Suggestion for the editor! When Peter talks about something that happened in another video it would be awfully helpful if you'd link the mentioned video in the description for easy reference. Thank you for the great videos team!
For everyone wondering...there's a video called "Breaking New Ground with an Old Tree - Part 1 Sandro Segneri" on the channel. I suppose Peter is referring to that video. I just looked that up because I was curious, so I'm not 100% sure it's the same one.
I like your philosophy regarding making mistakes Peter. Thank you for not editing out your mistake. You show us your work process and mistakes are a part of it. If you can make a mistake, you're a master in my regard, then it's not a disaster if I make a mistake. So, see here, you taught us a life's lesson. Thank you.
@@JackyoBrian the guy recordings face 😩 “this is supposed to be my tree experiment and you just butchering it” I really hope the tree survives but I’m agreeing with you 😮 this pruning was more of a torture 💀
@@XaViEr3520 sorry but that is against nature. To bend a tree a little is OK but this was not ok in my eyes. WIR gehen in die Wälder und umarmen Bäume, weil sie uns in unserer Mitte bringen und eine Seele haben. Es ist grausam zu sehen wenn dann so mit ihnen umgegangen wird.
@@laraw.4657 That may all be right, in the wild it will probably all happen and I am also against felling old healthy trees. A bonsai, on the other hand, is usually in the apartment and the owner is responsible for that and I want my plants and trees to be fine. I also get my hair cut regularly so I don't look neglected, but it's like letting your body split up.
Ahahaha. "My worker brought this tree in for me to critique. Lets do an experiement" At first I thought you were being mean to him but yes it does look quite nice I cant wait to see it next spring. It came in looking like an accident that survived and you made it into something that looks ancient growing on the rocks of a great mountain for 100 years.
"I could bring the chinese cleaver again, but that might to too frightening" I don't know why but that cracked me up! Yeah, just the first cutting made a huge difference, but wow, thank you for that confidence building episode!
😀😄 I'm in the recycling business and as a scrapper I probably do about 100,000 lbs. a year. I have recently starting using ACSR wire and as I've walked around doing some air layering on trees, I have actually wondered. "I wonder what he (meaning Peter) would say about using this wire. I get it for free and it seems to work but he probably would think it's cheap and low class. Maybe a little embarrassing but it works for me at the moment.".....And here he is talking about how he started out using this same wire!!!! 😀😀 This completely made my day!! By the way, ACSR wire here ranges from ¢18-¢30 per pound at the scrap yard when selling it. That's cents NOT dollars. Fairly low payout especially considering it's not generally easy to come by in quantity. However, with this being said, if any bonsai artists (new or veteran) have a scrap yard near you, you may be able to buy this wire from them for ¢50 a pound. You only have to carefully cut the one plastic jacket and peel it off of the braid.
Nice that you know what ACSR is. Not many people will know what it is. But now you know that I was a genuine engineer - I used to buy it by the tonne very cheap of course as I could buy it at staff discount rates. That was back in the early 1970s which is almost 50 years ago !!
I watched your videos before, but this one is what made me subscribe. I did feel very very nervous with the tool used to remove wood, but I am not a master who knows so much as you. Thank you so much for showing us how to be brave.
An excellent lesson. I have a European larch exactly like the one in the video, almost identical, and I've been scratching my head for a year about what to do with it. Now I know! Thank you, Peter!
Ok .. watched to the end.. EDGE OF OUR SEATS THE ENTIRE TIME! Dear jeebus Peter.. you are so aggressive with your style sometimes, i feel like I'm watching a Jason movie and the screeching violin that plays right before he goes to kill someone.. is playing in my head as you go chop chop chopping along! The result is beautiful. I cannot lie, but holy smokes i need to take a breather for a few after this one.
