Just discovered his channel. Love it. It is like going to a bonsai class each time. What I really enjoy immensely is that there is no music and no sudden video editing because of time. What a pleasure to watch with just the sounds of nature in the background.
Week 43 of Sunday breakfast with Peter Back in lockdown and back to the garden to find solace in these awful times Thank you again for all time time you give us with your great videos and the time you give us on a weekly basis. Stay well Stay safe
serious, Peter was the guy who got me into bonsai somewhere during the early 90's.. im so happy i just recently discovered he was on RUclips!! and wish i could visit his nursery and help/joining him for a while. Seeing him doing his stuff, i even more appreciate him. Love and like his workflow. See him battering that elm with the long pruningscissors, using it as a hammer?! priceless. Mr Chan, u are my first ever bonsai hero.
Thank you again for a great video. I have watched other bonsai masters and find myself falling asleep! Then Peter Chan happens and I experience a fast forward version of what could be a boring 2 to 3 day video with anybody else. His results are striking! Its like witnessing magic happening in minutes. Please keep those videos coming!
Hello Sir, you’ve inspired to me to snatch up many of the “garbage/weed” Siberian Elms I’ve found sneaking up in my crushed concrete driveway here in Southern Michigan. I’ve got about 20 of them in the little peet moss seed starter kits.
Thankyou so much again for your videos. You have truly changed my life for the better. I've got two of your books now so far. Your first and the Bonsais Beginner's Bible. I love them both and cant wait to get the others. From W.v U.S.
As a kid, I always thought the cork-bark on the different trees was some kind of bug or disease. Now I've learned it's because they are extra healthy! lol (irony)
This is very helpful as I am styling some overgrown bushes that have thick trunks, yet have become hollow inside due to trimming as bushes. I want to transition them to a layered bonsai look.
Thank you so much for walking us through your trees and your expertise. Watching your videos bring me joy and always inspires me. Thank you from Alberta Canada😊❤️
No one could ever accuse Peter Chan of lacking passion in creating bonsai. Not a man for the kitchen table snips....he stomps about in his wondrous shirts and wellies. Great to watch...snip snip. Kristine in Ireland. ps...love the half painted shed.
Another great subject on the English Elm. The Trunk on the first tree was incredible. I also liked you showing the one that had a lot of drift wood and how easily it was removed. Ashamed those trees easily get that disease.
They cut all the adult trees down, hoping to kill off the beetle living on adult trees that spread the virus. A bit like tackling covid by killing off all the adult humans because kids don't get as sick from covid. Meanwhile in Holland which gave the disease its name the elms are back and thriving. Would have made more sense to plant as many elms as possible everywhere.
Great videos! Admire the skills. Since this year, she has taken up pine niwaki. I have a lot of experience in the orchard. I look and I look. You are a great person and share experience. Thank you very much!
Wow! to make that wonderful finding behind the other trees--what a beautiful tree! Just sitting there waiting for your artful hands!!! I enjoyed this video so much! Thank you!
Elm's are starting to be one of my Favorite bonsai. Our American Elms grow so fast and most often have a beautiful natural structure. The seedlings pop up literally everywhere on my place. I either pot them or let them grow in place keeping them trimmed.
I have been watching your videos since you started filming them , and i have learned so much from you and am so appreciative of what you have done for me that I am at a loss for words..So I will just say thank you for now, and hope that you will continue, and be well:)
c'est vrai que pour rendre sa forme à l'arbre , il faut une très grande maîtrise , qui n'est évidemment pas donnée à chaque acheteur . Si vous n'intervenez pas vous-même chaque année pour le maintenir en état , ce bonzaï aura bien vite disparu sous les feuilles .....Vous êtes un maître et si , pour vous ce travail de déshabillage est facile , il est extrêmement compliqué pour un amateur d'y parvenir !!!
If you ever have extra time for it, would you mind talking about Yamadori? I remember reading about you collecting trees when you first started. Collecting wild trees seems a bit complicated, so it would be good to hear advice from you.
The hardest part is making sure youre not "stealing" from a logging development or park. Otherwise just go to a nice mountain and look for smaller trees with nice trunks. Check as many trees that are as small or large as you can and you'll find something nice. Transport is easy, you can pack a heavy duty plastic or canvas bag or a simple plastic planter pot and fill with the soil around the tree. When you get home pot it properly and wait about a month, to make sure it adjusts to the new environment, before you trim and prune
@@garfoonga1 I live in West Virginia and deep within the country, so I have no shortage of access to free trees (a huge chunk of the forest is privately owned by a friend of mine, so he just doesn't care). The issue is that many, many different trees do better and worse at various times of the year.
