What to do with maples in early Spring

[@briangallagher3106]

I have 5 maples, southern coast of Ireland. We had a storm come through a few weeks ago and ruined my orange dream that was just after opening bright orange leaves. It looks miserable. At least it was early in the season and leaves will come back later in the season.

[@TS50ER]

I think the answer to: 'What to do with maples in early Spring' is to enjoy the gorgeous, fleeting colours. Wabi-sabi.

[@HarisWoodshop]

That Shishigashira is majestic 😍 I’ve planted mine in the ground this year and plan to stay there for a few years to thicken the trunk. Thanks for the video and information.

[@sakekampstra8727]

I did that to grow big!

[@TheCosmicDrama]

I just picked one of these up over the weekend. So excited that I found one at one of my local nurseries! Do you guys plant yours in full sun? Part sun? I’ve heard they handle full sun well but just curious.

[@michael696430]

Peter is father to us all in terms of Bonsai. Incredible bonsai artist.

[@dblvisn]

The growth on those maples is incredible! He’s got this down

[@TheonlyNikolaiyouknow]

How do you keep maples alive throughout the winter?? I don’t think mine are coming back??

[@DerFennek]

Spring is the best time for bonsai, because the leaves are so small in this time and the trees looking so good ❤

[@joegarland4885]

Hi Peter a very timely video on on one of the most diverse species in the plant world Maples are so special trees, I have a selection of different maples which give me great pleasure to just stop and take in the beauty of their different foliage colours and leaf shapes, I must admit that Larches are my favourite trees but Maples do come a close second, just following you walking around your nursery is wonderful to see the different types you hold on the nursery both as bonsai but also as large garden trees, this years it seems to me not only are they leafing out earlier but also as I have said before the quality and colours of the foliage is exceptional this spring due to the less cold and wetter winter we have had for a very long time plus spring has been very mixed the odd bright sunny days amid the wetter periods. This spring I have kept my Maples in a bit of shade which has kept the foliage looking it’s best, but I have found the distance of the internodes has become longer so keeping a close eye on this when pruning is very necessary. Aside to pruning I love to just stand a stare at the dense foliage and wish I didn’t have to prune it back at all especially on the Deshojo’s with their bright vibrant red foliage. You talk about creating light into the tree to stop the inner foliage dying off, I remember being told many years ago, maybe by yourself Peter to think like a bird when pruning creating spaces so the birds can fly through the canopy unhindered by branches and foliage, I keep that in mind when pruning all my trees. My only sadness is that neither of my sons or any of my family show much interest in bonsai, they will glance at a tree and says that looks nice Dad or grandad but go no further, they don’t stop and take time to look at the tree properly, I am old now but still have the enthusiasm I had when I was so much younger for what nature can give us if only we stopped and looked. I get a lot of pleasure from all your videos but the tours are my favourite ones.

[@peterchan3100]

I bet you have some nice maples yourself- Nice observations - thank you

[@scrappyquilter102]

Big jets are rare enough for me that I am always fascinated! Love your maples.

[@maxkopfraum]

2:00 this may be my new favorite maple at herons. what a beautiful work!

[@bonsaisn]

Your maple tree garden is so beautiful. I wish you lots of health

[@Jen-w1i]

Peter, thank you for the Herons walk about!

[@michaeltran2347]

Uncle.. ur maple nursery is stunning

[@rafaelsanchez2102]

I love maples too there the main reason I got into plants and trees 🤩🌳❤️ growing some of my own and turning a 1yr old into a future bonsai hope to get a nebari as big as yours one day 😁🫶🏼

[@AsiaPacificGarden]

What a beautiful maple collection! Smaller maples are difficult to source here (Seattle) since they are often grown for landscapes. Also, love your excitement for the plane, haha.

[@chompers11]

What is the best source in the region? Ive been looking around olympia

[@laurafranco7408]

Thank you, Sir for your videos! I am a novice and I’m learning so much from your demonsrations and discussions. I appreciate how you let go of the need to control as you create. I paint and my best paintings occur when I let go of control and trust the creative process. I love to watch those big planes too, they are fascinating.

[@peterchan3100]

If Bonsai is to be art - the artist should be free to create and not feel bound by rules and conventions.

[@christianeherault5918]

Merci Peter pour cette jolie vidéo de printemps. On dit que les érables préfèrent l'ombre ou la mi-ombre. L'été, le soleil ne brûle-t-il pas les feuilles de vos érables en pots ?

[@harrietb2141]

Love your maples😍🌳

[@TheDakes]

It's like a maple wonderland at herons. I would love to visit some day.

[@Off-gridchic]

I love you're Maples, I would love to try and grow one. Bonsai are so amazing that I always wanted to learn about them. I don't have any, but I'm thinking that I'm to old to start growing. I've just turned 58 yesterday and may not be fair to Maple to start now.

[@briangallagher3106]

Your Katsura looks like mine. Haha. A little rough around the edges.

[@scott9918]

Peter great video. One question I have, I've been told to wait until maples harden off before pruning around May. Is this bad info or am I confusing something?

