Bonsaify | Mame Tricks: Repotting and Rebuilding a Mame Tray

In a follow-up to our most popular video "One Mame Trick to Rule Them All" (   • Bonsaify | One Mame Trick to Rule The...  ) Eric shares more growing and maintenance tricks for mame bonsai.

00:00:44 Some of the mame in the tray need to be repotted, and some are rooted into the tray.

00:01:26 The soil in the tray is fine lava sifted to a coarse sand consistency, and it now contains lot of liverwort (flowerless, spore producing plant) in addition to the lovely green moss. Eric will be replacing the soil for all new.

00:02:01 A tip for escape rooting: it can cause drainage holes to plug up, so stay on top of a repotting schedule.

00:03:29 Portulacaria (Dwarf Jade) in a cement pot: growth improved after Eric put it in the mame tray.

00:04:38 Eric uses a new large mame tray (from Thomas and Kathy Arakawa: https://www.bonsaify.com/collections/...) and uses a first layer of regular medium bonsai soil.

00:05:37 Shohin aoki mix added on top of the first layer of soil.

00:06:17 Eric's tip for sifting out dust for mame size soil particles and adding a third soil layer.

00:07:19 Repotting a cotoneaster: with mame it is likely you will need to improvise with tools because of the small size of the trees.

00:09:01 Three pot options for the tiny cascade; Eric selects and preps mame container.

00:09:47 Another tip on how to make a tie wire for mame - create a staple and run it up from under the pot.

00:10:53 Placing tree in pot to highlight the trunk and adding soil.

00:12:06 Putting all the repotted mame into the new tray. Eric uses shredded sphagnum moss with medallions of live moss also shredded to lay over the surface of the fine lava mix.

00:13:25 All mame are in the tray - how do you think they look?

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