One would say which one to get as all of them are promising and unique especially that hollowed trunk one. So many more to see with each videos, sure cant wait for the next one. Thx for sharing Peter, awesome job..cheers.
Hi Peter, you are without doubt a master at your work. Immcoming up to your centre soon, I hope to meet you for some advice on one of my bonsai trees. God bless.
Thank You for these excelent and creative Bonsai technics. It's allways an great event to see how you are styling the trees in a short time... ,that's great.👍👍👍
This was very educational. I have an American elm in a fence that I want to air layer and bonsai. My problem here, with the mulberry as well, is very upright growth habit and few sprouts on the trunks. Perhaps a lack of sun?
Hi Peter, I like your videos, especially those where you work on this big trees. You did a video, where you roughly pruned some big field maples. Will you make a video of the further develelopement of these trees?
Fantastic video. Loved seeing the whole pruning process. When I started watching this video I was hoping you would show the Dutch Elm (Ulmus Hollandica) I remember seeing it without leaves in a previous video. Then you showed it and it was beautiful. Thanks again!
I would love to see a devils ear tree bonsai... They grow everywhere in my state of Florida and they have amazing small leaves and grow seed pods that look like ears
..Peter walks round the back of a disused, overgrown, weed strewn part of the nursery "here we have a 300 year old elm, I need to work on this when I can find the time"..
If anyone wonders, wood lice are also known as pill bugs, or roly polies. In fact it has the most common names of any insect. Then again it also has 3,637 identified species, 35 of which are native to the UK !
Which time of the year is optimal if you want to take a tree, growing wild in nature, and pot it? I think you say repotting is best in February. Is this also correct for a wild tree?
Depends on how much root you have to take off, what species it is, your local climate, so on and so fourth. I dug up a boxwood at the beginning of last month cut the majority of the roots balanced the top and put it in a pot. Its now growing new leaves so the roots are recovering. Fall for some species is when they grow alot of roots. With that said I have a mild winter in zone 8b without snow and frost is not a huge deal here.
Watching this is like candy for the soul. A real stepping off from the comic circle. I have a question for anyone who can answer, Peter would be great but not necessary. I have several 50+ year old Sea Green Juniper shrubs in my yard that I have cut back over the last 4 years. The shrubs were 7' wide x 5' tall and now are 2' x 3'. They look like proper bonsai now. Should I chop the roots back closer to the trunks to encourage root growth prior to taking them from the ground. If so when? I live in Michigan USA. Thanks for any help.
Without seeing these trees its hard to give good advice but to be on the safe side you should dig round the roots with a spade and cut some of the roots off in Spring. Leave it for a year and then lift the trees the following year. Early Spring is a safe time to dig them up. Send me some pics via email. Our office email should reach me.
@@peterchan3100 Thanks! Yeah, I get confused when to prune my vigorous ume and pomegranates. By midsummer, the new spring growth/shoots are +6' long. Idk how many times I should prune them per year (and exactly when) - once or twice or 3x per year?
He does talk about taking cuttings from them in another video. He is successful in growing them, they are just slow growers. I am not sure about air layering
I saved my bonsais left to die in ikea :( one big and two small. The big one grows new leafs very slowly. Even I gave it new pot and food but I'm researching all ur videos to figure it out. One of small trees isn't doing well but luckly the other one is.
Just discovered his channel. Love it. It is like going to a bonsai class each time. What I really enjoy immensely is that there is no music and no sudden video editing because of time. What a pleasure to watch with just the sounds of nature in the background.
Week 43 of Sunday breakfast with Peter
Back in lockdown and back to the garden to find solace in these awful times
Thank you again for all time time you give us with your great videos and the time you give us on a weekly basis.
Stay well
Stay safe
Covid-1984.
ever single video it’s like there are 3 different places in the nursery and i love it it’s like a never ending magical garden of awesomeness!
serious, Peter was the guy who got me into bonsai somewhere during the early 90's.. im so happy i just recently discovered he was on RUclips!! and wish i could visit his nursery and help/joining him for a while. Seeing him doing his stuff, i even more appreciate him. Love and like his workflow. See him battering that elm with the long pruningscissors, using it as a hammer?! priceless. Mr Chan, u are my first ever bonsai hero.
