my bonsai tree!
its not a seed

To grow your bonsai bigger it needs optimal growing conditions. A free draining soil will help a lot, this is what basic bonsai soil does. You should fertilize it at half reccomended strenght every 2 weeks, go for a high nitrogen fert in the spring, balanced fert through the summer, and low nitrogen in fall. The more light the better, look into getting a desktop lamp with the bendy neck and stick a 40W or higher compact florescent bulb in there then place the lamp 2-4 inches from the top of the tree, also get a plug in timer and run it for 16hrs on 8hrs off. During late spring, summer, and early fall, if at all possible put it outside, it will get way better lighting outdoors than you can provide inside. Get a shallow tray fill it with gavel, put water in the tray but don’t fill over the gravel, put your pot on top of the gravel, make sure the pot doesn’t touch the water, this will help with humidity. Besides that don’t prune it for a while, just let it grow…good luck

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I like the look of pine trees, and would like one as an indoor bonsai, but they don’t do well inside. I have researched a little and found that rosemary, wormwood, and southernwood can be grown as tree-like bonsai. Has anyone had luck with these, or could anyone suggest a better plant for me to grow inside? Any help would be appreciated.

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Im planning on buying bonsai seeds and i want to know if i should fertilize. Im a beginner at bonsai growing and i could use all the help i can get. Thanks

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what are the best type of banzai trees to grow from seed? and by tht i mean best lookin, easiest to handle, etc.

Ficus benjamina, commonly known as the Weeping Fig or Benjamin’s Fig, is a species of fig tree, native to south and southeast Asia and Australia.

I dont know much about them, but ive been doing some research and would like to know a bit more from somebody who has some experience. i work in an office (cubicle village) and was wondering if there are any beginner (indoor) varieties that would do well under flourecent lights, as i am not close to the window, but i do have a good supply of florecent lighting in my cube. I am looking to start with something simple and work my way up, however i dont know if the environment that i am in could support such a tree… any help is appreciated
will a juniper or flowering white jasmine do ok under a plain floruecent?

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Plz tell me the process of selecting, planting & growing bonsai tree. Which common trees are good for making a bonsai? & where can i buy it in punjab?

ANY tree can be made into a bonsai.

If you want to keep your tree inside all year round, then select a tropical variety, which will be able to live inside, without winter dormancy.

Usually people buy bonsai "starts" - young saplings - from a nursery or greenhouse. But if you can find the seeds, certainly it’s possible to grow your own from "scratch".

I was clearing out my bedroom when I found some bonsai seeds that I have not used yet. How do I plant them so that im sure they will grow as im not much of a plant person. Plants that I grow seem to die on me! Please help. And any additional information about bonsai trees you think I should know would be great! Thanks

No such thing as "bonsai seeds". Sorry. Stock for bonsai are almost never grown from seed.

Bonsai is an artform that involves strict pruning and training. One starts with a cutting of a preferred tree - certain varieties of juniper are most common. The tree is dwarfed by root and leaf pruning, and it’s shape is controlled by structural wires.

If you want to try keeping a bonsai, your best best is to actually buy one that’s already started and learn to tend it.

I was clearing out my bedroom when I found some bonsai seeds that I have not used yet. How do I plant them so that im sure they will grow as im not much of a plant person. Plants that I grow seem to die on me! Please help. And any additional information about bonsai trees you think I should know would be great! Thanks

No such thing as "bonsai seeds". Sorry. Stock for bonsai are almost never grown from seed.

Bonsai is an artform that involves strict pruning and training. One starts with a cutting of a preferred tree - certain varieties of juniper are most common. The tree is dwarfed by root and leaf pruning, and it’s shape is controlled by structural wires.

If you want to try keeping a bonsai, your best best is to actually buy one that’s already started and learn to tend it.

i have a medium sized tank with very heavily planted asian plants and japanese spinning wheel, and bonzai tree. currently i am cycling it and i am planning to put some zebra danios to quicken the cycle. what other types of asian fish are there?
can tiger barbs live with gouramis?
what would be the defference between asian theme tank and asian biotope tank?
Thanks

I don’t think a bonzai tree would survive in a tank. Unless you’re refering to a different type of plant, bonzai trees are terrestrial and would die submerged.

An asian theme is just asian-looking. Asian biotope is where everything in the tank is asian in origin. You can only use the type of plants that come from a certain region in Asia, and only fish, rocks, etc, that come from that same region. Biotopes tend to be healthier for fish, too, but it’s not necessary as long as basic needs are met.

Tigerbarbs may or may not manage with gouramis. Some gouramis are semi-aggressive, and some are shy. Semi-aggressive gouramis would be able to hold their own, but tiger barbs are very nippy and might stress a shy gourami.

Anyway, a betta fish would be suitable. They are from Thailand, but are common in Japan. They have the whole, lazy-but-gorgeous look to them.

Certain loaches are asian in origin, the Yoyo for example.
Barbs and danios, as you mentioned, are also Asian. Red-tailed sharks would be suitable, also.
Gouramis, Bettas, Rasboras, Loaches, Glass Catfish, Flying Fox (aka siamese algae eater).

See: http://fish.mongabay.com/biotope.htm for more ideas