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This is an article that will show you how to apply basic concepts of plant growth to bonsai training techniques.
Growing plants for bonsai means developing a nursery plant to the point of final styling and placing it in a pot. These plants have a variety of names, i.e. pre- trained or pre-bonsai, etc. The idea is to grow a plant specifically for bonsai rather than landscape. Since our ends are very much different than landscapers the techniques are also very much different. Some plants, such as pines need special attention from the very beginning to become good bonsai, others such as most deciduous trees are much more forgiving and may still be used after achieving some size, but without any previous bonsai training.
The approach that I would like to take is that of explaining and applying plant growth principles so that you may apply these principles and concepts to your particular situation. Once understood, these principles are a very powerful tool for manipulating plant growth. And bonsai is probably the epitome of plant growth manipulation.
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Good quality Bonsai content on the Internet can be difficult to find. If you are thinking about getting your first bonsai, read this article first.
Article excerpt:
The simplest definition for bonsai is a plant in a pot. But bonsai is so much more than a tree treated like a house plant. It is plant art, or sculpture to be more accurate. Bonsai require skilled care to survive and to blossom into magnificent specimen plants.
Many nurseries and vendors sell inexpensive plants in pots and call them bonsai. With care they could become bonsai, but they are not bonsai. On the internet we have the adopted the term ‘Mall Bonsai’ or ‘mallsai’ for these plants. Some of these people are true bonsai folk and do their best to see that your plant survives by giving you at least basic care instructions. Sadly, other vendors could care less. We recommend that you do not purchase bonsai from persons unwilling or unable to give you care information.
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Go to Episode 16 (Series 2) | Go to Lindsay Farr’s World of Bonsai Content Page | Go to Episode 18
How to create juniper and Japanese maple bonsai. Penjing composition with living and dead wood.
Lindsay Farr’s World Of Bonsai series 2 episode 17 from lindsay farr on Vimeo.
Go to Episode 15 (Series 2) | Go to Lindsay Farr’s World of Bonsai Content Page | Go to Episode 17
We return to the world’s most sustainable bonsai community in Takamatsu
Bonsai Lindsay Farr’s World Of Bonsai series 2 episode 16 from lindsay farr on Vimeo.
