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[IBC] bathroom bonsai
Robert,
What you say is true, but this is not the application the requestor had in mind. He wants a permanet tree in his bathroom. He doesn't seem to care that the environment is not suitable to growing bonsai. Kitsune Miko --- Robert Armas wrote: I don't say neither advocate the use of bonsai as decoration per se, but a nice alcove with an styled japanese corner with scroll and all can benefit from the accent that a bonsai can create for special ocassions only. Robert Armas ---- Original Message ----- From: "Kitsune Miko" To: Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 5:06 PM Subject: [IBC] bathroom bonsai Bonsai are outdoor trees for the most part. To consider one merely a decorating accent shows a certain lack of appreciation for the art form. The growing conditions you described are not condusive to growing a tree. This is why there are no suggestions other than a plastic plant. Kitsune Miko ===== **** "Expectations are resentments under construction." Anne Lamott ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Boon Manakitivipart++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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What you say is true, but this is not the application
the requestor had in mind. He wants a permanet tree in his bathroom. He doesn't seem to care that the environment is not suitable to growing bonsai. OTOH, if there is a good window and tons of light, why *not* have a permanent/semi-permanent tropical tree there? I could see a ficus of some sort, in a good draining soil. Could be happy with the humid air. Let's remember, we all do bonsai for different reasons. Perhaps I wouldn't put a bonsai in the 'loo, but what's to say it's wrong? I say live and let live. My 2 kiwi cents Nic ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Boon Manakitivipart++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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What you say is true, but this is not the application
the requestor had in mind. He wants a permanet tree in his bathroom. He doesn't seem to care that the environment is not suitable to growing bonsai. OTOH, if there is a good window and tons of light, why *not* have a permanent/semi-permanent tropical tree there? I could see a ficus of some sort, in a good draining soil. Could be happy with the humid air. Let's remember, we all do bonsai for different reasons. Perhaps I wouldn't put a bonsai in the 'loo, but what's to say it's wrong? I say live and let live. My 2 kiwi cents Nic ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Boon Manakitivipart++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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OK you say we all do bonsai for different reasons.
Some to collect and some to create, some to display in bathrooms. What’s wrong with a bathroom? The atmosphere is not constant, one minute it is hot and steamy then it cools off and dries out. I don’t think this is a good arrangement for a bonsai. A regular plant like a fern has a better chance of survival than a bonsai in a small pot. The writer says the bathroom is the most decorated room in the house. In his message he sees the bonsai as an accessory, not a living thing with needs. He signs himself Druid, one who should be aware of the needs of a product of mother earth. I look at my bonsai as friends. I accept that I am responsible for their well being, that I am the caretaker. I respect them. They are, in a way, my meditation or worship. There is a symbiotic relationship where I gain peace from being with my trees in exchange for their care. Kitsune Miko --- Nicolas Steenhout wrote: What you say is true, but this is not the application the requestor had in mind. He wants a permanet tree in his bathroom. He doesn't seem to care that the environment is not suitable to growing bonsai. OTOH, if there is a good window and tons of light, why *not* have a permanent/semi-permanent tropical tree there? I could see a ficus of some sort, in a good draining soil. Could be happy with the humid air. Let's remember, we all do bonsai for different reasons. Perhaps I wouldn't put a bonsai in the 'loo, but what's to say it's wrong? I say live and let live. My 2 kiwi cents Nic ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Boon Manakitivipart++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ ===== **** "Expectations are resentments under construction." Anne Lamott ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Boon Manakitivipart++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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OK you say we all do bonsai for different reasons.
