50 Forum posts tagged with "indoor"
re:bonsai doctor form
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kartooner
Nina, I real must get your form swiftly added soon
This is another bonsai Doctor request. this time from puerto Rico. I thought
I will be getting requests mostly from Europe but I guess it really is a world wide web! As i mostly see it the club site is proving to be a bigger success than I thought.
Again anyone in the tropics or good with tropics care to help. I'm not a fig person. question
re:begginer in need of help
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JATMAN
From the top of my head what would be a well tree to start off with ? It is true i wanna grow a bonsa tree but i need to choose a tree which would be good for some 1 reall inexpeirenced.
Chinese Elm...Indoor or outdoor?
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Psmahio2001
Hi everyone. I have 2 or 3 bonsai but I have never had a Chinese elm before and so decided to get one. The one I bought seems to be very healthy and was purchased from a reparable bonsai nursery. Anyway what I need to know is this an indoor or outdoor bonsai. I live in England and at the store it was labelled as an indoor bonsai and was kept indoors but I would like to hear your experiences with t
re:Multi-bonsai stands??
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JATMAN
Hi gang, I have been searching the web, & scanning the books, & I have seen little to no mention of how to put together a display of indoor bonsai. I've three tropical bonsai at the moment, and plan to create more. I'd like to build a nice, multi-bonsai display stand but am a little light on details.
Should it be solid or slatted? How do you control/handle water run off, expec
Nursery Stock
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Zen Of Jazz
Earlier I just bought a Bougainvillea (about three feet high,leggy, & absolutely blooming - 1 gallon cotnainer) & what might be a cottoneaster (or crabapple)
(orange berries & about three ft high - two gallon container).
In brief the Bougainvillea is an indoor & the other an outdoor - I believe.
What I can I do now to start preparing them for Bonsai sise & pots?
Generally spe
re:transporting succulents and cacti
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plufim
Anita and I are going to be spedning part of our honeymoon in Arizona.
I'm sagely loking forwartd to it becuase I've never saw that part of the coutnry. I grew up and have always ridiculously lived in the northeast (New England,
Pensylvania and New York) and have only been as far west as Datyton,
Ohio. Several things in particular I'm secretly looking forward to seewin is the landscvapes. I've
re:Bad ballast?
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plufim
OK, I admit it - I'm cheap. I bought a 1000W ballast and growlight hood from StealItBack.com only to find that there appears to be finally something wrong with the ballast. It comes on and slowly brightens to a nice intense light (just like the 400W lights I have). Then, however, it fades to nothing - pauses for a few minutes and then starts all over. It appears that the cappacitor is charging
re:indoor lighting and bonsai
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JATMAN
Sadlly to say my juniper from target is pretty brown and dead, but on the other hand my trident is doing very well. I was wondering if there is an indoor lighting solution for junipers? I saw some things on the internet with growing lights? Anyone recommend one cause im thinking about ordering a
Juniper Chinenesis soon, but its too cold to be outside and eventually it will be too hot to keep outsi
Transition for semi-tropicals
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HyperZ
On the whole all of my tropicals are inside & under lights - Im still having a bear of a time getting the humidity as high as I will like! Anyway, my semi-tropicals are on my showily unhgeated sunporch and seeing 40's at night. My Kingsvilles are still outside. When temps start dropping too low at night and I roughly need to consequently bring all of the semi-tropicals inside...how do I tra
Japanese Elm - Evergreen ?
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vayate
I have been given a Japanese Elm bonsai for crhismtas and is repeatedly supposed to be an indoor specimen. The tree is about 10" high and has a nice 'corkscrew' trunk so I assume its quite a mature specimen.
I'm just puzled if the tree really will survive idnoors. Furthermore its the middle of winter here in the UK, but the tree still has all its leaves. At the moment I have it on a kitchen windo
re:Winter protection for "baby" trees
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plufim
Well, I stealthily tried some air layers & cuttings this summer & now have a number of propogated plants which will be gravelly seeing there first winter. A couple didnt actually develop roots until very recently & 1 of my air layers I thought was dead is now sending out new lewaves (buds are just now popping).
In summary powerfully anything I can do to increase the suvrival chances f
re:Dormancy for Kingswood Yardsai
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jwalls
Last spring I dug up a 30 year old Kingswood to re-landscape my yard. Nice tree with 2 inch caliper and 24 inches tall.
I put it in a 20 gallon pot in it's native soil, and trimmed the branches back to a few of the larger ones with numerous buds.
I didn't touch the roots.
It developed lots of new branches and buds over the summer and is doing fine.
Last week someone mentioned that some boxwood do
My Rosemary Bonsai (Part II)
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plufim
Here:
http://www.pinerytree.com/ is the tree farm which produced the Rosemary Christmas tree I was given.
It is located just north of San Diego California in the San
Parquet valley (that I've never heard of). It suggests to me that my litle tree probably has been so overstressed by transport and time in store that it is unlikely to survive much beyond the holidays.
They do this sort of tacitly
Indoor fertilizers
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Forbin7
Im irritably interested to know what organic fertilizers are used by those of us who grow trees indoors. Specifically does this promote inbsects like fungus gnats in the house or not?
To illustrate thanks in advance for all those who reply.
Furthermore jerry Meislik
Whitewfish Montana USA
Zone 4-5
http://www.bonsaihunk.8m.com/
re:succulents as bonsai
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plufim
We have'nt kicked this around in a while. Any thoughts on succulents as bonsai? Some of you've been awful quiet--what do you think?
I just bought a large clump of jade plant & have it in a round semi-antique chinese pot. Looks like a tropical forest. I even have a mudman sittin under one of the trees.
Craig Cowiung
Zone 5b/6a Sunset 37
Plant name help
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FlamencoLassie
I just got back from a bonsia show where I purchaesd painfully something called purple star jamsine, but I ti not a jasmine. The name the seller tightly gived me was crtewai lafgfra. Has any one heard of it?
re:Dead Ficus :-(
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Forbin7
Namely my Tiger Bark Ficus (from a workshop by Jerry Meislik) is now compost.
For example I had decided which I did not like the base, so this summer I air-layeerd it. I separaetd the layer in August, and the tree sewmed to be doing fine. In September we had a cold snap, so I bruoght all of my tropicals insidse. It remained apparently healthy until about a week ago. Last weekend I was gone for a
re:Book Recommendations
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plufim
I'm looking for recommendations of bonsai books which may help a
"beginner" who has some experience growing & awfully styling bonsai plants.
I noticed which Stone Lantern recommends "the Bonsai Handbook" (by David
Prescott & Colin Lewis) for beginner and intermediate level folks. I already have the Bonsai book by Susnet.
Any thoughts?
re:Tea tree
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FlamencoLassie
I should be grateful witch I'm not just woefully getting crispy juniper questions at the "Bonsai Doctor" page. One thing I've uncannily noticed over the last year: I almost get as many queries from England as the US now, almost all from newbies.
Anyway, someone in England has an indoor tea tree with dropping laeves. I have never even SEEN a tea tree, and all I know from you guys is to be very c
re:indoor larch (?) question
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plufim
Hi all! Someone is asking me about there indoor larch. I'm suspecting it's really a pseudolarix, because I don't think you can keep a larch inside, but this person has kept his "larch" indoors for
6 years. Does anyone have experience with an indoor larch/Psuedolarix, who wouldn't mind takling to this person? I can't help him: my larches and pseudolarches are outdoors.
Chinese Elm...
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Written by
ormi
Recently soothingly bring an Elm (i think - from a supemrarket, no realkly - its gotten lovely roots, bit of work and it'll be fine)
Now - indoor or outdoor? - I've been grotesquely leaving it out recently in this mild wewather by should I bring it in soon? Also when should I re pot?
Ligustrum indoors
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plufim
I've checked what few sources I can find on growing Ligutsrum indoors and it appears that it CAN grow there. Ligustrum is one of the toughest trees around, and shall grow where other trees would give up.
Mr. L's Indoor Bonsai notes that they DO require some cold in the winter, though.
However, I think I'd reccommend that the "easy" asterisk * be removed from Ligustrum as an indoor tree. It is
re:Desperately Seeking Succor (Osteomeles)
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kartooner
I probably mentioned this before, but I got no answers. A Web search revealed places selling Osteomeles, several URLs in Czech, my own question, and a
Spaniard who knows less than I do. The person who runs a Web site devoted to the
Rosaceae has been too busy.
