Hi everyone,
A young, dear friend of mine passed away very suddenly last night, and this morning I found myself unable to stay indoors so I took a nice 5 mile walk to the garden centre (and have probs got sunburn from it). While there, I picked up two acer, a palmatum(sp?) and an orange dream I think the others called. They are not suitable for bonsai yet, the trunks are way too thin, but the only larger acers were grafted. I was hoping to grow them for a good long while then work on them. They'll have to go in pots because I'm moving house, but I was wondering how big the pots should be?
This is the pal:
And this is the orange:
Both are in small pots, and are a little over a foot tall. I have them outdoors in a shaded location. Watered them well and gave a dilute feed. How many years do you think before they're bonsai ready?
I'm also going to attach a couple of pics of my fukien tea (no haters please hahaha). Its not overly attractive, but I love it and its growing well, started putting out new growth. I'll attach a pic of the medium its in. Its just soil i think. I water pretty much every day as it does dry out pretty quick, and seems free draining - water comes out really quick when watering. Will it be ok in this mefium for a while? Would rather not repot if I don't have to.
Medium looks wet as it was watered a coulle of hours ago. Apologies for the long post, but thank you for any help!
Daniel
