To be able to remember in detail the stories of each tree and seedling over decades is remarkable. It’s undeniable how much Peter genuinely loves and cares for these beautiful trees.
It's cool when they're growing over things but these ones shattered the illusion, made it obvious that the tree was grown in a pot.... Each to their own too......but the roots kinda looked like a sweet potato tumour in this case 😂
Hi Peter, hope you are well and happy new year. How much would this sort of material cost at your nursery please. As an example, for the one in this video once repotted but not at show material stage currently? Thanks, Mark
At first, I loved the roots. Then, you explained why they were there and I felt bad for the tree. Now, it feels like you removed a matted mess of hair off a stray dog, and I agree that it was a great choice. Well done. That was a journey.
Anyone who uses an axe, pickaxe and a saw on his bonsai gets my vote. I used to visit your nursery often several years ago when I lived nearby on the Sussex / Surrey / Kent border. It is so interesting to see how you create these works of art.
The Disgust is real my friend... when he cuts something off the punishment for being ugly is seriously severe... "so I will cut it off!!!!!!" In Peter's voice of course hehehehe
You sir are an inspiration to us all, thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience, words can't describe the amount of respect I have for you sir. Please continue sharing theses awesome videos with everyone.
I’m really enjoying the tour of the field and the explanation of all the different growing times and this is just a wonderful video I have planted a few Japanese maples from seeds with success, even though 90% fail, I will keep watching you so I can improve my techniques thank you from Roseville California.
There are a couple of reasons why your seeds fail to germinate. One - seeds may be stale and Two - you should stratify the seeds before sowing. As California is rather warm, maple seeds dont get a chance to stratify. Look up my seed sowing video for tips. OK
Oh mr C, I hate to say it but I disagree with your assessment that the roots of the large maple were ugly! A very interesting contemporary maelstrom of roots would have made for a glorious modern bonsai!
The big roots looked really nice. Unique. I would have bought that. Watching the video i wanted to say please stop i will buy it but obviously its not a live video. It looked so good so unique. I just dont understand why you would demolish the big roots. Why do all the bonsai need to be the same style? I have seen some great ones in the examinations and the big curled roots was so unique. Anyway never mind
I think that I would had enjoyed it better with the rounded roots, it looked like art piece, a lady sitting with crossed legs. It was beautiful. People like things that are unique. I am quite certain that the people would consider the body of the tree the bonsai. It is funny how he many options as first to be front, now after he destroyed it, the choice is more difficult. That tree was more of a problem than good.
I’m sure you’ll make it look good but you just removed the most unique characteristic of it. Can’t believe you didn’t see the art and beauty of that root
I do agree with you. I really liked the look of that root. I have a small Chinese elm but it has a similar big route like that, probably where it was a shoot of a bigger tree. But I love it as a feature.
Hello master Han I am just getting the bug for bonsai . I am growing some seedlings ready for growing into bonsai and I need all the info I can get . Your videos are very informative and it gives me hope that I can do a little of what you do thanks
you just cut a root of that age, i think its better to cut the other part and retain some to form an aged nebari, on the otherhand you are holding a big shovel so better for me to keep silent 😁
Peter, I really enjoy your videos. Is it ok to start a air layer when temperatures are still cold or should I wait for spring? Thank you for your videos.
That is an amazing video on your technique of downsizing a field grown plant to place into a training stage pot. I hope that you took a good long break with some magnificent tea. Thanks for your super presentation on taking down the size of overgrown plants.
Jeez.....Mr Chan moves in with demolition tools...to create another potentially wonderful bonsai. Amazing and a far cry from your snip snip videos...which I also enjoy.
Peter, the Bonsai Master: goes to remove Giant roots with a Pickaxe. Me: Internally screaming 😱 Noooooo! End result: Gorgeous healthy tree that is so much lovelier than before. Bravo!
