New to bonsai, where to start with this thing?
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Posted 8 years 4 months ago #24488
I bought a ming aralia bonsai, at least I believe it to be bonsai. I am not sure what to clip or where to start. I did buy a rectangular bonsai pot about 3 inch deep and "bonsai soil", wiring and mesh. I want to start hacking on it but not sure what looks best on this plant, and I dont want to kill it by butchery.
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Posted 8 years 4 months ago #24489
If you could put some pictures on the forum, that would be great. Then we all know what we are talking about.
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Posted 8 years 4 months ago #24490
Did you try clicking on the word pictures below?
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Posted 8 years 4 months ago #24500Batteredwombat wrote: Did you try clicking on the word pictures below?
No. In general, people do not follow links to external sites. Placed the pictures on the forum. If that does not work, read what the error message says, resolve the issue, and try again.
BTW... 'thing'? 'Hacking'? Not quite the terminology that goes with a hobby like bonsai...
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Posted 8 years 4 months ago #24504
Mabey this will work.
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Posted 8 years 4 months ago #24505
The other pictures. Thanks for help.
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Posted 8 years 4 months ago #24506Nope. This website has a hosting provided to it. I do not follow links to external sites.Batteredwombat wrote: Did you try clicking on the word pictures below?
Saw the picture you pasted. It feels to me that this might be a very dificult species to grow a bonsai with. The leaves are too big, and it feels like this will not create a lot of fine branching. Maybe it works if you are in the tropics.
I would not work on this species.
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Posted 8 years 4 months ago #24509
Thanks, I will mabey try another species. Do you have any recommendations for dry climate, but it will be indoors with window light most likely. The temperature outside was 105F so it fries plants.
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Posted 8 years 4 months ago #24511
Grow outdoors. It is a lot easier. Any species that is local to your region will be able to stand summer temperatures. 105F? As this is an international forum, perhaps use international standards. That would be around 40C? Pines and junipers typically like this. Trident Maple is a heat lover too, as are Ficus. Depending on your winter temps you might have to bring some indoors for winter.
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