Repotting Large Bonsai From Wisley 

Attack of the claw hammer….love it 🪴

I had to (mostly) give up my bonsai dreams when I moved to salt Lake, I wanted to grow Maples, but it’s getting so hot, 107F, 42C, and so cold, 0-5F, -15C, plus single digit humidity and hot, dry winds. I had a genetic dwarf maple, Chiba I think, in a huge, half whiskey barrel on my cement patio. It really started to suffer, nearly 35% brown dieback in end of summers, (but the dieback always protected the underneath part) so I broke the barrel apart, and a neighbor helped me carve off the sides. I used my one huge Japanese ceramic tub type bonsai pot, it sits way too high, and I wasn’t holding out too much hope for success, and I put it in my cooler backyard under a young apple tree. Shockingly it has not only survived, but thrived. I’d love to repot again to try to continue to lower it in the pot..and start pruning it. It is so, so dense it’s never needed pruning to look like a fantastic tree, with naturally tiny leaves..

no such as thing as long herons bonsai video Peter 🎉

So interesting to see you working on these big trees! You know it's serious when Peter gets the axe out.

That last tree required extreme confidence in your working. Great video

Morning bonsai breakfast clubbers 😊

The Axe is back! It's a good day! 😊

I don't grow bonsai trees (yet), but I like to watch bonsai-videos. :)

Happy Sunday 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

I'm not just being a mad axeman: P Chan 2023. 😂 love it Peter. Have a great weekend

what a nice sunday, watching this video and then working on my bonsais! thanks Peter🙏💪

the root cutting of the beech group was especially relaxing

Only problem with master Chan's videos is that they make you want to create more bonsai ......ran out of space mayb a video on diy bonsai stands as a suggestion otherwise thanks for all your valuable knowledge master chan ...all the way from south africa🇿🇦

Thank You❤

"Trees like this can't be done by one person" yea I believe it! My dawn redwoods aren't that big, still in grow out pots, and they're hard to manage just by myself sometimes 😂

Cool. Big trees. I Love your Chanel.

This man is a true artist. At 6:56 when he started the heavy raking of the roots it scared me a bit. I know if I even tried something like that it would kill the tree. 😱🌲

nice and good information for Repotting Large bonsai

😃 axes 🪓 and hammers 🔨 used by a professional can make beautiful bonsai! Well done Mr Chan 👏 it's been awhile since we've seen you go wildman on these masterpieces! Now where's my axe?...

Wise Peter Chan when you have a problem use the axe 🤣🙌🏽

I like the axe part haha only peter shows how to handle it

Awesome video and tree thank you so much for sharing. Really loved this one so much. Those trees are a true a life of love

Lovely trees Peter😍

_THANK YOU..._ 🙏 😔 🙏 Dr. Chan, this has been quite an interesting journey. Watching you evaluate the trees at Wisley and finally watching the repotting process As usual there is so much knowledge in your videos. So much. How you use sphagnum never ceases to amaze me. I wonder what chemical activity is at work in the sphagnum. It is going to be really amazing to watch the trees as they grow through the years. Just amazing. 🙏😔🙏

Happy to see your new video in my subscription..i love watching your videos

Magnificent trees ❤️... Love them all..thx for sharing Peter 👍

Thank you for showing all six trees!

Ammmmmazing

Good morning!☕️ Really enjoyed this video, so many trees, all beautiful, and healthy. Amazing how the roots go round and round! Thanks so much for sharing.👏👏👏👍🙏

Thanks so much for the Lessons on repotting your large Bonsai Trees . Peter the Last Pine Bonsai Tree will you Restyle this Pine Bonsai Tree? Looks like it could be Lower More? What Do you think Peter?

That nebari looks insane! Wonderful. 😁

The beech is absolutely beautiful.

Thanks Team - some wonderful trees there.

Here we add "Peter Chan's surface moss trick" to our bonsai notes.

I have that circular mica pot with a muscadine growing in it. I have not hit it with a rubber mallet yet. ⚒️

I’m watching these videos, it’s getting close to “Christmas tree” season and I think I’ll pick up some living Christmas trees this year to make into bonsai

Peter, with the trees being so badly root bound, why did you not use your Reciprocating Saw you bought to take the majority of the roots off and then fine rake out? As you say "work smart not hard"?

Ah, "the famous Peter Chan claw hammer root thinning technique".

