Bonsai Tree's

[Mike]

Anyone else on here got any?

[Iain]

I bought my girlfriend one, but her cats ate it and it died.

True story.

[MK999]

I bought my girlfriend one, but her cats ate it and it died.

True story.
Cat or the tree? :(

[novaguy08]

My dad's got one,

He was worried because it was dying, then went away for 2 weeks leaving me in charge of watering it, (of course I didn't actually do it!!) and it come back to life.

[L14MNP]

I've always fancied one. They're a PITA to look after though, so 'they' say.

They all die, no matter how much attention you give them unless you're JDM y0!

[Rexy]

Mines getting bloody big now lol, its had a growing frenzy...

Needs a trim actually must invest in some clippers

oh oh oh and i have a baby bansi tree growing at the moment :D

[Mike]

Top stuff Rexy, my new ones a little over 12 inch high now. What you got Rexton, an Elm is it?

Liam, there pish easy to look after TBH, over watering is common for killing them, an clipping branches before they brown.

IMO & experience, the Chinese Elm is choice, the Chinese Pepper Tree's ive heard are a royal PITA to care for :( you aint gotta worry as much about temperature rise/drop with the elm.

[L14MNP]

Chinese? You have the knock off's lol. Although from what you two say they seem to stay the course. :)

I may get one if I won't kill it so easily then colonthumbsup

[draper]

the only plants i have are cultivating in my loft

[L14MNP]

Giz a 50 bag mate

[Mike]

Funny you should say that Draper, as my first Bonsia Tree sat growing away next to a Skunk plant many moons ago :)

[Mike]

This is how he currently looks

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j181/mikenova/bonsia.jpg

[MK999]

Is the woodstain behind it because you fancied treating it to a new colour?! lol

[Iain]

Cat or the tree? :(

The tree. :)

[Andy]

is that a crack or a wire on the wall.
I like these trees

[Mike]

is that a crack or a wire on the wall.
I like these trees

Tis a pull cord Andy.

[MK999]

Talking to Limplamp about it on msn atm, found a site made by mega enthusiasts and it all sounds like major hassle to make one that doesn't look like a cutting in a fancy pot lol
http://www.bonsai4me.com/Gallery/GalleryIanCuppleditch/chinese_elm.jpg
Is rather impressive though

[muzzy]

That's pretty cool, may purchase one

[Mike]

^ they take literally FOREVER lol to get like in that pic, that bushy i mean (snigger lol )

Looks very well looked after tho, besides the browned leaves that should have been picked off before pic was took.

God i sound sad as fúck :(

[muzzy]

We bought a basil plant and it died in a few days, not sure if i'm ready to move up to a tree

[MK999]

^ they take literally FOREVER lol to get like in that pic, that bushy i mean (snigger lol )

Looks very well looked after tho, besides the browned leaves that should have been picked off before pic was took.

God i sound sad as fúck :(

Tbh I doubt that was an accident as the guy on this site has like 100 pages of all kinds of crap on them, and it does make it look more realistic tbh, what I can't quite picture is the scale of it, the leaves look too small for it to be any smaller than 8" tall, but i dunno if that's something that slowly happens when you do all the right pruning etc

Think they said like 25 years for a good convincing bonsai, about 8 before it deserves a pot because a bonsai pot restricts something or other that makes it look right, i was skim reading lol

[muzzy]

25 years! Will Miracle Grow help reduce that?

[MK999]

25 years! Will Miracle Grow help reduce that?

I think that's the opposite to what they're trying to do lol

[muzzy]

I will maybe just get a monkey puzzle tree instead

http://www.treedazzled.com/photos/kew_gardens/dscn0781w.JPG

[draper]

blowing men off in toilets



sorry, couldnt have a serious thread on PNG last 3 pages without turning gay (i hope this doesnt start page 4 now)

[muzzy]

http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/uncyclopedia/images/4/4e/Penis-shrub.jpg

:confused:

[Annie]

Heres mine taken me ages to grow would be bigger but keep on smoking it lol

http://search.hp.my.aol.co.uk/aol/redir?src=image&clickedItemURN=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tokyomango.com%2Ft okyo_mango%2Fimages%2Fnewpotma_1.jpg&moduleId=image_details.jsp.M&clickedItemDescription=Image Details


he he sorry I couldnt resist :)

I did have one but i killed it, think it was from ikea maybe that was why lol

[dhdev (Oli)]

I've got two of the little buggers. They were lovely and healthy before I went to South Africa over Xmas and left them to die PMSL. One is fully recovered now and the other is just a trunk poking out the soil, I haven't given up on it yet though! Trimming the leaves off at the base off the leaf forces them to sprout two smaller leaves in it's place giving the tree a more scaled look to it. They like plenty of water too, I stand mine in a sink of water that covers the soil and leave for 20mins, this soaks them right through and as the water drains out it draws oxygen into the soil. :)

[Southie]

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p379/SOUTHIE01/mr-mikeagi.jpg

[Fester]

For watering purposes use water that's been boiled and is then back down to normal 'out of the tap' temps.

Soaking seems to work best - I think every couple of weeks at the moment, fill a washing up bowl with said water to a level where it just covers the soil of the tree, leave it in there for a bit, take it out, leave it for a bit on the side to drain off then put it back. Think it's every week or every other week lol been going well for about a year. Add nutrients to the soil every now and then too.

It doesn't help that each guide/owner will tell you to do a different thing with these so choose the advice of someone who has got one that isn't dead or dying ;)