Indoor bonsai
- kilkenny
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kilkenny wrote: Hello my name is Mirko and i have a question for you im new to bonsai and I have plan to buy Acer Palmatum atropurpureum im fascinated with look of that tree...my question is coz its outdoor plant is there a way to grow it indoor
No, that is not possible. Indoor trees do not exist - you will not find a tree in nature that grows inside - but there are trees that can survive the climate inside. Acers cannot, they are strictly outdoor trees.
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Auk wrote: No, that is not possible.
I've looked up a more educated answer...:
"Acer palmatum, [...] will grow continuously for as long as two years. After a maximum period of sustained growth, a temperate climate plant will automatically go dormant no matter what the season or condition. Deciduous plants will lose their leaves [...] This is very stressful to the plant and usually fatal. It will be 100% fatal if the plant does not receive the necessary period of cold temperatures required to break the dormancy."
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Auk wrote:
Auk wrote: No, that is not possible.
I've looked up a more educated answer...:
"Acer palmatum, [...] will grow continuously for as long as two years. After a maximum period of sustained growth, a temperate climate plant will automatically go dormant no matter what the season or condition. Deciduous plants will lose their leaves [...] This is very stressful to the plant and usually fatal. It will be 100% fatal if the plant does not receive the necessary period of cold temperatures required to break the dormancy."
What the....? If you want to grow indoors, try a ficus, but even then it is tough. Japanese Maple, never.
John
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I think that is exactly the point Auk was trying to make, but with a bit more info, for the people who say "I have had this maple/juniper/chameacyparis/... indoors for 12 months and it is healthy"John Lee wrote:
What the....? If you want to grow indoors, try a ficus, but even then it is tough. Japanese Maple, never.
John
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