Shoot, I forgot all the terminology the bonsai folks use...
If any of the words trip you up, I'll be glad to define them for you (to the
best of my ability anyway ;-)
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"John T. Jarrett" wrote in message
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Sure.
Bonsai is not a hobby for the young, it seems. Trees take 5-10 years from
when you buy or dig up a plant before they even begin looking like what
you
expect from photos...lots of patience.
Also they need to be watered every day for much of our hot weather.
Also they require a budget - which I seem to be missing with young
children.
Also they require lots of time potting, repotting, mixing your own soils,
fertilizing, etc.
It is truly a hobby for the middle-aged whose children have gone off or
the
retired with a real retirement income. I'm just 35 and find myself a bit
young in bonsai circles. Not very young, mind you....but definately below
the middle!
I've recently taken on webmastering the Internet Bonsai Club. Perhaps
you'd
be interested in flipping through the Gallery where members post pictures
and ask for help...
http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ag...rnetbonsaiclub
I've only worked on integrating the forum/gallery so it is pretty and
works
well...the rest of the site I haven't had a chance to redo yet so please
don't hold the lack of aesthetics against me ;)
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"Leona Henderson" wrote in message
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thanks for the links. Beautiful. It saddens me that I know so little of
this beautiful craft and was
not fully aware of it til I reached my late life. Enjoyed the tour
immensley.
"John T. Jarrett" wrote:
Here are 17 pages of photos from our national collection.
http://bonsaihunk.8m.com/pic/nat/nat.html
I'll have to find that story about the one in the collection that
survived
the bombing of Hiroshima...Here it is!
http://www.bonsai-nbf.org/nbf/hiroshimasurvivor/
This tree is estimated to be 375 years old and is the oldest one in
our
national collection...after surviving a nuclear blast!
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"animaux" wrote in message
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Unfortunately, I have people they are promised to. They dig, I
watch!
They've been in the ground 3 years, approximately, and were one
gallon
when they
started. I'd say have the red pencil sticks, not something great
and
mature.
I've always wanted to learn bonsai. Have you ever seen a collection
which
was
300 years old? One time at a museum in NYC (where I'm from) they
had
an
exhibit
of the oldest bonsai they know of. Simply amazing.
v
On Wed, 6 Nov 2002 08:13:12 -0600, "John T. Jarrett"
wrote:
Yep, excepting the horribly invasive Tallow, a _very_ impressive
list!
And
yard....looks great.
One of the tiny, nearly unused Reed Parks on Lake Travis' north
shore
has
one large Chinese Tallow right on the edge of the water...and
probably
fifty
saplings within 20 feet of it. Bad sign for the Lake since those
seeds
float
so well.
Victoria, what's the diameter and height of the culms/trunks on the
nandina?
Might be willing to help. Bonsai folks say they make good bonsai
but
I
haven't tried any yet and them pencil thin ones at the store, well,
look
like a small grove of red pencils.
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