Hi there! First of all, let me introduce myself (somewhat).
Skip to the text in bold if you only want to read the question. But hey, you might miss a joke or two!
I live in Montreal, Canada, on a third floor, lots of sun everywhere in the house, starting to get some plants inside, you know, because plants are pretty..
Anyways, some day, I woke up and started looking at the possibility of growing a tree inside the house, then.. It struck me! I wanted to grow a bonsai!
I always thought that trees were fascinating and I love how peaceful they make me..
And I always loved going at the botanic garden to look at bonsai trees..
So I began research and eventually ended up choosing to grow a ficus, out of a tiny tiny tree that I bought at the start of summer.
Here is how tall it is right now
The little plastic bird is a water reservoir that is planted in the soil, which I fill up every three days so it has exactly how much water it needs (the water empties in 3 days, very slowly directly to the roots. The aluminum foil usually covers the whole soil because my cats are digging up the plant and probably peeing in the pot.
Here is a side to side picture so you guys have a better idea of how tall it actually is.
I put the tree in a large pot right when I purchased the youngling, it was about half this tall when I got it.
I gave it a large pot because I heard that If I wanted good roots, I had to give him lots of space, then prune sometime.
Now I don't know some stuff.
How do I go about growing this tree to be a bonsai?
I am under the impression that I will have to have it grow normally for a few years until it forms a nice large trunk, then eventually cut it to shape it like a bonsai.
Am I right?
Also, when do I start pruning?
Do you guys have references online that explains the whole process?
I'm kinda lost because the information is so scattered that I don't know who and what to believe in.
I'd like my tree to be in a quite large pot afterwards, with a trunk of 1.5in to 2in in diameter.
Hope to hear more from you!
Cheers!
Skip to the text in bold if you only want to read the question. But hey, you might miss a joke or two!
I live in Montreal, Canada, on a third floor, lots of sun everywhere in the house, starting to get some plants inside, you know, because plants are pretty..
Anyways, some day, I woke up and started looking at the possibility of growing a tree inside the house, then.. It struck me! I wanted to grow a bonsai!
I always thought that trees were fascinating and I love how peaceful they make me..
And I always loved going at the botanic garden to look at bonsai trees..
So I began research and eventually ended up choosing to grow a ficus, out of a tiny tiny tree that I bought at the start of summer.
Here is how tall it is right now
The little plastic bird is a water reservoir that is planted in the soil, which I fill up every three days so it has exactly how much water it needs (the water empties in 3 days, very slowly directly to the roots. The aluminum foil usually covers the whole soil because my cats are digging up the plant and probably peeing in the pot.
Here is a side to side picture so you guys have a better idea of how tall it actually is.
I put the tree in a large pot right when I purchased the youngling, it was about half this tall when I got it.
I gave it a large pot because I heard that If I wanted good roots, I had to give him lots of space, then prune sometime.
Now I don't know some stuff.
How do I go about growing this tree to be a bonsai?
I am under the impression that I will have to have it grow normally for a few years until it forms a nice large trunk, then eventually cut it to shape it like a bonsai.
Am I right?
Also, when do I start pruning?
Do you guys have references online that explains the whole process?
I'm kinda lost because the information is so scattered that I don't know who and what to believe in.
I'd like my tree to be in a quite large pot afterwards, with a trunk of 1.5in to 2in in diameter.
Hope to hear more from you!
Cheers!
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