I love how Peter's semblance of time is so broad. "Maybe 5-10 years.." He seems like a wizard guardian of his forest, unbound by years and time. Love it!!

I am a biologist, and I can say that the idea of a tree getting stronger by letting it have these periods of unchecked growth makes a lot of sense from a biological perspective.

In thought bonsai were expert knowledge. Then I discovered Peter Chan. And now I have bonsai I have made from scratch in 6 months. They won't win any prizes, but they are made by me and they add to my happiness. Thank you Peter Chan.

I like the comparison, "Going to a party every day." I laughed!

Each year i chose a tree, that i cut back constantly, to enjoy his beauty for the whole growing season. The following year i let him grow free again to recover. Works pretty good.

The collection of these trees is just spectacular! Absolutely beautiful. I can only hope that the trees I'm growing will someday look as stunning. Thank you for sharing your trees and tips with us!

How can there be bad comments Peter? You are a bonsai master, I leave my tree's till later in the year so all the nutrients transfer down to the roots then trim. There is always wisdom in experience, you have more books on bonsai than most folk have trees, dont concern yourself with negative people 👌

Maples are my favourite without doubt

I love the way you experiment with your trees. And you are right, what works for you might not work for another. Do what is right you and you will always feel good about what you are doing.

We receive hints, and 'secret methods' that simply can't be found other places. Thank you so much.

I'm a botany student at University and allowing the tree to have a period of full growth makes perfect sense in regard to growing stronger trees. Like you said the leaves are how the trees convert sunlight to energy. More leaves = more energy for growth and storage for winter.

Thank you for all your videos. If you take requests I’d like to see you put a tree in moss and remove a tree that has been in moss. I want to use moss to strengthen my trees but I am not 100% sure what you are doing or how best to do it. Appreciate your channel!

Mr.Chan! You have inspired me beyond belief with your videos and books, I have binge watched all your videos numerous times, and have just recently started trying to do my own bonsais Thank you for being such a legend in the art of bonsai and making it seem so obtainable

I agree, this is the way to get healthy trees. Let it go crazy during the growing season with maybe two trims for shape. Hard prune after leaf drop to get your branches where you want them. Excellent video as always. Thank you!

Dear Peter , we are very lucky . your video's are as prolific as your beautiful trees, After a hard days work i look forward to nothing more than the viewing your latest video.

I agree with you on your method of letting them grow unchecked and then pruning.

Dear Peter , i don t understand you get bad comments . So much love you give . Thanks 4 the secrets 🌳💚🌳

best shirt yet

The Maple is so amazing.

Stunning trees.

It took me a while to realise that this growing method is more beneficial for my plants. I was trying too hard in the beginnings of this hobby and it showed in how my plants were not doing very good!!

7:20 "So, I do give them a holiday, by releasing it in moss." Good line. Always thinking roots.

Thanks so much for stepping up the audio quality Sir.

Some good advice and nice video. Like the ending too showing off the trees one last time.

Thanks for sharing this information.

I love the forest bonsai especially seeing what it has become and what it came from

Greetings from Canada. I learn something from you every video!

I always learn something new by watching your videos. Thank you Peter.

What great advice. I’m just going back through all your videos watching them again. I never get tired of watching you work. I’m looking forward to Spring when I can start work on my projects. I will be buying a nice big bag of moss from the garden centre!

I adore these sort of maples and appreciate how well you're keeping it.

Always looking forward to your new videos.. thank you .

Beautiful collection Peter, I also let my bonsai in larger and deeper pot just for their health sake. thx for sharing and can't wait for the next one.

Another master class. Loving your summer shirt collection mr chan. U the man😊

I always feel so inspired after your videos

Super, that’s really great and Informative. I love your garden!Thank You

I really look forward to your videos.

Very impressive trees, Peter. Totally agree with your theory. Thanks for sharing 😊

Love your work Peter, you inspired me to love Bonsai

I just started growing my first tree and I think your videos are great..thank you for all you great videos and knowledge

Thank you Peter, because of you I've experimented with so much bonsai and had a lot of success.

Wise thoughts, much appreciated 😀

Thanks Peter, now i know how to grow my little bonsai big and strong!

Beautiful work my guy!

My friend and I got our first air layer last night, Arborvitae in sphagnum Peet instead of proper moss even. Got it separated and put in some proper Canadian sphagnum. Thanks Peter, so excited!

Sir...please keep your videos little long...We love to see you and learn from you.Thank U!!!

Excellent video as always 👍. I've not pruned some of my bonsai for months and will not be pruning them until next spring ☺️

This is the right way.

Very beautiful trees. Thank you for sharing the video.

I totally agree with that method. We call it the "wild method". Letting the tree grow wild to become healtheir for the next defoliation, pruning and wiring. The branches become more matured and not susceptible to dieback when wired.

You make me love the bonsai plant you really know your stuff you are full of knowledge you are blessed in many ways thank you

Thanks again from Derbyshire.

Very interesting to see. Wish i had as much knowledge.

Master Chan!

Thank you for all these videos and tips. Much appreciated. @heronbonsai

This advice is good, I have been doing this for years, granted it was because I became lazy and did not trim my trees all the time. I found out that trees that I really kept in shape did not seem as healthy as the ones I just did not have time to do trimming. Also I use the Japanese training pots, which basically have mesh bottoms and they look decent but allow the roots to grow better.

I did this without realising, I bought a very young juniper as my first bonsai in March, wired it, cut off unnecessary branches and to be honest I did not have a clue what to do with it! By mid June it started to turn back into a Bush. I went at it pruning the the best I thought (I have watched many of your videos!!) And out emerged a healthy looking Juniper with strong branches which hold their shape

Hello from Ireland, I love seeing your new videos pop up, thank you for sharing your knowledge, I really appreciate it, I will come visit your nursery sometime:)

Hi Peter, I remember how that maple over the rock was struggling and the sphagnum moss has really brought it back, no doubt the green house humidity really helped too (its my favourite tree on the nursery). Great to see! Look forward to seeing you again soon, give my best to everyone. Cheers Johnny.

