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Would you use raffia/tape on JRP which has very brittle branches? I was at a private workshop with Mauro a few years ago where he helped Mike M (RBG) put some big bends in a 4 ft high Scots Pine. The branches they bent were 1-2 inches thick. They used raffia/tape and I could not believe the amount of bend that they were able to achieve. I saw the tree earlier this year and it's in great shape.

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I love your work! Your art and videos are my favorite and very inspiring as I am new to this hobby. I've had a few plants die on me, but I just bought two more. What potting medium do you recommend? Can these plants be propagated through cuttings? Thank you!

I have heard the opinion that it is better not to apply electrical tape so that the raffia and the branch under it can “breathe”. But I have also heard the opposite opinion. It's difficult to say who is right.

This is a beautiful tree and your design is fantastic. Great job

Thanks for the tour. Next spring i will have to get a maple now that i have the space for it. Inspiring to look at your trees

Stay cool Rafael, thanks for showing your setup and the tour of the trees!!

Hi Rafi, thanks for talking about water needed on warmer days. My very delicate new shoots on my Trident withered up this week even though I watered the foliage too. Worse are the tree rats jumping off my fence and braking new growth. Got out the pellet gun now. Yesterday they tipped over one pot and it was dead this morning. Now i'm getting pissed off. I had fun at our first London show and my Blood good and birch forest won awards. The President looks good for sure Trying to keep ahead of everything that comes up, but it's a battle.

Dust mask unless you like lung problems.... (ask me how i know ) I build mine with a lung and a half now !

Wow buds are out, spring is early quite a bit this year. Interesting video thanks

Great video, please get a windsock for your microphone. You sound like a chain smoker with asthma..... ✌️

Hey Rafi, so good to see you back on again. Thanks for the reminder, my Trident is at the same point as yours. I noticed you did not mention peeling the sheaths off as well, however on my Trident they are so small I would have difficulty peeling anything.

Thanks for sharing Rafael, most helpful.

Thanks!!

I have done the same job some days ago. To find a nice nebari at this kind of tree is not easy because it grows very slowly.

Really nice work this is what I've been looking for I would need to figure out how to put a drain hole I just figured it out crisis averted

אחלה עבודה אם אפשר את הסרטון הזה בעברית לגבי החומרים שאתה משלב אתה אלוף🦾🦾

Many thanks, I will not be buying the Makita I had planned to do. I want to keep all of my fingers. Great video.

Hi Mirai friend! Do you think this is the same mix that yan culek used for his slabs? I’ve been trying to figure out what he uses!

Nice work 👍

love to see the progress after 5 years. does it get fuller?

love to see the progress of this nice tree!

Great work, thank you 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

How do we order this kit? Also can we put several mesh together to make a larger slab?

Great video Rafael, thank you for sharing. All the 'Thuja' trees I've seen in gardens and nurseries here in the UK have foliage that is vertical but that on your tree is horizontal. Has it been wired to give this shape or have I been looking at the wrong trees please?

Incredible art, garden and Master!

No drain holes?

I love how airy and proportional you've made it; usually the frond size is a challenge of thuja vs hinoki, but you've embraced it and made it beautiful. Branch angles on thuja are a bit weird. The reference photos I've seen of old growth thuja plicata have very thin drooping branches near the bottom and thicker reiterated trunks growing upwards in the crown. Your branch placement could pass as natural imo, but lake influenced thuja occidentalis might be different My only critique is the apical jin seems too long for its thickness

Nice repotting job. Trying to look for any guidance as i chop back a large root on a collecred pondorods i have.

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Great work. And I like how you are explaining concepts applied to a particular tree. Beautiful tree

Wow, what a tree Rafael, you have really brought out the best in it!

How were able to remove so much foliage without killing it?

Interesting root flare. Nice looking tree

Hi Rafi my pinch and peel on mine has given me ramification, however can I trim 50% of my leaves like you did to give more light on the interior. It is very dense.

Nice video, well explain. Thank you for the information.

safety first 👍👍

I Love the harpoon idea Rafi, as usual a top notch video. Thanks well done !

Hi Rafi, for some reason I am not getting your notifications so I reset the bell. We purchased 2 barderis last fall and trimmed them before winter dormancy. This spring we ( my grandson and I ) repotted both trees and they blossomed well until we had an late unexpected frost. One outright died, the other is coming back 50%. A third one which I had for 2 years died too. I assumed they could handle frost but possibly they are weekend from repotting and could not fight back. Such is the life of a Bonsai enthusiast ! Hope I get your notifications now.

Hello "Rafael Najmanovich"! Thank you for showing us such a wonderful video! I feel so happy! I'm looking forward to your next work! Have a nice day!

Well done, good sir. Your Barberry looks set for the season. I appreciate you sharing your knowledge on the species, brother. I’m currently working some Barberry as well.

You will have to spray fungicide every spring. I have the same problem. If there is infected trees within a 100 yards you will never get rid of it. You just have to keep a close eye on it especially in the damp spring and treat accordingly.

A very good and educational video, thank you. This is the first time i have seen this technique used for a slab planting, are there any issues to look out for with aftercare?

Wonderful video!

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Good idea mate!

Is the use of bamboo mandatory for chopsticks? Or you can use, for example, pine? Yes, it's not as durable, but it is easier to find and cheaper.

Really interesting result!! Any bud break at all on larches at this time of year? Mine are outside in the ground and no sign of any life yet. Hopefully normal

As always, great to hear your thoughts and see them put into action. i do however find my eye drawn to the the empty space created by the lower branch and the curve of the trunk. thank you.

Nice work!