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- Pinkham
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If you don't have much time to attend to a bonsai you should get a tree that is slow growing, like a boxwood for outside and maybe a schefflera for inside.
Good luck.
Good luck.
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ryguy42 wrote: Thanks guys! Though, I am in a bit of a complex situation. I go to school during the day for 6 hours and every other day I only have about an hour at home. Not to mention the fact that im next to broke. Is it possible to grow my own tree with such restraints?
Hm.. I'd dare to say you have lots of time on your hands. If I look at myself: I am at work 9 hours a day minimum; add 45 minutes commute, and I get to being away at least 11 hours per day. You need to find a way to use plants which are resistent to drought (Typically, junipers, pines) and place them in a spot where they are not in the full sun during the hotterst hours of the day. As long as you do that, you get away with watering every 2-3 days except for the hottest periods of the year.
Plants can be for free; Ask around if people are going to re-do their garden, or look on the internet. I got 6 starter plants for 1 euro when someone was redoing the garden.
instead of expensice acadama or kiriu, one can also look at other soil types. Main items: Capable of keeping water stored, yet free-draining (lots of gravel with potting soil is ofter good enough for starters.
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i recomend to you, to use ficus just plant that tree on a bigpot that the dranage hole is on the side of the pot were at the bottum water is stock you can lieve the tree even a week.
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