Dear Peter , 1rst you never bore. Second , never let any critics in your head . They are just jalouse. You are the mycelium of my tree loving hard knock life and i know 4 milions of people all over the World. Thank you . I wist you and all the people you love a healty and vigourous new year 💚 🌲wood wide web 🌳
Dr. Chan, I am almost 2 years late, but I am "catching up". Your short, self videos are brimming with very intricate information. You are more relaxed. (...in my humble opinion...)
You are so right....that branxh that goes up and then out, will need to be removed. It will grow again, and can be trained to horizontal. Thank-you so much, for sharing your vast knowledge of Plants, and expecially about Bonsia. Happy new year to you, and all those there.
In early May I was really lucky to harvest a really mature Pyracantha (trunk 6'' with a natural taper to 15 inch tall). Its potted up in a bucket till next Spring. I really am excited and look forward to working on it, and your instruction is so helpful so many thanks.
Thank you so much for letting us watch how you trim the trees and telling the reason for the cuts. You are so generous with your skill and knowledge. I am getting ready to cut my very overgrown bouganville down and shaping it instead of just digging it out
Good morning. Peter you are a great tree surgeon.🌳👷 I have seen some images of bonsai and they do have that topiary feature. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
I know I have wrote this before but it's worth repeating. Thank you so much for all your videos. They have been such a fantastic source of knowledge and information during my two years of bonsai. I wish you and the staff of Herons the best 2021 possible - kind regards from Sweden!
I never used to like Bonsai plants or thought it was something I could commit to. They are definitely a skill not everyone has the grit for. I do admire them but also used to cringe at the amount of torture it would have to go through to get to the artists desired shape. Just the type of gardener I would be is I like seeing plants grow and thrive... So cutting off all the growth you achieve always seemed like you are taking huge steps back. Like I would only prune plants if you see it's struggling or has a bad bug infestation. Saying that, is because I get attached to plants and I don't enjoy hurting them, as I want to solve its growing problems than present it with constant challenges. But I have started growing a bonsai plant myself from seed, since October 2020 to get over my fears. At the moment I'm just letting it grow as it wants to but going to shape it soon but I want it to flow in with its natural growth and build on that...
Plants are not animals - so they don't feel like they do. Dont ascribe human emotions to plants either. Pruning branches is like trimming ones hair or nails is you did want an analogy.
Peter! Big fan of yours! For your self-recordings, I would recommend one of those practical GoPro's with excellent image stabilisation and a strap on, either over your chest or forehead. With only one click you would be able to quickly and spontaneously record your day without holding a camera or asking one of your staff. Best regards from Austria!
I dont know much about GoPro devices but this would mean not using my iPhone camera. Isnt there a device that I could use with my iPhone to stabilise it while recording - like a gimbal ? Your advice would be welcome.
i have a curley walking stick tree LIMB that i've used as a christmas tree for years. been studying it and decided to make a few snips to clean it up. last night i trimmed off some interesting small curley limbs. today i'm wondering why i didnt do it sooner!!! it's been hard to not just start whacking, the tiny curls i cut off were not first choice, decided they were most fragile and could break off anyway. looks planned now, like a bonsai!!! thank you
Thank you for taking the time to do this video. Best channel ever : ) Taking my chances in asking for a video on "moss". I can't seem to be able to keep moss green on any of my bonsais! Ta!!!
EXELENTE TRABAJO REALIZADO AHORA PREGUNTO QUE SUSTRATO TIENEN ESAS PIRACANTAS SE LAS VE MUY BUENAS Y ES MI ESPECIE FAVORITA DESDE MAR DEL PLATA ARGENTINA.
|Thank you. if the branch is thick and not bendable . can you cut a v shape incision in its base and force it to be more horizontal? If so, can you show this technique?
Thank you master Chan. I would like one thing to make in your videos and that is to ware a Mic because when you zoom in the audio gets so much louder but when they pull the camera back and can hardly hear you. I love every video and appreciate your valuable time and hour skill and would never stop watching but just a little Mic would make them 10/10.
Very kind of you Peter keep up the fantastic videos, I enjoy every single one of them and one day maybe I could come and have a walk around the nursery. 👍
Happy and healthy new year with a Fantabulous tree pruning Sir Chan. I m from india and came to know that once you stayed in 1963 in india. Hats off to you Such A King of Bonsai in this Globe 🙏🙏
@@peterchan3100 Wow excellent. Where sir in india , which state and place you born and brought up please let me know. I must visit the place to find your existence once you left with that place m
@@debkousik8943 - I am third generation of Chinese ethnicity, Attended school in Calcutta and went on to IIT - Kharagpur ;58-'62. Electrical Engineering - Left India in '63 as I could not get a job during the India-China border war of '62. But I have been returning to India regularly to teach bonsai and to sponsor social work. I was awarded IIT- Kgp's Distinguished Alumus Award in 2015 together with Sundar Pichai (Google chief) . Where in India are you from?. Bonsai people in India know me as I have been teaching bonsai there from time to time since '63.
