I was wondering if anyone here has tried or is growing a bonsai tree. I have wanted one for years and now I think I'm getting one. I know it's tons of work and time go into these trees. And the cost of them alone is out there.
I have not tried to grow a Bonsai.It is not uncommon for your first few attempts to die.Picking the right plant for your local climate has a lot to do with how the Bonsai does.Also,they don't require as much attention as some people think.This is what I have learned after months of researching.
I lived next door to a guy some years back that had tons of those things. I'm talking like 50+ of them. He made them from cuttings that he used a solution to get them to take root. He had given me one when I moved and I had it for a good while. I liked the tending. It really was calming. I actually thought that was BS before I had to do it.
It now lives with my X wife...I think. She kept it so but I really have no way to know what happened to it. It be a shame to have destroyed it but I"m sure I'm not the only guy to see the lack of logic that walks hand in hand with an X spouse.
I have about 80 of them right now, including this one that's 140 years old, a mountain hemlock from the coast of Vancouver Island BC. I have probably killed 8-10 over the years.
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