I have one in a pot too but only to grow on while I wait for autumn and conditions to be right to plant it out and grow to full size in due course.
I think you have to start with smaller specimens to get a proper bonsai but maybe root restriction will keep it smaller than the tree it wants to be in normal growing conditions. It will need proper care and feeding to stay healthy. There's some info about that on this site - https://www.bonsaiempire.com/tree-species/ginkgo
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast. "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
I have one in a pot too but only to grow on while I wait for autumn and conditions to be right to plant it out and grow to full size in due course.
I think you have to start with smaller specimens to get a proper bonsai but maybe root restriction will keep it smaller than the tree it wants to be in normal growing conditions. It will need proper care and feeding to stay healthy. There's some info about that on this site - https://www.bonsaiempire.com/tree-species/ginkgo
Awesome, thank you for the link.
These are never going to be indoor bonsais because I want them to provide me with shade, and to screen my windows, without me needing a garden large enough to support full sized trees. I hope my specimens will happily live somewhere in the middle.
Well done pansy for a sensible answer and an alert to a possible issue that could be very important to us all. Glen also seems very sensible and I very much hope there is a happy outcome please let us know.
Are you in the UK GLen? Apologies if I've not picked up on that.
Hosta - there's also the phrase ' I don't give a fiddler's fart' which I believe was made popular in the book Angela's Ashes, although I expect it may have been around for a long time. My sister often used it. Perhaps Plantpauper could enlighten us.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Just re reading your post about the pot/roots etc Glen. It's certainly worth a look to see what the drainage is like, as often that can cause a lot of problems - not just for a Gingko. As you've only had it since March, it seems unlikely that it would be suffering that much though, but it also depends what growing medium you have. Is it just in compost for instance? Were the roots teased out when you planted, or was it a bit pot bound?
Just trying to think of any other obvious reason for the problem, but if none of those things apply, I'd certainly be concerned, and seek the right sort of advice that's been offered. If the roots smelt bad when you got it - that dosn't great.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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I think you have to start with smaller specimens to get a proper bonsai but maybe root restriction will keep it smaller than the tree it wants to be in normal growing conditions. It will need proper care and feeding to stay healthy. There's some info about that on this site - https://www.bonsaiempire.com/tree-species/ginkgo
"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
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These are never going to be indoor bonsais because I want them to provide me with shade, and to screen my windows, without me needing a garden large enough to support full sized trees. I hope my specimens will happily live somewhere in the middle.
Hosta - there's also the phrase ' I don't give a fiddler's fart' which I believe was made popular in the book Angela's Ashes, although I expect it may have been around for a long time. My sister often used it. Perhaps Plantpauper could enlighten us.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Sorry Glen - we're very naughty just now
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
As you've only had it since March, it seems unlikely that it would be suffering that much though, but it also depends what growing medium you have. Is it just in compost for instance? Were the roots teased out when you planted, or was it a bit pot bound?
Just trying to think of any other obvious reason for the problem, but if none of those things apply, I'd certainly be concerned, and seek the right sort of advice that's been offered. If the roots smelt bad when you got it - that dosn't great.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...