I decided to get a tree and be hands on because after watching maybe 50+ hours of YouTube videos and reading some beginner books I wanted to see up close and personal what one of these trees look like.Īnd than you bought this. The reason I want to re pot it is because when I water it I can see the soil has absorbed as much as it can but the water is not irrigating out of the bottom hole. I also water it once a day, and keep a chopstick in the pot to determine the moisture of the soil. The plant is kept outdoors, getting a lot of sun, it is under some bigger trees so its not directly under the suns rays. I would like to use this plant to employ methods that I am learning. I do not intend for this plant to be a staple in my collection or for it to be the perfect bonsai. Like other art forms such as oil or acrylic or even modeling, I never learned as much as I could off of videos.
The garden section of this super store was the perfect place to get a cheap plant, feel it in my hands, see what shape, movement, style, ramification, taper, nebari, and other characteristics look like in real life. I decided to get a tree and be hands on because after watching maybe 50+ hours of YouTube videos and reading some beginner books I wanted to see up close and personal what one of these trees look like. Hopefully I can save it and have it brighten my day when I leave for work in the mornings. I know I may have done a horrible job with this, but on the bright side it was in some pretty bad conditions in the super store and was probably bound to die anyway. It is currently in a 3 1/2 gallon nursery pot with some stale nursery soil. I would like to know what size pot I should be looking for. Also I went ahead and did some pruning of the undergrowth and plan on re-potting and wiring this plant. It was labeled as a ficus but it does not match with other pictures of ficus trees I have seen. I need help identifying this tree I purchased at a superstore with a garden section. I did a little bit of research online, and have decided to get my hands dirty and begin working with some trees. after a visit to Orlando Florida's Epcot, I became come quite interested in the art of bonsai after seeing some on display.