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Posted 9 years 2 months ago #14453
I bought this Juniper yesterday and don't know a lot about Bonsai but I want to learn. I was wondering if I should re-pot it or if the pot its in is fine now. Also there are a lot of rocks and I was wondering if that is ok for this plant.
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Posted 9 years 2 months ago #14454
Hi Brent - I would lose the rocks, see what the soil is like underneath, needs to be free draining and if in doubt change it, the pot it's in is OK for size until it has grown a good bit. It is not an indoor plant and must not be treated as such, needs to be outdoors now unless you are in really cold conditions, or keep in an unheated greenhouse until Spring

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Posted 9 years 2 months ago #14455

BrentB wrote: I bought this Juniper yesterday and don't know a lot about Bonsai


Sorry to say it man, but that's not a bonsai.
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Posted 9 years 2 months ago #14456
Ok thanks for the suggestion. I have it outside at the moment, I just had it inside because it was easier to take a picture
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Posted 9 years 2 months ago #14457
Really? Because I found the Japanese Juniper online and its almost a carbon copy
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Posted 9 years 2 months ago #14458

BrentB wrote: Really? Because I found the Japanese Juniper online and its almost a carbon copy


It is a juniper. That doesn't mean it is a bonsai. This is just a young cutting, without any bonsai characteristics, in a pot.
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Posted 9 years 2 months ago #14459
Yeah, i am afraid to add that people sell these things and call them bonsai in order to make more dosh.
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Posted 9 years 2 months ago #14460
Well that's lame. I guess I have more to learn than I thought. So how do you tell the difference between a real bonsai plant and something like this?
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Posted 9 years 2 months ago #14461
I mean, there are loads, but the main differences at a glance are that mallsai have no taper and have a truly poor branch structure.
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Posted 9 years 2 months ago #14462

BrentB wrote: Well that's lame. I guess I have more to learn than I thought. So how do you tell the difference between a real bonsai plant and something like this?


Bonsai is not a tree species, it is a set of techniques to develop suitable material into a miniaturized version of a real tree. The difference is that a bonsai looks like a tree, not like a year old cutting.
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