Bonsai Made Easy - DIY Juniper Procumbens

[@IntrinsicRoots]

“Life is not a race, you’re not in competition with anyone” Zen teaching of the day ladies and gents ☯️

[@NanoTLG]

You are like the Chinese version of Bob Ross , calm voice, great explanations. What you do is like the best thing that can happen for bonsai. Keep it up.

[@richardburton7604]

I love this.

[@johnlinehan9053]

Exactly, I fall asleep and end up having to watch the video over again.

[@rietzhu]

You people are weird but weird is hard to define. 🤷‍♂️ I would have went with miyagi tho, better analogy tbh.

[@christophermori6598]

I too, admire Peter Chan very much. Philosophy lessons, working along side with nature, while learning about Bonsai, Peter Chan is a real gentleman. Thank you, Peter. 24:16

[@DarylAW]

Master Chan, to our untrained eyes everything you do is Magic.

[@ivanmoreno6894]

Not all people have capacity to teach like that,and not all people like to teach. Respect for all you do.

[@peterchan3100]

I think I may have told you that when I couldnt get a job after graduating from IIT- Kharagpur (that very prestigious Institute from where all great people come from)- I was offered a job as a lecturer but I turned it down. The rest as they say is history.

[@haroldLangseth]

Perfect timing Peter! I just started working on my first cascade Juniper several days ago. Today I was in need of making several major decisions and you just showed me exactly what I needed to do. I start every morning out with a cup of coffee and one of your videos. When my wife wakes up she will ask how Peter is doing and I always say he is amazing. I so appreciate having you in my life Peter.

[@donnanelson9181]

One of the most enlightening things I learned from your videos is to let the tree dictate it’s design, rather than try to make it into your idea of what you want it to look like. That was a game changer for me.

[@richardh5983]

Master Chen, you make my heart smile, I'm a disabled veteran and I've been trying to find a "Bonsai" to purchase as I know my time here is short and I want a fully grown one to enjoy now. You give me hope such a beautiful thing exist for me to find, God bless

[@saeklin]

Today I got a little garden store juniper nana just like these to be my first foray into bonsai, and this video taught me a lot. Thanks

[@FORCESergio1]

I love these types of videos, there are so relaxing. Greetings from Germany

[@isaachemson3065]

absolutely phenomenal, thanks so much for being so considerate in the execution of this video ensuring us to see exactly what is going on. I took up bonsai work from accidentally stumbling across your videos only two weeks ago when i visited my local bunnings (Australian outdoors shop) all they had left was juniper procumbens and I didn't purchase one as their thick foliage was intimidating for a beginner and I also didn't think they were the "traditional" juniper species to use for bonsai, but not only have you shown me I certainly can use juniper procumbens but exactly how to do it. thanks for the effort you put into this video and your channel. you're the bob ross of bonsai my friend

[@JB.SnwMn1]

This is bang on👌🏼

[@alecfoster7711]

How has your bonsai journey been?

[@dandelionbomb]

I started my bonsai adventure by working on a farm pruning blueberry bushes. The manager spoke a little English and I speak a little Spanish. He always said, "If a branch bothers you, cut it." Seems this transfers to bonsai nicely.

[@w.a.i.l4523]

That's so cool lol

[@sophiebell4758]

I started my Bonsai adventure With my First very own plant, wich was a blueberry :) Its still in Training, but it Made Huge Progress :)

[@apriliaric]

I'm loving the gentle approach that Master Peter Chan brings his love of all bonsai and makes them accessible to all.... And affordable...

[@smack09]

Im a strong believer that bonsai dont have to cost a thing to enjoy.

[@apriliaric]

@@smack09 exactly that...

[@noemibors9379]

Besides the content, somehow I really like the almost amateur cinematography of these videos. On one hand, he's really cute when he's checking if the camera can see the tree from the right angle, when there are so techniques to do it better... :) On the other hand, I always feel like I'm right there with him, like he's talking straight to me. These videos are so honest and simple, you can't help but love them.

[@deborahlee1072]

Wonderful transformation 🤩. It seems as though learning Bonsai is a perfect way to cultivate a person’s decision making process.

[@peterchan3100]

I teach some Management consultants 'problem solving' using this type of material at some of my workshops - Dont ask how much they pay me for that !!

[@deborahlee1072]

Perfect! You’re priceless!

[@Happy_Buddah_Bonsai_UK]

Your KZbin lessons are the GOAT 🐐 Greatest Of All Time 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻💚

[@kcbertin4777]

Dearest Mr. Chan, thank you so much for making these videos. I have spent the last 3 weeks watching nearly every video on your channel. I love them all and love you. I am so grateful to have found you.

