Peter is like a mad scientist of a bonsai.. love it!

I must say you have incredible staff.

You taught me to be bold. So much better now. Thank you.

I became facinated with bonsai, when recuperating in a Tokyo hospital, during the Vietnam war. Over the years, I've tried my hand at it, but it wasn't until I discovered Peter on KZfaq, that I finally got some really satisfying results. Thank you, Peter.

Anybody else feel like a 10mins tea break after all that hard work. ☕️😂

"We do it for more fun than anything else." Using a backhoe... for fun! I would like to see their idea of work... Great video! I love his humor!

A pitchfork as a rootrake A fencepost as a chopstick Now this is some XL bonsai😂

Watching this is some sort of meditation

Hi Peter, when possible, can we have a update or a video on how you will turn them into bonsai. Completely mesmerising stuff. Thanks for sharing.

I am enjoying binge watching your videos, thanks for all your hard work in producing the videos!

Rotted leaf mould, gardeners gold. Can't believe how these trees can take this treatment and not only survive, but thrive. Talk about resilient. We can learn a lot from nature.

So relaxing watching you all do your work! Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

Thanks for sharing this, really enjoyed it

Thank you for sharing. I'm looking forward to see you caring and working on these Taxus, Mr Chan.

Woohooo..been waiting for this video, i would probably be like a kid in a toy store if i were there..i want them all 😇😂. More updates on those trees please Peter.. can't wait for the next one.. stay safe to all and cheers.

I'm learning so much from your videos Peter, thank you.

22:31 using a fence post instead of a chopstick 💜

Loved it Peter....recycle and reuse....my way of doing things....

Great video gents love the hat peter😁❤️

I could have used a machine like that when I dug out my sister's podacarpus. Took me a couple of hours. And another couple of hours to trim the roots with a reciprocating saw. Thank you all for this very interesting video.

You fellas are fantastic - Hands down! Great work.

Very interesting to see thos process! The people that complain that bonsais are too expemsive should see this video to understand all the hard work behind just one tree!

Supreme job of your staff! Hats off to him

I really enjoy your videos, thanks for sharing!!!

Heavy machinery and gigantic trees 😳👏✨✨

Okay I'll go to backyard of my house and dig some tree for my bonsai! Oh yeah!

I'm so inspired by you and your team. My neighbor is putting in a pool and they dug up a Japanese maple that's 20 inches in circumference. I've salvaged it and will be cutting back the roots and planting in a mix of my compost, pine bark and sphagnum moss. I'm crossing my fingers as the stump has been sitting out in their yard for several days.

Thank you sir. This video was very helpful and full of answers for my questions. I'm really appreciate it.

Been digging up and potting forsythia bushes from next door. Incredibly exciting to see what these trees can handle.

Encouraging jobs, Herons Bonsai team!!!

The serene art of bonsai XD

Wow. So much work to be done but fair play to you and your team. I've my fingers crossed I can get over in September for a class and to take in your beautiful home and garden.

So much dedicated workers you have. Thanks Sir for sharing your experiences. Anil From Bangalore

this is full of great info. and timely as well. left a like

Wow hard work.

Wow amazing video, thanks for shar🌵🌳🌲💙🌞🙏

I can confirm that using one of these diggers is great fun! 😁😷

Musicians in an orchestra! It is great fun to watch and hear.

Back hoe Bonsai. That’s the style I love. Wonderful.

The saws are great

Super wow........my salute to all of you.....a very easy move of a master.....wowwwwww......

Amazing trees peter! I just recently dug up 3 Red Maples(Acer rubrum) and posted them on my channel too. they aren’t nearly as big as most of the trees in your video. I wish I had an actual plot of land I could grow more trees out on. the method I used for the Red maples was taken from one of your books, the title was Bonsai but I don’t recall which one it was. That book has a really good section on both growing from seeds and field growing. Also not sure if you remember but I had asked about the method of developing seedlings from your book Bonsai Masterclass as to how you develop a seedling within a pot with yearly pruning in the spring. Love your videos Peter, excited for possibly spending some time learning from you in the future. :)

The world of different ideas 🌱

Good to have hard workers. 😀😀😀😀

“I’m not as stupid as some of you may think!” 🤣🤣🤣 Peter is the man.

