what i love about these videos is how "rough" he is with the trees. and they turn out beautiful. Of course he has decades of experience to know how gentle or not you need to be with these things. So many bonsai videos have people using thousand dollar tools to carefully trim one root at a time and stare at it for hours before plucking one leaf off... this dude just goes for it! love it.
Very interesting to watch, and please continue to include the “boring parts”, as you call them... to us they are priceless ! Nice to be able to rewatch and pause, as we try these things. I have started to sit pots on gravel for roots to extend! Thank you so much for these videos. I am planning a day soon to start rewatching all your videos! It will be a special treat !!
agree, I don't like "shortcuts".... This maple had already it's roots prepared for a rock; as if. I like seeing the process. How you need to work the roots to get it in shape, way before being ready to englobe the rock
I'm new to bonsai (3 years) and you never cease to amaze me. I can't wait to see how this looks in the end (if there is such a thing in bonsai). I'll be back in 20 years to see the results.
You are the best sir ,all that bla bla from all so-called experts ,you make it understandable and interesting to do and watch ,thank u for the down to earth lesson .
When he started doing this in 1970 the bonsai purists laughed at him, but, of course, they eventually stopped laughing and started air layering their employees too...not that they give Peter credit for his innovations
Thank you for your videos. Please continue showing us every detail. I can not feel bored from your experience and demonstrations. Wish you alle the best.
ah, i was wondering why everyone was saying they liked the "boring details". admittedly, i noticed the quotation marks but i still thought it a bit rude haha. i didn't know it was because you feel the smaller details themselves are boring. you sir, may fear you are boring your audience with the smaller details, but i can see from your fan's own "mouths" that you are too hard on yourself. almost everyone who's been with you for awhile can attest that they like when you give them the "boring details". they hang on your every word and are eager to learn the valuable information you have to teach. your fans love you and are more than willing to be patient :) as is needed for the art of bonsai, so I'd say you lucked out!
Thread grafted my maple to add a Branch and it worked, similar to what Peter was aiming for.. Thx for sharing Peter, until next one and stay safe to all..😇
Just want to say thank you for all your videos Peter, your knowledge, philosophy and no nonsense attitude are greatly appreciated. I look forward to every thing you show us. Cheers from Australia mate 11
Learning from scratch this amazing art of Bonsaï since 2 weeks now, almost done watching the full serie of your Bonsaï Training sessions online, and I must say, there is not a single piece of information that I could switch away, every tip given is just trully as simple and common sense as priceless, and I am taking notes from you since the very first video ! Many thanks again for sharing your knowledge and experience, much appreciated Sir !
Btw, you mention that you don't like to bore us with the boring parts.. personally I enjoy the boring parts. Watching you work these trees gives me confidence to do more with bonsai. Keep it up, thanks for quality videos!
Never understood why your clips get thumbs down, you make the most comprehensive and easy to watch bonsai videos I ever saw and I saw a lot. P.S your webpage does not work, will not load.
You say "I don't like to bother with the details" but this is one of the reasons I watch your videos, you're not afraid of showing the details of bonsai care, and it's really important to me when taking care of my tree, I'm less afraid of doing wrong now that I studied the details of what you do. Truly, thanks a lot for your teaching, it suprasses by far all the litterature I read ont he subject. Speaking of which, do you have any litterature you recommend on bonsai ? Because you often say stuff like "I read that in the litterature but I don't apply that", but the I don't really know what to read or where to look (for example, when u said that some people say that we should water the tree once a week when it's really dry, and you said in a another video that that is not what you advice). I'm not a native speaker so I don't really know how to search for great books in english (and the one I've found in french aren't that suitable for me, particularly there's not so much details) Thanks again for your passion
I was super inspired by this. I have a great looking maple and I decided to try a root over rock style. After exposing all the roots it had a beautiful root base that fit perfectly on the rock that I chose. I followed the instructions on this vid so im super excited to see how it turns out in the future
Your right the detail is boring but very important and am Glade you show all the little stuff plus tell how it could be done and your opinion on why you do it your way
But, he took it out “gently” at first until he yanked the pot off the roots at the end (smile) He just wanted to make sure he didn’t destroy the long tail of roots. Otherwise, it’s ok to yank away. Love watching him!!
Boy oh boy you need a proper tangle teezer to get those roots untangled! Very beautiful lesson, thank you so much for sharing the "boring" stuff with us
I have probably made this comment before but once again, thank you for sharing your knowledge Peter :) You are a huge inspiration and learning source. Hope to start my own bonsai/garden tree nursery one day but here in Sweden.