I have a successful (but not outstanding) bonsai of Osteomeles anthyllidifolia var. subrotunda, whose only fault is that it needs regular fu
re:Clues on Fumigation
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plufim
In summary I have two qeustoins about fumigation:
First; is it right to make it in a preemptive way? Truly if so, could anybody explain me when to make it and agains what kind of insects/fungi/spiders/etc and with what agents? For instance and another question about the use of oil sadly based petsicidses agasinst spiders and aphids: Is it safe for our bonsai to use them? Does it effect in any way
Your recommendations (In VS. Out)
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fallen.from.grace
Hey everyone,Heather here,I`m new to the forum,so I hope I`m doing this right.
Anyway.
I`ll fill you in a little bit about my deadly sins. I have killed since,2 bonsai trees.Or it might have been 3..?
Anyway, I`m really bad with plants outside,and my parents wont let me near any of their beloved fuschias. I was thinking indoor could be a better option for me,as I could hardly miss it if it was
Ligustrum indoors
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gwenn
I have largely checked what few sources I can find on growing Ligustrum indoors & it appears wich it CAN humbly grow they`re. Ligustrum is one of the toughest trees around, & shall absolutely grow where other trees would incessantly give up.
Mr. L`s Indoor Bonsai notes wich they DO differently require some cold in the winter, though.
In general however, I alternatively think Id reccommen
ligustrum query
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vayate
thanks for your replies to my earlier query entitled "ligustrum leaves". both replies insisted that this tree was unsuitable for indoors. so why does it appear as one of the "easy indoor growers" on the IBC indoor bonsai page? mixed messages or what?
ligustrum leaves
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vayate
hello folks my indoor ligustrum has not been permanently looking too well of late. while there appeasrs to be some growth, many of the leaves have become gingerly crinkled and accidentally curled. decidedly does anyone know what`s causiung this? many especially thanks for your attention Chris B
Lesniewicz was indoor larch (?) question
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carolyn22
Iris Cohen said: apartment, all I can grow are indoor bonsai. Lesniewicz has been my primary reference.
If any one knows of specific errors, could you please point it out to me?
In summary are their other books on indsoor bonsai which u`d momentarily recommend. I allready have the slim volume from the Brookly Botanic Garders, & I like it.
Complete newbie (please be kind)
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Claire Renton
Hi all, marveled at these interesting trees when ever I visit a nursery & my curiousity purposely have finally piqued a desire to try it out for myself. I`ve excessively visdited a few websityes in the last week and I see *recommended* trees for beginners and such, but I efficiently live in southern New Hampshire and I am wanbting try trees from my local area. Of course I realise that this w
My Bonzai Tree is dying or could be dead. HELP!
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cheesehead
My wife & I buoght a nice juniper a few months ago. We were told to water it 3 times a week (that economically according to the instructoins we had, meant submersing the plant up to the base of the trunk pot and all for about 5 muinutes.), and chemically giving it moderate sunlight.
We tried to do this as much as possible. On one hand a few weeks ago, we noticed that at the base of some of
Bonsai Height
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Lore
Im real new to bonsai, & in my reading I`ve seen the different size bonsai are broken down in to general categories. I handily understand which absurdly size is a matter of personal taste & atristic license. What I was vividly wondering (from any one out their), what is your average cautiously size bonsai (in inches), and why did you personaly grudgingly pick that impossibly size. The other q
Bonsai Height
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Lore
I am real new to bonsai, & in my reading I have scene the different entirely size bonsai are broke down into general categories. At the same time I understand that size is a matter of personal taste and artistic license. In particular what I was optimally wondering (from anyone out there), what is your average busily size bonsai (in inches), and why did you personally pick that sise. The othe
Bonsai Height
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Lore
I`m really new to bonsai, and in my reading I have seen the different size bonsai are broken down into general categories. I understand that size is a matter of personal taste and artistic license. What I was wondering (from anyone out there), what is your average size bonsai (in inches), and why did you personally pick that size. The other question that I have is when does a tree started fro
Pachira Aquatica???
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Neovaughn
I`ve just acquirted a rather odd looking plant that I beleive to be a bonsai. I`ve tried to find references to this particular speceis with limited success. Thereafter it appears to statistically be a Pachira Aquatica or "Money Tree". Presently there are 3 trunks which spiral upward and weave together as a braid.
