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Anonymous Mon Jul 28 15:42:54 2014 No.12304585 [Reply] [Original]

Is Bonsai Otaku?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 28 15:48:53 2014 No.12304595 File: 1.49 MB, 243x171, 1387314083487.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] bonsai look like small trees!

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 28 15:56:53 2014 No.12304616 File: 46 KB, 413x244, 1325966539524.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12304595

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 28 16:20:43 2014 No.12304668 File: 29 KB, 288x216, squishGray.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Not just trees but cats too!

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 28 16:37:39 2014 No.12304708 File: 379 KB, 716x896, 624923af4b4a8ae3ac888712bce4abe8.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I take it you mean real bonsai trees, not "bonsai" potted cactus?

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>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 28 17:16:06 2014 No.12304793 hell yeah! where the potted cactus otaku at?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 28 17:24:47 2014 No.12304810 >>12304793 Every shop that sells household junk to the university students, seems like. Makes sense, I guess, since the things don't really take any effort to take care of, unlike the real bonsai trees which obviously need skilled pruning etc.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 28 17:32:31 2014 No.12304822 My mom wants to grow a bonsai tree. When I told her it takes a lot of maintenance she didn't really believe me. She barely takes care of her cacti and she also bought an orchid at some point and was surprised that it died.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 28 18:46:53 2014 No.12305002 >>12304793 I love potted cacti. I started collecting them when I was in highschool and have maybe 20 at various places in my apartment right now. I really like the ones that have long, fierce needles and that look like they want to kill you.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 28 19:08:16 2014 No.12305057 I've sorta wanted to start carrying for a bonsai tree, but I don't know where to start. Does /jp/ have any good reading material on them and their care, or any advice?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 28 19:15:30 2014 No.12305076 >>12305002 >I really like the ones that have long, fierce needles and that look like they want to kill you. grim dude. I'm partial to the short ones that tend to be covered in shorter and less fearsome spines. I think they make really cool patterns.

Anonymous Mon Jul 28 19:20:51 2014 No.12305091
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I got my mother a $300 dollar bonsai tree for her birthday.

She took great care of it, then when summer came around she put it outside.

She'd read somewhere that was a good idea, and it can be apparently, if the tree is given time to acclimate.

The guy who grew the tree told me that it shouldn't have been left out for any longer than 10 minutes the first day it was outside, and from there my mother should have slowly increased the time to an hour, and then several hours.

She left it out for several hours from the start, and the tree fried. Then she probably over-watered it, damaging its roots.

I returned the tree to the guy who made it. He's had it for weeks now, and although he tells me that the tree is still clinging to life it hasn't been making any progress.

tl;dr don't put your fucking bonsai trees outdoors, and don't over-water them

Anonymous Mon Jul 28 23:54:40 2014 No.12305867

>>12305057

bonsai4me and this page
http://www.evergreengardenworks.com/bonsaip.htm
are a great place to start, I'm told.

>>12305091
Most bonsai must be outdoor - they will never grow properly without sunlight and fresh air, despite their size. There are indoor bonsai but they're no fun

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 28 23:56:58 2014 No.12305874 >>12305867 Thanks for the link. I'll check it out.

Anonymous Tue Jul 29 01:27:03 2014 No.12306055
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Bonsai trees remind me of the movie Karate Kid, it brings back nice memories. Do you have to constantly trim bonsai in order for it to thrive properly, or is it just for aesthetics?

It makes me wonder how Yuuka would tend to bonsai, maybe she wouldn't want to clip the branches because it seems cruel.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 29 01:27:45 2014 No.12306056 >>12304585 Too much work for too little return.

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