Advice for the first time buyer of Bonsai

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3 жыл бұрын

In this video I explain what to do when you buy a bonsai for the first time. Encouraged
Some enthusiastic first time buyers do too much to their bonsai which can have negative effects for the tree.
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@Big_Fan_just_generally 3 жыл бұрын

So what I learned from this video is that if I want to cut my stomach open, I should do it in early spring!

@angie3504 3 жыл бұрын

😂

@peter1718 3 жыл бұрын

... and the japanese call it "harakiri" ;)

@2centprofitgmailcom 3 жыл бұрын

@@peter1718 Sounds romantic

@peterczako6661 3 жыл бұрын

I think there is more you learned🤣

@connorkitchen7285 2 жыл бұрын

@@2centprofitgmailcom it’s definitely an anniversary gift most spouses would appreciate.

@haraldisdead 2 жыл бұрын

"I don't like to use expletives, but hell. " 😆😆😆😆 adorable man.

@cyvenfx7271 3 жыл бұрын

"Why the _hell_ would you repot the tree?* ~slightly triggered Peter

@wavespeech1973 3 жыл бұрын

Buyers probably want a unique pot to go with their unique tree, not the generic blue glazed import pot.

@jrea424 2 жыл бұрын

@@wavespeech1973 thats fine, but they must understand when the right time is to put it in that unique pot

@Fyralynn 2 жыл бұрын

I'd be more surprised if he sold a tree he cared for for 4 or more years and have a client kill it within the first week in their care and NOT care? I dont think I could do it.

@fishmut 2 жыл бұрын

@@Fyralynn ... I’d say when you sell your tree give some bonsai information to the client , ie when to repot , best season and months , how and when to water , full sun or semi shade etc that way a new client will have a tree for many many years as they themselves grow into a bonsai person , that’s what I would do , the bonsai lives and the owner has a long lasting lovely bonsai to show off , it’s a win win in my eyes .

@MidniteSan 3 жыл бұрын

Some say..." If it's not broken, don't fix it " Thx for sharing Peter 👍.

@coronnation8854 3 жыл бұрын

This is the first Peter rant vid I've seen. Tactfully done for someone who is clearly frustrated (and for good reason!). It's good to have an outlet like this, where you know the right people will receive the message. Many of us in other professions wish we could do the same when a client does/says something really daft. This video is well received. And people need to hear it. Part of learning bonsai is to kill a bunch of trees in the beginning. Nothing makes you remember a lesson like killing a tree!

@AI-qe5vz 3 жыл бұрын

But I think part of the issue is that certain "professionals" also tell people new to bonsai to frequently re-pot their trees (without telling them anything about how to see when a tree is in need for a new pot), that's also what Peter said in the beginning. If only all sources were as reliable as Peter.

@peterchan3100 3 жыл бұрын

@@AI-qe5vz - Thank you - well said.

@alexg5513 3 жыл бұрын

The word 'Hell' is an expletive? 😂... Peter is such a gent 💜💜💜

@peterchan3100 3 жыл бұрын

I know worse but I daren't use them on my videos !!

@lazarorodriguez8972 2 жыл бұрын

@@peterchan3100 obvio ovovovovoo ovovokoojo n onooonoo no r Jolito ok

@delrules1907 3 жыл бұрын

Life feels more hectic on a day without a nice relaxing Herons video. Thanks for the video, Peter.

@451Laurie 3 ай бұрын

I love this guy; he is just dear! I stumbled upon his video about the "all about indoor bonsai" (there is no such thing!) and as someone new to this, I loved how forthright he was!

@lynnbradshaw2341 3 жыл бұрын

I learn so much from you! My bonsai garden came from my yard after watching bonsai for free. Some were already shaped beautifully!! Thank you!

@peterchan3100 3 жыл бұрын

Thats the best way to learn and to progress

@MrSilk13642 3 жыл бұрын

It's 4am and I've never even considered buying a Bonsai tree before. How did I get here?

