Thanks Peter - you’re so inspiring! These videos make me believe that every tree has a chance to be beautiful and I don’t need to have a bunch of tools and specialist equipment to enjoy bonsai. This channel has brought me a lot of happiness. Best wishes to you and the team at Herons x
I'm still quite busy with yamadori hunting, repotting and potting. And so, your famous words still keep ringing in my ears: "Look at the roots, look at the roots!" Your enthusiasm is priceless, and it certainly works for me...! By the way, I never tried root cuttings like you suggested. Of course I immediately gave it a try today, with Dutch Elm (Ulmus Hollandica). Experimenting is the start of new knowledge and experience, isn't it? Another little project, what a beautiful hobby this is...
Your skill and knowledge motivates me to at last begin Bonsai. I saw and became interested in Bonsai while serving in the USAF in Japan, but never found time to get started. Fifty years later your video has at last caused me to at last begin. The wide arena of variations is overwhelming, but it certainly looks easy to get started. Thank You!!
Hi Peter, A few years ago I transplanted a Chinese elm and cut several roots, which were left in the ground, it was the rainy season and a few days later I saw with amazement that the roots were sprouting leaves, I planted them in individual pots and now I have 6 trees with abundant roots . For me it was wonderful to see how big and beautiful nature is. Warm greetings from Mexico.
Only two or three weeks ago, I took 1cm diameter taproots off Chinese Elm saplings planted last year. Yesterday, I noticed they have already started to bud! Hands down fastest recovery I've seen so far!
Good afternoon Peter. The ability to grow trees from the root is amazing, I have a pot with pumila elms, I took it out of its place to transplant it and when I put it back, a new tree had already sprouted from a root that remained on the ground.
Thanks Peter for revisiting this interesting method, I did try it last summer and now have an elm plant from it and also several normal cuttings as well, so thanks for the inspiration and greetings from Hungary!
Awesome vid mate hope you have a great day. It’s alway a good day for me when you put out a new vid. Just love your enthusiasm and it inspires me to help nature along to become something truly breathtaking. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🙂🍻 thanks heaps and keep up the outstanding work.
Bought a Dutch Elm last year and put the root trimmings in a pot of compost. They spent the winter in a cold frame, this spring I have a 90% rooting rate. Elm are like weeds, they like to grow no matter what you throw at them!
Thank you so much for this, I was wondering if the root cuttings of the wisteria take 10 years to bloom like if grown from seed or not? I can't wait to get outside when the weather permits! I am learning so much from you and your enthusiasm is inspiring me so much.
I learn so much from you, Teacher. I'm experimenting with coconut peat as a substitute for sphagnum moss which is not locally available (and, therefore, pricey). We have a lot of coconuts in my country and we use all parts of the tree. I was inspired by your advice to use endemic materials because those are the best growing medium. I will be rooting stem cuttings of bougainvillea in coco peat and see if I can replicate your success with sphagnum moss.
I wonder what the texture is of the coconut peat you have access to. If the coco peat is naturally denser or more closed than sphagnum moss, then maybe you can blend in some coconut fiber (coir) to simulate the same texture? Keep us informed about the results of your experiment!
@@ethanpayne4116 It is dense but so lightweight that roots will have no problem growing in any direction. It also retains water but doesn't clump up like clay. Another benefit is the pH. I decided to root orange jasmine cuttings instead of bougainvillea. The stems are now soaking in rooting solution and will be potted up tomorrow in coco peat.
@@marianhernaez4234 Sounds great, I think all hobbyists should keep an eye out for open-textured native/local biomass suitable for planting medium. Where I am is too far north for cheap coconut and too far south for peat moss, but I hope I can find something suitable after enough research.
Dear Peter, thank you for another very informative video. When is the ideal time to replant young trees, trim branches and roots extensively? Summer or winter? Thank you :)
Will a pyracantha grow from a root cutting? I have a girdling root that will be removed soon during a repot, was wondering if it could be done. Lovely videos as alway Peter.
I have heard so much about the famous sphagnum moss trick that I am trying it on a couple of yamadori I have collected. Is there a special fertilizer that is recommended to use as well?
Anyone know if you can propagate a Kousa Dogwood from a branch cutting? I have been trying to find a seed to grow from off my tree for years and years, but have never found a seed in the pods, so I figured I'd find out if the Kousa can be propagated from branch cuttings.
