I love it when he says,"so, let me do some more explaining..." he gets this smile, like... "you can leave if you dont like my talking. lol Peter is the greatest teacher ever!
Sir you made me fall in love with this art a you are a true master! You have earned yourself both a follower and admirer. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and art.
ALWAYS explain! That’s why we’re here! We are so thankful that you go into the detail that you do, take as much time as you need! I love your videos just as they are, explanations and all ❤️
I wish I learned this since I knew I like bonsai, at15 years old. But life surviving took all my time to now. Well, lucky media, TH-cam, is here and you, Peter, is the best virtual teacher I have ever get. 🙏🏼
Peter I wish I had started watching your videos long ago, but at least now I have the pleasure of watching many in a row! Your delivery is relaxing and educational and a wonderful way to spend time.
I had noticed your turntables in the past and it turns out that I was right in what they used to be. I have already done the same with an old desk chair that I rescued from the trash. Hey, recycling comes in so many forms. Just think with the money you save on turntables you can buy some more of your great shirts. Keep up the great videos and thank you for sharing your knowledge.
First time bonsai owner here. Love the material you put out. I've been watching for hours and can't thank you enough for the confidence you've given me to be bold in my bonsai adventure.
So glad I found this channel! You give such long and information dense explanations about everything, yet it's not at all rambling or boring but rather interesting and easy to listen to and watch.
I love to watch your videos. They are very informative and also inspirational. You're doing a great service to individuals who are interested in Bonsai, such as myself. Thank you for all that you do and for having such diligence.
I absolutely love your choice of videos. Nothing is too simple or fundamental or common, and by that route those of us who are fairly new to bonsai learn the craft one small step at a time. Thank you!
I love the ones with the small bonsai, my daughter and I have just started bonsai with the pandemic and so we have all little plants, this was perfect for us!
I've watched most of your vids today and I feel very lucky to gain the knowledge you've given me . I just can't imagine how anyone would make a statement about talking too much. No excuse for ignorance or rudeness. Please continue teaching us in the manner you always have. Thank you so very much.
Peter I have been to your nursery.what a wonderful and well placed collection.i watch your videos as my bonsai teacher.please keep posting,lot of us waiting.
The description of the first 2 branches are like welcoming arms makes perfect sense, something I never thought of. The way you use the old office chairs to make turntables is ingenious. I have not been able to afford a metal turntable but by coincidence my sister is throwing away an old office chair so I have begged it from her to make one of my own. So clever and this has saved me a lot of money to use on other bonsai related things. Thank you very, very much Mr. Chan!
I have just recently discovered your videos, and I love to watch them. I really enjoy how open minded and patient you are with everything, not only Bonsai. It shows in this video, where you reclaimed things that would have gone to landfill and have turned them into useful tools that have lasted you for decades. I think the world would be better off if more people had your approach to seeing the potential in things.
I always feel like I'm watching the Godfather of Bonsai part one two and 3 on your videos. You've inspired me. I bought my very first bonsai tree and it is a Juniper . Thanks for the tips. Your touch up skills are 2nd to None
Sir, you can take as ling as you like and speak as much as you wish. You have earned a new sub. An insane wealth of knowledge and as someone eager to learn, thank you so much for your instruction
thanks for the info I have a beatiful lil juniper I want to pass down to my kids... plan on getting another... have been learning as much as I can... your video will be very helpful in starting a great tree from a lil twig...
Wonderful video. I’m following right along with my own little juniper. I would love to see a video on when and how to remove the wires. Thank you for these enjoyable lessons.
