I have always liked the look of bonsai trees with this in mind i was given one as a present it turns out i cant just chillout and look at it they take some looking after ?.Any tips and advice on keeping one of these welcome.
Thank you
Get yourself a Fisher Price chainsaw.
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No, but I was filtering slowly at lights on the A12 last week and passed a big blue Audi with a bonsai tree on top of the dash in front of the passenger. Hope there isn’t an airbag that side.
You should go to a garden centre and pick up some Bonsai Liquid Food, and a little book on how to care for it.
I’ve had mine for 2 years, and it’s still alive
You need to do a lot of research!
Bonsai are indeed beautiful but it only comes as a result of effort and artistry.
The first mistake people make is to think that they can keep a Bonsai tree indoors for long periods - although only the size of a houseplant a Bonsai is a tree and needs to be outdoors to thrive. Indoors is too dry and too hot and true Bonsai lovers will have several plants that allow them to be rotated i.e with each one only indoors for a short spell.
Second, to make them look authentic i.e like a wild tree they need to be trained with wire into twisted and pruned into ‘natural shapes’ shapes - this requires great skill to do well and is what makes the greatest Bonsai national treasures in Japan.
The third thing you need is patience! Bonsai are trees and may live 100 years plus, and take decades to look their best!
But when done right you end up with amazing trees like this:
Bonsais are well cool. 
Always wondered if you can get Bonsai children, cos after the age of 7 it’s just to much ag.
That’s when you sell them for medical experiments and buy the bike of your dreams.
ask mr miyagi from karate kid:D
Doesn’t Bonsai translate as “tree torture”?
As an ex shooting man, I aint no bleeding heart, but deliberately maltreating and crippling even a simple organism for just a bit of fun strikes me as an odd occupation.
I’d leave that to the Orientals. They have a longer track record of that stuff than Europeans.
oi Swampy you arnt chaining yourself to my tree thanks all for the help
Well you could view it like that.
Bonsai is however and ancient and culturally significant artform. Originating in China, before moving to Japan around the 12 century, it is a fusion of aesthetic and philosophical ideals that embrace ideas from Zen Buddhism and a harmonious balance between man and nature. It was developed by the Japanese in monasteries where the skill, patience, detail and artistry required were uniquely significant to Buddhist monks. It was much later that they became popular as status objects or as commodities to be traded.
Some of the trees are truly extraordinary and one in particular - named Sandai-Shogun-No Matsu - is five hundred years old and a national treasure of Japan.
Doug
I hope in time i will pick it up and create something special,I now have a book i see tap water is a no no.Whats your view on this Jim and how often should i water ?
- **Well you could view it like that.
Bonsai is however and ancient and culturally significant artform. Originating in China, before moving to Japan around the 12 century, it is a fusion of aesthetic and philosophical ideals that embrace ideas from Zen Buddhism and a harmonious balance between man and nature. It was developed by the Japanese in monasteries where the skill, patience, detail and artistry required were uniquely significant to Buddhist monks. It was much later that they became popular as status objects or as commodities to be traded.
Some of the trees are truly extraordinary and one in particular - named Sandai-Shogun-No Matsu - is five hundred years old and a national treasure of Japan.
Doug** *
Or it could be like pulling the wings off flies to admire how well they can walk.