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Hello! I purchased some Yoshino Cherry Tree Seeds (I couldn't afford a sapling), with the intent of attempting to get at least one to grow to try making a Bonsai tree. I've never done this before, and I'm going to read the items linked in the OP when I can, but I was wondering if there is anything specific to these plants/my situation I should know. I live in Virginia, which I believe is zone 7a, if that means something. The seeds are being stratified according to the instructions on from the nursery: soaked in warm water for 30 minutes, patted dry, and placed in a container in the fridge for 10 weeks. They are coming up on the time to take them out and plant them, so I wanted to make sure I know what I need to have ready for that.
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May 25, 2023 15:21
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Dr Intergalactic posted:It means everything. It will dictate what trees will thrive in your climate and inform pretty much all your decisions related to the care of your trees. I'm hopping the Yoshino Cherry will grow well in my area. I'm pretty sure they're the species Japan gifted to the US that are planted in Washington DC, which is just north of me, so I would thinks they'll tolerate the winters. I suppose I could bring it inside over the winter, I have a plant grow light for my Hibiscus plant (which absolutely will not tolerate the winters here).
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May 25, 2023 19:34
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So, I gotcha some great advice from that Bonsai forum. However, one thing nobody actually mentioned was how I should go about growing the cherry tree seeds I have. It was stressed that it'll take like 5+ years before they're ready to be, uh, bonsai'd(?), bit my question is, what do I do with them until then? What size pot should I put them in? A regular pot, or a Bonsai pot? Regular soil, or that bosai soil stuff that looks like crushed clay? I don't want to get 5 years down the road and find out I hosed up at the beginning and they grew too big (or didn't grow right, etc).
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May 30, 2023 14:08
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Dr Intergalactic posted:Yup this is accurate. Also, if you can get them in the ground they'll grow much faster. I live in an apartment, unfortunately. My mom lives in the area, so I may be able to stick them in her yard. I have 10 seeds, so depending on how many germinate I was gonna give her one anyway.
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May 30, 2023 14:35
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Ok Comboomer posted:honestly you’re best off getting hold of a cherry (or flowering plum, they’re usually hardier and their flowers are 95% the same) and chopping it back/air layering it/etc to get a bonsai. How does chopping back/air layering work? If the sapling is 4ft tall, I feel like that's a looot of trimming.
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May 30, 2023 16:38
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Annath posted:So, I gotcha some great advice from that Bonsai forum. So I had these cold stratifying in the fridge and, uh, kinda forgot about them? I took them out today and stuck them in some little yogurt cups with some soil, hoping to sprout some before putting them in a pot. Is there any chance they sprout after months in the fridge, or are they pretty much hosed? They were only like $10 so it's not that big a deal.
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Oct 22, 2023 23:14
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Platystemon posted:So you had them in the refrigerator for five months? I have 10 seeds, hopefully 1 or 2 sprouts.
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Oct 23, 2023 00:05
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Annath posted:I have 10 seeds, hopefully 1 or 2 sprouts. None sprouted lmao. I ordered a sapling from the Arbor Day foundation - cheapest place I could find. They ship 3'-4', so if I can't gradually prune it down to size I'll just keep it in a pot as a pretty-but-small tree 
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Mar 15, 2024 21:26
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bessantj posted:Sorry you didn't have any success. Probably lol. But it was only $10 for 10 seeds, so not like I was out a lot of money.
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Mar 15, 2024 23:02
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trilobite terror posted:I have my eye on a big specimen bloodgood at a local garden liquidator that I think would make a rad omono-to-imperial (prolly closer to five and a half feet when refined) tree. I had to Google "omono" and TIL bonsai don't necessarily have to be little tiny dudes in a pot small enough to sit on a desk.
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Mar 17, 2024 23:03
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