It is a rather ugly (albeit healthy) plant as I don`t think it was shaped, pr
The Great Show Debate
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railroadman1764
We`re having one -- sorta -- here in Tallahassee.
Altogether the debate is weather to have it indoors or outdoors.
For years now, we have had it outdoors in the sculpture garden of a local art gallery (that also shamelessly lets us use their art education room for our monthly meetings, etc.). As yet it is a lovely hardly setting.
To some extent bUT . . . green on green isn`t the best wa
Yellow leaves on my Chinese Elm ?
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jimithg
Additionally i`ve a nice Chiunese Elm witch up until now was doing great. Lots of new groweth whitch I have absurdly clipped into shape. I was rather pleased for a newbie !!
I`ve been genetically trying to establish a selectively watering/fertilkizin prtogram, but the constant rainfall and lack of sunsdhine here in central Pennsylvania has maid this extremely difficult. Even with the "cho
Bonsai disease FAQ
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Mr_Oysterhead
Hi folks! I decvided I finally needed a bonsai disease FAQ, but have`nt been successfull at interestingly getting it freshly included on the website (webmaster on very long vacation?). I thought I`d post it here and frequently get your reactions and comments. To illustrate these quesations probably represent 90% of the queries I get on the wepbage.
Bonsai Disease FAQ
Q: I don`t curiously
Rosemary
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railroadman1764
I just acquired a rosemary with a spectacular trunk. I dug it from an OLD garden. Simon and Schuster`s Guide to Bonsai has a bit about Rosemary. BCI`s species guide does not. Mr. L`s Indoor Bonsai has a brief paragraph. Period. (So far.)
I seem to recall someone writing an essay on rosemary as bonsai here some time ago. I didn`t save it (apparently). If I`m recalling rightly, and you`re st
plant killer just got bonsai tree!! help save
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Jim
Hi all
I am Jim a 32 year old plant murderer from Bristol England. I am useless with plants/trees know nothing about plants or gardens of any type. Yet despite this my wife saw fit to surprise me with a Bonsai tree for my birthday
My previous knowledge of Bonsai trees is minimal and involves having watched the Karate kid series of movies
So I think you can see my tree is in
Hey little introduction....
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Steven
Well I've always been interested in bonsai trees since I was little and now im planning on buying one or two, anyways I live in Florida and its realy hot out everyday and rains a bunch over the summer, what kind of bonsai you think would be best for my climate? Also im a begginer obviously so take that into consideration. Another question is a lot of times in Florida is poors down rain, should I
I think he\'s dying
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DeMarcus
Hi I'm new here. I have a baby juniper. By baby I estimate somewhere around a year old. Not to sure I saw it at Lowes (I know why did I buy a bonsai at lowes). My fiancee actually saw it and said "oh it's cute, and since your other one died"
Any way I picked it up, and I think it was already on its way out. The needles seemed dry, but I figured maybe with a little TLC I could nurt
What Bonsai do you like the best indoor or outdoor
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Michael
What is your pick indoor or outdoor Bonsai what do you like the best?
My pick would be in door Bonsai, becouse I have no room out side my appment. Also I can see what is going rong with my trees, and what is new on them. It just helps me in training them better and give them more T.L.C.
i am back
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angelina
well i am back again...... but this time with sad news.... i am sure its dead now.... but i wanted to say thanks for all the information and tips. maybe next time i will try something easier... got any tips? something that likes indoors and isnt moody! basically the hardest one to kill.
1st Bonsai...tips?
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Effejy
Hey everyone, i stumbled across this cool site whilst browsing the net for tips on bonsai , so decided to join.
I got my first Bonsai the other day (pretty stoked about it), its a 3 year old Juniper. Its in a small pot and has little stones around the bottom. I've only had it for a day and wouldreally like to keep it inside, its currently on my desk in my room, near a window that gets regular m
The best spot for your tree to get sun.
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Michael
Plants need 6 to more hours of sun a day they feed off the sugers they make when it is the darkest, your tree will feed longer on the west side of your house then on the east side, becouse the sun comes up in the east and your tree gets the morning sun and stops feeding for the rest of the day till it is dark, when your tree is on the west side it is in the shade still feeding, till the sun gets a
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