How To Make A Pine Bonsai

In this video I take a field grown pine and shape it into a bonsai.
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[@lebronjamessss-k4u]

"All these little secrets are worth a fortune but I give them away for free" We are so lucky that you are willing to share your experience.

[@mikeemmons1079]

He reminds me very much of my neighbour, growing up. Except he was Portuguese and his deal was grafting. Granny, Mac, Delicious apple tree in one corner, and a peach, plum in another. Grape vines everywhere.. Wasted nothing. His fence posts and gate were recycled pipes. Showed me how to make wine over the course of my 10th year. His vegetable gardens were a work of art. Dude always had a kind word and would explain anything he was working on in excellent detail.

[@mehrzadvahedi796]

I love your work

[@russsherwood5978]

yup reuse till you cant use any more,PETER,what size is that green house your working in now on this video? i have a pine tree that looks like that some what except the top was winter killed this past winter, thank you for the video, be strong, be safe, and be blessed

[@peterchan3100]

This greenhouse is 70ft log x 66ft wide.

[@nigellee9824]

If you like watching these videos, and I do, not for advice, but just for fun, as you’ll learn nothing...chop shop...no refinement

[@Tarian_475]

People always give funny looks when I say I re-use wire. I’ve had the same two rolls of 2 & 3mm wires for almost 10 years

[@syltis1994]

I assume this is only possible with copper wire, as my aluminium wire breaks when bent to much. I read somewhere that copper-wire will harden up when bent. Is that not a challenge when reusing wire?

[@giuseppebonatici7169]

@@syltis1994 you can re-anneal it with heat. after annealing, you can also twist it with a hand drill and a good anchor point and you can straighten if you need a really straight and hardened piece, for some reason. the trick with the hand drill can become dangerous if you don't have a good anchor and/or the wire has hardened to much (as it can spring back and do serious havoc). I always make sure that the wire is soft. Some insane people do it with soft steel wire and, for some reason, the wire didn't exploded. I consider that risky. the hardening process is what makes the wire durable, as reduces plastic deformation, but also increases the risk of brittle fracture. I have no experience with aluminium wire, but maybe it's because it hardens to much, or it could happen because the wire loss to much material in some place. if it happens because hardening, annealing should solve it. if not, well, it scrap then.

[@matthewmuller7429]

And all this time I've wasted mine. But there are certain moments when a trees branches are just too delicate to unwind for me.

[@MightyGodofGods]

@@giuseppebonatici7169 great idea, thanks.

[@steveanacorteswa3979]

@@matthewmuller7429 Yes, if it's a large branch I unwind, on my maples and small branches no way, I cut it off, I have a huge pile, don't know if it can be recycled but it looks cool, maybe cast it in resin as art.

[@howbigisyourlove]

I have been fascinated with Bonsai all my life but never explored it due to believing it was too expensive to achieve any masterpieces .. thank you for showing us how to make treasures for any garden.. these videos i just discovered of your work make my heart jump .. wonderful work and excellent knowledge

[@kendude8089]

" It's not a bad - little tree- it just needs some love" Charlie Brown!

[@jpc1147]

Thank you, Mr.Chen for all your teaching, I am just starting my journey into Bonsai and haven't much money so I appreciate all your money-saving tips. I like how you use less than perfect trees in your lessons for those are the trees I can afford. Again Thank You, Mr.Chen you are appreciated.

[@steveanacorteswa3979]

In the fall there can be great deals on the Charlie Brown trees nobody wants, you can also as your nursery or Home Depot type store if they have any damaged trees, most times they put them in a separate area till they heal but they sell them pretty discounted so visit often and be their friend so they tell you about the new stuff.

[@DylanPiper]

Jpc 11 same!

[@bonsaibaby8257]

How’s it going with your bonsai journey?

[@tolbaszy8067]

Beautiful video! Your conversational style is perfect! You make the viewer feel like you are talking just to them. The common sense you teach is not only good for bonsai. Thank-you for the wonderful videos!

[@peterchan3100]

Thank you for your feedback - it helps me to gauge what my viewers like or dislike.

