Re: Pachypodium pruning: suggestions are welcome
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2022 1:47 pm
Well, somebody here grumbled quite a while ago that we with Pachypodiums should read books about "how to grow & care for bonsai".
So I have had a look at half a dozen such books at least, plus a couple of online-publications & you-tube-films. About 2working days lecture & looking! They all say,
* where you can buy plants to become bonsais or already bonsai (usually the online-guys advertise for selling or let other companies advertise),
* that you should definitely cut your bonsai,
* that you should do it frequently, e.g. on a weekly basis (how can it grow faster that you shear it, then?!),
* that there are standard forms which are described in detail,
* that there are special pots to be used -- shallow and with a special "oriental" look (the online-guys often advertise for them or let other companies advertise),
* which tools you should use (the online-guys next to always advertise for them or let other companies advertise),
* often you get book + tools in one, sometimes including a plant, and those packages are no savings packages at all.
There are gazillions of publications -- printed, online, films!
So obviously this is a real market for plants, books, pots & tools, where you can earn real money.
BUT
* they never-ever said anywhere HOW to cut a bonsai!!!
So, I am fed up with those bonsai guys and won't look at their books anymore. To much effort, no outcome at all.
This winter I am going to cut my Pachy. sukkulentum. Finally. Without any bonsais in my mind, but just as I cut my roses: "With a sharp knife and a cool mind" recommended a city gardener of my home town. And I am going to do it as with my Crassula-mini-trees: I am going to place it on a stool & circle it before doing anything, and circle it while cutting. That's it.
N.
So I have had a look at half a dozen such books at least, plus a couple of online-publications & you-tube-films. About 2working days lecture & looking! They all say,
* where you can buy plants to become bonsais or already bonsai (usually the online-guys advertise for selling or let other companies advertise),
* that you should definitely cut your bonsai,
* that you should do it frequently, e.g. on a weekly basis (how can it grow faster that you shear it, then?!),
* that there are standard forms which are described in detail,
* that there are special pots to be used -- shallow and with a special "oriental" look (the online-guys often advertise for them or let other companies advertise),
* which tools you should use (the online-guys next to always advertise for them or let other companies advertise),
* often you get book + tools in one, sometimes including a plant, and those packages are no savings packages at all.
There are gazillions of publications -- printed, online, films!
So obviously this is a real market for plants, books, pots & tools, where you can earn real money.
BUT
* they never-ever said anywhere HOW to cut a bonsai!!!
So, I am fed up with those bonsai guys and won't look at their books anymore. To much effort, no outcome at all.
This winter I am going to cut my Pachy. sukkulentum. Finally. Without any bonsais in my mind, but just as I cut my roses: "With a sharp knife and a cool mind" recommended a city gardener of my home town. And I am going to do it as with my Crassula-mini-trees: I am going to place it on a stool & circle it before doing anything, and circle it while cutting. That's it.
N.