Repotting Your Bonsai Part 2

[@pietrooliaro1144]

Thank you for this video Peter, I'm from northern Italy, I'm 14 yo, and I love learning from you about bonsai. Really beautiful tree this one. Have a nice week, CIAO!!!

[@peterchan3100]

Keep it up Pietro - your English is very good.

[@melanesianbonsai]

greetings from pacific to europe..🙏🙏

[@shawnabelle2824]

Greetings from Florida young man

[@BlueSkyBonsai]

I love repotting, discovering how the roots have grown over the last year is like finding the buried treasure under the soil 😍

[@igorgulco6608]

@@Tomara710 I love them even more, so I use aeroponics with transparent tubes. ( joking :) )

[@julesverne2509]

Isnt IT!!! So true.

[@walterlittle7437]

@@igorgulco6608 and

[@spoopythedoopy8411]

I think my favorite thing about your channel is how you acknowledge the creative freedom of people. How you acknowledge that your way is “a” right way and not “the” right way and in a way you encourage others to try out their own methods.

[@bo_392]

Your videos taught me how to save a 50-yr-old dwarf pear field-tree (of sentimental value) -- though my job was to kill it, because it looked hideous. But I saw potential! Instead, I worked hard to uproot and re-pot it. I reoriented the trunk, found the front, and pruned a bit (all learned from you). Now I get nothing but praise, "It looks like a totally different tree!". Thank you, Peter!

[@cirilloz]

I know, I love this channel too! Congrats on getting your tree back to life!

[@Stettafire]

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

Morning bonsai people. Happy Valentines Day. May your significant other love you as much as you love your trees 🤣💕

[@billiamc1969]

In beekeeping, rules are why folks fail...nature does NOT follow rules, it DEFIES them!!! Love this channel.

[@EileenMKeyes]

I love that you are an independent thinker; you see the bigger picture rather than being ruled by rules. Thanks so much for your videos!

[@IzonHow]

Nice video Peter! Thats the largest selection of pots I have ever seen! Waow! I have a suggestion for a video 😀 I remember you telling us that you sharpen your tools from time to time. The next time they need a sharpen, could you show us how to sharpen bonsai tools?

[@csasiong]

Hi, from California, USA. Peter, your generosity in sharing your expertise and time is very much appreciated. I’m loving every minute learning from your videos. Take care.

[@templeartsbonsai]

Your place is like Bonsai heaven Peter ! Oh boy, that pot shop ! Must visit there one day ! You and your trees and the guys and the whole channel is an inspiration to the Bonsai world. Many many thanks

[@MidniteSan]

I fancy the white pot 😭..it accentuate the whitish trunk. Such a beautiful tree Peter.. I wonder what's the price tag on that tree 😁. .thx for sharing and wish to see more soon.👍

[@pansepot1490]

I too liked the cream colored pot best. The one Peter chose looks a little too big IMO but perhaps it was just the angle of the camera.

[@octoberblaze8554]

I concur, the aged look of the creamy glazed pot seemed better suited for this tree.. but it's all a matter of preference and it still looks good in the selected pot

[@ethanpayne4116]

@@pansepot1490 I feel like the final pot better visually supported the wide-reaching lower branches than the drum or oval pots did, but both the cream pot and the final pot accomplished this from my perspective so either one could have been nice.

[@rohitawasthy2172]

Wow, you must have spent a fortune on your pots. You've got so many to choose from. I wish I could get there some day. Thank you for making my Sunday.

[@MrChausner]

Another fantastic video. Makes my Sunday morning. Can't wait for spring. USA Michigan

[@dhanwanteerampersad5363]

Thanks Peter for all the tips.I love your variety of bonsai pots.Keep up the good work.

[@bohlonzo]

Hornbeam with a lot of character, very beautiful indeed. Hoping to see many more videos on how you repot your trees. These videos are golden for me. Thank you Peter. Regards, Nick

[@missmarple3234]

Thank you Peter and Steve, the final effect is quite different and interesting to see. I think I will need a few lifetimes of practice before getting anywhere close to what you do! It’s all so inspiring in the meantime. Simona

[@IntrinsicRoots]

Just did my first ever repot with my 40 year old Japanese boxwood the other day ! Wonderful video as always Peter ☯️🙏

[@julesverne2509]

Thank you Peter for your videos.

[@sadoldgit313]

Just caught a glimpse of the price of some of those pots! Guess my old trays are going to have to last a bit longer!

[@peterchan3100]

There are pots and POTS

[@LizMcNamara47]

Steve is a good listener

[@rockinbobokkin7831]

Always so relaxing and pleasant to see your updates

[@almac2598]

Thanks all, lovely tree. Would be nice to see it in leaf later on.

