Bonsai Plants

I just ordered a ton of different bonsai plant seeds and misc. tools needed to care for said seeds. I've always been a plant guy and have been reading into bonsai for a few weeks. Anyone have any bonsai or experience with bonsai?

For some reason I feel like Phil will know something about this

i had one when i was like 13, they are expensive to buy pregrown and require you to submerse the plant to water it, i guess its pretty labor intensive for a plant but they are damn kool

ive ben looking into them as well but idk where to pick one up at thats not online localy.....

labor intensive is why i'm interested in it. having any kind of plant, to me at least, is useless if all you do is sit it in a corner and water it only when you happen to think about it and are drinking a glass of water at the same time.

i had on a few years ago, crazy hippie art teacher grows them, and gave me one, i believe it was a Fig? wasnt labor intensive at all, actually survived a lot

It will take forever to grow. A decent size one(like from karate kid) is like 80 years old.

Kwonrae wrote:

It will take forever to grow. A decent size one(like from karate kid) is like 80 years old.

Different species grow at different rates. Some will reach a foot or so within a few years. It also depends on how much you prune them.

Kevin_S wrote:

Kwonrae wrote: It will take forever to grow. A decent size one(like from karate kid) is like 80 years old. Different species grow at different rates. Some will reach a foot or so within a few years. It also depends on how much you prune them.

Cool. This guy was sellling some here a couple years organized by age, some were like 130 years old. Typical white person,White people will pay a ton of money for anything.

Kwonrae wrote:

Cool. This guy was sellling some here a couple years organized by age, some were like 130 years old. Typical white person,White people will pay a ton of money for anything.

That's a racist remark. You racist *******!

PwrRngr wrote:

Kwonrae wrote: Cool. This guy was sellling some here a couple years organized by age, some were like 130 years old. Typical white person,White people will pay a ton of money for anything. That's a racist remark. You racist *******!

That's an assumptive insult! You assumptive *******!

My 5th grade teacher gave me a bonzai tree that was like a foot tall... i still have it in texas! it was dead when he gave it to me, so I spray painted the leaves their proper green color... damn, best tree ever!

RADRaze2KX wrote:

PwrRngr wrote: Kwonrae wrote: Cool. This guy was sellling some here a couple years organized by age, some were like 130 years old. Typical white person,White people will pay a ton of money for anything. That's a racist remark. You racist *******!

Is it possible to be racist against your own race?
Calling me racist for the stereotype I mentioned is going a bit overboard don't ya think?

anyway
thanks

RADRaze2KX wrote:

PwrRngr wrote: Kwonrae wrote: Cool. This guy was sellling some here a couple years organized by age, some were like 130 years old. Typical white person,White people will pay a ton of money for anything. That's a racist remark. You racist *******! That's an assumptive insult! You assumptive *******! My 5th grade teacher gave me a bonzai tree that was like a foot tall... i still have it in texas! it was dead when he gave it to me, so I spray painted the leaves their proper green color... damn, best tree ever!

Assumptive? I think I made a VERY accurate statement. If I said the following I would be a racist:
"Typical black person, Black people will pay a ton of money for anything"

But on a serious note, I don't really care. Kwonrae, I don't really care about the statement. I brought it up more to show the double standard on white people.

Excuse me gentlemen, I believe this thread is about bonsai plants.

cool

forget bonzai plants, grow some peppers.

blazeredsxt wrote:

Excuse me gentlemen, I believe this thread is about bonsai plants.

Bonzai plants? that's totally racist

Kwonrae wrote:

cool forget bonzai plants, grow some peppers.

OMG "grow"?

White people waste money? I find that funny.

blazeredsxt wrote:

Excuse me gentlemen, I believe this thread is about bonsai plants.

Who the **** are you?

Tim wrote:

blazeredsxt wrote: Excuse me gentlemen, I believe this thread is about bonsai plants. Who the **** are you?

Don't forget the "buddy" part. On that note, who the **** are you, pal?

whoa...talk about thread hijack lol

kevin i talked to my mom and i will be reciving this one as my birthday gift in october

http://www.bonsaiboy.com/catalog/product134.html

so we'll see how mine comes along

Tim wrote:

blazeredsxt wrote: Excuse me gentlemen, I believe this thread is about bonsai plants. Who the **** are you?

