Mike discusses the two ways to water, which are dunking and pouring. The method you use depends more upon the soil you have than anything else. It’s all about keeping the air in the soil because plants need air around their roots just as much as they need water.
Mike also discusses the true reason for using moss on your bonsai. Sure it’s decorative, but there is a functional purpose as well.
Mike demonstrates how to take a Juniper purchased at Dallas Bonsai Garden and pot it into a training pot. The entire process is demonstrated, including creating drainage screen clips to hold the drainage mesh in place and wiring the bonsai into the pot.
Mike experiments with some moss found near his house which has about a 20% chance of living. Unfortunately, the moss didn’t make it. But, it is still attractive and helps keep the soil from washing out of the pot when watering.
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Mike shows what he created from the nursery stock he collected in 2007.
Mike has a schefflera that needs to be pruned and is in need of some pest control. This video offers some tips and tricks to help you.
Mike takes the azalea’s that he root pruned a couple months back and this time prunes the top growth. This video shows how sometimes azaleas look completely dead, but are in fact still alive. It also shows a bonsai supply product called kyonal which is a type of wound sealant or cut paste.
Mike has a schefflera that needs to be pruned and is in need of some pest control. This video offers some tips and tricks to help you.
Everything you ever wanted to know about watering and probably more. Mike creates several experiments to show you all about watering your bonsai.
Since the winter is over, Mike takes his Maple Bonsai out of the ground and prunes the roots.
Mike shows how to clean a bonsai pot using pot oil. The results are really quite nice.
Mike shows the entire process of re-potting – from preparing the bonsai pot, to trimming the roots of the schefflera, placement and design, and finally decorating.
