Growing Bonsai From Seeds: How to Sow 

I'm still hoping to visit the nursery on my first trip out of hospital, unfortunately I went down hill for a while this year but am getting better now, they said they may let me out for 2 days either before or after Christmas and I can't think of a better way to use my first 2 days of freedom, in 3 years, than to visit the nursery. Peter was kind enough to invite me a while back so I'm hoping it won't be too long. These videos have kept me sane all these years. I've even started a small bonsai club at the hospital as the ward has a small garden now else uses. I don't have much as obviously money is an issues ha ha. One of the doctors stays late with me whenever Peter puts out a video and we watch it together like we are now. Thankyou Peter and hope to visit soon!

I have grown bur oak and peach trees from seed and it’s very fulfilling to be able watch each stage of life. Definitely a great pastime for anyone who has the patience.

Here Peter is again, helping people when he could say nothing and people would buy plants from his nursery. Buy no, he helps everyone!

Growing from seed is rewarding in its self. My collection grows each season I find new trees to harvest. This year its two types of oaks and yellow jacaranda. Thank you for sharing

Those little crab Apples look great! I love growing from seed very rewarding!

Thank you great tips....I took home 5 lemon seeds from my lemon slices from fish and chips dinner....3 grew....I also found 1 seed in a mandarin orange, they are usually seedless.....its now 5 inches tall...my avocado seeds popped up in my compost so I potted them up and braided 5 stems together to make a thicker trunk..also the cosmic crisp apples from the store sprouted easily 3 trees grew out of 5 seeds, it may be because the apples were kept cool at one point... so they went through the chill in the apple.....its very rewarding to grow trees from seeds. Love your videos....thank you.

Putting seeds and strawberry plants into my freezer has been something I have done a few times. It helps me get 2 harvests of some of my strawberry plants that are only supposed to give you one harvest a year, but it does reduce the life of the plants as they are doing double the work in one year

The seeds from my Grandma's Red Maple 70+ year old tree would send out seeds, fall the ground, and make new plants. I have saved two and now they are about maybe five years old and 4ft high. The dogwood is the same age but the squirrels always get the seeds before I do, however I might take some cuttings. Love all of your trees and thanks for sharing your info.

Good timing. Having just taken hundreds and hundreds of seeds from my Acers.

A tip for pine cones, put them in a tub on a radiator. They'll open in their own time and you can shake the seeds out.

Love that Gimbal! Keep it up, next you’re gonna get a drone - the addiction spreads!❤❤

Thank you... you are Sunday afternoon

growing bonsai from seed,, its very inspired master

Brilliant informations, I am starting my adventure with fruit bonsai hoping to get my plants on the way. I guess luck is needed with the seeds so Thank you.

Wish his stuff shipped here , love his work!!

Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Wish I had seen this before buying a bonsai kit 😂. I collected some Acorns last Autumn and planted them more a less straight away. I now have 2 Oak saplings. Much easier than the kits.

Moin, Thank you Peter! Not to buy Bonsai kits, they wil, hate you for this, but you are absolutly right!! Thank you to speak the truth, as always!!

Hi Peter, looking forward to buying more seeds from Herons this year. I have collected some beech seeds I noticed in my garden from a tree at back of my house, have placed them in plastic bag and put in fridge but nor sure how or when to sow them.

We see you in our dreams Chan. We all are tuned keep going🙏🙏

Just love Peter's videos. Truly inspirational

Proses bonsai yang sangat mengispirasi master, saya berharap semoga saya bisa seperti anda, salam sehat dan satu hobby

Lovely! Thank you for sharing

Love your videos!! ❤️

Peter I rec'd a box of lemons & oranges & apples for Christmas....one of those inexpensive grocery store boxes that you offer your $5 on to keep odds & ends from being thrown into the compost by stores. After making marmalade & baked apples I now have probably a hundred seeds, the citrus ones with the outer protective coat peeled off on at least one side. All of my houseplants of mostly begonias & geraniums all have baby citrus trees, avocado plants or even meter tall willows growing in the same pots. Outside in pots & 7 garden beds I have all kinds of things from planting seeds, forgetting. My pride & joy is the delicious peach tree that I had fruit on now 2 summers. And indoors, a 3 inch dragon fruit little plant next to an herb & avocado. My freind in Philli didn't know how our local Christmas trees proliferate so I sent her seed from various cones & she is excited to grow Nova Scotia evergreens in her home once they are stratified. My area is the Christmas Tree capitol of Canada.

Lucky lucky lol. Japanese Beech seeds here in the USA is non existent. I have been searching, scouring the Internet for decades now to no luck.

Thank you for this Peter!

I planted a few sagebrush on my property there just tiny right now but some day they produce seeds that will cover my property.

My wife and I are new to Bonsia, we selected Black Pine from seed. A few of our seedling have begun to show sides of stress, wilting at the top. I was wondering if you would do a video show seedling growth tips & advice. I couldn't find one on your website.

Thx for sharing Peter 👍

thank you for the great explanations and suggestions.

I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I HOPE EVERYTHING GOES WELL FOR YOU! ❤❤❤

I bought one of those seed kits and I got tree seeds I can't get easily in my rural area. Only one I could get was crepe myrtle but that wasn't listed on the advertisement. They had a shortage of ficus religiosa so they substituted the crepe myrtle. So far most of my seeds have sprouted. The dawn redwood hasn't yet though.

