Interview Contents

1:45 – Hobby? Art form? What exactly is bonsai?

2:50 – The elements of bonsai.

4:15 – Can any tree be a bonsai?

6:45 – Are these dwarf species of trees, or just regular trees you’ve confined.

10:15 – Growth and trauma.

11:30 – Pruning roots.

12:30 – The set up phase.

14:20 – Wiring.

16:00 – Pruning.

18:00 – How long is the first phase?

19:30 – Leaving wire on a tree.

20:50 – How often are you messing with your tree?

22:40 – What is considered good and bad bonsai?

26:25 – Do bonsai trees live as long as their big counterparts?

27:00 – The cost of old bonsai.

28:45 – Can you make bonsai’s out of basically everything? A redwood?

31:05 – Advice for getting started, and mistakes to avoid.

Links

Bonsai Reddit

Bonsai Nut