Apparently there can be some quite heated arguments over the pronunciation of the word “bonsai” and there can actually be some snobbery from people who will go around telling other people they are saying the word wrong and look down on them for doing so. This all seems a little too much, so I will […]
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Winter is not a great time of year for our trees mainly due to the harsh weather conditions. Our trees will try and protect themselves by going dormant, but often this may not be enough and we will have to add some extra protection to make sure they make it though. Not all trees will
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If you have seen any of my youtube videos you may have noticed that some of my trees have stones around the base and I am often asked what that this is all about. You will often see people using either small or large stones at the base of their trees and this is simply
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If you are thinking about starting with bonsai you will probably be torn between buying one or just trying to grow one yourself from a seed. Both options can be great, but they are very different. I will go through the reasons for and against each option to help you decide what might be best
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Mesh in a bonsai pot is very important and you can actually use a number of different things for this, which I will discuss below. However, you really you just want to use the proper bonsai mesh, it’s simply going to the best thing you can use. What Is The Mesh Bonsai Pots For? The
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You might hear “tanuki” occasionally mentioned in bonsai, but it can be unclear what exactly this means, so I will be going through everything you need to know about them below. What Is Tanuki In Bonsai? A Tanuki is a type of bonsai that has been artificially created to make it look much older than
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You might hear people talk about using a bonsai training pot and you might be a little unsure about what this actually means. Bonsai training pots do exactly what you think they might do, they help train a tree into being a bonsai. The goal of a bonsai grower is to make a tree look
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If you have ever looked at a bonsai pot you may have wondered why they have so many holes in the bottom. Basically they are for drainage, which help keep your root ball healthy. Bonsai pots are pretty small and shallow, so it’s important that we use this small space as efficiently as we can
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Palm trees and bonsai are not two things you often see together and I think that is for good reason. While you can try and bonsai a palm tree, it is not easy and the results are not great. There are hundreds of different varieties of palm trees, so I’m sure you will get better
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Growing a bonsai tree is a long process, but really, how long does it actually take? Honestly, it really depends on a lot of things. There is no simple answer; all you can be sure of is that it will take many years, no matter what you do. Of course there are ways to speed
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