[@notionbonsai]

So many beautiful Maples!!

[@alisonarmstrong8421]

My medium sized (abot 4 ft. tall) cutleaf Maple, approx 20 years old into an elevated round concrete planter, had gorgeous lush leaves last spring, but this year it came through the New York City winter with much die-back, many dead twigs, with clumps of leaves very spotty. What happened? What can I do? I only added a nana conifer to the miniature garden beneath. I slowly began to trim off the dead twigs above an emerging bud.

[@peterchan3100]

Just trim off the dead twigs. Maples do suffer die back of their twigs in winter.

[@acer_p_bonsai]

Beautiful trees Peter! Thank you for sharing!!! 🙏🏽 🙇🏻‍♂️ I am starting a small Japanese maple farm in Virginia USA, because it is so hard to find good prebonsai maples! So, like you, I guess I’ll have to make my own! 😂 🪴 🪴 🪴 🍁

[@PsychoticFruitfly]

i would love to pick thru the "misc leftovers" section of this nursery.

[@johndowling7091]

he always says nothing goes to waste

[@Cherryparfait41]

So much beauty and experience. A late freeze came last night and I didn’t move my Autumn Moon that had recently leafed out. In the past I have brought it inside for the night…a little big now, but now I see that o wasn’t being silly. Just went out to check on it, looks like I should have given it some protection. 😢

[@EdVickers-r4d]

This is a beautiful time for tree life. I should say all plant life it really makes me feel more a live. So I guess it's a good time for all of [ us ] as well. Bonsai I take care of them like my children. Even talking to them, maybe I'm losing it with my older age. just want to say thank you for all your great tips & your great personality your show is perfection. thanks Peter

[@marosbonsai]

Fantastic nursery, an amazing variety of available maple material. Thanks for sharing.

[@MidniteSan]

Thx fo sharing Peter

[@everestbonsai5547]

Namaste master I'm enjoying very much❤🇳🇵🙏🎄😍😍😍

[@MrJofri74]

Wunderbares Video❤

[@raymondplodzien7459]

Another great video Peter!

[@prestonallen835]

Thank you for the video! I have so many questions about how to prune and shape juniper Bonsai, I would love a video of you inviting us into your process of shaping a juniper.

[@Tiger313NL]

I live next to Amsterdam airport, I love watching the planes fly by and over. :)

[@DavidChow-n4x]

I love Japanese maple . Just bought some Japanese red maple seeds. Planning to plant them today in a pot.

[@TheBudliner]

I have 6 red maple bare root, (acer rubrum) I would like to broom them. should I try to wire these? They are just showing leaves on 4, buds on 2.

[@jimmyrecarde6478]

Always love the videos there is a bench you have with no blocks under one end. If you took trees off the middle the weight on the end might drop th end trees off. At 2:13 you had rare tree on it in blue pot.

[@Stettafire]

Unlikely. It doesn't overhang enough for that

[@suz4keeps]

I'm looking for seedling handling demo please. This is a fascinating tour and plucking demo thanks.

[@johndowling7091]

hi peter sorry to bother you but i have a small deshojo and it looks like its dying the leaves are dying from the top with brown tips on leaves can you advise what i can do to save it kind regards john

[@peterchan3100]

I need to see it to diagnose - if you can bring it to me or send us a good video clip that would help

[@johndowling7091]

Ok will send video

[@dariokrizman3117]

thx master

[@pattymyers4729]

Love the Maples. They are so beautiful. 🌷 I have a question if I may. I have kiyohime maple bosai. I am told they are basal dominate and cannot be pruned like other maples. Can you confirm this and if it is true, what techniques should I adapt it to? Appreciate your knowledge and your time!! Patty in Oregon

[@staceylam762]

Hello I need a pretty big maple tree, I love the green trunk and yellow leaves in the fall. Sango kaku is so pretty to me and love the coral bark . I had to cut down my 80 ft ash tree and needs a tree in the backyard for shade but need a fast growing one .2ft growth a year or 3ft would be nice . But probably not possible with Japanes maples. Maximum growth 30 or 40ft if possible if not I guess I have to plant painted Hawaiian bamboos Please advise, thanks !

[@WanderingBobAK]

ANyone have a recommendation for Zone 3-4 maples? Location to buy them in USA?

[@grokeffer6226]

Beautiful!! You are very skilled, very industrious, and very knowledgeable. 🌱🪴🌲🍁🍂🍃

[@Gotrovr]

Thank you for sharing

[@pascaldolan7171]

thank you 🙂

[@suz4keeps]

Thanks for this, glad this one is not a pheasant 27:00

[@joannetanner7282]

Do you ever have trouble with deer or other animals in your fields?

[@peterchan3100]

Yes we do but they dont seem to like Maple leaves

[@danielpelicaric2358]

Good day. I should like to ask you, acording your experience, is it OK to wash, roots, yamadori when collected for the first time or is it better just to clean, move old soil physicaly, like you mowe old soil when repoting it. Thank you for briliant videos, shering your experience and knowlidge.

[@mchlbk]

Never wash them. It's not necessary and may stress and damage the trees.

