Making a Large Cedar Forest

In this video I make a large cedar forest from raw material grown on the nursery for the past 20 years.
Trees used in a forest don’t need lower branches so tall, relatively straight trees will work well for this project.
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[@FATMAN_tactical]

Not boring to watch a skilled craftsmen and artist work at all.

[@kenmahannah7509]

Peter , no need to rush or to not show what you term tedious as this is a wonderful learning process ....we are all willing to watch your videos long is not an issue ...its wonderful to spend time with you ...we can come back to any video to catch any sections when weve paused ,if it became a loooong video ! your time and these videos are so very valuable to us !

[@jasonpatterson8091]

I live near an abandoned limestone quarry where there are thousands of cedars that have been growing for forty to fifty years and are only ~1m high due to the complete lack of nutrition in the soil (the "soil" is essentially limestone powder). The place is part of a protected wildlife area and I'm a law abiding fellow, but there are so many beautiful trees out there that would make amazing bonsai.

[@edweidemann7454]

Watch for landslides after heavy rains . . . A tree that has fallen, and would clearly die w/o intervention is legally salvageable.

[@Mariah1st]

Pas show some pictures

[@oanafl]

The microphone is a great addition!

[@Poemsapennyeach]

Oh Lord...I'm all wired up now...! Good work Peter.

[@leesass3602]

All metal becomes work hardened when worked, The industrial wire you are using has been drawn out to it's present shape and so is harder than the wire made for Bonsai. The difference between the two is that the Bonsai wire has been annealed which means the work hardening has been removed. It is a very simple process to soften or anneal the wire. You just use a propane plumbers torch to heat up each part of the wire to a dull red, when it cools down it will be annealed or soft for easy use. If you like you can cool it quickly in water. I hope this helps.

[@Boru06]

Ive done this a billion times with copper washers for diesel injectors....but never thought of doing it with wire for this purpose. Clever tip! Thank you 👏

[@leesass3602]

@@Boru06 I am A Bladesmith so after ruining a few drill bits I have learned to always anneal before drilling. I worked assembling motor cycles for a while and assembled the master cylinder to the brake lines and we used "special" copper washers I never thought they were just annealed. Always nice to learn something new, thanks

[@Handless_handle]

@@leesass3602 special being heated up until glowing and left to cool down? Special sounds more exciting than annealed!

[@BlueSkyBonsai]

It looks fantastic. I bet you'll get a customer for that forest pretty quickly.

[@YunaOnHome]

It needs a year to get anything like the profit it deserves.

[@MrChausner]

Fantastic better than TV. Learn everytime. Today the armpit cut to make the branch easier to bend. USA Michigan

[@peterchan3100]

That technique is only logical -

[@Teresa-ih4sn]

My favorite teacher, favorite tree, just a GREAT video!

[@kevingallegly7077]

Fan from Southern California here......... I've learned a LOT from your videos! Keep them coming!

[@carmensantiago6711]

Treasure trove of important advice! Thank you for helping us all. 👏👍🙌🙏

[@antoniojosegarcia9469]

Master Chan. Absolutely inspiring. Your energy is contagious....

[@peterchan3100]

Are you catching the bug of bonsai then ?

[@alicer3423]

Fantastic video Mr. Chan

[@lenbrewer9351]

I have always loved the Bonsai Trees. but have never been able to buy them. I now have a house 2 acres 1 acre with several different typs of tree. you have gave me so many iideas. I did not know how the Bonsai were produced. Thank You for taking the time to make these Video I am very excited to Start this Great Hobby. I live in South Carolina USA.

[@rajahdoha]

22:10 - 22:50 Thankyou Sir, its a new class for me. Namasthey

[@kimrichardson8376]

Once again Peter you’ve inspired me. If there wasn’t 2 feet of snow out and a windchill of -20 I’d make one now😊🇨🇦

[@rohitawasthy2172]

Thank you for today's class. It is worth millions.🙏

[@farmert9679]

Very nice little forest.

[@ladymary8531]

Never bored with you. A good teacher like yourself is always presenting different challenges for the viewers to learn even more about bonsai.

[@davemead4504]

Lovely composition Peter. Cedar make beautiful forests 🌳

[@b.c.3889]

You are a great teacher.

[@alexhorn5577]

You are never boring!!!!

