The list: You aren't doing bonsai unless you have:

[Weta]

Your not doing Bonsai unless you have seen the buzz from a visitor after giving them a starter tree.
Your not doing Bonsai unless you hear faint whispers of "Daniel Son" in the wind.

 

[It's Kev]

46) You aren't doing bonsai unless you've smuggled seeds through customs.

you aren't doing bonsai unless you've smuggled actual trees through customs

 

[19Mateo83]

 

[Deleted member 47471]

47. You aren't doing bonsai unless you repel down a cliffside to retrieve your Juniper, accidentally drop it down into the ocean salt water, and then Chris Barnes pulls up your rope and threatens to drown you as the tide washes in. Only then, are you truly doing bonsai.

 

[Deleted member 47471]

48. Sauce:

 

[Cajunrider]

47- You aint doing bonsai until you killed a bunch of trees from wiring, cutting and repotting etc.......
48- You aint doing bonsai when you reluctant to spend money on your essentials but never trees.
49- You aint doing bonsai when thoughts have crossed your mind that you can turn those Home Depot juniper into "The Goshin".

You ain’t doing bonsai until you buy your lady a big fishing boat so she ignores your purchases of trees.

 

[19Mateo83]

48. Sauce:

All that for a procumbens

 

[Lorax7]

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You’re dangerously close to summoning Morrissey with that meme.

 

[Carol 83]

#50 You aren't doing bonsai unless you have burned the boxes that your trees and pots have come in so your spouse, SO doesn't know you bought another one. #51 Haven't killed at least 1 Fukien Tea.

 

[vp999]

You ain’t doing bonsai until you buy your lady a big fishing boat so she ignores your purchases of trees.

What did u get uncle C ?

 

[19Mateo83]

#51. You aren’t doing bonsai until you own a blue or purple pot….. @Carol 83 must be a bonsai master by now

 

[vp999]

#51. You aren’t doing bonsai until you own a blue or purple pot….. @Carol 83 must be a bonsai master by now

And yellow .....

 

[Deano]

#52- You aren't doing bonsai unless you have someone to help you trim your trees.
( Pic of a crappy picture (remember those) from 1988, with my man Roscoe helping out...RIP)

 

[Cajunrider]

What did u get uncle C ?

I remember that was what you said you did. Mine would kill me if I buy a big boat.

 

[Scorpius]

You aren't doing bonsai, unless you've installed a weather station with multiple sensors to monitor everything including the greenhouse and it's wifi capable with uploading to the cloud so you can easily check weather conditions while at work so you can worry about your trees.

 

[vp999]

I remember that was what you said you did. Mine would kill me if I buy a big boat.

Ohh ok ..I got it now lol.

 

[Srt8madness]

You're not doing bonsai if you haven't been disappointed buying trees online...

You aren't doing bonsai if you haven't bought trees unsuitable for your climate, in hopes YOU can keep it alive.

 

[Adamski77]

You aren’t doing bonsai unless you named your trees after all family members: (1) family tree, (2) my daughter tree, (3) grandparents tree… etc.

Btw… it does help to get support to buy more (at least in my case)

 

[Cajunrider]

You are not doing bonsai until you have attempted to grow the bonsai unicorn from seeds and dream of rainbow color bonsai.

 

[Lorax7]

You are not doing bonsai until you have attempted to grow the bonsai unicorn from seeds and dream of rainbow color bonsai.

58. You aren’t doing bonsai unless you have dreamed of growing rainbow eucalyptus as bonsai but then had your hopes dashed when you researched it online and found out how long it will take for the tree to exhibit the peeling rainbow colored bark that the species is known for when grown in a container.