received!!
Nice vid, keep it up. can't wait for spring
Thanks Josh!
Amazing technique
Thank you 😊
Brilliant video and very educational … thank you!
Thanks for watching and leaving the comment!
Mine just decided to have bud burst a couple of weeks ago!!?? After the past few days they will probably drop off. Its coming on Darren, nice pot. Thanks for the vid.
That’s mad, was it pruned late summer? I have a hornbeam air layer that has also leafed out after it dropped leaves early in the false autumn 🤪
@@grobonsai No. It had lost its leaves, and I thought it was shutting down for winter, so moved it to a spot near a wall out of the wind. It gets the sun up to about midday. Then we had a few days of mild weather, and some of the buds started to swell with a couple begining to open. have not checked for a week now 'cos of wind and rain. Suspect it may have decided to go to sleep again.
Bananas!
A lovely tree with good potential 👍 If you don't get any more budding on the upper half of the fairly bear and straight trunk you could try some approach grafts on areas you'd like some branching.
I have 3 developing and I need to improve the nebari so I'll be looking at air layering them around the root area perhaps next year.
Good luck and all the best 🙏
Good idea 👍 I’d be interested to hear how your air layers go as I also have a couple with the same issue. Good luck 🤞
Great Work and Great Explaination!
Glad you liked it!
Since you asked - I would have cut the trunk off at the base of the straight section and used the thickest branch as the new leader. To me that would produce a more interesting and less flawed tree. Thats the kind of long game I would play
Ok
Nice video, I'm growing a Tilia in the ground.
The trunk is problematic. I'd cut at the lower side branch and use that as a chop point. From what I can see they do pop buds fairly easily. Good luck with it, love how bendy it is.
I think removing the current leader is definitely on the longer term horizon - thanks for the input, appreciated
Great informative video 👍
Thanks Matthew!
I like bonsai
Cool Linden! The whole time I was watching I kept wondering how that heavy left branch would look if it was brought up closer to the middle line to form more of an informal broom, which would also take some emphasis of the longer middle line. Underneath the heavy left branch is also a strong root that is bigger than the right sided root, I wonder if one could play around with tilting the tree slightly right, so the strong left root becomes more like an anchoring root, but this change of angle also helps to bring up the left primary, then if that branch can be forced up, I think id like it as more of a subtrunk. Then the next step would be growing side shoots of either trunk. I think the middle line and the first left branch can complement each other well as subtrunks, theyre of a similar size. Just a thought, but either way its gonna be great!
I hadn’t thought of that, thanks Bobby, always respected your eye
Great video!
Thank you
At the 7:30 to 7:40 mark there is a branch on the right off the main trunk. I would consider chopping the rest of the main trunk above that junction and using that branch as the new leader. Just a thought.
Definitely an option! thanks
Very nice🤙
Thanks 😊
If there will not be desired buds formation on the main trunk, maybe try aproach grafting to create branch where you need it. Anyway good work! ❤️👍
Good idea, thanks 🙏
Absolutely stoked for this one 😁 Tilia cordata?
indeed!
@@grobonsaibeen after one of these for a while. Great work mate 👍
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Thank you
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again an amazing video...is it still a good time to clean up the a linden? Have a clumb style linden, and I wonder if I can still clean up the base with a carving tool?...there are some stumbs left from a previous cutting.
Yes but with linden a small shoulder needs to remain, has it started to develop yet? Hard to explain without pictures or video
Nice video and good looking choices for progression. I have a couple of lindens, quick question are you able to get a double flush on your tree with leaf pruning?
Thanks! To be honest I haven’t leaf cut mine yet, this is my most developed linden. That said, I’m 95% sure I’ve had 2 flushes of growth and pretty sure that Mirai does partial defoliation with his. Sorry can’t be more concrete at this time, I’ll do some digging and find out
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When you get a new tree what's the better option, to repot then do it's first styling or to do it's styling in the original pot it came with first then repot? I'm asking because I am fairly new to the world of bonsai😊
Hi David, that is an excellent question and as with many things in bonsai, there isn't a right or wrong answer, and it can depend on the scenario. Sometimes it doesn't even matter, provided the tree is healthy, it's simply which ever is needed most or whichever is the best timing. For example if it is repotting season and the tree needs to be repotted, it makes sense to do the repot. a non-exhaustive summary of my thoughts:
- repot if it's needed and it is a good time
- repot if root issues are affecting the trees health
- repot if the pot is large like and the styling reduces the amount of foliage drastically (it makes it easy to overwater as the plant uses less water and soil stays wet longer)
- style first if repot season is a long time away and the tree is healthy
Thank you for the excellent response❤
Thanks for explaining about die back. Is Autumn the best time for pruning?
Linden are quite forgiving timing-wise. Autumn is one particular window, when the last leaves are falling and for a week or two after. This window means we can prune, without worrying about extra winter protection. We can prune in winter, but then protection is necessary, so no frosts, to reduce risk of any dieback. Spring just before the buds swell is excellent, early/mid summer after the leaves have had chance to soak up some sun is also good. These timings are pretty universal for deciduous species, with some exceptions - eg those that bleed sap when pruned before buds swell in spring
@@grobonsai thanks again - would maples be a bleeder?
Yes, beech and maples are the top two but there are others if they are super pumped (I’ve had hornbeam and potentilla bleed).
@@grobonsai I guess that's where maple syrup comes from. Maybe I'll do my pruning this weekend. My maple has buds, and nearly all the leaves have dropped so I can see what's what. I think I've got some bonsai wound sealant in the shed somewhere. I've heard you can use honey instead as it has some anti microbial properties. But I'll try and use the proper stuff - and to cut in the right place to avoid die back. Thanks for the info.
A question , so whats the value of ramification if we prune all the little twigs to restyle anyways?
In the meantime we have a nicer image, we can see the design in front of us, and the growth will be more manageable than if cutting back hard. Therefore less prone to miss-steps. Less lost time as a result. Then over time the branches are progressively refined
@@grobonsai sorry to bother but in this video didn't you keep most of the major branches and prune off the smaller twigs ?
Oh I see! The lower branches of a tree are weaker than the upper branches, so the upper need to be reigned in to let the lower branches catch up. The rest of the pruning was for length
Always enjoy your presentations! And, such a beautiful tree! Cheers, Dick from Vancouver.
Good to see you're still on the channel Dick!