[@lauranatalie1434]

I wish I could come over and straighten all of your wires in exchange for your knowledge!

[@maxinla2501]

3:51 I saw that there is a big rock on the right of your desk for putting several bonsais on it. Could you make a video to show us how ? 😃

[@peterchan3100]

Thanks for reminding me. I will do that in the next couple of weeks.

[@maxinla2501]

peter chan Thanks ! :)

[@YunaOnHome]

That be awesome to see if not buy something with so much character.

[@youngwillie9502]

Thank you for giving me something to watch besides virus hysteria. Much needed. Many people online who are stuck at home ask for suggestions for things to do and watch. I point them to your videos and say "If you can't go outside where you live look at Peter Chan's gardens."

[@steveanacorteswa3979]

I have so many trees I clipped wires on, they were starting to cut in early spring, now I have a LOT of wiring to do so I fill my time pretty well between Bonsai and my Sailboat.

[@youngwillie9502]

@@steveanacorteswa3979 Thanks to much cutting in the fall I have a great deal of material this spring. Better too much material than to little. Good times.

[@purushottamkute7485]

Watching your video is like diving into sea of knowledge !!! Lots of love from india 😊

[@nicoferreres8422]

He is so cute, this video was so relaxing to watch :') I just got my first 2 bonsais from seeds, they're still germinating so still a long process to go... but I hope they survive and grow so I can follow your advice and videos!

[@skeeloss2468]

how is it now

[@oneandonlyjaybee]

I collected seeds from local Scots pines in my area and to my surprise almost all germinated and are now into their 3rd year. I've put (re-used) wire on most of them this year and it looks like I will have several trees to work on in the coming years. I have given several away as gifts due to having so many. If you like pines then give it a go if you have any growing near you. I just put the seeds in seedling compost in the autumn and left them outside.

[@BenBSeattle]

Ok that wire trick has made my day. Thank you

[@wdrury1]

another way to straighten wire is use pliers both ends of the wire and pull as hard and fast as you can..works even better if you lay it in the sun for a few min to warm it up

[@billiamc1969]

My motto is fix what's broken and buy less often...the planet would be a way better place for all life forms...I learn so much from this guy.

[@peterchan3100]

Thank you - nice to know that you share my philosophy or less waste.

[@jimbersmcimbers]

Hot cross buns in the toaster, coffee in the cafetiere, Peter on the telly!

[@003Chel]

Wonderful, I'm going to make bonsai from all my local Scottish trees, birch, pine Rowan.

[@flemishbear9658]

Just started with bonsai. Haven’t bought anything thus far, using the things I have laying around. copper wire mostly. When stripped copper looks nice I think. I love working with pine!

[@katana1960]

First time watching, great video. How long do you have to wait until you pull the wire off? A year or two? Or do you just leave it forever? Does it have to be copper wire? I imagine steel would rust.

[@peterchan3100]

2 years normally but if you wish to make the trunk gnarled and rugged you can leave the wire in permanently. See some of my earlier videos where I talk about that.

[@rajivajha8832]

I'm impressed to see you reuse the wire. I've been doing it too rather hesitantly. You can even straighten thicker wire by annealing it gently over a flame and straighten it

[@spiritsoul2396]

Beautiful! Thank you Sir. For anyone criticizing this gentleman's work, you are wasting your time. His genius and the decisions made are like the moves of a professional chess player, at least five to ten years ahead of your perception.

[@TheAnonymousPunter]

How long do you usually leave the wires in place at a time? Nice video, thanks.

[@najamulhassan1962]

Thanks to your videos. I now have 2 bonsai. A Japanese Maple and a Chir Pine. 😊

[@darrellr1362]

I am amazed at what you are able to create from trees that I initially see so little potential from. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.

[@MidniteSan]

A fine Future pine bonsai indeed, Thx for sharing Peter and can't wait for the next one.. stay safe to all..cheers😇

[@kenturnbull9679]

Since I know what a bottle brush is and still have one, maybe you could do a video on wiring one properly :-)

[@cdh79]

..just have a film crew follow you around constantly, and we'll be happy :D

[@nathanielscreativecollecti6392]

I don't know who's criticizing your magic. I find it very relaxing and enjoy seeing the process. I'd like to do it myself this spring.

