Creating A Thick Trunked Bonsai

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  • @TheRyholl
    @TheRyholl Рік тому +8

    Gotta love the way this guy talks, and the phrases he uses!
    I could watch this all day!

  • @erniesmith1097
    @erniesmith1097 Рік тому +30

    Aussie Aussie Aussie GDAY MATE from brisbane Australia you are so humbling too sharing your knowledge and tips, to more than half million people for FREE. We the people THANK YOU MR PETER CHANN. Ernie smith from brisbane Australia

    • @bluekettle9060
      @bluekettle9060 Рік тому +3

      Central coast NSW,🍻😊

    • @barbarap5574
      @barbarap5574 Рік тому +5

      Melbourne 😊

    • @louisilic666
      @louisilic666 Рік тому +2

      Good luck today lads 🏉 🇦🇺 🇫🇯

    • @ianpeck2719
      @ianpeck2719 Рік тому +1

      Columbus, Georgia USA, hello Aussie peeps. 🍻

    • @Fr3ddyFazbear87
      @Fr3ddyFazbear87 Рік тому

      ​@ianpeck2719 Hello, from perth Western Australia

  • @myself3209
    @myself3209 Рік тому +14

    I allways though making bonsai is a super specific and percise procedure, but after watching this channel for a while now, I realized its all about feeling and trying out

    • @TheRyholl
      @TheRyholl Рік тому +3

      And start another bonsai every couple months, as you learn more! Plus it helps with being impatient & wanting to trim & wire too often!

    • @briangallagher3106
      @briangallagher3106 6 місяців тому

      @@TheRyhollI’ve got about 15 in different stages of growth. All young less than 10/15 years but getting there

  • @jakicatancabelic9436
    @jakicatancabelic9436 Рік тому +8

    You are absolutely right, patience is the key, and knowing the plant's characteristics. You gave us gentle advice while drastically chopping the yew. Thank you, Mr. Chan!

  • @JoeCangelosi-e3r
    @JoeCangelosi-e3r Рік тому +4

    Peter, thanks for yet another useful bonsai lesson ! I continue to learn from your insight and it is greatly appreciated. You have a very unique teaching style unlike anyone else on You Tube. Please keep it up, thanks again …

  • @lawrencemielnicki5643
    @lawrencemielnicki5643 Рік тому +2

    Being relatively new to Bonsai Peter is correct. I recently bought a Kingsville Boxwood in a nursery pot. After spending hundreds on a tree that is about 8” tall I immediately trimmed away half of the branches to expose a great trunk. The reaction in my family was “WHAT, ARE YOU CRAZY!”. LOL

  • @owengavin3931
    @owengavin3931 3 місяці тому +1

    Peter I love your stories and comparisons

  • @cyndy338
    @cyndy338 Рік тому +1

    Good morning! Another lovely Sunday in Florida, spending time with you and Peter!🤩😊👏👏👏☕️

  • @iai_dude7299
    @iai_dude7299 4 місяці тому +1

    „Look at that thick trunk“ *slaps twice*

  • @Resteasy8686
    @Resteasy8686 Рік тому +6

    Looking forward to seeing how these turn out in a year. Thank you for teaching this!

  • @MAMLeers
    @MAMLeers Рік тому +1

    "A bit of patience"... I totally agree with you mr. Chan, especially with these yews! However, planted in a big pot or in the soil of your garden, on a shaded spot and left alone, you will get a thick trunk in only a few years. You even might fertilize it a bit but that's not really necessary. Spread digging up over two seasons. I can confirm all that because of my own experience. After cutting back heavily, like mr Chan does, leave it in the soil or pot for another one or two years at least. And indeed, then you can start selecting and wiring branches and making a beatiful and valuable bonsaï.

  • @whitewolfIOM
    @whitewolfIOM Рік тому +2

    The bicycle story is excellent! Thanks

  • @krisschmitz2167
    @krisschmitz2167 6 місяців тому +1

    Love your comments on the growing process. Wish I would have started my interest long ago, probably won't see my finished products at my age. lol

  • @steveanacorteswa3979
    @steveanacorteswa3979 Рік тому +1

    Thank you Peter for this video, I have a very large trunk yew I bought on discount from the nursery because it wasn't doing well, looks much better now, I need to chop the top and see if I get more lower branching.

