Starting to grow Bonsai Trees from seed - any hints plse?

I have decided to start a new hobby, of growing Bonsai Trees. I have bought a starter kit that has different seeds in, and it comes with soil, pots and full instructions. I was just wondering if anyone could give me any useful hints and tips, also any what-not-to-do's as well.|||Let the trees mature before you start cutting away material, and then limit it to the smallest amount cut off possible each time you do cut. If you grow bonsai, then you'll probably want to shape them later in their life. Don't get carried away feeding them either. With that small of a root system, it's super easy to burn the plants to death with fertilizers. Instead try mixing Miracle-Gro at 1/4 strength, and misting the surface of the plant like once every 3 or 4 weeks. Put a rain guage in the pot when you water them and make sure they're getting enough water. I'm not sure what they need, but I wouldn't think it would be more than 1/2 an inch of water a week at most. Try to make sure the pots are set up so they drain properly. If the excess water can't get out, the roots will rot while they're alive.|||All you've bought are some regular tree seeds.Bonsais are not special varieties of dwarf trees. Its the pruning of roots and branches that makes the bonsai tree.Ok some trees are better suited (small leaf types)


You will have to wait a long time before you get anything like a bonsai looking tree.I'd go to a garden centre or tree nursery and look for a small tree or shrub with tiny leaves and start training that instead. Pick one that looks bent or distorted.


Then get a good book on bonsai.


When training them the roots need to be kept pruned at least once a year.The top needs to be selectively pruned to shape and also wired if desired, to train the tree to grow to the shape you want.


Use bonsai soil, don't overwater and feed with a fertilizer with chelated iron in it.Stand the pot in a dish of gravel and water to create humidity.


Stand it outside in the summer.Remember its a tree, not a house plant|||Don't bother with seed (it takes to long).


Get a good book or look on net ,there is some good sites for bonsai cultivation, also you can visit a garden centre.


I started by going to a bonsai centre and buying some bonsai starter plants for less than a quid each. that was twenty years ago and I still have those original trees and there not much bigger than 18 inches in height.


(good luck)|||It is hard to grow bonsai from seed.





This website will give you some basic information on Bonsai Care http://www.bonsai-garden.com/





Additionally there are a series of bonsai related articles that address specific issues growers of bonsai deal with http://www.bonsai-garden.com/bonsai-arti鈥?/a>





Goodluck!|||just don,t expect any big returns