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Old 02-06-2011, 11:00 AM
Puzzledmonkey Puzzledmonkey is offline
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Originally Posted by echinosum View Post
If you grow your monkey puzzle in a container, you will effectively bonsai it. How big it will grow will depend upon the container.
Thank you for the prompt reply,

I had seen the mention of the old MP tree kept in a pot, i had'nt really considered that the size of the container would restricted the growth of the tree (lack of gardening knowledge), but that would mean that i could restrict the tree to potentially 5/6 ft in height, which is the ideal height that i want, i had'nt really wanted to ultimately move it just pressumed it would grow to big and then i'd have to remove it.

So any ideas what size container to use, i was thinking something half a barrel size (2ft diameter, 18inches depth), is this too big/small?

Thanks