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24-Mar-2008
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bonsaiTALK Neophyte
Join Date: Mar-2008
Country: canada
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Looking for suggestions - indoor/fruiting/full
Hi there!
I've been searching around galleries and sites, and tyring to determin from reading, but I'm coming up not sure I'm finding what I'm looking for.. That being: I'm looking to grow my first bonsai, likely from seed because I surprisingly am not finding any bonsai places in Toronto with started trees. *I want something that will grow indoors, as I have no access to a safe outside location. Anything left outside would be destroyed. *Something very full looking that will take to a Broom look, ie. canadian maple *Preferably something that will fruit Thoughts? Suggestions? Most appreciated! Thanks. |
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Looking for suggestions - indoor/fruiting/full |
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24-Mar-2008
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bonsaiTALK Expert
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Most fruiting trees are not going to like being inside. Yoiu might consider citrus, maybe an orange like Calamondin which has smaller fruit. I'd also suggest trying to find one to order online, from seed it will be 5-8 years before it's grown enough to begin training as a bonsai.
Others to consider are guava, lemon, kumquat. |
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24-Mar-2008
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YOU CAN NOT RUSH TIME
 
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Greetings and welcome....
May I suggest you visit: http://torontobonsai.org/ This is the Toronto Bonsai Society. They are good people and can best help you locate a source for trees. If you can, try going to a meeting. Meet these people first hand and ask questions. Plus a club is a very good source of info. As stated above, indoor growing is not the same as outdoors. Many many trees can NOT be grown indoors. Even those that can (tolerate) growing indoors need special attention. And PLEASE...do not but from Home Depot, Wal-Mart, Lowes or the equivalent. my 2 cents Jay please explain 'left outside will be destroyed'? by animals....wind...etc?
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A Bonsai student living with his trees at N 44.37 W 77.49... Think before you act... then think again... no good comes from rushing Last edited by Jay : 24-Mar-2008 at 11:23 AM. |
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24-Mar-2008
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bonsaiTALK Neophyte
Join Date: Mar-2008
Country: canada
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Thanks for the link!
Left outside = I don't live in so great an area, and it would be stolen/kicked/broken /whatever. Also, I live in an apartment, so no lawn/porch/balcony. Indoors right now is my only option for the forseeable future. I'd also consider flowering since that might work better tahn fruit. I would love to have maples/redwoods/lilacs/willow/cherries... but I can't give them a dormany area  . But I really do want something full looking, I'm not partial to firs or "scraggley" trees. Thanks for the comments. |
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24-Mar-2008
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YOU CAN NOT RUSH TIME
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May I suggest you do some research. Reading here in the archives...checking out some books (by purchase or library) or a club.
All of the trees you ask about will not do well/survive indoors. Some as you noted require dormancy and other need lots and lost of mother natures best. You may want to think about a ficus or other low light tolerant non dormancy requiring species. Jay
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