Making a Large Cedar Forest

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  • Опубликовано: 2 мар 2021
  • In this video I make a large cedar forest from raw material grown on the nursery for the past 20 years.
    Trees used in a forest don’t need lower branches so tall, relatively straight trees will work well for this project.
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  • @FATMAN_tactical
    @FATMAN_tactical 3 года назад +4

    Not boring to watch a skilled craftsmen and artist work at all.

  • @kenmahannah7509
    @kenmahannah7509 3 года назад +20

    Peter , no need to rush or to not show what you term tedious as this is a wonderful learning process ....we are all willing to watch your videos long is not an issue ...its wonderful to spend time with you ...we can come back to any video to catch any sections when weve paused ,if it became a loooong video ! your time and these videos are so very valuable to us !

  • @jasonpatterson8091
    @jasonpatterson8091 3 года назад +25

    I live near an abandoned limestone quarry where there are thousands of cedars that have been growing for forty to fifty years and are only ~1m high due to the complete lack of nutrition in the soil (the "soil" is essentially limestone powder). The place is part of a protected wildlife area and I'm a law abiding fellow, but there are so many beautiful trees out there that would make amazing bonsai.

    • @edweidemann7454
      @edweidemann7454 2 года назад +7

      Watch for landslides after heavy rains . . . A tree that has fallen, and would clearly die w/o intervention is legally salvageable.

    • @Mariah1st
      @Mariah1st 2 года назад

      Pas show some pictures

  • @Poemsapennyeach
    @Poemsapennyeach 3 года назад +1

    Oh Lord...I'm all wired up now...! Good work Peter.

  • @leesass3602
    @leesass3602 3 года назад +18

    All metal becomes work hardened when worked, The industrial wire you are using has been drawn out to it's present shape and so is harder than the wire made for Bonsai.
    The difference between the two is that the Bonsai wire has been annealed which means the work hardening has been removed. It is a very simple process to soften or anneal the wire.
    You just use a propane plumbers torch to heat up each part of the wire to a dull red, when it cools down it will be annealed or soft for easy use. If you like you can cool it quickly in water. I hope this helps.

    • @Boru06
      @Boru06 3 года назад +3

      Ive done this a billion times with copper washers for diesel injectors....but never thought of doing it with wire for this purpose. Clever tip! Thank you 👏

    • @leesass3602
      @leesass3602 3 года назад +3

      @@Boru06 I am A Bladesmith so after ruining a few drill bits I have learned to always anneal before drilling. I worked assembling motor cycles for a while and assembled the master cylinder to the brake lines and we used "special" copper washers I never thought they were just annealed. Always nice to learn something new, thanks

    • @Handless_handle
      @Handless_handle Год назад

      @@leesass3602 special being heated up until glowing and left to cool down? Special sounds more exciting than annealed!

  • @oanafl
    @oanafl 3 года назад +5

    The microphone is a great addition!

  • @kevingallegly7077
    @kevingallegly7077 3 года назад +2

    Fan from Southern California here......... I've learned a LOT from your videos! Keep them coming!

  • @alicer3423
    @alicer3423 3 года назад +1

    Fantastic video Mr. Chan

  • @rajahdoha
    @rajahdoha 3 года назад

    22:10 - 22:50 Thankyou Sir, its a new class for me. Namasthey

  • @Teresa-ih4sn
    @Teresa-ih4sn 2 года назад

    My favorite teacher, favorite tree, just a GREAT video!

  • @carmensantiago6711
    @carmensantiago6711 Год назад

    Treasure trove of important advice! Thank you for helping us all. 👏👍🙌🙏

  • @kimrichardson8376
    @kimrichardson8376 3 года назад +2

    Once again Peter you’ve inspired me. If there wasn’t 2 feet of snow out and a windchill of -20 I’d make one now😊🇨🇦

  • @ladymary8531
    @ladymary8531 2 года назад

    Never bored with you. A good teacher like yourself is always presenting different challenges for the viewers to learn even more about bonsai.

  • @lenbrewer9351
    @lenbrewer9351 3 года назад +1

    I have always loved the Bonsai Trees. but have never been able to buy them. I now have a house 2 acres 1 acre with several different typs of tree. you have gave me so many iideas. I did not know how the Bonsai were produced. Thank You for taking the time to make these Video I am very excited to Start this Great Hobby. I live in South Carolina USA.

  • @davemead4504
    @davemead4504 3 года назад +3

    Lovely composition Peter. Cedar make beautiful forests 🌳

  • @antoniojosegarcia9469
    @antoniojosegarcia9469 3 года назад +2

    Master Chan. Absolutely inspiring.
    Your energy is contagious....

