May 032005
While gardening last weekend, I’ve found an Acorn with a little tiny root coming out of it. So, I planted it in a pot with some nice fresh soil, and after hardly a week, it already looks like this:
It’s about 13-15cm high, and the biggest leaf is about 5cm. I like it. Now where’s that online Bonsai tutorial???
Sweet Memories! My brother planted an acorn in a tiny pot like yours in kindergarten, later my parents put it in the garden. It grew to enormous size in 30 years (abt 14 meters in height), lited the pavement, molested the sewage and had to be taken out in the end. Huge success! So be careful where you put it and expect many seedlings.
This little oak is growing fast as well. Most leaves are about 7-8cm now, and the tree itself is about 16cm. The plan is to keep the tree in a pot (hence: bonsai) and to put it outside. Keeping it inside will probably kill it, since it only gets tapwater (more acid than rain) and it does get exposed to the elements, something trees need to maintain their health.