[@AmraphelofShinar]

It's definitely not boring watching you create beautiful bonsai! I love evergreen trees!

[@daniellarrivee6510]

Thanks Peter !!!!!!!!

[@MidniteSan]

Never a dull moment watching and learning from Peter. Turned out looking grand, well done 👍. Thx for sharing Peter, can't wait for the next one 👍.

[@AlphaWolfieK]

I know you say that things will take to much time a lot but honestly I would sit and watch you work on projects live. I have sat and watched someone livestream a video game or sculpt a statue for six hours before. I would certainly do it to watch these plain trees turned into works of art.

[@prestonnguyen2122]

I was just looking into bonsai forests today!

[@paradiseaquatics8202]

Looking good I also remember years ago people using the metal coat hangers as wire for some bonsai

[@manguydude287]

I have watched many of your videos and I truly learn something new every video when you are just talking as you work

[@sheriesinger825]

I enjoy watching your process in making bonsai, it helps me look at things differently, It helps me see more options. Thank you.

[@sandrabulluck1896]

I’m living all that I’m learning from you! Thank you for sharing your work and knowledge with us! Love your work! Many blessings to you and your family! Your videos are never too long! Could watch you work all day! 🙏🏻👍

[@cielomcmeekin7296]

I could n do watch you for hours. I wish I could come and help and learn in person. The longer the videos the better, in my opinion at least.

[@peterchan3100]

Come when lockdown is over.

[@mame6508]

very much appreciated of your work. thank you for sharing your thoughts and knowledge Peter. love you

[@ladystardust9707]

How majestic.

[@b2manufacturing]

This is a good idea, I have about 20 cedrus atlantica and deodora, both are glauca but have tight small foliage about the same size as these ones. Mine are faster growing than libani varieties so I keep trimming them back every year just to maintain the stock, so they have heavy foliage on top and not too much around the middle, so they’d be perfect for a grove

[@neutronshiva2498]

Go for it!

[@dbe2705]

Another lesson for FREE , like all your you tube ''s are, thank you Peter, 🌹🤗🌹🤗🌹🤗🌹

[@suebenedict1988]

Thank you for showing the whole process..never boring Peter.

[@tamelatoggle2897]

The forest is a crowd pleaser ! And so inviting to the eye . Tranquility 101 .

[@jimbersmcimbers]

I don't think there are many fellas your age bending wire that thick with such ease Peter!

[@peterchan3100]

I used to lift 50kg trees with ease but now can only just manage a 20kg one !!

[@mchlbk]

The large trees and compositions like this one are very impressive.

[@almac2598]

Thanks Peter. Lovely forest.

[@lynnetimmermann3878]

I have never heard of bonsai forests. I just love this!! Thank you so much for sharing.

[@PolishFootballer09]

Thank you so much for your videos you helped me start my first three bonsai. Your videos are incredibly helpful.

[@lisarmahan]

I can't wait to see this forest in a year Stunning I love the multiple trees

[@jake8283]

another great video. i really like the look of the cedar forests. i am always drawn to them.

[@cindymitchell6525]

Spectacular.

[@nancyfahey7518]

I have a pine I dug up in the woods. It grows so fast I have to take the wire off after the summer. Spring til fall.

[@Ukeitupmike]

very impressive Peter

[@criszf]

Your work is just wonderful, however long it lasts. Thank you for sharing your knowledge, Peter.

[@maverickstclare3756]

I look forward to seeing this one in the bark

[@janeplatt8254]

Another great video Peter, enjoyed watching you working with the larger trees . It must of been rough on the hands, with the other wire . Looked beautiful when completed 🇬🇧😊❤️ jane

[@angie3504]

I love this video. So intensive. Thank u Peter

[@Mariah1st]

Vera Nice forest! Would like to see an update after 1 and 2 years👍🏻

[@punksnotdead9611]

Love your videos ! Huge respect for your work ! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience, your voice is calming !

[@mattbrennan647]

Wonderful composition. I wish I had the room and strength to manage bonsai of that size. Thanks.

[@bohlonzo]

Lovely video, thank you Peter.

[@uniotter2662]

That was really cool. I lost sight of the scale of that arrangement until you stepped in front of it.....most impressive!

[@chrismiller9740]

A true Bonsai Wizard!

