Making Bonsai from Cryptomeria Nursery Plants

Cryptomeria isn’t the easiest species to care for. In this video I take small nursery cryptomeria and create simple but effective bonsai.
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[@paullill5604]

Week 38 of Sunday breakfast with Peter Another great start to the day Bit of tufa work on a fractal burnt wooden base for me today and watching your videos in the morning just sets the mood. Stay well Stay safe

[@peterchan3100]

You can plant these Cryptomeria on Tufa - would look nice.

[@paullill5604]

I tend to hollow it out and plant in it rather than on it, I’ve managed to plant a few so far and all going strong with a weekly dose of fish emulsion as it such a free draining rock. My mums garden is rapidly running out of Tufa. Will try a Cryptomeria if only I could find one to turn out like the first one in your video saw a few snips and thought it looked great, then you stopped and said the same.

[@BmCm0.0]

You are the reason I have 8 bonsai

[@alexandrecastagna9578]

Same here 😅👍

[@rsa420]

Watch that that number will grow

[@almac2598]

Thanks Peter. Trouble with all these ideas is, I'm running out of garden space. Stay safe all.

[@romhol14]

I can relate to this very much. Only we live in a flat. I once told my soon to be wife, we could buy a smaller bed, that I calculated we could have 3 more bonsai instead.. We compromised... I built one more shelf..

[@BlueSkyBonsai]

Hi! the small cryptomeria bonsai trees you made were fabulous! And so quick to make. Thanks Peter!

[@jacksonjarrett]

i just bought and shaped 2 small nursery trees.... before the video! time to get some more

[@Biowolf626]

Someday I would love to have bonsai from you. Thank you for the videos

[@Taylor314T5]

I have a giant cryptomeria in my front garden. Pain in the neck to clean up after, but beautiful shape. Didn’t know you could make bonsai from them. Maybe I’ll take some cuttings from it. Or possibly try air layer it.

[@xyzllii]

Nothing stops Mr Chan's passion. Not even a Pandemic.

[@MidniteSan]

I fancy the Yokohama or first tree Peter did,.just perfect for shohin and mame bonsai i guess. Thx for sharing Peter..stay safe to all and cheers..

[@jrhenry24]

I like your honesty with what you know and how you do

[@headingnorth5701]

Watching you create bonsai from nothing are my favourites to watch.

[@mattygroves]

I am a new subscriber to the channel. Thank you for sharing your work with us, Peter!

[@bonsai-loveandpassion7695]

I am also addicted to Bonsai but I am only the novice ,you are professional. I am new here and I hope we will be new and good friends.warm greetings from VietNam

[@sophiaangelini4368]

Breakfast with the magical Shears

[@lukeprofeta2072]

Mr. Chan can you do a video of what to do if your bonsai is infected? please

[@rolandomota6382]

😊i just re-potted some of my trees yesterday

[@PatchyFaun]

thank you for creating this video. super helpful for me starting my own bonsai.

[@mattie-lisapeka7072]

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge I have really enjoyed learning about bonsai from you because you have made it feel achievable

[@janwells2199]

So beautiful, Peter. I just lost a thriving Contorted Douglas Fir (Emerald Twister) to a vole who ate the roots off. GRRR. I had no idea it was at risk in a garden full of dried cherries, acorns and walnuts. You could make a real work of art from that variety.

[@mamanbear1]

Love the crepetomeria. I have one and it is a unique tree but you are correct about the browning of the older shootings. Thanks for the great videos.

[@daver9643]

I live in Long Island New York and I have one what’s the best season month to do a root reduction and transfer to a bonsai dish?

[@LounoirRecords]

cryptomeria is probably one of the last species i would recommend for beginners, especially styling and maintenance - they're so incredibly brittle when wiring. they also require a lot of correct pruning, cleaning etc. but if you can manage them they have a huge potential to make the best bonsai out there

[@BeeBait]

Oh lord, I have 15 and they were all my first ones! I didn't know they were difficult, but they seemed like the easiest ones to me! 😄

[@daver9643]

@@BeeBait I live in Long Island New York and I have one what’s the best season month to do a root reduction and transfer to a bonsai dish?

[@DavidJones-ty1ht]

@@daver9643 I believe Mr. Chan said in another cryptomaria video that he was going to wait till spring to repot. Sry a lil late hope your plant is doing well. I was lucky enough 2 to talk the guy at Lowe's to give me 75% because of the brown but I had noticed the new green growth and gave it a chance. Thanks Mr. Chan 4 all his info.

[@michaelhudson5404]

Great video peter keep safe my friend

[@bonsaibob8253]

Peter could you please take a few minutes to let all of us know how you created your slanted planting on a slab. I have been growing six cedars for four years and I would like to create a “ hillside “ planting of my own. Thank you Peter.

[@jwm1893]

I was just thinking about cryptomeria this morning...

[@walterwjr947]

Thank you.... 🙏 😔 🙏

[@amitamit8121]

Nice one

[@pie419]

Great Video :))

[@dukezegazo3321]

"Vilmoriniana" refers to Maurice de Vilmorin, famous french botanist, who introduced this cryptomeria in France circa 1890. The Vilmorin family has founded almost 200 years ago a company of great reputation dealing with plants and seeds. Conclusion : the Channel Sea is much wider than it seems.

[@peterchan3100]

Thank you for the info!

[@joefowler9600]

I thought you were going to make a series about your life peter? Really hope you still going to do them, i think all your 207k subs want to know about you!