[@guyjohnson8591]

I enjoy watching you do so minny deferent kinds of trees and stiles and pots I have learned a lot from you and I thank you for going into details and explaining thing as you go thank you so much you are a very great teacher have a good day

[@amandamfds]

So glad I found your channel, Mr. Chan! Your artistry is amazing!

[@jjj7665]

They both look beautiful, you make it look so easy.

[@Kitty-tc3oh]

I love watching your videos! Relaxing and informative. Don't listen to the haters, you are doing a great job!)

[@shuancook9005]

Lovely cascade Mr .C 👍🌲

[@animon87]

So thankful for each of those lessons, both about bonsai styling and life in general 🙏

[@thewolfman6854]

So quick! By the time I have thought about what to do, Peter has finished!

[@roberth7054]

may your peace resonate through your love for bonsai - much respect!

[@NMGSGaming]

Well, that's another Tree to add to the shopping list. I just finished my Hinoki (which turned out very well) thanks to your previous Video. I'll have to give this one a go to, though I may get overrun with Bonsai at this rate

[@atroutflycrazy8057]

Thankyou Peter its v encouraging to see whats possible with not overly expensive starter trees. I bought a juniper procumbens about 5 yrs ago to make into bonsai , all the foliage was intimidating but i threw caution to the wind and removed over half the roots and more in foliage , and it has really turned into a quite a nice bonsai even with my v amateurish bonsai attempts.

[@commentz-1]

Perfect Mr. Peter. Best regards

[@TheAustralian1x]

I love these plants, easy to work with, always look great, and is as close to an instant bonsai as you can get, the nicest looking trees ive ever created have been junipers perfect for begginers

[@JB.SnwMn1]

The Zen master at it again! So knowledgeable these videos are so useful 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@XxAnniBunny90xX]

Bob Ross of bonsai gardening

[@andreabravo9278]

I see one of your videos totaly random and now i can't stop watching it. Bonsai always look amazing for me but also very expensive. now that i saw this videos i can't what to try to do my first bonsai and hopefully became a nice hobby for me . thank you for your knoledge.

[@monikaromanska8667]

I want to quit my employment in corporation and all my ordered big city's life and just start to be Your Bonsai art student. So simple, so calmful, so valuable!

[@peterchan3100]

You can work for me.

[@monikaromanska8667]

@@peterchan3100 I can't leave my family but if You want to start new branch of your business in UE let me know :) I'm from Poland, i have place and possibilities to become for example your droppshiping center with cheap shipping to other countries. I heard that brexit causes some issues with sending orders from UK. Thank you for your answer!

[@bartoudevoshaar4361]

Master chan. I am happy to tell you, that your videos have saved my bonsai on numerous occasions. Not only me, but my bonsai, thank you.

[@bobbijosherman2710]

They are both beautiful . I love watching you

[@lilyriff553]

Amazing transformation

[@brettstevens6592]

great video even a newbie like me can understand

[@Chercher4848]

Thank you for another master class sir. I love your encouragement & passion for teaching. As a beginner I now find myself looking under foliage & branches at the nursery for the best thick & twisty trunk I can find. 👍

[@joshhhuagarcia1890]

Good morning Peter. Another good video. Think, decide, do it and do not regret it. Making a mistake makes you learn.

[@peterchan3100]

Very often - making mistakes is the best way to learn.

[@m.a.phillips]

Thank you so much for sharing your techniques! I learned so much watching your video.

[@almac2598]

Thanks Peter. Nice starter trees.

[@colinremmer2417]

Love watching this bloke. He makes it look so easy

[@rietzhu]

The 21 dislikes are the know it all, 0 humble bonzai enthusiasts that think they know all there is to know and are set in, their ways.. This man is a legend, he doesn’t have to give this info away for free, yet he does. 👌

[@echan3230]

Again, so interesting and of course beautiful bonsaï tree 👍. Hello from 🇨🇦.

[@Leo_Arango]

You are absolutely the best! I simply love your approach because you simplify the art of bonsai creating, in a way that anybody with common sense and patience can do.

[@teagoldleaf4137]

Dear Peter, I hope you know that youtube is full of people who project their dislike of themselves and their short comings on to others. It's far worse now with covid. So please remember that when you are reading comments. Most of us are here to learn and enjoy your videos. Remember, energy goes where attention goes 💗 Thank you for your wonderful videos. ✌

[@echan3230]

100 % agree. Well Said.

[@peterchan3100]

Social media is a two edged sword - one has to be Thick skinned to survive. Jealous competitors and trolls !!

