{"id":827,"date":"2010-04-20T10:22:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-20T02:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.happybonsai.com\/?p=827"},"modified":"2010-04-20T10:22:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-20T02:22:00","slug":"my-bonsai-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happybonsai.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/20\/my-bonsai-land\/","title":{"rendered":"My Bonsai Land"},"content":{"rendered":"

On top of my bonsai rack, I have also rented a piece of land to grow more bonsai trees.\u00a0 Teacher Wong always says that one is truly\u00a0 a bonsai artist only when she knows how to cultivate a seedling or a cutting into a beautiful bonsai tree from ground zero.\u00a0 And the best way to acquire this knowledge is by doing it herself.<\/p>\n

While I have a very packed schedule and know that this is a long-time commitment, I couldn’t resist but rented a piece of land in the bonsai workshop and turned a new page in my bonsai world.<\/p>\n

Trees grow much faster when they are rooted in the ground.\u00a0 By growing the trees in the ground, not only can I\u00a0 grow my bonsai trees faster, but I can also grow my trees into whatever styles I want them to be in a much shorter time.\u00a0 And once the tree has grown large enough (around 80% of the size I intend to grow the tree into)\u00a0 and more or less into the bonsai style I want, I can then pot the bonsai tree into a bonsai pot, and work on the pruning and training of the smaller branches, foliage, and details.<\/p>\n

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This is how my 10 ft x 10 ft land looked like before I started.\u00a0 It is covered with a piece of black cloth to prevent weeds from growing.<\/p>\n

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Plowing is tough, laborious work, and I am very happy that I have got Yik to help.<\/p>\n

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After all the lifting, turning over, and pulverizing the soil, we add a big block of peat moss and sand for good water retention, high air capacity, and good drainage.<\/p>\n

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After more plowing and mixing, we stored the extra soil mix in bags and covered up the land with the black cloth again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On top of my bonsai rack, I have also rented a piece of land to grow more bonsai trees.\u00a0 Teacher Wong always says that one is truly\u00a0 a bonsai artist only when she knows how to cultivate a seedling or a cutting into a beautiful bonsai tree from ground zero.\u00a0 And the best way to … <\/p>\n

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