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27-Feb-2003	#1
jml bonsaiTALK Journeyman Join Date: Jan-2003 Location: Lisbon Country: Portugal USDA Zone: 10 AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 13	Sowing Inside And Bringing Them Outside My big transition My bonsai-mania came in a special period in my life. Currently I live in a city apartment and I've been confining myself to growing a few tropical or subtropical species adequate for indoor growth. In 18-24 months time things will be different. I'll be married and I'll be living a house in the far suburbs, with a nice backyard and so I'll be able to grow almost any species I want (at least for USDA zone 10 species). In the meantime I have this urge to buy seeds and start sowing everything I can lay my hands on. If I start this spring it'll probably mean I'll have some material that, being about 6 months old, will spend its first winter indoors. Suppose it does is it unadvisable to sow outdoor species (picea abies, cedrus, quercus, olea...) and force them to about 18 months indoors (actually I don't use heaters and temperature didn't drop below 15 ºC/ ## ºF this winter) ? Or is it really indispensable getting an outdoor location at some time (my in-laws have a small backyard but I don't want to be far from the seedlings)? Any comments anyone? __________________ JML (Endemicum Portugalense)

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27-Feb-2003	#2
Bonsainut Carrier of Bonsai Fever Join Date: Oct-2001 Location: So-Cal, US of A Country: America The Beautiful USDA Zone: Zone 9-10 AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 1,833	Jml, First let me say welcome and commend you on a great grasp of English. And congratulations on the marriage. Your new mania for bonsai is understandable, we all have it here also. My advice to newcomers is to go for it. That means grow seeds and cuttings of trees that you know will be hardy in your area. In a typical seedflat you can get 10 cuttings in a row and 20 rows long =200 cuttings. Same for seeds. Of course not all live. But even a small pecentage would give you plenty of stock for the future. They could easily stay in the flat for 18-24 months. Only you know how many flats you can fit in your current place. When you get to your new home you can plant them out in singular pots and live happily ever after. Promise to research first what grows well in your micro-climate. Don't waste years on stock that struggles to live in your area. Go get em... __________________ Keep growing,---'Nut Lethal Use of Farce Last edited by Bonsainut : 27-Feb-2003 at 02:36 PM.

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