How to Grow Bonsai Trees : Tools Necessary for Bonsai Tree Care
Posted by admin on Aug 26, 2009
Learn what special tools you’ll need to get starting with the ancient Chinese art of bonsai care, in this free video.Expert: Mike Hansen Bio: Mike Hansen, owner of Midwest Bonsai, has been growing, caring, selling, and instructing others in bonsai care for years. Mike is an expert bonsai master.
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F.Y.I The broom is called a coco brush,and its not just used clean the outside of the pot its used to clean the top of soil in the pot and there are many other ways to use it when working on bonsai.
good video
good video
my goodness, please forgive me, I didn’t know that my ignorance offended you so much.
just trying to help!!!!
bonsai tools cost a bloody fortune if you want the proper stuff…You don’t NEED any of it…You can just get ordinary tools to do exactly the same job…Although the scissors having a cutting edge not a crushing edge is about all ya need..go dig in your dads tool kit.
I use the brush to clean off the dirt from the Nebari (surface roots that spread out)
I got my first bonsai at a mall. It came in a package and is in seed form. I think its called jack pine or pinus banksaina
I agree with leefyboodle. Not to be replicated in any way but i managed to do an entire shari on my jap maple using a screwdriver and a hammer. Tree survived.
To be honest, this is all you need to be in bonsai from the stuff he said, good branch cutters and some razor sharp scissors. The rest is really optional. Like for wire….. you can use other stuff you get for 5 bucks at the local hardware shop.
In your “more info” section, you say that Bonsai is Chinese. It is not. Bonsai is a Japanese art. The Chinese have a similar are, not as refined as Bonsai, called Penjing.
As for tools, concave cutters are essential. Japanese-made tools, pots and wire are far superior to Chinese or Korean.
actually, the art originated in China before influencing Japanese tradition.
yep that is correct
my bonsai tree is mature and its also pretty healthy and 4 a good bonsai u need…..
1.good sunlight from either east or west.
2.also wet the leaves because they grow greener.
3.trim the dead roots in 12 months or 16 months.
and hey i’m just a kid with a bonsai
i suggest a false cypress they r easier to take care of.
In the video is Mike Hansen of MBP Bonsai Studio in Pflugerville TX. He is one of the top Bonsai professionals in the world.
? kind of tree?
actually, believe it or not, the act of dwarfing trees originated in egypt long before china or japan… the chinese how ever picked up on this art and called it penjing- tree in a small pot, then the art carried on throughout asia and was known as bonsai by the japanese……
U r an idiot
OK I HAVE A QUESTION i found some random baby tree in my backyard, so i put it in a bonsai pot, with potting soil, and cut a third of the length of the roots off,,, so for the first month or two can it live in potting soil
wont needle nose plyers replace half of those?
This is true. My first few years in bonsai when I was young and broke, I got by with a garden pruner and an electrician’s wire cutter for the wire. You should buy bonsai wire, though — electric wire from the hardware store cost just as much as bonsai wire and the bonsai wire works better.
can u get those “bonsai sisscors” at any local garden place?
No. Large nurseries that carry bonsai trees might have them, but generally you have to either go to a bonsai nursery, or buy them online. My bonsai club has a guy who has a Joshua Roth franchise, and I get all my tools from him.
I have a needle nose pliers in my bonsai tool box, but the answer to your question is, no it won’t. I use the needle nose pliers to bend wire on occasion, and sometimes to strip bark for a jin or shari, but that’s about it.
yeah probably – any with a bonsai section or bonsai plants