BONSAI NEW EASY METHOD # 111-BAMBOO FOREST PLANTED BY SEED
WE GOT SOME BAMBOO SEEDS (BUDDHA BELLY AND CANDY CANE) AND I PLANT THEM IN SPHAGBUM MOSS INSTEAD OF THE RECOMMENDED CAT LITTER.
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WE GOT SOME BAMBOO SEEDS (BUDDHA BELLY AND CANDY CANE) AND I PLANT THEM IN SPHAGBUM MOSS INSTEAD OF THE RECOMMENDED CAT LITTER.
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Making, raising, and caring for bonsai is easy if you use the new soil-less method which these video clips will show you. Your trees will grow and mature faster than with the traditional method that uses messy soil. I have been using this method since 1985 and have had great results. I started using this method in Philadelphia, and then when I moved to Florida I continued and find it is the best method for me. The traditional method works with slow, tedious growth, and wiring of trees. The new method uses directional pruning and fast growth to make mature looking trees in far less time than the old traditional method. There are so many advantages to the new method, I wonder why anyone would use the old, slow, messy, and difficult traditional method. Take a look at these three videos and you will see how much fun and how easy it is to become a bonsai grower and producer. Fun, fun, fun. Easy, easy easy. I have found the less you fuss with the trees and let them do their natural thing, the better they grow, and the easier the entire process is. You need not over-care for your trees, just water and feed them and occassionally prune them. It really works! This video was shot in about April of 2004. This is a series of three segments, as the maximum time for a YouTube video is ten minutes, The last segment was shot today, December 21, 2007, and shows what happened to the Juniper that I worked on in the original taping. That taping was unplanned, as my son Aaron was visiting from Orlando and we decided on the spur of the moment to shoot a possible pilot show for TV. He had never used that camera before and I think he did a great job. There is much more to show and tell about, and perhaps one day this series will be expanded. If you’d like to see a series like this on television, write to the stations and put some pressure on them. There are many people who would love to try their hand at this fascinating art form but are scared. I hope I have shown you that it is easy and fun, and nothing to be fearful about. It is a great hobby for kids and the elderly and all the in between ages.
PART 4 IS NOW AVAILABLE ON YOUTUBE.(May, 2008- showing traditional bonsai at the Morikami Museum. It’s just a silent look at their trees, but it is inspiring)(”Morikami Bonsai Gardens May 2008″).(***PLEASE VIEW PART 12 ABOUT THE WARNING ON HANDLING SPHAGNUM MOSS BEFORE YOU WORK WITH SPHAGNUM MOSS***).
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WE TAKE A QUICK LOOK AROUND TO SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING AS SPRING APPROCAHES. WE LOOK AT SOME COTTON, THE LEMON FLOWERS, AND A SURPRISE AS THE COFFEE BONSAI PRODUCES IT’S FIRST FRUIT.
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*THIS IS PART “B” (28B) OF A TWO PART VIDEO. PART B IS ABOUT 1 MINUTE LONG). THE GINKO HAS GREAT LEAVES AND A GREAT HISTORY. THIS IS ONE OF MY GINKOS THAT I GREW FROM SEEDS. THEY ARE MODERATELY EASY TO TAKE CUTTINGS FOR ROOTING.(***PLEASE VIEW PART 12 ABOUT THE WARNING ON HANDLING SPHAGNUM MOSS BEFORE YOU WORK WITH SPHAGNUM MOSS***).
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AFTER THE WORK DONE IN PART “A” WE LOOK AT MAKING CUTTINGS FROM THE BRANCHES CUT FROM THE COFFEE TREE.
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custom grow cabinet fabricated from large optimus speaker cabinet 15 inch driver round entrance/30 inches in height,10 inches in depth,20 inches in width/interior air circulated indoor grow system.
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THE SEA GRAPE IS A NICE PLANT FOR BONSAI. A SHRUB THAT CAN GROW INTO A FULL SIZE TREE, IT HAS PADDLE-LIKE LEAVES THAT CAN REACH 10-12 INCHES. SIMPLY PRUNING THE LARGE LEAVES WILL RESULT IN A PLANT WITH SMALLER LEAVES IN PROPORTION TO THE MINUTURIZED TREE. I ALSO DICUSS THIS WEED THAT IS ALL INVASIVE DOWN HERE. iT LOOKS GOOD, BUT BECAUSE OF IT’S ROOT STRUCTURE, IT STEALS WATER AND NUTRIENTS FROM YOUR TREE. THIS IS UNLIKE GREEN MOSS THAT HAS NO ROOTS BUT MAKES A LOVEY CARPET OF PSEDDO-GRASS.(***PLEASE VIEW PART 12 ABOUT THE WARNING ON HANDLING SPHAGNUM MOSS BEFORE YOU WORK WITH SPHAGNUM MOSS***).
VIDEOGROPHY BY JERRY LITT.
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*THIS IS PART “A” (28A) OF A TWO PART VIDEO. PART B IS ABOUT 1 MINUTE LONG). THE GINKO HAS GREAT LEAVES AND A GREAT HISTORY. THIS IS ONE OF MY GINKOS THAT I GREW FROM SEEDS. THEY ARE MODERATELY EASY TO TAKE CUTTINGS FOR ROOTING.(***PLEASE VIEW PART 12 ABOUT THE WARNING ON HANDLING SPHAGNUM MOSS BEFORE YOU WORK WITH SPHAGNUM MOSS***).
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THIS IS A PRUNING OF A RATHER OVERGROWN FICUS (FIG) TREE. THIS IS FICUS BENJAMINA, OR THE WEEPING FICUS. THIS ONE HAD NOT BEEN EXAMINED IN ABOUT A YEAR. GETTING IT OUT OF THE POT WAS A SLIGHT PROBLEM AS IT IS A COMMERCIAL POT AND HAS AN INTERNAL LIP. BUT BEING THAT THE GROWTH MEDIUM IS SPHAGNUM MOSS, IT COMES OUT RELATIVELY EASILY, WHEREAS HAD THIS BEEN IN SOIL, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A CRUMBLING MESS. FICUS TREES CAN DEVELOP FIGS, WHICH I HAVE HAD HAPPEN OCCASSIONALLY. THEY ARE HEARTY GROWERS, AND THOUGH FULL SUN IS SUGGESTED, THEY DO WELL AS HOUSEPLANTS, AND MINE DO FINE UNDER THE SHADE OF A LARGE OAK. THIS ONE NEEDED A MAJOR PRUNING, WHICH IT GOT.(***PLEASE VIEW PART 12 ABOUT THE WARNING ON HANDLING SPHAGNUM MOSS BEFORE YOU WORK WITH SPHAGNUM MOSS***).
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