Bonsai pot

From AusBonsai Wiki

Bonsai pots are vessels used for planting. Usually they are fired ceramic bowls / containers, but also, flat pieces of slate and other stone (called slabs) can also be used. Some pots may be constructed of manmade materials like Mica, Plastic, Fiberglass and concrete, hypertufa or Ciment Fondu.

Bonsai pots are almost always provided with drainage holes through which water can flow.

Bonsai pots may be glazed or unglazed and some containers are fitted with feet.

Contents 1 See Also 1.1 Making a Bonsai Pot 1.2 Selecting a Bonsai Pot 1.3 Bonsai Pot Appreciation 1.4 Grow Boxes for Training Bonsai 1.5 Al comprehensive listing of Australian Bonsai Potters

See Also

• Container selection

Making a Bonsai Pot

Many Bonsai post are made by hand by skilled craftsmen, while many of the cheap ones are mass produced from moulds in China and Taiwan. See some of these great threads for info and ideas on Making your own pots

1. Thread about how to throw pots on a wheel
2. Excellent thread on Creating and oval pot by P.J.Katich
3. Cement Containers - How to engineer artificial rock containers
4. Secrets of an American Craft Potter: Throwing (!..?) Oval Bonsai Containers

Selecting a Bonsai Pot

1. Choosing a Bonsai pot thread
2. Selecting a bonsai container

1. Choosing the Right Pot for your Bonsai thread

Bonsai Pot Appreciation

1. Bonsai Containers as Ceramic Art by Fred Aufschl
2. A Bonsai Close-up on Pots and Potting by Pauline Muth
3. Bonsai pot signature collection (hanko / rakkan)

Grow Boxes for Training Bonsai

1. Building growing boxes - thread]
2. Bonsai primer - pots
3. Training pots 101 thread]
4. An alternative to wood growing boxes: terracotta? thread]

Al comprehensive listing of Australian Bonsai Potters

1. Bonsai Potters in Australia