Kim: Henrik is correct that most people eventually find that
growing bonsai from seed is unsatisfactory because it makes a
long process much longer than it needs to be. It's not wrong or
foolish or stupid, just rather impractical. On the other hand, we
all do bonsai for slightly different reasons, and you may find
that developing your bonsai slowly over 20-30 years from seeds to
be very gratifying.
Here's a place where you can get good information about
Zelkova. http://www.bonsai-bci.com/species/zelkova.html As you
will see, it is more common to propagate Zelkova from layers or
cuttings than from seed.
As far as getting feelings hurt, that is your decision.
Your moods spring from your own thoughts and interpretations, so
we cannot take responsibility for them.

Alan Walker
http://bonsai-bci.com http://LCBSBonsai.org

-----Original Message-----
From: Henrik Gistvall

Well see if you find me rude or not ;-). I´m sorry to say seeds
are not
the best way to start with bonsai. It takes sevaral years before
you
have a plant that can be trained to a bonsai. Where do you live?
There
might be better trees that you can buy from a nursery to start
with, but
then we need to know in what part of the world you are.

Rick and Kim wrote:
Hello everyone, My name is Kim and I just ordered some japanese
zelkova bonsai seeds. Please don't nobody say anything bad to me
because my feelings get hurt real easy. I only ask this because I
read through a couple of postings and thought some people were a
bit rude. I was a little afraid to post but I am very interested
in the bonsai because they are very beautiful little trees and I
would like a place to ask questions and read what other people
have to say about different aspects of bonsai growing.

Ok, as I began saying, I just ordered some Japanese zelkova
bonsai seeds. I would like to know if anyone has experience with
this tree?
I have already made this post kinda long so I will post questions
in another post if anyone can give me any info on how to grow and
train this type of bonsai.

Thanks, Kim

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