Cajunrider
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Two from seeds
Cjr Tamarindus indica from seeds
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They were moved into Anderson flat grow boxes today.
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Worked out a cross surface root of a wicked trunk.
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Cajunrider
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I am very excited with these tamarinds. They grow fairly fast, bark up beautifully as you can see in the pictures. They are also flexible and can be formed into complex shape fairly easily. Propagation is supposedly very easy. I am doing the air layers now but am told that they root easily as cuttings. The two tamarinds I have are just one year old but they already are 3ft tall. One will be developed to have a standard spread out nebari, The other will have the weird shape at the base typical of what they are usually done in Asia.
I will keep this thread going just in case anyone of us want to do a tamarind.
I will keep this thread going just in case anyone of us want to do a tamarind.
Nice.
I have a few from that initial seeding.
some are all in the ground growing together as a forest, and a couple are in pots. They are still just sticks, but the bark is looking good and I have hope that with ramification the leaves will reduce. No flowers yet, but that would be nice too.
I have a few from that initial seeding.
some are all in the ground growing together as a forest, and a couple are in pots. They are still just sticks, but the bark is looking good and I have hope that with ramification the leaves will reduce. No flowers yet, but that would be nice too.
Cajunrider
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Earliest for flowers and fruits is 3rd year. Since mine are only a year old, 2 more years. What's amazing to me is how well the bark looks for just a 1 year seedling with trunk on 3/4" at the biggest spot.
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Excellent , someone else doing Tamarind as well . I'm in New Zealand where the temperature is very mild . I have about 20 small Tamarind trees and been giving them away to friends . My seeds have come from India ( I bought the seeds back after visiting - fresh seed are always best )
Cajunrider
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Put loose wire on a couple branches to create movement and air-layered them since they will not be in future design. 
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Next step is a partial ground layer to put more roots at the right side.
penumbra
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They are lovely plants and I have wanted one for years. But when it comes right down to buying one, I just can't bring myself to start a new species of tropical.
Cajunrider
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The trees dropped all leaves and were dormant for a long time. Finally budding this past weekend.
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Both were chopped. I took about a dozen cuttings and simply stick them in a couple pots of soil. Let’s see if they grow as easily as people claim.
Cajunrider
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Chopped trees growing fast. 30% of the cuttings budded out. Cuttings had no root hormones.
Cajunrider
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I did some research into the method of propagation of Tamarindus indica in Vietnam where people routinely use it for bonsai. I learned straight from the horse's mouth that some of them do huge hardwood cuttings up to 8-10" in diameter!
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One month after being chopped.
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penumbra
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You sure have to have vision to create bonsai.
Bonsai nuts congratulate you for boldness. My wife among others would cringe in horror.
Bonsai nuts congratulate you for boldness. My wife among others would cringe in horror.
Cajunrider
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I really didn’t like the straight trunk to I made 11 saw cuts about 3/4 of the trunk diameter and bent it then wrapped with electric tape. This technique has been hit and miss with me before. I will find out in 3-4 weeks if this would take
