I am so grateful for your willingness to share your wealth of knowledge. I don’t have $$ to pay for classes. You are excellent at explaining in a succinct and clear way. TY so very much. So much beauty
Dear Mr. Chan, I live in NYC and just bought my very first ficus. I was very nervous at first but watching your videos gave me confidence and repotted the plant. I really appreciate your videos, they are not only informative but are also very relaxing. May you stay healthy and continue sharing this wonderful knowledge. Thank you kindly :)
Excellent explanation! Many people often forget to factor in their location's climate when studying bonsai care. And I LOVE how you say you're not bound by rules but still share the base information. We share this same philosophy with our students and customers.
@@splitjonas we are in the Seattle area and normally for us it's between February and March. But our winter this year went from -8 Celsius to 17 Celcius in the same week; some of my dormant plants are starting to wake up because of how warm it is now.
Peter, after watching your Far East Bonsai holiday and the statues/stones those gardens have on display, how about a short video on the stone ornaments you have?
14:26 Peter, I’d love to see a video of your take on the differences between Chinese and Japanese bonsai styles - if you have any examples of both at Herons?
@@peterchan3100 Kojo-No-Mai. Wouldn’t expect it to flower for another 4 to 6 weeks! We are in Cornwall and we expect to be a few weeks ahead but middle of Jan is exceptional!
Could you do a video on the "Rock Plantings" like the one shown @58:25 I've never heard of them before and I'm very interested to hear more about them. 👍👍
Buongiorno complimenti per il tuo modo di affrontare le situazione e non dare per scontato la soluzione grazie qui a Roma non ci sono i vasi in plastica nemmeno un centro bonsai come il tuo
Peter thank you for making this wonderful video. As always I learned a lot from you and you made my day. I’ve been watching your video’s for quite some time now and it’s always fascinating to see everything that you and your staff do to keep all those trees in great shape. God bless you and your team
I just finished watching-I broke it up into a few sessions as there was a lot of information to learn. Thank you for sharing it. I loved all of it but especially the words of wisdom at near the end of video. I like to keep learning too.
Hello from southern Chile, Patagonia I've been learning from you for four years, and really thankfull of your work My climate in southern chili is a little alike yours, very rainy, not too cold actually we only have a couple frost mornings of frost in winter.. But not enough sun time in summer for many fruit plants, but now I see your quince ( Ive seen one of your trees outside) I remember I've made quince plants from seeds the last two years. They grow fast and they are incredibly flexible for figur a like the itoigagua junipers.. I don't know if all the varieties do the same. My best fruit tree for bonsai so far, is plums, but in the south of chile we can grow apples , pears, cherries and many bush fruits and berries
Just found out during this video that I am a Bonsai man thru and thru. I just never knew. ....But now what do I do? I think Ill tie a rope around me and find a tedious summit on which I hope to find a worthy sprout that reminds me of my own nature. This is what I have been searching for.
Wonderful this has been so useful, but I’m in April now. I wish I had a potted some of my plants but like you I get lazy and too much work elsewhere part of prepare for next year.
I love the pot that you can drop and it not break.😂 but I have been making the cement pots like Master Peter showed for my Rocky Mountain Juniper so i just have to be careful 🤠
Mentally exercised with you while choosing the pots, almost same choice as yours, seem to have imbibed knowledge with regular watching 😊 I have bought onion/ garlic bags for being used as mesh. I’m not poor but no point wasting money when cheaper alternatives are available.
What soil composition would you recommend for a climate that gets 35C- 40C in the summer with wet and dry spells and -10- -12C in the winter that can be very wet. Trying to find information on bonsai soil for my area seems to be difficult. Need soil for maples, pines, juniper, and trees like black walnut and peach.Thanks for any info on this.
The mix that we use would probably be OK in your climate - just keep an eye on the watering - especially in winter for pines and junipers. Keep them moist but not too wet or too dry.