Lovely yew raw material. I shall come and have a look at them after the lockdown is lifted!

I shall have lot more confidence. When trees and shrubs have to be relocated having watched this

Would love to see some videos on your compost process!

Wonderful stuff. I'd really love to see how the tree has progressed.

The only persons that think you or what you are doing is stupid, are the ignorant ones. They do not know, nor do they try to understand; which equals ignorance. You teach, we learn. Thank-you.

Good to make the environment fresh, youthful medicine

I love your videos, unfortunately in Australia we can't import trees and plants etc, so we don't get alot of the great bonsais here... We have to grow from the rare seed or small yamadori..

at 10:50, that's a hell of a root rake :-) . steve.

20:55 my kid's pool was smaller than your pot :D :D

Very interesting indeed. Would you please help me with 2 questions? a) Can you do several SIMULTANEOUS airlayers on the same tree. b) Once the airlayer has been separated, how soon can styling work begin? Thank you.

Trying not to hurt a tree while pushing it with a backhoe is like a one armed tuna clapping while riding a bicycle.

Ty

Sounds like a drinking game, if that's your thing? Take a drink at "Airlayer". Thanks for the video and time you put in Mr Chan.

Peter we don't think you're stupid. You rock! Keep up these cool vids :thumbs-up:

Was there another update to the large tree they potted after this?

How long did it take for the air layering process on that big tree 42:51?

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I have a lot of questions about the cutting!.......I’m a master quilter.. It’s like buying top quality 100%. cotton, and cutting it all ,in many hundreds of pieces , but the results after sewing it together with a pattern , produces a wonderful piece of Art

wow again

Beautiful at 20:00. I'd love to see the updates.

This is my kind of bonsai lol. Small excavator for repotting

38:39 Do you have a video on removing a branch that has been infused with the trunk? I would like to know how that's done. Thank you!

intéressant

It would be nice to see the vegetables you grow, perhaps fruit trees if you have any... I have high expectations, the bonsai are magnificent so I would guess that so is everything else you produce. 👍

illuminating video. It looks like fun. Doctors tending healthy Trees...Hygeia, the Goddess of Health would approve

at 22:25, that's a hell of a chop stick :-) . steve.

Maybe if you dry out that stump wood slowly it might not split? It would make such a beautiful table top.

So is it best to leave most of the clay when its dug out and potted for the first time? I am getting a huge trident maple dug up.

I had two yew trees that were forest collected. I root pruned them too aggressively last year probably too late, and they died. Super bummed

Interesting! The trees potted with normal compost how often do you water them?

In min 24th I notice you said this is the forth day but you show us three finger. But it was really giant video. Well done

You have a big field, how many hectares you have?

Rather jealous of that pile of chippings [mulch]... could so use it right now - okay, maybe, after it has aged a bit. :)

How do you cut back a maple grown in the field without it dying back?

Felt nervous for the ground man. That bucket can swing the wrong way just once.

Peter, you need a battery sawzaw.

HELLO! :)

I used one of those chippers for my next door neighbour.

22:15 enter the big mans chopstick

How much would one of the "pre-trained" Yews be?

dis-believable : they did not use electric chainsaw to cut some of the dug out roots!!! (the man was struggling to have them removed, I think would have been much clean cut and nicely rounded) enjoyable though!

That is beautiful wood. Cant those areas, voids be filled with a polymer or resin. That is just to beautiful to not make a table top.

Did you cut off this beautiful old tree ? Or something happened to the trunk and you had to remove it ?

There is some long ones this side, give him chance he has not got there yet

Please get a hairy BT mic for your lapel so we can hear you!

I wonder what happened to this tree? 21:52

Am i the only one amused by the number of times peter touched the camera lense

It make me wish I had 5 acres of land and a backhoe!!!!

Suppose this how we do it in the backyard...

if those are anything like pacific yew you'll want to wash your hands and tools afterwards, the sap and just about everything else on them is very toxic.

Dude, a suggestion. Buy a battery-powered electric saw. You will save absurd time.

there asking a lot from that digger driver

14:24 - Creating Large Bonsai Anyone remember/recognise? Maybe I'm totally off.

Fargo

It killed be when he used a mulch shovel to try and cut the roots