I had an english elm in a pot for 10 years. It barely thickened at all in that time. I put it in the ground and it was taller than my house in 3 years. I dug it out recently and its trunk is 10'' in diameter now. Point? Field grow your bonsais if you want to expedite the process!
What kind of juniper species would you recommend? This spring im going to plant 15-20 junipers in the ground, planning to bonsai them within 10-15 years, will trim them back slightly once in a while
You’ve got it! I use what is referred to Prostrata Juniper in Southern CA, but can not find that on the web…it's a local name. People make up the name over the years. A juniper I found that works really well is San Jose juniper which is a needle juniper. Both are varieties of Sargentii and according to Backyard gardener, they are Juniperus chinensis (Prostate juniper).
If anyone can answer this question for me: When you have the tree you intend to transfer back into the ground, before you plant doe you want to cut its apex, so the plant can stay squat in height? Then just trim side branches here and there?
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Minus 1 year to count for the tree to establish in the ground. 😁
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I had an english elm in a pot for 10 years. It barely thickened at all in that time. I put it in the ground and it was taller than my house in 3 years. I dug it out recently and its trunk is 10'' in diameter now. Point? Field grow your bonsais if you want to expedite the process!
Yes! Don't put your bonsai in a pot too quickly. Allow it to grow in the ground to thicken up!
Did you grow it in the ground?
What kind of juniper species would you recommend? This spring im going to plant 15-20 junipers in the ground, planning to bonsai them within 10-15 years, will trim them back slightly once in a while
You’ve got it!
I use what is referred to Prostrata Juniper in Southern CA, but can not find that on the web…it's a local name. People make up the name over the years.
A juniper I found that works really well is San Jose juniper which is a needle juniper. Both are varieties of Sargentii and according to Backyard gardener, they are Juniperus chinensis (Prostate juniper).
@bonsaiheirloom i could be wrong but i believe the other name would be procumbens juniper.
If anyone can answer this question for me:
When you have the tree you intend to transfer back into the ground, before you plant doe you want to cut its apex, so the plant can stay squat in height? Then just trim side branches here and there?
I don't think this is that easy in northern countries. The ground literally freezes over here so anything that isn't local probably wouldn't survive
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Actually it's a billion. Not a million.