Oh No! My Maples Dried Out - Watering Your Bonsai
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
- In this video I show you what to do if the leaves on your maple have dried out.
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My little maple did the same thing in my heatwave last month! I did this and now there are tons of buds all over it and the leafs are unfurling ❤
Always a pleasure learning from Peter Chan
Is it Peter I thought it wS David these grasses are worse than I thought
Mr. Chan, your videos are a pure treasure!
I make BJD dolls, and do some tutorials every now and then. What I love the most in your videos is your creative approach to bonsai. Several solutions to the same problem, searching for opportunities, using what you have at hand - are the principles that I share and promote in my work as well. So I subscribed!
I don't have a yard, just a balcony, and I wanted to do a bonsai from a myrtle. I had a several years old tree that I bought from a previous owner.
In the beginning of April I repotted the myrtle, and, as its root system was a complete tangled mess, I removed a significant portion of roots.
The tree stopped growing at all and the leaves began to dry out one by one.
A month ago you released this video, so I decided it's a time to "bite the bullet", and removed all the remaining leaves from my myrtle. So it had to be a hit or miss.
I watered it all this time, but didn't have much hope.
And a few days ago I noticed a lot of tiny buds on the most remaining branches! They're progressing fast, and I believe my myrtle survived for now.
This is your merit, Mr. Chan! You saved another tree 😍
@@wgrassbjd Good luck with your new venture.
Life is always more exciting when you try new things.
That was really humble and heartwarming.
I cannot tell you how much this video helped me. My Japanese Maple died out and I thought I killed it! You’ve made me feel so much better and I have already starting to see new growth!
i fell out of my tree too lol. thanks for another great video peter!
Thank you for sharing this. I'm so glad this doesn't only happen to me! Also, good to know that defoliating will help.
Great video, very encouraging. I have a small trident maple that I got last year in the Summer. The beginning of the hot weather in my area cooked the leaves 🍁 on that tree because I didn’t give it enough water beforehand. I was afraid it was doomed. I pulled all the leaves off and watered it well. Thankfully it bounced back and grew new leaves.
Peter, just watched you on Gardeners World. It was great to see you on such a widely viewed show. Loved the trees you showed. I’ve been watching and learning from your videos for quite some time. Thanks for all you have done to educate us. Cheers!
I want to see that!
Thank you Peter for this episode and thank you for being so generous with your wisdom ... not only Bonsai related. 🐒🌳
6:20 that's amazing. I've never seen a tree without leaves and thought "that tree looks naked" instead of "that tree looks dead." Even in the winter, which I know is wrong. These trees look naked.
Hi there!! Here in Greece, this time of year, we have temperatures like 35-42 Celsius and it's very difficult to keep up with our trees!
Thank you for all the knowledge that you share all this time!!!
I just brought back a bunch of small trees all around a foot tall from a campground in northern Michigan. Thought I had lost about 10 of them. I trim them back just like this and voila maybe lost two😊. The campground is extending its camping area into a new portion of the woods they let me save a bunch of little trees before they started bulldozing😊
Спасибо. Увидел ту информацию, о которой предполагал . Удачи и здоровья 😊😊😊
Thx for sharing Peter 👍
Спасибо вам за ваши видео. В них очень много нужно и полезной информации . Я много лет смотрю их с большим удовольствием благодаря субтитрам всегда понимаеш о чём идёт речь в мелочах
Interesting indeed. I've lost a few maples like that. If only I had known I could have given them the chance to revive... d'oh!
A very timely video. I just frazzled my trident maple forest group.. It’s really hard to keep up even my small collection when it’s hot and dry in my near desert climate in the American Rocky Mountain west. I took Peters advice and leaf trimmed it and now I will cross my fingers and keep watering.
I loved your off-hand comment, about 4 minutes in, to the effect that: "if you leave the watering to your children, this is what will likely happen." Quite funny, but sadly, true!
