Jason Sidabras

So after setting up a dish with ~180 degree water and letting my Japanese Maple seeds soak for two days I was ready to follow, and not follow, the directions in preparing my Maple tree for growing. I ran to my local Home Depot to pic up the supplies i needed: good small particle potting soil, drainage rocks and some kind of peat moss.

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I’ve tried my hand at bonsai growing a few times with little success. Each plant has met its demise by one of three ways:

• Lack of water
• Lack of sunlight
• Too close to a window in winter

This time will be different. I am determined to have a bonsai collection that I can pass down to either my children or some New York Art garden to maintain my collection. It all starts with a seed.

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