[@kaylynn3583]

I tried to create a boxwood bonsai and you bend the branches so easily, I accidently snapped an important branch that I Wanted to keep

[@vinnyjamesobrien]

Hi, where do you get your pots? I find it difficult to find good clay pots?

[@WGH-ef5ze]

Thanks much for the lesson

[@claudemirbarbosa8414]

Você é o melhor professor de bonsai que vi até hoje muito bem explicado parabéns 🇧🇷

[@fredwanders2448]

Thankyou again for your simple easy to understand video! There is a wealth of knowledge that you are filtering to us and giving us a good start or or boost in this great hobby!

[@ford335gt]

I wonder how many master bonsai trees started their journey as what some would call rubbish trees.

[@steveanacorteswa3979]

Rubbish trees are most of what I buy, the $100 maple with a broken branch or sunburn, get it for 1/2 price, in a year you would never know.

[@chaiwatpotichanid]

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[@AleksAndra-if8xg]

Every single peace of your speak is helpful. So much love from Serbia ❤️

[@lunastarr3367]

Hello Mr. Chen, Could I please become your apprentice? I have always loved and grown plants but I have recently grown an deep fascination for Bonsai and I can tell you are a great teacher and have a lot to teach. I am a great student and fast learner!

[@derek7676]

Thank you that was most informative and I gladly appreciate you sharing your knowledge and wisdom

[@jamaxk1373]

"I never really liked pines" I didn't either, until I saw a Japanese 5 needle on one of your videos on its own roots. That made me like pines

[@mercamg9312]

Great video as always. l can see three branches half way up that are at one junction on the trunk. l believe the 3 branches should be reduced to 2 to reduce trunk swelling and chance of inverse taper. Otherwise will be great in the future.

[@sangyenamdrol9392]

I have watched so many if your videos as your work and personality are both great. This tree thoygh oomg🤭😜👎

[@frederikpeter5208]

what a legend!

[@tkeller]

Should I leave my evergreen banzai outside during the winter? I live in Wisconsin.

[@jlistsaak2816]

I am going into the woods tomorrow and dig out a pine to make a bonsai myself ☺️❤️

[@uberrandomperson]

did you do it? im going tomorrow :D

[@SuperDomKiki]

I just got my Maple and Sakura seeds, my journey begins. See you all in 20 years o/

[@nonyadamnbusiness9887]

Has "mil" been redefined in the UK? A mil is not a millimeter, it's 1/1000 of an inch.

[@Sunrise2912]

I would place. A concrete or crystal stone, and have all the pine needles pointing upwards.

[@Stef_ICP]

And later that night , somebody gonna sit in the chair and......😂 oops

[@JacyHart]

I have a garden with some old pine trees that were once bonzai. But when I took over the old garden it was overgrown with vines and weeds chocking out the pines. Now after digging them out I can see how they had suffered with lack of sunlight and water. They are very sparse with foilage clumps and zpindly. Maybe if I cut the tips of existing foilage, they may be inspired to bud out?

[@steveanacorteswa3979]

No don't cut them, pines need live needles at the end of a branch or the whole branch will die, Peter probably has a lot more knowledge but I would repot them with spagnum moss added as Peter shows and do nothing to the rest of the tree, wait for it to heal, this spring the needles left will feed the roots, next spring the roots will help feed the needles. When a tree is sick you want to be very careful or it will die. Get them sun but not hot afternoon sun, like my maples are near a wall and shaded from the afternoon sun. Are they in the ground or pots?

[@peterchan3100]

Send me a picture via email and I will advise

[@andreaarmani3123]

The people say this is not a masterpice should know that for create a "masterpice" you must start from a very joung plat work on it for at last 50 years and if you are a bonsai master you obtain a "masterpice". I'm a simple man that enjoy have some nice plants and work on it, for me your tutorials are amazin and help me to devolop new skils. Sorry for my bad english.

