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19-Nov-2005
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Humble Student
Join Date: Oct-2005
Location: San Antonio,TX
Country: U.S.A
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Ming Aralia Pic's and Tips
I am Very new to the whole Bonsai thing and purchased this Ming Aralia along with a couple of other trees, This is still in the plastic pot from the nursery, any ideas on how to trim it or make it look better? Thanks!!!
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19-Nov-2005
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bonsaiTALK Master Craftsman
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Theres not a whole lot you can do with those. I have one and I just prune it back by cutting the tips off in late winter or spring if you live in a cold climate. They are like jades in that you really can't wire them to speak of. I find them charming
 (do men use that word?) to have around.Peace Bob
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29-Sep-2006
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Hec DeBrabant
 
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aralia
The Aralia is such a great plant/tree to work with.
My personal choice is the one that is refered to as the Parsley Aralia. It has finer foliage than the Ming. Here is a pic of one soon to be potted.
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29-Sep-2006
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Hec DeBrabant
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Here is a second pic of a different tree.
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http://www.tellys.com http://www.Fourseasonsbonsai.com The original Four Seasons Bonsai Club of Michigan. Guest master Pedro Morales visit was a huge success. Tellys Greenhouse, 3301 John R road, Troy Mi. 48083 Four Seasons Bonsai Club meetings monthly. Troy, Michigan "Anything is possible when you don't know what you are doing"................someone famous I think. |
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30-Sep-2006
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Hmmmm!
Ok, heres go the foot!  Thats a nice houseplant, but.... I've never really considered these "Bonsai Material", why? Because you can't really STYLE them into a convincing bonsai. You can keep cutting them back and chopping off shorter and shorter to make an "Accompanyment plant" but not a styled bonsai. At best they are a potted plant that happens to be in a bonsai pot. Does anyone have a pic of one actually wired or trimmed into a STYLE of some sort? I'd like to see one with some years of styling behind it. I'd do some Googling but I'm SURE someone will spend some time so they can show me a bonsai.  This leads me to a question for ya all to kick around..... Is a "plant" a bonsai, or bonsai material, if it can't be STYLED into something resembling a mature tree dwarfed in nature ( or appearing to be a mature dwarfed old tree even if it isn't) ? Where is Will when we really need him? Regards, Dale P.S. My recommendation..cut it off real short on trunk, it will pop out. Keep real short and picked at in a small pot to display with a larger bonsai, like a "grass" plant. The parts you cut off, stick them back in a pot and grow for your home . You CAN NOT learn bonsai by growing this as a bonsai! IMO
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________________________________ If you want to be Different.... You have to DO something Different! __________________________________________ Some people NEVER take the time to do a job right the first time.... but, they always seem to make the time to do it over again... ____________________________________________ Dale Cochoy Wild Things Bonsai Studio Yakimono no Kokoro Bonsai Pottery Hartville, Ohio |
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30-Sep-2006
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Hec DeBrabant
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House Plant?
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Aw come on Dale, where's your imagination. LOL
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http://www.tellys.com http://www.Fourseasonsbonsai.com The original Four Seasons Bonsai Club of Michigan. Guest master Pedro Morales visit was a huge success. Tellys Greenhouse, 3301 John R road, Troy Mi. 48083 Four Seasons Bonsai Club meetings monthly. Troy, Michigan "Anything is possible when you don't know what you are doing"................someone famous I think. |
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30-Sep-2006
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I think it would look nice planted in something like the one on the right: Best regards, Carl
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30-Sep-2006
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w/ Hippyistic Tendencies
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20 years ago people said that ficus were no good for bonsai.
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