  • @thenaturecreater8906
    @thenaturecreater8906 Рік тому +1

    This is another lesson for yew 😂 love to see chooper chan in his natural habitat. Love it!

  • @lorellstoneman74
    @lorellstoneman74 Рік тому +3

    Thank you for sharing...You gave me a good idea...I have several local spruce trees in pots that have grown for a few years , Now 4 ft. tall...I need to either plant or cut back for bonsia.

  • @attilalevai7630
    @attilalevai7630 Рік тому +4

    Love your stile, Peter! :) Your funny introduction about becoming fat was especially delightful. Even my wife likes your jests.
    Anyway I started my own bonsai garden because of the your influence which I am thankful for to God.
    I just started mimicking whatever I saw you doing, and guess what? It worked! ❤

  • @MidniteSan
    @MidniteSan Рік тому +1

    So many trees, what a fun day it must have been for itchy fingers 😊. Thx for sharing Peter 👍

  • @wisequigon
    @wisequigon Рік тому +2

    THICC trunks, we love them, lol

  • @natrjack965
    @natrjack965 Рік тому +1

    Thank you, Peter, for sharing your knowledge..

  • @FrederickRincon
    @FrederickRincon Рік тому +3

    I want to do a similar thing on my tree but not sure it's perfect now just before the winter time as I believed the tree is storing some vitamins in the needles now?

  • @Poemsapennyeach
    @Poemsapennyeach Рік тому +2

    OMG....those planes. What a racket. I could not live there.

  • @DarthPenguin1000
    @DarthPenguin1000 Рік тому

    I recently acquired a Kashmir Cypress for bonsai and was unsure about how I wanted to move forward with its development. Thanks to you I am much more certain in the path I must take. Thank you.

  • @garethpearson7155
    @garethpearson7155 Рік тому +2

    I was up there the other day & I almost bought that bigger leaning yew, but chose a thicker trunked yew that I found.

  • @jeanhawken4482
    @jeanhawken4482 Рік тому +1

    Good to see these in there next phase

  • @sampoultney7373
    @sampoultney7373 Рік тому +1

    Hi Peter, thanks for all the knowledge being shared. Currently I am a bit of a bonsai observator at the moment, but have you ever tried to "copy" wild mature trees in bonsai form? There are two trees in particular that I know that are magnificent and would look top notch in miniature.

  • @thomasroeder1
    @thomasroeder1 Рік тому +6

    Fantastic, satisfying video Mr Chan! It's great when you get out the chainsaws... What does everyone think of a yew as my first bonsai? I've always thought they're beautiful full-sized in nature with their bright red bark and knotted forms. If they bud back so easily it could be a good choice?

    • @robertbrandner
      @robertbrandner Рік тому +3

      Yews are a very good choice for first bonsai. As Peter said, you can cut them as you like and new shoots come from everywhere, also very old wood. Also you can easily get starter material from every garden center as they are sold as hedging plants (at least in Europe).

  • @juliahelland6488
    @juliahelland6488 Рік тому +2

    Thanks for sharing this! I always learn so much from your videos.💯
    I don't own any bonsai yet, but I hope to someday soon. I leave in central Wisconsin, USA and I'm interested in learning what I should look for in finding a reputable bonsai grower. Do you have any videos addressing this? ❣️

    • @peterchan3100
      @peterchan3100 Рік тому

      As I dont live in USA, I am not familiar with the grower scene there.

  • @jess-tp6kg
    @jess-tp6kg Рік тому +1

    Always watch your videos Sir 👍 beautiful

  • @carlossoares712
    @carlossoares712 Рік тому +1

    Thanks!
    that's the real deal

  • @ashleyrosso3345
    @ashleyrosso3345 Рік тому +1

    Thanks! Love your videos!😊

  • @wiratenaya3347
    @wiratenaya3347 Рік тому

    i allways love your vidio. Just wondering how you watering so many plant?

  • @gittawynant157
    @gittawynant157 Рік тому +2

    Hahaha but Mr. Chan I'm also after a fat trunk xD

  • @KidMangaX
    @KidMangaX Рік тому +1

    Peter-san, I have a question: On average, how many of these 50 Yew trees will die after such a major cutback?