In a case like this, would it be possible to use a branch splitter to split the problematic branch in 4 sections, wire it, and then bend it to more aesthetically pleasing position? I would appreciate any opinions on the matter. Thank you for another great video!
Interesting, there is a hedge nearby my home with Pyracatha and noticed they seem to thicken pretty fast but have rather chaotic growth. Maybe give it a try though after seen this video, wonder if taking a cutting is easy?
@@gideonwackers7693 I don't think I did anyhing unusual. Pencil thick cuttings may be from too old wood, though. You want to take this year's growth that's just turned woody. The thickest of mine is maybe half pencil thick.
Hi Peter, big fan! Just a question about my Chinese Elm, I keep it indoors in sun, do I need to give it a dormancy period, or will it be fine by the window all year? Cheers
Unless you are wanting to grow it into a long branch, then cut it off. If you want it to grow into a proper branch just leave it alone and it will thicken in time - be patient. Also the thin long shoots which grow in winter when you keep the Elm indoors tend to be very weak. If you want a strong Elm then grow it outdoors. They are very hardy and you get a stronger tree growing it outdoors.
@@peterchan3100 I will send you a picture after I wake up Peter, I am just getting off the highway. The art I created took a lot of time and care. I will be in touch later.
Dear Peter , 1rst you never bore. Second , never let any critics in your head . They are just jalouse. You are the mycelium of my tree loving hard knock life and i know 4 milions of people all over the World. Thank you . I wist you and all the people you love a healty and vigourous new year 💚 🌲wood wide web 🌳
Thank you - very nice comment
Thank you Peter for your inspirational videos. I always look forward to them . George CALIFORNIA,USA
You make it seem so effortless and there's hardly any lag between thinking and cutting....Indeed like a surgeon!
Best youtube intro, best youtube channel ever!
Dr. Chan, I am almost 2 years late, but I am "catching up". Your short, self videos are brimming with very intricate information. You are more relaxed. (...in my humble opinion...)
You are so right....that branxh that goes up and then out, will need to be removed. It will grow again, and can be trained to horizontal. Thank-you so much, for sharing your vast knowledge of Plants, and expecially about Bonsia. Happy new year to you, and all those there.
I'm glad you removed the forward facing branch but I totally would have cut off the one on the right side as well.
In early May I was really lucky to harvest a really mature Pyracantha (trunk 6'' with a natural taper to 15 inch tall). Its potted up in a bucket till next Spring. I really am excited and look forward to working on it, and your instruction is so helpful so many thanks.
Another coffee and morning bonsai video, can’t get any better !
Best bonsai videos on TH-cam thank u 🙏
Mr Peter can you make a video on germinating red maple seeds that require stratification?
Your videos get me through the lockdown, thank you.
Wish you a healthy, wealthy & prosperous new year.
A happy, healthy and prosperous new year!
Thank you so much for letting us watch how you trim the trees and telling the reason for the cuts. You are so generous with your skill and knowledge. I am getting ready to cut my very overgrown bouganville down and shaping it instead of just digging it out
Hello dear master. I really use your great videos and tutorials. you are the best.
Good morning. Peter you are a great tree surgeon.🌳👷 I have seen some images of bonsai and they do have that topiary feature. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Enjoyed video very much Mr. Chan. Tree looks much better after the trim. Have a great year.
Peter they look great. I love Pyracantha as bonsai and have one myself. Keep it up with all your fantastic videos.
A Happy and Prosperous New Year to you!!!
I know I have wrote this before but it's worth repeating.
Thank you so much for all your videos. They have been such a fantastic source of knowledge and information during my two years of bonsai.
I wish you and the staff of Herons the best 2021 possible - kind regards from Sweden!
Thank you.
Fun and educational to watch, thx for sharing Peter..happy new year.👍👍👍
Happy new year to Peter and everyone at Herons Bonsai. Take care and stay healthy!
Interesting demonstration Peter. I dont have a Pyracantha, but i do have a couple of Cotoneaster which dont have spikes!
great looking trees. I've been looking for a thick one with lower movement to collect for awhile now. guess I'll have to start from cuttings
I loved this specimen, fun work but it is worth this maintenance for the well-being of the tree. Thanks for sharing!
