First Time

kingkit · Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 9:46 pm Post subject: First Time

Hi
I am a 60 youngster and have an oak tree growing from an acorn, this is an image of my baby oak tree
http://kingkit.net/bonsai.jpg
It is about 9Cm's tall.
Can anybody tell me how long I should wait until I re-pot?
Many thanks
KK

keithmart · Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 6:57 am Post subject: Re: First Time

Hi

And welcome to the group.

Oak is very slow growing, so it may be some time before you need to repot.

If you carefully remove the pot from the soil and look to see if the pot is full of roots, then it may be ready to repot.

An old saying about oak trees:-

they take 300 years to grow, 300 years to live and 300 years to die.

so you might be waiting for some time.

Only pot oak when the tree is dormant just before the buds break. They don't like their roots disturbed while they are growing

kenuk · Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 7:38 am Post subject: Re: First Time

Hi

It looks as if it is growing O/K, so i would leave it till next spring, then gentle take it out of it's pot, cut the tap root, then re pot it or plant it in the ground.

I grew some oak's from acorn about 10-12yrs since and they are still in training pot's.

ken