Can relate and acknowledge from own experience. 😂In younger ages they drown and in older ages they simply forget to water.
Great information Peter!
he sounded so pissed but patient.
Thanks Peter,
Now I know what to do when the monkey falls out of the tree you cut the leaves. 🤔
Thanks for the insight. Take care and have a blessed week.🙏🙏🙏
Thank you. Love your simplicity. Very helpfull.
These Acers are originally sub canopy trees, the leaves are far more delicate because of this, which is why they are being grown under shade, but also, sub canopies tend to have greater humidity and less wind, both things reduce transpiration, and so reduce water stress. So some other ways to help is to reduce wind speeds, and increase humidity.
Our maples in the field are in full sun. Full sun creates better autumn colour.
Thank you Peter, very timely lesson in how to deal with maples in hot weather, all my maples are in a shaded structure so I have no damaged leaves, up to this point I have only had to water in the morning but if and when it becomes much hotter I will water twice along with other deciduous trees. Just a point to mention some pots can get very hot depends on the pot makeup so your idea to place in trays of water will help to keep the pots cooler even if the water is not covering the pot, it still helps, but make sure the water in the trays are not getting warm in very hot periods especially in very hot countries climates.
You are doing well.
Very usefull information, This way I "lost" a birch yesterday... Will follow your instructions right away.
Maybe you need a whiteboard for yourself and staff to ensure watering? Thankyou for the knowledge as always. Very useful. I've had issues with my maples last summer and now I'm prepared for the next.
Here in Las Vegas, Nevada area I use drip systems for my bonsai and potted plants. Either an individual drip emitter to each plant or micro-sprays for where I have multiple plants in an area. I also have to use Shade cloths a lot.
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Absolute Joy To Watch. Excellent. Many Thanks. STP
I have one particular, small Deshojo maple that occasionally causes me concern when it gets leaf scorch and then requires a full defoliation to revive it and encourage the second flush of leaves.
Very timely video since we are under a heatwave here in New England (US).
Thank you so much for your inspiring words in a such bad situation is happening now in my japanese maple bonsai.
The more i learn about and work on bonsai, the more i appreciate the look of a completrly defoliated tree
🙏Thank you for reassuring me about the mapples. I was just panicking and desperate for all my mapples which are dried out. We are in a heat wave for a couple of days (30°C, 40°C with humidex), so my trees are thirty🥵. Greetings from 🇨🇦.
Peter thanks for sharing!
It hit 46 celcius (115 F) in the seattle area a couple summers ago. Our water bill was incredibly high as we had to water our trees 4-5 times a day.
Hi Peter sorry to hear that some of your trees dried out. I was wondering have you ever used any form of anti-transpirant to mist on the leaves of your Malpes after they have hardened off. The one I use is called Wilt Pruf and it coats the leaves so they do not need watered / dry out as much.
No I haven't
Hi Peter,
thanks for the good instructions. Ever since i moved my ficus microcarpa outside in early May, im having trouble with burned leaves. I know its normal that they get burned while the tree is getting used to the sun, however the new growth from the past week also starts to get burned.
I also moved a ficus benjamina outside at the same time, which got burned in the beginnng but after removing the burned leaves the new grwoth seems to have adopted to the sun and its looking very good know. This makes me wonder if microcarpa prefers a bit more shade while benjamina is a sunlover once properly adjusted. This is in Germany and and it hasnt been all that sunny in the past weeks.
This video couldn't have been posted in a better time. From a comfy but breezy 24C over the weekend, it was about 33C yesterday already and the forecast is calling 37C with no rain in sight, every day, for the next 5 days or so, on this side of the pond.
I look forward to the update video!
5.36 we’re not talking of winter image 😂😂😂love that comment, the Boss is not happy
Is complete defoliation necessary or can you just take off the dead leaves and wait it out until next spring?
