RE: Comments Request: Improve my Lime Citrus Tree [Bonsai]
Strangely (only because I know nothing in the fruit bonsai field), I would totally agree with @steamdan with regard to the bottom branch having got to go. I've never grown any type of fruit tree or anything of the like as a bonsai and the fact that, thanks to @bonsaiaustin, I'm trying a bonsai avocado I doubt that I'd be a good consult on anything but the aesthetic look of the tree. @romanolsamuels has a few good points as well especially. I'm sorry for the lack of advice but I'm also treading on new territory at the moment with alternative bonsai - this after I had to restart the avocado bonsai due to the seed literally splitting and breaking in half. Thanks for the mention though. If you do need help with traditional bonsai, I'm sure I would be able to shoot you a few tips.
PS. This is my lime tree and it definitely ain't a bonsai. It was riddled with disease a few years ago and I completely left it to die. A while passed and I chopped off the top leaving basically just the stem. Its obviously grown a bit.
Isn't the avocado seed is supposed to split slightly? I watched some videos in the past of people starting it from seed, and it is really interesting, but I've never done it myself.
Thanks for adding to the conversation.
I'm still trying to figure out the reason for removing the lower branch, considering how flexible it was to stretch it that direction with wires. Is it too thick and long?
Suppose its more for the aesthetic value. As for the avocado, you're not wrong however, its not suppose to split and break apart entirely.
Great lime tree! I'm getting pretty good with avocados, they're kind of my specialty atm. They do break at half, I've had started form seed at least a hundred of them, and if they break at the very start (even before it starts to sprout, a seed may split), I have been able to start them even in that way, the trick is to find the perfect soil level for the pit and the top of it should never be buried. This one is havin a rough time because now I'm learning how to start them directly on the ground, but I have as many as 50+ avocado trees, most of them in pots, but I would not recommend to mess in any way with an avocado's root system, it's very fragile and any stress will cause the plant to die very quick. If you would manage to make one a bonsai I would be really surprised, definitely worth to check it out. I'll be waiting for an entry on our blog on it, cheers!
Well, one half of the seed went tumbling down the counter 😂 I'll be trying again for sure though.
That's too bad. You'll have to start over.