bonsaial1

Fred, your running anolagy is a good one, but it is in hindsight. There are many endeavors out there or hobbies that could benifit from a wider more popular exposure. Running just happened to catch on with the fitness craze of the seventies, recieved wide exposure on TV and became a super cash cow overnight.

Even if bonsai suddenly doubled it would not reach the levels that running did, with all the shoe manufacturers fighting and paying for the best athlete to wear their shoes. The running has died down, but the huge endorsements is probably left over from those rudimentery beginings.

Attila, you are in the mecca of cheap good bonsai material. Whats the problem? You just have to know the right people and catch them on a great day. Don't waste your time in town, just drive out to Kim's and if you don't find it there, it is not attainable. More popularity would probably do nothing for bonsai.

There is so much great material being grown in Asia that it makes the head spin. But do to all the restrictions getting it here is way hard. I don't see Asia beating down the doors in America growing the stufff here and paying their people 5.00 a day and a bowl of rice. It's just not cost effective to grow here. There are those that try to grow here, but sooner or later they find out that it is no way to make a living. Just read my tag line on my posts! Even if the market doubled, the amount of money to spend on bonsai as a hobby would not change that much. We look for threads like budget bonsai, or read threads about hiding new plant aquisitions from our wives.

Adding more folks like that would not move bonsai in the correct direction. What bonsai needs here in America, is exposure from a few collectors. The Donald Trumps and the Bill Gates, and Rockafeller types. The people with the big money. Get a few of those types interested in bonsai, spectulation, trading and insuring. This would generate all types of bonsai jobs. All of a sudden there would be a need for professionals, caretakers, designers, and growers.

Of course then bonsai would be a job, and that would be no fun!

Bonsai-al

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