The fact I need to write this is ridiculous, but this site is 100% written by humans, for humans.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is getting more popular by the day and while it can be great in some circumstances, it is not the cure for everything.
There is an increasing trend of using AI to write content across the internet, which is usually just taken from other sites and reworded in a way that makes it “unique”.
This may work in some industries, but it is not ideal for bonsai. A computer algorithm has no idea what a tree is and should not be telling people how to look after trees or how to perform certain techniques …but these types of sites exist …and in my opinion should be avoided at all costs.
100% Human Operated
This site is solely run by me (Ian) in my spare time and I am very much a real human and have been hands on with my own bonsai trees every day for the last decade.
Everything on this site is written by me and is based on my own experience, research, questions from the community, and talking to other real humans that have even more experience than me.
There is no outsourcing to 3rd party writers, or AI used here, this is a website by a real bonsai enthusiast, for other bonsai enthusiasts. When you email or message me on Instagram …it’s just me who replies. When you watch my YouTube videos …it’s just me in my back garden, showing you my bonsai and replying to comments.
I will admit I do not know everything about bonsai. I am still learning every day, but at least when you read an article written here, you know it comes from someone who actually owns and grows their own bonsai trees.
AI Gets It Wrong
It is important that you get your bonsai information from real people, who own trees. It doesn’t need to be information from me …just make sure it’s form a real person who knows what they are doing!
A lot of these AI produced sites have information that is very generic or even wrong, and if you take guidance from this you may be putting your trees at risk.
These sites are owned by people with zero experience with bonsai, so they do not realise that the AI is wrong …and this is exactly why you need to make sure you are getting your information from a real human, who owns bonsai!