I found a little Bonsai kit at a charity shop. The brand is ‘Plant Theatre’, which I think also made the cocktail herb kit I bought a while back which worked really well!
So, I will attempt to grow three different kinds of bonsai trees: Acer rubrum, Betula pendula, and Pinus mugo pumilio. The kit comes with six small pots and six compost discs. I’m only going to use three for now and save the rest in case I mess up this first attempt.
I wondered what the plastic bags were for, but after reading the instructions this question was answered: apparently you need to place the plant pots (with seeds) in there for 2-3 weeks. But that happens later!
I expected the seeds for all three species to be similar (I mean, they are all bonsai trees, right?!), but I was wrong! I’m a MEDICAL biologist: don’t come to me with questions about plants!
The seeds for the Acer rubrum are the largest. For now, I soaked the seeds for all three species so that tomorrow I can sow them. Note the big difference in seed size:
