Turning Four Problem Pines into Bonsai

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  • Опубліковано 14 чер 2022
  • In this video I take some challenging pines and encourage you to experiment with techniques and styles.
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  • @denvermadison9052
    @denvermadison9052 3 місяці тому +5

    Peters my mentor!! I started bonsai when I was 23 (3 years ago) and because of his videos I was able to have confidence do just really mess around and find out! I was never scared of wiring after seeing videos like this on his channel. A true mentor and master to all!! Thanks Peter!!
    P.s I lost about 50 trained trees to a windstorm that tore through my greenhouse set up… I’m back at it after such a loss. Don’t stop the bonsai folks! Perseverance!

    • @peterchan3100
      @peterchan3100 Місяць тому +1

      Sorry for the late reply - sorry to hear about your loss but you have the right attitude - 18 months after I started my nursery there was a big storm with 150mph winds which destroyed all our 5 greenhouses and I had to start again - life is never easy but if you preserve you will succeed in the end.

  • @Danonito_flavor
    @Danonito_flavor 2 роки тому +25

    80 minute video? I love it!!

  • @brianrussell7691
    @brianrussell7691 2 роки тому +36

    The trunk splitting technique you used is not for the faint of heart. You’re design on the fly approach demonstrates your decades of experience and confidence. I’m sure many of us would love to see a progress visit of this tree in 6 months or so, to see how the tree is doing. Thank you Peter!

  • @erniesmith1097
    @erniesmith1097 2 роки тому +6

    Lots of lessons learned from Mr Peter Chann many thanks.Ernie smith from brisbane Australia

  • @TheBonsaiGarden
    @TheBonsaiGarden 2 роки тому +9

    Feature length bonsai movie 🍿 😁
    Hello mid week bonsai breakfast club
    ☕️🥐🌳❤️

  • @touriel8943
    @touriel8943 Рік тому +3

    1:05:39 Love the photographer laughing at Peter's decision to cut !

  • @Carletdesiles
    @Carletdesiles Рік тому +2

    Vers les 30 min ce pin était majestueux ! Il voulait ressembler aux grands pins maritimes sur les collines du sud de la France.

  • @jpkatz1435
    @jpkatz1435 Рік тому +2

    We are in the presence of a Master. Everything he says about the "reforming" of the tree is directly applicable to the human journey of reformation that each of us is on.

  • @gabrielherrmann7097
    @gabrielherrmann7097 2 роки тому +24

    "Bonsai is a nice and calming hobby"
    Yeah I'm watching at 20:00 and almost having a heart attack. I guess with Peters experience living on the edge just comes naturally. Absolute madlad.

    • @dantegianoli3267
      @dantegianoli3267 2 роки тому +9

      you know is about to get serious when Peter gets the Butcher knife!! lol

    • @davidclark5723
      @davidclark5723 2 роки тому

      I know what you mean

  • @daniellarrivee7933
    @daniellarrivee7933 2 роки тому +2

    Bonsaï Jazz !!!!!!!!!
    Thanks Peter and team !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @ceceliahuynh
    @ceceliahuynh 11 місяців тому +5

    Why do Peter’s videos make such compelling viewing? I don’t have bonsai but I love watching these videos. My kind of reality TV 😂

    • @MyNOLADarling
      @MyNOLADarling 8 місяців тому

      I prefer tropical plants (I have 7 philodendron), and I'm three videos in.

    • @danielfonseca5007
      @danielfonseca5007 8 місяців тому +2

      It is the no nonsense approach, making stuff that has been mystified for years, into a simple enjoyable practice for people of all ages and all ways of life. Peter is generous with his knowledge and he is a great teacher. I wanted to learn how to prune a Japanese maple tree in my garden and UA-cam led me to the Herons bonsai channel, 60 trees later still watching and learning

  • @CatholicZola
    @CatholicZola 2 роки тому +10

    And a huge thanks to Josh the cameraman for making sure we get great close shots of Peter at work!

