Bonsai Supplies…Make or Break?
With the wealth of information available to do with growing Bonsai trees, the novice can be quite overwhelmed. That may lead to you throwing your hands in the air and putting it in the too hard basket! However it is not as complicated as it seems. Start with a good reliable source of Bonsai supplies and jump in the water is fine!
Growing truly beautiful and long lasting Bonsai is more than a skill it’s an art. But before you can become a master of the art you must learn the skills. Using good quality supplies is a necessary crucial step in applying the skills you will learn, to achieve the best results. If your Bonsai supplies are not up to par, then you are behind the eight ball before you even start.
With good supplies on available, whether that be fertiliser, soil mix, tools or whatever you will be able to concentrate on the job at hand without the supplies hampering the outcome. That’s one area of Bonsai growing that is taken care of.
Proper or good supplies means simply Bonsai tools and other supplies that are of good quality and appropriate for the task to be performed. You would not want your tree to suffer because you had soil that did not drain well or shears that are blunt and rusty.
You may think that it is not that important but I bet your plants would disagree with you.
Now this is not to suggest that unless you have on hand everything that is available in Bonsai supplies, you will fail to achieve a beautiful result. What you need most is the desire and patience to learn the skills, then practice those skills over time until you have mastered the art.
You will have failures that will dismay you, but you will have successes that will outweigh those times. Those successes along with the sheer pleasure of nurturing a Bonsai tree from just a tree to a fully fledged Bonsai is what will keep you going.
Your Bonsai supplies will then be just another addition to your library of knowledge on the subject. When someone then asks you about Bonsai, you will have had the experience of success and failure to pass on your knowledge with the authority of one who knows.
Rick Lasslett on August 2nd 2008 in Home