Wow! From your description, you will have more trees than you could
possibly care for. However, if you read some of FAQs in the IBC archives,
you will find that it's a long way from a seedling to a bonsai. There's
nothing wrong in starting from seed; but I wouild suggest that you also pick
up some larger material as well.
That way, you could make headway in creating your first bonsai before your
hair starts to grow grey. At the same time, you could work on your
seedlings and see how they develop.
Marty
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From: "Patricia Paucke"
To:
Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2003 2:32 PM
Subject: [IBC] (me too!) Complete newbie (please be kind)
Hi!
I, also, am a beginner at Bonsai. I think they are the most wonderful
little trees ever. I live in Update New York. I have, to date: a Fukien
Tea Tree, a Juniper Tree, and a Dwarf Fig Tree.
I have, recently (actually on July 4), planted a batch of seeds to grow
Bonsai trees. I planted the following seeds and hope that they will grow
and do well (Japanese White Pine; Ponderosa Pine; Acer Maple [acer
palmatum-ornatum]; Trident Maple [acer buergeranum]; Amur Maple [acer
ginnala]; Chinese Juniper; Rockspray Cotoneaster [cotoneaster
horizontalis]; Japanese Black Pine; Chinese Elm; Chinese Zelkova; Japanese
Zelkova; Korean Hornbeam; Chinese Wisteria; Monkey Pod [rain tree-samanea
saman]; Common Olive; Desert Rose; Mugo Pine; Italian Stone Pine; Colorado
blue Spruce; Black Locust; Japanese Pagoda Tree; Maidenhair Tree; Sacred
Japanese Cedar; Cedar of Lebanon; Japanese Pink Dogwood; siberian
Crabapple; Tree of Heaven; Monterey Cypress; Giant Sequoia; and Baobab
[lemonade tree-adansonia]. I haven't planted all of them because there
are
at least a dozen that are being cold stratified and also 4 that are being
warm stratified. But in 2 months I will plant them as well.
Any advice or suggestions would be helpful, if you'd like to offer any.
Thank you and I look forward to chatting with you again soon,
Pat Paucke
At 12:40 PM 7/5/03 +0000, Sean Lowe wrote:
Hi all,
I've decided to get my feet wet with this Bonsai thingie. I've always
marveled at these interesting trees whenever I visit a nursery and my
curiousity have finally piqued a desire to try it out for myself.
I have visited a few websites in the last week and I see *recommended*
trees for beginners and such, but I live in southern New Hampshire and I
am
wanting try trees from my local area. I realize that this will most
likely
be more difficult, but I really want to go this route. Why? Because I
love
this state and the forests here and I'm an obstinate Yankee. That's why!
I've pulled some very small saplings with my children and we potted
them
individually yesterday in small containers. One is very shallow, the
others
are just small but I'm being given some true bonsai pots today for the
others.
What we have so far is:
Sugar Maple
White Maple
Hemlock
White pine
I intend on getting white birch as well.
I realize they will most likely all die, being a first attempt, but I'm
going to stick it out and keep trying!
Is there any suggestions anyone can make for a complete newbie in this
arena?
Thanks in advance for any guidance/suggestions/insight,
Sean Lowe...
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