[@lissgriffin3151]

@@peterchan3100 Hello! I just discovered your videos tonight---after hearing on the Bonsai FB website that I am a member of, that all bonsai videos on KZbin are garbage. I have learned more from your videos, after just one evening of viewing, than I have learned from ANY advice on that website. I am a complete NEWBIE. I have purchased some small spruce, dwarf Japanese maple, and boxwood from a local nursery, plus I have probably 30 red maple sprouts in my vegetable garden, and to my delight, 5 Norway spruce have sprouted in my old garden, all thanks to my neighbor's generous trees. I have also sprouted 10 pin oaks from acorns that I collected from the ground at work, in the refrigerator over the winter. I look forward to your video advice along the way. ( A beautiful, already styled Juniper bonsai arrived on my porch today--just so I'd have ONE tree that was already well on it's way, to inspire me). Your videos will do the same! Thank you so much!!

[@peterchan3100]

@@lissgriffin3151 - I believe that if you do your work with a good intention and good purpose, it will be seen by most people for what it is.

[@peterchan3100]

@@lissgriffin3151 - I hope you tell them what you think of them and of me. Thanks for letting me know though.

[@carloscruz6536]

Theirs beauty in any stage of life simple is beautiful 👍👍🇵🇷

[@RobNiekel]

Thank you for your videos.. You've rekindled my love for bonsai and showed me it shouldn't cost an arm and a leg to have a few trees.

[@csasiong]

Good afternoon, Peter, from California. Thanks again for your tutorials, enjoyed this one.

[@Kwood10]

Love the cascade shape . I’m going to try it.

[@chrisp6717]

you have an amazing talent, thanks for sharing it with everyone :)

[@donnanelson9181]

I just styled this kind of Juniper and without any wiring it looks beautiful. It had a “Y” trunk and I cut the smaller part of the Y trunk and made a Jin. The larger part of the Y trunk had a wonder kind of jagged bend in it, as though it had been wired into that position, and it leans dramatically, again as though it was wired to do so. It’s one of my best bonsai to date. And I followed your directions and it looks so nice. Thank you for what you do.

[@jeepgurl1379]

I remember attending a bonsai class in 1984 and we were taught to cut the roots.😮

[@noumine]

Those are just brilliant bonsais! Thank you for this demo!

[@funnyanimalvideos79]

Love it.. bonsai cantik sekali

[@ntmodelling]

you are the Bob Ross of the bonzai

[@teagoldleaf4137]

Thanks to this video I will Bonsai!!! Can't wait 🪴

[@paul5592]

Love your videos, thank you for sharing your expertise with us!

[@andreamundt]

The cascade tree is very beautiful !

[@snowpeaky]

I've been watching a lot of your videos and all these DIY projects. Thank you for your patience and teachings. I'm going to try and start my own bonsai projects this week - once I get all the materials!

[@noumine]

I found a few of these juniper procumbens at our local garden store today at the clearance section. I bought a juniper chinensis instead but I will definitely go back tomorrow and purchase the procumbens nana. I sure hope they are still available.

[@jotaroslegs2345]

Just beautiful! So many plants I need to purchase to make these. Or at least try my hand at it. Thank you so much for the clear instructions. Now I need to get to work on my "cascade" and cut more and wire.

[@kalebrosenberg8294]

these videos are great for beginners like myself, thank you!

[@wilfswanderings]

Fantastic….very pleasing to watch…

[@davemead4504]

My favourite so far as I have a passion for procumbens juniper. Beautifully presented Peter 🙏🏻

[@Consciousnessbin]

Simple, gorgeous, insightful Thanks

[@greenreaper8663]

Excellent video. You are a true Master! Thank you!

[@teddygee7859]

Absolutely relaxing 😌

[@suniaboneham]

Every video you make is so inspiring! You are my #1 favorite KZbinr! I have to ask: you say don’t remove all the soil, which I agree with. I have bought nursery trees and while reporting them have found grubs. Is it better to completely clean off the roots and remove all grubs or safer to keep the root ball intact and not clean the roots completely to remove the grubs?

[@joedirt2862]

Too many nurseries with healthy plants for sale to settle for infested plants. Take it back, if they won't make things right with you then give them no more business.

[@peterchan3100]

Usually Vine Weevils love the peat type compost - Just get them out and destroy them.

[@suniaboneham]

Thank you both for the advice!

[@Sdravan]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge and expertise. You have my favorite bonsai channel and I wish I could participate, but alas I live in the US.

[@danny_mcduck]

thank you for this video!

[@audryscraftingchannel3597]

I also have no room but yet I still keep making starts from my cuttings 😉💙

[@phillipgarcia4581]

In So Cal the Procumbis Nana does very well with our off and on weather...

[@Th3Unsusp3ctedOn3]

These videos are so helpful!

