Thank you Pankajji. Just one question. If we plant these Bonsais in the ground again do they again grow normally? Regards Bhagyashri
On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 5:24 PM, Dr Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > Yes you were given a perfect wrong answer. > For Bonsai they never put chemicals to make it short. > Its just the maintenance of roots and twigs to keep it within the > limitation of nutrition in the pot. > I remember once during my MSc exam I was asked, "isnt making bonsai is > like torturing plants?" and my answer was "no, its a means of ex-situ > conservation of some important large as well as small plants. Japnese > excelled it to decorate their gardens, but they excelled in > maintaining some plants which we cant even work in ground.". To me its > same as cutting a child's hair to make him look more civilized :). But > trust me, if the world looses all its natural trees from its natural > environment, then Bonsai is the only option when we can maintain them > and see them. > Pankaj > > > > On Aug 20, 2:29 pm, Madhuri Raut <[email protected]> wrote: > > Respected members, > > > > I always wanted to know what exactly is Bonsai after I was introduced to > > this topic many years ago. It was told to me that it is done by injecting > > some chemicals to stunt the growth of plants. This put me into total > > aversion to Bonsaii. How can one go against Nature? Is this not cruelty > to > > plants? Is this ethical and many such questions have lingered in my mind > > till today and it pains me. > > > > Was I given the wrong information?. I do not want to find on the net to > get > > incomplete information. > > Can someone throw light on this subject and give me the correct > information. > > It would help me to put my mind at peace if it is otherwise. > > > > Regards > > Bhagyashri >
