How to care for Cryptomeria

[@lorellstoneman74]

I rescued an abandoned lime green chryptomeria left in a nursery pot out in summer heat..it was almost 3 ft tall...with a flexible trunk...I let it recoup and wired it in a S shape bonsia...a very determined tree it flushed out vigorously. I kept it as a bonsia for a few years but its spirit was so strong...to be a free and wild growing tree...I took off all the wire and straightened the trunk over 2 years as it was still flexible, and just last year I set it free where it could grow as it desired..it is so happy like a prisoner set free......it is about 7 ft tall now and 30 feet away from a 50 year old 80 ft tall dark green beautiful chryptomeria my Mother planted. I Love your program thank you.

[@Kwood10]

I’m addicted to your videos. Thank you for being so inspiring . I admire your work immensely .

[@lionheartamazon]

Hi Peter, we found you on KZbin and now my 9 year old son is hooked on Bonsai. We even obtained special permission for him to do the a master class in Bonsai at the Mount Lofty Botanical Garden (Adelaide, Australia). Since then he has made over 10 bonsai and wants to be a sensai. Thank you so much for inspiring us. We are very grateful. Greetings from Down Under, Gisela & Henry

[@peterchan3100]

I wish him Luck. Give him my best wishes.

[@BackGardenBonsai]

Please keep showing us all the "mundane" tasks from the nursery. I can guarantee I'm not the only one who loves seeing what you do. Your knowledge helps so many people :)

[@jimtorode9330]

I love your "maverick" approach to the art of bonsai, Peter! :)

[@MidniteSan]

Always nice to watch n learn from Peter, can't wait for next video. Thank you for sharing.

[@markchinguz4401]

Hi peter, I have nothing to add. I just wanted to say I love these videos so much. It's calming and makes me even more excited about trees. You're such a wise and wholesome person

[@genmama1955]

When you break the rules, unexpected beauty follows ! I enjoyed your video.

[@TonyNguyenFR]

Love all the different content! Show us everything you are willing to show. I'd love to see it all.

[@jdww4998]

Great video, would love to see more trees like the redwood or dawn redwood and how to shape the pads on lose foliage. Thanks for the vid, finding you and your work has been a blessing.

[@MineconTt]

Hello Peter, How about a video on general Landscaping? Would love to have some tips and tricks for moss etc. and how to place stones etc! Also something i think many people would enjoy is Planting Bonsai on stones.

[@peterchan3100]

There will be one coming up soon.

[@nathanaelsmith3553]

the shirts keep on getting funkier - the trees behind the planted group are beautiful too - liking the customers cryptomeria with the red tag

[@claudiahawkins2648]

In the summer I purchased an untrained large bush from a bonsai nursery which I have been trying to identify for months. I was told it was a juniper but finally a bonsai fb group suggested it was a Cryptomeria so I saught you out on youtube to confirm and learn about this species. Thanks to you I now know how to approach this, thank you so much.

[@milenaruzickova8026]

Dekuji za ukazku strihani. Zrovna ted mam poprve nakoupene cryptomerie, tak hledam inspiraci. Prekvapuje me, ze ta mensi v misce nema upevnene koreny dratem. Ja take bonsaje nekotvim, ale kolegove mi to vycitaji jako chybu. Thank you from Czec rep.

[@briankavanagh7191]

Peter if the customer has sent the tree back to you to be shaped clearly he wanted the Peter Chan hair oops TREE CUT i.e. a branch off here, a branch off there and lets get the tree going in a different direction/look. One thing I have learnt from you and watching your videos is to be brave and cut you never know you just might like the new style. Absolutely adored the big Cryptomeria, I can see a very long hollow trunk being made.

[@peterchan3100]

Hope you are being brave Brian after your workshop here

[@briankavanagh7191]

@@peterchan3100 I would like to think I am! Just purchased a Sawara False Cypress from local garden centre unfortunately as with all GC stock not much choice and styled into a informal upright also took cuttings from my maple fingers crossed.