Cool Thanks for sharing

I have only just started bonsai. One of my avocado seeds has 4 shoots growing out of it..im excited to see how it grows.

Holy cow lok at those beutiful trees tho like wow that looks so nice

Love your channel, just subscribed! Been trying to plant some Sakura seeds I bought online, but didn't get them to grow. Do you have any experience with these, and can provide some tips and tricks?

Thanks Peter...Hello from Queensland, Australia. Could you please advise about watering these seeds.... or dampening the sand first etc.

Thanks great information!

I need to remember where I've seen wisteria plants. Will there still be seed pods on them?

Mr Chan, I have a cheeky question; do you sell the seeds of the Japanese White Beech? They are so hard to find.

The plane really picked it’s time perfectly.

nice video, I have a question, do you have aby tips for planting ginkgo trees from seeds? i recently got few of the fruits and I am not sure if it is any special to the other seeds or should I treat it as and acorn or something similar?

There is a large magnolia stellata tree in my neighbours garden. This year it is covered in red berries. Is it possible to grow a magnolia tree from a seed?? Thanks

I wish I could go to your nursery❤❤❤

good planting media sir

Hey Peter, huge fan, was curious and had a question. The three year old saplings in the beginning of the video, i notice they are about the same size pots i start my seedlings in, how often do you change the soil in those for the saplings?

Thanks! That was very helpful information.

Thank you Peter❤

If I wanted to germinate a maple from a seed pod do you need to cut it out of the little skinny thing it falls to the ground in? Also, while it’s outside in the pot do these seeds need any watering?

When I planted the Siberian pine (similar to the Japanese white pine) I just carefully cracked the shell of the seed, and it germinated very quickly afterwards without stratification. With smaller seeds like those of the Scots pine or the Mugo pine this seems to be unlikely to work.

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What about cherries? Should you take them out from the shell or just stratificate as is and then burry in the pot as is?

That's fabulous! Can you keep trees at shohin or mame this way?

Sir you sell bonsai instruments?

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I miss your videos

As a matter of fact, sphagnum moss is free in my country 😃🇳🇿

I have sprouted some kind of evergreen (I forget the exact type, I'd have to look through some papers). I planted it in late June, and today, first day of August, it is about 2 and a half inches tall. It is currently growing in some coco fiber soil mix. I got a bonsai kit from my sister for my birthday, and I have been using the materials from there. I have some concerns for the coming winter, because I had killed my first ever bonsai over the winter. It was a tropical tree, a species of Ficus I believe. It was somewhere around 15 years old, and I was heart broken. It was a middle school graduation gift from my grandmother. I'm very nervous because I don't know how to care for the tree over the winter, like how often I should water, can I keep it right next to my window or somewhere warmer? How much can I expect it to grow over the winter, if at all? if anyone has advice, I would greatly appreciate it.

Does anyone know why nobody grows apple trees by placing an apple in the soil, I had imagined that that way would be more natural, after all nature has provided the seeds with a nutritionally well packed "life pod" (the apple). I am a complete novice, so please bare that in mind. Thanks in advance for any advice.

Hi, I have a damson tree in our garden at home which is fruiting currently... have you ever grown a bonsai damson and would have any advice to grow a damson orchard over the next many many years? Many thanks

Hmm ok so I have boughten a starter bonsais kit. It has 5 types of tree. Only two said if needed to be put in the fridge for 2 or 3 months. Do I need to do that with my wistira as Well? I really want the wisteria to form.

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Do you need to water the seeds before covering them?

I live in the North West Cumbria and we seldom have frosts but it is very wet (and windy) I have tried to germinate tree seeds inside before but do you think I could try outside? I have wisteria and black pine seeds i was given amongst others?

thicker than a pencil!

Second week of October, my Japanese maple seeds on the tree are still very red on the samara. I assume they need to start browning down to indicate they are ready to harvest? The seeds on my Dissectum, are ready, they are loosing the color on the samara, and turning brown. I collected all I could from the Dissectum, but cant decide to collect the seeds from the red maple I have. Can you collect the seeds now? Or wait until last week of October/first week of November? The seeds seem to disappear all of a sudden around Halloween.

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I’m sure you’ve gotten used to it by now but holy crow can you ever hear the planes. Most videos of yours have a minimum of one plane going by. I am near an airport too but not close enough that I can really hear them inside

Hey Peter as teacher how do you like Nigel Saunders thank you ❤️

do you sell any seeds on the Herons website?

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Anybody know where to find wisteria seeds in Yorkshire or online

Are crabapples sweet?

Once when I was hurting for money, I grew magic mushrooms. But I had to torch them when the mycelium became infected. I didnt want to be responsible for poisoning anybody to death. I guess I'll have to find an easier way to get rich quick.

Why is it that a seed from a bonsai kit will not produce a bonsai, but only an ordinary tree?

Beech nuts 🤣🤣 sorry

bonsai soil is so expensive!

It's difficult growing trees from seeds that have been dry stored ☹️

Me watching this straight after buying a bonsai seed kit: 😐

Why is he saying its now september but the vid launched 1 hour ago?as far as earth is concerned its almost end of oct.....are you guys that backed up?

I want a maple plant Amy one can provide me

This doesn’t show how to seed and care properly for bonsai at all. The title is misleading.