I am pleased that you chopped off that ugly nebari. Graham Potter is probably the only man in the world who could incorporate that thick round-and-round original root structure and make it look good. He has five-dimensional eyesight. 😊
Glad to see that you can use appropriate tools on appropriate trees, that way we can do it too!! I wish you would show if you use a router on the chopped-off root to make it look nicer. Also wish you would add how the tree looks once it has leaves. It's hard to find in other videos when we don't know where you put it.
I usually decide the front by looking at the base of the trunk and if it can apply then the front would be at the widest across part of the trunk from right to left. This can not always be of course if the tree its self dictates something else totally. But if you can then I always choose for the front the widest point across the base at trunk level from right to left on the trunk.
Thank you for the video. I’m learning so much from your work! I’m just starting and your videos are a wealth of knowledge. Just a curious: could you have use an oscillating saw? I feel like that would’ve made your day easier. 😁
Growing a bonsai is very delicate form of art...the tree must be loved and handle with tenderness and care .... Sensai: where's my axe ......hammer ohh am I forgetting something? love!.....no ...crowbar
Just wondering if it is a good idea to cut main trunk a half by applying air layering on it. This way main trunk could be carved or even jin-ed, isn’t it?
I want to thank you for these amazing videos. I am just starting out in this learning process, but I love it and am happy I was introduced to Bonsai. Did you say that you were making an "alien" from the top of the Trident Maple? What does that entail?
@@peterchan3100 Thank you for answering this question...don't think I would be able to spend so much for a tree.. that is if I don't want to have war in the house..lol.....but still gives me lots of ideas on how to create something similar...greetings from Canada...
Mr. Chan, I just started watching your videos yesterday and cannot stop. I am sending them all to my four sisters so they can love them as I do. Your personality is so sweet and kind. You have brought great joy to so many people. I want to smile with every word you say. Thank you for sharing your vast knowledge with us.
You mentioned about air layering the large trunks... Do you recommend any particular time of year to do that? I'm also in uk. Also do the new roots on the air layers sustain large trees?
Air layering is best done in early Spring. I will do more air layering videos in Spring..You have to reduce the foliage and branches on the air layered portion so that it does not put a strain on the new roots.
Other Bonsai TH-camrs: "Now be very careful with this next step." Peter: "Its time to use the pickaxe."
😂
You forgot to mention the crow bar
@Miquel Jarchow NO ONE CARES
Man dont give a s**t
I love the shout out loud when he was swinging it lol.
I kinda liked the roots.
Can’t wait for the update video!
nice video
Man, you gotta really have some faith and knowledge to take a pickaxe and a hammer to something you been growing for over 20 years
or have a lot of things you've been growing for that long or longer but yeah it seems intimidating every time but he always does so well
The guy’s a ninja!
my mind just keeps screaming "STOP THAT" those roots were cool.
He basically did what i would do to try killing that tree 😁
Oggy Oggy p
the delicate art of bonsai, WHACK it with a hammer LOL love it. But I am loving the videos, and subscribed
pickaxe, crowbar and sledge. the tools of a bonsai master
XD
If i had a lot of money i would buy that tree with the crazy cool roots. I always go for the onces people don't want to buy.
I loved that root :(
Hey Gaz!
Same, I am one of the people who would have expressed interest. I am not "the true bonsai person" (yet), haha!
😂
"Off to the mines Peter?"
"Na, just repotting my maple"
Ha Ha - Good luck!
😂😂😂😂😂
Guy is nearly 80 here. What energy. I hope to have the same vitality at his age.
Really interesting video as usual Peter. Who needs fancy tools when you have a pickaxe and crow bar!
To be able to remember in detail the stories of each tree and seedling over decades is remarkable. It’s undeniable how much Peter genuinely loves and cares for these beautiful trees.
7:20 - I like the roots, I think bonsai with roots showing growing over things are amazing. Particularly ones growing over rocks!
14:30 - onwards 😭😰😱
It's cool when they're growing over things but these ones shattered the illusion, made it obvious that the tree was grown in a pot....
Each to their own too......but the roots kinda looked like a sweet potato tumour in this case 😂
I liked those roots also, I don't think we all need to view in a puristic bonsai style to create a beautiful tree in a pot.
