MATERIAL FOR FORMING HERB SUCH AS VEGETABLE INTO BONSAI (DWARF TREE), AND BONSAI-FORMING METHOD BY USING THE SAME

摘要

PPROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a Bonsai of a herb such as a vegetable which is not used as the Bonsai to be easily formed into the Bonsai by using a pulverized and composted branches and leaves of a green tree as a main material. PSOLUTION: The branches and leaves of green trees such as roadside trees are pruned (1) and pulverized (2) by a tab grinder or the like. The pulverized product is accumulated (3) and turned for one or several times to ferment/mature (4) the resultant pulverized product while keeping the temperature at 60-70C. The product is sieved (5) to provide the material for forming the vegetable or the like into the Bonsai as a sieve-passed material. The Bonsai-forming material is inserted into a pot without being mixed with soil to form the vegetable or the like into the Bonsai while suppressing the growth of the stem, the branch and the like of the vegetable or the like. PCOPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI