On Thu, 8 Jan 2009 12:43:32 +0000, nelly
wrote:


Can anyone remotely tutor me in making some bonsai trees? Is there any
limitation to what varieties of plant you can grow?

I tried looking things up on google but just got lots of confusing
advertisers trying to sell me various products but didn't find any
useful beginners guidance. Does anyone have a few mins to explain it
all to me?

cheers



Sure, I have time and it's time to give back - what little I can (I'm just a
hobbyist not a teacher or anything)

I'll start with a bunch of questions which are basically expansions of "what do
you want to do?

1) what kind of trees are you interested in?
2) where do you live? (climatewise I don't want your address g)
3) what kind of space for the trees do you have?
4) how good are you with plants in general?

and to answer my own questions: Oaks, redwoods, maples & other decidious
hardwoods; a moderate climate near sea level (annual temp range is just below
freezing in winter to low 90's in summer); in my back yard nearly full sun to
nearly full shade; not bad - I've grown my own veggies & flowers/shrubs but now
I just do trees.

so I'll repeat: what do you want to do?

your friend