Yes they can very well grow if they are replanted on ground. Pankaj
On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 12:50 PM, Madhuri Raut <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > -- *********************************************** "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Research Associate Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project Department of Habitat Ecology Wildlife Institute of India Post Box # 18 Dehradun - 248001, India
