guerillaeye Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 yeah, it still going. needs a trim Pics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10 Dollar Blowjobs Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 how the fuck do all you guys know so much about bonsai trees??? they look pretty cool though, i would put little toy soldiers and make a mock battle scene in that bitch!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuse=--action Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 Not to jump on teh bandwagonz, but I've been thinking about growing one. I don't know why, but one day I just woke up and spent like 3 or 4 hours just looking at different bonsai trees and tried to pick out a plant that i would like to grow. -fuse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manute Bol Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 The karate kid made me think they were cool when I was young, but I never wasted the time looking into them. Then I saw one in person and thought they were cool, and possibly an erotic background prop for a porn. I doubt i will get one though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceLeroy Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexME.1ER Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 a greenhouse style terrarium of carnivorous plants iv been growing. easy to maintain. not a bonsai but equally as interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuerrillaWon Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 Here's the best advice ever for you right now. In my opinion. Find the most legit bonsai person in your area, and buy your stuff from them, and build a relationship with that person. Really do your research. Like you were getting a tattoo, but you're getting a bonsai. I have a guy I drive 45 minutes to to get my supplies and bonsais from. He's also been cultivating bonsais for 45+ years. Both personally and professionally. I have a good relationship with him, and he literally teaches me whatever I want to know. How to pot, train, trim, etc. I can call him up on the phone like "yo my bonsais all fucked up it's ignoring me and listening to rap music and it's grades are dropping in school what do I do?" And he'll explain how and why to do exactly what I need to do to get it back on track. Also read, read, read, and get 4 more pre-bonsais, and expect 3 of them to die while you learn. But this speeds up the learning process a lot. my 2 yuan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xlando Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 i've had 2. one of em died. the other is going in the same path. they're not easy to take care of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CALIgula Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 a greenhouse style terrarium of carnivorous plants iv been growing. easy to maintain. not a bonsai but equally as interesting. these are easy to maintain and cheap.....even if you get a very small juniper bonsai...its gonna set you back like $25....but for $25 you can get a bunch of "traps" like this guy has.....and they are easy to feed....just give them dead flies so they can get their nitrogen intake for the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire15 Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 I had a venus fly trap when i was little. It was challange feeding it because i would have to smash the ants and then try and drop the little things into the mouths. It was pretty hard but interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALIgula Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 yeah...usually people will buy them and touch the inside with a pencil or something causing them to close up....but it takes more energy for the trap to open its mouth than to close...but since no food was put into its mouth, it cant produce the energy to open its mouth again....thus eventually dying.....you can buy the really small venus traps at the local nursery for like $3.99. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALIgula Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 the touch sensitive mimosa plants are pretty cool too....the leaves close up when you touch them....i think its for a defense mechanism...if you touch the end carefully...you can get a domino effect.....here watch... http://youtube.com/watch?v=OWxEP9PuFv0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FATE522621 Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 ^^ holy shit thats cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALIgula Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 ^^yeah its cool.....but i heard a story about them during the vietnam war...soldiers would try to run into fields of them to try and hide to get away....but when the leaves would collapse like that it would just expose them....hella people got killed because of that.....i dont know if this stroy is true or if its an urban myth....but this is the story i heard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manute Bol Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 hahahaha, idk why thats funny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepthebeard Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 ...ya this bad ass has 15 of them...I find it very relaxing prunning them and caring for them. I have had several for over 15 years already. Surprising thread. Note: certain varieties and for indoors and certain varieties are for strickly outdoors, some are delicate, while others are very hardy and impossible to kill. GuerrillaWon knows what is up, my guy is a seventh generation bonsai master....ask questions...get answers and be sure to practice your crane kicks!..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srebmun Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 Actually, I think the pick you showed us hides the root structure, I bet it is really cool. What type of plant is it? I would totally get rid of the pot someday in favor of a nice handmade one. Half the value of the plant is in how it's potted, mossed and rocked out, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dylanresistance Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 get a zen garden. soo chill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuerrillaWon Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 How's the bonsai coming along broseph? You should be able to tell by now if you're doing something right, or wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 I've had countless plants die on me. But I do have a few living right now. It's all a very slow learning process through trial and error. I guess my best advice would be not to fuck around with it too much. Resist the urge to cut it all up and force it to do things it does not want to do. Also, if you can, keep 'em outside. If you have to bring them indoors, don't move them around too often. One more thing, read up on the particular plant you acquire. If you plan to train a juniper- read up on the juniper. This is all just shit I've noticed from my experience. meh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SADDAM HUSSEIN Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 ^^yeah its cool.....but i heard a story about them during the vietnam war...soldiers would try to run into fields of them to try and hide to get away....but when the leaves would collapse like that it would just expose them....hella people got killed because of that.....i dont know if this stroy is true or if its an urban myth....but this is the story i heard. and this whole time i thought people died cause we were losing the war:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepthebeard Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 ...i want to add that from my experience do not use sissors(sp) when prunning, use your fingers and pinch the new growth off...think cutting lettuce with a knife vs. taering it with fingers = no browning of the plant ends... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepthebeard Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 ...so meh wife bought me a late birfday/father's day gift: a 75 year old Shimpaku Bonsai, sooo beautiful and covered in moss, thanks dearest!... ...I bought a crazy razor sharp pair of good quality japanese bonsai pruning shears. Thank god for finger nails because I almost cut the tip of my pinky off...(note, shears to be used only for branches, not foilage, see above) ...I brought a few of my specimins to Mr. Miagi for some prunning advice and he says I'm too gentile with mine and that two of them "have too many heads and no leader", so, only one leader kids, too many confuse the plant and the necessary elements for good trunk girth will not happen... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IOU Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 Pictures always help.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulie Walnuts Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 cool thread, iv got a juniper bonsai softwood, had it for 7 years now...never belived in trimmi ng it because when they grow in the wild no one is there to trim them, i feel the same way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boogie hands Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 i went to an arboretum last weekend and they had a huge bonsai collection. needless to say it inspired me and once i move, im buying a chinese elm for myself as a house warming present. expect a photo thread in the near future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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