Best regards to Padmapriya. He's a great guy and I could listen all day to his calm relaxing voice.

Always nice to see content from Padmapriya. He has such a calming, soothing delivery. Regarding defoliation - I have two mame Sycamore that start each season with a handful of big leaves. Cutting them off always results in a second vigorous flush of tiny leaves which look more in scale with the tiny trees. 👍

This is the best bonsai workshop channel on KZfaq

I'm another one who likes Padmapriya's vids. He comes across really well on camera, cares about his craft, and just seems to be a really lovely guy.

It's meditative just listening to Padmapriya's voice regardless of what he's doing. Great video as always.

Padmapriya has such a calming voice. Thank you for this video.

The wind chime sounds lovely, but I had to turn captions on. 😂

Padma Priya has a soothing voice, and wisdom. Nice. That windchime is a nervous crime.

Padma seems like a very kind and warm soul. More Padma!!!

Thank you. Your love of nature is obvious. Peter is probably lucky to have you.

Yes - Spring and early summer bonsai work is a pleasurable time for me also. Definitely - as you suggested - a blissful experience. I will happily spend hours with my trees. Jai Guru Dev

Only thinking yesterday we hadn't seen Padmapriya for a while! Yay! Have a great weekend everyone!

I think if you tagged some of these videos as ASMR you’d get soo many views. It’s so relaxing. I could watch either of you guys prune a tree for like an hour before bed every night. Even if there’s long stretches of no talking, just the sound of the pruning is nice.

Nice insights 🙏 thanks Padma & Peter for sharing

"it is, as i say.... another day!" 👍 XD

Such a beautiful video! For me, working on trees is very meditative and, I would say, it's a medicine for the soul! Especially when you are surrounded by sounds of nature, like wind between the foliage or the sound of water

Thx Peter and Padma for sharing 😘. Give a little time and that healthy tree surely will be in its full glory. Hope to see more from you both and the team in the future videos. 👍

Never tire of you speaking about anything Peter!

Thank you, Padmapriya!

Always good to watch padmaprya at work. I stumbled across defoliation purely by accident whilst working on an acer called red sentinel, the leaves have returned much smaller! Keep up the good work. 🙏🏻

calm, patience, i love it

Love the added perspective.. Thanks for sharing

A great video, I visited the nursery in May and after the very cold April one of my beautiful Maples (bought from Heron's last year, I love it) had suffered alot of frost damage. I think it was Tibor who talked me through this process and I'm happy to say that my tree is now in full leaf again and looking beautiful! Also when I visited I treated my self to a lovely Oak. So thank you for the excellent advice xx

Great vid. I too find repetitive light physical tasks very relaxing and could feel my breathing deepening and slowing just watching this session. More like this pls. My neighbour's wind chimes always seem to fall onto the floor during windy weather, no matter how well stuck up they are ... weird.

The chimes are distracting

Would love to see this tree in a few months or so. Please update.

Another stunning vid. I love defoliation and seeing it bounce back. I dont know why but it hits a certain spot or feeling inside. Cant wait to see the up date of this one. Love seeing Pradmapriya and hearing his take on things. Thanks for sharing and enjoy the rain we are having big water issues this side of the world.

Can I just say how your soil mix has transformed my bonsai (I ordered it from you online). I have a 30 year old English yew , juniper and zelkova ..they have exploded in new growth. Previous soil was bought from another bonsai nursery which I won’t name but doesn’t even compare to your mix!! can’t wait to visit your nursery this Sunday .. I was going to visit on the 21st/22nd but didn’t realise you were closed Mondays and Tuesdays. Have a great day. Thank you Peter.

This was a beautiful video. Interesting and calming to watch. Padmapriya you habe a really peaceful charisma. And for real: you could habe recorded the whole process. The ASMR community would watch the hell out of it 😁

Keep up the great work Peter, keep blessing us with amazing content!! 👏🏼

Oh and yes, PLEASE show the tree in a few months so we can see how it came back and if the leaves did indeed come back smaller. I've always heard this was true.

Peter, I could never get sick of listening to you. Informative, calming video. Great series to start!

Excellent down to earth video

Great work guys.🤘👍🏼👌🏼👌🏼

Padmapriya is the best for ASMR. He is so soothing.

Loved seeing the content from your guest! He is very calming to listen to.

Great show, Great job

Another great video! Learn something new every time. Thanks!

Thank you for this relaxing and informative video. Hope to see more videos from Padmapriya. 😃

Not sure if it’s just my end, but wind chimes and “low” volume level of his voice preclude understanding majority of what he is saying.

Thank you for this informative video ❤

More Padmapriya vids!

very interesting; thank-you. can definitely see the bonsai shape without most of the leaves

Thank you Peter and Padma(?), I can totally see the meditation part of a task like that. Often this type of work is experienced as boring. But when you are able to enjoy it(able to take your time), it can be very freeing and relaxing! Hope to visit Herons bonsai some day! Greets from Belgium

Thanks Team.

Thanks a lot Its nice Watching Padmapriya at work But wind chimes were an issue

Awesome one!

Get that wind chime in the skip 😂

Great video. Thank you. Please do more with Peter

love this! getting to know the rest of the team and hearing the process from the beginner perspective is quite refreshing. pure novice here very interested in this lovely hobby. currently growing some trees from seed and learning the basics.