I once used piece of cloth to wrap my tree just to bend, with wire core and some guy wires, it worked too😁. Didn't have fancy raffia at that time. Thx for sharing and for 2 videos in a day..woohoo
Nice video Peter, I use electrical tape to wrap around a branch before applying wire. However, in saying that I turn the tape around, so the sticky side is pointing outward. It takes a little to start the wrap but once it's in place you don't have to worry about losing or damaging the bark. As you wrap ensure that the tape is ½ covering the previous wrap. The gluey side of the tape has chemicals on it so you are better off this way to prevent. The tape is waterproof either way. However the two big advantages are that 1) it is very easy to remove with out pulling bark from the surface of the limb just gently run a blade along the branch and 2) the tape is a lot more flexible and therefore won't damage the bark while the tree grows. So once the tape is secure you are free to wrap the branch as normal. Concentrate on bending the wire and not the branch and all is good. Thanks for the videos!
Do you split and remove the side opposite the bend or the same side as the bend. Does it matter? Sifu Chan, Do you treat the stripped core before wrapping or a year later when the wire and wrap are removed?
I agree with you, "It needs a branch over there", but you just pruned off all of the potential thread-grafting candidates. This is one of the most enlightening videos on bonsai technique that I've seen in several years! ❤️
Master Chan you're absolutely brilliant! I see so many trees that are of this fashion. My father's mulberry tree did the very same one year and it stood that way for 2 seasons before he cut the rest down. The weight of the one branch finally split the tree in two. Quite an amazing thing to see.
Yes, the 2nd side at time 27:27 is quite nice. I don't have any types of tress like this but I watched it anyway just to see if Peter would carve the center out.
I don't think that was a mistake at all. To find the perfect way to do it, you would start off small, and increase ... better than jumping leaps and bounds and breaking the trunk. Great to see this process, thanks for sharing!
Amazing video, thank you for sharing your knowledge. You are a true inspiration Peter. I made my first ever bonsai yesterday thanks to your encouragement. You are a true master and thank you again.
wow, what a transformation. In the beginning, I was like you butchered it, there is no saving it. But the final profile was amazing. Hopefully the tree survives the torture!
'Of course raffia gives a neat affect, but if you don't mind looking at badly applied parcel tape that will do too' - sorry too funny not to make a joke out of it. I love you Peter, I learned a lot from this view so thank you so much for doing it. A great result, and I will purchase parcel tape in readiness...HAHAahaaa
It is now February of 2022 and I am wondering if a follow-up video was done on this experiment. The change WAS radical and beautiful. Excellent job! I do hope that we can see Josh's larch in a future video.
I noticed a 2 year-old branch on one of my 8 year-old in ground maples I've tortured over the years. I remember hitting the the branch with the mower last year. I wanted it for a future leader (I'm dissecting top down with air layers on the main trunks). It snapped and dangled at a 90° bend 6" from the trunk but the cambium held it from the top. I left it thinking that the branch might back bud and could use what "little" assistance from what was still alive above the break. It completely healed and now there's a hard knuckle... and a stout branch underneath!
Check local scrap yards for ACSR wire. It has a plastic jacket on it but it is very inexpensive. Check what they buy it for and offer to buy it from them for 2-3 times what they pay. One should be able to get the wire for less than a dollar a pound. Maybe ¢.50. ,Scrap price varies across the world.
Very nicely done sir, your ability to walk the talk & talk the walk is amazing & set you apart from others. Was wondering where to get a raffia, gladly I've watch this video!
Wow. Will be interesting to see this tree next spring. I have several specimens, with dead straight trunks. ( two 10 year old Tridents, an 8 year old Lace leaf maple, 2 Dawn redwoods...)Would LOVE to be able to find a way of introducing movement.
@@peterchan3100 I understand, and was planning mostly introducing movement in the Tridents by the "clip and grow" method, maybe creating a new leader in the dormant time of the tree, this would change the direction of the trunk slightly, creating a less straight trunk perhaps. Thanks for the reply Peter!