[@peterchan3100]

Thank you for your comment - your English is very good. I would not be able to communicate in your language

[@alecmcdonald744]

Good evening , I am relatively new too bonsai this is my second year and I am gaining alot of key knowledge from Ur videos , I recently I have been informed u are a rather controversial figure to some and from Ur comments on this video u expect negative opinion which is sad as u are sharing so much and potentially costing Ur self revenue with Ur money saving ideas 😂... everyone has opinion Peter . Good or bad . U said Ur tree is no master piece .🙄 It is to me and my others that hold u in high regard and appreciate everything u share . Thank u and Have a lovely evening

[@peterchan3100]

Thank you Alec for your comment - I am old enough and mature enough not to be intimidated by other people's comments especially the negative ones. I know that it is due to their envy -not mine. I am giving my knowledge freely because I like sharing and that is all there is to it.

[@alecmcdonald744]

Ur very welcome Sir . Ps I hope we see more Hawaiian shirts when the summer comes along 😁 stay safe

[@Christopher_Giustolisi]

I would´ve taken that pine and cut it down to the lowest two branches and then plant it in a big pot so it can grow and get thicker.

[@paullill5604]

17 weeks now of Sunday breakfast with Peter. As an electrician I always straighten and reuse wire. Old electrical cable get stripped by hand and annealed on the bbq saves me £££££££££’s Stay safe stay well all.

[@nancyfahey7518]

My son just started Friday as an electrician. As an apprentice I think. I see a great future for my trees. And my son of course.🙂

[@helhaimm]

Sir, can you tell me what species is bonsai on the left from the pine you're processing? The one next to the leafless with thick trunk. It's teally beautiful, and I would try to make one of these 😊

[@LounoirRecords]

that's a chinese juniper, i think it's either the itoigawa or kisoo variety

[@bahcedefteri]

Hello. Thank you for this video from Turkey!

[@stevesnow5461]

You are truly a master. Your videos are beautiful gifts. Thank you & All the Best.... Steve in NM/USA

[@sofiapachon5322]

Amazing tips! Thank you so much.

[@noprinopri6739]

what kind of media, please.... 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@Dovietail]

OMG! It's a Charlie Brown Christmas tree!

[@ayshab8983]

All videos which I watch show only wiring of plants. I mean is that all is required to turn a normal plant we buy from nursery…. into a bonsai? I mean they don’t show what they do with roots? I mean wiring and planting it in a shallow pot will develop a plant into a bonsai?

[@consueloamortegui3099]

Yes

[@markwoodard4012]

Do you recommend annealing the wire before reusing?

[@peterchan3100]

Copper wire - yes but Aluminium - no need to

[@gariktv8756]

I found another way to make wire like a string

[@uberrandomperson]

imma go out to the forest tomorrow and get myself a bonsai pine lol

[@noahdeabler3617]

Meant to say kidding not killing scared me for a second

[@dodool6332]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge

[@j.d.8075]

"every tree has potential" ...another pearl of wisdom in another masterclass learnt so much once again

[@MegaJaime1959]

Son muy buenos sus videos en un nivel pedagógico. Solo una sugerencia, que no tape con su cuerpo el trabajo que esta exponiendo. Que se ponga detrás del trabajo que está explicando para que no se pierda el proceso de dicho trabajo expuesto en tales vídeos 👍

[@ko6uta133]

Hello , can anyone tell me why the bark is pruned ? And how much time the wire gotto stay on the branch.

[@roinjames3450]

Really! Thumbs down for free tuition from humble greatness? Some people huh!!! I am hooked!

[@CDragonite]

Bottle 🍼 brush so true lol. 👍 still use them Sir.

[@markn3586]

Some people's rubbish is another's gold. We all have to start somewhere and beginning with a $1,000 Japanese black pine or white pine would be foolish for those ware are just starting. These are techniques that can be used to establish a sound basis for designing a tree, wiring a tree, and maintaining trees. I never understood pines until recently, now I'm fast becoming a fanatic.

[@jorgelsanchez4388]

Amazing work,thanks for sharing. I started a home depot pine tree once but dried out.I don't know if wasn't getting enough light from outside or what really happened.If anyone have an idea,please let me know.Thanks!!!

