Clueless About Bonsai Gardening?
O.K. you have got the idea that Bonsai is all about miniature trees, but you’re clueless about “Shakan - Chokkan - Moyogi”? Dont panic, you dont need to know the proper names of styles or tree species, such as Bonsai Juniper or Bonsai Japanese Maple. All you need in the beginning is the desire to want to grow a bonsai plant and some basic knowledge.
To get under way in the engaging art of bonsai gardening, you will need some basic gardening skills, some elementary tools as well as supplies, a healthy dose of common sense and a touch of artistic flair.
If you have grown some plants in pots before - and have managed to keep them alive, healthy and looking good, then you already have the prerequisite skills for bonsai gardening. Apart from the actual techniques for keeping the plant compact, there really is not that much more to it!
There has been lot of material produced about the various methods, in fact you could never get through it all. But the point is that only a few tips are needed to achieve a really worthwhile result.
When you first begin, the immediate challenge is just to keep your bonsai tree alive and still looking like a tree! In this you will probably have mixed success. But don’t despair if you unintentionally murder a tree or two, you wont be the first and you wont be the last to have done that.
With the passing of time as well as with trial and error you will cotton on. And during the process you will feel great fullfillment at being the co-creator of such an awesome and exquisite living thing. It really can sometimes make your heart sing!
There are essentials you will need to know. However don’t study up on everything all at once, just start with baby steps and take one step at a time. Begin with a simple to grow plant for example bonsai juniper. Learn a couple things about bonsai care (watering would be preferable first up) and then practice until you feel confident that you know what you are doing, and so move on to the next couple of skills….and so on.
Over time you will be the one being asked for advice on growing bonsai plants.