  • @MidniteSan
    @MidniteSan 2 роки тому +6

    2 D screen sure isn't doing those trees justice. I love the 3rd Bunjin 🌴..thx for sharing Peter.👏👍

    • @Maxim.Teleguz
      @Maxim.Teleguz 2 роки тому

      You are making excuses up right now

  • @elmexakin
    @elmexakin 2 місяці тому +2

    This was an awesome lesson on a variety of styles and I don't know who the camera person was, but the way they maneuver the angles and even zoomed in, in every opportunity they got, that was Dope 😎🤘

  • @luigiluigi2098
    @luigiluigi2098 2 роки тому +2

    I was watching and at several points I was smiling and thinking what a mess Peter is making. Then suddenly the genius of his plan appears. What an experienced guy and nerves of steel to split and bend those trunks. Four beautiful trees.

  • @angie3504
    @angie3504 2 роки тому +2

    Peter you bit the bullet several times in this video, each time with great results. Love Josh’s chuckle 🤭 in the video 😆

  • @arum236
    @arum236 2 роки тому +18

    I appreciate the hard work & dedication Herons Bonsai puts towards delivering premium content.

  • @johnnylyon3958
    @johnnylyon3958 2 роки тому +2

    Lol that poor pine did NOT wake up today expecting to be split open and manhandled like that for sure. Haha love this guy

  • @andreigerosanu7453
    @andreigerosanu7453 2 роки тому +9

    One hour and 20 mins of pure art and magic! Thx again Peter

  • @raggedbreath
    @raggedbreath 2 роки тому +8

    As ever, humble but insightful instruction through demonstration! So useful!

  • @chrisbrayley6271
    @chrisbrayley6271 2 роки тому +1

    I enjoy a great leader being adventurous, bicycles tubes and a cleaver. Different types of boundaries are achieved when you are able to think outside the box.
    Great video again thank you for sharing.

  • @henrikschoe9715
    @henrikschoe9715 2 роки тому +2

    Danke Peter für deine Inspirationen.Das war wieder ganz großes Kino. LG aus Sachsen-Anhalt , Germany...

  • @Teresa-ih4sn
    @Teresa-ih4sn 2 роки тому +2

    Oh no the duck cleaver!! But as always just beautiful work by Peter. Thank you for showing us!

  • @miqueaspromontorio3
    @miqueaspromontorio3 Рік тому +1

    Did anyone else's heart jump when he cracked the legs open on that pine? Lol. Settle down ladies. I'm sure he's taken.

  • @turdferguson814
    @turdferguson814 4 дні тому

    “Maybe we’ll just t’row that awayyy!”
    Made me crack up 😂

  • @mokajones74
    @mokajones74 11 місяців тому +1

    The older trees in this workshop are so incredibly impressive

  • @carlosdesousagiraldez9452
    @carlosdesousagiraldez9452 2 роки тому +5

    One more master lesson. Knowledge, experience along with try and error are the keys. Thanks for sharing Peter.

  • @rsa420
    @rsa420 2 роки тому +7

    Great video and awesome results looking to follow ups if these don't get snapped up. Thank you for sharing and all the work that went into making that

  • @aileenbell2248
    @aileenbell2248 2 роки тому +3

    Hi Peter watching from Australia 🇦🇺 🙏☺️

  • @no_name4aday
    @no_name4aday 2 роки тому +4

    My first tree was a blue spruce I trimmed a bit much 😅 now its gonna be a simple tree if it lives 😳 learned alot from that one project

  • @jakicatancabelic9436
    @jakicatancabelic9436 2 роки тому +1

    After using a cleaver, banging on it with a wood block and stating "well back to square one", no one is going to convince me about the sedative nature of making bonsai.
    This video w as a true treat, thank you!

    • @peterchan3100
      @peterchan3100 2 роки тому +3

      I hope it didn’t give you a heart attack

  • @carloscruz6536
    @carloscruz6536 2 роки тому +1

    Thanks Peter and Joshua for the masterclass 👍👍🇵🇷

  • @steveanacorteswa3979
    @steveanacorteswa3979 Рік тому +1

    Very nice trees, I am getting an appreciation for the literati, my friend with a nursery keeps giving me hopeless trees and right now I just repot to save them, hopefully they recover and I can style next growing season. Saw my very first raft in the wild, it was a douglas fir, I was wandering off trail (the only way to see interesting trees) and came upon it. Don't know how old it was but it's amazing a tree branch can become a tree without any wire or help. We are lucky to have some old growth forests around me, thankfully someone back in the 1800s decided to save some trees, most were cut to build a burgeoning ships harbor but some had the forethought to save some trees. Thanks for another great video to help expand the mind.

  • @richardb.1414
    @richardb.1414 2 роки тому +1

    Woow, some cuttings looks so drastic

  • @cyndydejoy6129
    @cyndydejoy6129 2 роки тому +3

    Brilliant 🤩👏👏👏👏👍🥇🏆!! Really enjoyed this video! Love the raft😍 thanks Peter, you are the master!

  • @lancrutcher5626
    @lancrutcher5626 2 роки тому +3

    I paused the video when I realized I was sitting on the edge of my seat, suspense.

  • @donnaikin7397
    @donnaikin7397 2 роки тому +2

    Awesome video

  • @suer666
    @suer666 2 роки тому +2

    I love all of these trees. The raft especially since i did this last year with a juniper. Good to know it will root along the trunk 👍😁

  • @michaelshort7297
    @michaelshort7297 Рік тому +1

    Their all beautiful! Thank you for your time and for sharing and teaching.

  • @yopage
    @yopage 2 роки тому +2

    This is why Peter Chen is so popular. He has such an innovative person.

  • @omargodran6469
    @omargodran6469 2 роки тому +2

    We are just like provenance pines we lend ourselves to your long literality Videos

  • @roslynhita6149
    @roslynhita6149 6 місяців тому +1

    Stunning to watch..just riveting...Thankyou very much

  • @chrisbanner7551
    @chrisbanner7551 2 роки тому +3

    Amazing on the fourth / last tree
    I literally thought and said in my mind
    There's no escaping it
    ( " it's crying out for littarati " )
    At the exact time as you said it 😁
    You have definitely influenced and left your imprint on me in bonsai thought process Peter

    • @davidclark5723
      @davidclark5723 2 роки тому +1

      I know what you mean whenever I’m repotting I always show off the trees to my family exclaiming “look at the roots”

  • @nordicson2835
    @nordicson2835 2 роки тому +2

    Much respect , your knowledge and energy are always appreciated.

  • @Scotch5ailor
    @Scotch5ailor 2 роки тому +1

    Just excellent!

  • @CatholicZola
    @CatholicZola 2 роки тому +3

    This is amazing to watch! Thank you for sharing your artwork with us!

  • @greenhawk1592
    @greenhawk1592 2 роки тому +1

    Verry nice, great ideas!! Thank you🧘🏾‍♂️🌲

  • @Chris-oq6kn
    @Chris-oq6kn 2 роки тому +1

    Love the long videos! Longer the better. More time spent with my good ol bonsai friends! Loved the raft style that was a great way for that tree to be reinvented.

  • @mariapilarme
    @mariapilarme 2 роки тому +2

    Great class! Thanks 😊

  • @glennhawley1192
    @glennhawley1192 Рік тому +1

    Totally awesome kinda liking the raft pine,
    Thanks.....

  • @minnaoffinland
    @minnaoffinland 2 роки тому +4

    Love to watch all these how-to-clip-n-wire videos. Would like to see how to water indoor/outdoor bonsai, or have I missed those vids?

    • @andersnrregren9087
      @andersnrregren9087 2 роки тому +2

      You missed em he made some but video titles are sometimes kinda mixed but you should find the "how to water your bonsai"

    • @andersnrregren9087
      @andersnrregren9087 2 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/masZFcGq8tg/v-deo.html that is a good one

  • @tomonous7606
    @tomonous7606 2 роки тому +1

    You sir, are a master at your craft!

  • @kevinanderson9335
    @kevinanderson9335 Рік тому +1

    Such a treat to watch a master confront a challenge with that Mugo pine hybrid. I wonder if you rounded off the insides of the split if the split would eventually grow out. Or, given time, take a graft from 1 side or the other = 2 trees. That was one of the perhaps most challenging experiences I think I have seen Peter up against since I began viewing Herons videos. This is why we watch.... Thank you, Peter, watching your more challenging adventures in bonsai I believe to be a better educational experience for the rest of us. That tree would have had me contemplating for quite a while prior to happening across any reasonable solution. My only other possible solution to the split issue would be to have filled in the split to hold it apart prior to wiring in the hopes of the tree eventually growing back over time.

  • @robmartin3312
    @robmartin3312 2 роки тому +1

    Great watching you work through the trees

  • @t3dwards13
    @t3dwards13 2 роки тому +1

    Awesome!
    I've never seen the raft before!