[@frasiegee9932]

This one was amazing Peter thank you 🙏🏾

[@walterwjr947]

Thank you.... 🙏 😔 🙏 Dr. Chan, another forest from large trees and filled with knowledge and techniques. I thoroughly enjoyed seeing you think in this one. You didn't want to "paint yourself into a corner", you made it work though. I will enjoy seeing this in full leaf. What does "spent mulch" mean? I think I know, but the term is used too much for me to guess. I hope I am hearing it correctly. 🎄🙏 🖖 🙏 😔 🙏 🙏 🙏 🎄

[@BostonBonsaiIdiot]

Excellent. Really fun to see the process start to finish.

[@litsnombre6390]

thank you, i learned one wiring technique from you

[@henzobonsai]

Great work...

[@M31glow]

Beautiful end product! Great post

[@malikthagreen9828]

you're an amazing man!

[@alefoot]

Solid core copper household installation copper cable. 14 Gauge or thereabouts. Take a few feet and use the plastic covering as fuel to be 'burnt off'. The resultant copper wire, is annealed to a flexibility similar to anodized aluminium bonsai wire, and covers a range of colours from black through green, ages well, and can be found almost anywhere. Just one more option.

[@Groglor]

Had to look up why your cedar looks so different to canadian cedars where im from. We have Eastern white cedar, and western red cedar. Where ours belong to cypress familiy and true cedars belong to the pine family.

[@peterchan3100]

In Canada, they call the Chamaecyparis obtusas "White cedar" if I am not mistaken ? What I am using here are Cedrus Libani or Cedar of Lebanon.

[@Groglor]

@@peterchan3100 I believe northern/eastern white cedar/arborvitae is called Thuja occidentalis. Its folliage looks very similar to Chamaecyparis obtusas from what I can see. But it grows wild in eastern canada. Very beautiful trees with fragrant leaves. id like to make some bonsai from them since they are local. West coast of canada has Thuja plicata(red cedar) and (yellow cedar)Cupressus nootkatensis, interesting.

[@raymondplodzien7459]

Looks amazing!

[@StephenTurnerVlogs]

That's a really nice design. I think I preferred the first front more though. Great bit of work on a Saturday though.

[@mk2kayman794]

Mr. Peter Chan, great job! :D

[@c2rail]

When you are cutting those branches off of your cedar trees, do you get that wonderful cedar smell?

[@alexhorn5577]

been wondering if I can use random bits of ally wire! Thank you once again Peter Chan the Bonsai Man!!! You are amazing!

[@justgrazza4638]

Wonderful setting. Peter, is there any chance of a followup on this video?

[@Jude_Wilson]

Mr. Chan, could you do a video for ponderosa pine? I recently started bonsai and that is my first tree

[@Jude_Wilson]

I also love your book, the bonsai beginners bible.

[@peterchan3100]

We dont get Ponderosa pine in UK so never tried that.

[@japanesemaplesbonsai7133]

Hi Peter, loving the videos. Keep them coming! .... can you advise what type of cedar they are please? Thank you

[@pansepot1490]

Some people in the comments are saying it’s “cedrus deodara” the Himalayan cedar. But I am not sure. In the uk also the “cedrus libani” is commonly grown as ornamental tree, or even the “cedrus atlantica”. They all have those short needles and imo Peter’s trees could be either. Edit: posted before reaching the point where Peter mentions the name: Cedrus brevifolia, “the Cyprus cedar, is a species of conifer in the genus Cedrus. It is native to the Troödos Mountains of central Cyprus. It grows in the Cedar Valley in Pafos State Forest. It is often considered to be a synonym of Cedrus libani.”

[@garfoonga1]

was the eight tree forest at the beginning a white pine, want to know the species, the bark it beautiful. I agree about the wire information. Hardware stores are perfect for buying wire, I got ten metres of 3ml copper wire for ten dollars CAD. Also for the northern hemisphere it is almost spring, one could easily forage new bonsai in a large park (not a city park), I find old mans beard moss is comparable to the spagnum, in a few weeks I'm going out to forage, hope some of you do too.

[@edweidemann7454]

I'm going to start digging up my neighbors trees . . .

