Bonsai How To

  Bonsai Pots- How to Choose Is a shoebox too small?  Maybe, but the main trouble with a shoe box is that they are cardboard and won’t last more than a few weeks at best. So what do you look for in a bonsai pot?  Maybe something roomy enough to support your plant and allow [...]

  Bonsai Pots- How to Choose  Is a shoebox too small?  Maybe, but the main trouble with a shoe box is that they are cardboard and won’t last more than a few weeks at best. So what do you look for in a bonsai pot?  Maybe something roomy enough to support your plant and allow [...]

  “Baby, It’s Cold Outside.”  This was the title of a song from the 40’s perhaps?  And how is that germane to the subject at hand? The Bonsai!  Before civilization everything was outdoors…grass, trees, flowers, shrubs. After civilization, came indoor trees, flowers, shrubs. Bonsai is really an outdoor activity and is much easier to grow outside. [...]

    Can you believe?   Gardens in bottle caps from Japanese Merry Project. This is not bonsai, but I came across this article today and found it fascinating.  What will they come up with next?  “Priced at JPY 158 (about $1.85 American) , the Merry Farming Kit includes a tablet of compressed, dry soil that’s just the right [...]

  So onward and upward….. and the continuing shaping of your bonsai.  Define and refine your plant by pinching back any new foliage.  This encourages  more growth nearer  the trunk and to make it fuller and tighter. One of the things that Looking at a bonsai you will note that the foliage is nearly always [...]