Please make more videos about this tree! I'm very much interested how it will develop. This video is amazing.
Iys probably dead now. He murdered it. The roots looked cool
@@azbz2993 Wrong. 1: those roots looked hideous and 2: cutting them off would not kill the tree as it has plenty of other roots.
He just made an update on it.
@@gc4550 Thanks!
@@gc4550 Can you give its link?
What a beast of a tree! Please do update us before this heads out to its new owner?! Would love to see how it turned out.
Hi Peter, hope you are well and happy new year. How much would this sort of material cost at your nursery please. As an example, for the one in this video once repotted but not at show material stage currently? Thanks, Mark
about £3k
At first, I loved the roots. Then, you explained why they were there and I felt bad for the tree. Now, it feels like you removed a matted mess of hair off a stray dog, and I agree that it was a great choice. Well done. That was a journey.
Mr. Peter, will you show us this tree now or when you are carving the scars ?
I had physical pain watching him take out those gorgeous roots
I LOVE your videos!!! So well explained and your trees are Awesome!!!!!
m2 i learnd a lot of the videos ty
as often as i lie to myself about this it just never fails. golden rule: when in doubt smack it with a hammer. hammers fix everything.
Anyone who uses an axe, pickaxe and a saw on his bonsai gets my vote. I used to visit your nursery often several years ago when I lived nearby on the Sussex / Surrey / Kent border. It is so interesting to see how you create these works of art.
WOW. I was doubtful while watching the tree get chopped with a pickaxe and crowbar. But the end result is a stunning tree. Well done.
Now that's some major root work! I'm wondering how much this tree would sell for in your nersury? Thanks for the field tour, many nice trees.
The Disgust is real my friend... when he cuts something off the punishment for being ugly is seriously severe... "so I will cut it off!!!!!!" In Peter's voice of course hehehehe
You sir are an inspiration to us all, thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience, words can't describe the amount of respect I have for you sir. Please continue sharing theses awesome videos with everyone.
Thanks for your feedback Sohaib Bhai
I’m really enjoying the tour of the field and the explanation of all the different growing times and this is just a wonderful video I have planted a few Japanese maples from seeds with success, even though 90% fail, I will keep watching you so I can improve my techniques thank you from Roseville California.
There are a couple of reasons why your seeds fail to germinate. One - seeds may be stale and Two - you should stratify the seeds before sowing. As California is rather warm, maple seeds dont get a chance to stratify. Look up my seed sowing video for tips. OK
Oh mr C, I hate to say it but I disagree with your assessment that the roots of the large maple were ugly! A very interesting contemporary maelstrom of roots would have made for a glorious modern bonsai!
It screamed "pot" be4 he removed the roots, it was a good idea
Those circular roots looked beautiful and unique...I definitely would have left them as-is
Took a really beautiful unique tree and made it ordinary and run of the mill. blah
It’s a shame getting rid of those beautiful roots. Very interesting roots. Love you’re videos. Can we get an update on this tree?
The big Japanese Maple with the huge circular roots looked kinda like an Octopus before he went all Samurai on it with a pick axe..
Thank you so much...this helps me personally. I'm intimidated about trimming roots..this gives a lot of relief
The big roots looked really nice. Unique. I would have bought that. Watching the video i wanted to say please stop i will buy it but obviously its not a live video. It looked so good so unique. I just dont understand why you would demolish the big roots. Why do all the bonsai need to be the same style? I have seen some great ones in the examinations and the big curled roots was so unique. Anyway never mind
I think that I would had enjoyed it better with the rounded roots, it looked like art piece, a lady sitting with crossed legs. It was beautiful. People like things that are unique. I am quite certain that the people would consider the body of the tree the bonsai. It is funny how he many options as first to be front, now after he destroyed it, the choice is more difficult. That tree was more of a problem than good.
It’s like major plastic surgery. I love your videos.
