Fidur
Chumono
I've been reading on what should be a good candidate to become a bonsai.
It seems that no matter how much you struggle, if you choose a thin trunk, you "almost never will be succesful".
So I went to the nursery and looked for mature trees or schrubs on species I know can be developed to become decent bonsai.
I found these juniperus horizontalis (there are at least 60 of them to choose), that I guess are over 10 years old:
I have a little bit of experience with this junipers, as I bought 2 of them some months ago, and worked succesfully with them. But they were younger, and bendable. These have really thick trunks, and maybe unless I apply one of those bending techniques you see on youtube (making cuts, wrapping in raffia or neumatic tires,.....) I will not be able to shape it as a credible tree.
On the other side, they have the gauge in the nebari I´m looking for.
So at a tag price of 26€ ..... should it be a good idea to try, or will I be doomed ?
(I know it depends on what I think is cheap and fungible against the chance of being sucessful, but please give me your personal stance)
Thanks in advance
It seems that no matter how much you struggle, if you choose a thin trunk, you "almost never will be succesful".
So I went to the nursery and looked for mature trees or schrubs on species I know can be developed to become decent bonsai.
I found these juniperus horizontalis (there are at least 60 of them to choose), that I guess are over 10 years old:
I have a little bit of experience with this junipers, as I bought 2 of them some months ago, and worked succesfully with them. But they were younger, and bendable. These have really thick trunks, and maybe unless I apply one of those bending techniques you see on youtube (making cuts, wrapping in raffia or neumatic tires,.....) I will not be able to shape it as a credible tree.
On the other side, they have the gauge in the nebari I´m looking for.
So at a tag price of 26€ ..... should it be a good idea to try, or will I be doomed ?
(I know it depends on what I think is cheap and fungible against the chance of being sucessful, but please give me your personal stance)
Thanks in advance