Mini Bonsai Kit

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Summary: No sprouts yet
Review: I also purchased this when it caught my eye at a bookstore.

I cold stratified the seeds for 1 week, planted them on 9/12/04, and 2 weeks later, I have yet to see any results.

It would have been nice if the book would have given a hint about how long I should wait to see sprouts. All that's in the book is "when the plants have grown".

Maybe some companies just make their money on impulse shoppers. After one product is sold, they move on to the next one.

Rating:
Summary: Rip off
Review: My son bought this from a Scool book club. It was perfectly sealed,but was missing the Peat Pellet needed for fermintation.
A couple of kids in his class bought it. The 6.00 I paid for kit will now become 10.00 when I buy the missing part.

Rating:
Summary: vaguely (is that a word?) precise
Review: Ok, I bought this little kit. The instructions are good until you plant the seeds. There is a statement "after plants have grown," where there is no picture or number of measurment on size or description of how "grown" looks. Otherwise, it's been pretty fun.
Ultimately it needs MORE PICTURES and to be MORE DESCRIPTIVE, if the publishing company happens to read this.
The instruction leading up to that point are good though.

Rating:
Summary: quite disappointing
Review: Ok, I bought this little kit. The instructions are good until you plant the seeds. There is a statement "after plants have grown," where there is no picture or number of measurment on size or description of how "grown" looks. Otherwise, it's been pretty fun.
Ultimately it needs MORE PICTURES and to be MORE DESCRIPTIVE, if the publishing company happens to read this.
The instruction leading up to that point are good though.

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Summary: Mini Bonzai was a bit of a disappointment
Review: The Mini Bonsai kit caught my eye at a local bookstore because I've always wanted a bonsai, but I'm very good at killing plants. I figured I'd pick this one up and take a look at it. While it's rather neat, it's still a bit of a disappointment. My first complaint is with the box, it says it contains everything needed to grow a bonsai garden. The kit contains everything needed to grow a bonsai tree, but not a garden. Small difference, but still somewhat puzzling.

I'm having the same problem with this book that I'm having with the mini Zen Gardening Kit. When you open it fairly flat, you can see where it has been sewn, which make me worry that I'm going to destroy the book by reading it. The instructions for getting your bonsai tree started are very clear and are explained pretty well. It takes eight days to get the bonsai up and going, but at least you're told that in the first 2 instructions. The book also goes through caring for a bonsai, and the science and art behind it.

The rest of the kit is pretty straightforward and decent. More than one jack pine seed is included, so you're not out of luck if one doesn't sprout. The pot is some kind of non-plastic, non-metal pot, standing about an inch tall and about 2 inches across. There's a peat pellet included so you don't have to go buy soil or dig up your neighbour's yard, and there is a set of miniature scissors included as well. The scissors are little plastic cheap scissors, but they cut paper, so they will probably work in pruning a bonsai.

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Summary: do not buy these, they are a waste of money and time
Review: These kits are a waste of time and money. Please don't be tricked by the charlatan peddlers of these "bonsai" kits. If you want to start with bonsai, buy a beginning bonsai insruction book, such as harry tomlinson's, and then purchase some potted shrubs from your local nursery.



Rating:
Summary: quite disappointing
Review: While the kit came with several seeds, none of mine sprouted, and one of them came broken.

It wasn't really worth it in my opinion.