Buxus Looks Like A Slingshot

bonsaial1

Grafting and layering are both very bad words with buxus. Painfully slow, and marginal at best. Maybe 10% with experts. Why waste the time? As for a bud? It may come, but to reach the caliper you are looking for would be at least 5 to 7 years. Again, why waste the time, and still have a marginal tree at best.

This is the hardest part of bonsai. Learning to say:
No, I don't need this
Why am I wasting my time with this stock?
Do I know the difference between good and bad yet?
Is there someone local that can help me with picking out good stuff to work with?

I hear all the time from the pacifist folks that being hard on a newbie is really trampling on his or her parade. That is not the case here at all. Think about this...

There are those that will say.." This may be bad stock, but work on it for a couple of years to get experience so you can hone your skills"
Now this is the most ignorant sentence that I have ever heard. Why would someone want to hone their skills on a cr@ppy piece of stock, to end up with a marginal tree, and have wasted their time with never learning the one basic technique there is.

PICKING GOOD STOCK THE FIRST TIME! Thats what needs to be practised. Learn that and all the rest will fall into place at light speed.

Bonsai-al

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