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- Design an apple tree as bonsai
- Not every apple tree can become a bonsai
- Choose the right apple variety for a bonsai
- The slow upbringing of the apple tree to bonsai
- Tips & Tricks
Design an apple tree as bonsai
An apple tree can not only be pulled in its usual form with a large treetop in the field. Special varieties of apple are also suitable for decorating the seasons as bonsai on the terrace and on the windowsill.
Not every apple tree can become a bonsai
Of course, an apple tree, which has been refined as a high-stem strain, is not suitable as a starting material for the education of a bonsai due to its growth habit. If you want to pull an apple tree out of a core yourself, then this is basically possible as an approach to bonsai cultivation. However, large-fruited varieties are not suitable for this because the mismatch between tree size and fruit size would only provide a very unsatisfactory picture for a bonsai.
Choose the right apple variety for a bonsai
In total, the list of apple varieties derived from breeding worldwide today includes more than 20,000 varieties. For a design as bonsai, the small-fruited varieties, also referred to as ornamental apples, are primarily suitable. Despite the name as ornamental apple or crab apple, the fruits are also partially for consumption, so that from the harvest of bonsai apple tree and delicious jams and jellies can be made. Suitable varieties for the design of a bonsai apple tree in the pot are:
The slow upbringing of the apple tree to bonsai
For the design of a bonsai from an apple tree you need a bit of patience. It can sometimes take up to ten years for the bonsai to look like a gnarled, old apple tree in a miniature version. For this it is necessary to cut off the branches of the tree regularly just above the rhizome. The trunk can be raised with a stable Eiraht in a slight tilt and the branches get by lowering with wire a realistic miniature form. Through a well thought-out cut you will achieve fine ramifications in your bonsai apple tree, where the flowers and apples look particularly appealing.
Tips & Tricks
Apple trees need relatively much water in every growth form and size. Because bonsais are typically planted in a shallow shell, apple trees in bonsai should be watered regularly on a regular basis. In winter, ornamental apple varieties in the pot must be protected from frost, which is a bright, cool place in the basement or stairwell.