🌳❤️🙏
I never used to like Bonsai plants or thought it was something I could commit to. They are definitely a skill not everyone has the grit for. I do admire them but also used to cringe at the amount of torture it would have to go through to get to the artists desired shape. Just the type of gardener I would be is I like seeing plants grow and thrive... So cutting off all the growth you achieve always seemed like you are taking huge steps back. Like I would only prune plants if you see it's struggling or has a bad bug infestation. Saying that, is because I get attached to plants and I don't enjoy hurting them, as I want to solve its growing problems than present it with constant challenges. But I have started growing a bonsai plant myself from seed, since October 2020 to get over my fears. At the moment I'm just letting it grow as it wants to but going to shape it soon but I want it to flow in with its natural growth and build on that...
Plants are not animals - so they don't feel like they do. Dont ascribe human emotions to plants either. Pruning branches is like trimming ones hair or nails is you did want an analogy.
A very happy new year to you Peter and all the staff at herons Bonsai. This is a pleasing video to watch 🙏🏻
stunning trees!!
Informal bonsai style on pyracantha?
So beautiful...thanks Peter, and happy New Year👍👍
Peter! Big fan of yours! For your self-recordings, I would recommend one of those practical GoPro's with excellent image stabilisation and a strap on, either over your chest or forehead. With only one click you would be able to quickly and spontaneously record your day without holding a camera or asking one of your staff. Best regards from Austria!
I dont know much about GoPro devices but this would mean not using my iPhone camera. Isnt there a device that I could use with my iPhone to stabilise it while recording - like a gimbal ? Your advice would be welcome.
I will send you a practical equipment proposal for your self-recordings to your office mail soon. May I ask which iPhone model you use - Model 7?
@@TheHanney123 I am using iPhone 12 Pro max
Great ambidexterity, sir.
Thank you Peter as I was wondering what to do with a bargain plant Ifound in a nursery closeby that needs training from scratch. Simona
Should be OK. Look for solution. Or book on one of my free consultations on Tuesdays and Thursdays
Thank you! For now I cut it right back (it was lanky and kept falling over) and I will help it re-grow with a better structure.
Happy New Year, Peter. May it be yet another great Bonsai year.
Happy New Year Peter Great videos ❤️🇬🇧😊
i have a curley walking stick tree LIMB that i've used as a christmas tree for years. been studying it and decided to make a few snips to clean it up. last night i trimmed off some interesting small curley limbs. today i'm wondering why i didnt do it sooner!!! it's been hard to not just start whacking, the tiny curls i cut off were not first choice, decided they were most fragile and could break off anyway. looks planned now, like a bonsai!!! thank you
Send me a pic by email to our office
Thank you for taking the time to do this video. Best channel ever : ) Taking my chances in asking for a video on "moss". I can't seem to be able to keep moss green on any of my bonsais! Ta!!!
It needs to be put on hard gravely or sandy surfaces well draining . Not full sun and watered when dry.
@@julesverne2509 aaahhh interesting! Thanks!!!
EXELENTE TRABAJO REALIZADO AHORA PREGUNTO QUE SUSTRATO TIENEN ESAS PIRACANTAS SE LAS VE MUY BUENAS Y ES MI ESPECIE FAVORITA DESDE MAR DEL PLATA ARGENTINA.
Just beautiful!
Excellent video, valuable lessons 🙏 A very happy new year to you too
I may be a man but ima still say it manly as possible, I love you Peter Chan. Thank you.
I know what. you mean - it is the nuance and in English it is hard to translate that word to give the exact feeling.
Happy new year to you. And thank you for all the great content. Your such a good teacher.💕
have a happy and prosperous new year , PETER!! that turned out beautiful !
How beautiful!
|Thank you. if the branch is thick and not bendable . can you cut a v shape incision in its base and force it to be more horizontal? If so, can you show this technique?
Difficult but can be done. Sometimes it is better to choose an easier route.
Thank you master Chan. I would like one thing to make in your videos and that is to ware a Mic because when you zoom in the audio gets so much louder but when they pull the camera back and can hardly hear you. I love every video and appreciate your valuable time and hour skill and would never stop watching but just a little Mic would make them 10/10.
Thank you - I do have a mic but am lazy to use it all the time. Your comment is noted. very useful feedback.
Very kind of you Peter keep up the fantastic videos, I enjoy every single one of them and one day maybe I could come and have a walk around the nursery. 👍
Sir
As educative as ever
Thanks for uploads
Please educate about feeding of bonsais
Thats very important issue
Fertilize heavily during the growth season.