Awsome video. Beautiful Nebari. Thanks.

Don’t let Peter catch you working that slow.

Whenever I've collected yamadori it's usually just an interesting trunk . I've noticed if I leave a few leaves it doesn't explode with growth like when I take them all off.

I like the wind chimes. They aren’t that over powering.

A bit hard to hear him speak with the wind chimes being louder than he speaks.

Great video, loving the meditation part of it all. Could you please touch upon WHEN we should be defoliating our trees?

Thanks so much, Peter, for all your illuminating teaching and encouragement for the rest of us. I especially appreciate your “Bonsai For Everyone” mission statement. Padmapriya's work is also very appreciated. I've recently acquired a number of self-sprouted seedlings around my home, and some of them are maples. How old should these trees be before I defoliate them? Also, if the leaf stem dies anyway, why is the leaf cut at the outermost stem point instead of closer to the node area? Again, thank you for your time and efforts. Your videos are quite relaxing, too.

In this monsoon my ficus , shami, are growing wild and cuttings growing healthy roots .... I love rain because my plants loves rain

Nice ❤️ vid🌳🌳🌳🌳🌞

It's been a while since we've seen Padmapriya. Such a nice guy. Is Tibor still with you Peter?

nice

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Padma , great video, i have one tree that I can do this on , I will remove all but a few and see how she go's, question will the leaves recover this year ? Thank you

Great topic, great video Padmapriya....I was wondering, when is the best time to defoliate? Even though its early/almost mid summer here in the states, ( June 28th) My Tridents are still shooting small leaves, and all three trees have just went through their first real wiring. SO.. with the days around 32-35°, and them being wired about a few weeks ago, I am worried first, that this would be too much stress, and two, if its the right time. I always thought early to mid summer was the right time, but seeing that my trees may be stressed already, I might not try this this year. I haven't had the nerve to try this ever, so far.

That guys in call of duty!

Quote of the day...."Listen to the advice of other people, then make a decision of my own, and then live with the consequences of that..." My collection is a living testament to my mistakes....LOL

So did the second set of leaves come in the same season? Is there a video of what it came out like?

Thank you master Chan and padmapriya's for such great information to take forward. May I ask master Chan if I could buy a english elm cutting from you to go with my conker and oak cuttings? Many thanks

I always thought it was best to cut leaves off as close to the node as possible. Does it really helps to leave such long stalks?

Bonsai 👍🚴🇱🇰

Nice Leg Tatt / Arm Tatt - #Ancient #Technique

Hey Padmapriya, I am not sure about the feeding part you mention at the end. If you feed the tree before the growth has hardened, in my experience, the only thing you get is longer internodes thus rendering part of the defoliation pointless. Could you please check that out? I might be completely off.

Great video. Love the info as always. I did this to my shin deshojo but it was during maybe late july last year because all the leaves were burning off. It must have been too late to do this process and none of the leaves came back that year. This year the tree is doing great. I do hear though that this process shouldnt be done all the time because it weakens the tree. Whats ur thoughts on this peter? And when would u say is the very best time of the year to do this?

🙏Peter

Hallo,my question is, when is the time of the year you do this? Thank you

Maybe you can help me. I may have ruined my ficuses. They are around 50 years old ficus benjamina, inherited from my late father. I found them too large, so I trunk-chopped all three, two times. The first time 2 of them sprouted new branches, almost like a knotted willow. A year later I found them too large still, so I chopped them again last fall 2021. All chops were done under branches. I also root chopped them and placed them in less tall pots, more like a large bowl. I did that in spring 2021. Now it's summer '22 and still no branches. I've tried a few cuts on the bark early spring and nothing. I do have several strange little knobs on the trunk, almost like warts. Are those maybe the start of branches? Am I too impatient? Thank you.

It’s was a great demonstration but the wind chimes are drowning him out.

Couldn't hear a thing with those annoying wind chimes.

When you have so many beautiful bonsai you don’t need matching shoes I guess?

its possible to visit your location and garden ?

Is there flooding in your area?

🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹Well done pad!!!!! Lovely voice,

Hello, can we defoliate Ginkgo ? 🤔

What's the species of this Maple?

Reminds me of Steve Irwin when he talks about animals

Hi Peter and all staff. I have a question I hope you can help with as I know you are fond of picaea glauca. I have a picaea glauca daisy white that I have made into a bonsai about 4 weeks ago. I have noticed in the last few days some browning of the ends of the needles particularly around the crown. It has new growth and fresh buds, seems to be healthy otherwise. Is this due to sun scorching or possibly due to the vast amount of rain we have had in Kent in the past few weeks, perhaps it is overwatered??

Curious as to how Padma go this name - it's a very South Asian name!

No entendí nin vergas pero ese viejito es el miyagui del bonsai

Herons how old are you and how old are you doing bonsai

Come on, how many of you tuned in thinking that Padmapriya was a serious Maple disease? Well presented!

It's very difficult to understand someone who is whispering when there are chimes clanging and wind blowing if you're not wearing a mic.

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Over powered by the wind chimes. I can't continue to watch this video. The chimes pierces the ears. Sorry a thumbs down from me based on that.

How come a man with name Padma priya....... It is a name for woman..... Should admit he got skills