[@aarondlancaster]

More cryptomeria videos please!

[@michaeljijus980]

The shirt is amazing as always Mr. Peter!!

[@wendyleecarvalho9101]

Thank You!! I just got my first bonsai and its one of these beautiful cryptomerias! look forward to watching more of your videos

[@vascoafonso7511]

I would love a video explaining how you got into bonsai, who taught you the things you know and where, what do you feel about the whole art form.

[@peterchan3100]

I have done that already - I think it was in the video about Bonsai pots.

[@vascoafonso7511]

@@peterchan3100 Ohhhh .... right, I am yet to see that one. I may have wrongfully assumed that the video would be mostly about pots but it seems you made a few tangents ;) Thank you for taking the time to reply to my comment. Love your channel

[@andrewavant8471]

You sir are an inspiration!

[@atroutflycrazy8057]

What a quote ! Im a maverick and i break the rules :)) good for you peter Creativity and imagination

[@raidero2742]

Peter, there are only 6 trees in that forest...said no one ever. Thank you for the video, it was very enjoyable. Give us your Hawaiian shirt hookup please.

[@yvettegraham9657]

MAVERICK!!!! You are the best. I love your videos!

[@riatimmermans5177]

Thank for another great lesson explained in simple terms 🌲🌴🙏💗🌟🌻

[@hectordehesa2118]

Do you have a video on how to make your bonsai benches? They look very simple but effective. Thank you sir

[@peterchan3100]

I will do a short video on that just for you.

[@hectordehesa2118]

peter chan very much appreciated. Look forward to learn as much as I can from you sir

[@paolomh113]

May I suggest a video about pest and fungus, including pesticides and fungicides? particularly on cedar/juniper rust?

[@jamesfloyd373]

Nothing in the world of Bonsai is mundane or uninteresting. Thank you for sharing your experience.

[@taitjones6310]

Great examples!

[@annierampersad3982]

Thanks.I sure learnt a lot today.👍🌳

[@SPEAKERDWELLER03]

Hi Peter, have you figured out the name of the first redwood looking tree from the begging of this video? I’m from the west coast of the US and absolutely love the redwoods. A mini one would be awesome to have.

[@KentPittsburgh]

That larger tree is awesome! Even though half of it isn't growing anymore, I think it makes it look beautiful and if a picture was taken of the tree itself without the pot, you wouldn't be able to tell it was a small tree.

[@angie3504]

Beautiful trees...thank you for another great lesson.

[@TrojanHorse1959]

Great video and care tips, thank you!

[@hectordehesa2118]

Do you have any lime tree bonsai? Would love to see some bonsai with fruit on the tree. Cheers from Utah. Look forward to my next book from you. Bonsai secrets. Just ordered it from amazon

[@cesarurb]

Thank you very much for all of this information! I was wondering if you can talk about different stages of growing of Satsuki azaleas starting of young material. Thanks a lot Mr Chan!

[@peterchan3100]

That will be the next video - be patient.

[@Ben7x26]

How is the big tree doing? Is there an update? Beautiful tree

[@susantracy6354]

Hallo Peter, your knowledge of Cryptomeria is inspiring. I have just purchased a 'japonica-elegant which has turned a dusky red! Is it dying? It looks very beautiful.

[@ferranmartinez9213]

Hi👋. Muchas diferentes variedades y especies de Cryptomeria hay. Todas con diferentes tipos de hojas y crecimiento, pero todas hermosas." Very beautiful " 👏👏👏. Gracias por compartir. Saludos desde Barcelona 👍😊

[@MikeyDunn]

The Crypomeria I bought from somewhere 6 years ago turned out to be a mostly yellowish, occasionally light green, elegans variety (was just labelled simply as Cryptomeria Japonica, no specific variety details). It has grown very well, from pencil-thin to 2" at the base, but the growth is seriously leggy, having reached over 6ft tall before giving it a chop (it kept blowing over into the pond!), and the foliage quite course, certainly the complete opposite to those lovely, dark green, compact examples shown here. I think one day I'll have to look for a more suitable example.