Excellent work Peter. Would love to follow the progress of this tree through the years. May I suggest a quarterly update ie every three months. Take care
Hello Sir, This is a wonderful video... So lots of learning .. I am a beginner in doing Bonsai .. this morning I was trying to do the same but was not left with any clue how to bend such a thick trunk and like magic I got to see your video,, maybe I will try this technique you showed. Sir, I am also eager to know when will remove the wairing I did to a plant? Is there any way to understand when I should think that the bending is done and the wires can be removed?
The nice thing is he does not mind to tell viewers, he is not the Super man and inviting everyone to participate their minds, imaginations to walk through the process with him under watchful eyes of his professional experience. I am always enjoy watching his videos because of these facts. And I have one question, does it help if we spray the tree really well, leave it for a while, so the fiber of the tree gets soaked and will be more flexible than a drier one?
Suggestion for the editor! When Peter talks about something that happened in another video it would be awfully helpful if you'd link the mentioned video in the description for easy reference. Thank you for the great videos team!
Agreed.
Yes very much so agree!
For everyone wondering...there's a video called "Breaking New Ground with an Old Tree - Part 1 Sandro Segneri" on the channel. I suppose Peter is referring to that video. I just looked that up because I was curious, so I'm not 100% sure it's the same one.
I’d like an update to this tree on a new video
We need to see what this tree looks like TODAY! Come on Peter!
Or today even haha
I believe that tree has died...
I like your philosophy regarding making mistakes Peter. Thank you for not editing out your mistake. You show us your work process and mistakes are a part of it. If you can make a mistake, you're a master in my regard, then it's not a disaster if I make a mistake. So, see here, you taught us a life's lesson. Thank you.
Will be interesting to see how this tree carries on after this! Updates in a year will be nice
There can be no update, because I don't think the tree survived this torture.
@@JackyoBrian the guy recordings face 😩 “this is supposed to be my tree experiment and you just butchering it” I really hope the tree survives but I’m agreeing with you 😮 this pruning was more of a torture 💀
@@XaViEr3520 sorry but that is against nature. To bend a tree a little is OK but this was not ok in my eyes.
WIR gehen in die Wälder und umarmen Bäume, weil sie uns in unserer Mitte bringen und eine Seele haben.
Es ist grausam zu sehen wenn dann so mit ihnen umgegangen wird.
@@JackyoBrian I agree 100% he took off sap wood and heart wood and part of the cambium layer. It was pretty cringey 😬
@@laraw.4657 That may all be right, in the wild it will probably all happen and I am also against felling old healthy trees. A bonsai, on the other hand, is usually in the apartment and the owner is responsible for that and I want my plants and trees to be fine. I also get my hair cut regularly so I don't look neglected, but it's like letting your body split up.
Josh is doing a good job of keeping the camera steady, while sobbing silently. 😭
Haha
*quote from* Peter Chan “this is almost like surgical operation” yeah you’re right on that Peter very precise work! 👌🌲
Ahahaha. "My worker brought this tree in for me to critique. Lets do an experiement"
At first I thought you were being mean to him but yes it does look quite nice I cant wait to see it next spring. It came in looking like an accident that survived and you made it into something that looks ancient growing on the rocks of a great mountain for 100 years.
Thank you for the extra content this week Peter...I’ve enjoyed all of the videos.
I needed this just now. Thank you. Learning should always be this entertaining and wonderful. 🥰
"I could bring the chinese cleaver again, but that might to too frightening" I don't know why but that cracked me up! Yeah, just the first cutting made a huge difference, but wow, thank you for that confidence building episode!
Cleaver lol: ruclips.net/video/2auGIHY7V8Q/видео.html
Really love how that turned, gives me more confidence to try bolder things
If you don't try it you'll never know, Peter is learning all the time and passes his experience on to us, what more can you ask, thank Peter.