Hi Peter is there a recommended juniper repotting recommended temperature range for juniperus Chineseis shimpaku and sargentii? Sydney,Australia Thank you
Nice and very informative video Peter. I have a small question if i may, i have got a forrest planting of 9 beeches were 3 of those died in autumn, i have 3 replacement plant, should i wait till february/march untill i can put them to the forrest? Thnx for the info. 😊
I always here not to propagate cuttings from anything larger than a matchstick. But I’m happy to report if you have a cutting that’s a bigger size and are unsure of the species and how it would react no harm in trying. I was able to get a pencil sized cutting to root (from a more tropical variety I’ll add) in controlled conditions within a green space. So it’s not impossible it just isn’t going to happen on its own. It needs help. I’m going to do some more experimentation myself. If I learn anything I’ll share. My next step is to make it more scientific by repeating the experiment multiple times.
Hi ,, I like you're lazy method of not wiring mesh,, I also am using a similar plastic mesh,, 🤣,, tie pots,, I am using this on larger bonsai,, help hold roots in place , tree,, excellent video, thanks,, 🙂🐦🐝🌲🙏
Hi,, I wish I had more bigger bonsai pots,,, I have one big deep plastic oval bonsai pot,, tried to make one from slab pottery technique,, but cracked,, 🤐,,, I want to do Bald Cypress forest ,,, not been successful yet with shallow pot,, gets hot on coast of S . C.,, miss watering couple days in summer,, dead bonsai,, 🤣,, I live the Tokonama pots,, I made a couple rounds pots with water tray to match ,,, 12inch diameter,, sold with maple trees,, i will try make some without glaze,, terra cotta,red clay low fire breathes very well for roots,, but winter may crack.. 😧,, I try Cone 5 stoneware no glaze,, see how does have red stoneware clay playing with now,, from N. C. Thanks for you're knowledge,, 🙂🐦🐝🌲🙏
Why does he work so much soil into substrate? It should be only lava, acadama, pumice and so on. Modern subbstrates have no advantage if you mix them with soil.
If everyone did things exactly the same way how would we ever find out if something works better? What if you dont have that material available in your area? You adapt to your situation to make it work.🤠
Yeah I dislike the vid too, I can't understand how or why he spends hours on his time and energy for this video and have the title not right. I have no choice to watch it on UA-cam for free, oh my god
I have been doing this 36 years and met a lot of professionals. And taught a lot of students. None of them use multi prong rakes on the roots. It does way too much damage. You are just tearing them up. You can hear them ripping the whole time you are working on them. Wow. 😂 Just one of the reasons experienced people avoid your videos or mock them on Facebook. Also, people have been wiring trees to pots ling before the 70s. But the wiring you did looks like it's your first time. Never girdle the trunk like that. You are doing more damage than good at this point. Please stop posting videos.
1:01:50 what is that fruit called, i cant recall! I dont here him say. When i press enter i will probably remember, seems that is how things work. Cant find the remote, honey where is the remote and next thing you know its in your line of sight!!
Thank you for explaining the “conventional wisdom “ of pot choice; it’s something I have been wondering about!
I am so grateful for your willingness to share your wealth of knowledge. I don’t have $$ to pay for classes. You are excellent at explaining in a succinct and clear way. TY so very much. So much beauty
100%!!! I have been playing his stuff all day while i work and listen and watch when i can but learning so much.
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge, wisdom, and philosophy. I am now much more confident going into repotting my Bonsai. Peace be with you
Dear Mr. Chan, I live in NYC and just bought my very first ficus. I was very nervous at first but watching your videos gave me confidence and repotted the plant. I really appreciate your videos, they are not only informative but are also very relaxing. May you stay healthy and continue sharing this wonderful knowledge. Thank you kindly :)
Excellent explanation! Many people often forget to factor in their location's climate when studying bonsai care.
And I LOVE how you say you're not bound by rules but still share the base information. We share this same philosophy with our students and customers.