[@bethetruth6428]

That ids Amazing ! scaling myself down to scale in to the Forest . . . surreal ... :-) xo

[@ahson6249]

Hello sir, I have enjoyed many of your videos and you have reinvigorated my interest in this fascination hobby. You were talking about the use and history of copper and aluminum wire to shaping, what was used to shape a tree before copper and aluminum wire were invented?

[@peterchan3100]

Tying weights to branches and cut and grow methods

[@tomasferreirarubial1455]

👏👏👏

[@umbertoholmes2926]

He always emphasizes how fast he works - he should have called his nursery "Hayabusa Bonsai" 😁

[@sandrabulluck1896]

Question, do you use all of your cuttings to start new trees?

[@christopherneelyakagoattmo6078]

He uses a lot; but he only has so much room in the Greenhouse, etc. He did an entire video on cuttings 1 1/2 years ago, or so.

[@yogideshmukh]

Is that Cedrus deodara or it is Cedrus libani

[@gift_a_life..mrydaa]

Deodar

[@PolinaS-gq1te]

Definitely Deodara. Lebanian cedar looks more like a Mediterranean pine, but has three needles in one shell, instead of two(as all the pines do)

[@peterchan3100]

Libani

[@gift_a_life..mrydaa]

Thanks Peter to correct me as I have Deodar so got confused.

[@yogideshmukh]

@@peterchan3100 thanks🙏

[@LiccoPG]

Does the cut under branch trick also work with juniper?

[@AdaMakawee]

When you make a nick under the branch, do you put any treatment onto the cut?

[@lamvuondep]

😍

[@bigchunguselementaryschool8312]

Cheddar.

[@FallOfTheLiving]

ooo the cute at 17:50 hurt me a bit lovely result though

[@plantman5126]

I see he uses AG's old "two branch principle". :)

[@roger593]

Where do you get pots that size?

[@Zehryuk]

Hey

[@jonathanaristone2468]

Well done Peter, What is the scientific name of this specie.. Not sure I have seen tis one in Canada.

[@peterchan3100]

Cedrus libani

[@Najaxyutara]

❤️

[@MAMLeers]

Perhaps a bit of topic but is there any news about BBC programming regarding your appearance, demonstrating bonsaï mr Chan?

[@peterchan3100]

The latest I heard was that it could be broadcast some time in May on BBC-1

[@MAMLeers]

@@peterchan3100 Thank you. One surprise ahead...

[@theTemplar08]

What type of Cedars are those? Here in the Pacific Northwest United States those look very much like larches and nothing like a native red cedar.

[@toddbrittain1060]

Hi Warren, the western redcedar - Thuja occidentalis - is not a true cedar, it's a Thuja. The name 'cedar' is just a colloquialism, as is 'fir' for the Douglas fir, which isn't a true fir. That's the thing with trees. They're often called what they ain't. To quote Shakespeare: 'tis perhaps "a custom more honored in the breach, than in the observance" :-)

[@dragaumchineis5070]

Bom dia, Flor do dia!

[@andreaarmani3123]

just a question, the cut paste for bonsai is really expensive, can i use other product to seal my cut or the specific bonsai product is way more better? thanks for your help

[@PolinaS-gq1te]

Garden wax would do. Or even an oil paint, if you have some. Or original beeswax, mixed with a drop of liquid soap. Lots of stuff might bee used instead.

[@bobhittle8017]

Non hardening modeling clay and a drop or two of olive oil. You can't blend colors to match the bark works well

[@bobhittle8017]

" can mix colors to match bark"

[@bobhittle8017]

" can mix colors to match bark"

[@peterchan3100]

Try using metallic paint or tar paint.

[@69kesh]

DEAR PETER , IHOPE YOU ARE WELL AND SAFE, YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW, THERE IS A COMPANY CALLED KNIPEX THEY MAKE AMAZING HEAVY DUTY WIRE CUTTERS I HAVE ONE THEY GO THRU LIKE CUTTING A CAKE,

[@sharpshader]

difficult for me to find cedrus material in Ireland. Haven't been successful from seed either :(

[@Boru06]

Check out future forests bro.

[@peterchan3100]

We bought these as one year old seedlings over twenty years ago. Bonsai is a long term business - you got to be patient in this game.

[@michaelraffa8682]

What should the PH be on a bonzai tree And PPM

[@peterchan3100]

No need to bother about all that.