[@firenze1427]

Dear Sir, thank you for your beautiful lesson. I am a beginner and I will like to ask you why on my cryptomeria the new shoots are coming out only at the attachment of the branch to the trunk, or from the trunk itself but none on the branch?

[@janetyu3254]

學到好多常識，感謝你🙏🏻

[@octoberblaze8554]

Could you do a follow up video on reshaping cryptomeria in the spring or summer? Thank you.

[@prataelena4211]

Is Cryptomeria a good candidate for air layering? Thank you Mr Chan

[@steveanacorteswa3979]

Don't count the trees, count your blessings! Thanks for the info, I have 3 of them and didn't really know what to do, they do grow really slow.

[@bonsa1guy]

Ground grow them for a few years to bulk up the trunk. Keeping it in a pot will take ages.

[@felixdajiedkongwang5947]

Sir, in what season or month should i prune and repot pine trees?

[@peterchan3100]

Spring is always best

[@emme8255]

Very enjoyable, thanks Peter

[@simon-qy2xe]

the large tree (3:00) is amazing, a perfect tree, i would buy it, but i know i have not enough money.

[@peterchan3100]

Email me for price

[@andymook8206]

When is the best time to hard prune these. Autumn?

[@yeyo9404]

Thank you sooooo much for this video I have three cryptomeria trees and my grandfather died and it’s still in the same pot he put them in it’s wayyyy time I report them but I don’t know what kinda soil to put them in

[@daver9643]

I have a 2 foot tall cryptomeria japonica tansu. It seems it’s OK to prune out and remove branches in the summertime? I was told early spring but I’d like to ask you when can I move it from a nursery container to a bonsai dish what is the best month? I live in Long Island New York

[@thestravaiger8102]

Hello. I need some information please. I've found a, cryptomeria elegant, in the wild. I want to dig it up and pot it. Can you tell me if it will handle this, and give any tips on doing so? Many thanks.

[@bonsaitherapy1468]

The big one is amazing!

[@bonsa1guy]

Now's the time to pinch the pads and thin out the foliage. Do you ever use pinching on your trees? Scissor work across the green usually turns the ends brown after a week or so :(

[@peterchan3100]

Pinching browns the shoots. But when you use scissors you need to go into the wood and not shear across the foliage

[@bonsa1guy]

So how are pads maintained and shaped Peter? Won't they just grow and eventually get too big or do you just cut them off and start again?

[@taitjones6310]

@@bonsa1guy Start with fast growing varieties that will sprout again from old wood. They are very forgiving, so you don't have to be afraid of cutting too much off. Elms are good. I've never kept a cryptomeria though, if you are asking about those specifically.

[@Wedge53]

I am in possession of a couple 'Hondai Elkhorn Cedar' Thujopsis Dolabrata. Any suggestions? I have exposed much of the trunk and branches, but am stymied by wiring the pads due to the density of the needle growth. I have been trying to bolster the trunks for the last couple years.

[@peterchan3100]

Send me a pic for me to advise

[@daver9643]

Can cryptomeria bosai be grown indoors or outdoors and what is the temperature range that it needs minimum and maximum?

[@walterwjr947]

Thank you.... 🙏 😔 🙏

[@khundrakpamanilkumar7883]

nice creation

[@maudelbosque1838]

Hello Mr Chan I was given a cryptomeria with tight foliage, I managed to make a decent bonsai out of it…. 4 months later it started to brown one branch then the tips of all the old foliage I fear it may die, what can I do? I already used a systemic and foliar anti-fungi but has done no good Thanks for your time

[@xyzllii]

Great info...thank you...