Don't worry about who the **** I am. This thread is about bonsai, not about who the **** i am.

Drifting10 wrote:

kevin i talked to my mom and i will be reciving this one as my birthday gift in october http://www.bonsaiboy.com/catalog/product134.html so we'll see how mine comes along

I'd rather grow my own
good luck, though...

blazeredsxt wrote:

Tim wrote: blazeredsxt wrote: Excuse me gentlemen, I believe this thread is about bonsai plants. Who the **** are you? Don't worry about who the **** I am. This thread is about bonsai, not about who the **** i am.

But you're no one of authority so why are you acting like Johnny Law?

I just made a statement dude, and then you had to go all macho man on me.

Kevin_S wrote:

Drifting10 wrote: kevin i talked to my mom and i will be reciving this one as my birthday gift in october http://www.bonsaiboy.com/catalog/product134.html so we'll see how mine comes along I'd rather grow my own good luck, though...

yeah i gotcha i dont have patients to wait eight years tho soo thats why im going pre grown but good luck with yours as well man

I forget what its called, but you should get the tree where if you put the leaves in your mouth or eat them you die. My neighbor use to have one in his room.

^You should've tried them, for Oznium's sake.

Drifting10 wrote:

kevin i talked to my mom and i will be reciving this one as my birthday gift in october http://www.bonsaiboy.com/catalog/product134.html so we'll see how mine comes along

you said come

This is not a "bashing" thread. Enough.


Mods will delete these posts as soon as they see them.

EDIT: Thank you Phil

Everytime I find something funny, this picture is being posted.

King Dan stepping in again...uh oh! I better lay under the radar...he may try to slap me with the banstick again.

Wasn't me. I told Phil to delete those posts. No need to just bash someone for no reason.

Oh ****! The castapoe are in da house!

Just remember bonsai have really limited root structure and usually aren't planted in very much soil . Its much much easier to underwater them then to overwater them . So if you're having difficulty deciding exactly how much water is enough its always better to err on the side of caution and go with more water . Submersion is one way of watering the pot, as someone mentioned, but its not necessary . Keep it out of hot/dry areas like window sills with a lot of direct sunlight and above warm appliances like TVs that dry out the air . And be positive the species you have will tolerate growing indoors; most bonsai need to be outdoors but shielded from too much direct sunlight . Then you can bring them in when you have company or a couple days a week or something to make the inside look nice .

Bonsai seeds do not exist....

http://bonsaisite.com/seeds.html

They are just tree seeds.... they call them Bonsai seeds so they can charge you more.

I'm Japanese so I know =D. < Racist? >


OMG.... $10,000 Bonsai Tree. http://www.lousbonsai.biz/content-product_info/...imen_tree_by_lousbonsai_biz.html

I thought these could only be purchased in Japan.. guess I was wrong.

So bonsai tree's are simply regular trees limited to grow only inches instead of stories?

Kwonrae wrote:

So bonsai tree's are simply regular trees limited to grow only inches instead of stories?

Yes, Bonsai is an art.... not a type of tree. To be truly immersed you should start growing your own. You use wires to shape the tree before it starts to mature. Wiring the tree is what gives the Bonsai Trees shape.

The rest of it is just meticulously trimming, pruning, watering, fertilizing and envisioning what your tree will look like. It might sound corny.... but watch Karate Kid. Mr.Miyagi gives a great explantion on Bonsai Trees.

Kwonrae wrote:

So bonsai tree's are simply regular trees limited to grow only inches instead of stories?

yeah lol...nothing "magical" about them bahaha

And here I am, thinking that this spiritual tree only exists on the sides of the steepest mountains Chinda has to offer. Where in order to become a man, one of these precious spruces could only be attained by disapearing into the wilderness for weeks.

Wearing nothing more than a sumo thong, shoes that look like something that the foot clan would wear and carrying a rusty pair of nunchucks your great uncle passed on to you.

When a simple virtual visit to bonsaiboy.com could supply you with the same tree for $100 shipped to your door.