I have admired Bonsai since my college days back in the 80's, attended many exhibitions and dabbled enough to kill off more than I have crafted, but finding your channel, this is a master class. I thank you! I have an overgrown juniper in my landscape that I am going to try to strike off cuttings from. With your videos I feel like your giving me the tools to realize this old dream of producing Bonsai and placing them in the containers I create. I thank you and I am going to ingest the rest of your videos and anxiously await upcoming videos! Thank you again. I think the most striking revelation to me from your first video is your hands on manipulation of the tree. I always treated my bonsai trees as precious objects that even snipping at was too much. Now I understand that these precious creatures can take the fire of the kiln approach to realize their full potential. Just like us, they are tough and survivors. You have taken down that brick wall that kept from realizing the joy of Bonsai. I thank you!
Hello from Pennsylvania in the U.S. I love your channel!! Thank you for sharing your knowledge, I wonder if you can give advice how to know when you should repot a bonsai
Love your videos, hopefully after this covid business I will be able come visit your nursery and say hello. Planing a trip to Scotland but most definitely want to make a trip down to meet you.
Two branches, one wire | a proper front comes towards you | lower branches should have welcome shape not windswept shape| Okay, Sensei, what else ya got??? I think I can say for alot of people, listening to an EXPERT is the ENTIRE POINT of these youtube videos. Not to mention that your delivery makes us wanna adopt you as our new grandpa or COOL UNCLE!! You just might be the "Bob Ross of Bonsai"
I have loved bomsai since I was 16 years old but never believed I could do this (I am in my 40s). Ithink it is time to give it a try. I have been watching one of your videos every few days for 2 months. I like that you make your bonsai with a natural look without using a chainsaw and carving them all up. Those are cool, l but I fell in love with your style in the 80's and this is the style I want to try. I love how detailed you are.
I like to make bonsai simple so that ordinary folk can relate to it. The dramatic and complicated bonsai are great but ordinary mortals cannot aspire to that level and it puts people off. That is what I feel and that is why I have my own particular style of doing and making bonsai
Thank you, I really enjoyed this tutorial and appreciate the old office chair tip! It would be interesting to see this type of tutorial filmed with a go pro attached to your hat and that way we could watch you work from your vantage point.
Yamadori are awsome! But i would rather for a beginner to spend money on a starter bonsai and learn before going out to a field and possibly killing a tree that has been growing without been disturbed
I have learned so much from this video and please feel free to talk as much as you like that is the only way to explain the do's and don't thank you so much they all look amazing
You give me Eureka moment!? I previously have chair in my home that needs to be Thrown away. Reason being one of the wheels have fallen off. of which unfortunately is not fixable(I’ve tried Several times) well now it’s a Purpose. Which I already have a turn table but it couldn’t hurt to use a another one?..(Possibly a back up perhaps 🤔) for my green house..
I just bought one small juniper like this in home depot, I start pruning, pruning and pruning. I think I will buy another one because from the first 🎄 I cut too much, left nothing .
Thank you Peter, another great video guide. I went to re-pot my mothers Larch forest, it's really a mess, I'm sure it's been 10 years or more, 2 trees are dead and the soil heavy compacted. I cleared out a lot of soil and rotted roots, cut out the rotten stump, then put it in a nursery tray and covered in spagnum like you showed in your video, I hope I can save the trees, she has had them for a long time. She was an antique dealer and traveled to the UK twice a year to bring back 30' containers of antiques. Thanks again for your instruction, it will be here forever and out last us.
Thank you sir I appreciate these videos and finally managed to wire a branch correctly on my juniperesque tree after watching this. I live in Vietnam and the tropical climate here does not always match what you talk about in the videos even though I know there is a lot to learn from each one, ei. growing seasons and so forth. In the future when corona virus get us all I hope my trees will have the sense to burst forthright from their pots and trail their roots down the northern flank of the apartment side embellishing the building of this human ant farm monstrosity in an island relic of deciduous and coniferous ingenuity. Especially when the sea levels rise.
Thank you so much for your wonderful tutorials, it is such a pleasure watching your work. So inspiring. You make everything look so easy and simple and easy to understand.
Thank you! this is so AWESOME, I'm gonna attempt to form a Bonsi during this STAY HOME STAY SAFE pandemic. Should you water the trees after you wire and repot them ? also, how long do you leave the wires on the plants?
