Growing A Bonsai Tree From Seed Indoors

Soak your seeds in water.
Growing a bonsai tree from seed indoors. Trees and shrubs that need to winter can go for four to six months when you winter them. Fill a plastic bag a zip lock food bag is perfect with moist potting soil many bonsai enthusiasts recommend. Larger bonsai can be trained from nursery stalk but smaller bonsai one hand or less can be easier to train from seedlings and seed stalk. Just lay the pine cones in a room temperature in open box.
Pine trees that have plenty of cones tend to have more viable seeds. Use your fingers to compact the soil a bit. Cover the seeds with about an inch of standard bonsai soil. Water thoroughly and make sure that the soil is always slightly moist.
Growing bonsai from seed will be a test of your patience but it is a great way to style bonsai trees without the need to prune thick branches which is often inherent to styling yamadori or nursery stock. Cover the bottom of your container with fine gravel or sand to allow for good drainage. Choose cones that are closed because open cones mean that seeds were probably been released. Read the bonsai styling section for detailed information about techniques including wiring and pruning.
How to plant bonsai seeds 1. Fill the starter tray or container with a suitable. Place the tree seeds in the bag and seal. Choose a planting container.
If growing from a seed isn t for you and you want a quicker start in growing your own bonsai tree you can instead go down the tree cutting route. Place in the fridge at a temperature below 10 degrees. This gives you time for other things in your life. By sowing seeds in the autumn you are following nature s own natural time schedule and the seedling can take advantage of a full summer to grow in after germination in early spring.