Grow a Lemon Bonsai Tree in a Pot with These Pro Tips!

It’s citrus season again! 🍋4 tips for making your mini lemon tree into a bonsai…or just successfully growing citrus in a pot👇

🏖️Sandy soil: citrus likes drainage more than anything! Use a cactus mix and amend with 30-40% horticultural sand.

💦Water: now your tree has excellent drainage you can water more often, and very deeply. The roots will take up the water they need and the rest will drain away quickly which will promote healthy flowers, foliage & fruit.

🪴Bonsai style: to achieve that rugged tree aesthetic, gradually brush away soil from the top revealing the roots. They will harden when exposed to air and you will begin seeing that gnarled root look.

🍋Be patient! This pink lemon tree has been in training for 4 years already. The trunk has been growing thick (but not tall due to being constrained to the pot) and a curve has been gently molded into the trunk using wire.

Leave a 🍋 in the comments if you’re excited about the idea of a bonsai lemon tree 🌳

We’re horticulturists in Southern California zone 10. Citrus can grow successfully outdoors in our zone all year round.

#citrus #bonsai #minilemontree #pinklemon #urbanharvest #urbanhomestead #smallspacegarden #containergardening

[jacobnovollife]

🍋 thank you! I've been wanting to try doing this

[labonita]

El Sr jesus es muy amable ayuda mucho alas personas con las dudas y aconseja muy bien para los arboles frutales el es el mejor

[barneyboyle]

Very cool. I wouldn’t have guessed this was possible

[LaoSoftware]

Bonsai tree are small version of grown adult trees.

[crane]

Never expected the fruit to be the same size, I wonder if it would work similarly for non-citrus fruit trees

[FrogFan]

Could you make a full vedeo on how to nake this

[matteloht]

do they survive (light) frost, or do I have to pull that bonsai lemon inside for winter?

[veronicaave]

Wait a second I thought pink lemons weren’t real haha I thought it was just coloring 😂 wow I feel stupid