Indoor Bonsai for Beginners Selection - Care - Training

by Busch, Werner

• ISBN13: 9781844033508
• ISBN10: 1844033503
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-02-01
• Publisher: Cassell

Summary

Creating beautiful, healthy bonsai is a wonderful skill that anyone can learn, with a little time, patience, and this all-inclusive manual. With color photos and drawings to illustrate the points, it introduces all the cultivation techniques; offers expert advice on location, soil types, watering, and pest control; and provides intricate instruction on training the bonsai--including pruning, wiring and stretching it. An A-to-Z guide of all the popular species showcases varieties that range from a flowering" Camellia Japonica, with its beautiful smooth stem, to an easy-to-care for Olive tree. Each entry gives some background on the plant, and includes suggestions for acquiring the bonsai and directions on how to position it in the room for best results.

Table of Contents

Why indoor bonsai?	6	(1)
Buying indoor bonsai trees	7	(3)
The origin of the plants	7	(1)
The quality of training	7	(1)
Age	7	(1)
Suitability as an indoor bonsai	8	(2)
Training an indoor bonsai tree	10	(22)
The structure of a bonsai	10	(5)
The bonsai container	10	(1)
Soil surface	10	(1)
Rootage	11	(1)
Trunk	11	(1)
Branches	12	(1)
Foliage	12	(2)
Flowers	14	(1)
The Japanese styles	15	(3)
Broom style	15	(1)
Upright style	15	(1)
Slanting style	16	(1)
Twin trunk style	16	(1)
Multiple trunk style	17	(1)
Raft style	17	(1)
Group or forest style	17	(1)
Cascade style	17	(1)
Literati style	18	(1)
Propagating a bonsai from seed	18	(4)
Shaping an upright tree without wire	20	(1)
Shaping an upright tree with wire	21	(1)
Propagating a bonsai from cuttings	22	(2)
Creating bonsais from young or pot plants	24	(2)
Training a pot plant	24	(2)
Seeds, cuttings or pot plants?	26	(2)
The mechanics of bonsai	28	(4)
Branch pruning	28	(1)
Root pruning	29	(1)
Wiring	30	(1)
Suspended wiring	31	(1)
Caring for your bonsai	32	(16)
Position	32	(2)
Light	32	(1)
Temperature	32	(1)
Humidity	33	(1)
Air flow	34	(1)
Soil	34	(4)
Soil mixes for bonsais	34	(2)
Planting a bonsai in its container	36	(1)
Changing the soil	36	(2)
Watering	38	(4)
To pour or to immerse?	38	(2)
Water quality	40	(2)
Feeding	42	(3)
Inorganic fertilizers	42	(1)
Slow-release fertilizers	42	(1)
Organic fertilizers	42	(3)
Pests and diseases	45	(3)
White fly	45	(1)
Spider mites	45	(1)
Scale insects	46	(1)
Mealy bugs	46	(1)
Greenfly	47	(1)
Fungi	47	(1)
A-Z of indoor bonsai species	48	(60)
Index	108