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20-Apr-2008
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bonsaiTALK Neophyte
Join Date: Apr-2008
Country: AUSTRALIA
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Growing Trunks
Hi all,
im new to bonsais and have bought a few smaller ones. anyways after doing abit of researching i came to find out that most of the growing is done in a large pot or on the ground. a nursery near where i live has some Japanese Maples about 2ft high, with a descent trunk size about 1.5 inch. how does one turn this tree into a bonsai, the guy there doesn't want to give out much info so i can join his cour$e.. does one hack the trunk off and leave about 2inchs from the ground and wait for it to grow the first branch again and then train it as a bonsai? alot of the books talk about repotting, watering ect,ect, but not many talk about how you go about growing a bonsai plant ready to become a bonsai. please help. Lamagy. |
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22-Apr-2008
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PA zone 6a/b, 6 yr newbie
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In particular:
http://www.evergreengardenworks.com/trunks.htm http://www.evergreengardenworks.com/growfast.htm Also, check out the past forum posts. I'm not qualified to give 'expert' advice so I'll leave it to others and for you to sort through the opinions of others on the forums. Also try, http://www.knowledgeofbonsai.org/articles/index.php The articles there are great, forum - not so much. Best of luck, -EK
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22-Apr-2008
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livingart bonsai's
Join Date: Mar-2008
Location: kyabram
Country: australia
Posts: 83
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hello fellow aussie, yeah do some reading also they do really good in the ground the ones you describe buy them now then just before spring cut back a little and plant in the ground let it go wild for a while then chop back a bit do this for 2 years if you can you need to fertilize well to high nitrogen while growing by doing this method you can create great branching in the dormant period dig it up give it a root prune then tidy up the branching it should be messy from the chopping you gave it put it back in the ground do the same again. this works well and you can reduce the size down to at each re planting you do. believe me in 3-4 years you will have a bonsai ready to train. put it in a big plastic tub first tho to train it till you think it looks good enough to put in a pot.
happy bonsaing glenn. |
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