Bonsai for beginners

mmj_uk said:
I have some bonsai seeds, are there any good guides for beginners?

or anyone have experience in this area?
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Surely Bonsai is a generic term for the art of making little trees through careful pruning, these come in all sorts of varieties, I didn't think there was a Bonsai species?

MB
 
Surely Bonsai is a generic term for the art of making little trees through careful pruning, these come in all sorts of varieties, I didn't think there was a Bonsai species?
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thats what i thought ,bonsai seeds?? you mighta been done m8
 
ok i dont care if bonzai isn't the proper name for the tree, but put it this way... these are seeds for a tree that you would normally bonzai with, a mr mayagi karate kid style tree.

so anyone willing to help now please?
 
mmj_uk said:
ok i dont care if bonzai isn't the proper name for the tree, but put it this way... these are seeds for a tree that you would normally bonzai with, a mr mayagi karate kid style tree.

so anyone willing to help now please?
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You need wire, scissors and about 40 years.
 
well im still young.... :D

ok my first post was maybe a bit vague, i dont want to bonsai but i have seeds to grow a tree.
 
jidh007 said:
So if you don't want to Bonsai do you need advice how to plant it into the soil? :P
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that's what i thought but i've been told you need a proper bonsai tray and compost (ive got them already), but i was also told i need to soak the seeds for 24hrs prior to planting and also that they like to be outdoors but in warm areas and need 6hrs sunlight a day minimum. :confused:
 
mmj_uk said:
well im still young.... :D

ok my first post was maybe a bit vague, i dont want to bonsai but i have seeds to grow a tree.
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Yopur tree needs to be about 6 inches before you start. Then transplant it to a shallow pot with a stone under the roots. Wrap it in wire, trim the roots, trim the top to shape. repeat last 2 steps for 40 years. Instant bonsai.
 
i thought bonsai was growing a tree by restricting the root growth - thus making a miniature tree in a small pot?

growing from seed would take years to get anything remotely like a conventional tree.

have a look at garden centres. you can get trees from a tenner upwards. they are quite hard to look after though! i've had 2 and both have died - both left in a high-sun area when i went away for 2 weeks! d'oh. they are also easy to over-water.
 
it'll take forever to grow a bonsai from seed, but the ones that you have will be a fast growing tree I'm sure. I has some, that were cherry I think, a few years ago. I planted them, they germinated and got to about 2 inches tall. I didn't water them enough, they died. I'm sure you could get a little tree to prune in a couple of years though

I now have a lovely bonsai birch tree outside that I bought in a garden centre, it's a few years old now and is doing well. Nice sideways branch structure and pretty golden leaves in the autumn.

keep any trees you get outside and water in the summer. prune them once a year to get the shape you want and it'll be fine. It will still take 40 years to get a really cool looking bonsai.
 
I tried growing Bonsai from seed about 10 years ago. They were all doing well until a freak accident knocked them all off the sill they were kept on. None of them survived. It was annoying because there was a lot of time put into them!
 
xyphic said:
I tried growing Bonsai from seed about 10 years ago. They were all doing well until a freak accident knocked them all off the sill they were kept on. None of them survived. It was annoying because there was a lot of time put into them!
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so do you have any tips please?

do i leave the seeds in water for 24hrs before planting? are they ok on a windowsill indoors then?

any advice much appreciated, i may check out the library tomorrow see if there are any good books.
 
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