😀😄 I'm in the recycling business and as a scrapper I probably do about 100,000 lbs. a year. I have recently starting using ACSR wire and as I've walked around doing some air layering on trees, I have actually wondered. "I wonder what he (meaning Peter) would say about using this wire. I get it for free and it seems to work but he probably would think it's cheap and low class. Maybe a little embarrassing but it works for me at the moment.".....And here he is talking about how he started out using this same wire!!!! 😀😀 This completely made my day!!
By the way, ACSR wire here ranges from ¢18-¢30 per pound at the scrap yard when selling it. That's cents NOT dollars. Fairly low payout especially considering it's not generally easy to come by in quantity. However, with this being said, if any bonsai artists (new or veteran) have a scrap yard near you, you may be able to buy this wire from them for ¢50 a pound. You only have to carefully cut the one plastic jacket and peel it off of the braid.
Nice that you know what ACSR is. Not many people will know what it is. But now you know that I was a genuine engineer - I used to buy it by the tonne very cheap of course as I could buy it at staff discount rates. That was back in the early 1970s which is almost 50 years ago !!
@@peterchan3100 Yes, that was very economical! As they say rethink, reuse and recycle ♻️.
Any updates available on this tree? Am curious about how it is doing. Thank you!
I watched your videos before, but this one is what made me subscribe. I did feel very very nervous with the tool used to remove wood, but I am not a master who knows so much as you. Thank you so much for showing us how to be brave.
What a transformation, truly work of art!
25:37 "i dont't force the tree to do what it may not want to do..." meanwhile took out half the trunk and used tons of wires to bend it lol
The tree wanted to bend that way. It just needed a little persuasion.
Hes doing a touch up here compared to what some people do to their nursery material
Don't judge the tree for what it enjoys.
He has a very dry sense of humor. I love that about him!
An excellent lesson. I have a European larch exactly like the one in the video, almost identical, and I've been scratching my head for a year about what to do with it. Now I know! Thank you, Peter!
I really like that new shape, so much more interesting.
I can’t wait to see when the foliage comes out.
It looks good from nearly every side.
Ok .. watched to the end.. EDGE OF OUR SEATS THE ENTIRE TIME! Dear jeebus Peter.. you are so aggressive with your style sometimes, i feel like I'm watching a Jason movie and the screeching violin that plays right before he goes to kill someone.. is playing in my head as you go chop chop chopping along! The result is beautiful. I cannot lie, but holy smokes i need to take a breather for a few after this one.
"What the hell, let´s get rid of it!" - half of the trunk is ripped off :D very good idea Peter and a beautiful work.
That was great😮
I appreciate you showing the whole process from experimenting on the fly and showing mistakes! I definitely learn from watching the whole process.
I once used piece of cloth to wrap my tree just to bend, with wire core and some guy wires, it worked too😁. Didn't have fancy raffia at that time. Thx for sharing and for 2 videos in a day..woohoo
Nice video Peter, I use electrical tape to wrap around a branch before applying wire. However, in saying that I turn the tape around, so the sticky side is pointing outward. It takes a little to start the wrap but once it's in place you don't have to worry about losing or damaging the bark. As you wrap ensure that the tape is ½ covering the previous wrap.
The gluey side of the tape has chemicals on it so you are better off this way to prevent. The tape is waterproof either way. However the two big advantages are that
1) it is very easy to remove with out pulling bark from the surface of the limb just gently run a blade along the branch
and
2) the tape is a lot more flexible and therefore won't damage the bark while the tree grows.
So once the tape is secure you are free to wrap the branch as normal.
Concentrate on bending the wire and not the branch and all is good.
Thanks for the videos!
Good tips
Thanks for this tip, I think I will be trying it!
Bonsai skill = 99999
Taping skill = 1
Another brilliant video thanks Peter keep em coming!
Poor Josh..🤣🤣
Just sweatin', the whole vid.
Great vid.
👍🏼👏🏼
Do you split and remove the side opposite the bend or the same side as the bend. Does it matter?