  • @WeAreBullets
    @WeAreBullets Рік тому +1

    only three videos into this channel and i love this guy 😂😂😂👏🏻❤️

  • @davidparry2301
    @davidparry2301 Рік тому +4

    I’ve just struck around 10 yew cuttings. Looks like I have a long journey ahead of me 😂

    • @brettgeisler3065
      @brettgeisler3065 Рік тому +1

      They’ll be bonsai when your 90

    • @h.b.1421
      @h.b.1421 Рік тому

      it may take a few years to grow bonsai out of them, but definitly not 90 years to get halfway decent results. In the first 5-10 years they may not look like too much of course, but even then you can work on them over the years and develop them to your liking. Bonsai take time and if someone says "I don't have time for that" he/she is lying. Every one has the time as long as one takes it.

  • @jimporter
    @jimporter Рік тому

    Rumour has it that Peter was on holiday in Northumbria a few weeks ago.

  • @Neeko_Z
    @Neeko_Z Рік тому

    as i think im starting to "get it" i am formulating so many other questions!!!

  • @NgocLinhVo-Thienthong8428
    @NgocLinhVo-Thienthong8428 Рік тому

    It s rudimentary to suptle🎉,
    Very nice❤

  • @MrScandinaviaman
    @MrScandinaviaman 7 місяців тому

    So Peter.. If i bought a small shohin bonsai from a nusery which only has a trunk as thick as an index finger and no taper at all. At this point, is it possible to repot it in larger pot such as the ones shown in this video and let grow for years to get a thicker trunk ? Best regards from scandinavia

  • @barrylong8274
    @barrylong8274 2 місяці тому

    Very interested to see a follow up on this please

  • @TheresaMullins-y4p
    @TheresaMullins-y4p 2 дні тому

    Could you air layer the top to get a new tree before you cut the top off?

  • @icebergslimm853
    @icebergslimm853 Рік тому +1

    sugar maples can be done this way as well?

  • @dbe2705
    @dbe2705 Рік тому +1

    🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 thanks Peter, well done

  • @christymartin6281
    @christymartin6281 Рік тому +1

    What about putting a tree in a large pot in the ground? it will be easier to remove later, especially if one does not own the property and must move at some point.

    • @peterchan3100
      @peterchan3100 Рік тому +2

      If you leave a pot on the ground the roots will go into the ground anyway. This is what happens to our potted trees. Makes watering easier.

  • @michaelosborne3414
    @michaelosborne3414 10 місяців тому

    once you have the trunk, how do you then cut back the roots to a shallow size without killing the tree?

  • @Bonsaiandknives
    @Bonsaiandknives Рік тому +1

    One question, Peter. Do you close the wounds with cut paste?

  • @stephenward2631
    @stephenward2631 Рік тому +5

    Such a big bush and the trunk is nothing 😂

  • @makEKnickers
    @makEKnickers Рік тому

    Anyone know if this can be done to any tree, and not just the evergreen types in the video? Like deciduous ones. Also, it's almost winter so is this OK to do to deciduous trees at this time of year too?

  • @phielo3941
    @phielo3941 Рік тому +1

    Peter - could you have used the cut pieces to grow more trees?

    • @peterchan3100
      @peterchan3100 Рік тому +3

      Yes I could but I will soon run out of space if I did more propagation

  • @mattfinch3281
    @mattfinch3281 Рік тому +1

    Does this work with maples and cypresses?

  • @steampunkvampyre
    @steampunkvampyre Рік тому +1

    Peter, do you hear the planes ?

  • @BalancedScales
    @BalancedScales Рік тому +7

    'thick bush, but such a small trunk...' :,(

  • @rscottr
    @rscottr Рік тому +1

    Why are the cuts made so far from the trunk?

    • @peterchan3100
      @peterchan3100 Рік тому +1

      In case the customers want to make 'jins' from them.

  • @neelumahendra4695
    @neelumahendra4695 Місяць тому

    10:29 growing them n then cutting off the stem. … almost like what they say about wisdom …. to unlearn what you already know, to grow further.

  • @Daihatsu_Hijet
    @Daihatsu_Hijet Рік тому +1

    😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

  • @michelem.6184
    @michelem.6184 6 місяців тому

    ❤️

  • @bryniebear3547
    @bryniebear3547 Рік тому

    i hate having a big bush and a small trunk...........ladies always want a thick trunk

  • @jsnstamper
    @jsnstamper Рік тому +2

    I bet your water bill isn’t cheap

  • @brucedeacon28
    @brucedeacon28 Рік тому +1

    👍👌👌🙂

  • @thomasmartin473
    @thomasmartin473 5 місяців тому

    What happend?

