5 Stages Of Bonsai

PatArizona

Except for "...made your own fertilizer...".

Don' need no stinkin' organics...

Pat

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BONSAI isn't about surviving in a storm, rather, how to dance in the rain.
THE ONLY WAY: Always remember, and don't ever forget, that whatever you read here is not cast in concrete... the intent of any advice is to help. In no way should you feel that I’m saying that my way is the only way…heaven forbid! I've seen far too much of the "my way or the highway" attitude in bonsai as well as in other areas of life.

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RedPine

Neat to see this still has some intrest in it from others. I remember sometime back someone? writing me wanting permissions to print it for their club news letter overseas. Maybe I can get Day around to finishing it if he hears people are still reading and commenting on it.

legatoistheman

dont even remember if i posted when he first posted this, but id say now im in between stage 2 and 3. I realize that if i spend more i get better quality, but yet i also realize that i dont have the money to spend more. I have also realized that i need to scale down my selection of tropicals, and as for deciduous, focus on 3 at most, or by focus i realize i just need to not focus and let them grow grow grow for years.

interesting how ive grown over the year.

BrianP03103

Somehow, I learned that through reading, prior to purchasing my first tree. I knowingly purchased a pre-bonsai. Then, I sought out a sensei, and follwing his direction, I repotted it into a collander filled with pumice.

Again, because I read here in this forum, examined what others were saying, and LISTENED, I have learned the least painful way.

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