Oct 31, 2020 · DO NOT use a pine bark-peat mix for pine bonsai. It stays too wet! Landscape nurseries use it in deep pots on trees that are intended to be shipped to a tree lot without getting water for a few days then purchased and planted out relatively soon. For pine bonsai, most use a mixture of akadama, lava and pumice in equal parts.

Mar 31, 2024 · The most popular Bonsai Community in the WORLD! Conifer ID + Need help styling | Bonsai Nut We got this conifer a few years back, after a while it naturally just toppled over like that so I'm planning on turning it into a sort of cascading bonsai...

Oct 16, 2020 · Many JM can only be propagated by grafting. Don't be upset for buying a grafted maple from any grower that offers these grafted plants. All the JM growers graft maples. Buy from a bonsai grower or someone who specializes in maples from cuttings. If I am in doubt, whether it is a maple, a ginkgo, or a conifer, I ask.

Apr 18, 2021 · This Beech went from a growing field, to a bare root ball, to a bonsai training pot. its possible and it depends what youre starting with. if i go to a nursery and pick up a tree that has loads of workable branches, lots of fibrous roots close to the trunk then sure, it could go in a bonsai pot, because im only going to be building ramification ...

Feb 1, 2024 · This bonsai is/was my second one, the previous one was also a black pine, it lasted me a few months, but I probably killed it by exposing it too much to the direct light of the sun during summer. I tried to save it, but it eventually died, basically the same happened one day the leaves started to turn brown and it could not be stopped.

Aug 15, 2023 · Every list I see of beginner species includes types of juniper, and although they are great, I’m curious as to what people think of other conifers. In your opinion, what are the top 5 easiest conifer species that aren’t junipers?

Apr 18, 2020 · To answer you question the closest tropical conifer, you could maintain as a house plant during the colder months but should still be brought outside for the warmer ones, would be a Norfolk Pine. They are not ideal bonsai material (although some still make the attempt) however are commonly available as houseplants.

Feb 5, 2013 · Theoretically, ANY sized deciduous tree can be trunk chopped into a bonsai-sized frame. Size has no real bearing on how deciduous trees (and conifers to a certain extent) recover, as trees have evolved to respond to injury by pushing new growth BELOW or AROUND wounds.

Feb 6, 2024 · You can absolutely use a glazed pot with a conifer... as long as it's the right glaze and the right pot. If you buy a juniper bonsai from a big box retailer and it comes in a shiny blue glazed pot... you might decide to swap it out for something more appropriate later on. However I am speaking about proper bonsai display aesthetics.

Jul 29, 2019 · Yes, It depends. As you correctly surmised. Seriously, each individual plant needs its own plan. Generally, for vigorous deciduous trees, like elm, maple, hornbeam ...