Peter, I can’t remember how I stumbled across an image of your twin trunk maple, but it happen about 1990ish. That tree has been the absolute source of inspiration for me and my journey in bonsai. I bought Bonsai Master Class not long after discovering the tree and have been following you and learning from you ever since. I can’t thank you enough for your wisdom and inspiration! I am also so thankful that you are using social media to teach others for free. I hope to make a trip across The Pond and visit your wonderful place. Thank you So Much!

Peter, I'd love to visit your nursery so much! I am only 16 years old but I love what you do, keep it up!

when the handle comes off XD

Agricultural carpentry....lol.....love my mornings with Peter....thank you ...always learn something...

Even though the work on that tree set my teeth on edge,(tree root dentistry) it's so amazing to watch the tree's character emerge.Bonsai has always fascinated me but being a scaredy cat pruner, I have never attempted any of it over the decades I have gardened. Thank you for all the detail you show, Mr Chan.I could watch all night and sometimes do.Stay well.Kaye in Australia.

I do really enjoy the walk through the nursery. I love seeing what you can do with bonsai trees.👧💖💖

What a great video series! Your way of thinking aloud while becoming one with the tree is about as close to being there as I can imagine.

Was just watching your recently uploaded field work video, big fan 🙏. Thank you for guiding us always 👍

I know nothing about bonsai but to me this is a stunning tree. So much character! Remember this from your other video👍

So generous, so enriching. Thank you.

I love seeing the follow up video of this tree can't wait until next year for the next update

Thanks for sharing your knowledge Peter!

A broken axe handle for a beautiful future beast of a maple bonsai 😂😂. Well done Peter and team, splendid work shaping and growing that beast. cant wait for the next one and stay safe to all.. cheers.

PETER, i have 2 american larch trees that have the start of twin trunks style,, they are rescue trees that were repetedly mowed over by the road crews, and were in danger in of being destroyed when the road was widend, i dug them and many other trees up to replant in the forest for the county and was able to keep some trees as payment for my work,, thank you for the ideas on diffrent styles for my trees,, be strong, be safe, be free and be blessed

Thanks Mister Chan for your Information! You have brought me into Bonsai and teaches me how to do it!

Great video Peter. Thank you

a battery powered reciprocating saw would be a great help with this

Always love watching your videos. Pretty new to the hobby of Bonsai. I learn so much from your channel! ❤

I love this guy! Love his manner of speaking.

That tree just wanted to grow into a big tree. Amazing how it grew so much despite being in such cramped conditions. I love the trunk of that tree. It looks so old and weather worn. Would love to have it in my garden.

I just watched the previous video where this maple was put into this japanese clay pot, now I get to see you do the next step, very cool 😎

Got your bible last week, I love it, going to need an autograph now! Someday 🤞😄

Oh yeah, the haunted tree. Love that one

This is an oddly satisfying watch. Incredible how thick the root was!

I really like these large bonsai. 🌿🌿🌿🌱🌱🌱☘️☘️🌴🌴

Now that's a cart. I'm using a hand cart. For smaller trees I use a luggage hand cart. Haven't tipped over yet.

For the thick roots, why break your back. Get a reciprocating saw to remove the big roots. Disposable blades that you just get rid of and the job is done and the extra blades are cheap.

My gad beautiful work and I learn so much thank

Have you considered using a small adze to chop away large pieces of root and branch stubs? They are used by shipwrights and are very good at the job of wood shaping. Thanks for the video - nice to see a catch up on previous work.

Really enjoying learning about the art of bonsai from your very informative videos. Would be keen to know whether in your vast array of videos there is one how to plant an air-layered cutting for the first time. Cheers from New Zealand

Thank you

I have a set of chisels exactly that same, Stanley tools made a few decades ago here in Sheffield!!

Wow. I’ve just realized how much I’ve learned over the past few years. For once I understood what you were doing as you were doing it every step of the way Even understanding your terminology. (Except Eno or Uni .. I’ll watch again) Thank you so much for the wonderful education.

