Making a Tanuki Bonsai

In this video I will show you how to make a tanuki bonsai with a juniper tree.
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[@dancingrat6969]

the timing with this guy. i get a nice piece of wood- he makes a tanuki video. i get a nice black pine- he makes a pine video. this is crazy. 3th time like this

[@vosaemify]

Great behinds stink alike

[@ashwindannenburg6283]

Hi Peter, good to see you again. I always enjoy your teaching and what you make! Have a nice evening. Ashwin

[@raymondplodzien7459]

I have never seen this done before. Thank You!

[@Teresa-ih4sn]

Oh how beautiful!! Now I just have to find a nice piece of driftwood. Thank you for this lesson Sir Peter!

[@timdady4660]

I did the same last year but with smaller tree and driftwood, its good driftwood that is not so easy to find, must increase my search. lovely Tanuki.Thanks Peter

[@stephenkoebcke9070]

Peter I've actually used paneling nails with the ridges, now just the nails in my air gun to attach the sapling to the driftwood inside channels I've cut. So much easier. Just another trick. Steve.

[@Chris-oq6kn]

Great video peter. I cant wait to make a tanuki one day. Just a little extra tip ive seen people take time also to carve channels in the deadwood and lay the live whips into the deadwood so it falls in place nicely also. Prob takes alot of time though

[@KennetDeBondt]

How about the natural direction and grain of the deadwood?

[@walterwjr947]

Thank you.... 🙏 😔 🙏 Dr. Chan, another video filled with information and techniques. Again thank you. Driftwood is a great source of "deadwood" and is already "seasoned" and "blasted" if the beach is convenient. 🙏 🖖 🙏 😔

[@nordicson2835]

This was really a beautiful piece. Thank you.

[@bonsaitime621]

Thanks for another great episode Peter!

[@nakato-tekushi7235]

Such a beautiful way to bring a once dead piece of wood to life and you've done an amazing job it looks wonderful! 🌿

[@jobinbon6473]

hadir nyimak bagus bonsainya🌳mister😀👍salam dari INDONESIA

[@rsa420]

I love projects like this

[@chrisbanner7551]

Dr Chan has done it again

[@davemead4504]

This is so amazing to watch! The technique of combining the two is such art. Love it!!

[@myawalles]

Amazing!

[@terryc8674]

Great video !

[@hafizpangkastampan2122]

Mantap sekali Bosque 👍👍👍👍

[@jamesa7506]

Very nice my friend!

[@Agropelters]

Can I just say that I love Peter Chan. He makes our hobby so accessible. Thank you.

[@ChrisPuch]

Very nice.

[@SyriusStarMultimedia]

I created a deconstructed Tanuki with cuttings and deadwood by incorporating the deadwood as separate plantings in a forest grouping. So I have 5 dead trees and 2 live ones.

[@therisingofroninbonsai]

Understood. A wire use , for strenght first the branches , arrange it the flow of balancing.

[@shivangnisharma9448]

I followed your technique last year & have a decent hibiscus tanuki from a year old pencil thick trunk. A tamarind tanuki is in the making (fingers crossed ) , neem sapling somehow didn’t take too kindly to hugging deadwood so I took it off, it’s happy now, thank you for reinforcing the tips & tricks

[@MidniteSan]

Gonna find me some dead wood then... Thx for sharing Peter,.. Cheers

[@henzobonsai]

Goodjob 👍👍👍

[@jiijino_bonsai_ch]

good video😍😍😍

[@HootMaRoot]

I think that will look like a nice bonsai in a couple of years but even now it looked like a credible bonsai

[@torreykat]

Oh I love the live wood around dead wood. I didn't know this was called "Tanuki" but that's really cool!!

[@mavventura1133]

"Tanuki" is creating a live wood mixed with found deadwood. To form a "fake old tree" However, there are true junipers with massive deadwood portions along the trunk (Shari) where a trunk actually was and it died off naturally or was purposly killed to induce more "age"... creating the illusion of an old tree with deadwood in a tanuki fashion is very very difficult. SO FACINATING TO WATCH

[@MrChausner]

Finding such nice drift wood for sale in the US is difficult. Love this lesson

[@thetechnicolorbatcave]

If you can get to the ocean or an alpine habitat to find your own that's the way to go

[@shahrafiq2165]

Panjing one's more please thank you Peter

[@BarbaraCruz-nq5bn]

Thank you so much for your informative videos...how long do the ties need to stay on the tanuki before they may be removed usually?

[@brucejeffcott1104]

Peter, would you typically carve grooves for the wrapped branches? Or will they naturally grow to look part of the deadwood?

[@mikenco]

I have two old dry Oak 'driftwoods' and a couple of Blawws. I keep saying I will try this. How do YOU treat the dead wood to prevent rotting as you water the live wood?

[@chrisbrayley6271]

Do you still treat the plant with fertilizer following the grow period? How long did you grow out that juniper for again. I love the use of cable ties; tanuki is fun and so expressive. Peter chuckle is so infectious have a great week.

[@peterchan3100]

feed normally.

[@user-ir4nu1xt1o]

Подскажите, какой сорт можжевельника вы использовали? С какими растениями можно создавать Тануки?

[@timothyvanheerden8105]

Cool vid If you eventually remove the ties will the tree not seperate from the dead wood? The curves on the outside,or will it "roll" over the deadwood?

[@Facilitate.Inform]

The live wood will bond to the dead wood over time.

[@mariapilarme]

What the word Tanuki mean?

[@rsa420]

Trickster it comes from the japan for racoon dog believed to be a trickster ie the tree is a trick

[@brucedeacon28]

👍👌🙂

[@chaiwatpotichanid]

🥰🥰👍

[@michaelduncan6287]

You left the wire on some of the branches you tied up ??? Shouldn't it have been removed?

[@peterchan3100]

It will be removed when its done its job. there is no rush

[@pw4350]

Is the deadwood treated with anything?

[@peterchan3100]

NO because it was very hard and with no signs of rot.

[@pw4350]

@@peterchan3100 thanks

[@RICKDIED]

Hope someone in the comments can help do you know of a platform where i can send photos of my tree and get expert advice I got one as a gift did sum research and still learning and educating myself but im still scared to do cuts dunno which to prune the trunk is vertical and splits into two branches like a[ Y-shape] should I do i hard cut and start tree from scratch btw its spring by me also I think I have the orange dream japanese maple.

[@RICKDIED]

Ps sorry I know this video isnt about japanese maples I thought it best to post on the latest video.

[@Warriori2i]

try a bonsai forum

[@RICKDIED]

@@Warriori2iokay really appreciate and wil do thank you

[@Cryptochinodotsol]

I heard you saying another video this is not a real tree when he's showing his natural trees with Shari he said these trees aren't real the real trees that you happen to put together like you don't manipulate all bonsais

[@Texicanobrasil]

zip ties 😃

[@pinus_nigra]

That is the ugliest bonsai Peter has ever made (on youtube) :D

[@yoteslaya7296]

Hey Peter do you know how tanuki is received in the bonsai world? I've talked to a few bonsai people and they kind of chuckle at the idea of tanuki like its not a valid bonsai practice. Whats your opinion?

[@peterchan3100]

They are just jealous - ordinary folk like you and me enjoy making Tanuki - what is the problem. I hate these "gate-keepers " in the bonsai world who try to control every thing. Who are they to tell us what we can and cannot do, (You can see this sort of thing irks me)

[@walterwjr947]

@@peterchan3100 Thank you.... 🙏 😔 🙏 Art is defined by the Artist. Too many snobs. 🙏 🖖 🙏 😔 🙏