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Bonsai indoors
Hello all.
I am new to these groups and to gardening in general. I live in a small apartment and have no outside area but I really want to improve my skills with growing and I want to have more living things around my place. Bonsai has always fascinated me and I think i am ready to give it a try. I have started with one of those cheap kits growing from seeds. I am planning to put this one next to the grow light that is hooked up to my girlfriends Aerogarden. I know this isn't ideal but I am not too interested in this particular plant (it's more of a tester and if it works then I will keep it). I have no outside area, I have no good window to put the plants on and I don't have a lot of space. I would, however like to give it a real try with some other plants. What I was thinking was to have a few small wall hung shelves to hold the plants on with small grow lights on each. Maybe the small LED ones, if they work well. I was also thinking I may need a humidification system. I live in the L.A. area in Southern California. I would really like to grow various species from seeds. I like the small size trees (less than 10") and maybe eventually try some forest styles with mini-bonsai. I know that things don't like to grow indoors but it seems there must be a way. Please if you could give any advice on how to make this work, I would really appreciate it. I have never been much good at growing plants and want to learn. I know that bonsai is a bit ambitious but it is what I am most interested in. Thank you for the help, Bill P.S. sorry for posting to multiple groups but i wanted it to get to anyone that could help. |
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On Apr 28, 3:32 pm, Bill wrote:
Hello all. I am new to these groups and to gardening in general. I live in a small apartment and have no outside area but I really want to improve my skills with growing and I want to have more living things around my place. Bonsai has always fascinated me and I think i am ready to give it a try. I have started with one of those cheap kits growing from seeds. I am planning to put this one next to the grow light that is hooked up to my girlfriends Aerogarden. I know this isn't ideal but I am not too interested in this particular plant (it's more of a tester and if it works then I will keep it). I have no outside area, I have no good window to put the plants on and I don't have a lot of space. I would, however like to give it a real try with some other plants. What I was thinking was to have a few small wall hung shelves to hold the plants on with small grow lights on each. Maybe the small LED ones, if they work well. CFLs do a great job. I was also thinking I may need a humidification system. Tray of wet pebbles. |
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On Apr 28, 3:24 pm, Father Haskell wrote:
On Apr 28, 3:32 pm, Bill wrote: Hello all. I am new to these groups and to gardening in general. I live in a small apartment and have no outside area but I really want to improve my skills with growing and I want to have more living things around my place. Bonsai has always fascinated me and I think i am ready to give it a try. I have started with one of those cheap kits growing from seeds. I am planning to put this one next to the grow light that is hooked up to my girlfriends Aerogarden. I know this isn't ideal but I am not too interested in this particular plant (it's more of a tester and if it works then I will keep it). I have no outside area, I have no good window to put the plants on and I don't have a lot of space. I would, however like to give it a real try with some other plants. What I was thinking was to have a few small wall hung shelves to hold the plants on with small grow lights on each. Maybe the small LED ones, if they work well. CFLs do a great job. I was also thinking I may need a humidification system. Tray of wet pebbles. Would that be enough to keep them alive indefinitely? |
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On 4/28/2008 12:32 PM, Bill wrote:
Hello all. I am new to these groups and to gardening in general. I live in a small apartment and have no outside area but I really want to improve my skills with growing and I want to have more living things around my place. Bonsai has always fascinated me and I think i am ready to give it a try. I have started with one of those cheap kits growing from seeds. I am planning to put this one next to the grow light that is hooked up to my girlfriends Aerogarden. I know this isn't ideal but I am not too interested in this particular plant (it's more of a tester and if it works then I will keep it). I have no outside area, I have no good window to put the plants on and I don't have a lot of space. I would, however like to give it a real try with some other plants. What I was thinking was to have a few small wall hung shelves to hold the plants on with small grow lights on each. Maybe the small LED ones, if they work well. I was also thinking I may need a humidification system. I live in the L.A. area in Southern California. I would really like to grow various species from seeds. I like the small size trees (less than 10") and maybe eventually try some forest styles with mini-bonsai. I know that things don't like to grow indoors but it seems there must be a way. Please if you could give any advice on how to make this work, I would really appreciate it. I have never been much good at growing plants and want to learn. I know that bonsai is a bit ambitious but it is what I am most interested in. Thank you for the help, Bill P.S. sorry for posting to multiple groups but i wanted it to get to anyone that could help. In general, the climate indoors is not good for bonsai. -- David E. Ross Climate: California Mediterranean Sunset Zone: 21 -- interior Santa Monica Mountains with some ocean influence (USDA 10a, very close to Sunset Zone 19) Gardening pages at http://www.rossde.com/garden/ |
