Using cuttings and seedlings is also a slow method. You should buy big
plants, (as bis as you want or can handle). I wouldn´t go for anything
smaller than a 1" trunk unless you want to make really small bonsai. You
actually buy big plants and prune them to make them smaller. Almost like
a sculpturer cutting of pieces from a block of marble. Buying a young
seedling and letting it grow is an option but a slow one (at least there
in Sweden, we are talking about 20 years in open ground). Digging up
trees in the wild is also an option but here you should also go for the
bigger trees, not young seedlings (and you need permission from the land
owner). I think your first step is to do some reading, David Prescotts
Pocket bonsai is a good beginners book. Try to find a local bonsai club
to join.
Henrik Gistvall, Uppsala, Sweden
Rick and Kim wrote:
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Hi everyone, actually I didn't find anyone rude to me at all, just
honest opinions.
I already bought the seeds and they are in the mail to me now. I have
done alot of reading on the internet and found everthing you people said
to be true before I even read what you said. I've been doing ALOT of
research. I'm 29 yrs old so maybe by the time I'm 60 my seeds will have
produced me some nice bonsai trees. I really have all the time in the
world because I am a stay at home wife with no kids and nothing better
to do. Im goig to go out and hunt for some already developed trees to
get a cutting and turn into bonsai. Is that the best way to go?
I live in Kansas. There is alot of wooded area around where I live so
maybe I can find some baby trees to dig up. I feel maybe that would be
best because they already have roots. I read somewhere that you can turn
almost anything into a bonsai. I have never had any experience with
bonsai but they are so adorable.
I read somewhere that you can even shape vines into bonsai. Well I have
a ivy houseplant and I wanted to experiment so pruned all the lower
leaves off and braided it into a tree. It looks so cute. I will show you
all a picture of it if you want to see. And don't worry, I can take
criticism but if I don't like what people say then I will just let it go
in one ear and out the other. (smile)
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