{"id":8,"date":"2008-04-15T09:55:44","date_gmt":"2008-04-15T13:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.trollserver.com\/?p=8"},"modified":"2008-04-15T09:55:44","modified_gmt":"2008-04-15T13:55:44","slug":"crabapple-office-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.trollserver.com\/?p=8","title":{"rendered":"Crabapple Office Plant"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I sit here at work taking in the views provided by my cubicle, I glance over at the lone source of greenery on my desk.\u00a0 A very young crabapple tree in a pot.\u00a0 It arrived in a bag from the Arbor Day Foundation<\/a>, sat ignored in a bucket of water for way longer than it should have, and somehow managed to survive long enough for me to feel guilty about it and buy a pot to put it in.\u00a0 A cheap and simple glazed pot that fits the drab decor of my cubicle, a short drive to work, and hopeful watering combined to produce what is now a somewhat healthy looking tree in a pot.<\/p>\n

Now before you let your mind wander to images of ancient bonsai trees the likes of which can be found in Mr. Miyagi’s quaint little shop, let me assure you that a two year old tree in a pot looks nothing like that.\u00a0 It’s gangly, almost 30″ tall and thanks to a sad life in a bucket of water, quite lopsided.\u00a0 The hope is of course to reduce it in height over the next few years, but for now I’m just happy that it survived being planted after being soggy for so long.<\/p>\n

The specific species of crabapple of this potted tree is Malus Sargenti <\/em>or Sargent Crabapple.\u00a0 If it ever actually manages to produce fruit from the limited nutrients provided by the miracle gro potting soil in the pot, they will almost look normal on a bonsai thanks to the relatively small size of crabapples.\u00a0 For the bonsai purists out there taking notes, yes, I am fully aware that miracle gro potting soil is both the opposite of desirable for a bonsai and potentially harmful if not managed properly.\u00a0 I chose it in an attempt to inspire the tree to take proper root (due to it’s young age) and to provide enough energy to hopefully end up with branches that are lower on the tree so I can reduce it in height effectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As I sit here at work taking in the views provided by my cubicle, I glance over at the lone source of greenery on my desk.\u00a0 A very young crabapple tree in a pot.\u00a0 It arrived in a bag from the Arbor Day Foundation, sat ignored in a bucket of water for way longer than it should have, and somehow<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bonsai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.trollserver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.trollserver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.trollserver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.trollserver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.trollserver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.trollserver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.trollserver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.trollserver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.trollserver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}