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Tue Jul 05, 2011 5:46 pm
reikimaster wrote:Hi I am a newbie to the care of Bonsai but I am a mature and well educated person and I would choose to have a different opinion to you regarding talking to plants. I know of several experiments that support the theory of talking to them and quite frankly see no harm if this is included in the general care of them. As a newbie I believe I have acted responsibly in coming to a web-site such as this so that I can care for my plant correctly. I had believed that this might just be a little more friendly and personal than reading books.
reikimaster wrote:I can assure you that the name on the plant I was given states Ficus rectus and the tree is quite large and apart from these few leaves at the top of the plant being slightly tinted with brown, looks to be in excellent condition. I obviously want to keep it this way hence my asking for some advice from someone with more experience of looking after these beautiful plants.
reikimaster wrote:I am afraid that I find your post and your attitude rather unhelpful and would suggest - albeit politely - that maybe not speaking to ones plants might have positive benefits too for the plant.
I will take some photographs and download them so, if anyone is happy to have a look at them and advise me, I would be most grateful. Many thanks.
Tue Jul 05, 2011 6:07 pm
Thu Jul 07, 2011 3:53 am
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Thu Jul 07, 2011 4:53 pm
This is interesting, I have never read anything about this elsewhere. The Scheff. that I have shown in the gallery appears to exhibit this same behavior and I was never sure what to make of it. I tend not to panic every time one of my plants shows some small abnormality so I kind of just shrugged it off. I'll have to observe it more closely.(and other species, like Schefflera) you can also sometimes see very tiny brown/black markings that just "go away" as the leaves mature.
Thu Jul 07, 2011 6:35 pm
Thu Jul 07, 2011 7:25 pm