Quite interesting and cool. I had really wanted to see how this was done so thank you. . Maybe at some point you can touch on keeping all those roots viable and not drying out so exposed. I had thought of using spag moss but I though that would cause a knot of roots due to the moisture so I was left with what to do short of watering everyday (sometimes more in hot summer) like I do with my orchids like mounted ones or vandas. Thx for sharing.
I really love watching and learning from your videos. The clarity and selflessness of sharing your knowledge is truly amazing. I am literally a baby in this space and your videos help me get motivated to learn more. Would you have knowledge on what are the best trees in India that make good bonsais?
There was a sapling growing at the trunk of the tall tree at the corner, and last year I spent a few hours carefully chiseling it out. One of its roots went directly under the main tree, and the others went around the trunk and out several feet in all directions.
"I don't like using the term 'nebari' because it's a Japanese term and only the Japanese use it." THANK you! As someone who just wants to learn about and enjoy bonsai for what it is, it's *so* difficult to find people whose only concern and consideration is for the *TREES* themselves. It's really sad and frustrating trying to get good bonsai information, only to find a bunch of culture-vulture middle-aged weeabos churning out "mallsai" and and practicing their crappy broken Japanese on RUclips. Peter Chan is a real one, to him and whoever runs this channel: thank you for all the amazing info and help.
It's my first time really to see these videos and got hooked of this bonsai making! I just loved every detail shown and discussed. I love plants! Hope to get started!
I just received 30 Japanese black pine seeds in the mail, I have them sitting in water for 24 hours will do scarification/stratification for a month and see what I get! (Located in Canada!)
Draven I may have to stratify longer but I will be checking at a month to pull out any seeds that have sprouted a little root I will let u know my germination rate out of 30 seeds at 1 and 2 months
Draven sorry ... to clarify I will be taking a few seeds out at a month and see if they sprout after sowing.. then at 2 months take some more out and see if those sprout after sowing.. I have experience with growing other crops from a seed... but I am a newbie in bonsai
Draven It seems pretty all over the place online. I’ve read for black pine u should stratify 1 week , 1 month, 2 months or even 3 months.. there is no clear answer..
RE: BLACK PINE SEEDS. I soaked mine/refrigerated them last month and wrote on the bag 5/20. Experimenting... Since I’m home, I took the bag out last week and today found most have sprouted! Thanks HERONS BONSAI for all the lessons, without strict rules offers more people encouragement to try!
I love!- ❤️Doing something kinda similar with one of my maple being inverse into it’s self. I grafted One part of the limb to the stock of the tree.,held in place with a thumb pin ,wire or Pruning clay.👍🏻
please keep doing this videos, u can include the boring parts if you dont mind… I like your bonsai filosofy… don't you ever be afraid of experimenting and let your mind go
That maple was quite root bound in that pot. I have often wondered if washing the soil away would be acceptable. However, not sure I would use a pressure washer. Hahaha. Thank you again Mr Chan for another fascinating and informative video on bonsai.
so i have this very new twin trunk maple, and i tried out a few rocks to make the scenery nicer... one rock fit perfectly ABOVE the trunks. like, it's laying on top of the trees. is that something that already exists in bonsai? is it too whacky?
Peter your videos are never boring. I'm using the white teflon plumbers tape. easy to put on one handed, it's flexible so i don't have to worry about wire cutting in and it's cheap. we'll see how it works. side note.. didn't you lose your original nursery to fire back when you started. Steve.
No - not fire but the Great Storm of Oct 1987 when all our greenhouses were flattened and we didn't get a penny from insurance as storm damage was not covered.
Beautiful and creative! Peter, tell me what will you do to the circle branch after it grows between the two trunks? Will you cut from its main trunk and send it in the soil or leave it as a circle?
what i love about these videos is how "rough" he is with the trees. and they turn out beautiful. Of course he has decades of experience to know how gentle or not you need to be with these things. So many bonsai videos have people using thousand dollar tools to carefully trim one root at a time and stare at it for hours before plucking one leaf off... this dude just goes for it! love it.
I love to see the detail honestly, I watch your videos to relax. I’ve never found a video “boring”
Amen. Sometimes I watch Peter's videos just to relax.
Me too! There is nothing more calming than watching this man!
So true
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I dont even have a bonsai. I just watch him for me to relax
Exactly, I bet bob ross is lookin down from heaven like, "those are happy little trees"
Same but I kind of want to get one 👀
I just started creating bonsai but w succulents.
Make one. Dont get one. Buy a sapling or start from seed. Even if you only work on one at a time its really enjoyable.
