Maple Series - Part III - Refining

In this video I talk about a large Benichidori and walk you through the different options there are when making decisions for this tree.
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[@andrewbesford324]

I'm loving the heron bonsai you tube channel, better than tv

[@RecalcitrantBiznis]

Probably because Peter speaks truth and the TV spews lies.

[@peterchan3100]

@@RecalcitrantBiznis I am flattered by I watch a lot of TV and not all of it is lies. Just can't stand certain politicians.

[@jaguardelcielo]

Do people still watch TV?

[@peterchan3100]

@@jaguardelcielo - I watch the Sony Indian channel for their soaps and KBC which is the Indian version of "Who wants to be a Millionaire"

[@RecalcitrantBiznis]

@@jaguardelcielo Yes sadly. You must have seen the masked ones. They are evidence of TV watching. No cases of convid1984 among the Amish. 😁😉

[@amandadonaghey7540]

"The birds should be able to fly through the branches" Inspiring! Another dimension added to my perspective.... Thank you Peter Chan

[@cielomcmeekin7296]

💜💜💜

[@kaygibson1842]

Hello from New Zealand..my destress channel.. Love working with bonsai. Mindfulness.. Peter the peaceful... Always learning.. Thank you Peter..

[@BlueSkyBonsai]

Totally agree!

[@peterchan3100]

Thank you for your kind feedback.

[@nancyfahey7518]

I practically hold my breath the whole time you are cutting into a beautiful tree. But every time it turns out to be more beautiful. I don't know how you do it. Maybe some day I will develop that "eye."

[@Chris-oq6kn]

Just a tip if u google branch structure of a bonsai tree and go to images u will find a pic that describes what branches should be removed. With a lil time u will have that eye also. If u apply these rules it is very helpfull and u too can develop without worry .

[@cyndydejoy6129]

Love everything Peter does. He is simply the best! Maples are my favorites also. Stunning!

[@aaronkerr1354]

Always great when there’s a new herons vid. Also I’m alllllllll about the maples. So this is the best series for me haha. Hi peter and your staff and your maples 🙋‍♂️

[@BlueSkyBonsai]

Yes Peter's maples are the best!

[@latetodagame1892]

I like that you are yourself and unapologetic.

[@MrChausner]

I watch everyone. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Agree with other comments, better than TV. USA Michigan

[@bgertsma]

What a blessing to have a Monday video. It's a wonderful surprise, thank you!

[@peterchan3100]

Today is a public holiday in England

[@bgertsma]

@@peterchan3100 I did not know that. Thanks :)

[@BlueSkyBonsai]

Always a pleasure to watch and hear your tutorials. "Like the ancient dancers used to hide a bit, show a bit, it adds to the mystery" 😊👍🏻

[@lucyb15]

The space you created took it from looking like a topiary to looking like a tree again...I approve!

[@cielomcmeekin7296]

I'll never understand the kinda person who could give these videos a thumbs down.

[@shirleysenkler781]

This maple is now stunning!

[@paullill5604]

Wow another one so soon!

[@peterchan3100]

We have loads more in the pipeline !! These are holiday treats for my viewers

[@MAMLeers]

@@peterchan3100 I'm looking forward to that pipeline! Indeed holiday treats...

[@MF-fc5vk]

I love your maple vids, could watch them for hours. Beautiful trees well done. 👌

[@MidniteSan]

Yaay another video...if I were there I would probably be like a kid in candy store collecting Arakawa cuttings 😁😁. Beautiful n healthy trees indeed. Thx for sharing Peter, until next one..cheers.

[@syaifulsumantri2795]

Oh my God that's beautiful maple bonsai tree with ferpect clasic shaping lovely 👍👍

[@AmraphelofShinar]

Collected a bunch of Japanese Maple seeds today from my very old green Japanese Maple and also working on getting the seeds out of the Platycladus cones I collected from an old friend's tree! Always work to do even in the darkest winter days! Thanks again for the great videos!

[@jessevdmeer]

Just amazing! What a beautiful tree😲

[@philrich3914]

Love the maple series peter, hope you all had a good Christmas. Keep up the good work.

[@roberthannigan4382]

looks wonderful Peter. thanks

[@peterjohnson3654]

Nice heathy tree to start with and a more refined tree way the end. Nice work.

[@PrairieDancerRose]

WOW frojm a regular Bonsai, to a fabulous Bonsai tree! yes, lovely bark.You are an artist in your own right, Mr. Peter Chan. Thank-uou for these, your videos.

[@jirawudhvanasup4530]

Wow. Very nice. Well done. Rgds, Jay.

[@janeplatt8254]

Great video yet again Peter , l must have one of your trees they are beautiful hope to get to see you at herons soon stay safe ❤️🇬🇧😊

[@noelmccomb7577]

Peter is one of my idols, and inspired me to create bonsai. Loving every video here in Ireland. Keep it up. Noel

[@cornepienaar5413]

Brilliant video! Just purchased two maples today. Cant wait to follow your tips and advice.

[@russelldooley6262]

Fast work yet great discipline.

[@VinnyChirayil]

As usual, a great video and totally worth the duration 👌👍. I am usually not a fan of long vids but this one was worth it. That bamboo stick trick to level the entire pad in one go was pure genius idea ! Never heard that before anywhere !

[@peterchan3100]

Only from Peter Chan

[@johnhetherington1253]

Superb as usual, beats tv anytime! Love the shape of this tree

[@bombiecustodio]

This is great. I learn a lot just by watching.

[@echan3230]

Always very interesting. Lots of explanation, tips (for beginners like me) even for the pro. I hope one day i will have confidence to prune my bonsaï tree like you do.😱

[@juliettenash8120]

Very useful and enjoyable as usual, thank you!

[@susansands1]

Excellent! Superb tutorial and I intend to mimic his pruning techniques on my Katsura maple.

[@Tore1972Wisdom]

That is a beautiful Maple. I would love to have that on my bonsai shelves.

[@Tore1972Wisdom]

@S M* My guess is, without knowing, it would probably cost 7000-8000 pound.

[@peterchan3100]

@@Tore1972Wisdom Not as much as that. Email my office and we will give you a price. Although I am not sure if we can send Maples to Norway. Need to check.

[@davidjennings9556]

Even after just a few minutes into the video the tree looked much better!! Also.....if most poeple are like me.....it would be a great honor to have one of the great Peter Chan's trees in my collection! I only regret that you cant ship trees to the US.

[@modtheblackmarvel]

Good morning

[@xyzllii]

I must admit I was ouching at the beginning...but now have to say...you did an impressive job on that first tree.! 2nd one is lovely also.

[@BonsaiFamily]

formal style bonsai.. itsso beautiful

[@katman734]

A pleasure to watch. 👍

[@edro3838]

Looks much better!

[@farmert9679]

You now have some great cuttings to propagate for yourself.

[@apearson79]

Love the shirt! Parrots! I have some parrots :)

[@anthonyfox47]

Love your videos! It’s like ASMR but I am also learning and enjoying all your comments at the same time. Also, mad props On the choice of clothing! I was wondering if you could do a video on the care and proper technique for a Shishigashira??

[@sandy-rr1by]

that last tree was my most disliked one, but the relaxed look of it at the end is beautiful. wow!!! i have an ugly maple in my landscape, think i will try some shaping. nothing to lose since i was eyeing it the day i sawed down two old boxwood!!!

[@Locksmith92]

I would die for that tree..beautiful specimen...

[@deralte680]

I like it. Maybe you could also make a video about Pruning/styling of garden maples

[@makewithmegma]

Beautiful😍❤👍

[@latetodagame1892]

I wired a tree and killed the two branches I left. I can't wait to see how the tree grows. You make every part look so easy.🤣

[@eviln1nja679]

Another beautiful tree your videos seem to go so fast Peter hope you are keeping well and every one at Herons to

[@Long.Bacninh]

Like so much!

[@jamesgillham6303]

Hi that is an amazing maple tree. Will you use any of the clippings and plant those to make more trees? Again I love your videos so much

[@edro3838]

Nice 👍

[@PerfectLiving_AT]

Hello Peter! Would be interested in a specific hint on how to enforce branching for young maples. Always have the problem that my maple seedlings only produce one central shoot and lots of leafs but no branches. Is there any trick you can tell how to get the trees to grow more branches? Maybe you already mentioned it in another video and I missed it? Thanks for all yout tips and tricks you already showed! Greetings from Austria! Chris

[@peterchan3100]

By pruning the ends of the shoots you will force buds to develop further back on the branch.

[@cherylandrews3195]

Such a beautiful tree! I love the maples so much, thank you and happy holidays

[@MAMLeers]

He actually already did a lot of them...

[@cherylandrews3195]

@@MAMLeers um nothing wrong with doing more....

[@MAMLeers]

@@cherylandrews3195 Haha, fair enough!

[@F417H]

Oh 🍁.. .. 🌱💚🦉

[@defisit501]

Hello, thank you for mentioning the type of scissors you use for pruning. If I’m correct, you also mentioned the brand but I couldn’t fully hear the name. Can you let me know please? Thank you.

[@TheHanney123]

Uhh another one!

