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Bonsai, Not?
Seems like the hobby of bonsai has such a vast choice of trees to work with. What trees are not worth the trouble, untrainable. Excuse, cat say she more important. Enough bonsai. Had to delete numbers from the note.
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Ray
While some trees adapt more easily than others, the crux of the issue I feel is the skill set of the person attempting the bonsai process with any particular species. And the only way you can develop these skills outside of reading about them is to jump in and get your fingers dirty and try.
Make sure you do your research before starting or acquiring a new tree. Know what the trees "needs" are. Be prepared to provide those needs. In other words if you live in a Downtown Boston Condo with no balcony acquiring a Juniper bonsai is not smart thing to do. No matter how good it looks on display while sitting on top of the TV in the living rooom!
ciao!
Bonsaimark
While some trees adapt more easily than others, the crux of the issue I feel is the skill set of the person attempting the bonsai process with any particular species. And the only way you can develop these skills outside of reading about them is to jump in and get your fingers dirty and try.
Make sure you do your research before starting or acquiring a new tree. Know what the trees "needs" are. Be prepared to provide those needs. In other words if you live in a Downtown Boston Condo with no balcony acquiring a Juniper bonsai is not smart thing to do. No matter how good it looks on display while sitting on top of the TV in the living rooom!
ciao!
Bonsaimark
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At this point starting in bonsai, it's a bit overwhelming and these hints, which are not yet obvious to me, help greatly. I'm still at that stage where I grab a bag of Black Gold and hope for the best. Thanks, BonsaiMark!