Your time is coming, if you haven't purchased one already :)
Very interesting to watch, and please continue to include the “boring parts”, as you call them... to us they are priceless ! Nice to be able to rewatch and pause, as we try these things. I have started to sit pots on gravel for roots to extend! Thank you so much for these videos. I am planning a day soon to start rewatching all your videos! It will be a special treat !!
agree, I don't like "shortcuts".... This maple had already it's roots prepared for a rock; as if. I like seeing the process. How you need to work the roots to get it in shape, way before being ready to englobe the rock
Yes agreed!...cant wait to visit your nursery!
"Im going to be very gentle" followed by war time quality violence.
Made me exhale through my nose at a faster pace than usual, thank you.
HA! slams on the table and tears out the heart haha
I always keep my videos at double speed but forget... so imagine the sped up violence!
I really appreciate the brutality, it gives me more confidence to throw my bonsai about!
I dont wanna make the tree stress and the boom.
I Love the “boring details” gives me a good understanding of how to do these things start to finish. Thank you for your videos!
I had not even thought of more than one rock!?? Trees and rocks, both such passions of mine. Perfect marriage.
I would love to see it now, 3 years later. Love this channel.
I'm new to bonsai (3 years) and you never cease to amaze me. I can't wait to see how this looks in the end (if there is such a thing in bonsai). I'll be back in 20 years to see the results.
You are the best sir ,all that bla bla from all so-called experts ,you make it understandable and interesting to do and watch ,thank u for the down to earth lesson .
Thank you Mr. Chan. You have taken the anxiety out of Bonsai.
"I don't like to bore you with the detail"
Please sir every detail I'm learning so much
And hopefully you'll be showing us all your experiments for many years to come. Excellent stuff.
Rumour has it Peter has only ever employed one person. The rest of his employees are air layers from the original one.
Ha ha - that could be true. We are a team of seven and they are all trained here.
🤣🤣🤣
When he started doing this in 1970 the bonsai purists laughed at him, but, of course, they eventually stopped laughing and started air layering their employees too...not that they give Peter credit for his innovations
@@ammonford They dont have ANY Employees
😂
New to the bonsai hobby, you are very interesting. The "boring stuff" is the most interesting. Thanks for teaching all of us!
Speaking for the crowd that discovered bonsai less than two hours ago, we LOVE your content! keep filming boring details!
Thank you for your videos.
Please continue showing us every detail.
I can not feel bored from your experience and demonstrations.
Wish you alle the best.
Please continue with the "boring parts"- they are sacred to your Students.
THATS THE WAY TO DO IT, JUST SHOVE IT IN THERE!! No fannying about . Love it. 😁
ah, i was wondering why everyone was saying they liked the "boring details". admittedly, i noticed the quotation marks but i still thought it a bit rude haha. i didn't know it was because you feel the smaller details themselves are boring.
you sir, may fear you are boring your audience with the smaller details, but i can see from your fan's own "mouths" that you are too hard on yourself. almost everyone who's been with you for awhile can attest that they like when you give them the "boring details". they hang on your every word and are eager to learn the valuable information you have to teach.
your fans love you and are more than willing to be patient :) as is needed for the art of bonsai, so I'd say you lucked out!
Thread grafted my maple to add a Branch and it worked, similar to what Peter was aiming for.. Thx for sharing Peter, until next one and stay safe to all..😇
Just want to say thank you for all your videos Peter, your knowledge, philosophy and no nonsense attitude are greatly appreciated. I look forward to every thing you show us. Cheers from Australia mate 11
You are the best Peter I watch all you videos I am an 11 year old and I live in America I wish I can do what you do
Start now and enjoy your trees for the rest of your life ❤️
I like the root over rock. It makes the tree look very old. 🐲🐲🌲🌲🌲🌱🌿🎍🎍
I kind of love how all of these are completely unedited
Rock bonsais look amazing! thanks for sharing
Keep us updated on this beautiful one you showed us at the end, please.
Bob ross of bonsai. Super chill. And informative. Thank you.
I love root over rock bonsai, they look absolutely gorgeous! I'm looking forward to see more of your 'crazy' experiments and the results :D
i like bonsai very much, i',m
watching because i want to
make one for myself.
Learning from scratch this amazing art of Bonsaï since 2 weeks now, almost done watching the full serie of your Bonsaï Training sessions online, and I must say, there is not a single piece of information that I could switch away, every tip given is just trully as simple and common sense as priceless, and I am taking notes from you since the very first video ! Many thanks again for sharing your knowledge and experience, much appreciated Sir !
Btw, you mention that you don't like to bore us with the boring parts.. personally I enjoy the boring parts.
Watching you work these trees gives me confidence to do more with bonsai.
