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@@HoundStuff thank you 😊

@@TrishaBonapace thanks so much! I received a lot of questions following this about why fert isn't so important, don't I fertilize my trees etc. My point was that you can keep a tree alive for many years without adding fertilizers, you just need a little now and then to help with vigor and defense against pathogens. Since then I've wanted to do a follow up vid about fertilizing bonsai but never got round to it. They'll just have to read my book when it gets published 😉

@@adharvakarthi6878 this is a very valid and fair question. The simplest way to look at it is by considering that pain happens in animals through nerve impulses (which are electrical) to the brain. You need a nervous system and a brain to feel pain. There is a more complex answer which suggests that trees let out certain chemicals when they are "under attack", for example by insect infestations, and transmit these chemicals through their roots to let other nearby trees know that there is a pedator insect, so they can all release their own repellant substances. (All this has been studied and well explained in "the Hidden Life of Trees" by Peter Wohlleben). But consuder this: pruning is just like nature - wind or heavy snow, or animals chewing off branches - and wiring branches is just like gravity pulling the branches in a certain directions. They don't feel pain. Also if you love trees as I do, consider this: pretty much all trees will still be alive for decades after you or I die, as long as they receive water, air and light. Or centuries longer for some species.

@@BlueSkyBonsai thank you sir 🍁for sharing your knowledge to us .And I just started bonsai and also gathering information about them . Its very fabulous to see videos of bonsai and also having them in real life . I hope that I heirloom the bonsai for my generations .

@@jejakbonsai95 thanks, glad you liked it!

@@ProfWisecrack you're welcome 😊

@@TrishaBonapace i lived in UK, in sevaral regions from cloudy to rainy! London is a fantastic city for young adults living between offices and pubs, but if you like the outdoors you need to cope with totally unpredictable weather, usually bad. Months of dark clouds. By contrast Madrid is hot and dry, too hot sometimes, but the stability and predictability of the weather is really good. Oh and the breathtaking blue skies are to die for. Here nearby we have David Benevente - if you don't know him take a look. He's like Spain's version of Ryan Neil.

@@baldyeti cheers Billy! Hope you're doing okay and your trees have all thrived over summer!

@TrishaBonapace Sounds like your trees are in good hands. Also having lived on two very different climates it's clear that you're in a better position than most to really understand the horticulture of trees in pots.

@@isabelcubria370 not long now!

@@billz.3444 thanks!

Wow that sounds toooo cold, you must pine for the warmer climate?! It's definitely safer to grow trees that thrive in your local climate. Larch and juniper also thrive here. Do you have any dawn redwood? They do well here (with some shade over the summer months).

Thanks Alex! Yes I've heard that misting can reduce the sap flow, I should give it a try next time. Really appreciate your comment! The announcement, not long to wait now... might surprise you but I'm sure you'll like it!

Thanks!

Thanks! I really appreciate your great feedback!

Yes I think sk. The label said Retusa when I bought it in 2018 but in botany Retusa has significantly bigger leaves and I think the label was wrong. Tiger bark is more accurate for the leaf size, and the bark.

@BlueSkyBonsai Trust me, it is not Retusa. I have 1500 trees of Ficus Tiger bark

@@bonsai_life_style wow that is a ot of ficus trees! I'm guessing where you live it doesn't get cold in winter?

@@jaiprakashpathak8974 thanks!

@@williammallender8391 thanks! Will try not to take so long next time!

Thanks! Yes, same soil as the rest of my trees. In very approx proportions 50% akadama, 25% kiryuzuna or pumice, 25% chopped pine bark, all sieved to remove the dust and fines. about 4-5mm granule size. The pine bark is for extra water retention as it's very hot and dry here. In a cooler wetter climate I guess I'd use 50/50 akadama/kiryu.

Thanks Adam! You might be surprised that this was my first ever ficus video.

Thanks, Trisha. interestingly, I kind of did that with this ficus a few years ago, using clingfilm wrap around the pot to just over the first branch. Then it developed just one air root - the big front one you saw in this video. I do have a poly tent like a small plastic greenhouse, so might be worth a try this autumn as soon as I bring it indoors. Sorry to hear about your ficus trees. Each year I keep an eye on the nighttime temperatures - as soon as they forecast a low of 10ºC / 50ºF or close, I bring all of the tropicals indoors. Do you have other trees?

@@howardmckeown7187 thanks Howard! I won't leave it so long next time 🤞

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!

@@living_sculptures_za thanks 😊 👍

@@sueb1317 Thanks Sue! It's certainly horticulturally sound, especially if you consider that many people defoliate their broadleaf trees in summer. (I only do that on trees that are already refined and I want to slow down their vigour for a month or two). Glad you enjoyed the video, thanks for your great feedback!

@@BackGardenBonsai cheers Ian! Yes all ok here thanks, just rather embarrassed to have been offline and out of touch for so many months. Ah well, getting back into the swing of things again now. Hope things are well with you!

@@barryauguste9734 thanks so much, glad you enjoyed it!

@@TrishaBonapace thanks Trisha. Calm, know my stuff, nice guy? Hhahaha definitely calm anyway 🧘‍♂️ Re. Misting and rain forests - yes now I think about it, I bet constant high humidity would also encourage more air roots to grow on my ficuses. I have a humidifier, maybe I should try putting that permanently next to this bonsai. Worth a try?

@@user-wg6fh4op3s Spasibo my friend. Yes I left it too long to publish this video.. Thanks for your kind words.

@@TrishaBonapace great tip - thanks! Actually I should mist it a lot more in the heat with or without pruning...

@@ChillGuyBonsai thanks ChillGuy! I'm always conscious of Australian and South African viewers, so I always think it's important to say In Summer do this or in Winter do that, rather than naming tasks by month, because that clearly wouldn't work in the southern hemisphere if I list them for Europe. Thanks again!

Oh yeah, I assumed you're in Australia or S.Africa but maybe you're somewhere completely different??

@BlueSkyBonsai I am from South Africa 🇿🇦 (Western Cape). You're really good at guessing 😆. It is actually warming up over here on the coast. I'm starting to repot my trees as some of them are waking up already 😅

@BlueSkyBonsai Thanks for accounting for us Southern hemispherers. That's part of the reason why I watch your videos. Your techniques can be applied to my trees as I also have a quite dry climate (USDA zone 10b)

@@ChillGuyBonsai haha it was quite a safe bet that you're in one of the bigger English-speaking countries down south! And besides probably most of Australia is still asleep now. Good luck with all the repotting!

@@MrSoft85 thanks! Hope you enjoyed the video! 😊

@@mattbrennan647 thanks Matt! Glad you like it.

@@Laura-fn7dq won't have to wait much longer 😊

Thanks Nigel! You'll know the answer sooner than you think!

Thanks Xav! appreciate your comments. 13th reason to prune? It's the most enjoyable part of bonsai... 😊

@@BlueSkyBonsai You win :)

@@edinborogh haha sorry, I know I left it too long 😊

@@sbragaglia hehehe it might surprise you but I'm sure you'll like it!

@@sbragaglia thanks Stefano!