Hi Peter, I wonder how your crab apple seeds are growing you did last year an update would be good. I planted some at the same time and they are now coming up
Hi again Peter. I have a question about Japanese maples. Can I grow one in a container in my cold winter climate of 🇨🇦. Or show it go in the ground for better protection?
I like how you’re so creative. I have started to include my bonsai on my UA-cam channel MrCoachDJ. I refer to you a lot. I tell people you’re the Bob Ross of bonsai.
Acacia is also very vigorous, and easily grows from the root cuttings, can it be used for bonsai? I have a few of them in my garden and i constantly try to get read of their sprouts 😂
Is it possible to get cuttings from Japanese maples? More specifically,is there a method to know what maple will produce maples from root. I have moon maples and all kinds of others
I was sat wondering if I could skip the process of growing a tree and find a nice juicy root that I can replant above ground so I got some new growth and then I stumble across this video 😂 guess my ideas aren’t so bad after all
@@andreasweber1533 Thanks, but that video is a year old while this one here is from february. The roots look fresh (and wouldn't have survived for a year).
Mr Peter my favorite especie is acer trident maple (buerguerianum) but i cant reproduction, the airlayer in trident maple no is good (in my country no exist this specie ), you have a secret of reproductios of these specie ? thank you i am a fan of your work and the incredible nursery
May I ask....I have 2 Chinese elms in my small collection of small trees, that I have managed to keep alive for about 8 years now. Still very small, as I am learning slightly each year how to keep them alive, and just this year, some tips on pruning Chinese elms properly.. ( didn't know anything about Lignified cutting ) Are there significant differences in outside Elms and inside? Or, Just the fact that the they both acclimate to different environments? Mine lived indoors for a few years, but were struggling, ( I only have one small window in my house that gets good lighting ) so I started keeping them outside. They do well, as long as I keep an eye on them, winter is hard. They stay outside in an enclosed shelter. Just wondered if there was a difference in species of Chinese Elms for indoor and outdoor?
Thanks Peter - you’re so inspiring! These videos make me believe that every tree has a chance to be beautiful and I don’t need to have a bunch of tools and specialist equipment to enjoy bonsai. This channel has brought me a lot of happiness. Best wishes to you and the team at Herons x
This is a great example of the resilience of nature and the struggle for life. From a tiny root cutting a thriving tree can grow.
Sunday Breakfast time......
Short, Sharp and informative
i stopt bonsai for 17 years, but after folowing you i started agan today. took a nice silver birch home to start with.
I'm still quite busy with yamadori hunting, repotting and potting. And so, your famous words still keep ringing in my ears: "Look at the roots, look at the roots!" Your enthusiasm is priceless, and it certainly works for me...!
By the way, I never tried root cuttings like you suggested. Of course I immediately gave it a try today, with Dutch Elm (Ulmus Hollandica). Experimenting is the start of new knowledge and experience, isn't it? Another little project, what a beautiful hobby this is...
Thanks Peter. I've just been pruning off the suckers on my Japanese Quince - not any more. Some planting coming up. Thanks again.
I know a park with a nice quince , going to pay it a visit
I'm a sucker for these videos. Great work
Hahaha
Amazing video as always! Just be careful how to position the mic as the audio is a bit off.
Your skill and knowledge motivates me to at last begin Bonsai. I saw and became interested in Bonsai while serving in the USAF in Japan, but never found time to get started. Fifty years later your video has at last caused me to at last begin. The wide arena of variations is overwhelming, but it certainly looks easy to get started. Thank You!!
Hi Peter,
A few years ago I transplanted a Chinese elm and cut several roots, which were left in the ground, it was the rainy season and a few days later I saw with amazement that the roots were sprouting leaves, I planted them in individual pots and now I have 6 trees with abundant roots . For me it was wonderful to see how big and beautiful nature is.
Warm greetings from Mexico.
15 minutes valuable tips, going to try that. Wish to see the follow up on them roots 🙏 someday. Thx for sharing Peter..🌲.
Only two or three weeks ago, I took 1cm diameter taproots off Chinese Elm saplings planted last year. Yesterday, I noticed they have already started to bud! Hands down fastest recovery I've seen so far!
This brightens my day and keeps me wondering what I can do next.
Subscribed today best bonsai video's ever greetings from holland
awesome sharing as always Mr.Peter, thank you very much 😊
Good afternoon Peter. The ability to grow trees from the root is amazing, I have a pot with pumila elms, I took it out of its place to transplant it and when I put it back, a new tree had already sprouted from a root that remained on the ground.
nice video, though the sound is a bit rustling on this one
You are such an inspiration, thank you for sharing all of your hard earned mastery with all of us!
