Originally Posted by Lagerfeldt ➡️

When I bought a 20 year old bonzai tree many years ago, I asked the shopkeeper how often I should water the tree. He said there was no easy answer to my question.

Just having shelved out $500 for the bonzai, I got somewhat pertubed and asked him if I should water it once a week for instance. But he still said that he couldn't answer my question.

So I asked if I should water it a little once a day then. But yet again I couldn't get the answer I was looking for.

At last I gave up this line of questioning, and asked what on earth I should do to water the tree.

He answered: "I can not give you the answer. Instead, each day you must touch the soil and feel how much moisture it has. You must look at the leaves and see how green they are. Then ask yourself whether to water the tree or not."

Get my point?

This is a true story by the way.