    • @peterchan3100
      @peterchan3100 3 года назад

      Are you catching the bug of bonsai then ?

  • @rohitawasthy2172
    @rohitawasthy2172 3 года назад +1

    Thank you for today's class. It is worth millions.🙏

  • @BlueSkyBonsai
    @BlueSkyBonsai 3 года назад +20

    It looks fantastic. I bet you'll get a customer for that forest pretty quickly.

    • @YunaOnHome
      @YunaOnHome 3 года назад +3

      It needs a year to get anything like the profit it deserves.

  • @AmraphelofShinar
    @AmraphelofShinar 3 года назад +1

    It's definitely not boring watching you create beautiful bonsai! I love evergreen trees!

  • @MrChausner
    @MrChausner 3 года назад

    Fantastic better than TV. Learn everytime. Today the armpit cut to make the branch easier to bend. USA Michigan

    • @peterchan3100
      @peterchan3100 3 года назад

      That technique is only logical -

  • @prestonnguyen2122
    @prestonnguyen2122 3 года назад +8

    I was just looking into bonsai forests today!

  • @alexhorn5577
    @alexhorn5577 3 года назад +1

    You are never boring!!!!

  • @sandrabulluck1896
    @sandrabulluck1896 3 года назад +3

    I’m living all that I’m learning from you! Thank you for sharing your work and knowledge with us! Love your work! Many blessings to you and your family! Your videos are never too long! Could watch you work all day! 🙏🏻👍

  • @AlphaWolfieK
    @AlphaWolfieK 2 года назад

    I know you say that things will take to much time a lot but honestly I would sit and watch you work on projects live. I have sat and watched someone livestream a video game or sculpt a statue for six hours before. I would certainly do it to watch these plain trees turned into works of art.

  • @manguydude287
    @manguydude287 3 года назад

    I have watched many of your videos and I truly learn something new every video when you are just talking as you work

  • @farmert9679
    @farmert9679 3 года назад +1

    Very nice little forest.

  • @sheriesinger825
    @sheriesinger825 3 года назад +1

    I enjoy watching your process in making bonsai, it helps me look at things differently, It helps me see more options. Thank you.

  • @mame6508
    @mame6508 3 года назад +4

    very much appreciated of your work. thank you for sharing your thoughts and knowledge Peter. love you

  • @paradiseaquatics8202
    @paradiseaquatics8202 3 года назад +3

    Looking good I also remember years ago people using the metal coat hangers as wire for some bonsai

  • @daniellarrivee6510
    @daniellarrivee6510 3 года назад +1

    Thanks Peter !!!!!!!!

  • @suebenedict1988
    @suebenedict1988 3 года назад

    Thank you for showing the whole process..never boring Peter.

  • @dbe2705
    @dbe2705 3 года назад

    Another lesson for FREE , like all your you tube ''s are, thank you Peter, 🌹🤗🌹🤗🌹🤗🌹

  • @tamelatoggle2897
    @tamelatoggle2897 3 года назад

    The forest is a crowd pleaser ! And so inviting to the eye .
    Tranquility 101 .

  • @lynnetimmermann3878
    @lynnetimmermann3878 3 года назад

    I have never heard of bonsai forests. I just love this!! Thank you so much for sharing.

  • @b.c.3889
    @b.c.3889 11 месяцев назад

    You are a great teacher.

  • @jake8283
    @jake8283 3 года назад +1

    another great video. i really like the look of the cedar forests. i am always drawn to them.

  • @b2manufacturing
    @b2manufacturing 3 года назад +3

    This is a good idea, I have about 20 cedrus atlantica and deodora, both are glauca but have tight small foliage about the same size as these ones. Mine are faster growing than libani varieties so I keep trimming them back every year just to maintain the stock, so they have heavy foliage on top and not too much around the middle, so they’d be perfect for a grove

  • @lisarmahan
    @lisarmahan 2 года назад

    I can't wait to see this forest in a year
    Stunning I love the multiple trees

  • @PolishFootballer09
    @PolishFootballer09 3 года назад +1

    Thank you so much for your videos you helped me start my first three bonsai. Your videos are incredibly helpful.

  • @mchlbk
    @mchlbk 3 года назад

    The large trees and compositions like this one are very impressive.

  • @cielomcmeekin7296
    @cielomcmeekin7296 3 года назад +1

    I could n do watch you for hours. I wish I could come and help and learn in person. The longer the videos the better, in my opinion at least.

