Oak Trees grown from acorns
- Red Rocks
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I am a beginner at bonsai. I planted some acorns in March after rooting them in the fridge over winter. They are now about 3 inches tall and each have a few leaves. One batch is in a bonsai
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pot and the others in an air pruning pot. My question is what should I do with them now to get them to thicken up and progress. I would be grateful for any advice. Many thanks.Please log in or register to see it.
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Pretty much watering and waiting.
Fertilizing when older.
Sorry, but you’re not in the bonsai area yet; you’re just growing a few trees, and that will pretty much be the case for a decade before you do anything serious with them.
Fertilizing when older.
Sorry, but you’re not in the bonsai area yet; you’re just growing a few trees, and that will pretty much be the case for a decade before you do anything serious with them.
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Thanks for responding. I realise that they will take years to grow but do I leave them in these pots or pot them into bigger pots or plant them in garden to grow
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I grow a few oak seadlings in a 15 liter pot. There are seadlings self sown in my garden that are the same age (2018) ant they are twice the size.
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