Its helpful knowing how position the branches i like you example using the arms 😄 I like to wire with 1/3. Of thickness of the branch. As far of flexibility I try push the branch with a wire, if the branch doesn't move and the wire bends, I then use a stronger one. Untill im able to move the branch. 🌳bonsai on!
I went so backwards with my first trees i am growing, i shaped them and then wired it isn't going so well to say the least. But they are coming back well so hopefully in a few years i will have something to work with again. Thank you for all your info Peter.
I love all the info you put in all your videos. I know if you say you can do it in 5 minutes. You can probably do it with your eyes closed! Much love and respect from Utah!
That was a wonderful video. I am new to learning how to handle my Bonsai. I purchased a Kaare Juniper from Wegmans and I am concerned for its proper care. I will start today to repot it
I got a Japanese juniper I ordered from Walmart. Should I assume it’s Chinese? I was going to leave it be then prune it and maybe repot it in the spring.
Please feel free to speak freely and as much as you like. I enjoy your knowledge and explanations and will watch regardless of video length
Trevor Leonard lol it will make it look like a tree
This statement I 100% agree seriously one of the best tutorials I've ever seen.
I agree with Trevor Leonard too... I thoroughly enjoy you sharing all your knowledge and experience.
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Yes! The more knowledge the better
I'm SO glad you told the story of the turntables 😊
Same!
I just had this idea myself, and just came across this video
The Master's teaching is never entangled with Ego.
15 mins in and I already feel like he's the grandpa I've never had hahaha
Probably explains the 5700 likes to just 87 dislikes.
I love it when he says,"so, let me do some more explaining..." he gets this smile, like... "you can leave if you dont like my talking. lol Peter is the greatest teacher ever!
Sir you made me fall in love with this art a you are a true master!
You have earned yourself both a follower and admirer.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and art.
I love the repurposed Office Chairs, I will steal this
During this Covid-19 Pandemic. Ive been inspired and enlightened at a new art form. Thank You and Best of Health Sifu Peter Chan. Keep on Inspiring.
same
Wow. Can you show one of the mass produced trees after they got older so we can see the possibilities?
ALWAYS explain! That’s why we’re here! We are so thankful that you go into the detail that you do, take as much time as you need! I love your videos just as they are, explanations and all ❤️
Great content as usual, your channel is one of the best channels out there, thank you for your amazing work
I wish I learned this since I knew I like bonsai, at15 years old. But life surviving took all my time to now. Well, lucky media, TH-cam, is here and you, Peter, is the best virtual teacher I have ever get. 🙏🏼
I watch you very carefully, I like the explanations you offer and the examples of operations.
Thank you very much!
Peter I wish I had started watching your videos long ago, but at least now I have the pleasure of watching many in a row! Your delivery is relaxing and educational and a wonderful way to spend time.
I had noticed your turntables in the past and it turns out that I was right in what they used to be. I have already done the same with an old desk chair that I rescued from the trash. Hey, recycling comes in so many forms. Just think with the money you save on turntables you can buy some more of your great shirts. Keep up the great videos and thank you for sharing your knowledge.
First time bonsai owner here. Love the material you put out. I've been watching for hours and can't thank you enough for the confidence you've given me to be bold in my bonsai adventure.
Any updates??
So glad I found this channel! You give such long and information dense explanations about everything, yet it's not at all rambling or boring but rather interesting and easy to listen to and watch.
I love to watch your videos. They are very informative and also inspirational. You're doing a great service to individuals who are interested in Bonsai, such as myself. Thank you for all that you do and for having such diligence.
It never even occurred to me to that bonsai trees can be styled with wire and a little trimming. I learned a lot from this video.
Fourth video with him, im now subscribed. A happy new bonsai hobbyist
Thank you Mr Peter Chan for posting these videos.
