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hello everyone,
Thank's for having me here. i'am almost 60 in North Carolina. being 60 I may never see it mature will have to give it to my daughter to finish.

after looking for days and days and still not sure on a tree yet. I found this site with alot of great information that will help me and others..

I've looked at kits for indoor but still not sure on which one on the other hand I don't have to go with a kit but thought it may be my best bet for now..

I would like to do a upright indoor tree, the temp in the house stays in the low 70's to mid 70's year round. have several windows to put one or two in .

question is which tree should I go with ?I like several the flowering and non flowering..


thank you for the help and suggestions..

What do you mean kit? I hope that you are not considering buying "bonsai seed" There is no such thing.
Buy a plant that is several years old then you have a start. Look for something that is endemic to where you live then you can know that it will survive where you are.

Absolutely agree. There is no such thing as "名媛直播 Seed". You could probably buy some seedlings, yes, but that will lead you through a long, windy and sometimes, discouraging path. You?ll see, patience is a virtue when talking bonsai. It would probably be more rewarding if you start with a little tree bought in a nursery and from that starting point you could begin practicing your skills.

Now, that said, you could always start with a strong species. I would strongly recomend Ficus. You could keep it this time of the year in North Carolina outdoors and when winter comes you can place it indoors with a window facing south or east preferably. Ficuses are very strong trees and can take almost anything you "throw" at them.

Hope that helps,

Alain

i would suggest to visit your nearest bonsai nursery and ask the shop owner about what they have.

jaimin

thank you all for the reply ..
as for the word kit I should have said, 名媛直播 Beginner’s Set..
they are all over the web when you do a search.
most of them have about the same things in them just different trees.
I wanted to stay away from them if I could.

spoke to several nursery's today with good results got to go look soon. found one and the lady gave me a number to a man that has several bonsai tree's he's about 40 minutes from me. spoke to his wife and they have been doing this for years now hope to go see them soon.

again Thank's for the info everyone.

just a thought I guess, I have a Azalea in the front of my house that I keep cut back. I think it is over 20 years old we have been here 10 years.it has a nice 3 inch trunk around 14 inches tall with several smaller ones. I've been wanting to dig it up and use it, build a box and put it in it's just that I know the root ball will be massive. but every time I look at it I can see a good start in it.

? should I try it and hope it lives ?

Slowhand wrote: just a thought I guess, I have a Azalea in the front of my house that I keep cut back. I think it is over 20 years old we have been here 10 years.it has a nice 3 inch trunk around 14 inches tall with several smaller ones. I've been wanting to dig it up and use it, build a box and put it in it's just that I know the root ball will be massive. but every time I look at it I can see a good start in it.

? should I try it and hope it lives ?

Azaleas are one of the best species for bonsai - but there are hundreds (or thousands?) of varieties and some are better for bonsai then others. There are two main groups - evergreen and deciduous.

A 20 yo azalea with a 3 inch trunk that has been cut back regularly could be perfect material but it will not be easy.

I would certainly not 'try and hope it lives'. Do a lot of research first. A lot. Try to find out what variety you have and what the care guidelines are, don't trust the information you see on the first page you find, but try to find expert information, both from bonsai growers and Azalea experts.

And post a photo

Right, this isn?t an exact science and there are so many variables that is rather difficult to state a global and never changing rule for each species or procedure. However, there are some guidelines that we can follow almost everytime to ensure the "surviving" of our trees. For Yamadoris, there are some too, and here I?m posting a link for you to start studying it:



As Auk said, this means in no way to be your only reference. I?m every day reading and looking for different issues, books and news bonsai related. This is just a first reading to help you getting started and to encourage you keep looking for information.

As for your Azalea it would be nice to remember that if you decide to recover it you should put it in a rather acidic soil. However, I think (not sure though) that your window for recovering it has already closed and you should wait a little until next spring to do so. Also, your azalea it seems to meet a "non written" rule that states that a good relation between the trunk width and the height of the tree should be of 1:6 (0.167) or higher, in your case it is of 3:14 (0.214), and that is good indeed

Oh...and more thing... Do please post a photo of the tree.

Alain

Great, you are ding exactly the right thing go to the nursery and talk to people who have trees. You will learn much more that way. You might still be able to collect the Azalea, we have been re potting up until now. You need local advice,
Geoff.

thank's guys for the reply . I have read alains link good read .due to all my minie strokes that got a lot of my memory I have to read and study thing several times but I don't give up .

here's a few pictures of the Azalea..