Sifu Chan, Do you treat the stripped core before wrapping or a year later when the wire and wrap are removed?
I agree with you, "It needs a branch over there", but you just pruned off all of the potential thread-grafting candidates. This is one of the most enlightening videos on bonsai technique that I've seen in several years! ❤️
Amazing results. I'm really excited to see how it develops
An update to the follow up video would be helpful.
Making mistakes makes us human and gives us opportunities to learn more
Thank you for your efforts to share all your valuable experiences with us
Any update on this tree ? Did it survive ?
Thanks for all
A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
- Albert Einstein
Wow! I was riveted watching this. I have two unbendable maples...but I'm scared to be this radical.
Master Chan you're absolutely brilliant! I see so many trees that are of this fashion. My father's mulberry tree did the very same one year and it stood that way for 2 seasons before he cut the rest down. The weight of the one branch finally split the tree in two. Quite an amazing thing to see.
The larch has been transformed, will turn out to become a beautiful bonsai. Well done Peter Chan.
Id love to see the tree again and how it changed with time 🥰
Is there a sequel to the film about this larch?
So what does this tree look like now?
Yes, the 2nd side at time 27:27 is quite nice. I don't have any types of tress like this but I watched it anyway just to see if Peter would carve the center out.
I love his tutorials he’s a master of this craft for sure.... I rewatch repeatedly amazing content
I was extremely skeptical all the way to the point where...Bravo, Maestro!
What a transformation - good job Peter!
I love Peter's diy spirit!
Herons Bonsai, the last tree bender.
There are so many amazing angles! I have throughly enjoyed this video.
I absolutely love it when you do weird crazy stuff like this.
I don't think that was a mistake at all. To find the perfect way to do it, you would start off small, and increase ... better than jumping leaps and bounds and breaking the trunk. Great to see this process, thanks for sharing!
it was good to see you weren't left in the larch! (sorry, bad pun)
how did it turn out,?
Hello Peter. How did this Tree doing Now? Can you do a little Update? Thanks so much Sir Peter
Amazing video, thank you for sharing your knowledge. You are a true inspiration Peter. I made my first ever bonsai yesterday thanks to your encouragement. You are a true master and thank you again.
wow, what a transformation. In the beginning, I was like you butchered it, there is no saving it. But the final profile was amazing. Hopefully the tree survives the torture!
Mind blown once again! Thanks Peter!
Time for an update!!!!
What is that green tree to the right of Peter at 25:16?
I love you "let's see what happens approach. Mine too. Although I do get a little freaked out at the chopping . I enjoy you very much.
Best thing about your videos RAW and classic amazing I’m growing like the bonsai
'Of course raffia gives a neat affect, but if you don't mind looking at badly applied parcel tape that will do too' - sorry too funny not to make a joke out of it. I love you Peter, I learned a lot from this view so thank you so much for doing it. A great result, and I will purchase parcel tape in readiness...HAHAahaaa
Wow I had to see it bend after I saw your latest video of it 3 months later. Awesome work
Awesome work. A Master at work!👊🏽🙏🏿
It is now February of 2022 and I am wondering if a follow-up video was done on this experiment. The change WAS radical and beautiful. Excellent job! I do hope that we can see Josh's larch in a future video.
Dear Peter can you make some video about bonsai from oak? I Planeted 7 of them last Winter and i would love to learn about oak bonsai from you!
That is insane. Insane in a good way :)
I noticed a 2 year-old branch on one of my 8 year-old in ground maples I've tortured over the years. I remember hitting the the branch with the mower last year. I wanted it for a future leader (I'm dissecting top down with air layers on the main trunks). It snapped and dangled at a 90° bend 6" from the trunk but the cambium held it from the top. I left it thinking that the branch might back bud and could use what "little" assistance from what was still alive above the break. It completely healed and now there's a hard knuckle... and a stout branch underneath!
