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can Bonsai be fruit trees that give fruit?
does any one raise fruiting Bonsai trees and if so how long before they fruited?
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we just had some one writing in about blueberry bonsai: https://www.helpfulgardener.com/forum/vi ... ai#p363372
Fig, citrus, and cherry have been made in to bonsai. Here's an article about fruiting bonsai: https://www.bonsaigardener.org/bonsai-fruit-tree.html
Cherry tree bonsai:
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That is clearly a very old tree.
I have never tried it and don't know how long it would take to fruit, but in general cherry trees (not bonsai) take 3-7 years to produce fruit, citrus and figs take a couple years. Don't know if keeping them miniaturized would slow that down or not.
Fig, citrus, and cherry have been made in to bonsai. Here's an article about fruiting bonsai: https://www.bonsaigardener.org/bonsai-fruit-tree.html
Cherry tree bonsai:
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/73 ... 0cd05f.jpg
That is clearly a very old tree.
I have never tried it and don't know how long it would take to fruit, but in general cherry trees (not bonsai) take 3-7 years to produce fruit, citrus and figs take a couple years. Don't know if keeping them miniaturized would slow that down or not.
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ucan wrote:does any one raise fruiting Bonsai trees and if so how long before they fruited?
Good evening OP to answer your question...yes. And the fruit will be regular sized, unless the tree or sion is of a dwarf cultivar. Remember bonsai are regular trees, that go through life cycles which include flowering and fruiting. Bonsai in the angiosperm family will flower and produce fruit/seed once fertilized. Hope this answers your question =)
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