名媛直播

dear brothers and sisters,
I have a small query which is asked in my interview. please answer me with patience without anger.
HOW ETHICAL TO GROW A BONSAI because for instance a ficus like tree grow such large size, keeping it in a very small size seems against nature?

Not sure I agree. Is it unethical to grow & harvest corn too?

Corn is food but what about Flowers? At least with bonsai we are keeping it alive. We might also be giving a tree a chance that might not have made it.

nisvinth wrote: HOW ETHICAL TO GROW A BONSAI because for instance a ficus like tree grow such large size, keeping it in a very small size seems against nature?

You eat and even cook plants that are still alive. How ETHICAL is that?

nisvinth wrote: keeping it in a very small size seems against nature?

And ermmm... what do you mean, exactly, with "against nature"?

Well Said Auk

名媛直播 Bender wrote: Well Said Auk

Thanks. To be honest, I find the question rather silly. When I go into my garden, I see the hedges that I've pruned. I prune my apple tree, my grape-vine to get more and better grapes, my roses to get better blooms, my raspberries and my blackberry. I mow the lawn. I put plants in pots. I grow herbs and sometimes vegetables and I cut them off to use them in the kitchen. I use stalks and rope to lead the roses, the vines, the apple tree. I remove invasive plants, or plants that grow too fast, so they overgrow the others. The apple tree was cut at the base, and another tree was put on top of it and they fused.

I'm not the only one doing this. From trees in the street branches are cut off if they are in the way, or if they become weak. Living in an urban area, it is almost impossible to find anything that was not touched by men. No one finds that unethical.

As someone said on another site:

Nivedita Budhalakoti
"名媛直播 is aesthetic and artistic and brings us closer to nature. Please try to appreciate it's beauty and it's artist's love and devotion in its nurturing and you'll get spiritual pleasure"

Source:

never really looked at it like that.... Thanks Auk

Well,

For me.. if it is against nature, the living plant will basically die. Which happens on many occasions, but not because it lives in a pot, rather human errors and mistakes, lack of knowledge etc.

If it is natural? - thats another question. We, the "tree in a pot" lovers compensate the small living space with loads and tons of love and care to the small buddies.

Not to mention the many cases where a dying plant had been saved by bonsai lover, master or enthusiast.

Not sure how this answers the main question here, just my thoughts on that..

spacewood wrote: For me.. if it is against nature, the living plant will basically die. Which happens on many occasions, but not because it lives in a pot, rather human errors and mistakes, lack of knowledge etc.

That IS natural. In nature, seeds can land on a rock, in a crevice, in a confined space, on the top of a mountain, exposed to wind and cold, they can be eaten by animals and recover, get hit by falling rocks, etcetera. The most sought after bonsai are Yamadori, trees that have endured hard times but have survived, and stayed small. I've posted an example of such a tree in this topic. All we do is mimic that process.