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On Apr 28, 7:32 pm, Bill wrote:
On Apr 28, 3:24 pm, Father Haskell wrote: On Apr 28, 3:32 pm, Bill wrote: Hello all. I am new to these groups and to gardening in general. I live in a small apartment and have no outside area but I really want to improve my skills with growing and I want to have more living things around my place. Bonsai has always fascinated me and I think i am ready to give it a try. I have started with one of those cheap kits growing from seeds. I am planning to put this one next to the grow light that is hooked up to my girlfriends Aerogarden. I know this isn't ideal but I am not too interested in this particular plant (it's more of a tester and if it works then I will keep it). I have no outside area, I have no good window to put the plants on and I don't have a lot of space. I would, however like to give it a real try with some other plants. What I was thinking was to have a few small wall hung shelves to hold the plants on with small grow lights on each. Maybe the small LED ones, if they work well. CFLs do a great job. I was also thinking I may need a humidification system. Tray of wet pebbles. Would that be enough to keep them alive indefinitely? Easily. |
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, Father Haskell wrote: On Apr 28, 7:32 pm, Bill wrote: On Apr 28, 3:24 pm, Father Haskell wrote: On Apr 28, 3:32 pm, Bill wrote: Hello all. I am new to these groups and to gardening in general. I live in a small apartment and have no outside area but I really want to improve my skills with growing and I want to have more living things around my place. Bonsai has always fascinated me and I think i am ready to give it a try. I have started with one of those cheap kits growing from seeds. I am planning to put this one next to the grow light that is hooked up to my girlfriends Aerogarden. I know this isn't ideal but I am not too interested in this particular plant (it's more of a tester and if it works then I will keep it). I have no outside area, I have no good window to put the plants on and I don't have a lot of space. I would, however like to give it a real try with some other plants. What I was thinking was to have a few small wall hung shelves to hold the plants on with small grow lights on each. Maybe the small LED ones, if they work well. CFLs do a great job. I was also thinking I may need a humidification system. Tray of wet pebbles. Would that be enough to keep them alive indefinitely? Easily. Perhaps of interest . http://www.amazon.com/Thriving-Bonsa.../ref=sr_1_1?ie =UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1209476422&sr=1-1 or http://preview.tinyurl.com/3po49f We have a thirty year old fine leaf Japanese maple which is 9 inches high and 20 inches wide. Spreading not upright. We stated it out in a pot abut soon were not happy with how it looked so we planted in our front yard in a sheltered spot where it resides today. This after root pruning etc. We love it! I'll ask santa for a copy of the DVD this year. Bill -- Garden in shade zone 5 S Jersey USA |
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Thanks,
I'm looking at grow lights and stuff now. I think I will take it a bit slow at first but hopefully I can keep a plant alive. |
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On Apr 28, 2:32*pm, Bill wrote:
Hello all. I am new to these groups and to gardening in general. *I live in a small apartment and have no outside area but I really want to improve my skills with growing and I want to have more living things around my place. * Bonsai has always fascinated me and I think i am ready to give it a try. *I have started with one of those cheap kits growing from seeds. *I am planning to put this one next to the grow light that is hooked up to my girlfriends Aerogarden. * I know this isn't ideal but I am not too interested in this particular plant (it's more of a tester and if it works then I will keep it). *I have no outside area, I have no good window to put the plants on and I don't have a lot of space. I would, however like to give it a real try with some other plants. What I was thinking was to have a few small wall hung shelves to hold the plants on with small grow lights on each. *Maybe the small LED ones, if they work well. *I was also thinking I may need a humidification system. *I live in the L.A. area in Southern California. *I would really like to grow various species from seeds. I like the small size trees (less than 10") and maybe eventually try some forest styles with mini-bonsai. I know that things don't like to grow indoors but it seems there must be a way. *Please if you could give any advice on how to make this work, I would really appreciate it. *I have never been much good at growing plants and want to learn. *I know that bonsai is a bit ambitious but it is what I am most interested in. Thank you for the help, Bill P.S. sorry for posting to multiple groups but i wanted it to get to anyone that could help. Pretty cool blog on Bosai I found http://travis314.blogspot.com/ |
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