I’m sure you’ll make it look good but you just removed the most unique characteristic of it. Can’t believe you didn’t see the art and beauty of that root
I do agree with you. I really liked the look of that root. I have a small Chinese elm but it has a similar big route like that, probably where it was a shoot of a bigger tree. But I love it as a feature.
Hello master Han I am just getting the bug for bonsai .
I am growing some seedlings ready for growing into bonsai and I need all the info I can get .
Your videos are very informative and it gives me hope that I can do a little of what you do thanks
TH-cam bonsai "experts": "Carefully brush the dirt away with chopsticks..."
Peter Chan: *crowbar
*pickaxe
*hammer
Ah the delicate tools of the bonsai Master.
If it has more than one front..is it better to pot it in a round pot so there is no set front?
You work very hard Peter as if you never get tired. Love and passion are your fuel to propel your art. I admire your qualities.
very nice
The first time fast motion was used I just thought Peter was on his A-game...lol
you just cut a root of that age, i think its better to cut the other part and retain some to form an aged nebari, on the otherhand you are holding a big shovel so better for me to keep silent 😁
What a crude way to prune the root of this Maple tree .I am really surprised you did not have a special tool designed for this job.
this guy has a lot of knowledge obviously, but his work ethic and getting his hands dirty is impressive too. got to keep moving.
Peter, I really enjoy your videos. Is it ok to start a air layer when temperatures are still cold or should I wait for spring? Thank you for your videos.
Best to wait till trees come into leaf. Here in UK we start airlayering our Maples in early May and continue till August.
anyone ever notice that when peter has to put alot of effort into a chop or a snap, you can hear the voice of his ancestors? "Hye!"🤣
Hello Peter I was wondering if you chose to make it a short tree would it be possible to air layer the top part?
Yes you could but I chose not to as I like big tall bonsai. Purely personal taste
That is an amazing video on your technique of downsizing a field grown plant to place into a training stage pot. I hope that you took a good long break with some magnificent tea. Thanks for your super presentation on taking down the size of overgrown plants.
You are my favorite you tuber...THANKYOU. I admire your videos and knowledge so much.
perfect. im working on 4 earth grown maples (10-20') and a 10' Lilac as of last week, in MA
Jeez.....Mr Chan moves in with demolition tools...to create another potentially wonderful bonsai. Amazing and a far cry from your snip snip videos...which I also enjoy.
Peter, the Bonsai Master: goes to remove Giant roots with a Pickaxe.
Me: Internally screaming 😱 Noooooo!
End result: Gorgeous healthy tree that is so much lovelier than before.
Bravo!
I am pleased that you chopped off that ugly nebari. Graham Potter is probably the only man in the world who could incorporate that thick round-and-round original root structure and make it look good. He has five-dimensional eyesight. 😊
Thank you for sharing your knowledge! Thank you also for giving us a very brief tour of your breathtaking 7 acre nursery....
You have many of my field grown trees!!
And I plan to get some more :-)
Makes me speak less to follow your work. Great job! Well done!👍😄
I love this old man, his perception I quite respectable and commendable.. very awesome and top quality!
Glad to see that you can use appropriate tools on appropriate trees, that way we can do it too!! I wish you would show if you use a router on the chopped-off root to make it look nicer. Also wish you would add how the tree looks once it has leaves. It's hard to find in other videos when we don't know where you put it.
Dang! You tore up that tree! Brute force. Love your videos though.
I usually decide the front by looking at the base of the trunk and if it can apply then the front would be at the widest across part of the trunk from right to left. This can not always be of course if the tree its self dictates something else totally. But if you can then I always choose for the front the widest point across the base at trunk level from right to left on the trunk.
You are absolutely right!
Broke my heart when you hacked off those front roots. To me it looked like the tree was resting cross-legged. :( However, I really enjoy your work.
That was great thank you
Pues, ciertamente me impresionó el uso del pico como herramienta de poda... Pero ya se puede apreciar que el resultado será maravilloso!
Thank you for the video. I’m learning so much from your work! I’m just starting and your videos are a wealth of knowledge.
Just a curious: could you have use an oscillating saw? I feel like that would’ve made your day easier. 😁
I would have kept the neat root instead of chopping it off. But everyone bonsai person is neat. 🥰😉🙃
Growing a bonsai is very delicate form of art...the tree must be loved and handle with tenderness and care ....
Sensai: where's my axe ......hammer ohh am I forgetting something? love!.....no ...crowbar
Just wondering if it is a good idea to cut main trunk a half by applying air layering on it.
This way main trunk could be carved or even jin-ed, isn’t it?
I want to thank you for these amazing videos. I am just starting out in this learning process, but I love it and am happy I was introduced to Bonsai. Did you say that you were making an "alien" from the top of the Trident Maple? What does that entail?
It's what u make a real master ,u show things what others do off camera .thanks for sharing all ure experience,!
Pixie garden ... Could add pixie doors in the holes 💜💙 perfect for kiddies to learn to love gardening
12:33 oh no. I like those roots.
Using a crowbar, saw, hammer and pickaxe.
Peter: "Easy".
Hi you are very gifted and talented at creating bonsai's from plan old plant material just amazing skills
Awesome video Sir, bonsai fascinates me.............no one bothers too much here in NZ
repotting bonsai with a pickax. i like it. for once there is a bonsai-channel where the actual goal is the goal and not the path there.
i like the look of gnarled roots, but yes they look a bit unnatural because of the round shape of the pot.
Aw jeez...Now i have to get me one of those fancy 'Bonsai' pickaxe's...
13:00 best part of the video! That root was visually disturbing.
hello sir, do you have schafflera bonsai
Instead of shears he needs a mini bonsai chainsaw.
I wanted to buy that pickaxe for my bonsai but I can't find it in your shop...
Thank you Mr. Chan for another amazing and instructive video. Masterful work as always. I have learned so much from you.
MY MAN PETER CHAN, you gotta get some smaller gloves. 16:01 lol
I love your work, 👍🏻THANK you for sharing it 🙏
8 acres of pre-bonsai. How many workers that must require!
Can you show the process of when you cut the trees back from their large form?
this will be really a nice tree. How much would it cost, if it was sold by now?
£2-3K if I want to sell it. I get more for Maple garden trees that we grow on our Nursery.
@@peterchan3100 Thank you for answering this question...don't think I would be able to spend so much for a tree.. that is if I don't want to have war in the house..lol.....but still gives me lots of ideas on how to create something similar...greetings from Canada...
Always enjoying your teaching.. thnx so much
Mr. Chan, I just started watching your videos yesterday and cannot stop. I am sending them all to my four sisters so they can love them as I do. Your personality is so sweet and kind. You have brought great joy to so many people. I want to smile with every word you say. Thank you for sharing your vast knowledge with us.
Beautiful and tormenting to watch at the same time. You're an amazing bonsai Sensei. Much respect. 🎩🤪😀⛏️
You mentioned about air layering the large trunks... Do you recommend any particular time of year to do that? I'm also in uk. Also do the new roots on the air layers sustain large trees?
Air layering is best done in early Spring. I will do more air layering videos in Spring..You have to reduce the foliage and branches on the air layered portion so that it does not put a strain on the new roots.
A new term in the bonsai world. ´Bonsai anger management excercise.´
My bonsai friend, use a electrical Reciprocating saw. Easy on that back..
If you use saws to cut roots - they blunt easily because the blades cut through sandy soil
We all have our preferred ways of doing things but thanks for your suggestions. Will give it a try.
@Jesus Souless
Are you a dumb ass ?there is power tools. I guess cause your oriental that makes you a master? Or the biggest ass I have ever seen
@Jesus Souless some people only use hand tools because of tradition.
Would love to see a video of you guys lifting one of these big old trees that have been growing in ground for 20 plus years.
I really love them roots!
Never seen someone use a log splitter sledge in a bonsai! Peter is a visionary!!!
Your best informative video.
Love to see this bonsai now a picture or time lapse video will be good ....
Great tutorial with such a wealth of information and transformation. Thank you Mr Chan.