Nursery Stock Series Pt. 1

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• LI

  @liverocks2025 · 4 years ago

  I am so glad I am watching this video almost 5 years later after posting because I am closer to seeing the progress and final result of this beautiful masterpiece.

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• RO

  @rossefamily362 · 1 year ago

  My practice is so deepened by these videos. Your fundamental principles echo in my ears as I gaze, clean, select fronts, pluck, prune, and wire my trees. So grateful for , what seems like anyway, your inexhaustible passion and patience with these subjects. I joined Mirai Live a couple of years ago but only began to dive deeply into videos  in the last few months. I must say though I am so sad that you won't be doing Super Tuesdays any more for now; I really feel people who only discovered the Beatles after they broke up the band! In any event, I wish you peace in whatever direction you go in- thank you for all the gifts you've given the Super Tuesday fans.

• NK

  @nk3835 · 9 years ago

  Need more nursery stock videos. Soooo helpful

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• GR

  @groovygranny5565 · 8 years ago

  I really like your conversation about fear. I feel the same as Kendall and as you echoed. What really helped me was to go to a kid's bonsai exhibit that a karate instructor friend of mine organized. These young people were karate students who were also doing bonsai in the back of the dojo as part of their training. I was so impressed and humbled by their lack of fear and unrestrained and uninhibited creativity. Each one of them had a idea for their tree, and they were allowed, even encouraged, to follow their idea. I was so inspired, I decided I had to be more like them. I had to discard my fear of breaking a "rule" and approach my bonsai with fresh eyes and attitude and a sense of abandon. It's become waaay more fun.

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• DI

  @dianawood2671 · 5 years ago

  Rayan is not only a bonsai master but also an excellent teacher.<br>Thank you Ryan for your lesson!

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• LI

  @lifelikelu · 6 years ago

  Im just so grateful these videos exists. Thank you.

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• GN

  @gnawvy · 2 months ago

  Bro picked the most unusual piece to start off with when he was supposed to give us something we could all reasonate with 😂

• SI

  @sidewaysonhighways · 2 years ago (edited)

  Here’s my conflicted approach to this piece of material. &nbsp;When I first saw this stream, I didn’t see any other way to deal with this blue rug juniper than how Ryan did. &nbsp;However, I didn’t like that there was so much waste in air layering the clump away from the main trunk. &nbsp;In the end, the trunk did its job in feeding water and nutrients to the air layering site, until roots were plentiful. &nbsp;Now I see it and am surprised that Ryan didn’t pull some Mr. Kimura shit and attempted to separate the live vein from the deadwood; provided there was any dead wood, and contort the live vein downward to compact it. &nbsp;Then peel the deadwood into broad flat strips and shape them in a curvy, swept formation, which in a concept sounds good, but I don’t know how realistic that would be on that exact tree. &nbsp;I totally respect what Ryan’s approach was, because he saw where the best potential was to create a desired composition and in a manner where the composition could flourish. &nbsp;Plus Ryan knows the material.

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• LO

  @loycemarch9603 · 8 years ago

  I get plants on sale and play with them. I look for 2 plants in one. We have stores here where they sell plants for 99cents. Some go back in black pots. Some go in small pots. So I can kill and be a bit sad, but it is ok. &nbsp;I have a couple plants in yard that were overwhelming area. So I will dig roots and try it. I dug up seedlings from aunts yard to test. I am 75 yrs old and decided I could stay in garden with bonsai and not have to get onto heavy work as my knees give out, lol. Love your shows and work.

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• DB

  @dbr1310 · 8 years ago (edited)

  Absolutely the best instructor, breaks it down to make it easy to understand. <br>Ryan is down to earth and very likable.<br>Thank you so much for inspiring me.

• JA

  @jamesfloyd6803 · 7 years ago

  Outstanding demonstration. &nbsp;I may watch this all the way through again tomorrow.

• DA

  @davidallison4031 · 5 years ago

  Awesome!!!!!.... The ability to see &nbsp;this outcome from unpromising nursery &nbsp;stock is mind-blowing. It has taught me to open my mind to obscure solutions to creating from such material.