Keep it up, thanks for quality videos!
Never understood why your clips get thumbs down, you make the most comprehensive and easy to watch bonsai videos I ever saw and I saw a lot.
P.S your webpage does not work, will not load.
I've been waiting for this video a long time. But it has been worth it. Hope to get a follow up in spring and summer!
Don’t ever worry about boring us with the details. That is the best way to learn something well.
This is relaxing to watch. Even if it sends like a long boring process. It's interesting to see
Love the creative experiments. So fascinating.
Thank you so much for sharing all of your experience with us on RUclips, watching you work has inspired me to get into bonsai
So happy I just discovered this channel.
this is the bob ross of bonsai. Thank you!
EXCELLENT tutorial video, sir! Thanks for sharing this technique with us.
You convinced me to get a pomegranate bonsai
Feel like watching him n improving bonsais in my collection always.It is really a feast for my eyes.
This is perfect timing Peter! I was just doing this too my trees. Thanks for the videos as always.
You say "I don't like to bother with the details" but this is one of the reasons I watch your videos, you're not afraid of showing the details of bonsai care, and it's really important to me when taking care of my tree, I'm less afraid of doing wrong now that I studied the details of what you do. Truly, thanks a lot for your teaching, it suprasses by far all the litterature I read ont he subject.
Speaking of which, do you have any litterature you recommend on bonsai ? Because you often say stuff like "I read that in the litterature but I don't apply that", but the I don't really know what to read or where to look (for example, when u said that some people say that we should water the tree once a week when it's really dry, and you said in a another video that that is not what you advice). I'm not a native speaker so I don't really know how to search for great books in english (and the one I've found in french aren't that suitable for me, particularly there's not so much details)
Thanks again for your passion
I was super inspired by this. I have a great looking maple and I decided to try a root over rock style. After exposing all the roots it had a beautiful root base that fit perfectly on the rock that I chose. I followed the instructions on this vid so im super excited to see how it turns out in the future
How's it going?
It would be cool if we could get an update.
So much knowledge. An amazing person.
Your right the detail is boring but very important and am Glade you show all the little stuff plus tell how it could be done and your opinion on why you do it your way
ure the master of all the bonsai reform schools.... congrats
God bless your soul Sir, thank you for Sharing your passion.
Finally a video with r. over r. love it. I'll have to try it again.
1:27 "... why dont we take it out carefully..." *proceeds to tug and hank roughly xD
But, he took it out “gently” at first until he yanked the pot off the roots at the end (smile) He just wanted to make sure he didn’t destroy the long tail of roots. Otherwise, it’s ok to yank away.
Love watching him!!
He made a Bonsai masterpiece in 1:08 mins!
Boy oh boy you need a proper tangle teezer to get those roots untangled! Very beautiful lesson, thank you so much for sharing the "boring" stuff with us
Take care of yourself Peter. Stay safe,stay healthy
You not doing any magic?
@@peterchan3100 not lately.😕 not been feeling all that great for a long time
I love watching the whole process, I think every part of your video is interesting
I like seeing the details, it’s relaxing to watch the practice of the art
I have probably made this comment before but once again, thank you for sharing your knowledge Peter :)
You are a huge inspiration and learning source. Hope to start my own bonsai/garden tree nursery one day but here in Sweden.
That's exciting!! I wish you much success and happiness in the fulfillment of this goal ^.^
@@CookieAlexander Thank you so much :D
Quite interesting and cool. I had really wanted to see how this was done so thank you. . Maybe at some point you can touch on keeping all those roots viable and not drying out so exposed. I had thought of using spag moss but I though that would cause a knot of roots due to the moisture so I was left with what to do short of watering everyday (sometimes more in hot summer) like I do with my orchids like mounted ones or vandas. Thx for sharing.
Phenomenal ‘experiments’. This gives me some inspiration about reviving an almost dead potted tree that the gardener wants to throw out in the trash.
I really love watching and learning from your videos. The clarity and selflessness of sharing your knowledge is truly amazing. I am literally a baby in this space and your videos help me get motivated to learn more. Would you have knowledge on what are the best trees in India that make good bonsais?
Steve coming in clutch, what a mad lad
I love rocks! I shall try that with my new born chestnut later. Thanks, Peter!!!
love the videos, please keep them coming
Awesome as usual...
There was a sapling growing at the trunk of the tall tree at the corner, and last year I spent a few hours carefully chiseling it out. One of its roots went directly under the main tree, and the others went around the trunk and out several feet in all directions.
he is so right about maples
in florida they grow like weeds they always pop up in my plant pots too
Please be Safe Peter, 6'...you are too precious to lose! Another Great video!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA almost crossed the line there mate
"I don't like using the term 'nebari' because it's a Japanese term and only the Japanese use it."