Thank you again for a great video. I have watched other bonsai masters and find myself falling asleep! Then Peter Chan happens and I experience a fast forward version of what could be a boring 2 to 3 day video with anybody else. His results are striking! Its like witnessing magic happening in minutes. Please keep those videos coming!
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I think yamadori hunting on the nursery is my new favourite thing! Thank you Peter.
Hello Sir, you’ve inspired to me to snatch up many of the “garbage/weed” Siberian Elms I’ve found sneaking up in my crushed concrete driveway here in Southern Michigan. I’ve got about 20 of them in the little peet moss seed starter kits.
Thankyou so much again for your videos. You have truly changed my life for the better. I've got two of your books now so far. Your first and the Bonsais Beginner's Bible. I love them both and cant wait to get the others.
From W.v U.S.
Hi Mr. Chan, I like the front with hallow side.
i love you. You are so a great bonsaiartist. I can learn a lot from you. Thanks for showing your great videos. greetings from germany.
As a kid, I always thought the cork-bark on the different trees was some kind of bug or disease. Now I've learned it's because they are extra healthy! lol (irony)
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There are hundreds if not thousands of trees in pots all over the place yet I bet Peter knows each one.
Who wouldn't want a jumbo bonsai? Beautiful!
That's one glorious shirt. I want one
IKR? I sew but never made a shirt. So want to get some fabric and make one. Have other things to do first though :)
you are the greatest !!! love your voice and demonstration too!!long life sir!
Oh yes the hollow side is quite distinctive. Beautiful.
This is very helpful as I am styling some overgrown bushes that have thick trunks, yet have become hollow inside due to trimming as bushes. I want to transition them to a layered bonsai look.
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Wow very beautiful garden and Luther ho my life already...🥰😊
Thank you so much for walking us through your trees and your expertise. Watching your videos bring me joy and always inspires me. Thank you from Alberta Canada😊❤️
Your energy is just astonishing. Hats off.
Beautiful trees take ztime to be fruit bearers pruning feeding watering 😋 😍 👌 😀 glad tidings to all of you 😋
Such Beautiful trees and Attractive is was a very informative video as usual ☺☺☺👧👧💟💟💟
Thank you for your comment ( 👍)
I 💖 watching your videos.
Hi Peter I'm 12years old I'm a big fan and I love bonsai. I whatch all of your videos every day thank you
Awesome Bonsai I love the bigger bonsai 💚🌳💚
Dear Peter , you never bore. I never get enough . You are my hero . Tree s = life 🌳💚🌳
No one could ever accuse Peter Chan of lacking passion in creating bonsai. Not a man for the kitchen table snips....he stomps about in his wondrous shirts and wellies. Great to watch...snip snip. Kristine in Ireland. ps...love the half painted shed.
Another great subject on the English Elm. The Trunk on the first tree was incredible. I also liked you showing the one that had a lot of drift wood and how easily it was removed. Ashamed those trees easily get that disease.
They cut all the adult trees down, hoping to kill off the beetle living on adult trees that spread the virus. A bit like tackling covid by killing off all the adult humans because kids don't get as sick from covid.
Meanwhile in Holland which gave the disease its name the elms are back and thriving. Would have made more sense to plant as many elms as possible everywhere.
Great videos! Admire the skills. Since this year, she has taken up pine niwaki. I have a lot of experience in the orchard. I look and I look. You are a great person and share experience. Thank you very much!
The first outdoor Barbershop for Plants 😄
I love bonsai and love your videos. We don’t live too far away and wondered if we could come and look around please.
Yes when the lockdown is over
Look at him...he is going so fast like a bee, masterfull as he is, it all seems so easy doesnt it...
very nicely done peter. thanks for the class.
This guy changed my view on plants. After his videos i dont look at plants the same way i did before.
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Same. I used to see trees. Now I see trunks.
That hollow trunk would make for a great lighting effect from dusk til dawn.
Wow! to make that wonderful finding behind the other trees--what a beautiful tree! Just sitting there waiting for your artful hands!!! I enjoyed this video so much! Thank you!
I'm not terribly familiar with Elms but I'm so happy to learn from the ever-so-humble Mr. Chan! Thank you for taking us along with you while you work!