Beautiful twin trunk style..

Y’all need an air chisel:) man I love that tree.

I was waiting for the axe to come out! Just shows what can be done with a limited range of tools.

Is there a third video on this tree i love this tree, what a beautiful large trunk, it would look amazing with a full canopy

i would buy them in a heartbeat if it was possible. the beauty is astounding

Eye protection and Gloves!

Thank you....🙏 😔 🙏 🎄🙏 🖖 🙏 😔 🙏 🙏 🙏 🎄

HI Pete!! Can you please give us a time reference when you start a video ? Thank you

Oohh at 6.59 I thought maybe he impaled his face , I saw after that he’s ok. that’s going to make a beautiful bonsai Take care Rob

I think that trolley will benefit from a little oil! 😁

When I see yall working on that fat root I can't help but think a Sawzall may help in this scenario.

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Always nice to see some "old friends" again ☺️ Would be nice to get another update in summer ☺️🍁I also find the twin trunk style really beautiful. Had to laugh when the axe broke. 😂 Do I need to fear you popping in with a flamethrower someday? 😁😁

Namste sir ! 🙏

14:34 LOL

I can't wait for that twin trunk maple reportting video.

16:30- 32- the characteristic you develop being into Bonsai.

Please put a glove on your left hand when using a chisel Peter 😝

Do you intentionally add moss to your pot tops or does that just happen over time in your nursery?

Hello from Toronto, Canada - I dare say that you might do something about the audio or perhaps the way in which you face the camera so that the mic picks up the audio better at times.

Hitting the ax head with a hardened steel hammer could cause a chip to break off the hammer and possibly embed itself in your lip, er my lip, as that hammer did to me many years ago! Use a small sledge instead. You may want to wear a face shield or googles, at least.

Peter...you just can’t be sure what grows under the soil can you!! Especially if it’s grown for years without checking the roots.. I agree I like the split trunks too!! Thanks for sharing .

OMG it did survive, still I wonder if they could talk, they wouldn’t say...stop torturing me

How dod you get the hatchet head out after the handle broke off?

Hi Team Heron, when would the best time of the year be to do this kind of work on a field grown tree?

That split trunk maple is probably one of the most amazing trees ive ever seen, real nice job

would flat cutting the entire width with a chain saw be too radical?

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Can I repot a mikawa maple i just bought. it is may 18 and not sure if its too late to do so.

Is this a split trunk maple???

4 years too late but I think an adze would've been perfect for hacking chunks of the giant root off 😂

The tree on 29:05 looks like someone is upside down with his head under the dirt xD

Peter have you bought a new camera, the picture quality and sound was superb?

You need a reciprocating saw

Do you have any photos of these trees from when you first got them in the 70s?

Peter an angle grinder would do the trick in 5” more safely than hacking away with a chisel imho. Please don’t use a chisel to apply leverage is temper steel not designed for that use.. its rather dangerous

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Do yourself a favor and go to, "Herons bonsai: Bonsai From Field Grown Material". You will NOT be disappointed. My favorite is the massive beast at 16:00 time marker! Cheers, Dick from Vancouver.

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Is a acer Japanese maple a mountain maple?

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Axe was the best:))) There is one tool and is call chainsaw:)))

"Fary-tail Style Bonsai" - Walter Pall claims to have 'invented' it, but he probably only identified it.

14:34 :)

Show those roots whose boss

Eye protection my god man if a chard came off the hammer or the ax? WOW!!!

I love it when Peter calls almost every tree "my famous x tree"... Does he know what the the word famous means? 😂

The guy with the saw is gonna injure himself eventually i can guarantee it... wear protections...

Pleas buy an reciprocating saw is is so much faster and a cleaner cut. Now all the new roots break by chopping the thick roots. And a clean cut is better for the three. This looks verry cheap, but it isnt. You stand there with 4 people.

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1:05 The worst possible sound in the world. WARNING

Considering you have had the "split trunk" maple since 1974 the ramification is poor

U seem 2 fudge your way through it.. Gd entertainment.😀

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