[@cherylandrews3195]

oh all the pots were so lovely! Thank you for the video :)

[@mangeshthawre416]

I love the way how u do pot selection and ofcourse ur pruning speed is amazing👍🌳

[@dustilutu]

Lovely video , thank you for sharing your experience with the community.

[@dbe2705]

Beste Peter, dank je wel voor de mooie uitleg, ook hier in België heb je een grote fan, ik maak met respect een diepe buiging voor u

[@shivangnisharma9448]

What a majestic tree 🌲 thank you for taking the trouble of filming it, my banyan tree pots are going to be repotted tomorrow, usually that happens only when pots break 😀

[@martineseeyave747]

If you want perfection you need to work hard at it.. thanks for reminding us Mr Chan :)

[@jennifertucker107]

Recently, I was looking at your book, Bonsai Masterclass, and was delighted to see a robin in some of those pictures. Grandparents of your current robin?

[@nathanneff4723]

The rusty white pot suited the look of the gnarled trunk the best imo

[@questionablecooking7019]

Love spooky Hornbeams... they look so cool!

[@hornebee1]

Great job Steve!

[@kaveendrasampath6814]

Your program is a meditation

[@StephenTurnerVlogs]

Fabulous video again Peter. I was looking at some of my other trees and they're not ready yet. They're not pot bound in their nursery pots. I'll just have to style them instead 😁. I will find a pot for my Scots Pine I showed later.

[@jessevdmeer]

Beautiful tree, i think the only "rule" in bonsai is, that u should make decisions based on every individual tree and situation, and personal preference

[@bonsaibob8253]

Great video Peter. Think I can borrow a pot or two. 😉

[@Robert_McGarry_Poems]

I'll trade you a grocery shopping trip, for two pots. Final offer...

[@camerondouglas3936]

Gorgeous tree

[@MrGalpino]

I like the criss-crossing roots.

[@Robert_McGarry_Poems]

Yeah, they are fun to watch grow for a bit. However, I have seen what can happen when two crossing roots try fusing passed eachother. Eventually, those roots die. If that is ok for the composition, go for it. Otherwise it's a good idea to clip them before they get big enough to begin girdling.

[@SherwoodFluFortuna]

Very nice work and pot!

[@paullill5604]

Sunday Breakfast with Peter time again. Love this time of Year but still a bit cold here in Derbyshire. I shouldn’t have many to repot this Year but can’t wait to check. Thank you for the video Stay well Stay safe.

[@ethanpayne4116]

Nothing quite puts your mind in such a nice mood to start the day like waking up and having breakfast with one of Mr. Chan's videos.

[@violentcat345]

You often mention wire in your videos used for various purposes and at various gauges, but I can't recall if you mentioned what kind of wire and I'd love to know. I assume it's a kind of wire which is corrosion resistant but also something that's not too hard to bend or too brittle. Once again fantastic video! This year I decided to learn a new skill and since I already enjoy gardening and indoor plants it made sense to learn about Bonsai, I don't know much about trees but I've already learned so much!

[@pansepot1490]

It’s special wire for bonsai. It can be aluminum or copper, treated to be easy to work with. With google you can get all the info you want about it.

[@leevandyke4562]

I also have a maple I started from seed. I did the whole 1 to 2, 2 to 4 thing but I'm really wanting to prune it back to the bottom and get a new leader. But I'm going to wait until later on.

[@PlantCraftDIY]

Great job Peter...you are the best😍😍😍

[@johnpugh5867]

When do you think the latest you can repot I live in Nottinghamshire and all my trees the roots are frozen I don’t have a glasshouse to put them in any suggestions

[@peterchan3100]

Now is the time to repot - we have 17C today, so the cold wont last too long. Just give newly potted bonsai some protection for about 3-4 weeks and they should be OK

[@johnfarrar2540]

Hi Peter, are you able to revisit old trees that you have worked on in previously uploaded videos? (Provided they have not sold) Enjoyable videos as always. :)

[@peterchan3100]

I will be doing a video about that in April.

[@valerieboileau8033]

wow...what beautiful tree

[@jirawudhvanasup4530]

Beautiful tree indeed. Well done. Rgds, Jay.

[@veronicatrujillo1277]

Thank you for all your amazing videos, I recently came across a tree commonly known as china doll (Radermachera sinica) I was wondering if this tree could be a good candidate to turn into a bonsai?

[@hopewalker5764]

Thank you for teaching us.

[@Bonsaicare86]

Thank you for your Video it's entertain everytime! It's a plasure to see this wonderful trees

[@borislav9009]

Thank you, Peter for your videos. If you allow an amateur question, in this video you said that chopping is needed in order to get the shape. If we wire the trunk and the shape is what we like, do I have to chop too? What is the difference between shaping the trunk with chopping and wiring?

