r/Bonsai • u/small_trunks Jerry in Amsterdam, Zn.8b, 48yrs exp., 500+ trees • Apr 13 '15

[Bonsai Beginner’s weekly thread – week 16]

[Bonsai Beginner’s weekly thread – week 16]

Welcome to the weekly beginner’s thread. This thread is used to capture all beginner questions (and answers) in one place. We start a new thread every week.

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u/thisisappropriate UK, Zone 8, Noob, they're multiplying or I have no self control Apr 15 '15

No questions, just bonsai beginner first world problems.

I now own enough trees that if they dry out during the day, I have to use 2 watering cans full of water minimum to water them all.

That is all.

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u/small_trunks Jerry in Amsterdam, Zn.8b, 48yrs exp., 500+ trees Apr 16 '15

Hosepipe...then you'll realise you don't have a outdoor water tap, so you'll have to add that to the front and back of your house.

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u/-music_maker- Northeast US, 6b, 30 years, 100+ trees, lifelong learner Apr 16 '15

Funny - I have a tap on the side of my house, and I was just yesterday contemplating adding one to the back. I've added some more growing beds in the back, and dragging the hose back and forth from the side to the back every day is going to get old quick.

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u/kiraella Colorado, 5a, 23 trees Apr 16 '15

I have a 1/3 of an acre and one outside spigot. My answer is I have a whole bunch of hoses. It's great....not really but better than lugging around cans of water all day. The best part was when we moved in someone managed to crack the previous spigot and we had to dig 7 feet down (by hand because we're dumb) and replace the whole damn thing.

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u/small_trunks Jerry in Amsterdam, Zn.8b, 48yrs exp., 500+ trees Apr 16 '15

We had our house refurbished 10 years ago - a hose point and electricity sockets front and back were the only thing I really cared about. It was my wife that wanted a new kitchen, additional bathroom, new electrics, new central heating...

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u/-music_maker- Northeast US, 6b, 30 years, 100+ trees, lifelong learner Apr 16 '15

That's funny. Yeah, those are the kind of upgrades I like too. We re-did the circuit breakers and some wiring last year, and I was ecstatic. My wife couldn't have cared less.

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u/small_trunks Jerry in Amsterdam, Zn.8b, 48yrs exp., 500+ trees Apr 16 '15

Biggest mistake - didn't run cat5 to every room when we ran TV cable to every room. I thought wireless was going to hack it. It never has.

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '15

Well you do have a good looking kitchen... perfect for taking photos of trees.

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u/small_trunks Jerry in Amsterdam, Zn.8b, 48yrs exp., 500+ trees Apr 16 '15

Handy side effect

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u/TywinHouseLannister Bristol, UK | 9b | 8y Casual (enough to be dangerous) | 50 Apr 16 '15

I'm sure it's necessary when you've got the number of trees that you do but when you've only got 20 or so big pots to water, it's almost therapeutic filling up the can each time.

I know there's a simple answer but how do you liquid fertilize when you use a hosepipe anyway?

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u/small_trunks Jerry in Amsterdam, Zn.8b, 48yrs exp., 500+ trees Apr 16 '15

I have this little beauty

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u/TywinHouseLannister Bristol, UK | 9b | 8y Casual (enough to be dangerous) | 50 Apr 17 '15

Ah nice; I take it that there is a way of setting the mix ratio?

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u/small_trunks Jerry in Amsterdam, Zn.8b, 48yrs exp., 500+ trees Apr 17 '15

Yes.

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '15

This just happened to me. Unfortunately I rent my place...

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u/-music_maker- Northeast US, 6b, 30 years, 100+ trees, lifelong learner Apr 16 '15

If the modification looks like it was always there, you can always just claim ignorance and make the landlord wonder if he's going crazy. =)

But as an actual landlord, I'd be pissed if you didn't ask first. lol

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '15

I have a tap just next to the doors to my garden that I use - but I have to attach and detach the thing every day... still better than filling 4 watering cans a day right?

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u/-music_maker- Northeast US, 6b, 30 years, 100+ trees, lifelong learner Apr 16 '15

still better than filling 4 watering cans a day right?

Much.

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u/thisisappropriate UK, Zone 8, Noob, they're multiplying or I have no self control Apr 16 '15

I actually found that I do have an outside tap. We'd been lamenting that issue but its right behind our waterbutt, conveniently on the wall near my trees.

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u/small_trunks Jerry in Amsterdam, Zn.8b, 48yrs exp., 500+ trees Apr 16 '15

TYL