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[Cajunrider]

Tamarind grew from seed last fall. It survived the winter indoor but lost all its leaves. It finally grew some leaves last couple weeks.

 

[Forsoothe!]

Here's a group of three, maybe, in the foreground, and a forth just to the right, rear in a 3" pot. I gathered several kinds of seed in FL in 2006 and have never been able to pin this down as to Tamarind or Mesquite or one of the several other legumes. I really need a flower to ID things like this. They trunk-up pretty good, but suffer from long internodes on green twigs. If I have them another 13 years I might figure out how to get a canopy-looking thing on top. Or, not.

 

[Cajunrider]

It is taking off now that the weather warms up to its liking.

 

[Tieball]

It’s nice to see a great lush green in spring. I still have a lot of grey and brown....with buds just swelling....soon to be green (that’s the plan).

I liked your comment “I might figure out how to get a canopy-looking thing on top.” I can relate to that forward thinking.

 

[Anthony]

Is that Tamarindus indica ?
Good Day
Anthony

 

[Cajunrider]

Is that Tamarindus indica ?
Good Day
Anthony

Yes

 

[Ali Raza]

It is good material for bonsai. Grow pretty wild as weed in some region of my country. It is already on my wish list. You are lucky.

 

[Anthony]

@Cajunrider ,

Possibly, I think what you have is called Wild Tamarind - Leucaena leucocephala
Fortunately it makes a good bonsai.
Good Day
Anthony

The one with the T is a tamarind



Training technique is fastest if you just ground grow and keep cutting
down to 2 or 3 inches and letting it resprout.

Feed before cutting for one month - responds well to being trimmed.

 

[Cajunrider]

@Cajunrider ,

Possibly, I think what you have is called Wild Tamarind - Leucaena leucocephala
Fortunately it makes a good bonsai.
Good Day
Anthony

The one with the T is a tamarind

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Training technique is fastest if you just ground grow and keep cutting
down to 2 or 3 inches and letting it resprout.

Feed before cutting for one month - responds well to being trimmed.

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I can't put it in the ground. It will die in winter here.

 

[Anthony]

@Cajunrider ,

a little reading.

It is very,very fast growing in the ground. Test a few cuttings.
USDA hardiness rating below.
Good Day
Anthony


https://www.backyardnature.net/mexnat/leucaena.htm

https://plants.ifas.ufl.edu/plant-directory/leucaena-leucocephala/

Leucaena leucocephala Leucaena, Lead Tree, White Tamarind PFAF ...

https://pfaf.org/User/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Leucaena%20leucocephala
The leaves of most forms of this plant contain the unusual amino acid mimosene[301 ]. ... Leucaena leucocephala or commonly known as Leucaena, Lead Tree, or White Tamarind is a fast-growing, evergreen shrub or tree with a height of up to 20m. ... Leucaena leucocephala is an evergreen Tree ...
USDA hardiness‎: ‎9-12
Habitats‎: ‎Dry coastal regions, waste ground
Common Name‎: ‎Leucaena, Lead Tree, White ...
Family‎: ‎Fabaceae

 

[Cajunrider]

I grew up with these all around me. I know it will die in winter where I am. It is fast growing so I can get decent trunk even when grown in pots.

 

[Cajunrider]

The trunk went from 1/4" to 1/2" in no time.
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[Anthony]

2 suggestions -

[1] Get 3 to 5 rooted cuttings - do the tests on them, not the mother.

[2] Grow the top to 3 feet see how much it fattens the trunk.
Grow a side branch to 3 feet see if it fattens the trunk.

Normally they are just cut back to 2 or 3 inches and the trunk
builds character, as it thickens and heals.
This is in the ground. They grow wild on the property in Mayaro.

Don't worry about branches at first.
The response you will notice to severe cuts is new buds / branches.
Good Day
Anthony

 

[Cajunrider]

Repotted to a cut off 55 gal drum. At this rate of growth, it should be ready in 3 years

 

[Cajunrider]

It is growing fast. 1 inch at the base now.

 

[Cajunrider]

Year end report. The trunk is now 2" in diameter at the base. Next spring it will be chopped. Where I should chop is an interesting question.

 

[leatherback]

2 inch?
Looks WAY smaller. These leaves must be massive, > 1 Foot in length?

 

[Forsoothe!]

How about 2" in circumference?

 

[Cajunrider]

2 inch?
Looks WAY smaller. These leaves must be massive, > 1 Foot in length?

I checked and found my eyes to be lying to me. At the base it is about 1 3/4. The trunk is 1 1/2. The leaves are between 14 and 16 inches.

 

[leatherback]

ANd I think if you measure the trunk that is visible on your initial picture it is even around just over 1 inch. Happy to see my visual cues still are not lying too badly. But.. Nice result for one season! (It was one season, right?)