Peter, once again thank you for the valuable information. I have a question. Forcing a severely sun burnt deshojo for example to produce all new foliage, does this tax the tree? I mean does the tree use valuable resources to produce the foliage? I live in the desert and my maples are struggling thanks for the help always. -Joe
When I was really new to maples my Bloodgood got attacked by aphids and while I was trying to figure out that the soil dried out. It dropped every leaf and I panicked. A week later I dumped about 40/60 litres of water on the roots and watered every day after. It made a great comeback and now it’s getting big and strong.
Good one
Sooooo sorry.hope they come back!
This just happen to me thank you so much. My tree got much sun. Can I cover my maple during the peak our of the day?
Give it some shade during the day
"I don't have to tell you what I'm doing, I'm watering my trees."😂😂😂
Love the video Peter it’s good to know what I should do if it all goes wrong.
Peter I bought a tree from you last august for my birthday and came and met you. It’s Andy from bonsai crazy.
I was hoping I would be able to get a one to one lesson from you for my birthday this year. Using the tree I purchased from you, as being a beginner I really need it 😂😂
Being a UA-camr myself it may be an opportunity for a video for yourself.
How much would a personal lesson cost, or is it on the website?? Thanks Peter // Andy 👊👊
Contact our office and our staff will be able to advise you.
Thank you. This recently happened to a couple maple seedlings that I transplanted from this past spring. I hope this method also works for me. Should I leave the pot outside where it was or let it “recover” inside from the heat?
Keep them in shade
Thank you
Hi Peter, just purchased my first acer, it's not a bonsai yet since it needs a lot of training so I am looking to get wire, and then try to control it a bit by cutting some of the branches as it is so vigorous that each node has 3-6 offshoots. Since it's a young sapling still, it looks like maybe a 3-4 year old, I am unsure as to whether I should watch out for something in case I mess up, or should I go with the flow, wire it to the desired future shape and give a good ol' haircut every now and then? The climate is the same as at your nursery.
Just keep pruning the growing tips to create more twigginess / Ramification and you will get there.
@@peterchan3100 Thank you for the response, was also wondering what size wire would be suitable for such a young tree. Amazon has 1mm,1.5mm and 2mm wire packs, but I wanted to work a bit with the trunk too since it's still somewhere malleable, and I do not know if 2mm is enough? Or maybe Amazon is not the best place to buy wire 😅. I must get plane tickets to UK and visit herons for a workshop at some point, but for now I guess I'll keep watching all of the videos!
Have you or would you ever work with a Kaori Hime? I have one that I hard pruned with a trunk of about 2 inches thick. It was scorched and lost all of its leaves this summer and I chopped it back because every single leaf dropped. It’s doing well but I’m worried it may struggle if the new shoots don’t harden by winter.
Great info sir
Mr. Chan, a bit off subject but when taking care of new air layering…. Using spag. moss, how often should I water the new layering …..? Can you over soak the roots? Thanks in advance.
If you wrap the plastic tightly round the moss ball - it should not dry out at all. We never have to water the moss ball once the air layering is made. We just wait for the new roots to emerge
@@peterchan3100 thanks for quick reply. My question was pertaining to after the plant is separated from the parent plant and put into a container with the spag. moss. I’ve seen where you have places in a tray containing an inch or two of water…. I was wondering if outside, how often should you water? Again, thanks for all of the information you share, I thoroughly enjoy your videos.
Would this same idea be applied to a branch being air layered? I have an arakawa Japanese maple whose leaves got a little fried in the summer. Should I defoliate the branch?
Be a bit careful as defoliation at this stage might not encourage roots to develop on the air layering. Best not to.
Is that shirt from Dan Flash’s? So intricate 😮
Cant remember who gifted that shirt to me.
Are you using collected rainwater? If so, pressure seems very good 👍
No
A good tip to know 👍
that is very good info.
very helpful video, i wish i knew this 2 years ago as i had an old maple die on me :(
Very helpful.
