Starting out with Bonsai for 5 USD?

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@jameslangschied7900 Ай бұрын

What most people don't understand about bonsai trees is the amount of time and care that is put into creating these works of art. I have one tropical tree that is 66 years old. I bought the very stout tree in 1993 from a man who had been growing it in Florida for 35 years. For almost 32 years, I have watered it daily, rewired many times, repotted many times, pinched it, talked to it, admired it, and bragged about it. So, if you create a bonsai tree and take care of it, expect that it will outlive you and your children. And maybe even your grandchildren.

@BonsaiBlissVN Ай бұрын

The bonsai is very beautiful and you are very skillful.

@bonsaiempire Ай бұрын

Many many thanks

@hvbonsai85 Ай бұрын

outstandingly beautiful tree

@bonsaiempire Ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@sushrutpathy3171 Ай бұрын

Love it!

@bonsaiempire Ай бұрын

Thanks!!

@mcbabs7495 Ай бұрын

Un grand merci pour la vidéo!

@9daywonda Ай бұрын

Brilliant.

@ilovemysweeties Ай бұрын

This is an excellent channel 👌🏼💋👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼

@bonsaiempire Ай бұрын

Glad you think so!

@spbeckman Ай бұрын

The expensive part of bonsai isn't the plants, soil, or pots, but the daily care. By daily, I mean every day with no exception. The soil behavior needed to train the roots means care is needed in watering. You can't just have a drip line, since the entire soil bed needs water. Perhaps there is an automated means of doing this but it isn't a simple setup. A 10 year old bonsai, which is just beginning to look good, was hand watered for 10 minutes every day for 365 days, totalling 36500 minutes, which is 608 hours, or 25 days. If your paid minimum wage, $15 per hour in some places, that's $9,125. If you figure the time for general care, a 10 year old bonsai represents around $12,000 in labor. Then you go on vacation for a week, leave it with your brother-in-law, and he kills it by not watering.

@bonsaiempire Ай бұрын

Thanks for your comment! Makes sense indeed, and sometimes I wonder about the value added by just standard maintenance in those old Japanese bonsai nurseries... But this being my hobby, I dont really want to put a price on my time watering the trees (it should almost be the other way around haha). Would I be a trader, this calculation would make sense (though i wouldn't take 10 minutes to water a tree, more like 30 seconds) and I'd have to focus on far more valuable trees to make my time worthwhile :)

@spbeckman Ай бұрын

@bonsaiempire I agree the timing does vary. If the plants are in the kitchen it takes less time than needing to walk to the garden and add other steps in the process. When I see these ancient trees, I realize that they were touched by someone daily for 100+ years. It is amazing.

@swissjamonigrowchannel8708 Ай бұрын

Im currently in my 4th year of doing a japanese cherry tree bonsai. And it grows very well im getting slowly where i want but i have 1 problem even if i use soft steel to bend the branches in spring i can see little marks after 3-4 months in

@bonsaiempire Ай бұрын

Ah I see - well remove the wire before it starts to bite in. And then you can rewire (making sure you don't coil the wire like you did previously - you can counter the movement, or just lay the wire a few milimeters sidewards to make sure you dont wire the same way again). Hope this makes sense!

@swissjamonigrowchannel8708 Ай бұрын

@@bonsaiempireThank you very much i will try that❤