@MrSilk13642 3 жыл бұрын

@Alex Mendoza I can't disagree with that!

@mchlbk 2 жыл бұрын

Welcome to the dark side. 😉

@AbbyL79 2 ай бұрын

😬

@smoothcortex 3 жыл бұрын

How true how true... I couldn't keep my hands off my first tree. My constant meddling ended up killing the tree. I've learnt my lesson with my current tree. I've barely touched it in almost a year and its nice, strong and healthy. I will do some light pruning this season and repot next. Thank you as always Peter!

@angie3504 3 жыл бұрын

Leave a healthy tree be…it will show when it needs repotting … thanks Peter for that well needed explanation 👍🏻

@samuellopez105 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this video. The first thing I learned as a newbie is that, as in almost everything in our technological age, everyone has an opinion is that is absolutely right! I've already made several mistakes but thanks to you I won't make them again.

@FinianBlaxhall 3 жыл бұрын

ladybirds & lacewings feed on those scale insect, and are commercially available, if you don't want to use insecticides. I keep little terrariums of them and release them at the first sign of pest insects. It works really well for me :)

@raikj1078 3 жыл бұрын

I’ll try… but my local birds not only eats the bugs, they eat my seeds and my leaves :( One of my bonsai’s branches was Destroyed by bird…

@macwell6389 3 жыл бұрын

@@raikj1078 you can try putting a light screen like 2” chicken wire and then using lacewings. I had the same exact problem and it worked for me 😁

@Blaydrnnnr 3 жыл бұрын

I like this series. Basic, important lessons. VERY much needed for the people starting out on their own. Thanks Peter.

@Archmagos_assistant 2 жыл бұрын

Ive been growing bonsai for about 5 years now and your videos have been immensly helpful.

@aarondlancaster 2 жыл бұрын

"would you cut a healthy persons stomach open to see what's going on?" Love it!

@dustincrager2832 2 жыл бұрын

Just repotted my bonsai today and then I see this video 😅 rlly hoping my tree will be alright

@cassandralindsey6458 3 жыл бұрын

Gosh I just love watching these videos! Such great advice and he’s so humble even though he very much so knows what he’s doing

@kyletonks8618 3 жыл бұрын

Very stern, clear, true advice like the style you have put this vital information across.this is why you need more than one bonsai.

@bonsaibob8253 3 жыл бұрын

Great advice to beginners. Thank you Peter. We grow Bonsai for enjoyment and relaxation. You don’t have to constantly be working on the tree. Sit back and watch em grow and thrive.

@cyndydejoy6129 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent advice! Thanks so much.Sending warm wishes from your Florida fan 🐊🌴🦩😎

@theoriginaldylangreene 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for the advice. Seems I've done everything wrong with my first bonsai. I got a ficus in May, from a local garden centre. It wasn't being sold as a "bonsai"so the first thing I did was trim the roots for the new pot. Luckily it has survived.

@LittleAoo7 3 жыл бұрын

heronnnnnnnnnnn!

@james-lt8ry 3 жыл бұрын

Aweome KZfaq account ! Very informative n entertaining as always !

@benjaminjones8660 Жыл бұрын

I watch all your videos, your bonsai's look amazing and I mean they all look amazing. Your explaining really helps. Your a legend

@rsa420 3 жыл бұрын

I really cant wait for spring to start here. Just been collecting some trident maple seeds hope to sprout them soon.

@keithcompton2274 3 жыл бұрын

Peter saying hell made me smile from ear to ear 😂

@peterchan3100 3 жыл бұрын

I dare not use worse abuses on this channel.

@dhanwanteerampersad5363 3 жыл бұрын

Good morning all from a rainy Trinidad. Peter is so right. Great lesson from a master.👍

@nofear8984 3 жыл бұрын

Good advices for beginners, like me. Thanks Peter!