[@Gracie2276]

I’m so glad you did a demonstration on this tree. I used to really dislike this tree because it is what I would see around as commercially produced bonsai and that was a turn off for me but recently I’ve fallen in love with them because you can do so much with it, many styles, and really experiment and get experience and it’s a really low cost investment if you accidentally overwork it and kill it. 🤪

[@vosaemify]

Rookie here. I'm completely in love with these trees.

[@bas8536]

Enjoyed it !

[@alaincouronne7194]

You are really amazing, you have a very simple mind to makes beautiful arts. Amazing amazing.

[@peterchan3100]

Be careful of the expression 'simple mind' - in English that means a person of very low IQ or a fool.

[@alaincouronne7194]

@@peterchan3100 Hi Peter, I'm so sorry I used that expression, but that's not what I meant. I wanted to say that you have a very simple and easy way of thinking of how to work with Bonsai, and that is wonderful. I have great respect for you and I admire what you do. Once again I'm sorry.

[@peterpta]

It seems to me like have channeled you. My Nana I did two weeks ago looks exactly like the first one!

[@lutanan1]

Hi I used procubens nana to make bonsia, I got small pots very chaep and unpainted I would paint the pots black. I sold them at the flea market. I used no wire. I am learning know. You are a good teacher I am going to find another procumbens I have wire now. .

[@cartman0871]

Great video sir! Thank you for sharing!!

[@yasmaniflores5188]

Wonderful mr Chan, I’m learning so much from you 🙏🏽

[@RAV...]

Wonderful, you are the Master!✌️🙂🙋‍♂️

[@tinawinget4733]

I absolutely love your videos,I was wondering why you didn’t use bonsai soil. It looked like you used the soil it came in.

[@randallmaier4036]

I’m picturing someone coming into work at Herons to discover dirt in their paperwork! It’s good to be the boss, right Peter? Great Video!

[@peterchan3100]

Of course !!

[@SaMertens]

Beautiful 🌸

[@Blaydrnnnr]

Very well done. I have 2 Procumbens junipers, I've been "experimenting" with for over a decade. ( one is 15 years in my possession, it was about 5 when I got it out of the trash from a home center ) Just this year, for the first time, I have tried to wire the oldest one, up to form a leader, and the other branches out to form pads. I don't know if it will work, but I did realize that I have literally ruined any chance of good pads to grow on the branches. I may have to just let this one go. Biggest part of what you do is learning what to see in the tree. That has always been my biggest fault in all my trees that I have.

[@peterchan3100]

Dont give up - never too late to start doing it properly. You seem to have patience which is good.

[@MF-fc5vk]

Perfect. Love this. 👌🏻

[@MidniteSan]

Gramaphones 😁 couldn't help to smile when Peter mentioned that. Thx for sharing Peter, hope to see more soon 🙏. Cheers

[@mattbrennan647]

When do you start doing root work and introduce bonsai soil ?

[@LounoirRecords]

if you can, right from the start. of course don't overdo it. never take out more than 30% of root mass at a time. even though strength in junipers comes from the foliage, so don't cut too much either :) the health of the plant is the most important part of the process. styling is like the last part in general. also please don't remove the soil it was in entirely, you'll destroy the natural bacteria and all that stuff from the roots, which the plant will absolutely hate. in short, do everything in stages :)

[@ruizhiqiu2109]

Peter, suggest it might be helpful to place the plant on a turntable. You can then work from the front and easily turn it around for us to see it from different angles. It’s actually very nice with the white wall as background.

[@peterchan3100]

Thank you - I did not think to use turntable even though we have them.

[@pervezahmed546]

Love it.

[@idavangrinsven1115]

Thank you, very helpful demo. Do you eventually take the wires off once the branches are trained in their new position?

[@MariaMartinez-jb3zn]

I’m learning so much from you..🙏🏽🙋🏻‍♀️

[@waynewayne7395]

I live in a small village out side of Vancouver and I have been looking for that kind of tree to practice with but know luck . I found a blue spruce that was small (approximately 8 inches high) this hidden under other plants they did not know they had.

[@patrickmanhattan6518]

I recently did 6 of these at home 😊

[@w.a.i.l4523]

He is so chill,I wanna be his friend 😭

[@eriknordwall1439]

Thanks for all this!

[@krystalynnx]

Wonderful! I have a question though! How often do you have to remove and rewire the branches to avoid damage to the branches? Thank you! ⭐

[@adamfairclough2538]

Grait video Peter always helpfull can u please make a video on cedrus libani starters what u sell I have 4 from u but I dont no what to do with it or any tips on them very appreciated thanks for everything peter

[@shuancook9005]

Not bad going to do some 🌲👍

[@pedroreyes5158]

Thanks you for everything .