[@leevandyke4562]

I'm Hella broke, so my soil is crushed charcoal, pea gravel, and sphagnum moss... it does well and breaks down nice as the tree grows.

[@sanitychelle]

If you can find it, kitty litter that's 100% zeolite, it makes a near perfect akadama replacement. Nothing else must be in the litter mix. Give it a sieve, and wash, and you're good to go.

[@csasiong]

@@sanitychelle care to share your soil mixture? Thanks.

[@Robert_McGarry_Poems]

Safe-T-sorb. A metal coffee can. Bake in oven on cookie sheet, at highest temp, for about an hour. To desiccate it. Let cool, pour into coffee can and build a camp fire around it. Burn the fire hot for a few hours. Now you have fired clay pellets.

[@angelocelestino2286]

Beautiful pots.....

[@carlosjanardo3069]

A video about of the care of sowing seeds and the seedlings in the first years of live

[@lukasmihara]

Beautiful tree.

[@holgermuller2262]

hello my friend.. thanks for showing, and greetings from germany

[@frasiegee9932]

Brilliant thanks peter 🙏🏾

[@Yurup]

How do you keep track of what needs repotting on such a large nursery?

[@maverickstclare3756]

While it is not just 1 small greenhouse, it is also possibly not as large as you imagine.

[@Robert_McGarry_Poems]

Tags, most seem to have one. But, I think he said they just lift them out of the pot and look. I assume, you spend a certain amount of time gathering all that need repotting. And a then doing the repotting in mass. Just a thought.

[@Robert_McGarry_Poems]

Pot from every country! 😁 Peter, I never knew... 🤭

[@Ardelanin]

so. question, you've talked a lot about using metal wires for tying in and training the bonsai plants. what did they use before metal wire became readily available? it's a right pain to make without established industry. It's a question that's been growing on me as I've been watching your videos for a while, very informative, very calming presence in the background, thank you for sharing your experiences with bonsai!

[@peterchan3100]

They used weights to bend the brances down and bamboo sticks - and of course the cut and grow method of shaping trees.

[@Ardelanin]

@@peterchan3100 thank you, that makes a lot of sense.

[@robertbrandner]

Peter is quite strict with poor Steve.

[@billiamc1969]

One never learns without discipline...

[@briankavanagh7191]

@@billiamc1969 What I learned when younger was never get caught and you won't be disciplined.👍😀

[@7rocedural6en71]

4:40, I didn't know you ran a pot shop, Peter.

[@7rocedural6en71]

I'm just imagining and earthquake and all of your delicately balanced stacks toppling over and the entire store becoming a pile of shattered ceramic chaos.

[@Stettafire]

@@7rocedural6en71 Not many strong earthquakes in the south of England :)

[@limweili4448]

Nice educative video!

[@alejoau]

Was it possible/advisable to save the surface grass the tree had before being repotted? I have one that has a beautiful moss I wouldn't want to lose when I have to repot it.

[@ethanpayne4116]

If I'm not wrong you should be able to just remove the moss and place it back on the top of the soil when the tree is repotted, but as for the fine grass I'm not sure, though I think it would likely regrow anyway even with nothing done to it. I wonder what insight Mr. Chan has regarding this or if he's done a video about soil surface detailing. Maybe it's in one of his videos about bonsai landscapes but I haven't gotten to those yet so I can't say.

[@Robert_McGarry_Poems]

Put the grass in a companion pot.

[@Rintar]

The back side of that tree looks like a Halloween cartoon scary face tree

[@melanesianbonsai]

I see it

[@connorcardinal677]

Hi peter, great video. Can you do an oak repotting as I’ve heard they can be very sensitive to root work. Thanks peter

[@peterchan3100]

I have a very very large Oak that will need to be lifted by a crane or Digger in order to repot. Will video this in due course.

[@connorcardinal677]

@@peterchan3100 thanks peter, any advice on smaller ones ? Also any smaller ones going up for sale on the website ? Thanks again

[@peterchan3100]

@@connorcardinal677 -There will be some once they come into leaf in April/May

[@rosanadancel7225]

Very nice , thank you for info.

[@JK-ww8dn]

great video as always and great tree it almost looks like the tree has a face on the trunk.

[@johnpugh5867]

Nottingham is a little different today it only got 2 and pots still frozen

[@jurgenstocker2836]

Hello Mr Chan! I am from austria, so sorry about my english. You told in your videos that we should use for the new pot a little larger size than the old pot is. What happens if I use a larger pot? Is it not better for the roots if they have more space? Then the trunk would get more thickness, or isn‘t it so? Regards Jürgen

[@Stettafire]

If you use a larger pot the tree is grow taller faster. That's because it can build more of a root network. A larger tree needs a larger root network, smaller trees need less space. You can use the pot size to control the growth. Although when it gets pot bound you need to decide if you want to tease and cut the roots or to go for a larger pot. It depends on what you're trying to do and the health of the tree. If the tree is struggling you may decide not to cut the roots and repot larger instead, just doing light teasing

[@georgegornall5428]

Should I keep tipping my hornbeam, or do I just leave it alone. The tree looks very healthy.