@shezbrook1720 3 жыл бұрын

Very interesting video and from this video I think next year when I get my composition I will be buy my bonsai from your place because you are a truthful person very happy .great video

@MeggaSweetSmiles 3 жыл бұрын

yep, i did that too. my first bonsai i was too eager, did too much and didnt think about time of year or letting it recover. now im ready to try again i think

@satorigardenaksasbonsai.1321 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for the comprehensive information to tepoting bonsai.

@49rockon27 2 жыл бұрын

Just came across your video. I live in the tropics (summer all year round) and I have a few bonsai. They are at least 30 years old, meaning, I've been looking after them for the past 30 years. I was told in my younger days that bonsai need to be re-potted yearly and have their roots trimmed etc. Maybe I'm lazy and maybe I've been lucky, but I cannot remember having re-potted them more than once in the past 30 years. They are still doing well. Truth be told, I've also lost a few bonsai too. A learning process. So, you are right. No need to fix them when they are not broken. Only re-pot if necessary. Enjoyed your video. Have subscribed !!!

@tomsmith2215 3 жыл бұрын

youre the man, great business and quality trees

@danieljohnstone5395 2 жыл бұрын

This guy is absolutely brilliant!

@theflyingcrud 3 жыл бұрын

Bonsai: an art in gardening and a relationship with each plant. Not typically a product! I really have learned a lot from masters like Peter, however I find that gaining knowledge and experience with wild plants is far more important for understanding how nature interacts with itself (ecology!). Give it a shot if you can everyone it's so rewarding! Just get out there and do your best to understand (with some very light research) why each type of organism is doing what it is and I promise you will at least find a few wonderful insights into the world around you! Long read, but if I can help even one person along the way I've done it, happy hunting out there

@wolfenhalo 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! I was lucky to grow up immersed in trees and greenery that I certainly took for granted, and it's only now that I've moved to a city centre for work that I've realised quite how much I've lost. There are some brownfield plots nearby that are full of incredibly resilient plants (a brutal showdown between old furniture industry species like hazel versus grasses/weeds), but local trees tend to be solitary, planted for decoration. Since opening my eyes a little bit more, they're not wild but I've been more interested in how hedgerows are ruthlessly cut back (seems to be hedge-cutting season at the moment, at least where I work) and I'll be checking out how they recover back over the next couple of months. A few weeks ago myself and a friend went on a walk around town after a heavy rain to scavenge for young seedlings from verges and cracks in the pavement for the first time as well. We came across a nice selection of little maple shoots, potted them up and almost all of them have taken successfully since (to my elated surprise!). I'm looking forward to seeing how they grow and develop differently bound to their little pots and subjected to a bit of pruning, compared to lanky saplings in the wild.

@theflyingcrud 3 жыл бұрын

@@wolfenhalo thanks for sharing! I luckily live on the outskirts of my city so there is a decent amount of nature here. There is a great channel on here called crime pays but botany doesn’t and he has a few videos on covertly planting native trees and plants in plots like you’re describing. Might be worth a shot! That aside, my 2 bonsai that I have started are just little saplings from around the foundation of my house, one is a maple and the other is a cedar. I wish more people would pay attention to the natural world around them like you clearly do, props to you friend!

@craigomalley7687 3 жыл бұрын

Helpful video. My enthusiasm has more than once been to the detriment of the tree. I have to remember just to let the thing grow! Maybe a Hippocratic oath for bonsai growers?

@cyvenfx7271 3 жыл бұрын

This channel gives me life

@sallyhumphreys2410 2 жыл бұрын

Great video Peter, and such great advice. So, so true. Those eager beavers 🦫 Hope all is well with you. Regards Sally from Spagmoss Land🙂

@Bajang 3 жыл бұрын

Perfect advice from you, thanks

@ripsnort8194 3 жыл бұрын

Love this dude man

@michaelwenzel3196 3 ай бұрын

Thank you, very informative!🙏

@lisafoster4468 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, sir. That answered a big question I had n_n I appreciate it!