Yea, here in Norway, repotting needs to be done in April/Mai due to the cold. (Late spring)
@@splitjonas we are in the Seattle area and normally for us it's between February and March. But our winter this year went from -8 Celsius to 17 Celcius in the same week; some of my dormant plants are starting to wake up because of how warm it is now.
Peter, I so appreciate you. I have my morning coffee every day and watch one of your videos. I have learned so much from you. Thanks!
Peter, after watching your Far East Bonsai holiday and the statues/stones those gardens have on display, how about a short video on the stone ornaments you have?
Stunning and beautiful. Huge difference from repotting showing off the uniqueness of each tree.
I had to lol when Sir Peter dropped the mica pot on the ground, then put it back on the shelf!!!
It felt like an infomercial!
Ha Ha - nothing is staged. What you see is what you get.
Omg Peter I wish I had all your pots and soil..I'd be in heaven..
My wife may kick me out but atleast I'd have all the soil and bonsai pots lol
These are some fantastic looking pots.
I so enjoy watching and learning. Your love of your work shines through in every thing you do. Thank you.
that was a very long and very informative video covering so much haha, THANKYOU
That first one is a real good specimen Pete.
14:26 Peter, I’d love to see a video of your take on the differences between Chinese and Japanese bonsai styles - if you have any examples of both at Herons?
Just look at pics of trees in china and Japan. But every country and culture will have their own distinctive style. Learn to respect them all.
Glad to see that the nursery is doing fine ..
Always enjoy your videos Peter. Thank you
Thank you, teacher.
My Japanese Cherry has started to flower already!
Wwhhaaaa...😲
Probably a Winter Flowering Cherry
@@peterchan3100 Kojo-No-Mai. Wouldn’t expect it to flower for another 4 to 6 weeks! We are in Cornwall and we expect to be a few weeks ahead but middle of Jan is exceptional!
Wonderful video! Very entertaining! Thanks 😊
Thx for sharing Peter 👍
Peter, thank you so much. I like these long videos so much. A lot of very inportant informations. :))))
A very good video, Mr. Chan, with techniques and advice that's applicable to all sorts of trees. Thank you! 👍✝️🇺🇲
Thanks Peter. Lots of good stuff. Always a treat to see your trees.
Thanks Peter, your repotting video is very informative
I live in California I repotted my large juniper today and the end of January
Could you do a video on the "Rock Plantings" like the one shown @58:25 I've never heard of them before and I'm very interested to hear more about them. 👍👍
Hello Peter, always enjoying ur videos, n applying the knowledge gained, thank you n keep it coming
Fantastic detailed video as always thanks ❤
I am a sucker for colour pots dark red is my favorite... British green dark blue also...a dragon shaped Juniper in a red glaced Pot 😍
Buongiorno complimenti per il tuo modo di affrontare le situazione e non dare per scontato la soluzione grazie qui a Roma non ci sono i vasi in plastica nemmeno un centro bonsai come il tuo
Peter thank you for making this wonderful video.
As always I learned a lot from you and you made my day.
I’ve been watching your video’s for quite some time now and it’s always fascinating to see everything that you and your staff do to keep all those trees in great shape.
God bless you and your team
love your videos, been watching for yonks, wow what a selection of pots
Nice video nice shape tree s thanks Peter chan
I just finished watching-I broke it up into a few sessions as there was a lot of information to learn. Thank you for sharing it. I loved all of it but especially the words of wisdom at near the end of video. I like to keep learning too.
Hello from southern Chile, Patagonia
I've been learning from you for four years, and really thankfull of your work
My climate in southern chili is a little alike yours, very rainy, not too cold actually we only have a couple frost mornings of frost in winter..
But not enough sun time in summer for many fruit plants, but now I see your quince ( Ive seen one of your trees outside) I remember I've made quince plants from seeds the last two years. They grow fast and they are incredibly flexible for figur a like the itoigagua junipers..
I don't know if all the varieties do the same.
My best fruit tree for bonsai so far, is plums, but in the south of chile we can grow apples , pears, cherries and many bush fruits and berries
Great explanation, interesting as usual! Thanks
Beautiful video. Huge information.
