What You Need To Know About Growing Bonsai Trees
Growing bonsai trees is not as easy as you think it is. You cannot just buy a seedling, put it in a small pot and hope that your seedling will survive for a few months or so. Growing bonsai trees is a painstaking process. You need to put in a lot of time and effort into your trees to make them look healthy and beautiful. At times, growing bonsai trees can be a bit frustrating. There are times when your tree simply does not grow even if you put a lot of time and effort into it. If you are growing bonsai trees for the first time, expect a series of failures in your first few tries.
Getting Started
To start growing bonsai trees, you need to know what types of trees thrive better in your area. Note that native or endemic species of trees survive better in their natural habitats. To reduce the probability of failure in your first attempts at growing bonsai trees, choose seedlings of endemic species.
Read a few books about trees to get some ideas as to what types of tree species thrive well in your area. You can validate what you have read in books by looking around your area and identify trees that are growing around you. If you have some kids in the house, bring your kids along for a walk and identify the tress that you see along the way. Having your kids with you will make the whole activity more enjoyable. Just imagine how much fun you will all have walking around and identifying plant species around you.
Aside from reading books and walking around to identify plant species around you, you can ask your local horticulturist for help in choosing the right species of trees for your bonsai garden. Asking the help of a local horticulturist is the easiest and fastest way to identify plant species that are endemic in your area.
If you have no access to a local horticulturist, go online and join a local online community of bonsai enthusiasts. Post your questions on the forum message board and wait for some replies. A lot of online bonsai enthusiasts are interested to share their ideas and experiences in growing bonsai trees so you will not really wait for long to get some good replies.
After choosing the right tree for your bonsai garden, get some pots, soil and other planting materials and get to work. If your plant dies within a few days of planting, look for another seedling and plant all over again. Keep on repeating the process until you finally get good results. Do not give up. Remember that good things come to those who wait.
