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Posted 7 years 11 months ago #28845
So it is easy to find what trees make good bonsais.... yet it is impossible to find information on what trees don't. Does anybody know any specific species that make terrible bonsais? Here is a list of most of the unique trees I have started to grow. Please let me know if any of them are worthless for bonsai. Also, if you have any unique species let me know.

1. Boabab (started about 15 seeds so far), one I started last summer and grew fast did well until dog ate it.... now I started a bunch more.
2. Rainbow Eucalyptus.... amazing tree but seeds haven't germinated yet.
3. Brazilian Raintree.... great for bonsai so far
4. Sandbox tree?
5. Flamboyant tree? both 4 and 5 are rainforest trees.... recently started them
6. Grape vine.... seen some pics, my grapes grow fast... no idea worth putting in pots for bonsai
7. Ever seen peppers? I cut up my pepper plant at end of the year.... I think itd be a great bonsai but never followed through.... anybody know how long it would live?
8. Oaks? just in general.... seem to really be hard
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Posted 7 years 11 months ago #28848

Tulsa名媛直播 wrote: So it is easy to find what trees make good bonsais.... yet it is impossible to find information on what trees don't.


If you can find what makes good bonsai trees, and the species you are looking for isn't in there, it's probably not very suitable for bonsai.

6. Grape vine.... seen some pics, my grapes grow fast... no idea worth putting in pots for bonsai
7. Ever seen peppers? I cut up my pepper plant at end of the year.... I think itd be a great bonsai but never followed through....


I've never seen a good grape bonsai.
I do not consider peppers (if you meant chili peppers, or 'bon-chi') real bonsai.
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Posted 7 years 11 months ago #28850
Here are two I just found..... Grape vines grow pretty fast, may take lots of pruning. Yeah I guess youre right, peppers don't really count, but still kind of cool. I just wonder how long they can live.
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Posted 7 years 11 months ago #28852
I don't like 'm. Sorry.
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Posted 7 years 11 months ago #28860
In general:

Plants with large leaves generally do not make good bonsai, except for in the largests sizes. The same for trees that have large internodes and coarse branches. That is not to say they cannot make something you can enjoy though.

So your eucalypt and boabap are out.
Grapevines do not normally make refined bonsai, but can look OK. I have given away both my 50yr old grapevines because I did not like where they were going.
Peppers are too short lived to create bonsai. They make nice plants for a few years, but after a decade it will have died, as far as I know.
Oaks are really good for bonsai.
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Posted 7 years 11 months ago #29056
I have recently got many species like grrape wine, ganoderma lucidum, Banana, strawberry, figs, apple, Cryptomeria Japonica and Maple tree seeds.

I dont know exactly which type of germination process should i use? Paper towel method or soil method further more i dont know the climate which this seeds need to getminate.
I am from Mumbai and usually climate here is between 29 to 35 C round the year .
Can anyone help me in this because i am a newbie in this field. Thanks in advance .
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Posted 7 years 11 months ago #29057

mustafarangoonwala wrote: I have recently got many species like grrape wine, ganoderma lucidum, Banana, strawberry, figs, apple, Cryptomeria Japonica and Maple tree seeds.


Not sure if you are looking for bonsai techniques or for germination techniques? 名媛直播, banana and mushrooms have got nothing to do with bonsai.
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Posted 7 years 11 months ago #29067
Mustafa, welcome to the forum.

Just to not get things cluttered, could you make your on thread instead of doing what you just did (Something referred to as hijacking a thread)? that being sad, I agree with Auk that fungusm banana and strawberry have nothing to do with growing bonsai. The other species.. Grape is less suitable. The others may have potential. But please start a separate thread first.
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Posted 7 years 11 months ago #29389

mustafarangoonwala wrote: I have recently got many species like grrape wine, ganoderma lucidum, Banana, strawberry, figs, apple, Cryptomeria Japonica and Maple tree seeds.

I dont know exactly which type of germination process should i use? Paper towel method or soil method further more i dont know the climate which this seeds need to getminate.
I am from Mumbai and usually climate here is between 29 to 35 C round the year .
Can anyone help me in this because i am a newbie in this field. Thanks in advance .


Here is what I've learned from those type of exotic seeds.... if they are soft seeds or from rainforest areas, just soak overnight in warm water and sprout in a week or so. If hard seeds like my boabab, take sand paper to them, soak overnight then plant, got EXCELLENT results from my boababs this way. Of course this is all generalization. If the plant is native to climates with winter, they likely need to be in fridge for 30-90 days first.
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