As an educator, I have always held a deep appreciation for a new or different perspective to understand an idea. I admit, when faced with a student who didn’t understand what was going on, I have repeated the exact same words I said a moment before (no doubt with more sarcasm than belongs in a classroom). I hope this was only at times when the student just wasn’t paying attention, because if the student didn’t understand something because of the way I explained it, they deserve an opportunity to hear it in a different way.
With this as background, then, I was very excited to hear a whole new way of thinking about the most basic and essential of bonsai skills: Watering. More than just watering though, this was about the relationship between watering and the choice of soil components.
Now, don’t assume I just mean, “different soil, different watering…
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