It is such a gift to watch over your shoulder as you think out loud and create such beauty.
Here because YOU EXPLAIN THEREFORE TEACH. YOU MAKE IT SO INTERESTING 🧐. LOVE LISTENING TO YOU. THANK YOU KIND MAN 💕🇺🇸
I absolutely love your choice of videos. Nothing is too simple or fundamental or common, and by that route those of us who are fairly new to bonsai learn the craft one small step at a time. Thank you!
I love the ones with the small bonsai, my daughter and I have just started bonsai with the pandemic and so we have all little plants, this was perfect for us!
Thank you for going slow enough so you can explain. So nice. Great video!
I've watched most of your vids today and I feel very lucky to gain the knowledge you've given me . I just can't imagine how anyone would make a statement about talking too much. No excuse for ignorance or rudeness. Please continue teaching us in the manner you always have. Thank you so very much.
I'm really glad he has "two turn tables and a microphone"... :) Appreciate the knowledge.
Thank you. Best teacher/instructor EVER!
Peter I have been to your nursery.what a wonderful and well placed collection.i watch your videos as my bonsai teacher.please keep posting,lot of us waiting.
Ask to see me when you visit. Would love to chat to you.
The description of the first 2 branches are like welcoming arms makes perfect sense, something I never thought of. The way you use the old office chairs to make turntables is ingenious. I have not been able to afford a metal turntable but by coincidence my sister is throwing away an old office chair so I have begged it from her to make one of my own. So clever and this has saved me a lot of money to use on other bonsai related things. Thank you very, very much Mr. Chan!
I have just recently discovered your videos, and I love to watch them. I really enjoy how open minded and patient you are with everything, not only Bonsai. It shows in this video, where you reclaimed things that would have gone to landfill and have turned them into useful tools that have lasted you for decades. I think the world would be better off if more people had your approach to seeing the potential in things.
I always feel like I'm watching the Godfather of Bonsai part one two and 3 on your videos.
You've inspired me. I bought my very first bonsai tree and it is a Juniper . Thanks for the tips. Your touch up skills are 2nd to None
Just wanted to say thank you. Your videos have been immensely helpful.
I brought a white pine from you 15 years ago ! I only recently discovered your channel .
Trumpty Dumpty your fall is coming! Yes I do
From now on I'm going to call you bonsaï Cupid.. You made me fall in love with bonsaï trees man. Thanks for sharing your skills and knowledge!
Wow! Can you show how to make cuttings and the method you use for them to start growing roots ?
Sir, you can take as ling as you like and speak as much as you wish. You have earned a new sub. An insane wealth of knowledge and as someone eager to learn, thank you so much for your instruction
thanks for the info I have a beatiful lil juniper I want to pass down to my kids... plan on getting another... have been learning as much as I can... your video will be very helpful in starting a great tree from a lil twig...
I'm a newcomer to your channel. I appreciate your explanations and conversational style of teaching.
Wonderful video. I’m following right along with my own little juniper. I would love to see a video on when and how to remove the wires. Thank you for these enjoyable lessons.
I agree. I have noticed that some are still on many years later and appear to have grown into the wood.
Just started liking your videos in the first few seconds, no need to wait till the end!
I have admired Bonsai since my college days back in the 80's, attended many exhibitions and dabbled enough to kill off more than I have crafted, but finding your channel, this is a master class. I thank you! I have an overgrown juniper in my landscape that I am going to try to strike off cuttings from. With your videos I feel like your giving me the tools to realize this old dream of producing Bonsai and placing them in the containers I create. I thank you and I am going to ingest the rest of your videos and anxiously await upcoming videos! Thank you again. I think the most striking revelation to me from your first video is your hands on manipulation of the tree. I always treated my bonsai trees as precious objects that even snipping at was too much. Now I understand that these precious creatures can take the fire of the kiln approach to realize their full potential. Just like us, they are tough and survivors. You have taken down that brick wall that kept from realizing the joy of Bonsai. I thank you!
Too many so called experts make bonsai mysterious and complicated - No need for that.
I am grateful for how you talk thru your reason for wiring the trees. it helps me understand how and why you choose to shape the tree.
Besides the bonsai, pretty clever you made these turn tables out of office chairs. nice work!
Your chair turntable is brilliant!
Hello from Pennsylvania in the U.S. I love your channel!! Thank you for sharing your knowledge, I wonder if you can give advice how to know when you should repot a bonsai
Lovely and quite meditative .
Thank you Master Chan !!! We need your speaking and teaching which means a world to us passionate for Bonsai !!!!
this tutorial was very insightful and answered all the questions I had. thank you very much!
Love your videos, hopefully after this covid business I will be able come visit your nursery and say hello. Planing a trip to Scotland but most definitely want to make a trip down to meet you.
Two branches, one wire | a proper front comes towards you | lower branches should have welcome shape not windswept shape| Okay, Sensei, what else ya got??? I think I can say for alot of people, listening to an EXPERT is the ENTIRE POINT of these youtube videos. Not to mention that your delivery makes us wanna adopt you as our new grandpa or COOL UNCLE!! You just might be the "Bob Ross of Bonsai"
I feel inspired to purchase a few junipers and try this myself. Thank you.
I have loved bomsai since I was 16 years old but never believed I could do this (I am in my 40s). Ithink it is time to give it a try. I have been watching one of your videos every few days for 2 months. I like that you make your bonsai with a natural look without using a chainsaw and carving them all up. Those are cool, l but I fell in love with your style in the 80's and this is the style I want to try. I love how detailed you are.
I like to make bonsai simple so that ordinary folk can relate to it. The dramatic and complicated bonsai are great but ordinary mortals cannot aspire to that level and it puts people off. That is what I feel and that is why I have my own particular style of doing and making bonsai
@@peterchan3100, Thank you for bringing bonsai to regular people like me. ♥️
Thank you, I really enjoyed this tutorial and appreciate the old office chair tip!
It would be interesting to see this type of tutorial filmed with a go pro attached to your hat and that way we could watch you work from your vantage point.
We just purchased our first Juniper Bonsai today. I'm in love. 😍 I've always wanted one. Thank you for this new knowledge!
Thank you for your elegant magister style. It's very nice learning from you
Juniperus sinensis...
I like how they smell while cutting them...
Thank you once again for your knowledge, sir!
I really enjoy your videos, i am a begginer in the art of bonsai trees, so they help me alot!
Wonderful to watch you bring out the bonsai beauty❤️ smiles
Insta bonsais are cool but what about the field grown ones which is best, trunk chop, fusion or collected materials.
Yamadori are awsome! But i would rather for a beginner to spend money on a starter bonsai and learn before going out to a field and possibly killing a tree that has been growing without been disturbed
Very helpful, thanks you very much
I have learned so much from this video and please feel free to talk as much as you like that is the only way to explain the do's and don't thank you so much they all look amazing
You give me Eureka moment!? I previously have chair in my home that needs to be Thrown away. Reason being one of the wheels have fallen off. of which unfortunately is not fixable(I’ve tried Several times) well now it’s a Purpose. Which I already have a turn table but it couldn’t hurt to use a another one?..(Possibly a back up perhaps 🤔) for my green house..
Awesome, I never get tired of learning from this master.
I never thought I would be interested in bonsai. This guy is amazing.
When you but a starter bonsai like those should you pull it out and refresh the soil with new bonsai soil as a general rule?
I really enjoyed your lesson master. Waiting for more. Many thanks
Great idea, repurposing the base of old office chairs into rotatable work tables.
Does it matter what time of the year you do the clipping and shaping? Thank you
I just bought one small juniper like this in home depot, I start pruning, pruning and pruning. I think I will buy another one because from the first 🎄 I cut too much, left nothing .
Be patient,
They grow,
Thank you Peter, another great video guide. I went to re-pot my mothers Larch forest, it's really a mess, I'm sure it's been 10 years or more, 2 trees are dead and the soil heavy compacted. I cleared out a lot of soil and rotted roots, cut out the rotten stump, then put it in a nursery tray and covered in spagnum like you showed in your video, I hope I can save the trees, she has had them for a long time. She was an antique dealer and traveled to the UK twice a year to bring back 30' containers of antiques. Thanks again for your instruction, it will be here forever and out last us.
Good Luck Steve - Hope the Larch forest recovers.
Thank you sir I appreciate these videos and finally managed to wire a branch correctly on my juniperesque tree after watching this. I live in Vietnam and the tropical climate here does not always match what you talk about in the videos even though I know there is a lot to learn from each one, ei. growing seasons and so forth. In the future when corona virus get us all I hope my trees will have the sense to burst forthright from their pots and trail their roots down the northern flank of the apartment side embellishing the building of this human ant farm monstrosity in an island relic of deciduous and coniferous ingenuity. Especially when the sea levels rise.
Thank you so much for your wonderful tutorials, it is such a pleasure watching your work. So inspiring. You make everything look so easy and simple and easy to understand.
Thank you for providing us this incredible explanation.
Thank you! this is so AWESOME, I'm gonna attempt to form a Bonsi during this STAY HOME STAY SAFE pandemic. Should you water the trees after you wire and repot them ? also, how long do you leave the wires on the plants?
Do you removed the wires later or they stayed there forever, lam learning with you classes, lam green bean on this,l liked you classes a lot.
They are removed after the branches set, like two years or so before they bite too much into it
Thanks for understanding me how should starting bonsai
You ALWAYS make such wonderful videos! So much information!
Beautiful work ! Thank you Heron for your expertise, we need to use common sense for sure!
Your turn table is brilliant! Thank you for the idea.
Seeing you work with these small bonsai was such a joy! I never thought they could be so beautiful. You're truly a master. Thank you for this video ;)
Its helpful knowing how position the branches i like you example using the arms 😄
I like to wire with 1/3. Of thickness of the branch. As far of flexibility I try push the branch with a wire, if the branch doesn't move and the wire bends, I then use a stronger one. Untill im able to move the branch. 🌳bonsai on!
Spot on!
I've got a small Japanese Juniper coming soon I can't wait to see what I can do to it
Excellent told me exactly what I wanted to know .
Thankyou very well done
I love your directness! Definitely made me a new subscriber!
You are my Master of bonsai art.
Best Regards.Peter
I learned so much watching this! Thank you!👍☺️
It is a wonderful thing that u share your vast knowledge w us all. Beautiful work, and thank u.
I went so backwards with my first trees i am growing, i shaped them and then wired it isn't going so well to say the least. But they are coming back well so hopefully in a few years i will have something to work with again. Thank you for all your info Peter.
I love all the info you put in all your videos. I know if you say you can do it in 5 minutes. You can probably do it with your eyes closed! Much love and respect from Utah!
That was a wonderful video. I am new to learning how to handle my Bonsai. I purchased a Kaare Juniper from Wegmans and I am concerned for its proper care. I will start today to repot it
Always enjoy watching and listening to your videos. Thank you Peter
amazing as always. So much knowledge, shared so quickly. Thanks
I got a Japanese juniper I ordered from Walmart. Should I assume it’s Chinese? I was going to leave it be then prune it and maybe repot it in the spring.
Curious if Sabina junipers and their leggy foliage make good shonin bonsai?
Great video, you make it look so easy....
Mily Velez from Florida
I love watching this video! I think I have seen it about 100X
Now that your volume is fixed your videos are excellent. Don't listen to complainers. They are all over the place.
Thank you for your feedback
I notticed that too! The video editing is better too
Thank you grandpa, we love you so much
Thank you for sharing your thoughts, your discussion is just right