[@maciejgronowski]

Japanese cedar is probably the only conifer that can be pollarded or even coppiced! In Japan they grow them for timber - through pollarding every 20 years or so. They grow beautiful straight poles of wood. I wonder if they grow well in white shady space? 🤔 I have a very beautiful twisted variety (rasen) which I was gonna plant near the house, in a place which has sunshine in the morning, bit not much in the afternoon. Not sure if it will grow well... perhaps I will plant it there for a season and see what happens - otherwise I will dig it out and plant it somewhere else 😄

[@lukasmihara]

I'm interested in importing from Japan. Not necessarily just for bonsai, but also just trees for the garden. I'm especially interested in things like Japanese kaki, pear or peach for example. Those taste really delicious. I wonder how difficult it is to get seeds or small little plants from Japan to here.

[@peterchan3100]

Depends which country you live in. Some countries like USA are very strict and the quarantine etc will almost certainly kill the plant

[@lukasmihara]

@@peterchan3100 That'd be Germany

[@peterchan3100]

@@lukasmihara EU is OK

[@taitjones6310]

Get seeds or buy from an importer in your country. Seeds are not so bad, and peach and pear both grow pretty fast.

[@YunaOnHome]

Maybe that tall sparse leafed one needs more light maybe try a test with a uv?

[@aarondlancaster]

Who sells those seedling growing trays?

[@dipaktintin]

amazing

[@yeyo9404]

What kind of fertilizer should I use with this tree mr Chan ?? My I inherited one beautiful cryptomeria from my grandfather and I need to repot it I know how to do it but fertilizer what kind should I use so I don’t burn it I would be a big failure to my family if I killed it every body would be mad with me . Please help Me

[@stripersniper1531]

I always knew Peter was a Bonsai Maverick !

[@dracokaiser]

Do you speak Cantonese also?

[@peterchan3100]

Just my name and One to Ten! I speak a little bit but since I grew up in India I never had a chance to speak or write Cantonese. What a pity.

[@sudiptochakma3351]

Sir make some Citrus tree bonsai also Tamarind bonsai it will be Awsome

[@peterchan3100]

We are not in the Tropics, so we dont get Tamarind, but we do get some Citrus from Mediterranean nurseries. I will show Citrus in due course.

[@fredericmoune7842]

Bonjour il vous ferait possible de sous titres vos vidéos merci

[@Robert_McGarry_Poems]

Peter Mavrick, bonsai bad boy! Watch out now...

[@dirtpoorchris]

Do you ever try to sneak like a scarey face, or a dragon, or a eyeball into the design?

[@KenjiWatanabe1]

"this is air traffic control tower 1. Mr Chan is doing another video!" "FLY THE PLANE OVER IMMEDIATELY!!" P.S.: you ARE the hottest maverick out there, hahaha!

[@2Dan3]

Do a “mundane” video everyday please!

[@peterchan3100]

I will need more staff for that - Ha Ha. Its just me and my 'gal' who produce the videos.

[@dracokaiser]

The big one is dai sugi. The small one is a kokuryu sugi

[@trassl3celick304]

We use cryptomeria as giant hedging here

[@chaiwatpotichanid]

See just happiest of Gerer for good luck natural meetings very much in to day 😊😊

[@ctk39]

The large tree is a dawn redwood, not a cryptomeria.

[@bobachor]

Use a tripod, cheers

[@Jack-oc2xq]

Use some manners, cheers

[@peterchan3100]

We are not professional camera people - We just use the humble iPhone - most people think they are good enough.

[@bobachor]

no worries mate, cheers

[@peterchan3100]

@@bobachor Dont worry - I always welcome constructive comments. Thank you.

[@dracokaiser]

You need some apprentices 😉

[@peterchan3100]

Yes

[@yoteslaya7296]

The cryptomeria with the larger foliage is black dragon. The tighter foliage could be tansu variety

[@BackGardenBonsai]

Please keep showing us all the "mundane" tasks from the nursery. I can guarantee I'm not the only one who loves seeing what you do. Your knowledge helps so many people :)

[@TaylorMade0730]

Back Garden Bonsai I love his personality too