Tree suggestions for my “pot” please

[It's Kev]

@BonsaiNaga13 i thought about building feet, but then I liked my screws where wood meets metal, and they are galvanised so it should be fine.
I get what you say about pliers too, never thought of the direction of wood grain. Which way does it go on a coconut?

 

[BonsaiNaga13]

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@BonsaiNaga13 i thought about building feet, but then I liked my screws where wood meets metal, and they are galvanised so it should be fine.
I get what you say about pliers too, never thought of the direction of wood grain. Which way does it go on a coconut?

Lol they just kinda split cuz of how thin they are, I'd use a dremel on one if I had a dremel. Honestly I'd try a ficus in a coconut. Idk if coconuts could survive overwintering in the ground

 

[Mike Hennigan]

You could put a lime in it and mix it all up ?. A lime tree? That would be dope!

 

[Leo in N E Illinois]

"Call the Doctor, wake him up"

 

[petegreg]

Pliers might split it. A saw and sand paper should be fine.

I might try it with one in winter. That's not an ordinary wood, it's very hard and created from woody fibers. I think breaking off very small triangular pieces with pliers, bit by bit, could work.

 

[Cadillactaste]

What about a dremel? I use one to trim back my dogs nails. To bring the opening down and less perfect. Shoot you could make it a crescent shape for which ones do plant cascading trees.

 

[BonsaiNaga13]

I might try it with one in winter. That's not an ordinary wood, it's very hard and created from woody fibers. I think breaking off very small triangular pieces with pliers, bit by bit, could work.

Try just keep a few backup coconuts cuz they split easy. It's not really a wood it's s nut shell

 

[BonsaiNaga13]

What about a dremel? I use one to trim back my dogs nails. To bring the opening down and less perfect. Shoot you could make it a crescent shape for which ones do plant cascading trees.

That's what I said...

 

[Cadillactaste]

That's what I said...

What's that saying about great minds think alike. Lol

 

[amatbrewer]

Try just keep a few backup coconuts cuz they split easy. It's not really a wood it's s nut shell

Growing up in Hawaii I have a bit of experience with coconuts. There are dozens of pix tourists took of me in the 70s-80s sitting on the beach holding a coconut between my feet ripping it open.
I would be quite careful using pliers as it WILL want to split, probably in the worst possible direction. And I would recommend eye protection. A dremmel or even a round file would be my choice.

On a side note my kid and I want to use a spam can as a bonsai pot (don't ask). Schefflera "Hawaiian Umbrella" is an obvious choice, but we have not found the right one yet.

 

[Cadillactaste]

Growing up in Hawaii I have a bit of experience with coconuts. There are dozens of pix tourists took of me in the 70s-80s sitting on the beach holding a coconut between my feet ripping it open.
I would be quite careful using pliers as it WILL want to split, probably in the worst possible direction. And I would recommend eye protection. A dremmel or even a round file would be my choice.

On a side note my kid and I want to use a spam can as a bonsai pot (don't ask). Schefflera "Hawaiian Umbrella" is an obvious choice, but we have not found the right one yet.

? Quirky pun no doubt. Good one!

 

[AZbonsai]

I agree with the ficus. I think if you open it up just a bit more this one will fit.

 

[It's Kev]

So I lightly dabbled in the idea of having a little pine tree in a coconut, which then got me obsessed with finding information or design ideas for something tiny.
All the pictures and articles I found online had super thick, almost sumo style trees, but I was determined to find something that’s gonna suit my situation (no field/ground growth, semi nomadic, tiny balcony, whatever).
https://blog.dallasbonsai.com/japanese-black-pine-progressions/

So I found a similar twisty seedling on the web and it’s only a little over 3 murican dhalurs. Not cascading like the original screenshot, but it could be if I wanted, or just keep it as a twisty little informal upright

 

[Cadillactaste]

Soooo your heart is set in a pine. Do what makes you happy.

 

[It's Kev]

It’s here, and it’s incredibly tiny, but that’s good. The cascading one in the picture was sold out, so I picked a little twisty one.
I haven’t had time to get cutting tools to make the hole in the coconut bigger, but luckily the tree came in a little container. So it will just have to sit there until I can buy tools. Otherwise I must just choose a planting angle.
I managed to snap a quick 360 before it got dark:

Just a little something to put on my desk when I study at night, then back outside in the daytime when I’m at university.

 

[It's Kev]

I bought the tiniest hacksaw I’ve ever seen, also, the only one I could find...(remember I live in a non DIY country)
And started hacking away at my coconut...

It’s rough, jagged, asymmetric... I like it.

 

[defra]

Looks great
Creative nice!
As plumber that little saw is my mosth used saw lol

 

[It's Kev]

This guy is already gearing up for spring...

 

[defra]

whoa thats early

 

[Potawatomi13]

Can still be Cascade. Change of planted angle to start, next wire. No Worries. May have to get Coconut now.