Thanks a ton Peter
Lovely
So much to learn
Thanks Peter for revisiting this interesting method, I did try it last summer and now have an elm plant from it and also several normal cuttings as well, so thanks for the inspiration and greetings from Hungary!
Aspens, birches, alders and redwoods also sucker quite easily and are good candidates for roots cuttings.
Thank you Peter. You inspired me so much.
Thank you Peter!
I really enjoy learning about bonsai, this is a great UA-cam channel, Truely inspiring keep up the good work
Thank you, mr Peter
Love the video , would have never thought to use the roots!
Awesome vid mate hope you have a great day. It’s alway a good day for me when you put out a new vid. Just love your enthusiasm and it inspires me to help nature along to become something truly breathtaking. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🙂🍻 thanks heaps and keep up the outstanding work.
Bought a Dutch Elm last year and put the root trimmings in a pot of compost. They spent the winter in a cold frame, this spring I have a 90% rooting rate. Elm are like weeds, they like to grow no matter what you throw at them!
Learned a lot by watching your videos Peter, thank you! Would love a video about creating foliage pads
thank you for this instruction on root cuttings .
Thank you so much for this, I was wondering if the root cuttings of the wisteria take 10 years to bloom like if grown from seed or not? I can't wait to get outside when the weather permits! I am learning so much from you and your enthusiasm is inspiring me so much.
I learn so much from you, Teacher. I'm experimenting with coconut peat as a substitute for sphagnum moss which is not locally available (and, therefore, pricey). We have a lot of coconuts in my country and we use all parts of the tree. I was inspired by your advice to use endemic materials because those are the best growing medium. I will be rooting stem cuttings of bougainvillea in coco peat and see if I can replicate your success with sphagnum moss.
I wonder what the texture is of the coconut peat you have access to. If the coco peat is naturally denser or more closed than sphagnum moss, then maybe you can blend in some coconut fiber (coir) to simulate the same texture? Keep us informed about the results of your experiment!
@@ethanpayne4116 It is dense but so lightweight that roots will have no problem growing in any direction. It also retains water but doesn't clump up like clay. Another benefit is the pH. I decided to root orange jasmine cuttings instead of bougainvillea. The stems are now soaking in rooting solution and will be potted up tomorrow in coco peat.
@@marianhernaez4234 Sounds great, I think all hobbyists should keep an eye out for open-textured native/local biomass suitable for planting medium. Where I am is too far north for cheap coconut and too far south for peat moss, but I hope I can find something suitable after enough research.
Greets from germany.A great video again,thanks Peter😊
Absolutely love this videos. Thanks Peter
What an interesting way of reproducing nature life, Thank you for sharing this blessing idea.
Thank you Peter for sharing your knowledge. This has been a very interesting video
Dear Peter, thank you for another very informative video. When is the ideal time to replant young trees, trim branches and roots extensively? Summer or winter? Thank you :)
Great video. Thank you Peter
Fascinating!
Chaenomeles! 😍✨✨
Great info.
Thank you for the video Peter! Do you by any chance know if Bougainvillea is able to propagate from root cuttings?
Wow that's definitely incredible. Do you think it'd work with tropical fruit trees?
Thank you so much Peter! Also for all answers below! Any news about EU shipping?
Cheers mate.
Saludos desde Perú
Great job
I think I might try this. I’ve enjoy watching your videos but haven’t taken the plunge into bonsai yet.
Will a pyracantha grow from a root cutting? I have a girdling root that will be removed soon during a repot, was wondering if it could be done. Lovely videos as alway Peter.
Amazing and nice sir...😁😁😁
I have heard so much about the famous sphagnum moss trick that I am trying it on a couple of yamadori I have collected. Is there a special fertilizer that is recommended to use as well?
No need for fertiliser - let the roots grow first and when the plant has started to grow - then put fertiliser
pure madness :D
In what type of medium do you use to plant the cuttings?
Can root cuttings if planted horizontally yield good nebari? Also how about tap roots? Can they grow shoots?
Must there be feeder roots on the chunk?
Hello Peter one question ,the Trident maple is posible ? And the prunus mume is posible ?
I have tried but they dont work
Thanks Peter! One question, root cuttings can done by bald Cypress?
Botanical name please
@@peterchan3100 redwood , taxidium
Can you obtain root cuttings from Trident maples?
