I’ve seen the picture of an apple bonsai tree with a single apple on it and I want to know how that happened.
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I’m no expert by any stretch but from what I know, bonsai trees can be any type of tree that is trimmed correctly. Basically you just keep trimming the tree as it grows and keep it at a low height with few branches. Even though you’re keeping it small it still matures as a tree so if it’s an apple tree then it can still grow apples if the branches are strong enough to hold one.
A gold fish grows to the size of it’s bowl. With bonzia trees you just have an imaginary bowl around the tree that the prune when ever anything reaches that limit, the tree still lives a happy life in it’s tiny bowl, and can even do everything a normal “goldfish” does like make apples.
Im not sure either but i got 2 Japanese maple seedlings that i want to turn i to bonsai… so following.
Bonsai just means potted tree or potted plant. People create bonsai trees to mimic the look of full sized trees. They do this by limiting the tree’s growth to keep it from growing too quickly and too large. There are many aspects to creating a bonsai tree but the main feature is just a standard tree, and a small pot. From there it’s about keeping the tree small, but looking like a minature tree. By pruning the tree’s leaves, branches, and roots, combined with wiring the branches to form a specific shape, the look of a large adult tree can be created.
The tree is limited in how far it can grow, its roots can’t spread and its branches are pruned. The tree still matures, it still becomes an adult organism, but it never reaches its adult size, mainly because the lack of roots and leaves stop it from getting enough nutrients from growing that big.
The apple is its offspring, and isn’t so limited. The tree still has a tough time getting the resources needed, likely why there was only one apple, but as far as the cells at that branch tip are concerned it’s a normal adult tree making a normal apple, which is therefore full sized.
Think of it like an amputee; an amputee who’s lost all four limbs is going to have a child with all of its body parts, they won’t be smaller than a normal baby and they won’t be missing bits.
Did that apple bonsai actually grow that apple though? Even among bonsai trees, that thing was tiny and the trunk was almost the size of the pot it was in. Couldn’t it just as easily been a cutting that already had a healthy apple growing on it?
Something that is often over looked is that the roots are also routinely trimmed. The tap root is removed, and the “soil” is a mixture of inorganic materials. They are very sensitive and require a lot of maintenance and care to keep it alive. They can get infections and are highly susceptible to to other contagions. They can be healthy looking one day and be completely dead the next. Much respect for those that have the time, patients and expertise to create and care for these beautiful specimens.
It is literally just a tree that is strategically pruned to have an organized look and stay compact.
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-stuff-you-should-know-26940277/episode/how-bonsai-works-29467391/
A whole podcast on it of info here
The bonsai tree is a stunted tree grow to resemble a large tree in miniature. They are planted in sand and given only the bare minimum of nutrients and water need to grow. Because there is no soil to hold nutrients and water it requires careful and watchful gardening.
The bonsai in karate kid is actually a great metaphor for how Mr Miyagi trains Daniel.
To shape a bonsai one must imagine the way you want the tree to grow, and make cuts and add nutrients to make it real. When you cut a plant it does not die, instead it tends to grow stronger there. Plants that are tossed about by winds grow stronger roots, and firmer branches. Cut off one branch. Two take it it’s place. Where the plant finds water or sun, it grows towards these.
To train Daniel, he must assess the boy and see his potential, then plan his “cuts” and “nutrient” rewards to guide his growth, until he becomes the final product that was envisioned. Each task is meant to “cut” his body in a specific way, so that he will be stronger in those ways. With rewards, he show Daniel that Mr. Miyagi’s path is good, and should be continued.
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