Gorgeous *Siberian Elm* tree so interesting species wow!
Great idea on making a tree from roots. I have done it with the Operculicarya Decaryi. Thank you.
Sounds like Fast and Furious 15 is being filmed nearby
Lmao I noticed that too, definitely some supercars drove by
Elm's are starting to be one of my Favorite bonsai. Our American Elms grow so fast and most often have a beautiful natural structure. The seedlings pop up literally everywhere on my place. I either pot them or let them grow in place keeping them trimmed.
El concepto me quedó claro: veamos la naturaleza y ella nos enseña como desarrollar el árbol. Muchísimas gracias!
I have been watching your videos since you started filming them , and i have learned so much from you and am so appreciative of what you have done for me that I am at a loss for words..So I will just say thank you for now, and hope that you will continue, and be well:)
Glad that you find my videos helpful
I looked at some photos of big Chinese bonsai. Very interesting.
I hope you're staying well hydrated during all that hard work. Take care, Peter!
c'est vrai que pour rendre sa forme à l'arbre , il faut une très grande maîtrise , qui n'est évidemment pas donnée à chaque acheteur . Si vous n'intervenez pas vous-même chaque année pour le maintenir en état , ce bonzaï aura bien vite disparu sous les feuilles .....Vous êtes un maître et si , pour vous ce travail de déshabillage est facile , il est extrêmement compliqué pour un amateur d'y parvenir !!!
Greatgreat again!
i love to watch all your videos because all you taught is very informative..😊
Aww, Peter in top form forming trees top! Love those big ones...
If you ever have extra time for it, would you mind talking about Yamadori? I remember reading about you collecting trees when you first started. Collecting wild trees seems a bit complicated, so it would be good to hear advice from you.
The hardest part is making sure youre not "stealing" from a logging development or park. Otherwise just go to a nice mountain and look for smaller trees with nice trunks. Check as many trees that are as small or large as you can and you'll find something nice. Transport is easy, you can pack a heavy duty plastic or canvas bag or a simple plastic planter pot and fill with the soil around the tree. When you get home pot it properly and wait about a month, to make sure it adjusts to the new environment, before you trim and prune
@@garfoonga1 I live in West Virginia and deep within the country, so I have no shortage of access to free trees (a huge chunk of the forest is privately owned by a friend of mine, so he just doesn't care).
The issue is that many, many different trees do better and worse at various times of the year.
It can be an incredible chore to dig up the roots. Inveritably the roots are a mile deep in some rocks.
The best ,
Hello i from Indonesian
I love bonsai❤️
How I would love one of those to train, they are awesome
I love that he always says "I bet I could prune this tree in XX minutes." He makes me smile.
One would say which one to get as all of them are promising and unique especially that hollowed trunk one. So many more to see with each videos, sure cant wait for the next one. Thx for sharing Peter, awesome job..cheers.
Such a satisfying process to watch.
Fascinating, just fascinating.
awesome job, stay well and thanks for share
Hi Peter, you are without doubt a master at your work. Immcoming up to your centre soon, I hope to meet you for some advice on one of my bonsai trees. God bless.
Thank You for these excelent and creative Bonsai technics. It's allways an great event to see how you are styling the trees in a short time... ,that's great.👍👍👍
Wow amazing...
This was very educational. I have an American elm in a fence that I want to air layer and bonsai. My problem here, with the mulberry as well, is very upright growth habit and few sprouts on the trunks. Perhaps a lack of sun?
Hi Peter, I like your videos, especially those where you work on this big trees. You did a video, where you roughly pruned some big field maples. Will you make a video of the further develelopement of these trees?
Oh you do some serious work. Good job
Fantastic video. Loved seeing the whole pruning process. When I started watching this video I was hoping you would show the Dutch Elm (Ulmus Hollandica) I remember seeing it without leaves in a previous video. Then you showed it and it was beautiful. Thanks again!
Why does RUclips do this? I took up beekeeping now I want to try my hand at this😂 looks so Therapeutic
Me too...lol
I prefer the hollow side 💚🌳💚
I would love to see a devils ear tree bonsai... They grow everywhere in my state of Florida and they have amazing small leaves and grow seed pods that look like ears
can we look forward to you doing one? :)
Well done.
Nice, thanks.
Amazing mr chan
32:27 Peter Chan's way of treating a delicate tree with :)))
👍 this just turned out fabulous
I am in Florida USA and was wondering if you have ever made an orange tree bonsais?
