New to hobby, basic starter kit bought for me
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Posted 3 years 11 months ago #65317
I have 6 packets including red maple, Judas, wisteria and Japanese black pine. Each packet consists of anywhere from 6 to 20+ seeds in each do I need to put the whole packet in each individual pot or could I split a packet between 2 or 3 pots and maybe try a slightly different approach to each group to maximise the chance of success? Does each plant require a different soil? If I’m putting them outside should I be putting them in some sort of greenhouse to stop the rain soaking them because my perception of it so far is that they shouldn’t really be watered all that often
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Posted 3 years 11 months ago #65318
Horticulture first: do seeds in nature fall in different soil, or hide when it rains? Always think what happens in nature. Plants do not grow inside ( no such thing as an indoor tree), they do not migrate inside when it gets colder, or hide from rain. Do not antropomorphize plants.
You can sow/plant them all in the same soil, individual in small containers or more together in bigger, its up to you and the space you have. Do make sure your containers have holes in the bottom.
You can sow/plant them all in the same soil, individual in small containers or more together in bigger, its up to you and the space you have. Do make sure your containers have holes in the bottom.
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Posted 3 years 11 months ago #65320
One point I would make (which you may be well aware of so apologies if that's the case), but as lucR mentioned, it will be 5-10 years from seed before you have anything that approaches a bonsai tree. During that time your only focus will be keeping things healthy and growing as much as possible. If your main interest is in planting those seeds and watching them grow/looking after them over a longer period of time then obviously you're on the right track!
If your focus is more on what most people would typically associate with 名媛直播 (i.e. shaping, designing and looking after more mature trees) then the better route might be buying a tree which someone else has spent the hard yards in effort and time growing. You can spend as little as ?30 and get a nice young tree that means you can skip the first 5 years of growing from seed any allow you to focus on shaping and training it into what you want. Growing from seed (as your finding out) isn't always that straightforward and I imagine a lot of people drop away from the hobby because it is difficult or indeed takes too long to get anything resembling the bonsai trees you typically see.
What you'll find is that most people on this forum are focussed on the latter part of things i.e. developing and looking after more mature trees. They will often create new bonsai, but these will generally be from a cutting off an existing tree (quicker to reach maturity) vs planting a seed and growing from scratch. Given that (and without meaning to sound unhelpful) for advice on growing from seed, you may find other sources more helpful than this forum.
Regardless, best of luck with the seeds and I hope you do find your way to sticking with bonsai, whether that's through buying a tree or growing from seed over the long term!
If your focus is more on what most people would typically associate with 名媛直播 (i.e. shaping, designing and looking after more mature trees) then the better route might be buying a tree which someone else has spent the hard yards in effort and time growing. You can spend as little as ?30 and get a nice young tree that means you can skip the first 5 years of growing from seed any allow you to focus on shaping and training it into what you want. Growing from seed (as your finding out) isn't always that straightforward and I imagine a lot of people drop away from the hobby because it is difficult or indeed takes too long to get anything resembling the bonsai trees you typically see.
What you'll find is that most people on this forum are focussed on the latter part of things i.e. developing and looking after more mature trees. They will often create new bonsai, but these will generally be from a cutting off an existing tree (quicker to reach maturity) vs planting a seed and growing from scratch. Given that (and without meaning to sound unhelpful) for advice on growing from seed, you may find other sources more helpful than this forum.
Regardless, best of luck with the seeds and I hope you do find your way to sticking with bonsai, whether that's through buying a tree or growing from seed over the long term!
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Posted 3 years 11 months ago #65329
Most of us ( that is, those that are in it a good number of years) have a collection of seedlings, saplings, prebonsai in the soil and ( pre)bonsai in all stages of development so we have always something to fiddle with throughout the year.
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