@JocelynDaPrato 2 жыл бұрын

I'm just sad that I can't order one of your tree (aka from Montreal, Canada). Just entering the Bonsai world and love your video Peter. They seams to be extra-expensive here in Quebec.

@davidmorgan3508 2 жыл бұрын

Aussie Dave here Peter, very well presented and factual to boot 🤗

@terryc8674 3 жыл бұрын

In Bonsai we all make mistakes and those mistakes help us learn. I can definitely relate to the 'can't keep my hands off it' then wonder why the tree dies. Over time we settle in the understanding we have learned from mistakes. In my experience in the UK, evergreens do better repotted later. Privet ovalfolium can be dug up in the UK, root pruned and repotted throughout the year without concern.,

@LetsDoBonsai 2 жыл бұрын

Good point well made Peter, i find that a lot of nurseries dont look after their trees as well as Herons and ive been forced to repot for the health of the tree but always try to keep it within Spring time - maybe a slip pot outside of this if it is that desperate, otherwise just leave it alone.

@bnsuteswagons4wds493 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the tips love the videos

@Kitty-tc3oh 3 жыл бұрын

Peter, can we have a video on pests, fungas' and all the different things that can go wrong with soils and leaves.

@jaredtandle2596 Жыл бұрын

Ripped out a couple of elm trees that sprung up this year about a month ago (mid June). It was just starting to get hot and I got lucky. Both of them are starting to show new growth. One I ended up cutting about 3/4 of the fine roots and the other I cut off all the leaves.

@Frbrdt 2 жыл бұрын

I love this so much

@samuelcardoso3920 3 жыл бұрын

Thank for this good advices !

@viamotte 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing Peter ! I can see the beautiful ficus with a lot a aerial roots. And I really wonder how can we obtain such aerial roots by ourselves ? Thanks for the answer

@808stab 3 жыл бұрын

I bought a 20yrs old ficus and did a hard prune on it🤯 best decision I’ve made on it

@Zackking109 2 жыл бұрын

Golden advice

@coryjay9384 2 жыл бұрын

You are a beautiful soul my friend.

@MyDemolation 2 жыл бұрын

love your style it harmonizes with you

@peterchan3100 2 жыл бұрын

People say that I dont suffer fools gladly - if you know what that means.

@marcusjohnvaughan5367 3 жыл бұрын

Yes please this video 🍁

@ChrisPuch 3 жыл бұрын

Great advice.

@NolaPierre 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for all of the help you broadcast to the world. I’ve used your tips to begin my bonsai journey (albeit a bit late in life). I do have a non bonsai question about your boots. I’m curious about the brand you wear. They look perfect for working outdoors. Thank you for being an entertaining presenter and spreader of knowledge.

@peterchan3100 3 жыл бұрын

Were you going to buy me a pair of boots? I only wear old ones !

@BowlDan 2 жыл бұрын

Great advice thank you sir

@SreeBonsaiZone 3 жыл бұрын

Informative sir ..

@gabijones2445 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Mr. Chan

@kiwibonsai2355 3 жыл бұрын

Patience, vision, dedication.. 🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿

@danmac5510 2 жыл бұрын

Great advice Super channel

@lauralaine8678 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

@birder4life999 3 жыл бұрын

I am curious what you would think about slip potting a new tree into a larger pot during the summer? Thinking cheap garden center/ box store plants that are good pre bonsai. But that might be in relatively small pots.

@user-pt8mq2xf1p 3 жыл бұрын

Summer is a good time to find trees reduced in price at home centers overstock. I don't plant them or remove them from pots though, I just leave them in their pots until next Spring. But, as Peter said, you can prune, so no hurry to disturb the roots.

@jeepgurl1379 3 жыл бұрын

I would like to see an example of one that needs repotting (root bound), please.

