LifeTrekker
Seedling
My wife actually wants me to start a new hobby, so she gave me a beginning bonsai book for Christmas, and, well, here I am.
Actually, I have expressed interest in bonsai many times to her in the past, so this is really not much of a stretch. Plus I used to do planted aquariums years ago, so this seems right up my alley. Also, I love learning new things, and there is certainly a lot new for me to learn about bonsai.
Of course I was anxious to get started, so I picked up my first plant today in order to try my hand at bonsai, and get my fingers a little dirty. My local Home Depot had some small Japanese juniper for $15.00, so I picked what seemed like a logical candidate and brought it home.
It was all done up with a Christmas bow and ornaments, so of course those had to go first.
Once I got the extra ornamentation out of the way, I could see a little better what I had to work with.
The next step was to do a little cleaning up and trimming, and this is what I ended up with.
Right now I'm thinking I'll train it in the cascade style, but we'll see what I think next spring after it starts to get some new growth and I've learned a bit more. Right now it's a tiny little thing, but I like the way it turned out.
In any case, I'm glad to be here and hope to learn lots in the future as I read the forums and puruse the threads.
Actually, I have expressed interest in bonsai many times to her in the past, so this is really not much of a stretch. Plus I used to do planted aquariums years ago, so this seems right up my alley. Also, I love learning new things, and there is certainly a lot new for me to learn about bonsai.
Of course I was anxious to get started, so I picked up my first plant today in order to try my hand at bonsai, and get my fingers a little dirty. My local Home Depot had some small Japanese juniper for $15.00, so I picked what seemed like a logical candidate and brought it home.
It was all done up with a Christmas bow and ornaments, so of course those had to go first.
Once I got the extra ornamentation out of the way, I could see a little better what I had to work with.
The next step was to do a little cleaning up and trimming, and this is what I ended up with.
Right now I'm thinking I'll train it in the cascade style, but we'll see what I think next spring after it starts to get some new growth and I've learned a bit more. Right now it's a tiny little thing, but I like the way it turned out.
In any case, I'm glad to be here and hope to learn lots in the future as I read the forums and puruse the threads.