Tree seeds used for bonsai are a great idea. While a bonsai seed as many people understand it doesn’t exist, regular tree seeds will be helpful for any people interesting themselves to bonsai.
The common understanding of bonsai seeds is that they are special tree seeds that once sown and germinated, will yield a tree [...]
So, you have watered your plant everyday, showered it with love, affection and as much fertilizer as it can handle. But anything alive is susceptible to diseases and attacks from parasites. In the case of your growing bonsai, there are also ounces of prevention to help keep your beloved bonsai in excellent shape. These are [...]
Can tree seeds reproduce a cultivar characteristic’s ?
For a short anwser yes. But, it’s like the lottery. Your chance of reproducing the exact characteristic well known are minimal. To be in context, bonsai enthusiast often praise a specific species for it’s characteristics that adpat well to bonsai growing techniques. For example, small leaves and small internodes [...]
Well after providing germination instructions for the seeds, I felt the need to add some information on how to proceed once your seeds have germinated. Now, the following instructions will need adjustments depending on your situation.
First, let’s assume the seeds have been sown and germinated indoor. This is not the best method, but can be [...]
To the contrary belief of certain persons, seeds and seedlings have many ways of being useful to bonsai enthusiast. Ill elaborate on a few of them.
Seeds are of many uses and the first one them is to have a tree to develop into a bonsai plant. Pretty obvious, no? But other then growing a future [...]
The word bonsai is usually associated with those dwarf trees that are placed in ceramic or other attractive containers. People usually relate bonsai growing to the Japanese but this method of dwarfing trees actually started in China. The Japanese however developed the art of bonsai growing.
A person who wants to start growing bonsai as a [...]
In using fertilizer for your growing bonsai, you need to exercise proper balance and lots of attention to detail. Your determination to make your bonsai grow lies in many factors but it ultimately boils down to your determination and consistency.
It’s not just humans that need tender loving care. Bonsai plants need that extra care too [...]
First, we need to clarify that there are no such thing as bonsai seeds, or seeds that when planted naturally become a beautifully trained bonsai. The seeds only grow into bonsai upon special care and miniaturizing methods, which entails no genetic alteration of the trees. If not properly treated, the so-called bonsai seeds will produce [...]