[@briangallagher3106]

I have tried hundreds of seeds in different methods over the last few years and I’ve never got one to germinate.

[@yahyak9f456]

I had japanese green maple in the tropics, how would it behave cause we only have two seasons, rainy and dry season?

[@mchlbk]

They need the winter dormancy period, they are not suitable for a tropical climate.

[@smokereapergaming3861]

Peter I have a osakasuki mape on acer stock do you think I can airlayer off the top because the graft is ugly?

[@joeimbesi5361]

Peter, is it Benichi Dori or Ben Ichidori?

[@peterchan3100]

Beni means Red - Ichi and dori are two other words

[@privatekarateka3745]

Ah, I still need to get my hands on a maple. I've been looking to get some cuttings from trees in people's gardens. (With consent, of course) 🤣

[@c2rail]

Peter. Love your videos. Thank you. I sometimes see spiders and spider webs on your trees. I wonder if you could devote a video to the beneficial creatures that inhabit or frequent your trees. With the number of trees that you have, I bet there are a lot of examples of these to be found. Again...thank you!

[@peterchan3100]

Spiders are usually more active in Autumn

[@MrEieio44]

Is aracawa a mountain maple? Did I spell it correctly?

[@peterchan3100]

Arakawa is just a named variety of Acer palmatum. Any Acer palmatum which is green and un-named is commonly referred to as Mountain maple or Yama Momiji

[@MrEieio44]

@@peterchan3100 Ty

[@mgrandomvlog1750]

Amazing plants Bro

[@MiyamotoMusashi9]

A frost killed my first leaves ,I'm hoping for a second budding

[@johnbrownspiers8242]

7:07 octopus nebari

[@thematrixcentre]

Any idea why my Japanese mable tree leaves doesn't change its color here in North east of India

[@scheers100]

Allot off variety in maples, not al change colours through the seasons.

[@thematrixcentre]

@@scheers100 it remain green all year round

[@mchlbk]

It needs frost and winter dormancy.

[@thebonsaiarea]

i love this maple video thanks peter

[@chrisbanner7551]

🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁

[@alesandrojaviez1486]

doesn't the planes bother you? or you used to it?

[@mausplays7101]

You have a wonderful job! Since I subscribed to your channel everywhere I go hiking I see bonsais is that normal? 😄🇩🇪🐭👋👋

[@maxkopfraum]

we see what we pay attention to :)

[@RajaPetualangBondowoso]

👍👍👍👍👍❤

[@mariapilarme]

A military style haircut! ❤

[@bennyhana3556]

Im pretty sure the problem is not germinating the seeds its the sellers selling bad seeds :( im in southern Sweden and foreign maples are not something you just go out and find that easy if it was I would pick fresh seeds in the right time myself :)

[@vedsingh8843]

👍👍👍

[@peterpolakovic870]

why is the video quality only 720p :(

[@NoFe87]

Love the fact that you admire the Airbus flying over. So much hatred planes are getting now, even though they brought us so much! I had a good laugh

[@chompers11]

So much pollution! Gotta love it

[@brucedeacon28]

👍👌👌🙂

[@oscarrydbeck8296]

love the vids but maybe you should think about a better kamera for better quality

[@Stettafire]

I think camera quality is fine, but higher framerate would be good, especially for the parts where he moves a lot

[@brandonyoung-kemkes1128]

I think the main reason he uses his cell phone is the same reason Adam Savage uses one. Simplicity. If it wasn’t for the fact he uses a cell phone, we wouldn’t get those vids. What he says, is more important than what we see in my opinion, but I am watching to learn.

[@djmerchant]

"Different people have different objectives for keeping bonsai and you have to respect that." Same thing with aquariums and things of that nature. I want to look at it and keep it healthy BUT I can afford for someone else to do all the work so I can just enjoy looking at it. Nothing wrong with that!

[@lullabylullaby6226]

Please make a video with just your collection of bonsai 😊

[@wild_pachi]

I just picked up a bunch of maple seedlings from one of the japanese maples outside, last year i killed them by putting them indoors over the winter because i got scared, not gonna make that mistake again

[@sebastienleblanc2708]

Syrup time! LoL

[@hallucinati]

-28:54 Thank me later.

[@chaiwatpotichanid]

Just kupchak child 👃frish national security control human and anymon his stop have national would just speed up stop star national amazing because they see 🥰🥰

[@howardmckeown7187]

Peter, you should've shown us some trees before you started into the video, 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@danieludale4684]

The Airbus A380 is an incredible aircraft, not as impressive as your maple collection Peter

[@brandonyoung-kemkes1128]

I’m sorry but you said you love them big and that’s what she said.7:04

[@chompers11]

Grow up already clown

[@shropshireladoutdoors743]

Started trimming that maple nicely then reverted back to type and hacked at that tree they dont call him hacky chan for nothing

[@Stettafire]

So you bought some rando hybrid instead of a proper variety, and you're blaming Peter? Seems an odd leap

[@chompers11]

​@@Stettafire how did you misread that so bad lmao