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I just bought three 'bonsai' trees but from this forum I learnt they are probably mallsai. One jade tree, one zelkova, one metasequoia. I know I am way too far from shaping a real bonsai and I currently also don't have this ambition. I just want them to stay healthy. Now my question is: can they survive in the little pot? Is it better that I put them in ground or I can repot them every year? From my research, jade tree is a succulent, so I guess they can be treated as a houseplant. Metasequoia is for outdoors, but do I need to find super big pot for it? For zelkova, I didn't find much about it. I hope someone can help and thanks in advance!

The Jade is not hardy the other two are and must be outside, you do not say how big the plants are, it would help to see what they look like.

At the top of the web site page here there is a menu item How-To. Click that and see what it says about all three species.

As a rule, the bigger the pot the more the tree will grow. If you are satisfied with the size, keep them in small pots. If not, put them in as large a pot as you can.

Also as a rule, you can find advice somewhere on the web that tells you almost anything. Probably somebody somewhere will tell you to put them in the refrigerator all summer. Advice here will be good and you can do pretty much what it says. Other sites might not be quite as reliable.

For any site, it may recommend something to be done in the spring. That means when the tree is starting to accelerate new growth. Summer means when all that new growth has hardened. If the web site says "April" it probably means spring, which can occur at different times for different trees. My elms started to burst into leaves in January; one crepe myrtle just started leafing out and the other hasn't started yet. Use the tree's calendar.

Yes, mallsai can survive given the correct care.

Yes, you can make a Nice bonsai from mallsai material.

Tropfrog wrote: Yes, you can make a Nice bonsai from mallsai material.

Yes, it takes a lot of experience and horticulture expertise to do it properly.

The Only way to get experience is to practice. You Will not make a good bonsai from your first few trees anyway, mallsai or not.

I am not sure how Creating bonsai from mallsai would demand more horticulture expertice than Creating bonsai from any other material.

Tropfrog wrote: I am not sure how Creating bonsai from mallsai would demand more horticulture expertice than Creating bonsai from any other material.

Then show us your Ficus Ginseng from Ikea that you have turned into a beautiful bonsai.

Auk wrote:

Tropfrog wrote: I am not sure how Creating bonsai from mallsai would demand more horticulture expertice than Creating bonsai from any other material.

Then show us your Ficus Ginseng from Ikea that you have turned into a beautiful bonsai.

Hm.. This is assuming TropFrog has already grown anything into a bonsai?

It is not per se harder. However the material you start off with will have some specific limitations. in the end, growing great bonsai starts off with starting with great material.

m5eaygeoff wrote: The Jade is not hardy the other two are and must be outside, you do not say how big the plants are, it would help to see what they look like.

Thanks! I didn't receive them yet. I am just starting to do some research before receiving it. But they are around 25-35cm tall. And the pots are 15-25cm long. Pretty shallow pots.

Ivan Mann wrote: At the top of the web site page here there is a menu item How-To. Click that and see what it says about all three species.

As a rule, the bigger the pot the more the tree will grow. If you are satisfied with the size, keep them in small pots. If not, put them in as large a pot as you can.

Also as a rule, you can find advice somewhere on the web that tells you almost anything. Probably somebody somewhere will tell you to put them in the refrigerator all summer. Advice here will be good and you can do pretty much what it says. Other sites might not be quite as reliable.

For any site, it may recommend something to be done in the spring. That means when the tree is starting to accelerate new growth. Summer means when all that new growth has hardened. If the web site says "April" it probably means spring, which can occur at different times for different trees. My elms started to burst into leaves in January; one crepe myrtle just started leafing out and the other hasn't started yet. Use the tree's calendar.

Thank you for your detailed explanantion! I did read many on this website and planned to care them like that. But then I saw forum discussing about mallsai, so I started to doubt if I can really care them as instructed. I was scared the trees would die cuz pots are too small. I don't have much requirement for their size or shape. As long as they survive, it's enough. Thanks!