Thread: Bonsai enthusiats?

Anyone else? More tools to sharpen!

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I'm working on my first one, a juniper. It's yet another hobby that I blame squarely on the good folks at SRP

Originally Posted by OLD_SCHOOL

But at least this hobby is extremely kind to your wallet. Apart from the tools, soil, wire and pots, it can be free. Take cuttings of trees and re-root them, or dig up wild sown ones. Oh its all so exciting.

Cuttings can be so exciting. I actually have a cool one I mentioned in the other thread today. Its being grown so that the roots can go over a rock. I can't wait for that, did I mention how exciting bonsai are? The most rewarding part for me ATM is the waiting and waiting, cursing and swearing that it just goes so slow, but once the bonsai flowers and/or gets its new leaves, its just so beautiful.

I could go on forever. One last time, bonsai are exciting. Would love to see your juniper as well Jockeys.

true. I think the juniper was all of four dollars at the local nursery, I've cut it once (with diags I had lying around) and am letting it grow a bit outside in the rain before I wire it.

I'm been messing around on and off with if for years. I just found a Japanese Dwarf Maple, which is a rare find in these parts. I'm still looking at it...

"But at least this hobby is extremely kind to your wallet. Apart from the tools, soil, wire and pots, it can be free. Take cuttings of trees and re-root them, or dig up wild sown ones."

Hmmmm And SR shaving can save money!

Well, it is possible. But with limited time on this planet, I have grown impatient with cuttings and young stock.... True, I love to buy small boxwoods and young juniper for "intstant bonsai" projects and gifts. But having been around many venerable trees, I developed a jones for the old and big. So, I have dug some older trees and cut down, reworked...and I have purchased some costly wonderful specimen.

One of my best however is a nursery purchase for $15; a dwarf scots pine that I began working on 24 years ago. I have pictures from first styling to present. Remarkable. Now, If i live a few hundred years, I should have some knock-outs.

And then there are the hand thrown pots and tool to take care of the excess $$$.

Jim

Here is a chinese elm I am growing this year in semi cascade style.$30 for the tree and $27 for the pot.

Here are a couple more of mine. They are nothing special but I enjoy it. This way if one dies it doesn't cost a lot to replace.

I guess you have to water them 2x a day in summer. It would be very worrying to me to have an expensive specimen that could be dead the next morning because I forgot to water it the night before.

That's the reason I never got round starting, I have got the books and love to read about bonsai.

You learn how to taek care of them though. On cooler days it is a lot easier. In the summer they need more care.