Creating Dawn Redwood Bonsai - Part 2

[@BostonBonsaiIdiot]

Only Peter Chan can root prune AFTER potting up the tree...he’s just that good.

[@giancarlodossantos]

Pete is a wizard, he is even familiar with the magic of editing.

[@peterchan3100]

@@giancarlodossantos - I dont know how to edit but I have a video editor - she is very good but on this one - she got a bit confused so the first two clips are out of sync. We will put it right. Be patient.

[@BostonBonsaiIdiot]

@@peterchan3100 oh it really doesn’t matter to all of us who watch your videos. All the information is there and very clear as always. We’re just having a bit of fun!

[@craighunter3273]

@@peterchan3100 you don’t pay her enough

[@peterchan3100]

@@craighunter3273 Dont give her ideas. Ha Ha.

[@JoeCangelosi-e3r]

Powerful, bold, wild styling ! “No slight of hand “ !

[@lonnieatk9120]

I love your big trees the most. There is such a presence of a large tree. Much like a large painting or a large photograph.

[@TinaWells143]

I know my husband thinks I am crazy but just as he can watch lots of videos on tools I can watch a lot on plants 🪴. I have a few that I want to play with when we get into spring as we are in CA in the US and it is cold right now. Anyway I watch your videos when I am crocheting, doing dishes, relaxing.... and my mom is staying with me right now after her arm broke because of her cancer, I started playing her your videos and she is hooked, she stayed up til 2:30am the other day watching them and she is usually in bed @9pm. So thank you for sharing your talent/hobby/passion with all of us.

[@paullill5604]

Week 40 of Sunday breakfast with Peter Yeah 40 weeks of waking up and having a great start to the day thanks again for the Sunday and mid week uploads you have been treating us all too, your a true hero to all your subscribers. Is there going to be a part 3 ? or can you just show us your final product on a future video please Stay well Stay safe

[@peterchan3100]

Every video is a new part - but Yes- I will do a catch up or Follow up, unless of course the tree is sold.

[@jaredmccoach1217]

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[@bighurt7577]

Wonderful tree Peter. Thanks for mentioning Louisiana and our Bald Cypress. We go out in the swamp and collect huge trees along with smaller ones also southern red maple. Easy forest planting in just a few years.

[@hornebee1]

I’m with ya on that. I live about 10 minutes from Cypress Lake in north western Louisiana.

[@bighurt7577]

@@hornebee1 I'm down in New Orleans and we collect in a few places. I could never keep any of my large trees bc everyone wanted 2 buy them. My son and I collected a huge one that I'm keeping and been developing the past few years and it's coming along great. Are you on Facebook or instagram ?

[@mortisnoctu]

Epic!

[@cartwheel406]

7 in the morning and I’m watching Peter tease roots!

[@letmebereal]

Nice to know no need for special soil. Love Dawn Redwoods. Also like that you place them in decent sized pots.

[@NemesisDCS]

Learning loads from Peter and next year sometime im going to have to take a trip down to him but long drive from Yorkshire but to come home with a Peter built tree we'll will be worth it

[@MidniteSan]

Woohoo..my second favorite tree after maples. What a specimen indeed Peter, bravo. Can't wait for the 3rd part of the video, and about bald Cypress too..Cheers.

[@samanthagruwell8994]

I love Dawn Redwood.... have one growing from seedling. It's already 2-3 feet

[@mikeemmons1079]

I used to think they were rare, for all of a whole winter. Once I knew what I was seeing, I spotted 3 of them. 2 of which I have been walking past for about 20 ish years.

[@edwardhudson7790]

I think you do a great job with your big tree, I have a lot of Dawn Redwoods and Sequoias, learned a lot from you ❤️

[@SubjectiveFunny]

love watching you work.

[@margaretsims4344]

Always something different up your sleeve to keep us entertained. Beautiful job Peter. I would love to see how to care for a dawn redwood forest.

[@trulsdirio]

Bonsai has its own sense of time. "Really fast, not a lot of time" would ordinarily be anything from a few minutes to a few days, for us it is a year or so haha. Love it!

[@BonsaiTVphungvanthi]

What a beautiful bonsai tree ! I love it .

[@natedykstra1498]

Beautiful tree! I hope my Dawn Redwood looks like that someday

[@alejandroortega3845]

Beautiful bonsai

[@cielomcmeekin7296]

I absolutely love watching u work 💙

[@charlesross9260]

Another fascinating and relaxing couple of hours watching bonsai. Thank you.

[@Blaydrnnnr]

I would never have the courage to cut the tap root as you did..amazing.

