Indoor Bonsai For Beginners: Selection * Care * Training [Paperback]

Werner Busch (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 30, 1997

Don’t buy a scrawny, mass-produced bonsai tree from the shopping mall. Grow your own by cooperating with its natural growth direction as you sculpt it into its greatest potential beauty. Learn how to pick a specimen, how to estimate its age, and how and when to replace the soil, plus tips on techniques, containers, and combating pests. All aspects of daily care are covered.

Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: Sterling (June 30, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0706375831
• ISBN-13: 978-0706375831
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,108,652 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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82 of 85 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is my Bonsai trees' best friend., June 24, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Indoor Bonsai For Beginners: Selection * Care * Training (Paperback)

I would recommend this book to every first time bonsai owner. I'm sure that if my current trees could speak, they would thank me for reading this book prior to making my bonsai selection. My first bonsai tree did not fair so well. It appears I did everything wrong the first time around. First I selected an out door tree for an indoor garden. I did not know when to trim the tree or how to fertilize. I thought all bonsai needed the same care guidelines. I was very wrong and the tree died.

I love the section on individual tree care. Now when I find a bonsai that I love, I just pull out my copy of Indoor Bonsai for Beginners: Selection, Care, Training, and find out if the tree will thrive in the location I have available. If not, I do the tree a favor and leave it for someone who has the proper location.

Thanks to this book I know which trees will fair well in an office window with only the morning sun. I know to have a drip tray, sprayer and other supplies waiting for the trees to arrive. I know to find out when the bonsai was last transplanted and fertilized. This book is definitely my Bonsai Trees' best friend and a MUST READ for anyone thinking about owning a bonsai. Just do your tree a favor and read it before you make your tree selection.

29 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good introductory indoor bonsai book, February 6, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Indoor Bonsai For Beginners: Selection * Care * Training (Paperback)

As stated in the title this book is about indoor bonsai, or more precisely how to grow and maintain tropical bonsai indoors. It doesn't contain much info on non tropical species, which are more appropriate to growing outdoors. There are many beautiful pictures that will inspire the beginning bonsai artist to create masterpieces of their own. Highly recommended beginners book.

18 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Indoor Bonsai for Beginners, June 19, 2000

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Alberto D Gomez - See all my reviews

This review is from: Indoor Bonsai For Beginners: Selection * Care * Training (Paperback)

This is an excelent book about indoor bonsai. I've been buying books looking for tips in selection,care and training of indoor bonsais but most of the authors insist that this is an outdoor activity. In Indoor Bonsai for Beginners I found helpful information and a lot of pictures and drawings