  • @punksnotdead9611
    @punksnotdead9611 3 года назад +1

    Love your videos ! Huge respect for your work ! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience, your voice is calming !

  • @jimbersmcimbers
    @jimbersmcimbers 3 года назад +1

    I don't think there are many fellas your age bending wire that thick with such ease Peter!

    • @peterchan3100
      @peterchan3100 3 года назад +3

      I used to lift 50kg trees with ease but now can only just manage a 20kg one !!

  • @angie3504
    @angie3504 3 года назад +1

    I love this video. So intensive. Thank u Peter

  • @criszf
    @criszf 2 года назад

    Your work is just wonderful, however long it lasts. Thank you for sharing your knowledge, Peter.

  • @almac2598
    @almac2598 3 года назад +1

    Thanks Peter. Lovely forest.

  • @ladystardust9707
    @ladystardust9707 3 года назад

    How majestic.

  • @bohlonzo
    @bohlonzo 3 года назад +1

    Lovely video, thank you Peter.

  • @janeplatt8254
    @janeplatt8254 3 года назад +2

    Another great video Peter, enjoyed watching you working with the larger trees . It must of been rough on the hands, with the other wire . Looked beautiful when completed 🇬🇧😊❤️ jane

  • @BostonBonsaiIdiot
    @BostonBonsaiIdiot 3 года назад

    Excellent. Really fun to see the process start to finish.

  • @raymondplodzien7459
    @raymondplodzien7459 3 года назад

    Looks amazing!

  • @cindymitchell6525
    @cindymitchell6525 3 года назад

    Spectacular.

  • @frasiegee9932
    @frasiegee9932 3 года назад

    This one was amazing Peter thank you 🙏🏾

  • @maverickstclare3756
    @maverickstclare3756 3 года назад +1

    I look forward to seeing this one in the bark

  • @M31glow
    @M31glow 3 года назад

    Beautiful end product! Great post

  • @chrismiller9740
    @chrismiller9740 3 года назад

    A true Bonsai Wizard!

  • @MidniteSan
    @MidniteSan 3 года назад +15

    Never a dull moment watching and learning from Peter. Turned out looking grand, well done 👍. Thx for sharing Peter, can't wait for the next one 👍.

  • @nancyfahey7518
    @nancyfahey7518 3 года назад +2

    I have a pine I dug up in the woods. It grows so fast I have to take the wire off after the summer. Spring til fall.

  • @mattbrennan647
    @mattbrennan647 3 года назад +1

    Wonderful composition. I wish I had the room and strength to manage bonsai of that size. Thanks.

  • @Ukeitupmike
    @Ukeitupmike 3 года назад

    very impressive Peter

  • @malikthagreen9828
    @malikthagreen9828 3 года назад +1

    you're an amazing man!

  • @henzobonsai
    @henzobonsai 3 года назад +1

    Great work...

  • @Mariah1st
    @Mariah1st 2 года назад

    Vera Nice forest! Would like to see an update after 1 and 2 years👍🏻

  • @litsnombre6390
    @litsnombre6390 2 года назад

    thank you, i learned one wiring technique from you

  • @walterwjr947
    @walterwjr947 Год назад

    Thank you.... 🙏 😔 🙏
    Dr. Chan, another forest from large trees and filled with knowledge and techniques. I thoroughly enjoyed seeing you think in this one. You didn't want to "paint yourself into a corner", you made it work though. I will enjoy seeing this in full leaf.
    What does "spent mulch" mean? I think I know, but the term is used too much for me to guess. I hope I am hearing it correctly.
    🎄🙏 🖖 🙏 😔 🙏 🙏 🙏 🎄

  • @mk2kayman794
    @mk2kayman794 3 года назад

    Mr. Peter Chan, great job! :D

  • @StephenTurnerVlogs
    @StephenTurnerVlogs 3 года назад

    That's a really nice design. I think I preferred the first front more though. Great bit of work on a Saturday though.

  • @bethetruth6428
    @bethetruth6428 3 года назад +1

    That ids Amazing !
    scaling myself down to scale in to the Forest . . . surreal ... :-)
    xo

  • @alexhorn5577
    @alexhorn5577 3 года назад

    been wondering if I can use random bits of ally wire! Thank you once again Peter Chan the Bonsai Man!!! You are amazing!

  • @edweidemann7454
    @edweidemann7454 2 года назад

    I'm going to start digging up my neighbors trees . . .

  • @Groglor
    @Groglor 3 года назад +3

    Had to look up why your cedar looks so different to canadian cedars where im from. We have Eastern white cedar, and western red cedar. Where ours belong to cypress familiy and true cedars belong to the pine family.

