Nursury citrus tree for bonsai

[Mycin]

That's quite a lot to ask for what is an ugly tree in its current state. Who would pay $350 for that?? I'd come with $200 cash--or however much you're willing to pay--and see if they turn it down.

 

[maroun.c]

Owner of the nursery is a good friend and always throws in a good discount on any tree I pick up. So price isn't the biggest issue. Yet the amount of work needed on the tree and the uncertain results is the scary part.

 

[Forsoothe!]

The tree is not a good candidate for bonsai at any price. There is no top worth having, and the understock will take a long time to grow a top after a chop. There is no there there. Waiting is just the first phase of patience. Buy something else to keep yourself busy if you must. Sooner or later a good citrus will show up, somewhere. Collect something from the wilds! (something small and manageable)

 

[leatherback]

Owner of the nursery is a good friend

So explain your friend what your looking for. He does not grow the trees himself, but buy from wholesale right? Maybe one day yuou can join on a purchasing trip and while he makes the deal, you run along the growers fields to find the best tree for bonsai. Double win. Good day out with your friend and the best tree on the market.

 

[hinmo24t]

to the person who said potted citrus are tough...i dont think thats true. i saw a guy in Michigan who only kept his near a mediocre window and it was 6' and fruiting every year. not to mention the one in the pic is potted and looks great. mine is strong as well

maybe could hardcut that thang below the graft line and itll be an amazing citrus bonsai

 

[maroun.c]

So explain your friend what your looking for. He does not grow the trees himself, but buy from wholesale right? Maybe one day yuou can join on a purchasing trip and while he makes the deal, you run along the growers fields to find the best tree for bonsai. Double win. Good day out with your friend and the best tree on the market.

Yeah they buy from wholesale but international..he offered to have me joiin a trip when the covid situation gets better. I make sure to remind him.of good specs for bonsai trees every time I see him

 

[Forsoothe!]

The best forests are started from saplings ~3 or 4 years old, IMHO. The longest lived for amateurs are locally collected trees that are ~weeds~ and grow in difficult conditions. They need to be started young and grown-on rather than bigger because they can be fit together more naturally without chops to branches, etc., which need to have short branches that you want delicately tapered Go out to the hinterlands and find something looks tree-like with a bare trunk on the lower section and a canopy of foliage & branches on top. Not necessarily a tree. Many shrubs make fine bonsai, in-scale. Break some new ground! "Go west young man. Go west!"

 

[leatherback]

The best forests are started from saplings ~3 or 4 years old, IMHO.

how did we get to forests?