Bonsai Plant Experiment

lowrider2000

lowrider2000

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well its not really an expiriment but i gust went out and cut two branches of off two different trees and am going to start two bonsai plant never don this b4 but think itll be fun..........the defenition of a bonsai is the practice of growing any tree or shrub in a small pot.......the whole cool part is making them look like they have been in there for years and years when in reallity most are not really that old
 
IXOYE

IXOYE

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heck yeah, that will be fun. get yourself some little miniature figurines to put in the soil too like the bonsai trees :)
 
snowdog203

snowdog203

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I'm wondering is there a species of MJ that has very small leaves.
I want to grow a MJ bonzai but believe that most pot species the size of the leaves would be out of proportion in bonzai scale.
 
lazaah

lazaah

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snowdog203 said:
I'm wondering is there a species of MJ that has very small leaves.
I want to grow a MJ bonzai but believe that most pot species the size of the leaves would be out of proportion in bonzai scale.
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Bonzais still have normal scale leaves and flowers.....I keep bonzai mums
 
mcpurple

mcpurple

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i am doing this as well, i just pulled up a foot tall cedar tree and replanted and once roots start to get established i will start the bonsia
 
snowdog203

snowdog203

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I read something about once the leaves fall off or are taken off when (if) they grow back they will be smaller.
 
Toolage 87

Toolage 87

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I was doing some research on it and apparently a Bonsai tree is a tree that is small enough to be keeped in a pot that can be moved around still and the height and width of the tree doesn't matter either.
 
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Afka

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Toolage 87 said:
I was doing some research on it and apparently a Bonsai tree is a tree that is small enough to be keeped in a pot that can be moved around still and the height and width of the tree doesn't matter either.
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You need to read a bit (a lot) more about bonsai.

PS: You can grow and tie your bonsai in a regular run of the mill black nursery pot. Only for presentation are they moved and trained to their final display tray. All the early parts such as forming, rooting, etc is done in a nursery pot.
 
[dark]

[dark]

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I'm really into bonsais, I've got 4 trees between 2 weeks and 3 years old. The easiest part is growing it, the hardest part is training it. (roots, leaves, branches, etc) As long as the tree gets enough light, isn't too stressed and is established in its pot it should be good.
I personally think growing bonsais is not as hard as the books make it sound. But traditionally making a clone of a tree look exactly like the mother tree is very difficult.
Good luck my friend, hopefully your trees will be with you for years.
 
dank smoker420

dank smoker420

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[dark];6735063 said:
I'm really into bonsais, I've got 4 trees between 2 weeks and 3 years old. The easiest part is growing it, the hardest part is training it. (roots, leaves, branches, etc) As long as the tree gets enough light, isn't too stressed and is established in its pot it should be good.
I personally think growing bonsais is not as hard as the books make it sound. But traditionally making a clone of a tree look exactly like the mother tree is very difficult.
Good luck my friend, hopefully your trees will be with you for years.
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can you post some pictures of yours?
 
snowdog203

snowdog203

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I am wondering if the Geo Pot would be a slightly better way to grow bonsai? I don't know when I will try but am quiet interested in the art of bonsai. I also read that removing all the leaves sometimes produces a flush of mini-leaves, IF the plant survives.
WesternBotany said:
I've never grown a bonsai plant but apparently you can keep the leaves small. Either by genetics or by root mimicry.

Source: http://www.learning2bonsai.com/blog/keeping-bonsai-leaves-small.html

Good luck with your experiment!
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