No mam, they wont become pot bond. they have to be maintained but pruning the roots as well as branches and its not matter of years but every year you have to do this to maintain the plant live, or it can break the pot too and once the pot is full of roots then obviously there is no nutrition inside... Pankaj
On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 8:40 PM, promila chaturvedi <thegardener.chaturv...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dr. Kumar, > I want to know that after remaining in pot for few years, they will not > become pot bound? > Promila > On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 12:50 PM, Madhuri Raut <itii...@gmail.com> 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 <sahanipan...@gmail.com> >> 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 <itii...@gmail.com> 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) Conservation Officer Flora Conservation Department Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong email: pku...@kbfg.org sahanipan...@gmail.com pankajsah...@rediffmail.com Phone: +852 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:30pm) +852 5431 6094 (mobile)
