Monday, March 22, 2010

Selecting plant

The plant  which we use for bonsai should be small ,the flowers fruits and leaves should be small in size.
The jackfruit plant will be artificial if made into bonsai,for it has large fruits.So we should select a plant which has small leaves,which can yield small fruits.Trees like papaya and palms rare not suitable for a bonsai.Trees with compound leaves are also not suitable for a bonsai.
The bonsai plants can be acquired by growing from seeds.But it takes a lot of time,one should have patience
to wait for so many years..Where as one cancollect bonsai from nature.It takes less time,one can coolect from naturenand can be repotted and can grown into a bonsai.The best time of collection is spring early summer,or the monsoon beginning.This is the time which a tree grows vigorously.The ground should be soaked with water before digging the tree,so one can dig out all the roots with the soil-ball attached to the roots.we can take off properly without disturbing the roots.We should cover the roots with a wet soil to prevent the roots from drying out.Then wrap carefully in a plastic sheet to retain the moisture until you reach the home.While digging from wild,we have to trim the leaves and branches of the plant,in proportion to the roots part. carefully the plant is taken off home.

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