Fantastic video Peter as always! Very informative and in depth. So much to learn from you. Thank you sir!!❤
Thank you Peter for your very informative video , I’m an absolute beginner in bonsai keeping and video like this are very helpful
I love all your videos! This one is awesome and a real behind the scenes look!
Great info as usual! Could you do an indoor pot video? As it is hard to use pots with drainage holes indoor without a plate.
All pots should have drainage holes - even for indoor bonsai. Use a drip tray under the pot for indoor bonsai.
Bedankt
Thank you, I enjoyed this video
Just found out during this video that I am a Bonsai man thru and thru. I just never knew. ....But now what do I do? I think Ill tie a rope around me and find a tedious summit on which I hope to find a worthy sprout that reminds me of my own nature. This is what I have been searching for.
Wonderful this has been so useful, but I’m in April now. I wish I had a potted some of my plants but like you I get lazy and too much work elsewhere part of prepare for next year.
It is starting to feel like spring already, especially as the evenings are getting lighter 😊
In Florida we are getting 12°C at night and the trees are budding and leafing out. But somewhere by the end of February we will get a freeze.
😊 I cant wait🌱🌷🌲🌳🌻 I have been working on my first real garden with large beds and raised beds plus my new bonsai trees🎉
🎉thank you for al your information about the many diferant bonsai pots 👍🌳
Im on the website looking at the juniper with the jin lower branch now very interested but think i need a visit soon!
I love the pot that you can drop and it not break.😂 but I have been making the cement pots like Master Peter showed for my Rocky Mountain Juniper so i just have to be careful 🤠
Mentally exercised with you while choosing the pots, almost same choice as yours, seem to have imbibed knowledge with regular watching 😊 I have bought onion/ garlic bags for being used as mesh. I’m not poor but no point wasting money when cheaper alternatives are available.
Thank you Peter for sharing a lifetime of experience.
I always enjoyed going to Peter chans but since my heart attack I can’t get out anymore always watch videos always informative 😎Dennis
Referring to the first Juniper that you repotted, how often do you water, and how much ?
Depends on the time of year, but just make sure the soil is never bone dry or rock solid.
How about trees that have been dug up or grown with a taproot? How do you deal with the taproot? I’ve always wondered this.
I really struggle with repotting. Im always scared i cut to many roots off. I would like to see more repotting videos.
Thank goodness I make my own pots l hate to shop cheers 😮
What soil composition would you recommend for a climate that gets 35C- 40C in the summer with wet and dry spells and -10- -12C in the winter that can be very wet. Trying to find information on bonsai soil for my area seems to be difficult. Need soil for maples, pines, juniper, and trees like black walnut and peach.Thanks for any info on this.
The mix that we use would probably be OK in your climate - just keep an eye on the watering - especially in winter for pines and junipers. Keep them moist but not too wet or too dry.
@@peterchan3100 Ok, thanks for the info.
What are the steps required for Peter to adopt me?
You have got to be very good.
Hi Peter is there a recommended juniper repotting recommended temperature range for juniperus Chineseis shimpaku and sargentii?
Sydney,Australia
Thank you
Nice and very informative video Peter.
I have a small question if i may, i have got a forrest planting of 9 beeches were 3 of those died in autumn, i have 3 replacement plant, should i wait till february/march untill i can put them to the forrest?
Thnx for the info. 😊
Best to wait till say early March if you are in UK
@@peterchan3100
I live in the Netherlands, i think its similar as southern England.
Thank you for your respons!
Keep the good video's comming! 😊🥳
I always here not to propagate cuttings from anything larger than a matchstick. But I’m happy to report if you have a cutting that’s a bigger size and are unsure of the species and how it would react no harm in trying. I was able to get a pencil sized cutting to root (from a more tropical variety I’ll add) in controlled conditions within a green space. So it’s not impossible it just isn’t going to happen on its own. It needs help. I’m going to do some more experimentation myself. If I learn anything I’ll share. My next step is to make it more scientific by repeating the experiment multiple times.
