Being Bold with Bonsai
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- Опубликовано: 16 июл 2019
- There are many jobs to do on the nursery and one is pruning and shaping of larger bonsai. In this video I encourage you to be bold when pruning, there are no mistakes in Bonsai...
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The Bob Ross of Bonsai! Love you, Mr. Chan
"Be bold in all you do" I love that saying Peter, not just for bonsai. Good advice :-)
I agree what a great motto ♡
Ahh the sound of Bonsai sheers and Peter in the morning....... life is good!
New goal: befriend bonsai nursery owners to get free trees. 😂
I’m amazed how much you there is to learn about bonsai that you can come up with new content almost weekly.
Thank you as per usual.
"You gotta be bold!" ... such a wonderful word of wisdom to remember by.
yet again pure genius,a man at the pinnacle of bonsai growing,
Thank you for sharing your wisdom in your videos here on RUclips. I love your shirt also!
"it's a very low branch and is hiding the trunk, so LET'S GET RID OF IT! RRGH!" LOVE YOU PC!
Always a joy to watch. Your quick, precise movements never fail to bring me awe. Thank you Master Chan.
Creative spontaneity in being fast and bold. Brilliant. Thank you
Picked up my first tree from you today! love the Nursery, fantastic place and staff were so generous with their knowledge. Obviously have a passion for what they do.
Thank you Matt for your feedback.
Thanks my friend for a wonderful vlog once again, you have given me courage and not just in bonsai
I really appreciate that you go by feel. Thank you for demonstrating this quick trim.
Thanks for the advice. The hornbeam looks quite majestic.I look forward to your next lesson.😀👍
I am addicted to your videos ♡ you're so calming yet so informative thank you for taking the time to teach us ♡
As always, fabulous work Peter😊
thanks peter for your passion
Thank you peter, inspirational for sure the tree I will be getting from the city is at least that thick. I will have to be bold when I get it home and start working on it.
Wow what a great tree if i had anything remotely like it i would be happy .
I think i just need to be bold!
thanku peter :)
I thoroughly enjoy your videos. My Japanese Maple bonsai thank you for all the practical tips you give. Your approach to Bonsai as glorified topiaries makes the artform that much more approachable for me. Happy Bonsaing from the USA. If I'm ever in the UK I'd love to meet you.
Just be bold in all you do , said like a true master ✌️🙏
It is a state of mind which becomes part of your psyche and this will translate into the way you approach all tasks in life.
@@peterchan3100 thank you. Your channel isn't just about " little trees". It's about the hole philosophy of bonsai. ✌🙏👍
Good work mr. Peter!
Mark here Nice Information lovely trees you have keep up the excellent work always looking forward to watching your videos 👍👌
Wow!! Ok. Will follow your philosophy of being bold. Tku!
Very helpful video. Thanks for the great information
What a trunk size..hope to see any update on that tree someday maybe with a new pot 😁. Thx for sharing Peter..can't wait for the next one..
Hope the frequent videos isn't becoming a bore.
That is a beauty, size of that trunk!👌👏👏
nice hornbeam! great Job!
You’re amazing!
Nice one, be bold!
Thanks Sir for another interesting video!
Yesterday I went to 'The National Bonsai Show'. Some show trees were interesting but very disappointing were the poor demonstrations and the stallholders' ignorance of their trees. I was told twice that a seller didn't really know much about the trees because they imported them from Japan! I say this because it makes me even more grateful to Peter Chan, his brilliant videos and approachable style.
Could you do a summer update of your red maple tress and show how the colouring is at this time of the year and how they are doing, it would be much appriciated
thank you for knowledge
Really enjoy these videos, and you've earned my subscription. A strong suggestion though would be to use a lapel mic or a windscreen on your microphone. The wind noise can be quite distracting and damages the otherwise fantastic quality of your videos! Thank you for all the advice, my collection has grown rapidly since I started watching.
Hi Peter, thank you for another inspirational video. I will carry your advice of being bold and use it in other areas of my life outside of my bonsai hobby.
