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Chapter 8 Improving Mallsai/Mass-

Produced Bonsai

Typically, beginners bonsai are purchased from garden centres, shopping
malls and chain stores. Almost all originate from China and Israel and are mass
produced trees that have been cultivated on large bonsai 'farms' before being
lifted and planted directly into a bonsai pot. The result is a tree that is relatively
cheap to buy, but will be in poor health, growing in very poor soil and with little
in the way of styling other than some trimming of the tree's silhouette.
Many beginners are put off bonsai after buying such a tree. Despite being
correctly positioned, fed and watered, mass-produced bonsai are often plagued

by ill health. Often this is a very off-putting experience and one that causes
many potential enthusiasts to be turned off bonsai permanently.
However, with a few simple steps, mass-produced mallsai can be turned into
good quality, healthy bonsai.
*Mallsai is a term used by bonsai enthusiasts to describe mass produced
trees typically found in malls, chain stores and garden centres around the world.