  • @digitaIgorilla
    @digitaIgorilla 2 роки тому

    So generous with your time Peter. These are some brilliant ideas and a glimpse into what is possible.

  • @kelvintan674
    @kelvintan674 2 роки тому +1

    Peter Chan's most important Tools the Cleaver and works wonderfully.😃

  • @hansstellingsmanetherlands5548

    Awesome video this video made me go and make my first bonsai Tree it will be a Juniper tree a stricta ,really excited to start my journey ❤

  • @marcohobby7843
    @marcohobby7843 2 роки тому +1

    It's amazing and beautiful 👍

  • @chaiwatpotichanid
    @chaiwatpotichanid Рік тому +1

    See eyesight because of judgment beautiful natural geography 🥰🥰

  • @SuperPeleke
    @SuperPeleke 2 роки тому +1

    When Peter pulls out the cleavers, I had to get out my popcorn again to enjoy.

  • @uppergorple
    @uppergorple 2 роки тому +1

    Fascinating to see your ideas develop as you work.

  • @ksbrook1430
    @ksbrook1430 Рік тому +1

    The raft is my favorite.

  • @davidhaughan3573
    @davidhaughan3573 2 роки тому +1

    I enjoyed watching Peter making the raft style Bonsai, I think it will look fantastic in the coming years.

  • @danfrolo9023
    @danfrolo9023 2 роки тому +2

    beautiful

  • @G32dwm
    @G32dwm 2 роки тому +1

    wanderful trees!! I belive tha the literaty stylei is the most matching style for the pines.Ty for one more time for your saring knolege!

  • @user-xq9rd2vs6m
    @user-xq9rd2vs6m Місяць тому

    Amazing education, Mr Chan, thank you !!

  • @andersnrregren9087
    @andersnrregren9087 2 роки тому +5

    Lol Peter could not make a boring video evin if he tryed that is one thing he will never master

    • @peterchan3100
      @peterchan3100 2 роки тому +5

      Is that a challenge ?? Make a boring video. - I once attended a talk about wiring and the guy just held a piece of wire for a whole hour without any demonstration - that was boring.

  • @dmsvlcp
    @dmsvlcp 2 роки тому +3

    I bought a huge (1,2m) japanese larch two days ago. Since then I am trying to figure out what I can possibly do. Maybe I try my very first Bunjin. Anyways this video is a great inspiration. Thx

  • @henzobonsai
    @henzobonsai 2 роки тому +1

    Nice sharing videos 👍

  • @brianparnell2256
    @brianparnell2256 2 роки тому

    Always a pleasure to watch you perform your art form.

  • @miqueaspromontorio3
    @miqueaspromontorio3 Рік тому +3

    Could we get an update on the tree you split with the cleaver?

  • @kimrichardson8376
    @kimrichardson8376 2 роки тому

    What a great video! I have a pine tree I’ve been looking at for two years wondering what to do with it. Now I’m going to try something new tomorrow. God help the poor pine lol.
    Thanks Peter,
    Kim🇨🇦

  • @mirjanabinski1084
    @mirjanabinski1084 2 роки тому

    Thank you very much for the beautiful and detailed video. It helps me a lot in my work. ☺

  • @Moshpit_Marv
    @Moshpit_Marv 10 місяців тому +1

    Love this stuff 🙏🏻🔥⚡️

  • @almac2598
    @almac2598 2 роки тому

    Thanks Peter. I would never have thought to do a raft.

  • @tanarehbein7768
    @tanarehbein7768 4 місяці тому +1

    I wonder if when making a raft you could make a thin scrape in the under side of the bark or some intermittent slashes at the joints to encourage root initiation. Then I would water with a liquid root starter fertilizer once a week for a month or so. Just throwing out some theries. Being spring it should want to make roots.

  • @modtheblackmarvel
    @modtheblackmarvel 2 роки тому +2

    Good morning everyone ....but i dont see the problem😉😉😉😉

  • @gabronijabroni
    @gabronijabroni Місяць тому

    I borrowed one of your books from my public library! ❤

  • @lb2791
    @lb2791 2 роки тому +1

    omg he brought out the cleaver again! 😂

  • @ChrisPuch
    @ChrisPuch 2 роки тому

    Thanks Peter.