[@Robert_McGarry_Poems]

Do you want it to get bigger, let it grow. Do you want it to stay as is, cut it back to older growth.

[@gyulazarka730]

Thank you Mr Chan. How long does the trees stay in shelter (greenhouse) after repotting? 🤔

[@peterchan3100]

Till April

[@gyulazarka730]

Thank you 😊

[@pokemonempire3684]

Sir which Coman plant are you used to make bonsai tree very in tropical zone in india in Andra Pradesh

[@majidgame4177]

thanks from iraq 🌷❤🌷❤🌷❤

[@tommyolsson2802]

It is always interesting to see your videos. I bought Sphagnum moss over the internet and it is dry as gunpowder. Can I use it or has it lost it`s power? I would greatly appreiate a response.

[@carmensantiago6711]

In Puerto Rico it is very difficult to buy big good quality pots. I buy online.

[@makewithmegma]

Beautiful😍❤👍

[@gregoryh4601]

Dear Peter. Do you have a Cream Color pot with the Same size that you put this Hornbeam Tree ? But the Shape of the Small Cream Color. The Cream Color Pot would show the Trunk and Leaf Color be Awesome looking. Maybe in three or Four Years you could Try it. Love to Buy that Tree but you can’t ship to USA. Great video thanks.

[@peterchan3100]

No the pot I used only comes in Brown.

[@peterchan3100]

I once had a US customer who bought a large quantity of pots but he shipped them back himself in a container.

[@gregoryh4601]

@@peterchan3100 thanks Peter. Do you have a Larger Cream Pot like the one that was too Small? That’s what I mean. I see a few other people like the Shape and Color of the Cream White pot. That Shape made the Tree Pop and brought your eyes to the Large Trunk. Just my take . Maybe Next Time! lol

[@briankavanagh7191]

Peter with this super cold period (UK) is best to leave repotting till it warms up say March?

[@peterchan3100]

Tomorrow we are going to get 16 C, very warm. Mid Feb is OK - just protect the repotted trees in a garage or shed till say Mid March or end March.

[@briankavanagh7191]

Peter thank you.

[@joedirt2862]

"HOLY POTS" !

[@Goshtkub]

Thank you Peter, any chance you could make a Magnolia bonsai?

[@peterchan3100]

Magnolia stellata is suitable but whenever I make one, it gets sold.

[@kagitsune]

I wonder, why are criss-crossed roots frowned upon? :(

[@Robert_McGarry_Poems]

They will fuse and can girdle eachother. Just like leaving wire on too long. Why this ultimately is a problem is, that after spending a very long time creating an old nebari, crossing roots can cause die back. It is not a detrimental problem on all species, but it is for a good deal.

[@zobialibaba5168]

Years are just a numbers for bonsai owners.

[@mrsillywalk]

To tell the truth i like some of the crossing roots.

[@bongem3753]

Tuyệt vời lắm đó ông già !

[@dion_art]

👍👍👍👍

[@roiq5263]

Can anybody tell me what is the music at the end?

[@WeLive2Explore]

Looks like a deer Skull from the back.

[@tedeleftherakis6379]

The Master

[@canini1608]

Love your videos about bonsai. But I have a question: what do you think about self wateringg cords with bonsai? Does it work or is it not worth thinking about it? I'm thinking about it because of holiday, easy watering, no drying and fertilizing. Sorry for my poor english, I'm from germany.

[@peterchan3100]

Self watering systems are ok for smaller bonsai and for those who don't have time- but if you really love your bonsai - there is nothing like doing the watering properly in the conventional way.

[@julesverne2509]

Lol yes just because you dont see the chop doesnt mean it isnt there.

[@jomonjoy5507]

🥰🥰🥰

[@stevene6181]

i don't know if Britishers use the word "pot" as slang for marijuana but here in the states we do, so i laughed a little when he said "here in our pot shop"

[@peterchan3100]

Yes we do use the word 'pot' to describe hash - but no one in our company are into that.. I should say 'Bonsai pot' in future to avoid confusion. Ha ha !

[@rustysgarden5011]

Hi

[@bonsaiaficion8076]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@twodogsyyc6729]

Funny someone would argue with Peter trunk chop isn't done in Japan. Yet another keyboard "expert" with likely no trees or real world ability. Luv your vids

[@Stettafire]

In programming, beginners often overcomplicate things that should be pretty simple. I think this might be a similar instance

[@Bandit86b2]

bonsai cured my diarhhea