One question - do you grow deciduous and other non-conifer trees with more of their natural, umbrella-type crown? Thank you!
Yes I do - and thanks for your kind feedback.
You always have such nice stone lanterns in the background 🙌✨✨
Our other business is making Japanese gardens - Japanese garden videos coming up soon.
peter chan Awesome!... I look forward to them. Make a lot of them please
peter chan ...I also have beginner plant and garden videos too.. if you wanna check them out and give me advice/critique 😊
When taking a field grown deciduous tree how deep of a pot is used initially - how many roots should be kept for the transition to pots? I have several American Elm and Mulberry trees growing (volunteered) next to my fence I would like to dig up when they go dormant this winter. The elms are about 3 -4" diameter, the mulberry is about 6" diameter.
Nice!
Amazing as always.. Looks mean with the 2 small eyes now.. Looks even more alive 😶
I really love the click of the scissors.
i think im addicted to watching these videos
Hi Peter, thanks for you neverending wisdom and knowledge. Have you looked into a microphone to wear for your vids. It would help with alot of the background noise and going quite when you turn away. I'll always watch either way, blessings from USA!
I do have a collar mike but I use it with my conventional Nikon camera. However - most of my videos are taken with my iPhone which we find much more convenient. I will see if we can use the mike with our iPhone camera. Thanks for the feedback - most of our viewers like you are so helpful. Keep the comments and suggestions coming - that's how we learn to become better!
Very beautiful tree. I love the hornbeams. I have a question, maybe you've covered it already, but how do you begin to create branches and a taper on such a large stump when it has been cut? I have several field trees that I have cut and would like to begin training them properly
Its just a matter of time. This is where patience comes into bonsai.
if you add wire to the tree do you ever remove the wire ?????
When is it appropriate to defoliate a tree? I’ve seen people defoliate every time they wire, rewire or repot a tree, and then sometimes on a regular bases when they are just reshaping a tree, or to shrink down the size of the leaves. What is the bonsai rule on defoliation? Thank you. Love your videos.
Defoliation doesn't always result in a smaller set of leaves. Remember - only defoliate healthy trees. If you defoliate a weak or sickly tree it will do it a lot of harm
peter chan Is there a situation when a tree should be defoliated?
Brilliant video! I've a goal to one day make my way over from Sweden to buy at least one of your fantastic pre-bonsai.
I searched for your bonsai book and can’t find it anywhere. Do you sell it anymore? It’s the I think it’s one from 1967 maybe about using nursery stock to make bonsai.... thank you
I have written 9 books. First was back in 1984. Most are in 8 or 9 languages. Look up Amazon or Ebay - you should be able to source them.
Look up our on line shop - we do sell the odd one(of my old books) now and then because people ask for signed copies of my books - or email me.
That tree would even impress Sir Samuel Hornbeam 😉
Ha Ha - yes this is a Hornbeam for sure.
Peter how do you keep getting these free trees??? Nearest free tree i've had is from a skip and that went into the compost bin after it died. Oh well onwards and upwards.
I have been at this game for a long long time - since 1967! And we get lucky now and then.
How often should you re-pot a bonsai? If I re-pot, how much bigger should the pot be?
This size tree we do once every five years.
I like my hair.. thank you very much :D
Kidding aside.. can witch hazel be bonsai ed well?
Are you by Heathrow or something? Seems like a lot of aircraft.
I do however enjoy your videos very much,I do not always agree as my climate is...er..less friendly then England. But I love the simple approach. Many Bonsai teachers make it like it's some sort of mystical thing. I do magic on my channel and the same thing magicians make magic some sort of special thing...it's not it's a skill.
They are located east of Gatwick Airport in Newchapel.
Sorry about the aeroplanes - we are near Gatwick. Yes I dont like to make bonsai mysterious - there are no secrets - it is just artistic gardening - this is what the ancient Chinese regarded bonsai as. People who make it mysterious just want to keep bonsai to themselves - I am not like that.
