September 2008

A New Day to Grow Bonsai - New Cuttings

Day 4 for my olive cuttings. Here’s a shot of them so you can see them at the start:

They are in coarse gravel and I’ve been changing water every morning. Cutting still seem like they’re happy though I may have still cut them a little too woody.
I know I had some pussy willows [...]

Starting Over to Grow Bonsai From a Cutting

Well, trip is over and my cuttings didn’t make it.  Sad to come home and see the leaves on the counter.  At least I found out what kind of tree I was trying to root - pineapple guava.  Bottom line is that it means my first effort to grow bonsai from a cutting didn’t work, [...]

Grow Bonsai With Me from Day One

Never being one to do things in a small way, learning to grow bonsai has proved to be no different. 
It all started innocently enough - I overheard two people talking in the bookstore about how much fun they were having with their bonsai hobbies.  (I am an eavesdropper - I like to hear what people [...]