[@peterchan3100]

Be patient - its on my list of "To Do" jobs but need to find someone to interview me,

[@joefowler9600]

@@peterchan3100 excellent, I'll look forward to that.👍

[@paullill5604]

joe fowler I can’t wait

[@cyndydejoy6129]

That would be outstanding!! You have had such a varied life. You are the most interesting man in the world!!

[@deedahl2866]

I have a friend with one of these growing tall in his gardening room, with skylights. It always has a few brown branches falling off, it's slow growing, and he has never trimmed it! It's a very messy tree! I didn't know it could be done as a bonsai . . . will have to consider an airlayering or something if I want to try it too!

[@askgbk]

Hey guys. My orange tree has sprouted 1 single little white flower, in the past 2 weeks its just had a huge growing spurt. Is that normal for this time of year in the U.K. ??

[@alexandrecastagna9578]

What is fun with Cryptomeria is that all the green present on the tree become brown-copper during winter. So don't think that the tree is dead... you must wait! It's a pleasure to see the tree changing with the season, it is what defines the charm of this species. I don't know if I prefere the tree that I bought from Peter in winter time or in summer time... May be there is some Cryptomeria who don't change color... This tree represent good challenge especially in forest group, a lot of potential for jin. I will try to make cutting next year. Thank you 🙏🏻❤️🇨🇵

[@milenaruzickova8026]

Mam nekolik druhu koupenych na podzim. Pres zimu zhnedla jen C.japonica Elegans. C.j.Jungai zustala zelena.

[@jimbersmcimbers]

We stayed at Walcot Hall in Shropshire recently. They have a great arboretum with some huge Cryptomeria. They apparently had a Hinoki, I just couldn't find it!

[@Najaxyutara]

❤️

[@heshamelmesalmy5950]

Thank you mr.Peter for this information about cryptomeria .... Does planting in the plastic boxes in the first video make the trunk of plants thicker faster than planting in the ground?

[@DavidJones-ty1ht]

No he does it 2 save dying trees. Moss and air really help the stress. I use a lot of deluded worm tea from my vermi bin. It greens any plant up especially green lol. Best and fastest way 2 thicken the trunk is in the ground. Per Mr. Chan

[@thematrixcentre]

In our place we use cryptomeria as Christmas tree.

[@milenaruzickova8026]

Kde to je " u nas"?

[@daver9643]

I have a cryptomeria japonica tansu. What month can I do the thinning/branch removal or reduction? Thanks

[@PabloJ69]

I need to get hold of some larger bonsai pots, where can i get these as i have looked everywhere. Do you sell pots?

[@jamesa7506]

" And there you go. "

[@redwhiteandbluecattledogs667]

We have a local nursery that has those but they don't take careof them at all and give them away cheap, I love them for bonsai

[@daver9643]

Do you go straight from nursery pot to bonsai container or do you downsize including route reduction over the course of several containers in years?

[@redwhiteandbluecattledogs667]

@@daver9643 I did my best the clean the roots the first day I got it, and then I put it in a normal pot, 6 months later It was growing really fast, I didn't cut very much from the leaves cause I didn't know if too much would hurt the plant. This next week I'll be putting it in a bonsai pot after 10 months of it being in a normal pot

[@daver9643]

@@redwhiteandbluecattledogs667 but isn’t it not the right time to transfer I heard that spring time was the month for the root reduction and transfer?

[@redwhiteandbluecattledogs667]

@@daver9643 I'm not a professional and didn't know the best time. But I wanted to just get it at least cleaned, its growing a lot

[@DavidJones-ty1ht]

@@daver9643 depends on the size of the plant when u buy it and how big of a finished plant u would like. I always pot up quite a bit 2 thicken the trunks and help the plant adjust 2 my growing style and soil. Red white n blue is definitely rite about finding then cheap I was able 2 talk the dude at Lowe's 2 take 75% off on mine because of the brown. But I noticed the new strong green growth n gave it a try. Then thanks 2 mr. Chan I know I'm not crazy lol happy growing 🌲🌳🍁

[@redwhiteandbluecattledogs667]

Wow a year?? Thats awesome, do you use the seeds to grow?

[@peterchan3100]

Yes

[@wiccasdream]

I have a bunch of 1,2, and 3 yr old maples that have sprouted in random pots in the yard. When do I need to pull and do an initial prune and 1st potting

[@pansepot1490]

Wait for them to shed their leaves, late autumn early winter. If your climate is very cold better do it in late winter early spring.

[@urosknezevic3504]

Cryptomeria is frost resist?

[@peterchan3100]

Yes it is

[@robaddonizio520]

Great videos Peter! I love all your videos and I am always looking for more. Being a maple enthusiast as we'll as a potter myself I would love more on both of those topics if possible. What would really interest me is some videos on ground layering some of your bigger trees. Good nebari is really one of my interests. Thanks so much for all the videos again Peter. You are such an inspiration! Rob Taiko earth pottery Taikoearth.com

[@picklerick7765]

Very happy 😍💋 💝💖♥️❤️

[@3sechsund80er]

Im always told: "Dont repot in fall, do it in early spring". How will this operation affect the trees during the winter ?

[@IrishAnonymous01]

I like when he takes us through the seasonal work

[@jasongannon7676]

If you live in a climate that has hard freezing weather do your root training and heavy pruning in the spring. Otherwise fall is fine. I'm a horticulturist and have been for 35 years

[@peterchan3100]

If you don't cut much root and protect in the winter this is OK

[@3sechsund80er]

@@peterchan3100 thanks Peter!

[@duncanyoung8688]

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[@picklerick7765]

Hi Boys 😍💋 💝💖♥️❤️