Bonsai Supplies….the Secret to Better Bonsai?
At first it can be off-putting with the amount of information found on growing Bonsai trees. This can lead the new-comer to thinking it’s all too hard and giving up. But this would be a mistake because one simple secret is to have available some good quality Bonsai supplies and GO FOR IT!
Its more than just a skill to grow beautiful ongoing Bonsai, its an artform. But need to learn those skills before you can call yourself a master of the art. One of the necessary steps in the process is to use supplies that are of good quality. If your supplies are inferior it wont help your efforts to achieve the results you’re aiming for.
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.
I am not suggesting for a moment that a beautiful result hinges on you having the best of everything on hand and ready to go. It does help, but what is more important is the practising of the techniques over time. If you want to learn then you can learn and over time you will master 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.
August 04 2008 | Gardening | No Comments »