THANK you! As someone who just wants to learn about and enjoy bonsai for what it is, it's *so* difficult to find people whose only concern and consideration is for the *TREES* themselves.
It's really sad and frustrating trying to get good bonsai information, only to find a bunch of culture-vulture middle-aged weeabos churning out "mallsai" and and practicing their crappy broken Japanese on RUclips.
Peter Chan is a real one, to him and whoever runs this channel: thank you for all the amazing info and help.
Thank you so much for all the information about bonsai, it's fascinating! I am trying it out with 2 plants, and am very grateful for your help.
It's my first time really to see these videos and got hooked of this bonsai making! I just loved every detail shown and discussed. I love plants! Hope to get started!
Greatest ideas. Thanks 🙏
Absolutely beautiful ! Bravo Peter !!!
Thank you very much mr. Peter..... Does planting in a plastic box make the trunk of plants thicker than planting in pots?
I just received 30 Japanese black pine seeds in the mail, I have them sitting in water for 24 hours will do scarification/stratification for a month and see what I get! (Located in Canada!)
Draven I may have to stratify longer but I will be checking at a month to pull out any seeds that have sprouted a little root I will let u know my germination rate out of 30 seeds at 1 and 2 months
Draven sorry ... to clarify I will be taking a few seeds out at a month and see if they sprout after sowing.. then at 2 months take some more out and see if those sprout after sowing.. I have experience with growing other crops from a seed... but I am a newbie in bonsai
Draven It seems pretty all over the place online. I’ve read for black pine u should stratify 1 week , 1 month, 2 months or even 3 months.. there is no clear answer..
RE: BLACK PINE SEEDS. I soaked mine/refrigerated them last month and wrote on the bag 5/20. Experimenting... Since I’m home, I took the bag out last week and today found most have sprouted! Thanks HERONS BONSAI for all the lessons, without strict rules offers more people encouragement to try!
@Draven Since when does the Glorious Executioner fiddle with Bonsai? Hadn't figured you a green thumb
I love!- ❤️Doing something kinda similar with one of my maple being inverse into it’s self. I grafted One part of the limb to the stock of the tree.,held in place with a thumb pin ,wire or Pruning clay.👍🏻
Great videos!
"We are going to be very gentle..." - 9:33 🤘💀🤘
gotta love this man's commantary
Thank you for all the detail....appreciate your videos and you.
"The Japanese are fond of pressure-washing the roots. I think it stresses the tree." (I prefer to use this gentle, minimally-invasive technique.)
please keep doing this videos, u can include the boring parts if you dont mind… I like your bonsai filosofy… don't you ever be afraid of experimenting and let your mind go
Love you sir thank you for teaching
Both very interesting trees. ☺️ Would love to see that second maple again when there is some progress with those twigs. 🌿
That maple was quite root bound in that pot. I have often wondered if washing the soil away would be acceptable. However, not sure I would use a pressure washer. Hahaha. Thank you again Mr Chan for another fascinating and informative video on bonsai.
I would like to see 6 maples rotated together as one tree. It sounds like I should run a few 50 year experiments myself.
How is it going then?
so i have this very new twin trunk maple, and i tried out a few rocks to make the scenery nicer...
one rock fit perfectly ABOVE the trunks. like, it's laying on top of the trees.
is that something that already exists in bonsai?
is it too whacky?
Thx for this video, I wanna try this with my Ficus petiolaris. 👍🌱
Ficus does very well for Root over Rock
The art is in the details.
thanks for your inspiring video!
No boring parts. I want to see the whole process everytime.
I could listen to him say root over rock for the rest of my life
Peter your videos are never boring. I'm using the white teflon plumbers tape. easy to put on one handed, it's flexible so i don't have to worry about wire cutting in and it's cheap. we'll see how it works. side note.. didn't you lose your original nursery to fire back when you started. Steve.
No - not fire but the Great Storm of Oct 1987 when all our greenhouses were flattened and we didn't get a penny from insurance as storm damage was not covered.
Can you please tell what kind of care you have to do with rock bonsai's for winter, are the roots more prone to winter damage ?
They shouldnt be if the tree is hardy.
Wow.... Very nice sir. Thanks
I'll be starting my bonsai garden this year
Beautiful and creative!
Peter, tell me what will you do to the circle branch after it grows between the two trunks? Will you cut from its main trunk and send it in the soil or leave it as a circle?
The Bob Ross of Bonsai :)
I would love to see an update on these two trees sometime!
The way he detangles everything