Graham, thanks for sharing the right way to collect yamadori trees! Im always learning with you! Thank you so much and please, keep going with your videos! They are always very inspiring! Best regards from Brazil!

@berobinson82 Too much wet retards new root development.
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Another great video

Very nice vid, I really can see why you love trees they are beautiful

Great find! U make it look so easy!

@GrahamWPotter You’re such the gentleman. Thank you, sir.

@TheGLOBALHOUSE damn give the man a chance lol bonzai takes years to grow he’s not going to be able to do new things when the trees are not ready

@berobinson82 and when you let a pot dry up a bit the roots will grow quicker trying to find water 

yet another amazing video

your videos are like sesonal fruit: it doesn’t happen to have it often, but when we have it it is beautifull. I like them somuch because there is some proper teaching and because it is not about very old trees from japan which most of people will not own, but instead more doable plants.

I bet that twisted honey suckle is going to a blast to work on!!!!

I’m sure this is the wrong place to ask this, but the question won’t wait.

Bonsai pots with glazing on the “inside” are not recommended, I’m told, because of its non-porous nature, making it unsuitable for the roots, la-dee-da-dee-da.

If this really is true then why are plastic pots OK as trainers and to allow yamadori to establish itself? Plastic isn’t porous ……… is it?

Best regards
Franz-Erik
SWEDEN

How do you store your trees in the winter? I have my trees in a small gardenhouse but sadly I just found the soil to be frozen in all the pots today, including my acers and other specimens that can´t handle frost.

Graham gotta question for you. I have two perspective trees out in the wild I want to collect but am unsure about the right time to collect: zone 3, Canadian Prairies, when is the best time to collect a tree so as to cause it the least amount of stress?

We’re looking to get rid of a few flower beds in order to widen our driveway. There are four or five old junipers planted in them. I was thinking about digging them up and potting them. This has inspired me to look into things more as I have never tried to re-pot a tree before.

Well looks like some very good material to work with.Im about to get a colorado blue spruce they are my favorite tree and I think it would make a unique but very attractive bonsai.Thank you for posting such great vids and helping me along in learning the way and techniques in the craft YOU ROCK

@Hvalborg1 Other than tender species a little freezing in no problem. However overly wet soil can reduce a plants ability to withstand very low temperatures.
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@rockwork69 Ideally and in general move trees just as new growth begins to start.
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Wonderful, informative, and I would expect no less from the soundtrack. Keep up the good work Mr. Potter(SAid in best Alan Rickman accent.

I have been searching for videos on yamadori for a long time. Due to the factory i was working in closing i have little money and cant buy trees, my only option is to collect yamadori( I love collecting yamadori!) . And having found almost nothing on the matter i am glad to see a that finally someone is providing information! I have long been a fan and would love more videos on yamadori. I absolutely hope you do more future videos!

Nice vid, and beautiful hawthorn at 1.57.

Great video:) one question i had was how did u know if these trees were dead or alive since they seem to not have any foliage?

Why only water the plants when the get “extremely dry”? Don’t you want to keep the roots moist?

great jop man liket make more videos pleas

great jop man liket