RE: Comments Request: Improve my Lime Citrus Tree [Bonsai]
First of thank you 🙏🏼 for the mention😊. This is a very young tree. There are two things I think should be decided now. Do you want a well formed tree and do you want a fruit bearing tree.From the blog above the one question has already been answered. So that makes it easy. The tree is planted in a deep pot. At this point i woul abvice you to plant it in a big/deep seedling tray. This will help with the nebari and thinken up the trunk. Next you must form the structure of the tree by letting it grow and pruning back.
Dicide if you want a big or medium size tree. Once you have that you can form the tree to the correct height. This is a very young tree so let it grow freely and prune back yearly. Fertilize regulary. If you see flowers on the tree do not prune as those become the fruit. Rather prune after the fruit are off the tree. Side note try not let the tree bear fruit every year as the tree tends to send all its energy and growth into its fruit. Also when you do allow fruit on the tree remove a few only keep one or two. Keep in mind that leaves on the tree may get smaller but fruit tend to stay the same size as the full grown trees. This is the reason why we use tree like crab apple trees cherries and so on cause there fruit are naturally small.
Getting trees to bear fruit is a rear specialty in bondai as you need to leave the tree to grow as some trees only grow fruit from two year old branches. So timing is everything.
Read up more on the species and how they grow. This will help you make the right decisions while training this tree.
Good like hope this helps you.
Thanks for chiming in @romanolsamuels. You have a wealth of experience and useful knowledge. I like all of your tips. If a tree fruits or flowers, I consider that an added blessing. The tree in bonsai has to be the real star. Sounds like I should analyse the roots later this spring, and put the tree into to a pot sized for the tree height I want, and begin to expose the nebari.
Anytime. If you need anything rlse just shout. 👨🏼💻
Great insight! Think I learned a thing or two already. Cheers!
I think that giving them or it a less wider pot would indeed encourage the main trunk to thicken at the bottom. That would really help with its root system as well. What I can add is that a lime tree's growth is too fast to catch up if you decide to prune yearly. Its root may be pruned by that timing, but the branches you will have to always keep an eye on them ,at least twice a month. The ammount of nodes in yours is already too high, and as you will start to give it lots of sunlight , it's going to throw branches/stems all around the place in no time. If you want to keep it small enough you must do exactly what you're already trying/aiming with this post. Plan its final form or at least take the best of supervision to the lime's pattern, because you will be pruning and giving it shape at least ten times a year! Have a great week peeps.
Thank you for the correction. I do not know lime trees. Have not worked on them.