[@kenmahannah7509]

thank you Peter ! i have 15 dawn redwood seedlings ..i wanted to plant more for Bonsai but the giant sequoias nursery in California has burned down ...

[@vandabeharry170]

Greetings from South America I always enjoy your videos thank you very much .

[@peterchan3100]

Which country ?

[@BlueSkyBonsai]

It's really beautiful. I have 100% got to get me one of these!

[@helenyelen4660]

Ouch!! That was painful to watch. I would LOVE to spend a week following you around! I could learn so much.

[@blooky102]

The coastal redwood is also very prolific/fast growing in my opinion because mine literally doubled in size in just 3-4 months and its as tall as that dawn redwood in the video.

[@Blaydrnnnr]

Looks like Mica pots? I thought I was the only one using them!!! I just used my first two Mica pots this year in my repotting this winter. Light weight. I made the mistake of repotting my two Dawn redwoods into pots that are a bit too large for the tree, since the roots grow so fast, I thought it would have been a good idea.. now.. I think it was a mistake... And yes, I have fallen into the trap of specialized soils... this year, I bought ALOT of substrate soils in varying granular sizes, that I tend to mix with pine bark based organic mix. I am hoping I didnt make a mistake. Seems like, I think my soil just isnt right, I repot, and loose a bunch of trees..so this year, I tried yet ANOTHER soil and am hoping for the best... Looks like, this year, is another year of mistakes....glad I found you here....

[@AbraCassandraCrafts]

Could you make a video on how to maintain a dawn redwood forest? Mine is a bit wild and a bit too tall but I'm unsure how exactly to go about fixing that since I'm completely new to bonsai care.

[@PatriciaOConnorBonsaiBalcony]

I've been able to do quite a bit of shaping to the branches of my bald Cypress without wire just by "cracking" the branches and they stay in place, easiest defoliating ever.

[@KLsmashingblouse]

I can't believe you're chucking the bindweed roots back in. I can understand not wanting to go through the whole root ball to get every bit out. But just chucking loose bits back into the pot ?? No wonder it's everywhere.

[@timdady4660]

stunning tree Peter .

[@puyaabbassi]

Is fall a good time to do this work on dawn redwoods and bald cypress? Love your videos btw. Thank you for sharing everything

[@danielela9383]

Thanks Peter for part 2 :-)

[@ingeborg-anne]

I don't know what it is, but I think it's so satisfying to watch you tease out the roots to transform a potted plant into a bonsai. Do you have more projects where you can show us that? And also, I'm not forgetting the cleaved-trunk tree you made - how are the twins coming along?

[@peterchan3100]

I promised to give you the little one as a present. I am going to do a video as a follow up project today (Saturday 24 Oct). The 2 trees are doing well but changed a bit in shape

[@ingeborg-anne]

@@peterchan3100 Thank you!! I'm staying tuned!

[@sammyg2210]

I've just bought a small Chinese Elm Bonsai and have been trying to think of ideas for it but don't know how much pruning they can handle. The beginning of my bonsai journey after watching your channel you've inspired me. What advice do you have for Chinese Elm?

[@peterchan3100]

Best grown outdoors but if grown indoors - they like a cool damp bright room

[@sammyg2210]

@@peterchan3100 Thank you : )

[@Wanderinghead]

Briliant Peter!👍 Love those trees... @PeterChan @Herons Bonsai Btw. How and when to make airlayering and cuttings the best way of these? Thanks in advanse ✌❤

[@ericgamble5104]

Master Chan; How will you handle the air layering scar?

[@prashantmohite9638]

Beautiful 👍

[@amateurambience]

watch every minutes and video of it..! 👍

[@ingeborg-anne]

Wait a sec, was clip 2 and 3 switched around by accident? The same tree was suddenly back in the pot-shaped rootball again after you finished potting it up!

[@sallybeck7822]

Such a feast of information and a great learning curve - so very grateful. Is it ok to wire and prune Oct/winter time. I’m all inspired.

[@lukejones8385]

Hi Peter, do the pieces of cuttings from the dawn redwood root easily? Thanks for another amazing video 🙏

[@peterchan3100]

Yes they do root from cuttings

[@tessalittle9057]

I have a wolomi pine that is a baby from my father's two 20 yr old pines that he has let grow I got mine for Christmas this year and was trying to find something symalar that I could learn what to do and am I correct to think that the redwood would be the closest known plant that I can take examples of what I can do when I Bonsi my wolomi

[@markwoodard4012]

I always knew that pine bark was added but l had always wondered why. I was under the impression that materials that broke down in the mix would increase the possibility of root rot

[@lluisasastre]

Hei Peter ! Could you take a few minutes video with the final resoult of the dawn redwood, this video doesn't show us your nice Job with it, take care! From Barcelona all my respect and affection!

