Difficult Bonsai Material? No such thing

Almost anything can be turned into a bonsai. Recently a customer challenged me to create a bonsai from two beech trees. In this video I show you what I make of them.
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[@bonsaibob8253]

Never an episode where I do not learn something new. Thank you Peter

[@damon5733]

The best part about Mr Chan's videos... any negative comments are quickly lost amongst the hundreds of kind, positive, and respectful comments! I think it's one of the reasons I enjoy the bonsai community so much. You people are so freaking nice! ;)

[@BonsaiTalk]

Almost anything can be a bonsai with patience and some years of work. Most people don't understand how huge part of Bonsai patience is.. Good one Peter.

[@terryisaac8195]

I whole heartedly agree.

[@terryisaac8195]

SYNERGY: 2+2 EQUALS 5!!! I love that idea... Thanks!

[@khoichokdee5841]

My issue is, I want it overnight. Lol

[@peterchan3100]

@@khoichokdee5841 Dont we all!

[@peterchan3100]

@Proud American Visit us here in England and we will show you how to use big old material that can be transformed almost instantly. But keep at it buddy!

[@SkylinersYeti]

Your comment on the double maple tree caught my ear. Once I saw a crab apple that was not being maintained and the root stock suckers had grown into the crown of the graft stock. the result was a crab apple that had white and pink flowers. I found it interesting and I have always wanted to try to replicate it on a more controlled scale. It also could make an interesting bonsai for me. We all have our own aesthetic eyes. Love your videos.

[@deploribusunum3894]

Robert Crain My brother used to have a hollyhock that was red, white and blue.

[@GothamsHero1022]

I've been collecting Japanese maples for 5 or 6 years but only started bonsai about 2 years ago after watching your cheap bonsai video. I've been hooked ever since. Thanks for another great lesson. I'll be patiently awaiting your next upload.

[@angie3504]

Oh my god ... I did that same thing this morning with 2 of my boring ficus. I took the saw and made 2 halves, joined them together with wire and repotted them. The only thing I did different was to chop both the tops off on an angle so the new foliage will grow like an umbrella. We must have had similar thoughts Peter 😂

[@peterchan3100]

Very good

[@annierampersad3982]

Thank you Peter for imparting your wisdom.You see things from a different perspective.

[@diancourtright3650]

Beautiful! I love this concept of Synergy.

[@ibelieve1674]

I just love the life lessons that can be applied to real life. Thank your for sharing your life wisdom with us. Hopefully one day I can be as wise as you and pass on the wisdom to younger folk.

[@groovybuddha667]

What a treasure Peter is.

[@greje656]

I'm just starting with bonsai and this channel is so amazing to learn. Thank you so much for all those amazing videos!

[@paulopacifici]

Be careful, this dude is addictive

[@nickybeingnicky]

Just wait until you start watching the bonsai for free videos. You need more pots. You just don't know it yet

[@arenmoa9207]

Huge fan of your works Peter...

[@cgogetit]

I love Bonsai but, I'm here for the WISDOM that always comes along with it! Affirmation of the day. Synergy! 🙏

[@karinmoonhawk3720]

Hahaha!!! 😁 puts him in his place.....looking good together Mr Chan, well done and thanks for the giggle, i needed that! 👍🌹💖🌹

[@maryshoemaker1437]

So creative in your visions of a tree!!! Thanks for sharing!!!!

[@debcobern312]

You never cease to surprise me with your artistic genius!!! Beautiful! Thank you for sharing how to accomplish this glorious bonding! 👍💖😆

[@MidniteSan]

Splendid,..thx for sharing Peter, can't wait for the next one..cheers

[@maverickbonsai]

Those turned out excellent! I don't know why it never occurred to me that you could use two separate trees to make a twin-trunk bonsai. Great solution to two challenging trees. Thanks for sharing.

[@fredgrech1498]

Thanks so much Peter I learn something every time you put out a video you’re amazing

[@punkyroo]

Absolutely beautiful. Well done.

[@dennisbeers]

It would be great to see this next year!

[@starbaby_383]

Stunning and inspiring work as always

[@thepaperstaggering]

Aesthetically pleasing

[@itmaslanka]

I have a chinese elm and it has the same shape of the smaller tree and I was going to see what you were going to do. So now I'm going to look for another elm in my cuttings! Love your show !

[@mesingpertin5619]

So wonderful!

[@emme8255]

That was outstanding.

[@miraztinygarden]

Very good idea. I will try it.

[@shubhrasoumadas8237]

U r great.. I have just similar situation with 2 weird juniper and had absolutely no idea what to do with that. But after watching this video i know my answer. Thanks a lot

[@tbonsai7070]

Kool video peter. much respect from kent.

[@alexandrecastagna9578]

Thank you so much Peter for this cours ! Always inspiring! It would be interesting to try to make a double trunk with two differents species of maple. Of course it would be incoherent but so curious to see as a mature bonsai. Your French student 🇲🇫❤️

[@emijuman1397]

Wow that was amazing 🤩

[@larryhilljr9924]

Like that shirt peter. You are a bonsai genius

[@SueLall1008]

Love it!!!