    • @peterchan3100
      @peterchan3100 3 года назад +1

      In Canada, they call the Chamaecyparis obtusas "White cedar" if I am not mistaken ? What I am using here are Cedrus Libani or Cedar of Lebanon.

    • @Groglor
      @Groglor 3 года назад

      @@peterchan3100 I believe northern/eastern white cedar/arborvitae is called Thuja occidentalis. Its folliage looks very similar to Chamaecyparis obtusas from what I can see. But it grows wild in eastern canada. Very beautiful trees with fragrant leaves. id like to make some bonsai from them since they are local. West coast of canada has Thuja plicata(red cedar) and (yellow cedar)Cupressus nootkatensis, interesting.

  • @japanesemaplesbonsai7133
    @japanesemaplesbonsai7133 3 года назад +1

    Hi Peter, loving the videos. Keep them coming! .... can you advise what type of cedar they are please? Thank you

    • @pansepot1490
      @pansepot1490 3 года назад

      Some people in the comments are saying it’s “cedrus deodara” the Himalayan cedar. But I am not sure. In the uk also the “cedrus libani” is commonly grown as ornamental tree, or even the “cedrus atlantica”. They all have those short needles and imo Peter’s trees could be either.
      Edit: posted before reaching the point where Peter mentions the name: Cedrus brevifolia, “the Cyprus cedar, is a species of conifer in the genus Cedrus. It is native to the Troödos Mountains of central Cyprus. It grows in the Cedar Valley in Pafos State Forest. It is often considered to be a synonym of Cedrus libani.”

  • @alefoot
    @alefoot 3 года назад

    Solid core copper household installation copper cable. 14 Gauge or thereabouts. Take a few feet and use the plastic covering as fuel to be 'burnt off'. The resultant copper wire, is annealed to a flexibility similar to anodized aluminium bonsai wire, and covers a range of colours from black through green, ages well, and can be found almost anywhere. Just one more option.

  • @justgrazza4638
    @justgrazza4638 Год назад

    Wonderful setting. Peter, is there any chance of a followup on this video?

  • @c2rail
    @c2rail 7 месяцев назад

    When you are cutting those branches off of your cedar trees, do you get that wonderful cedar smell?

  • @Jude_Wilson
    @Jude_Wilson 3 года назад +1

    Mr. Chan, could you do a video for ponderosa pine? I recently started bonsai and that is my first tree

    • @Jude_Wilson
      @Jude_Wilson 3 года назад

      I also love your book, the bonsai beginners bible.

    • @peterchan3100
      @peterchan3100 3 года назад

      We dont get Ponderosa pine in UK so never tried that.

  • @ahson6249
    @ahson6249 3 года назад +1

    Hello sir, I have enjoyed many of your videos and you have reinvigorated my interest in this fascination hobby.
    You were talking about the use and history of copper and aluminum wire to shaping, what was used to shape a tree before copper and aluminum wire were invented?

    • @peterchan3100
      @peterchan3100 3 года назад +2

      Tying weights to branches and cut and grow methods

  • @LiccoPG
    @LiccoPG 2 года назад

    Does the cut under branch trick also work with juniper?

  • @garfoonga1
    @garfoonga1 3 года назад

    was the eight tree forest at the beginning a white pine, want to know the species, the bark it beautiful. I agree about the wire information. Hardware stores are perfect for buying wire, I got ten metres of 3ml copper wire for ten dollars CAD. Also for the northern hemisphere it is almost spring, one could easily forage new bonsai in a large park (not a city park), I find old mans beard moss is comparable to the spagnum, in a few weeks I'm going out to forage, hope some of you do too.

  • @AdaMakawee
    @AdaMakawee 3 года назад

    When you make a nick under the branch, do you put any treatment onto the cut?

  • @umbertoholmes2926
    @umbertoholmes2926 3 года назад

    He always emphasizes how fast he works - he should have called his nursery "Hayabusa Bonsai" 😁

  • @roger593
    @roger593 2 года назад

    Where do you get pots that size?

  • @tomasferreirarubial1455
    @tomasferreirarubial1455 3 года назад +1

    👏👏👏

  • @plantman5126
    @plantman5126 3 года назад

    I see he uses AG's old "two branch principle". :)

  • @sandrabulluck1896
    @sandrabulluck1896 3 года назад +2

    Question, do you use all of your cuttings to start new trees?

    • @christopherneelyakagoattmo6078
      @christopherneelyakagoattmo6078 3 года назад

      He uses a lot; but he only has so much room in the Greenhouse, etc. He did an entire video on cuttings 1 1/2 years ago, or so.

