Bending the Unbendable - Experiment with a Larch
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ก.ค. 2024
- In this video I take a Larch which has a very straight trunk and create a bend by experimenting with making the trunk more bendable.
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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
Josh is doing a good job of keeping the camera steady, while sobbing silently. 😭
Haha
We need to see what this tree looks like TODAY! Come on Peter!
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!
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.
"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: th-cam.com/video/2auGIHY7V8Q/w-d-xo.html
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.
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.
*quote from* Peter Chan “this is almost like surgical operation” yeah you’re right on that Peter very precise work! 👌🌲
A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
- Albert Einstein
"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.
Herons Bonsai, the last tree bender.
I needed this just now. Thank you. Learning should always be this entertaining and wonderful. 🥰
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.
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.
Really love how that turned, gives me more confidence to try bolder things
I see the camera man sweating as you have done this
That was Josh - the owner of the tree
What a transformation, truly work of art!
Bonsai skill = 99999
Taping skill = 1
Another brilliant video thanks Peter keep em coming!
Thank you for the extra content this week Peter...I’ve enjoyed all of the videos.
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
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.
Poor Josh..🤣🤣
Just sweatin', the whole vid.
Great vid.
👍🏼👏🏼
Amazing results. I'm really excited to see how it develops
I appreciate you showing the whole process from experimenting on the fly and showing mistakes! I definitely learn from watching the whole process.
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!
Wow! I was riveted watching this. I have two unbendable maples...but I'm scared to be this radical.
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.
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.
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.
I love his tutorials he’s a master of this craft for sure.... I rewatch repeatedly amazing content
There are so many amazing angles! I have throughly enjoyed this video.
I love Peter's diy spirit!
What a transformation - good job Peter!
I absolutely love it when you do weird crazy stuff like this.
Mind blown once again! Thanks Peter!
The larch has been transformed, will turn out to become a beautiful bonsai. Well done Peter Chan.
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! ❤️
That was very helpful, clear and inspiring. Thank you!
wow🤩love your teaching!
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!
You are a true master!
Exciting bonsai! Who'd have guessed! Excellent video, thank you 👍
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
That is insane. Insane in a good way :)
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!👊🏽🙏🏿
Excellent technique.... Thanks
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.
Absolutely fantastic video!!
It is very good done. Thank you.
You're the master man! I love your videos
I was extremely skeptical all the way to the point where...Bravo, Maestro!
Best thing about your videos RAW and classic amazing I’m growing like the bonsai
Great job, amazing!
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!
Fantastic 👍 you have the skill of a master .... Thanks for sharing 🙏✌️
Love your work...Great job
That was unexpectedly great.
Thanks Peter.
Incredible!
Sage advice. Failure can be the mother of success.
Bravo maestro! 👏👏👏
'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
Usted es un verdadero genio creando bonsáis
😀😄 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 ♻️.
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!
Awesome episode
Perfect!!
Nice job. 👌🏻
Thanks for sharing.
Nice job 👍 new trick for my toolbox
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.
That tree is pretty amazing Sir...
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!
You are the best!
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
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!
very radical ... lol nice one!
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!
Peter... there are many bonsai channels out there to chose from and I am subscribed to many of them. Yours is, easily, my favorite. I would really like to see the follow up on this piece. Keep up the grat work and enteratianing presentations. Cheers, Dick From Vancouver.
Nice to know.
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.
Wisdom speaks through the mouth of art
That's a good expression
Thanks for all
I like the show. That's awesome.
This was hard to watch, but I have faith that Peter can make it work. You absolutely must keep us posted on this tree!
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Beautiful! Some guidelines on removing wiring would really be helpful to me. Thanks for all of your wonderful videos.
Reminds me of a spooky Halloween tree or something very cool bonsai
Nice explanation
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 would be very interested in seeing a show for you fertilize and water the bonsai lovely work thank you.
Experiments are so intriguing. I’d like to see the bark heal up a bit.
I think he even amazed himself!☺️
Couldnt agree more..."experiments are exciting"
Very nice
Amazing
It would be great sometimes to see how some bonsai showed and cared in the previous years are grown and evolved
Time for an update!!!!
it was good to see you weren't left in the larch! (sorry, bad pun)
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.