[@songvaepbonsaichannel2545]

Thanks Sir ! That's so useful , i have alot of trees , it' s not easy to make a bonsai becoming . I'll try .

[@louisecolombi6630]

marvellous wonderful 💚💚💚💚💚💚

[@bigshortstack2929]

wow, Master Chan. I must have been "channeling" you about 4 days ago when I did almost the same thing with a pair of Dwarf Gardenias. They were a pair of end of season holdovers at a large, local garden center. When I removed them from their pot, I discovered that they are the product of some air layering procedure. They were planted so closely together as to appear as a double trunk plant until taken from their pot. Hopefully, by next spring they will grow together at the point that I have them "kissing" each other. I scrapped the trunks to the cambium layers and held them together while my son tightly wrapped them together, at that point, with some strong vinyl tape. If that tape doesn't hold, then I'll apply some tape that welds to itself to cover it to a thicker layer. One way or another, I intend to have them grow together at the "kissing" point, with an open area below. Eventually, both trees will be producing small, white flowers.

[@peterchan3100]

Good for you - the more you experiment - the more you learn. You dont need masters to teach you. We all have minds that we can use.

[@browniesbear]

omg, love his shirt

[@stevew6141]

Another informative and valuable video. I wonder if you could possibly look at making a tutorial based on Bonsai seeds and germination? A beginners guide of course! Thank you Peter

[@Captainwiseness]

Amazing Idea 😃. See you soon

[@MultiNo33]

Thank you!

[@DanielleLi]

amazing! Would it be possible for you to talk more about how to fuse trunks together? Thank Peter

[@Socaljeeping]

Amazing work as always. If you were to wrap those trunks together tight, would they eventually fuse together?

[@jonathanaristone2468]

Well Done I will look at the ugly ducklings quite different now. Thanks Peter

[@danutashayler34]

Beauty!

[@chrisparodi6493]

This guy is the Bob Ross of bonsai.

[@wood-youknowit]

Very nice.

[@ismaelchee]

Will they merge in the future?

[@M31glow]

Excellent video plus new math :)

[@khoichokdee5841]

Thank you for the positive reinforcement. #HeronsBonsai

[@debradurling317]

Thank you giving me a idea I wouldn't mind to different coulors it would be a subject of talk. I have 11 aces and learning the hard way , but now I have you and your Master work to follow . Thank you for this

[@TomTomTomTom538]

Just watched your documentary on Amazon video, I thought you came across very well. Nice one.

[@peterchan3100]

I haven't seen it.

[@TomTomTomTom538]

@@peterchan3100 no offence but you didn't miss much. I found what you and the gentleman who owned 'bonsai ko' said interesting but the documentary barely scratched the surface. It may have sparked an interest in bonsai for some future hobbyists though which is good.

[@26TM079]

Brilliant 😁😁

[@ferranmartinez9213]

Hi Peter. An interesting job. Me too, a few months ago I did a similar job with Silvaica fagus, for the moment everything is perfect, with the buds awaiting the cold of winter. I think they protect them in a cold greenhouse so that the yolks are not damaged. Thank you Master for another class. Regards 👍😊

[@bmf0003]

I just rooted 2 Fukien tea tree cuttings right next to each other hoping to do the same thing. they seem to be thriving

[@mchlbk]

Tip: When I saw in earth like that I always use a special saw for cutting Rockwool stone wool insulation batts. It's cheap and does the job without getting blunt too fast.

[@mr.edwards205]

I love that shirt

[@scottsaree4295]

yes it worked

[@Enbizzie]

´But that wire will stay there only for a short while... Maybe one year´. 🤣

[@johnferebee]

What is the lovely song you play on your video’s?

[@PatriciaAnnGriggs]

Soo so Adorable and Beautiful. 👧👧👧💟💟💟 You are Amazing

[@dreamrunner4680]

Where to get that shirt Peter? I love it!

[@flugschulerfluglehrer7139]

Could you graft the two trees together to make it one trunk?

[@lego9133]

proste żeczy są najbardziej genialne....

[@orenciodeguzman]

can you combine 2 different kind of trees?

[@harishahn9039]

How about taking off bark of both trees at the point of contact and tie together to heal

[@taviyo]

I guess it is safe do do this in the fall since the leaves are still in.

[@jeebusyaweirdo3733]

There is arguably one truly difficult tree to bonsai; in fact i dont think anyone ever has! That would be the manchineel tree from southern florida… I wouldn’t even attempt it, that tree is call the tree of death for a reason. Simply being close to one and smelling the scent produced by the tree can cause lung damage and inflammation (and some have died simply from this). You cant touch it, you cant burn it, you cant eat it certainly, and you cant even be too close to the tree.

