Anil Kaushik wrote:

It is not a bad idea to grow plants for Bonsai from seeds. The one most
significant factor in making a Bonsai is, TONS of PATIENCE. And if you plan
making these from seeds, well you need TONS x TONS of patience! (easier
said than done).
Buying a potential Bonsai plant from a nursery or collecting it from the
field is to save on time, which is more precious than the amount one spends
on buying. In fact one buys nursery-men's TIME at a very cheap rate.
However one can (should) grow seeds of those species which are not available
in the nearby nurseries and garden centers.

Great Master like Kyuzo Murata advice to start with pre bonsai
it is more fun and you can laern quicker ..
of course in Japan exists is a whole section of the economy based on
that, so you can find bonsai in quite different degrees and quality
suitable to your taste and purse
I personally bought lovely maples in nursery for a cheap price and
in 4 years become lovely specimens ..
seed or not seed it is the know how and time that will make a bonsai ,
from seeds .is in my personal opinion, far more complicate
especially when you are a beginner as you have no idea of what and whow
to do and which result you will get by your actions moreover a new
born planta is more delicate until has a developed root apapratus and
bonsai technicque are not applicaple for the first 2 -3 years at least
on deciduous .. on pines it takes 10 time more
When you buy in a nursery you know what you buy as you see what you
buy ,from seedlings the genes change so often you have a nice surprise
or a bad surprise... the best way in this case is to make grafting ..
the miracle to make teh *instant bonsai* has not been invented yet one
of the main tools to make bonsai is patience
and sorry but the person that has a nursery live on that as the pot
makers live on that and you earn your money your way !

if you decide to take out time from your business to make a bonsai
and pots and tools to avoid spending money with shops, it will cost you
far more than buying things properly made for that
each of us has to do his business..
sorry for this ranting but when needed is needed
we all love to have free the knowledge some of us acquired spending
HIS time to get it !

Cheers





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