What id give for any one of the cuttings,...lol. Thanks for all you do for your forever growing bonsai family... Please Stay healthy, love from Vegas

Nice Basic pruning job on the Korean Hornbeam tree, and i totally agree with you about using large Bonsai pots in relation to the canopy of the Bonsai tree . A lot of the video that i viewed are spoiled by the small Bonsai pots are not in scale with the canopy of the tree in my view.

Wow, these are beautiful.

Gracias por los consejos Maestro

I wanted to say you're such a cool dude and a wealth of information. I really enjoy your videos 👍🌲

I Love the little Forests

What a Maple how i wish i could afford it, Peter your videos are getting better every time.

Working on a ficus bonsai I’ve had about 3 years. I let it grow crazy in the summer outdoors in a much larger pot, then trim it back nicely in the early fall, so I can enjoy it over the next 8 months indoors. I can’t wait to shape it in September. That’s the best part. I adopted a red select Japanese maple which I just potted, and a few days ago I found an oak sapling growing under a bush in my yard. Can’t wait to see those develop. The Oak is too small to even figure out what kind it is yet.

Thank you for the info about the difference between Korean and Japanese Hornbeam. Little did a know, but got more wise.

i did the same last year ... you are true ... tree is much stronger

Just Beautiful

Good lord the base of that tree is awesome.

i loved maple tree sir.😊

how nice you are Mr peter, beautiful spirit :)

Makes a lot of sense.

I've been having some trouble with my bougainvillea in regard to vigor... But, I've been keeping it shaped. I will try letting the shoots grow a bit and see if that helps! Thank you so much for your kind wisdom!

Beautiful

You are the best

I like the jazz piano at the end, reminds me of Charlie Brown.

Magnificent bonsai with its strong growth and a pruning perfect that has left precious, very beautiful. Thank you, Teacher, for sharing this video. Greetings from Barcelona👌😊

It should be said that the Japanese often under pot for showing and then put into a larger pot once the show has finished. For trees in development it is good to build vigour by letting them grow long. As a tree approaches refinement, the branches are well ramified and the pot is filled with roots and growth slows considerably allowing a neat image to last a long time without much pruning. In this case there is such a thing as too much vigour, a big pot and long extensions would destroy all the fine ramification that has taken decades to build.

I think you did it perfectly right

I will plant sickly trees back in the ground for a season, works very well to restore vigor and put on some trunk size.

Just had to do an emergency repot, put one of my dwarf Alberta Spruce in a spagnum moss potting, it's turning brown on all it's branches, soil looked very damp, hope it doesn't die. Thanks again for another great video, think I will create a rock garden and put my trees in the ground to develop, with 40 plus trees plus a couple dozen babies, it keeps me busy taking care of them but what better way to spend a sunny evening in the PNW. Thanks again for another great video and as always more food for thought on keeping healthy trees.

Hi Peter. I love your helpful videos. This time of year it rains a lot and it seems my pots and soil stay wet. I worry it may cause root rot. Any ideas or tips. Thank you.

Peter" This is Beautiful !! :-) In Awe

You spoil us rotten, Peter!

This is the way.

I’ve enjoyed learning from your videos. I decided to start with two clearance Japanese maples from a big box store (Acer Japonés Tamukeyama and Acer palmatum var. dissectum 'Crimson Queen'). I don’t need them to be small. I like the larger patio-sized bonsai, like your larger examples. Toward what bonsai style should one aim in weeping/cascading varieties of Japanese maples? The pruning videos for maples all use a variation of the upright style, which seems ill suited for these varieties. I can’t find any pictures of bonsai of this type or other guidance for cascading varieties of maples. Could you do a video on this type?

Thanx again for the instructive videos. I have several maples in pots pinned to the ground. It is my hope to bolster the trunks this way. Can you get equal or better results in these training trays grown in sphagnum?

Peter, you need to do a video on how you pick your beautiful shirts 😂😂

Peter, excellent video! Do spruces do well in moss? I have a spruce tree that is not vigorous. It is about 25 years old and this year it did no have as many new buds/candles as it has in the past. I was thinking that next Spring might be a good time to report. What do you think?

make a video on the moss compound you put your maple tree in please

My only 'complaint' is it is hard to see how you are shaping when there is green on green. A backdrop would help!

Maybe it depends on the type of tree youre working on. Constant pruning by pinching on a mint julep produces tight and compact foliages like a shimpaku as ive observed.

Thank you Peter. I noticed in this video and others that when trimming you seem to cut the thicker branches further back than the thinner ones; why is this please?

Peter, When, and how often, do you perform structural pruning as opposed to the profile pruning you skillfully demonstrated? Thanks

I recently picked up a 15-16-year-old Chinese elm bonsai because I wanted to start with a beginner-friendly tree. I think that I'm going to prune quite a bit so I can increase ramification and branch density in my tree. Would this be a good idea or should I stick with this method? Edit: I realized that I didn't make it too clear but I want to let the small branches that come off of the main one to grow to 6 nodes (so that the wood sets) and then prune back to 2-3 nodes to promote back budding.

When you say you put your maple in moss, does that mean you plant it entirely in moss (peat?) instead of soil? For how long would you do that, and what would be the signal that it would benefit from that?

How often do you fertilize Japanese maples ?And what type y’all use?

Dear sir, when you put it back in bonsai pot, do you cut the roots as well ? Thank you

Can you do a video of root pruning a jade?