  • @scottseibert4675
    @scottseibert4675 Рік тому +2

    Sometimes I wonder if you can make a monkey puzzle tree into a bonsai. I know the UK has a lot of them over there. Makes me wonder do you sell monkey puzzle trees at your nursery? If so you should do a video about them.

    • @Stettafire
      @Stettafire Рік тому +2

      I love monkey puzzle trees, the doctors surgery in my home village used to have a MASSIVE one right outside the front door. A big storm took it down and the entire village was worse for it. I'd love a monkey puzzle tree of my own in truth. I do see Jacksons Nurseries are selling nursery material. But no idea if it'll make good bonsai material

    • @scottseibert4675
      @scottseibert4675 Рік тому +2

      @@Stettafire i love monkey puzzle trees also they are amazing looking, especially considering that it’s a tree that you definitely don’t see very often in my area. I discovered them a few years ago on a online nursery so I did some research learned about them and bought it and fell in love with it more so. I love evergreen trees I’ve always had a thing for evergreen trees and bushes. I’ve been watching Peter for quite sometime and always wondered if you could make a bonsai out of it or a dwarf version for people who want one but don’t have the room. There is only one way to find out tho it may take some time to discover.

    • @peterchan3100
      @peterchan3100 Рік тому +1

      I have never seen a bonsai made from this species. Very difficult.

    • @scottseibert4675
      @scottseibert4675 Рік тому +1

      @@peterchan3100 may take years of experimenting alittle I would say.

    • @blaketheman9397
      @blaketheman9397 Рік тому

      Pretty sure monkey puzzle trees grow from the leader so guessing not suitable for bonsai.

  • @issei4561
    @issei4561 Рік тому

    2:00 you welcome ladies and gentlemen. every asian guy at a bath house am i right?

  • @johnarizona3820
    @johnarizona3820 Рік тому +1

    ^5

  • @ogsxl
    @ogsxl Рік тому +1

    how to become fat! isn't it disappointing to have such a big bush but the trunk is nothing

  • @jameslangschied7900
    @jameslangschied7900 3 місяці тому

    After all this time and arduous effort by the grower, the buyer thinks he can get the tree for a few pounds or dollars. Think again.

  • @brettgeisler3065
    @brettgeisler3065 Рік тому

    It’s not hard chan.. just dig the fukas out of the ground.. yamadori is the only way you can get a real thick bonsai.. no body wants to wait anymore so you have to move with the times.. slow and long won’t cut it anymore.. you need to speed it up and honestly growing from seed is dead in this society..

    • @peterchan3100
      @peterchan3100 Рік тому +6

      Have you visited Herons? We have our own field grow trees which Kevin Willson calls the "Herons field grow Yamadori" - 12 inches and thicker Diameters - they are in pots which weigh half a ton. Yews, Pines, hornbeams etc. They are purchased by those who know how to handle them - not for the faint hearted.

    • @denvernow7294
      @denvernow7294 Рік тому +4

      ​@@peterchan3100hell yeah, Peter! The kids don't know. You've got everything out there. Don't pay attention to disrespectful idiots.

    • @samlomb2093
      @samlomb2093 Рік тому +6

      What is wrong with you? That is a deeply rude message, even if you disagree with his message you don't have to be so impolite. And as for Yamadori . . . First of all it depends where you are if digging up wild stock is even an option. In many places it's illegal to go dig up plants in the forest as it should be and second of all there is nothing wrong with long and slow. Not everyone needs instant gratification.

    • @denvernow7294
      @denvernow7294 Рік тому +1

      @@samlomb2093 which person are you defending? Peter or the rude dummy who made the original comment?

    • @peterchan3100
      @peterchan3100 Рік тому

      I am never offended
      @@denvernow7294

  • @DenzelLN936
    @DenzelLN936 Рік тому

    What happens to all the stumps stuck out of the trunk?

  • @yopage
    @yopage Рік тому +2

    Late summer is a good time to trim down most trees this much?

  • @stevejensen3471
    @stevejensen3471 Рік тому

    Probably better to hike up in the high country and look for some yamidori!

  • @Tree_bro
    @Tree_bro 11 місяців тому

    Peter you may not know it but I already got the fat part covered…😂🫡