😂 I love that phrase "even monkeys fall out of trees" and have usded it many times since learning it from you!
Let me help you from drowning , said the monkey to the fish ,as he pushed him up a tree 😂, 🌳
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Can you presentate your trophy Bonsai, Sir? This we're really awesome
This happened to one of my trees recently and I was absolutely heartbroken! The leaves are all gone now (and have been for a while) but I've not seen any signs of new growth, is there anything i can do to encourage it or should I keep waiting?
"Even monkeys fall out of trees" I'm going use that at work 😂
Depends on who the monkey is !!
Perfect !
Do you keep them shaded after de-leafing, or back to full sun?
In shade
If my Japanese maple is predominantly leaf scorched does it work the same way. Just cut all the leaves off, or is it a different concept
Try leaf cutting the entire tree. Best to send a pic to our office for more advice
@@peterchan3100 thank you sir
Does removing the leaves also work for azaleas?
The leaves on my azalea are all yellow, dry and hanging for a while now
Should do.
Azalky je nutne po odkvetu strikat proti houbovym chorobam a take hnojit, nejlepe kazdy tyden.
Thanks for your advises!. I´m learning a lot with your videos. Quick question: Do you think it would be good to follow same process when collecting a tree and big part of the root system is lost?. Just recently I collected some mapple seedlings from cracks on the side walk in front of my house but big chunks of the root systems were cut off while I tried to pull the seedlings. Thanks in advace.
It might help but if your collected seedling did not have much root to begin with - then the chances are slim.
@@peterchan3100 Thanks for your reply!. :)
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How to water after leaf cutting, any precautions? 😭😭2 bottle brushes, a tamarind & a malpighia were found with dry leaves under care of a help who didn’t water 1 day (45*c here) will the roots rot if I continue dousing them with water as usual, should I keep them in shade?
Yes
I watered my bonsais maybe 1-2 times this year not anymore.( germany) its just raining all year long just like april weather :D
Believe it or not, the uk has been pretty much like that this year. Terrible spring/start of summer
❤🌱🪴🌳 Small pots can dry out very quickly.
Hello Peter Sir. The tree at the back on the right needs a trunk chop to remove straight trunk. Time to bite the ….
It might be a sacrificial trunk thickener. I use that technique a lot.
Sacrifice trunk thickener?
@@Sunweaver593 no. He would have in flower pot or ground. You don’t thick in bonsai pot only refine.
Usually if you ask your children to water they can’t be relied on’ 😂😂😂
Im always baffled when i hear that 20-25° c in other parts of the world is considered a heat wave. Here in the states 75° f/ 25°c is considered a cool day. In michigan we get 90° 100% humidity days. I wish i lived somewhere the highest temps are mid 70s
"Even monkeys fall out of trees..."
That's great...!
Sorry about the loss of the trees . Even a master like you still loses trees . Thank you
They aren't dead, just scorched. He will just defoliate them and they will grow new leaves.
Poor Mr. Chan, I could tell he was a little annoyed about those shriveled trees!
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Let me help you from drowning , said the monkey to the fish ,as he pushed him up a tree 😂, 🌳
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Very nice
Glad you liked this ,I lost my 24 year juniper bonsai this year. Some pests and fungus problems. I'm sad but learned a lot from buying it from a roadside van 24 years ago. This tree was my teacher, and your videos are my inspiration to keep going thanks
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Even monkeys fall out of trees. LOL. Thats a great way to put it!
猿も木から落ちる
"We fell out of our tree"
Mother Nature refuses to allow for rain in Virginia. Dryer than a bone.
Those maples have more than only one 20ºC day of watering forgotten.
わざわざ水やりをしていると葉がとても滑らかに見えます
Wazawaza mizuyari o shite iruto ha ga totemo nameraka ni miemasu
Well your pretty tricky
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Oh wow 😂 you have no idea how to water. Just let your employees take care of it. You clearly don't know what you are doing.
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Well done!!!
Thank you