[@mattbrennan647]

Some people are so fussed about the perfect bonsai soil. I think if you planted a broomstick in a pot it would grow. Thanks

[@peterchan3100]

Life is simple - no need to make it complicated - Same goes for soil.

[@yahyak9f456]

I have material.of Cassia fistula nearly the same trunk figure of that tree, I will refine as you did. Tq for inspiring me

[@tessalittle9057]

Also have U got a wolomi pine that U have begun to Bonsi if not I would be honoured to send U one of the saplings from my father's trees who lives in the blue mountains so have grown in the same area as the only known wild wolomi

[@BonsaiCornwall]

Can I have one? 😉

[@lump88]

Ill bet Jack and Tebo love their jobs... Im kinda jealous

[@andrewbetrosian2784]

What I don't understand, why is the soil so dry? I keep mine wet.

[@amitamit8121]

Nice one

[@jeromewaites5364]

Looks like someone forgot there cup of tea this morning ☕️

[@ManoloArt]

Ótima aula

[@PlantCraftDIY]

Very beutiful❤️❤️❤️

[@TomTomTomTom538]

I've heard of people allowing weed growth in the pots of newly collected material to stabilise the soil. What do you think of that and can you explain why it may or may not be beneficial?

[@peterchan3100]

Whether you collect or dig up from the field as we do, it is best to leave a rootball of the original soil until the tree gets properly established. If you tease all the soil out after digging it up - that could break or damage the roots. But don't let too many weeds grow as you will have a problem getting rid of them at a later date

[@kimrichardson8376]

Hey Peter, I received some dawn redwood seeds. It is now October 20th. When should I sow these seeds?

[@peterchan3100]

Sow them now and leave it outdoors to let the frost work on them. ie to stratify

[@kimrichardson8376]

Ok thanks Peter

[@ArnoldVroomans]

Dear mr. Chan there is a specialized nursery here for redwood trees. I would really like to make ons as a bonsai (and a forest of redwoods). In your experience do you get taper with this kind of tree the same as with for instance an acer?

[@mikeemmons1079]

I am no expert, but I have seen 3 of them growing outside and were obviously not regularly pruned. The taper on the trunks seems to... like an old time collapsible car antenna? Almost looks like bad grafting. Maybe it is our weather here? 5b

[@Ben7x26]

You get better taper in shallow pots. You have to cut the roots the go straight down to increase the growth of side roots.

[@mstringer90]

will there be a part 3?

[@mfoytho]

What time of the year did you make that major cut

[@Carlos-pv7vf]

Por qué no se usa un sustrato muy drenante? Es por cultivo?

[@murray821]

Thank you, now I need to find me a matesequoia 😅

[@rheinrich_art]

Do dawn redwoods grow candles that need trimmed?

[@sokey70]

No

[@simon-qy2xe]

how expensive would the bonsai be ???

[@bettafreak1]

Can these be grown indoors? Or are they outdoor only?

[@peterchan3100]

Outdoors

[@michaelbahr7267]

any body tell you the first 1/4 of the video was cut wrong. you have potting before you clean up the roots. left a like

[@peterchan3100]

I will have to get the video editor to put it right.

[@kenmahannah7509]

did you say you air layered the Dawn redwood??

[@peterchan3100]

Very very easy to air layer

[@tomlaw7]

When is the Best time for this?(I live in germany)

[@gotthyme]

I have a Dawn Redwood I'd like to work with. How big is to big? Thanks

[@Mike-mc3sh]

Maybe as big as you can carry and re-pot yourself.

[@chasingthefish9042]

Got a group of 6 people? Theres no such thing if thats the case. I would say 3 feet would be just right for me i wouldn't enjoy lifting and moving a tree alone bigger the that size.

[@francalascioli7013]

Buongiorno, in che mese hai fatto questa operazione di trapianto? Grazie

[@Tanker-wk4wt]

Think you forgot editing the end or uploaded the wrong file 😉

[@jgurtz]

Also an odd out of order section with the repotting. Hopefully we'll see a mini-part 3 with the final look!

[@eikarumba429]

Have emailed and called about arranging a appointment/visit but no response, are you open to visitors?

[@HeronsBonsaiUK]

Yes we are open to visitors, if you email [e-mail] we will respond.

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