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I’ve been learning about Bonsai from Nigel Saunders on YouTube for a few years now. This spring I finally started trying to do some propagation. Love it, great
by erikpukinskis 7y ago
I’ve been learning about Bonsai from Nigel Saunders on YouTube for a few years now. This spring I finally started trying to do some propagation.
Love it, great fun. The first year is tough though, there’s a lot of days where you’re just watering, no “fun stuff” to do, and everything looks basically the same as last week.
I expect after 12 months or so I’ll have enough plants in vigor to keep busy every week. Until then it’s a bit sporadic.
- mikekchar 7y agoOne of the best pieces of life advice I've seen was from Nigel. In the context of bonsai he said to grow a lot of trees. You prune the bonsai maybe once or twice a year and re-pot every 3 years or so. So maybe an hour of work a year for one tree: that's not a hobby :-) I've realised this is true for a lot of things. I used to worry that my home made cheese wouldn't turn out. But if it doesn't turn out well, I will need to make it again.... and cheese making is my hobby! What wondrous luck ;-) WRT the original question, it doesn't matter what you do. If you want it to be your hobby, then do a lot of it and have fun :-)
- erikpukinskis 7y agoFor sure. I have 150+ plants after six months. I expect to lose half of them by next summer. If I am lucky I will have pruning/repotting work every weekend by then! Cuttings are great in that respect because you only have to pay for soil! And I stay busy building cheap training boxes from scrap wood.