Science Behind Bonsai - Bonsai Nature | Ideas for Bonsai
Part ii looks at divesting ourselves from rigid aesthetic guidelines by understanding the intentions behind these rules.
Science behind bonsai. Bonsai is the word that describes the art form itself growing small trees in a container. Science and art behind the japanese tradition of bonsai are interconnected in deep meaningful complex yet simultaneously simplistic ways that make up for the unique beauty and profound knowledge of being a bonsai tree gardener. It is an art of minitiarizing a normal tree found in nature into a small tree in a shallow pot. The molecular mechanism behind root regeneration after root cutting.
Multi trunk styles like sokan and sankan have all the trunks growing out of one spot with one root system so the bonsai. I gave some examples of bonsai and a related chinese form called penjing in a previous post. September 15 2017 source. A bonsai tree can be any number of different trees that can be appropriately cultivated and shaped in that particular way.
Forest or group 寄せ植え yose ue is a style comprising the planting of several or many trees of one species typically an. Uncovering the mechanism of root regeneration date. Raft 筏吹き ikadabuki is a style of bonsai that. The tree cannot outgrow its pot.
To others it might convey a sense of wonder. Part 1 was taped on august 14th 2015. The next chapter in our bonsai school series is the science of bonsai. Here are a few we propagated two years ago.
Science and art behind the japanese tradition of bonsai. The term bonsai aptly describes what it is bon means tray or low sided pot and sai means plantings. The very moment when one looks into a bonsai tree different emotional responses can be triggered to some the miniature tree might convey a sense of nostalgia. It is an art.
First of all what most people don t know is that bonsai is not actually a species of tiny tree. See above the pot care of the tree and lack of root growth causes the tree to stay miniature. Part i is technical and asks the broad question what is optimal in bonsai care by looking at tradition and science and trying to tease these apart from wishful thinking. I wouldnt call it science.
There are two parts to heresy. This is done by frequent pruning of the branches to get the required shape of a natural tree. When you can predict and to some extent control growth over the weeks months and years it is easier to plan and design superior bonsai.