[@anjasemiz4336]

I really like your videos and your wunderful work. Thank you for sharing. Greetings from germany😊

[@darrintollefson1418]

Please get good quality video microphone setup sometime I can't hear what you are saying and I feel like I'm missing important information.

[@ITookYourBic]

(Just started doing Bonsai as of spring 2021) I just found a bunch of baby pines around the yard and out front. Didn't even think of it tell I saw one then realized they were everywhere. I probably have 20 plus baby pines. Hopefully they survive. Plus thank you for that wire trick I got a box for all the wire I'll probably one day have!

[@NgluyukMbonsai]

thank you om.. for the inspiration on how to tidy up bonsai so that it becomes character..

[@destinee9903]

I have a pine tree in my back yard can I root the branches and created my own bonsai plant? Would you recommend rooting it before you cut it off the tree. Or rooting it in soil?

[@michaelmcdougal8600]

For the last couple of months I've been working in magnolia Texas which is in the piney woods area and I've been digging up quite a few small pines here and there but I'm having a problem keeping any of them alive I don't know what it is that I'm doing wrong they are in red clay. The only ones have been able to manage to keep alive or the ones I've kept inside under a small compact fluorescent bulb

[@yourfamilydocter]

How old is the tree? I just bought an unpruned pine with a similar thickness and pot size, but the shop owner wasn't sure how old it was

[@believe2261]

Subscribed, I love your videos and I’ve started to become a bonsai apprentice and watch all your videos. I sell them now and make quite a bit of money here in Japan. Thank you !

[@largentutube]

The ice killed the top out of one of my new coniferous trees I had planted. I forgot what kind it is. It is for dry climates. The bottom was covered by snow. So the top is brown and the bottom silvery blue. Do I cut the top out or leave it alone

[@MrGreezlie]

We would like to see it, thank you

[@seriousvale9007]

Thank you Mr. Chen, you are most kind for your instructions and tips, as well as your secrets. A question; I live in Canada zone 5b how cold can a bonsai get be for it dies as in it gets to -40° C here and the bonsai pot is only 5" deep will that temperature kill it what should I do?

[@jacktao5448]

Hi Peter great demo. Can you pls show us some demos how to create shohin bonsai? In today's increasingly more dense accommodation living in cities, most young people only have balconies to grow small bonsais. Appreciate if you can share some info on shohin growing tips. Thanks.

[@cldavis33]

I have doing bonsai for so long....I must say, I still love the natural beauty of an untrained white pine, and acer palmatums. So naturally beautiful with zero pruning. All good but that thick bushy white pine to me is a thing of absolute beauty.

[@bombbombala8675]

I notice you kept a junction of three branch emanating from the trunk, do you worry about future bulging?

[@Diexi-x6j]

I want to plant/ having a bonsai then I saw this vid its very helpful and easy to understand thabk you ❤

[@anathema157]

Very nice video. Thx you !

[@ghostinthenutshell3207]

Thank you for all your wonderful work and educational videos 🙏✂️🌳♥️

[@Crazyarchitect13]

I am very new to this. My blue spruce is dropping its needles. I have no idea what to do. Am I overwatering it?

[@AdekYunet]

Terimakasih sudah berbagi teori soal bonsai pak.

[@natrjack965]

Hi Peter Long time no see Hope you’re keeping well hopefully be able to come down and see you when all this virus pandemic is over and done with I was wondering the compost that you use for that pine what was it as I have pine seedlings I want to pot on Once again thank you so much for the videos keep safe

[@mattyice8265]

I’m just starting to learn so forgive me, will the tree grow in height anymore after this? What keeps it from growing taller?

[@hamlatashardul4512]

How to make a Bonsai soil😄😄

[@Sweyn.Vagabond]

Thank you for all your amazing and valuable tips that you give us for free!

[@memberphil]

Thank you for telling to reuse wire! Other bonsai teachers should do that too! To me reused wire works as well as new wire!!!

[@cristinaanton8396]

Peter, I live in Romania and I would like you to tell me what I can buy so that I can turn them into bonsai. In winter I will put them in the house but in spring until autumn I will keep them outside.