@skellingtonmeteoryballoon Жыл бұрын

the root system is so delicate

@henzobonsai 3 жыл бұрын

Thank for sharing

@simonreitz6809 3 жыл бұрын

Good Tips, thank you Peter... I think I killed some of my trees by cutting too much roots, even in spring :(

@MrBlackbamboo 2 жыл бұрын

brilliant made me laugh first time in a bonsai video thanks' Peter

@fredarc5074 2 жыл бұрын

thanks mr. peter chan..

@s.h.5485 3 жыл бұрын

You are a treasure, sir

@chaiwatpotichanid 11 ай бұрын

Tree new very much agree 🥰🥰

@jecarsepulveda8237 Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@saimumarefin2882 3 жыл бұрын

Peter please do a tutorial on Pomegranate Bonsai

@rsa420 3 жыл бұрын

I want to take some cuttings for a tree next door in the spring

@ThyAnon 2 жыл бұрын

I repotted an indoor plant during July because it was dying from being extremely pot bound. Its doing fine now...

@mattiecreates Жыл бұрын

i wish i lived closed to you , id love to shop there

@dfactories 3 жыл бұрын

Hi. Please post an update on that white pine which looked like a man with 2 arms, and you fixed by compacting into one branch

@Alepoudiitsa 2 жыл бұрын

i repot it at spring if i buy but i do repot it after a buy it if not that year the next, to see the root systeam if it is good or it will die off coz it have finger roots in it. i find to many figer trees are sold so i stop if the have figer roots and just take air layer from them to try to save it.

@timh2994 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Peter Chan for taking the time to respond in the comments.

@peterchan3100 2 жыл бұрын

I try to respond to as many as possible - time permitting.

@john.jkilip4113 3 жыл бұрын

Nice info sir

@mattie-lisapeka7072 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Wondering if you would consider doing a new to bonsai - plant selection from a garden centre (easy to manage plants), what size would you make that plant because I also like your large Bonsai trees but maybe that's not good for a beginner with not a lot of time? Would love your thoughts.

@mchlbk 2 жыл бұрын

There are already videos on that subject on this channel.

@josephswafford7578 3 жыл бұрын

You are the expert..马绍尔佛他和特色

@adnansiddiqui8700 3 жыл бұрын

sir, You Always get a knowledge. I've an question how to know that plants want/need repot.?

@mchlbk 2 жыл бұрын

If it looks healthy and grows as you'd expect don't repot. You can take it out of the pot once a year in late winter/early spring and evaluate how potbound it is but be gentle and remember it's always better to leave it for one more year than to repot too early.

@einarjungmann273 3 жыл бұрын

I live this guy :-)

@Gioachina0279 3 жыл бұрын

Ohhh i ❤ my Bonsais

@evlulm3630 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Peter, love watching and learning from the videos you make. But wanted to know, if I can repot a sick alazea tree, in the middle of summer

@peterchan3100 3 жыл бұрын

Satsukis are a bit different - In Japan they repot them in the rainy season from mid June to mid July

@MrMirco003 2 жыл бұрын

What is if i want to pot the Bonsai in a bigger flower pot to grow it stronger and bigger like you do with a lots of your trees? Should i wait for for the end of the summer season or can you still do that in April?

@jimc7274 Жыл бұрын

In the tropics we dont have the 4 seasons, when then is the right time to repot or prune? advice appreciated

@robbybobby6483 3 жыл бұрын

Great beginners advice, where were you 25 years ago when I was a newbie. Lol!

@peterchan3100 3 жыл бұрын

I was here but there was no KZfaq.

@j0hnnykn0xv1lle 3 жыл бұрын

It seems my Instagram question about the bulging root in my Gardenia Bonsai inspired a video :P

@mrwhatevah6095 2 жыл бұрын

Ill visit your nursery perphaps spring or summer time, i am new to bonsai, got my dwarf jade, 1st mistake i made was repotting it december, now leaves are falling, new shoots are coming out tho, my next one will be chinese elm