5 beginner Bonsai mistakes to avoid, that might be killing your bonsai tree!

Ps: Shohin and Mame bonsai are small trees the difference is that these trees even though they are small. They have great development/ramification and years of training with age showing.

Thank you. This was so informative and inspiring. 🙏🏻

With the right soil it's almost impossible to water too much

When you put a "stick in a pot" in the nursery pot to encourage "trunk" growth do you use bonsai soil or regular potting soil?

My bonsai tree died after repotting too :(

Thanks for your advice, it is so helpful.

Thank you for sharing this! It isn't easy to share mistakes.

I see some white dots on my bonsai leaves.. Can u pls help me

Great great video! I just started with my first 4 little Bonsai trees I purchased. Your videos are very informative.

Oh my goodness! Thank you so much for this video. 😢I wish I had seen it before I purchased my two Bonsai.😭😭😭I think they are both dead and I don’t know what to do, but I know what NOT to do. I thought I had it right this time but clearly I’m not getting it. Thank you again for this informative video. I am sharing it with my son who is also a beginner in Bonsai

hi when repotting does the bonsai need to go into a plastic pot until it’s suited for a larger bonsai pot or can it be moved immediately to a larger one? (I’m very new to bonsai and have a brush cherry)

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Any size, is a bonsai tree. It’s an art and personal style. If it’s small, cared for, loved, is a bonsai. A “stick in a pot” is a bonsai. That’s like saying abstract art is not art.

Thank for sharing video learning about Bonsai.
Good Job Sir.
Greeting hobby bonsai from Indonesia.

Thanks very much aappreciated, good info.

Thank you for this. Excellent advice.

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Good vid. Wouldve liked more information on names of the different kind of trees that were shown. My personal favorite was the tree that blossomed white flowers

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These are all common mistakes we all made at some point (It has to be that way to learn from it); people spends hundreds of dollars on a Bonsai and don’t even use the right pot or soil.

Bonsai literally means a tree in a pot (Mame, Shohin etc), but I partially agree, work the trunk first and then Progressively make it smaller.

Thanks for the video.

Thank you very much for your advice. Is there anyway that you can save your tree from route rod? It still has the leaves and it’s flimsy

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Thanks for the advice I just got my first bonsai tree and this will help me a lot ❤

When should I transfer a seedling from a regular pot to a bonsai training pot?

Great vídeo !!! Experience is everything

Eh, not 100% accurate

I’m growing for a branch, I started it out in water then it began to grow roots and stems…. I potted and it began to whiter I still don’t know why… I placed it back in water and it’s thriving again … It’s a willow do you have advice on what I need to do to pot it correctly?

I am also a tree murderer, in a number of different ways. Good news is it's been a while since I've killed, so maybe I'm getting better, or smarter, or luckier?

Excellent. All mistakes I’ve made. I killed trees, even trees with great potential, by each mistake you mentioned.

Hi, I'm new to bonsai and want to start my own tree. Its nearly July so is it worth it to get one now or should i wait until next year? Im asking because in most videos I've watched now it is said that you can do most work only in early spring.

Glad I found this. Received a small tree for Mother’s Day and I don’t want to kill it!
Thanks again.

I sometimes wonder, if plants had feelings too, how would it feel to be a bonsai.

I like them small. Nothing wrong with a small bonsai.

one mistake i made, was thinking i should water it with my blood.. it got to a point, where i was feeling really weak, which caused me to slip into a coma, and when i woke up, i was very thin, and my hair had turned white.. when i looked at the plant, it was dead

Many thanks,just learnt a lot there.

thanks ,it very helpful, i just got my first tree

So what I've found is, Bonsai is literally having a Pet Tree. Feed too much, it will get sick. Water too much, sick. Trim it too much, you open it to infection. Trim it not enough, it gets shaggy and untidy. Rehome it too soon, it will grow anxious and struggle to grow to the space, don't Rehome it soon enough it will grow too big and overflow the space. It is literally like a pet. And actually, thinking it like this makes me want to care for a tree. I've seen so many Bonsai Videos in my recommendation today, and I'm intrigued. 😁

Stick in pot made me laugh. Those tiny ones can be beautiful. I believe they call them Mame.

However you're right if you get it small and it stays in a small pot it's not going to get big.

Time can be lost with a nursery tree if you rush it into a Bonsai pot. Often best to leave it in a large pot or plant in soil until it's the size you want

Very informative video, man. It’s funny how we didn’t know these things when we first started out. I can’t believe how much I have learned over the years, and still need to learn.

Plus you put the crepe myrtle out in full sun. Anytime I root prune or repot I have trees that sit in the shade for 1-2 weeks to recover.

😢 this made me so sad. I don’t think I can handle this.

I live where 40 below nights are not unheard of, I don't think you can let the whole pot freeze like a brick and keep living.

I finally gave it up

I tried keeping bonsai when I was 18 and killed each successive tree within 2 weeks.

This Valentines day my fiancee bought me one and I thought I might try and beat the record.

I watered it every 3 or so days when the top soil got dry. But one day forgot on a friday and it was dry shriveled and very dead before March.

I am astounded how precious these bloody things are and how easy they die.