Some to collect and some to create, some to display in bathrooms. What’s wrong with a bathroom? The atmosphere is not constant, one minute it is hot and steamy then it cools off and dries out. I don’t think this is a good arrangement for a bonsai. A regular plant like a fern has a better chance of survival than a bonsai in a small pot. The writer says the bathroom is the most decorated room in the house. In his message he sees the bonsai as an accessory, not a living thing with needs. He signs himself Druid, one who should be aware of the needs of a product of mother earth. I look at my bonsai as friends. I accept that I am responsible for their well being, that I am the caretaker. I respect them. They are, in a way, my meditation or worship. There is a symbiotic relationship where I gain peace from being with my trees in exchange for their care. Kitsune Miko --- Nicolas Steenhout wrote: What you say is true, but this is not the application the requestor had in mind. He wants a permanet tree in his bathroom. He doesn't seem to care that the environment is not suitable to growing bonsai. OTOH, if there is a good window and tons of light, why *not* have a permanent/semi-permanent tropical tree there? I could see a ficus of some sort, in a good draining soil. Could be happy with the humid air. Let's remember, we all do bonsai for different reasons. Perhaps I wouldn't put a bonsai in the 'loo, but what's to say it's wrong? I say live and let live. My 2 kiwi cents Nic ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Boon Manakitivipart++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ ===== **** "Expectations are resentments under construction." Anne Lamott ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Boon Manakitivipart++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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-----Original Message-----
From: Internet Bonsai Club ] On Behalf Of Nicolas Steenhout Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 5:54 PM To: Subject: [IBC] bathroom bonsai What you say is true, but this is not the application the requestor had in mind. He wants a permanet tree in his bathroom. He doesn't seem to care that the environment is not suitable to growing bonsai. OTOH, if there is a good window and tons of light, why *not* have a permanent/semi-permanent tropical tree there? I could see a ficus of some sort, in a good draining soil. Could be happy with the humid air. Let's remember, we all do bonsai for different reasons. Perhaps I wouldn't put a bonsai in the 'loo, but what's to say it's wrong? I say live and let live. My 2 kiwi cents Nic Every winter, many of my tropicals have wintered in my naturally well-lit, plus a skylight, bathroom. With Supplemental lighting, everything loves it. Last year, I experimented with using ambient lighting only. Ficus and Texas Ebony were very happy. Jaboticaba tolerated it. Natal Plum had to be moved to more light. ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Boon Manakitivipart++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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The bathroom is a pefect room for a tropical type Bonsai if you hve
sufficient light. I keep serissa in my bathroom. But Ficus and Bougenvillea do just as well. Dwarf bamboo works great also. SteveW ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Boon Manakitivipart++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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The bathroom is a pefect room for a tropical type Bonsai if you hve
sufficient light. I keep serissa in my bathroom. But Ficus and Bougenvillea do just as well. Dwarf bamboo works great also. SteveW ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Boon Manakitivipart++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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Try a Jade. If you get some decent sunlight through the window or supplement with a grow light it should be fine. Water it once a week and you'll be good to go. Not necessarily a "real" bonsai, but if you shape it via pinching it will be close enough for your purposes. If you can get enough light to it, the leaves will take on a really nice reddish tint on the edges. Sorry, no berries or flowers though.
Jeff Isom Cleveland, OH / Sunset Zone 39 ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Boon Manakitivipart++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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Try a Jade. If you get some decent sunlight through the window or supplement with a grow light it should be fine. Water it once a week and you'll be good to go. Not necessarily a "real" bonsai, but if you shape it via pinching it will be close enough for your purposes. If you can get enough light to it, the leaves will take on a really nice reddish tint on the edges. Sorry, no berries or flowers though.
Jeff Isom Cleveland, OH / Sunset Zone 39 ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Boon Manakitivipart++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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You must admit that growing a tree in a pot is not very natural in the
first place. Cutting roots, pinching, fertilising, "Superthriving", all these operations are not natural. If you really were aware of the needs of a tree, you would let it grow in nature, not in a pot, growing to its natural full size. In the end, both situations are unatural and humans must take mesures to allow the plant to survive, either in a pot outside or in the bathroom. And, maybe this gentleman meditates while in the bathroom. I do a lot of reading there myself! Le 23 Sep 2004 15:20:00 -0700, Kitsune Miko a écrit: OK you say we all do bonsai for different reasons. Some to collect and some to create, some to display in bathrooms. What’s wrong with a bathroom? The atmosphere is not constant, one minute it is hot and steamy then it cools off and dries out. I don’t think this is a good arrangement for a bonsai. A regular plant like a fern has a better chance of survival than a bonsai in a small pot. The writer says the bathroom is the most decorated room in the house. In his message he sees the bonsai as an accessory, not a living thing with needs. He signs himself Druid, one who should be aware of the needs of a product of mother earth. I look at my bonsai as friends. I accept that I am responsible for their well being, that I am the caretaker. I respect them. They are, in a way, my meditation or worship. There is a symbiotic relationship where I gain peace from being with my trees in exchange for their care. Kitsune Miko --- Nicolas Steenhout wrote: What you say is true, but this is not the application the requestor had in mind. He wants a permanet tree in his bathroom. He doesn't seem to care that the environment is not suitable to growing bonsai. OTOH, if there is a good window and tons of light, why *not* have a permanent/semi-permanent tropical tree there? I could see a ficus of some sort, in a good draining soil. Could be happy with the humid air. Let's remember, we all do bonsai for different reasons. Perhaps I wouldn't put a bonsai in the 'loo, but what's to say it's wrong? I say live and let live. My 2 kiwi cents Nic ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Boon Manakitivipart++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ ===== **** "Expectations are resentments under construction." Anne Lamott ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Boon Manakitivipart++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ -- Utilisant M2, le client e-mail révolutionnaire d'Opera : http://www.opera.com/ |
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