Do japanese maples work with this method? Thankyou for your knowledge, I would love to see you style and re pot that elm. 😊
Peter answers your question at 3:30
@@TheBonsaiGarden ha missed that. Kids!!
Anyone know if you can propagate a Kousa Dogwood from a branch cutting? I have been trying to find a seed to grow from off my tree for years and years, but have never found a seed in the pods, so I figured I'd find out if the Kousa can be propagated from branch cuttings.
Hi Peter,
I wonder how your crab apple seeds are growing you did last year an update would be good. I planted some at the same time and they are now coming up
I would love to have a small field maple or crap apple that looks like a fist made of root. A shame that the Atlantic stands in the way.
Hi again Peter. I have a question about Japanese maples. Can I grow one in a container in my cold winter climate of 🇨🇦. Or show it go in the ground for better protection?
Ground is better
Ok thanks Peter. Your the best😊
I like how you’re so creative. I have started to include my bonsai on my UA-cam channel MrCoachDJ. I refer to you a lot. I tell people you’re the Bob Ross of bonsai.
Which do you recommend, root or branch cuttings? Thank you very much.
They have their ads and disadvantages
Thank you. I have to research their ads and disads.
Does ficus retusa take from root cuttings?
Yes - if they are thick enough
@@peterchan3100 I'll keep nurturing it so.
Thank you.
What is the benefit of using roots as opposed to cuttings?
Acacia is also very vigorous, and easily grows from the root cuttings, can it be used for bonsai? I have a few of them in my garden and i constantly try to get read of their sprouts 😂
Yes
Why didn't I think of this? For years I've just thrown the roots in the compost bin!
Bom dia, Flor do dia!
Is it possible to get cuttings from Japanese maples? More specifically,is there a method to know what maple will produce maples from root. I have moon maples and all kinds of others
Not Japanese maples - A palmatum or A japonicum
He's making trees left and right!
I was sat wondering if I could skip the process of growing a tree and find a nice juicy root that I can replant above ground so I got some new growth and then I stumble across this video 😂 guess my ideas aren’t so bad after all
I didn't a Juniper yesterday and threw out all the roots I cut off. I'm bummed.
Doesn't work with Juniper - so you are OK
I wish there was a “like all videos from this creator” option lol
wow!!
Is it possible to grow from the tinier roots rather than the thicker ones
Yes
Did I miss the video about the mentioned field maple?
I think the "question mark" at 4:30 is the root from ua-cam.com/video/tpFjbhWh9lA/v-deo.html (?)
@@andreasweber1533 Thanks, but that video is a year old while this one here is from february. The roots look fresh (and wouldn't have survived for a year).
Mr Peter my favorite especie is acer trident maple (buerguerianum) but i cant reproduction, the airlayer in trident maple no is good (in my country no exist this specie ), you have a secret of reproductios of these specie ? thank you i am a fan of your work and the incredible nursery
👏👏👏
will it work on acer palmatum orange dream ?
No
@@peterchan3100 is this the very peter chan himself 🤩
May I ask....I have 2 Chinese elms in my small collection of small trees, that I have managed to keep alive for about 8 years now. Still very small, as I am learning slightly each year how to keep them alive, and just this year, some tips on pruning Chinese elms properly.. ( didn't know anything about Lignified cutting ) Are there significant differences in outside Elms and inside?
Or, Just the fact that the they both acclimate to different environments?
Mine lived indoors for a few years, but were struggling, ( I only have one small window in my house that gets good lighting ) so I started keeping them outside. They do well, as long as I keep an eye on them, winter is hard. They stay outside in an enclosed shelter. Just wondered if there was a difference in species of Chinese Elms for indoor and outdoor?
They usually do better outside
isnt it adictive i love root cuttings !😍🥰🤩😗
Incredible as always Peter but beware of your microphone position. This video sounds little bit annoying. Cheers and big respect.
👍👍👍
I get very inspired watching your videos. Unfortunately the sound is not good. It's muffled & a lot of vibration.
Did one count how many time the word ‘suckers’ was said? lol great content as always!
Suckers is a botanical term.
@@peterchan3100 I did not know. Thank you Peter.
😍👍
Peter, why don't we see more cherry blossom tree bonsai?
Everytime he trims and his mic cuts out I think he's accidentally cut the microphone wire lol
I can see this getting terribly out of hand ._.
Такое чувство, что все его бонсаи - это случайно выжившие растения... мне очень больно наблюдать...