bonsaiTALK Community - View Single Post - Once & for all, junipers inside yes or no?

Sorry if anyone has already posted this. I've found that most trees can be periodically brought inside for a maximum of 3 days, as long as 95% of their life is spent outside. I've always believed that constant ferrying between diferent environments can be harmful, and during winter i leave my trees outside, even juni's as the massive change in conditions from the warm, dry environment of the house, and the cold, wet outdoors is bound to stress them out. This isnt such an issue in warm weather (when we are lucky enough to get it!).

Its ok if your friends come over for tea etc and you want to put a bonsai on the coffee table as a bit of a temporary display i think. Yeh, Juni's come from hot climates but it's the lack of humudity and lower light levels inside that does them in. Some halogen lights etc may not cover the corect light spectrum that is actively used in phtosynthsis. for example a lot of artificial lights emitt strongly in the green and yellow, although photosnthesis requires red light (670 nanometers) and blue (340 nanometers) or something like that.

I've just made a peng jing out of some old houseplants my mum had forgoten about. I think that they're date palms, but anyway they thrive indoors and can go outside in the summer, if i wanted to display them for example. Other house plants can be used for bonsai too, although i don't know how popular they are.

A friend of mine has manages to keep a small magnolia alive, he leaves it on the windowsill and leaves the window slightly open on the latch 24/7. its healthy and growing, but its going outside soon as its needs a dormancy period.

Vance- recent research has sugested that GW sharks may migrate 1000s of km from the Medditteranean to the Pacific every year. Perhaps they are sensitive to the earths magnetic field, so any ferrous metal in the tank would cetainly confuse them. during their travels they experience a massive range of water temperatures and we dont fully understand their breeding cycle. I agree, some things are best just left alone in the wild.

11-Nov-2006	#59
ElGringo tree love Join Date: Jun-2006 Location: Wales/Cymru Country: UK USDA Zone: 8-9 AHS Heat Zone: 1 Posts: 768	Sorry if anyone has already posted this. I've found that most trees can be periodically brought inside for a maximum of 3 days, as long as 95% of their life is spent outside. I've always believed that constant ferrying between diferent environments can be harmful, and during winter i leave my trees outside, even juni's as the massive change in conditions from the warm, dry environment of the house, and the cold, wet outdoors is bound to stress them out. This isnt such an issue in warm weather (when we are lucky enough to get it!). Its ok if your friends come over for tea etc and you want to put a bonsai on the coffee table as a bit of a temporary display i think. Yeh, Juni's come from hot climates but it's the lack of humudity and lower light levels inside that does them in. Some halogen lights etc may not cover the corect light spectrum that is actively used in phtosynthsis. for example a lot of artificial lights emitt strongly in the green and yellow, although photosnthesis requires red light (670 nanometers) and blue (340 nanometers) or something like that. I've just made a peng jing out of some old houseplants my mum had forgoten about. I think that they're date palms, but anyway they thrive indoors and can go outside in the summer, if i wanted to display them for example. Other house plants can be used for bonsai too, although i don't know how popular they are. A friend of mine has manages to keep a small magnolia alive, he leaves it on the windowsill and leaves the window slightly open on the latch 24/7. its healthy and growing, but its going outside soon as its needs a dormancy period. Vance- recent research has sugested that GW sharks may migrate 1000s of km from the Medditteranean to the Pacific every year. Perhaps they are sensitive to the earths magnetic field, so any ferrous metal in the tank would cetainly confuse them. during their travels they experience a massive range of water temperatures and we dont fully understand their breeding cycle. I agree, some things are best just left alone in the wild. __________________ Richard