Thank you!
..Peter walks round the back of a disused, overgrown, weed strewn part of the nursery "here we have a 300 year old elm, I need to work on this when I can find the time"..
Please keep the videos coming 😎
I love that you are finally taking adverts on your video. I hope you use the profits to plant a bonsai forest
Love the hollow side
It seems that a 'garden tree' should not have a specific front, but rather have unique 36 degree perspectives , just as a forest tree?
Did anyone else’s heart stop when Peter coughed? 😳😱
Presto change-o a beautiful bonsai!!
You make it seem that magical and easy! Thank you for the beauty you have added to our world!
Is Heron's located near a race-track? Or neighborhood speed-demons?
Got to Run be back at the sunset 🌇 ✨ 😌 😍 ☺ 👌
That shear is a massive tree I would love to own a bonsai tree that big
This man is dangerous with them scisors I need a haircut
If anyone wonders, wood lice are also known as pill bugs, or roly polies. In fact it has the most common names of any insect. Then again it also has 3,637 identified species, 35 of which are native to the UK !
Hi mr chan,can I grow bonsais in another compost rather than bonsai mix.its so expensive especially for bigger trees.
Which time of the year is optimal if you want to take a tree, growing wild in nature, and pot it? I think you say repotting is best in February. Is this also correct for a wild tree?
Depends on how much root you have to take off, what species it is, your local climate, so on and so fourth.
I dug up a boxwood at the beginning of last month cut the majority of the roots balanced the top and put it in a pot. Its now growing new leaves so the roots are recovering. Fall for some species is when they grow alot of roots. With that said I have a mild winter in zone 8b without snow and frost is not a huge deal here.
@@chasingthefish9042 Thanks for the reply
I like big bonsai an’ I cannot lie
Watching this is like candy for the soul. A real stepping off from the comic circle. I have a question for anyone who can answer, Peter would be great but not necessary. I have several 50+ year old Sea Green Juniper shrubs in my yard that I have cut back over the last 4 years. The shrubs were 7' wide x 5' tall and now are 2' x 3'. They look like proper bonsai now. Should I chop the roots back closer to the trunks to encourage root growth prior to taking them from the ground. If so when? I live in Michigan USA. Thanks for any help.
Without seeing these trees its hard to give good advice but to be on the safe side you should dig round the roots with a spade and cut some of the roots off in Spring. Leave it for a year and then lift the trees the following year. Early Spring is a safe time to dig them up. Send me some pics via email. Our office email should reach me.
Peter's signature Bonsai six feet tall 😅👍
Off topic here, but was wondering if you could do a video about mame? How to start one, and a bit about maintenence.
I am not a Mame expert by any means but can show how to make simple ones.
@@peterchan3100 that would be kind of nice. I have seen much on how to start one
That car in the 13min 15 min mark sounds like a chain saw. Haha
I often wondered about that strange looking bark on my collected elm 👍
ok bonsai Indonesia 👍🙏
tree planting expert...... 45:38
No worry about removing so much foliage at one time?
Nice shirt!💜
Should you prune Ume and Pomegranates the same way, in late July?? (because they also have vigorous, very long sprouts)
Late September in the UK - is best because the flowering shoots will have had time to ripen. You then prune to shape.
@@peterchan3100 Thanks!
Yeah, I get confused when to prune my vigorous ume and pomegranates.
By midsummer, the new spring growth/shoots are +6' long.
Idk how many times I should prune them per year (and exactly when) - once or twice or 3x per year?
Can anyone tell me does the Hinoki cypress grow from cuttings?
And also air layering? Would that work?
He does talk about taking cuttings from them in another video. He is successful in growing them, they are just slow growers. I am not sure about air layering
Very easy from cuttings and also from air layerings
@@peterchan3100 that's great to know, Peter! That solves an issue I have with one of mine. Thanks!
@@peterchan3100 thanks
The pine in the black nursery pot at the front of the row a few feet up looks very interesting. Any details for it please.
Which one ? please show time on the video.
@@peterchan3100 8.45m
I saved my bonsais left to die in ikea :( one big and two small. The big one grows new leafs very slowly. Even I gave it new pot and food but I'm researching all ur videos to figure it out. One of small trees isn't doing well but luckly the other one is.
Check out Peter's Moss Trick. Very helpful.