[@JohnSmith-ut5mv]

A+on that shirt where do I get one

[@twistyturd]

This man is the dumbledore of lingfield

[@MarcellaSmithVegan]

Don't you wish sometimes that his helper would come over and help with things like pulling a tree out of the pot, or saw roots, just saying :)

[@njw1383]

Never underestimate the master Peter Chan

[@Rodoriginal101]

at 7:00 I would have done the opposite, I would have tied them tightly together thinking that they need to become one trunk. So thank you for this video as I would have made a mistake.

[@thedevourer.]

Another great vid Peter thank you.. I'm wanting to buy some of your mountain maples, raw material is there any way to see them, online there are no pictures...dont want any more twin trunk acers lol

[@pansepot1490]

You’ll have to go there.

[@thedevourer.]

@@pansepot1490 if only I live other side of the country

[@jimjam6598]

Perhaps email him, he might send pictures & post the trees.

[@peterchan3100]

We have a huge ON Line store. Send any parcel to the UK for just £7

[@thedevourer.]

@@peterchan3100 but there are no pictures of the trees, notjingbto go by :(

[@slow91080]

i like your shirt :)

[@zaidibhai3885]

Sir, 💐 from today, I will be your new student

[@theRedHARRY]

Im to afraid to do anything to my bonsais, afraid I will kill it... Along comes Peter....hack it like its hot...and it grows...

[@derwaldjunge]

Wouldn’t it also be interesting to combine two different trees with different colours?

[@jahpickney2640]

Bruh thats a cool shirt

[@matyourin]

So the customer can get both trees for the price of one now? :)

[@MrFlashwall]

Where to buy such an epic shirt

[@peterchan3100]

I will ask my daughter - she bought for me for dancing

[@steveanacorteswa3979]

Never challenge Samurai Peter, you will surely lose.

[@peterchan3100]

I do lose some - sometimes. As they say - we can t win them all.

[@manusego]

👏👏👏👍👋

[@BonsaiBear27]

Peter what's going on with the shirt!? Its not flamboyant enough! ;)

[@peterchan3100]

Its Winter woolies now

[@zebulundocallas]

I'll give you a more difficult task master Chan. How about synergy by fusing 2 or more trees? :)

[@peterchan3100]

I have done that also.

[@abelorozco960]

If only you camera crew was able to move and show i little more details.. i like all you videos though Regardless.

[@peterchan3100]

Thank you for your feedback - we always like to listen to what you have to suggest.

[@JohnThomas-gb5zg]

That is most pimpin shirt

[@sheeladas2741]

Everytime I cut the root for transplantation my tree dies.

[@MikesStory1990]

21 views and 1 disslike.. *facepalm* It's quite a good idea and I think if the base, where was cut it, was more diagonally, the trees with time will fuse faster into one great tree- bonsai. I will try that in the future.

[@Tiger313NL]

There are always numbskulls who disagree with people who think outside the box. I thought this was a pretty cool idea really. :)

[@andreasweber1533]

Guess the customer who trash-talked the trees has seen the video ...

[@peterchan3100]

@@andreasweber1533 Ha Ha - you may be right!

[@briankavanagh7191]

Peter talking of rubbish/freebee's your "Privet bonsai has a big hole in it, thats gonna taking some filling in!! how do you fancy £30 in hand and i'll take it off your hands?😂😂🙏. It's nice to see you putting trees together and the shape of each tree complimented each other. How about a triple trunk with Maples?

[@peterchan3100]

Anything is possible Brian

[@briankavanagh7191]

Peter very cryptic answer are you referring to the triple trunk or the £30? I know what your answer will be but you can't knock a man for trying👍

[@peterchan3100]

@@briankavanagh7191 I always love your sense of humour Brian.

[@briankavanagh7191]

Peter if we don't laugh we will cry😂

[@randomwalk4708]

The former owner will be like.. Oh shoot.

[@leonardobelli2681]

Can i be your apprentice?

[@genekwagmyrsingh9433]

takasago

[@xerxescambaliza5529]

those two useless tree looks amazingly useless, PS it looks really good 🙂 simply amazing.

[@tic857]

When you find your other half, you become whole.

[@wnik1388]

Forget brexit : 1+1 =5

[@pablocrypto1687]

Not sure if that saw work should have been under graphic content, felt a bit brutal. Reminded me of the film Hostel. Still I love your videos. “Keep growin”

[@gregoryfrancois3665]

this is not the good technic!!!

[@MrEiht]

I will remain confused since Heron is an US slang term for Heroin. But you are the exact oppsite...

[@peterchan3100]

Heron is a bird.

[@prakashjavadala5284]

still looks like rubish

[@SuperCarClassicsTV]

I am a fan but this was a dissapointing video.

[@peterchan3100]

Why is that my friend?

[@SuperCarClassicsTV]

@@peterchan3100 Hi Peter, maybe the customer was right. Some material just is not suitable for bonsai. Putting two 'pencil sticks' next to eachother in my opinion did not make much of a difference. Maybe I had expected that a bonsai autority like you had learned us that in fact NOT every material is bonsai worthy 😃. In general, I love the mix between beginner and more advanced videos. Hopefully you'll add some prolevel videos again soon too. Keep up your great work, Peter. Love your attitude towards nature and your hard working personality in general!