Yeah!! It's perfect!! I want something with flowers and that's EXACTLY what I'm looking for!! I still want a 200 year old traditional bonsai though!!
Any Bonsai tree Keepers?
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Yeah!! It's perfect!! I want something with flowers and that's EXACTLY what I'm looking for!! I still want a 200 year old traditional bonsai though!!
What I like most about it is the exposed roots that trail down from the branches...Two hundred years old hunh? you're talking some serious cash lol.Yeah!! It's perfect!! I want something with flowers and that's EXACTLY what I'm looking for!! I still want a 200 year old traditional bonsai though!!
Daughter wanted to make sure you see her elephants. Sorry guys.
Well, the definition of bonsai is a tree planted in a pot. The idea is getting a tree that can grow big, plant it in a pot, and alter it grow thru pruning , root trimming, without killing it. The goal is getting a 20-30 years old tree, which suppose to be 10ft+ tall, to be 1-2 feet tall in a 1-2ft wide pot. I'm still a student in this hobby myself. You may want to consider elm or ficus for the mangrove theme, since those tree has heavy root. I have no clue on how a Cambodian temple looks like. Is there a nursery, especially Asian owned nursery near you? You may find some 1-gallon plant from them to start of.
An example of a Chinese elm and ficus tree. Get a plant from your nursery. Take the plan out of the pot, shake off all the soil, wash the roots to take off all loose soil, then repot it. Just put soil half of the root system, and leave the top half expose. You can trim off the little/fine roots, wedge a rock or some object in between the big roots to keep them separate. You can also strip off the leaves on some of the branches, and bend them down, bury in soil to turn them into a falling down "roots." Be creative. If you want to bend the body or big branch of the plant, you need copper wire. Spirally wrap it around the body or the branch of the plant, then slowly bend it. You need to keep the copper wire for months if not year, until the body/branch is set, before you can remove the wire
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Really cool! I have one of those "money trees" I need to replant. It's trunk is pretty crooked. I see some with braided trunks, those are branches braided to the trunk right?not separate trees braided together? That must take a long time to do?
If you are talking about the Chinese elm tree in the rectangular pot, then those are two trees wrapping over each other. I got them like that. I only realized they were two trees wrapping over each other, after I washed off the soil from the roots. I didn't do much to that tree, just pruning and exposing the root.
The ficus tree in the oval pot is the one with a branch bend down as a root. It's right after the first bend forward on the trunk
Alright, so they ARE separate trees. Is there a specific reason why shallow pots are always used? I already bought a pot, but it's probably around 5" tall, maybe 7" diameter, is this a bad choice? Do you have a soil recommendation for my money tree? Thanks man