[@sandymattie1545]

Mr Chan, I live in a cold winter climate and have put my trees in an unheated garage for the winter. Is this correct for them? Do I have to provide ample light and how much will I need to water them. Thank you for igniting my long lost love of Bonsai.

[@bonsai_wolverine]

I keep my hardy trees in a garage too. Deciduous trees won't need light as long as there are no leaves, but you'll want to watch out for them leafing out before you put them back outside so they aren't starved in the dark. They wont need more than a few waterings over the entire season, just make sure they don't completely dry out.

[@roberthixon8700]

When you make a cutting, after you have applied the growth hormone and put it in the soil mixture, do you need to cover it for a certain period of time or leave it uncovered? I'm addicted to your channel BTW.

[@senbonzakurakageyoshi2664]

The squeaky shoes!! I really love maples they're my favorite trees. But I cant handle the shoe sounds with every movement😞

[@bettyproulx6695]

Peter my maple tree is overgrown and all the stems are going towards the ground there doesn’t seem to be a tree it seems to be a bush do I cut all the bottom because all the leaves are going on the ground I live in the north so it’s very cold here in the winter but it survives outside

[@klm20079]

what kind of powder/stuff you need to dip the cutting in before planting?

[@peterchan3100]

Hormone rooting powder has IBA (Indolyl Butyric acid)

[@joydivision49]

What size and number Kaneshin cutters are you using Peter?

[@kjbaran]

I look at all those cuttings and think to myself, “I could root that”

[@endrawes0]

How do you keep your yes from developing diseases where you cut them? Do they ever get sick?

[@mattburke9991]

Hey Peter, love the video. I just have a quick question. I bought some seeds for "Beni Otake", a crimson bamboo-leaf palmatum. I've heard that Japanese maple seeds will not keep the characteristics of the cultivar, therefore these ones would grow as the standard species. I know you've said you prefer to grow maples by seed so in your experience is this true?

[@peterchan3100]

Not entirely true - if you sow the seed of any plant, they will be the EXACT cloned copy but very nearly the same. So if you sow this Maple, the characteristics will be about 80-90 % true. Same with fruit trees and flowers grown from seed - except that with certain flower and Veg seeds they make F1 hybrid seeds which are specially bred by controlled pollination to get the offspring true to type.

[@mattburke9991]

@@peterchan3100 Thanks a bunch for the response and for the wonderful videos.

[@blakelanders6966]

When you make these maple cuttings, do you leave them in the greenhouse? The leaves tend to dry out with mine, or get moldy with a plastic cover.

[@jambob169]

Are you letting them breathe once in a while? If you're keeping them covered or in a bag, you need to open it up or take them out for 15-20mins a day at least. Either that or add some ventilation, adding several holes to the bag will allow air to flow but still keep humidity high.

[@joslinnick]

How much does a tree like one this cost?

[@marcarvalho13]

Boa noite, como devo proceder para enraizar uma estaca dessa espécie?.

[@JurgenBoes]

always wonder how expensive these trees would be..

[@rolandomota6382]

hello my friends

[@kenjohnson5498]

On a maple with thicker limbs can it be bent by splitting or will it kill the tree?

[@peterchan3100]

I never do trunk splitting on Maples. I usualy do it to pines and sometimes on Juniper.

[@kenjohnson5498]

@@peterchan3100 Thank you Peter and Merry Christmas and Happy New year! May you be blessed for many years to come.

[@kestane123chesmo]

how much does a tree like this go for

[@bettyproulx6695]

I have a Japanese maple the stems are so long you’re hanging on the ground what do I do

[@Tony-InLosAngeles]

🍁🕊🍁

[@madkev415]

How much is this tree cost?

[@chaiwatpotichanid]

😏🤩

[@guilhermeschenadeoliveira5647]

🌱🍃🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🍃

[@HavocVulture21]

Don't worry about choosing your words so carefully in regards to gender :) Bonsai terminology is perfectly acceptable and valid. Anyway, there will always be people who get offended at anything. And even most of those people would give you a free pass because of your age.

[@zakariyagycev1905]

А я русский😄

[@MaybeBonsai]

New disney series coming soon, The Manicurian

[@askgbk]

Can anyone else hear every breath the camera guy takes ?

[@kaniffsalot]

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[@Wedge53]

I rather expected that chicken to get 'plucked'.

[@anthonyfavorito8162]

Ok acceptable to the lord than

[@techh8662]

You hear that ladies, you got to shave the Bush. Manscape 2.0.

[@whereswalt2716]

12 contrarians

[@nigellee9824]

Another Peter chan chop job….just because he makes videos, doesn’t make him the bonsai master some of you think he is….no refinement at all….ruined a beautiful tree.