He really likes pot!
5:51 "You wouldn't think that talking about the pots can take so long."
_(checks video length)_
Yeah I'm gonna need a notebook for this one.
thx master
Can a bush with a thick trunk be a bonsai.
One of the four junipers ( 44.37) is in a yellow soil. Is this 100% akadama and why?
Thank you
Hi ,, I like you're lazy method of not wiring mesh,, I also am using a similar plastic mesh,, 🤣,, tie pots,, I am using this on larger bonsai,, help hold roots in place , tree,, excellent video, thanks,, 🙂🐦🐝🌲🙏
@herons Made from 80% mica, 15% polyethylene and 5% graphite.
What do you use pumice for?
What soil are u using and drainage
@peterchan why do you cut roots?
To make room for new roots to grow
how much $ would you sell the first tree you potted for?
How did the ancient bonsai masters do bonsai without wire?
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Hi,, I wish I had more bigger bonsai pots,,, I have one big deep plastic oval bonsai pot,, tried to make one from slab pottery technique,, but cracked,, 🤐,,, I want to do Bald Cypress forest ,,, not been successful yet with shallow pot,, gets hot on coast of S . C.,, miss watering couple days in summer,, dead bonsai,, 🤣,, I live the Tokonama pots,, I made a couple rounds pots with water tray to match ,,, 12inch diameter,, sold with maple trees,, i will try make some without glaze,, terra cotta,red clay low fire breathes very well for roots,, but winter may crack.. 😧,, I try Cone 5 stoneware no glaze,, see how does have red stoneware clay playing with now,, from N. C. Thanks for you're knowledge,, 🙂🐦🐝🌲🙏
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Why does he work so much soil into substrate? It should be only lava, acadama, pumice and so on. Modern subbstrates have no advantage if you mix them with soil.
Because it’s cheap
Given he's been running this nursery for something crazy like 40 years, I feel like he **may** know what he's doing lmao
Lava, Akadama,Pumice mix is not the best. Listen carefully to what I said in the video. Its not about cost.
Depends on location and climate.
If everyone did things exactly the same way how would we ever find out if something works better? What if you dont have that material available in your area? You adapt to your situation to make it work.🤠
😲😲😲
Please put the pots back where you got them, thank you!
Oh it's you, Mr. Chan.... hehe....
👍👌👌🙂
Down the Bonsai rabbit hole I go 🤯
We know who does that hey.
Can someone put a wireless mic on this man?
read this as "how to report your bonsai"
I read the same😂😂😂😂.
That juniper did hate speech… better report it.
@@spormlastname267hate speech? Nah. It’s almost spring time. It’s expressing its freedom of speech
Lmao!!!
Yeah I dislike the vid too, I can't understand how or why he spends hours on his time and energy for this video and have the title not right. I have no choice to watch it on UA-cam for free, oh my god
Anyone want to bless me with some bonsai for birthday is the 6th if Jan id approve em all. Thanks 😂
Bonsai Pothead
Are those your roots, or are you sitting on a chicken?
... Teasing the roots...
I have been doing this 36 years and met a lot of professionals. And taught a lot of students. None of them use multi prong rakes on the roots. It does way too much damage. You are just tearing them up. You can hear them ripping the whole time you are working on them. Wow. 😂 Just one of the reasons experienced people avoid your videos or mock them on Facebook. Also, people have been wiring trees to pots ling before the 70s. But the wiring you did looks like it's your first time. Never girdle the trunk like that. You are doing more damage than good at this point. Please stop posting videos.
I have been doing this since 1967 - almost 60 years and we are Number One in UK. You have a lot to learn.
Great video.
1:01:50 what is that fruit called, i cant recall! I dont here him say. When i press enter i will probably remember, seems that is how things work. Cant find the remote, honey where is the remote and next thing you know its in your line of sight!!
@@incredible5587 The yellow fruit was Quince.