  • @lamvuondep
    @lamvuondep 3 года назад +1

    😍

  • @Najaxyutara
    @Najaxyutara 3 года назад

    ❤️

  • @yogideshmukh
    @yogideshmukh 3 года назад +7

    Is that Cedrus deodara or it is Cedrus libani

    • @gift_a_life..mrydaa
      @gift_a_life..mrydaa 3 года назад +1

      Deodar

    • @PolinaS-gq1te
      @PolinaS-gq1te 3 года назад +1

      Definitely Deodara. Lebanian cedar looks more like a Mediterranean pine, but has three needles in one shell, instead of two(as all the pines do)

    • @peterchan3100
      @peterchan3100 3 года назад +3

      Libani

    • @gift_a_life..mrydaa
      @gift_a_life..mrydaa 3 года назад +1

      Thanks Peter to correct me as I have Deodar so got confused.

    • @yogideshmukh
      @yogideshmukh 3 года назад

      @@peterchan3100 thanks🙏

  • @bigchunguselementaryschool8312
    @bigchunguselementaryschool8312 3 года назад +3

    Cheddar.

  • @uniotter2662
    @uniotter2662 3 года назад

    That was really cool. I lost sight of the scale of that arrangement until you stepped in front of it.....most impressive!

  • @dragaumchineis5070
    @dragaumchineis5070 3 года назад

    Bom dia, Flor do dia!

  • @FallOfTheLiving
    @FallOfTheLiving 3 года назад

    ooo the cute at 17:50 hurt me a bit lovely result though

  • @theTemplar08
    @theTemplar08 3 года назад

    What type of Cedars are those? Here in the Pacific Northwest United States those look very much like larches and nothing like a native red cedar.

    • @toddbrittain1060
      @toddbrittain1060 3 года назад

      Hi Warren, the western redcedar - Thuja occidentalis - is not a true cedar, it's a Thuja. The name 'cedar' is just a colloquialism, as is 'fir' for the Douglas fir, which isn't a true fir. That's the thing with trees. They're often called what they ain't. To quote Shakespeare: 'tis perhaps "a custom more honored in the breach, than in the observance" :-)

  • @sharpshader
    @sharpshader 3 года назад

    difficult for me to find cedrus material in Ireland. Haven't been successful from seed either :(

    • @Boru06
      @Boru06 3 года назад

      Check out future forests bro.

    • @peterchan3100
      @peterchan3100 3 года назад

      We bought these as one year old seedlings over twenty years ago. Bonsai is a long term business - you got to be patient in this game.

  • @michaelraffa8682
    @michaelraffa8682 3 года назад

    What should the PH be on a bonzai tree And PPM

    • @peterchan3100
      @peterchan3100 3 года назад

      No need to bother about all that.

  • @makewithmegma
    @makewithmegma 3 года назад

    😍❤👌👍

  • @Tony-InLosAngeles
    @Tony-InLosAngeles 3 года назад

    👍🏻🌲🌲🌲🌲

  • @andreaarmani3123
    @andreaarmani3123 3 года назад +1

    just a question, the cut paste for bonsai is really expensive, can i use other product to seal my cut or the specific bonsai product is way more better? thanks for your help

    • @PolinaS-gq1te
      @PolinaS-gq1te 3 года назад

      Garden wax would do. Or even an oil paint, if you have some. Or original beeswax, mixed with a drop of liquid soap. Lots of stuff might bee used instead.

    • @bobhittle8017
      @bobhittle8017 3 года назад +1

      Non hardening modeling clay and a drop or two of olive oil. You can't blend colors to match the bark works well

    • @bobhittle8017
      @bobhittle8017 3 года назад +1

      " can mix colors to match bark"

    • @bobhittle8017
      @bobhittle8017 3 года назад

      " can mix colors to match bark"

    • @peterchan3100
      @peterchan3100 3 года назад

      Try using metallic paint or tar paint.

  • @jonathanaristone2468
    @jonathanaristone2468 3 года назад

    Well done Peter, What is the scientific name of this specie.. Not sure I have seen tis one in Canada.

  • @MAMLeers
    @MAMLeers 3 года назад

    Perhaps a bit of topic but is there any news about BBC programming regarding your appearance, demonstrating bonsaï mr Chan?

    • @peterchan3100
      @peterchan3100 3 года назад

      The latest I heard was that it could be broadcast some time in May on BBC-1

    • @MAMLeers
      @MAMLeers 3 года назад

      @@peterchan3100 Thank you. One surprise ahead...