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16-Apr-2004
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bonsaiTALK Neophyte
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Planting Young Bonsai In Ground?
Im new to bonsai and I read a book the suggests you plant a young bonsai in the ground for a number of years to quickly develop the tree and create a thick trunk. He gives the example of a Jap. white pine grown from seed till the age of four, then planted in the ground for five years to speed up growth.
Do you guys recommend planting a bonsai in the ground once it has become a certain age? If so, do you still trim back the roots every year or two? |
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Ground is a solution. But I found planting in the ground, hard to work with the three while in the ground.
A Growbox works best for me. You can put it on a table or turn table and work on the tree if needed. As for trimming roots, I guess it's better to do it since you'll endup with a big central root insted of multipe surface root. Last edited by Camay123 : 16-Apr-2004 at 10:53 PM. |
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18-Apr-2004
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bonsaiTALK Neophyte
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Heres a follow-up question. When planting in the ground should I use bonsai soil or earth? I think I heard planting in the earth would be difficult because it is tough and compacts. Do you recommend I dig a small hole and fill it with bonsai soil or would that defeat the whole point?
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18-Apr-2004
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I think we discussed this before. Maybe I can find the link. Anyway you may want to plant bonsai stock in the ground, and certain trees might benefit from "returning to square one" as it were, but you wouldn't make a habit of planting developed trees in the ground because they will be subject to rapid growth, possibly spoiling ramification, compactness of the root system, etc., and expose them to disease and pathogens.
So, the remarks above concerning a grow box environment might be a more practical solution. Now, for the second question, if you determined that you would want to plant a bonsai (or a piece of stock) in the ground, whether you would need to amend the soil would depend entirely on what kind of soil you had. If it were necessary to amend the soil, it would be a good idea to till the entire plot rather than putting it in a hole made up of well draining soil, or you'll wind up with a French drain that holds water whenever you irrigate or rain runoff occurs. Regards, Matt
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