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By Elizabeth Dakota
In recent years there has been tremendous interest in bonsai, the ancient Japanese art of dwarfing and shaping trees, and suppliers of these elegant miniatures have been hard pressed to keep up with the demand for genuine specimens imported from Japan, in spite of the high cost of some of these.
You may feel that the effect is not dramatic or pictorial enough, in which case you can acid a pretty piece of rock or a piece of bark or driftwood, perhaps with moss growing on them. So long as the plants are not damaged while this is done and so long as no disease or pests are introduced there is no reason why extraneous decorative material of this nature should not be included in your bottle garden.
When you have finished you will find that the exterior of the bottle is certain to have become dirty and dusty, so clean it carefully. If the interior is also dirty cleaning is rather more of a problem.
The roots of the tree may well be protruding above, the soil level, perhaps even clasping and growing over an attractively shaped stone. This is permissible, but make sure that none of the root tips, fibrous and hair-like, are exposed above soil level.
Do not seal the neck of the bottle or your plants are almost certain to damp off. In theory this can be done and some plants men can get away with it, but success depends on having the right balance of plants, moisture and air and it is most unlikely that you will have achieved this at first, although after the plants have been growing for some time there is greater hope that this may be possible.
On the other hand, remember that the narrow opening means that the plants are almost totally enclosed, that they create their own micro-climate, bathe each other in their respiratory moisture and enjoy the close company.
You may feel that the effect is not dramatic or pictorial enough, in which case you can acid a pretty piece of rock or a piece of bark or driftwood, perhaps with moss growing on them. So long as the plants are not damaged while this is done and so long as no disease or pests are introduced there is no reason why extraneous decorative material of this nature should not be included in your bottle garden.
When you have finished you will find that the exterior of the bottle is certain to have become dirty and dusty, so clean it carefully. If the interior is also dirty cleaning is rather more of a problem.
The roots of the tree may well be protruding above, the soil level, perhaps even clasping and growing over an attractively shaped stone. This is permissible, but make sure that none of the root tips, fibrous and hair-like, are exposed above soil level.
Do not seal the neck of the bottle or your plants are almost certain to damp off. In theory this can be done and some plants men can get away with it, but success depends on having the right balance of plants, moisture and air and it is most unlikely that you will have achieved this at first, although after the plants have been growing for some time there is greater hope that this may be possible.
On the other hand, remember that the narrow opening means that the plants are almost totally enclosed, that they create their own micro-climate, bathe each other in their respiratory moisture and enjoy the close company.
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The indoor gardening houseplant Platycerium alicorne is an ephiphytic fern with fronds like a stag's horns, soft grey green.
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