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Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 8:20 am   Post subject: Growing a bonsai crabapple tree?


Hi i have a fully grown crabapple tree at my house and i was wondering if i could take some type of a cutting that would produce fruit within the first year and grow it into a bonsai?

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Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 10:33 am   Post subject:


Yes you can grow it from a cutting, and generally a crabapple does really well from a cutting. Before you get fruit though, your cutting will need to establish roots. You can try air layering. It is quite possible to get fruit in 1 year, but it really depends on how well it gets established.

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Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 3:03 pm   Post subject:


how much time does bonsai plant take to grow?

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Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 3:29 pm   Post subject:


Bonsais grow at exactly the same rate as 'normal' trees - only in miniature.


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