do u know anything about BONASAI?

Question

I have seen little plants grow in pots but not trees.

Answer 1

Bonasai is an art/skill of stunting the growth/size of plants/trees.
There is systematic clipping the roots of the plants every year. The plants are grown in small, shallow pots. There is a regular schedule of manuring and water-management for the plants. A bonasai tree can be 60, 70 Years old ; even more,
A Bonsai fruit tree can bear full, normal size fruit.

Answer 2

Bonsai...
The millennia-old art form, still going strongly today!

In Japanese, bonsai can be literally translated as 'tray planting' but since originating in Asia, so many centuries ago - it has developed into a whole new form. To begin with, the tree and the pot form a single harmonious unit where the shape, texture and colour of one, compliments the other. Then the tree must be shaped. It is not enough just to plant a tree in a pot and allow nature to take its course - the result would look nothing like a tree and would look very short-lived. Every branch and twig of a bonsai is shaped or eliminated until the chosen image is achieved. From then on, the image is maintained and improved by a constant regime of pruning and trimming.

It is the art of dwarfing trees or plants and developing them into an aesthetically appealing shape by growing, pruning and training them in containers according to prescribed techniques.

Overall, bonsai is a great interest, hobby or even profession to undertake. Although famous theologians have claimed that it is actually 90% art to a meager 10% of horticulture, it has to be said that a successful bonsai is most definitely a horticultural masterpiece.

Once arriving in the Western World, this enjoyable and rewarding pastime has never turned back, and has gained a magnificently diverse range of plant material and techniques.

Whatever you need to know - you will be sure to find it - at The Bonsai Site.

A bonsai is not a genetically dwarfed plant and is not kept small by cruelty in any way. In fact, given an adequate supply of water, air, light and nutrients, a properly maintained bonsai should outlive a full size tree of the same species. The techniques of Bonsai are no more cruel than that of any other horticultural endeavour. It is also common belief that bonsai are only a few centimetres tall. This is untrue, although bonsai are small in comparison to their huge life-sized brothers, most are over 25 centimetres tall and up to 1 metre in height.

The bonsai with its container and soil, physically independent of the earth since its roots are not planted in it, is a separate entity, complete in itself, yet part of nature. This is what is meant by the expression "heaven and earth in one container"

Given proper care, bonsai can live for hundreds of years, with prized specimens being passed from generation to generation, admired for their age, and revered as a reminder of those who have cared for them over the centuries.

Bonsai are ordinary trees or plants, not special hybrid dwarfs. Small leafed varieties are most suitable, but essentially any plant can be used, regardless of the size it grows to in the wild.

Overall, bonsai are something that are quite personalised and there are no strict rules to abide by if you undertake it merely as a hobby which to gain enjoyment out of. It does not have to be an expensive commitment, but it is a commitment that requires a great amount of time, patience, skill and endurance. Although things may not go to plan, don't give up. Remember that the Japanese bonsai masters were once beginners too and they have surely had their share of trial and error.

Answer 3

These "little plants .... but not trees" are as much "Bonsai" as a MacDonald's is to food.
To grow and train a true Bonsai takes decades of constant attention (by almost killing the plant, but not just quite). Only very few people are willing to pay the resulting price of such a plant. So they offer a "wanna-be Bonsai" which rarely survives 2 years.

Answer 4

If you are in India Jyoti Parekh's book on Bonsai is very
helpful.

Bonsai(dwarf) plant is art of growing trees in plate.

Trees which has small leaves are suited for bonsai not like palm trees.

Answer 5

u have to put the tree plants in a shallow pot with lot of pebbles in it. The root should be in open, partially hidden in the soil , Then the tree will grow very short.

Answer 6

If you go to any large garden center you will see bonsai trees for sale.

Growing your own bonsai calls for patience.

Answer 7

............the bonsai will remain small as long as u keep the roots small............cut them every other month..........u must hav green hands......

Answer 8

http://www.bonsaisite.com/

lots of info

Answer 9

http://www.bonsaisite.com/
http://www.bonsaiweb.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonsai
http://www.bonsaigardener.org/
http://www.bonsaiboy.com/
http://www.brusselsbonsai.com/bonsai-trees.htm
http://www.bonsaitreetutorials.com/