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Lambolica Forums Junkie Location: Northwestern Sydney Registered: August 2002	Re: Bonsai plants Mon, 28 February 2005 20:25 Yes I was into Bonsai when I was at school and I have just got back into them again now that I'm older. I've (almost) finished the landscaping at home and I have set aside an area that will be the Bonsai Garden. Basically a little area that will have a little Japanese plant theme (Nanas, few variaties of bamboo etc) with little pedistools for my Bonsai plants to sit. It will be set up to be it's own little eco system and gets watered Via irrigation twice a day. I only have 2 bonsai's started at the moment. One of which is a conifer in the shape of a Question mark (?) that will eventually have that wind swept look and the other is 2 Japanese Maples in one large pot that I'm hoping I can twist together as they grow. For the Bonsai on the rock is there any type of soil around the root zone or the like or are you trying to get the roots to grow over the rock to the soil? A good way I found to get a nice looking Bonsai started (rather than starting with a twig in a pot) is to find a neighbour, friend, parents garden with suitable trees (Conifer, Maple etc) find a branch that has a desired shape already to it, strip the twigs off where you would want to plant it and get some of the offcut starter dust, apply, wrap in soil with a hessian bag to stop soil falling out and add the water crystals to hold water there. some trees will sprout roots there and if they do you cut off the branch, pot it, trim it for a nice looking bonsai from a young age. (this seems to be the way most of the commercial bonsai are created for sale in bunnings etc. Also if you want to display them inside don't keep them indoors arway from light for more than 2 weeks, if you have several bonsai, cycle them on a weekly basis and keep the others outside and WELL WATERED. Here ends lesson 1...... that will be $50 bucks [Report message to a moderator]

	Subject	Poster	Date
	Bonsai plants	joorsh	Mon, 28 February 2005 11:07
	Re: Bonsai plants	Lucid	Mon, 28 February 2005 11:45
	Re: Bonsai plants	mikey93	Mon, 28 February 2005 12:25
	Re: Bonsai plants	joorsh	Mon, 28 February 2005 12:24
	Re: Bonsai plants	Kodoku	Mon, 28 February 2005 13:12
	Re: Bonsai plants	Sprinter-Saurus	Mon, 28 February 2005 13:25
	Re: Bonsai plants	joorsh	Mon, 28 February 2005 13:27
	Re: Bonsai plants	joorsh	Mon, 28 February 2005 13:30
	Re: Bonsai plants	thechuckster	Mon, 28 February 2005 14:24
	Re: Bonsai plants	Lambolica	Mon, 28 February 2005 20:25
	Re: Bonsai plants	Squid	Mon, 28 February 2005 22:42
	Re: Bonsai plants	Nark	Tue, 01 March 2005 00:22
	Re: Bonsai plants	joorsh	Tue, 01 March 2005 00:28
	Re: Bonsai plants	RA28midge	Wed, 02 March 2005 02:34
	Re: Bonsai plants	joorsh	Wed, 02 March 2005 02:39
	Re: Bonsai plants	joorsh	Wed, 02 March 2005 03:50
	Re: Bonsai plants	AE86slut	Wed, 02 March 2005 04:42
	Re: Bonsai plants	AE86slut	Wed, 02 March 2005 04:44
	Re: Bonsai plants	unforgiven	Wed, 02 March 2005 04:53
	Re: Bonsai plants	AE86slut	Wed, 02 March 2005 04:59
	Re: Bonsai plants	thevelvetgreasemonkey	Wed, 02 March 2005 09:41
	Re: Bonsai plants	RA28midge	Mon, 07 March 2005 02:39
	Re: Bonsai plants	Mookie	Mon, 07 March 2005 04:00
	Re: Bonsai plants	Les	Mon, 14 March 2005 13:07
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