Happy new year! ...Very interesting video, thank you
Happy New Year Peter, throughly enjoyed this.
Enjoyed the video thanks 😊
Thanks Peter
Happy New Year Peter Thanks for sharing
Happy New Year.
I like those white pots
Good pyrcanta hedge good neigbours heh
Happy and healthy new year with a Fantabulous tree pruning Sir Chan.
I m from india and came to know that once you stayed in 1963 in india.
Hats off to you
Such A King of Bonsai in this Globe 🙏🙏
I was born and brought up in India and had all my education there.
@@peterchan3100
Wow excellent. Where sir in india , which state and place you born and brought up please let me know. I must visit the place to find your existence once you left with that place m
@@debkousik8943 - I am third generation of Chinese ethnicity, Attended school in Calcutta and went on to IIT - Kharagpur ;58-'62. Electrical Engineering - Left India in '63 as I could not get a job during the India-China border war of '62. But I have been returning to India regularly to teach bonsai and to sponsor social work. I was awarded IIT- Kgp's Distinguished Alumus Award in 2015 together with Sundar Pichai (Google chief) . Where in India are you from?. Bonsai people in India know me as I have been teaching bonsai there from time to time since '63.
Peter, Wow, that is a book waiting to be written especially the Indo-China war.
@@briankavanagh7191 Totally agree
Happy New Year. Enjoyed video.
Happy New Year!
In a case like this, would it be possible to use a branch splitter to split the problematic branch in 4 sections, wire it, and then bend it to more aesthetically pleasing position? I would appreciate any opinions on the matter. Thank you for another great video!
That thick branch would be too stiff to bend by branch splitting. It is also very brittle and would break if we did that.
Happy New Year too!
Happy new year from Canada, Peter.
Thanks Peter for your exercise video - could you tell me how old is this tree?
I guess it is about 20
@@peterchan3100 thanks :D
Very beautiful coconut sir
Happy New Year 🏅✂️🍃
Interesting, there is a hedge nearby my home with Pyracatha and noticed they seem to thicken pretty fast but have rather chaotic growth. Maybe give it a try though after seen this video, wonder if taking a cutting is easy?
Very. I was at that point last summer; of the six cuttings I took all rooted (and very vigorously so).
@@andreasweber1533 did you do anything special because all cuttings died for me. They were all pencil thick
@@gideonwackers7693 I don't think I did anyhing unusual. Pencil thick cuttings may be from too old wood, though. You want to take this year's growth that's just turned woody. The thickest of mine is maybe half pencil thick.
Please guide me on what to do or what medicine to use to help the tree produce fruit quickly and abundantly .thank you somuch
Hi Peter, big fan! Just a question about my Chinese Elm, I keep it indoors in sun, do I need to give it a dormancy period, or will it be fine by the window all year? Cheers
Elm need some dormancy
Happy new year
Very nice
Pls make a video on jade plant care.
Hi I have a question, when new stems on Chinese Elm get so long they droop over should I add stick to support them or not? Many thanks
Unless you are wanting to grow it into a long branch, then cut it off. If you want it to grow into a proper branch just leave it alone and it will thicken in time - be patient. Also the thin long shoots which grow in winter when you keep the Elm indoors tend to be very weak. If you want a strong Elm then grow it outdoors. They are very hardy and you get a stronger tree growing it outdoors.
@@peterchan3100 Thank you for the advice. Much appreciated.
Happy new year, you have a bit of cold in past couple of videos, please take care of your health
No I dont have a cold - I am fully fit my friend.
@@peterchan3100 great 👍🏻 I thought I heard nasal twang , hence...
@@shivangnisharma9448 Thanks for caring- I appreciate that.
Happy new year to u from malaysia.why not u try to make video on carmona ratusa,hokiantea tree,thanks.
Carmona does not grow well in northern Europe. Maybe ok in Mediterranean countries and tropics but not here.
There were 999 likes so i was feeling odd and i did 1k likes😊
Tri-pod :)
🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
bonsai cured my diarhhea
I hope it wasn't verbal diarrhoea !
I have reversed the principles of bonsai and created a tree with normal size foliage and a super tiny trunk.
I hope you had a good laugh sitting all alone in your room when you typed that nonsense.
@@cecilyerker Everyone is asleep. But it is true.
I would like to see what you did.
@@peterchan3100 I will send you a picture after I wake up Peter, I am just getting off the highway. The art I created took a lot of time and care. I will be in touch later.
thoda camera dur rakh to kuch dikhe
Difficult doing it simultaneously - ie one hand on camera phone and one hand to prune.
First
I feel like a camera tripod would increase your production value
Happy New year
Happy new year