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Zeeth

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Zeeth Grand Master

Zeeth

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Has anyone tried to produce a bonsai palm before? I have 5 ripe queen palm seeds that I cleaned off and soaked in water for 3 days. I was wondering of I could try some bonsai techniques on the plants after they sprout. What do you guys say?

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Keith 

Palmetto, Florida (10a) and Tampa, Florida (9b/10a)

palmislandRandy Grand Master

palmislandRandy

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Try a Pseudophoenix ekmanii seedling. They grow slow enough to be a bonsai :lol: Actually I think mine is plastic!

"If you need me, I'll be outside" -Randy Wiesner Palm Beach County, Florida Zone 10Bish

Ken Johnson Grand Master

Ken Johnson

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Palms make great bonsai subjects. Let them suffer when young to stunt them, no need to cut the roots when young. Use real small pots and sparce fertilizer. Water regularly. Keep turning the pot so the palm does not root in the ground and so you get even sun.

A good looking bonsai will take about 10 years with this method.

I DIG PALMS

Call me anytime to chat about transplanting palms.

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Palm Guy Mentor

Palm Guy

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Palms make great bonsai subjects. Let them suffer when young to stunt them, no need to cut the roots when young. Use real small pots and sparce fertilizer. Water regularly. Keep turning the pot so the palm does not root in the ground and so you get even sun.

A good looking bonsai will take about 10 years with this method.

Let them suffer is easy for me! I might play around with two Veitchia arecina 'dwarfed' specimens...

Does anyone have any pics?

Michael Ferreira

Bermuda-Humid(77% ave), Subtropical Zone 11, no frost

Warm Season: (May-November): Max/Min 81F/73F

Cool Season: (Dec-Apr): Max/Min 70F/62F

Record High: 94F

Record Low: 43F

Rain: 55 inches per year with no dry/wet season

Ken Johnson Grand Master

Ken Johnson

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I have seen pix on the Web but not many. There is a guy around here that showed some incredible palm bonsai a few years back.

Search the back issues for the article on the bonsai coconut. Thats a cool old school one.

I DIG PALMS

Call me anytime to chat about transplanting palms.

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Tad Grand Master

Tad

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i have a canary thats been in a clay pot on patio for 14 years now

Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.

Abraham Lincoln

The way of the transgressor is hard

PalmGuyWC Grand Master

PalmGuyWC

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Fast growing, tall palms are not good bonsai subjects. Some that are suitable are Tracheycarpus wagnerianus, Chamaerops, Serenoa, and some of the dwarf Japanese Rhapis.

Dick

Richard Douglas

The Germinator Mentor

The Germinator

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Here are some links to bonsai palms.

Coco

Hyophorbe

Ed Mijares

Whittier, Ca

Psyco Palm Collector Wheeler Dealer

Zone 10a?

realarch Grand Master

realarch

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Thanks for link Ed. Hmmmm, I don't think I'd want to do that to a palm.

Tim

Tim

Hilo, Hawaii

FRITO Grand Master

FRITO

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heres a 20 year old (give or take a few years) Washingtonia

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Luke

Tallahassee, FL - USDA zone 8b/9a

63" rain annually

January avg 65/40 - July avg 92/73

North Florida Palm Society - http://palmsociety.blogspot.com/

palmsOrl Grand Master

palmsOrl

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About 7 years ago I noticed that a Cocos that I had planted had 6 inches of woody trunk and was only about 3 feet tall, appearing naturally stunted. I've grown it in a large bonsai pot in bonsai soil ever since, trimming the roots every 2 years. So far, the crown has stayed about the same size but it now has a foot of woody trunk. I am not sure whether to consider this a bonsai, but it will be fun to see how it ends up given many years.

-Michael

chris.oz Mentor

chris.oz

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I have a bonsai CIDP with a trunk only 12 " in diameter.

As I understand it, the trunk will never increase much in diameter, even in the ground, but also,

the crown will never have as many leaves as a full sized specimen.

chris.oz

Bayside Melbourne 38 deg S. Winter Minimum 0 C over past 6 years

Yippee, the drought is over.

gcyao Collaborator

gcyao

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Several years ago, I saw a bonsai Bizzie maybe only 2 feet tall. I wasn't knowledgeable enough then to know for sure if it was truly a Bizzie, as the owner claimed.

George Yao

Metro-Manila

Philippines

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