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Anyone do bonsai?www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV-QdjpaIFM

We went to the wildflower center today and my wife mentioned there's a bonsai exhibit at the botanical gardens. It got me curious about bonsai, specifically texas native oak bonsai. I like the idea of keeping and caring for a tree without having to own property to do it.

I found this video of a huge english oak bonsai (and many other great bonsai videos on the you tubes).

Does anyone on SN do bonsai?

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55 sats \ 0 replies \ @Roll 8 Apr

i do and i try for some years, but not so easy, to keep it alive. -one died cause of illness, -one died cause i cut too much roots (i wanted to changed the pot after 3 years), -one died cause of the heat,

Now, I ve a ficus but it recovers from a bug (i had to clean all the leaves/branches to get ride of the bug). I m controlling everyday to make sur that the bug is really dead ( it s been 6 days). Cause of the bug, it lost 80% of its leaves. It took me time to understand it was a bug. At the beginning i though it was cause:

of the season ,
of the location ( i believed there was too much air, no enough light ) , -of the mud so i changed it , -and at the end i found out it was a bug.

Awesome Bonsai video...ouahhh!!!

BTW, after a learning class, even if a bonsai looks like a tree, it is considered as a plant as it is in a pot.

30 sats \ 2 replies \ @SimpleStacker 8 Apr

I didn't know Bonsai could be applied to an oak tree, but I guess it makes sense.

I had just associated Bonsai with a very specific type of japanese tree

30 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b OP 8 Apr

Me too until today. I think the trad tree we both have in mind is Juniper.

33 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic 8 Apr

Juniper is one of the traditional trees, another is Japanese Maple. I had both juniper and maple trees while I was living in Japan. Some of my students gave me some trees that were about 15 years old when they gave them to me. I did more trimming and molding and repotted a few, but was too leary of trimming roots. From experience elsewhere I knew that you didn’t screw around with roots under the drip line without drastic effects on the tree, like killing it or killing half of it. After taking care of them for about 7 years, I returned them to my students before repatriating. It was a really calming thing to do.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Roll 8 Apr

Are you going to buy one ? or create one ?

7 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b OP 8 Apr

I'm not sure if I'll get one anytime soon. I only know I like the idea.