You must admit that growing a tree in a pot is not very natural in the
first place. Cutting roots, pinching, fertilising, "Superthriving", all
these operations are not natural. If you really were aware of the needs
of a tree, you would let it grow in nature, not in a pot, growing to its
natural full size. In the end, both situations are unatural and humans
must take mesures to allow the plant to survive, either in a pot outside
or in the bathroom. And, maybe this gentleman meditates while in the
bathroom. I do a lot of reading there myself!


Le 23 Sep 2004 15:20:00 -0700, Kitsune Miko a écrit:

OK you say we all do bonsai for different reasons.
Some to collect and some to create, some to display in
bathrooms.

What’s wrong with a bathroom?

The atmosphere is not constant, one minute it is hot
and steamy then it cools off and dries out. I don’t
think this is a good arrangement for a bonsai. A
regular plant like a fern has a better chance of
survival than a bonsai in a small pot.

The writer says the bathroom is the most decorated
room in the house. In his message he sees the bonsai
as an accessory, not a living thing with needs. He
signs himself Druid, one who should be aware of the
needs of a product of mother earth.

I look at my bonsai as friends. I accept that I am
responsible for their well being, that I am the
caretaker. I respect them. They are, in a way, my
meditation or worship. There is a symbiotic
relationship where I gain peace from being with my
trees in exchange for their care.

Kitsune Miko


--- Nicolas Steenhout wrote:

What you say is true, but this is not the
application
the requestor had in mind. He wants a permanet
tree
in his bathroom. He
doesn't seem to care that the
environment is not suitable to growing bonsai.


OTOH, if there is a good window and tons of light,
why *not* have a
permanent/semi-permanent tropical tree there? I
could see a ficus of some
sort, in a good draining soil. Could be happy with
the humid air.

Let's remember, we all do bonsai for different
reasons. Perhaps I wouldn't
put a bonsai in the 'loo, but what's to say it's
wrong? I say live and let
live.

My 2 kiwi cents

Nic



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