itsy bitsy teeny weeny......pots!

seeker

Good day/evening everyone, today I was given some bonsai
pots . most of them are mame size, but two of them are tiny
little things. one is aprox 2"x1.5"x0.5" the other is very slightly
bigger , question, what is they called,question, any ideas what to plant in them, question,has anyone got any trees growing
(or not growing!!!) inpots like these positive or negative feedback would be welcome.
metric sizes are 50mmx38mmx12mm.
love and peace, rick

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Bonsainut

Rick,
Sure lots 'o people grow super-minis and enjoy it. We have a women in our club who does a display of seven trees on a stand about 6 inches high.
Some ideas for starting out ...Try
1. Small succulents, sempervivium and sedums
2. drop a seed in them and grow the seedling
3. divide a miniture grass (Acorus,armeria) and plant a plug.
4. Try a dandelion from the lawn. They will produce a trunk in time.
5. Any super small cutting of easy to grow herb (Thyme,germander,rosemary,etc.

Get used to these easy things to grow while you look for tiny cuttings of more typical bonsai stock. G'luck

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Tony

Get ready for a frequent watering program. I think that's the biggest drawback to these tiny pots. Watering 10 times per day in the summer is not out of the norm. Some people let the roots escape from the bottom and plant them in larger pots. When they want to display them they just cut the roots at the bottom of the pot.

Tony

ripsgreentree

Here is a bit of a suggestion you can solve the watering problem by using a small piece of cotton string as a wic. Put it in the bottom of the pot and out the drain hole and then pot any tree that you like that is small enough to go into the pot. Place the tree and pot on a shallow tray and water the tray the string will draw enough moisture into the pot to keep the tree. Water only as necessary. I personally have a green mountain maple that is in about one square inch of soil that is fifteen years old and gets watered the same as all the rest of my trees. It is outside in full sun right now as I havent unfereled my shade cloth yet and the temps are in the mid 70s and is being watered about once every two days. I will qualify this by saying that it is well established in its pot.
ripsgreentree

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jth3

I was wondering if you could post a pic of how that watering system with the cotton string is set up.
Thanks.....

seeker

thanks for the input fellow sufferers, cotton wick idea sounds like a winner. I had a thought today, whilst driving over Exmoor,( DEVON/SOMERSET-ENGLAND) that Heathers would make a good mini tree looking thing. thanks again
love and peace, rick.

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Bonsainut

Rick,
Give us some pictures when you get some minis potted up. Looking forward to it!

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muffinmakerdad

Check out Minature Bonsai by Herb L. Gustafson
I seem to remember he had a bonsai growing in an acorn shell, now hows that for minature

doody

Will the cotton wick deal work with larger bonsai, lets say 10-15 inces

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