Knowing the growth rate of a bonsai can be hard as no two trees are the same. They all have different ages, sizes, health and will be at different stages of development, as well as the fact they can be different species. This along with various external factors can really change the rate at which […]
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Knowing how much light to give your bonsai tree can be confusing. This is made worse by the lack of information on the internet. I routinely see “5-6 hours a day” given as a rough guide to how much light a bonsai needs, but no real reason as to why this is the right amount.
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This is my Little Olive tree that I started from an air later from another olive I am trying to grow as bonsai and I will be going through its progression below. It is pretty small and is still young in its development, but I still think it’s a cool little tree. If you want
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Chinese elms are a popular bonsai, especially for beginners. They are pretty tough and easy to care for, but you can still run into problems with them, one of the main ones being the leaves turning yellow. Sometimes yellow leaves are normal, but a lot of the time it means your Chinese elm is suffering
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This is my Pftitzer Juniper that I am trying to grow as bonsai and I will be going through its progression below. It looks a bit wild at the minute as it is still in the development stage, but trees like this take a long time to develop. If you want to watch it
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On a cold winter night in late 2014 I cooked a roast dinner. I had bought some freshly cut rosemary to add flavour from the supermarket. The sprigs of rosemary where sealed in a bag and I had a few left over, so I put one in water to see what would happen and well…
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I dug up a young sycamore tree from my overgrown communal garden in 2017. I have been developing it ever since and this is what we will be going through below. If you want to watch it in video format, you can watch the YouTube playlist below. The videos show the progression every month throughout
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This is my Squamata Juniper that I am trying to grow as bonsai and I will be going through its progression below. It’s a slow grower, so it’s not quite there yet. If you want to watch it in video format, you can watch the YouTube playlist below. The videos show the progression every
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This is my English Ivy I am trying to grow as bonsai and I will be going through its progression below. I have a feeling that this will be a very long journey. (If you want to read more about its suitability you can read – Is Ivy A Good Tree For Bonsai?) If you
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This is my Boxwood and I will be going through its progression below. If you want to watch it in video format, you can watch the YouTube playlist below. The videos show the progression every month throughout the year, sort of like a time lapse. Just be aware that some of my earlier videos are
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