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109367 (January 1st, 2009 @ 5:13 am)

I just got one for x-mas, I am terrified that I'm going to kill it, how often should it be watered? Do I still have to prune it, cuz when I got it it is already a bonsai Juniper tree?

sayonarasama (December 27th, 2008 @ 11:17 pm)

Even though it's not "real" It looks great! :D

nokittymypotpi3 (December 27th, 2008 @ 7:05 am)

although your right zzzxppix you don't have to be rude about it. :C

zzzxppix (December 26th, 2008 @ 8:03 pm)

one thing that concerns me about this vid ... the soil ,, you dont use potting soil with a bonsai ... potting soil holds too much water and will rot the roots ... i also wonder if that juniper in the vid is still alive ??? id bet its dead ... its too bad ,, people now days just dont take the time to know what they are doing ... if you want to really have a bonsai tree ,, please read a book or two then join a club .. its the olny way to really understand what your doing and why ...

yzujq (December 20th, 2008 @ 11:58 pm)

lol, like a fake little tree, no wait, it is hahahah cool

blueparasaur (December 16th, 2008 @ 5:44 pm)

It's easy to make a bopnsai forest, just don't use this method. He didn't create a bonsai. He just pruned a junpier down and stuck it in a bonsai pot. For a forest use an odd number of thin straight trees or older seedlings. They should be trained correctly and they need to be added to the pot in a certain order. Too long to mention here. But Google "Bonsai forest" and you may get good directions. HTH

blueparasaur (December 16th, 2008 @ 5:41 pm)

NIce video, but thats not a bonsai. Biasa199, you need to do a little more reading before spreading your "knowledge."

boomminimanboom (December 10th, 2008 @ 4:27 am)

thanks lol this is awesome

wderwder (November 21st, 2008 @ 7:59 am)

Yes it is def easier to grow all the same trees but with proper lighting and water you can grow different ones. If you need anymore help iexploreracoons, just contact me.

wderwder (November 21st, 2008 @ 7:57 am)

That's not really true. If you just wired a bonsai it would eventually bend the wiring out the continue to grow. But training a bonsai is HARDY just wiring. You wire it, you trim the roots so it can't grow at such a rapid rate, and you cut/pinch back new growth. It is a constantly evolving art and an ABSOLUTE failure if you wanna go buy one and just throw it out on the patio.

taterm07 (November 10th, 2008 @ 5:59 am)

Seriously, google "how to bonsai tree" and read the first five sites that you find...not a very hard process, obviously all these people who are showing you how ignorant you are did it...so save us the aggravation of arguing with you and read up...and by the way the whole idea of bonsai trees is actually growing them to the desired shape/size, not going and picking out a huge tree and trying to make it tiny...

jptj24 (November 4th, 2008 @ 12:07 am)

You just have to select the trees you'll use, but choose the SAME trees,because if you choose different species, later on one will domain the others. Then you just have to plce them in a big pot and ttry to vary in the size and shape of the trees, finally you can hold them to the pot with some wire. Add some moss and it's finished.