Bonsai

[serloco]

Many years ago I fell in love with trees and plants. I discovered the art of bonsai and went to work. I went to school for horticulture and started planting everything i could find. I filled the school greenhouses with my own plants and many teachers even came to me with questions on growing. I learned a lot but the greatest thing i learned was that plants thrive when you give them love. I talked to my plants but didnt have much of an ear to listen. Many trees were reluctant to communicate as men have treated trees poorly. I, however, made friends with many of them. 

Since then I learned better how to listen. 

I then found sorcery and magic, miracles, and fears. I went on my journey and left the art of bonsai behind me for a few years. Before I left Ixtlan I commanded that no people would grow bonsai for sale in the area. I also commanded that people love bonsai and almost everyone i talk to would want to buy one. I held to the dream of being a bonsai master. I was not on good terms with my family then and so I had no free land to grow them on.

Today, years later, I am ready to begin my bonsai journey. The commands I made are still holding. There is lil, if any, competition and lots and lots of demand. I have, three years ago, started my first crop. Although small it is a very beautiful. I learned a lot from my test crop, and now I am ready to expand. I have a professional irrigation system, professional feeding station, and a huge crop stratifying for spring germination.

I feel so lucky to be where I am. I have well over 10 000 seeds ready for germination. If I sell each tree for 50$, once matured, then I will net over 500 000$. That is for three year old trees. The ones that dont sell will further mature and rise in price. I have a prosperous future coming my way. I do what I looooove. There is nothing like seeing that vibrant green lush growth on new plant life. Precious blossoms. Even the insects that pollinate them. I love nature so much. I dont work anymore. Those days are gone. I went to school to learn how to grow plants and trees, and now Im going to school to learn how to be a Master Herbalist. I will know how to grow and what to grow for any illness. I love learning about nature. The properties of every plant. 

When growing up I would envy people who knew the names of the plants and what they did. I always dreamed of being so smart. Now I can walk around the country side, or parks, and identify the plants. I still have more to learn and course to take on plant identification, but I know a fair bit already. Every day I learn more. I am becoming the man I want to be, in the career field I want to be in.

I have had great difficulty in the last three years growing two varieties of bonsai, Laburnum and Wisteria. Both have beeeeautiful pendulous flowers. WIsteria purple and white, and Laburnum yellow. This year I have discovered the old secret for having a successful germination rate. I might as well say I lost my green thumb for a lil while. The trick is keeping the soil continuously drying out and rewatering again. If you do this then the soil will not get moldy or grow fungus. So now I have 7 flat trays of both ready to germinate in a couple of weeks. I really am trying to focus on flowering bonsai. They trully sell themselves. 







So eventually, as i gain money, I will be traveling around the world doing shows, competitions, and work shops for learning. I want to be the master bonsai grower. My work will speak for itself. In this early phase I am scouting the plant kingdom for every tree that can be made into a bonsai and I am growing them. The end goal is to create a bonsai arboretum that contains one of every bonsai from around the world.