Hi Peter, thank you for another excellent bonsai video!! I don't have any of those size, of course, I'm just very much a newbie. I want you to know that I love listening to you and that you demystify some of the "rules" that I have heard from some other bonsai teachers. Even tho that is one of ways you help, all of your other teachings are so important. I love that you share with us in a very easy to understand manner that even I can comprehend what you are teaching. I know that you personally love the large trees, especially maples, and that you sometimes have trouble trimming the tops when you're alone. You should make a sturdy four or six wheel tabletop that is six to eight inches (or more) lower than your permanent exterior tabletops. You could even make some of the wheels lockable in place. I think you would find lots of uses for such a sturdy cart, especially when you go to work on your lovely, large trees!! Lots of love, Peter. God bless your upcoming week!!

Thank you so much for sharing your Bonsai experiences.

Thanks for sharing Peter 🙏🌳 amazing tree's..

Once again you presented us with a master lesson !

Love the big beach Peter. That modification of the front view was absurely gorgeous in my eyes, I know each of us,has our own concept of beauty. It seemed that removing the crooked leader and reversing the front did not reduce the height very greatly and yet enhanced the taper. You are a true Master at work. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

Namaste

Always appreciate your videos

🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 thanks Peter

Thank you

Thanks for video. I am learning so much from you.😊

Hammer time 🔨🔨🔨👍🏼 thankfully you dit not do that to my Juniper at Lodder Peter 🤓

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beautiful large bonsai 🙏

I love watching Peter. Makes it look so easy and he's so fast. Scary spider at 1.06:19 made me jump as Peter talked about the larger size Mica pot 😅

1:04:04 I want this on a shirt

I think the forest planting gets more subject to dieback as well as the species tendency is the pot geometry in relation to the soil shape..when the fine roots invade the top moss creating a mound, it’s great when moist, but it’s more prone (the mounded part) to rapid drying, more wet/dry cycles. Perhaps a marginally deeper pot could help with that, and encouraging a flatter “Forest floor”..

Amazing. Ty

Parabéns, Bonsai sem lero lero, um grande mestre , tudo que mostra são provas do que já escreveu Publicou e fez , hoje quase tudo que vejo são cópias de seus livros e vídeos. O que sei em tecnicas em Bonsai aprendi e tenho aprendido com você . Meus agradecimentos , saúde e grande Abraço. Cláudio Camargo BRASIL

Ive learned alot

Did you replace the trees that you worked on with something else or will these go back to Wisley? A great video Peter, nice to see your colleagues involved.

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Saludos desde 🇪🇸

Sir can we cut by saw not teasing the root

Peter, What I keep wondering is when trying to loosen up a root ball why not use water from a nozzle, even high pressure water ?

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Thanks Peter, enjoying your bonsai’s journey. “Large bonsai”. I have a two peach trees, at least 15 years old and about 1.5 metres tall and metre wide. Currently on the ground. Is it possible to make a bonsai out of them? They’re healthy and doing ok. Don’t know if they are “dwarfs”??? How do I go about it? Would appreciate your advice. 🙏🙏🙏🐝

Peter, what do you do if, when transplanting a tree, you find that some part of the roots has putrid, do you treat the roots with some kind of product?

Does anyone use hand grafted weeping p... Willows for bonsai ?

Hi was wondering why the pine has not much miseam

Hello, anyone knows where I can buy 100 Precent genuine seeds of Chinese juniper and other trees. Thanks

Did you see Tracey wince when he styarted wealding that axe?

Peter, this winter was very mild. I brought lots of 3-4 foot tall willow cuttings into the house & placed them into really large plastic jugs of water. They leafed out, rooted. I used leftover wire to learn wiring, shaping from when my new garage was built & the electrician left different length pcs all over the place. I love the way they looked. Especially the copper wire that had been stripped already. I'll try it on maples, forsythia etc come June after last frost. Can you please tell me, if I used sand in larger pots would the roots stay better & not become so hard packed? Perhaps manure tea would have to be used occasionally since less nutrients would be in sand than your soil mixes. I want to do human high mixed forest bonsai containers for a front patio. I'll make the pots as soon as it warms up a bit more so that I can count on it curing properly. Do you ever use tufa pots?

Hello, I would like to know when did you do this repotting? What month?

Is mycorrhizae ever used on roots?

Morning Mr Chan. What's a good beginner bonsai kit for adults ?

ok, i understand.....February

So shocking it doesn’t kill the tree!

to the bonsai "purists" complaining on forums: have fun doing this with chopsticks!

19:30 I've killed multiple trees by cutting their roots.

Using a axe mmmm 😅😅 ok I won't be doing thar

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The worst bonsai video’s I’ve ever watched just hacking into the trees is nonsense.😂😂