I think I can only watch you and a hand full of other people go about pruning this way without getting a heart attack Peter 👀😂👀
Come and learn from me at Herons!!
@@peterchan3100 I so wish I could but not that easy as I'm in Holland now. I have lived in Hampshire for 5 years but wasn't a bonsai addict than. Really do appreciate you and all you do though...a lot. The nearest I can get to you at this time, is telling my family to please buy me your books for Christmas haha Looking forward to the next video 👍🍁
Are their any prohibitions against trimming maples above a certain temperature?
It is quite hot in the states currently.
We prune all our deciduous trees in summer as they heal much faster in Summer. But do it in temps not more than say 25 C. Not 30 or 40 C
@@peterchan3100 It is quite hot, (above 35C). I will have to wait.
Do you think cone shapes can work inverted with a flat top?
Yes - you do find flat top trees in nature - In Africa on the grasslands -they have the Acacias which have slender trunks and flat tops.
@@peterchan3100 Thank you very much for your response. I had wanted to do bonsai from the time I was a boy, and I am not a boy anymore. I found an older jade tree (2 feet tall, 4 inch trunk) in the garbage that seems it was tended by an expert and then neglected, and then discarded. You speak often about shape and layering ... and I was trying to become "brave" and reshape the tree back to what it had been. It looks like it was designed as an inverted cone.
Thank you for your response and your videos!
@@peterchan3100 because of you, I was bold. I cut 23 branches and all the very large leave that did not match the current growth. My inverted, amatuer cone...I like it a lot.
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anyone else wonder how he remembers the history of each tree? I cant remember what I had for breakfast yesterday haha
#BeBold
First 😆
what are the chances that all his outdoor videos have planes flying over
Well it is right under the Heathrow flight path!
"[Step zero-zero: Buy his books! [Step zero: spend a lot of time looking at other bonsai. [Step one: Show the trunk. Anything that interferes with step one is bad, even if you like it, you have to be bold. [Step two: Create layers, removing flimsy branches, front facing, or downward growing branches. Old, young doesn't matter if it gets in the way of step one or two. [Step two-and-a-half: Use wire, maybe, sometimes. [Step three: BE BOLD! [step four: Observe and reevaluate, step back and take in the whole tree." {A Few Things I have learned from this channel.}
You've got it Robert!!
I find extremely thick trunks can look out of proportion with the overall tree. I like to see bonsai whereby from a photograph, it's difficult to tell if the tree is bonsai or full size. Extreme examples do exist in nature, but are the exception rather than typical and in my own bonsai, I strive for what could be described as scale models of the species.
I'm not critising, that would be foolish, I'm just expressing a personal preference.
Thats another subject altogether - In bonsai the trunk size is always exaggerated - In real life, trees don't always have massive thick trunks - some do but not often.
@@peterchan3100 thanks for the comment. Would you say in that case that 'miniature' trees are distinct from bonsai, or a style of bonsai? Ie is the exaggeration a required element? I'm sure I've seen examples especially in groups that are quite slender. (how marvelous the internet is, I'm actually talking to a globally respected expert)
@@peterchan3100 I think I might just be showing my naivety, after consideration I suppose that an exaggerated trunk is inevitable with great age. My judgement is probably coloured by the relatively young age of my trees.
Sign me up for weeding😉😉😋
You are always welcome and I mean it.
@@peterchan3100 but who are you🤣🤣
@@joshuwha he is the guy in the video lol
I offer my left arm for that tree.
BBB
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Isn't bonsai cruel?
You're pruning the tree for health and beauty while providing better growing conditions than nature tends to. I would say no.
Come on - that is old hat. If you are a Vegetarian you are being cruel because you are killing plants.
what I heard the other day "Bonsai are the most pampered plants in the world" haha it is very true!
Yesterday I went to 'The National Bonsai Show'. Some show trees were interesting but very disappointing were the poor demonstrations and the stallholders' ignorance of their trees. I was told twice that a seller didn't really know much about the trees because they imported them from Japan! I say this because it makes me even more grateful to Peter Chan, his brilliant videos and approachable style.