  • @dracokaiser
    @dracokaiser Рік тому +1

    Bunjingi is great for those pines ❤️ . But I think the first 2 trees would have looked great as a bankan style...it’s a bit of a risk though

  • @luisvega6770
    @luisvega6770 2 роки тому

    EXPECTACULAR UN GRAN DISEÑADOR ..EXELENTE TRABAJO VI DE TODO PODA TRANSPLANTE DIGNO DE IMITAR...GRACIAS PETER

  • @lokdog257
    @lokdog257 2 роки тому +1

    Love the content

  • @willen5405
    @willen5405 Рік тому +1

    if you cut a wedge out of a branch and place it between the split-cut, with the nerves going the same way and thén bind it. itll take i think

  • @susanbossert6833
    @susanbossert6833 2 роки тому

    You inspire me, Master Chan!

  • @bloodlinesoffire5633
    @bloodlinesoffire5633 Рік тому +1

    Awesome video.....thankyou

  • @mattgrant2089
    @mattgrant2089 2 роки тому +2

    Nice video Peter, thanks! Just a question about the raft- the actual 'raft' is normally visible but on your pine you have covered it over- was that to try and trigger adventitious root growth (which you mentioned isn't common in pines) or was it just because the trunk was quite straight? What i mean is, it may be technically a raft but looks more like a forest planting. Great tips for leggy pines by the way!

  • @glennplatvoet7111
    @glennplatvoet7111 Рік тому +2

    I'm thinking drift wood and a large limestone all natural cuts put tree on natural curve

  • @jamesgray4037
    @jamesgray4037 Рік тому +1

    I'm still not convinced that big is better

  • @kevintiemann6366
    @kevintiemann6366 2 роки тому +2

    The moment when you are cutting your nails and say to yourself: " I don´t need this. -klick- Properply I don´t even need this. -klick-

  • @my_bonsai_and_koi
    @my_bonsai_and_koi 2 роки тому +2

    Respect to the cameraman!!! 💪👍
    Surely very exhausting to film so long...
    maybe he should join a union for cameramen, so that he also gets a break. Or a tripod... 😉😉😉

    • @peterchan3100
      @peterchan3100 2 роки тому +3

      If he joined a union - he would be encouraged to go on strike.

  • @gmmill66
    @gmmill66 7 днів тому

    Hi I've only been keeping trees since Easter I wish I had your vision I'm trying some of your techniques on my Japanese holly witch was a broom style so wired out the branches let's see what happens

  • @pinus_nigra
    @pinus_nigra 2 роки тому +1

    1:01:40 Remember the juniper you worked on the same way 2-3 years ago? Did it survive? How's it doing? It'd be cool to see an update!

    • @peterchan3100
      @peterchan3100 9 місяців тому

      Someone purchased it and it is doing well I believe.

  • @franciscocarlosoliveirasan4
    @franciscocarlosoliveirasan4 Рік тому +2

    Tradução Pará o português do Brasil GRATIDÃO 🙏

  • @davidetramo
    @davidetramo 2 роки тому

    How often does it hail in England and what do you do with outside trees? I just went crazy moving all mine from unprotected spots 😂 might not be best/possible approach every time there is risk (I’m in Italy)
    But as I just started with new small bonsai, thought it was risky to leave them there

  • @andersrydingdaugaard
    @andersrydingdaugaard 9 місяців тому +1

    So Nice long and detailed videos always - can I ask the one tre where u do those “jins” - is the purpose that there will grow new out since it is split up like that and the skin is removed

    • @peterchan3100
      @peterchan3100 Місяць тому +1

      Jins are dead driftwood - used just for decoration

  • @Badger4077
    @Badger4077 10 місяців тому +2

    Hi Herons! I know I'm late on this question but I do have one regarding the raft pine. What do you do with the remainder of the root ball sitting above grade? I imagine it will just die back and dry up but I'm always loath to leave sections of roots exposed

    • @peterchan3100
      @peterchan3100 9 місяців тому +2

      Yes that's correct. If there are enough roots below the soil level then you can cut off the part which is sticking up above soil level.

    • @Badger4077
      @Badger4077 8 місяців тому

      @@peterchan3100 thanks Peter!

  • @rafatkhan4103
    @rafatkhan4103 2 роки тому

    Nice video 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

  • @Maxim.Teleguz
    @Maxim.Teleguz 2 роки тому

    Bonsai work is like rising blood pressure, with no time to quickly alleviate the worry.