Beautiful! Some guidelines on removing wiring would really be helpful to me. Thanks for all of your wonderful videos.
I was shocked when you said you almost became a doctor, I bet all those trees are happy you chose the path you did! Cheers!
Sage advice. Failure can be the mother of success.
Usted es un verdadero genio creando bonsáis
Great job! Love the new bends. Is there any update on this tree?
Thanks Peter.
Check local scrap yards for ACSR wire. It has a plastic jacket on it but it is very inexpensive. Check what they buy it for and offer to buy it from them for 2-3 times what they pay. One should be able to get the wire for less than a dollar a pound. Maybe ¢.50. ,Scrap price varies across the world.
Bravo ! excellent yo are a master ..im scared to try but have to .. is there an update on this tree ?
Very nicely done sir, your ability to walk the talk & talk the walk is amazing & set you apart from others. Was wondering where to get a raffia, gladly I've watch this video!
Wow. Will be interesting to see this tree next spring. I have several specimens, with dead straight trunks. ( two 10 year old Tridents, an 8 year old Lace leaf maple, 2 Dawn redwoods...)Would LOVE to be able to find a way of introducing movement.
Be very careful with maples - they are very brittle - this method won't work with them. Best with conifers.
@@peterchan3100 I understand, and was planning mostly introducing movement in the Tridents by the "clip and grow" method, maybe creating a new leader in the dormant time of the tree, this would change the direction of the trunk slightly, creating a less straight trunk perhaps. Thanks for the reply Peter!
I think he even amazed himself!☺️
You're the master man! I love your videos
I see the camera man sweating as you have done this
That was Josh - the owner of the tree
This was hard to watch, but I have faith that Peter can make it work. You absolutely must keep us posted on this tree!
ruclips.net/video/VkJXuFP5dXs/видео.html
wow🤩love your teaching!
Can we see a follow-up on that tree please? I'd like to see how it ended up. Thx.
Exciting bonsai! Who'd have guessed! Excellent video, thank you 👍
Experiments are so intriguing. I’d like to see the bark heal up a bit.
Excellent work Peter. Would love to follow the progress of this tree through the years. May I suggest a quarterly update ie every three months. Take care
24:48 look at the face on bottom of the trunk
Informative bending video. Looking forward to update in future for this tree.
I have already done an update on 23 May. Lets see when my editor will release that on this channel.
I want more experiment videos!! I need idea for all these north American red and silver maples. You think your field maples are vigorous, ohhh buddy.
That was very helpful, clear and inspiring. Thank you!
An update on this tree would be appreciated!
You are a true master!
Hello Sir, This is a wonderful video... So lots of learning .. I am a beginner in doing Bonsai .. this morning I was trying to do the same but was not left with any clue how to bend such a thick trunk and like magic I got to see your video,, maybe I will try this technique you showed. Sir, I am also eager to know when will remove the wairing I did to a plant? Is there any way to understand when I should think that the bending is done and the wires can be removed?
That was unexpectedly great.
I would be very interested in seeing a show for you fertilize and water the bonsai lovely work thank you.
The nice thing is he does not mind to tell viewers, he is not the Super man and inviting everyone to participate their minds, imaginations to walk through the process with him under watchful eyes of his professional experience.
I am always enjoy watching his videos because of these facts.
And I have one question, does it help if we spray the tree really well, leave it for a while, so the fiber of the tree gets soaked and will be more flexible than a drier one?
Yes - Misting would help. This tree is kept in a damp greenhouse so its been recovering well. You should see it now - All green and lush.
@@peterchan3100 Thank you so much Peter.
Hello.appreciate this video. What species would do well .with this surgery and which would you never even try this with? Thanks you!
I’m new to bonsai, I would have thought cutting away so much of the main trunk would kill the tree? How do you know if it will survive after
Wisdom speaks through the mouth of art
That's a good expression
That tree is pretty amazing Sir...
Would it have been possible to slice the top branch off and graft it to the other side ?