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I've just potted up my first citrus bonsai. Has anyone tried this before???? I guess it would work better with a kumquat due to it's miniature fruit. But this Meyer lemon was all I had available.

What exactly have you done to it to make it a bonsai?

Well, to be technical, it's still in it's initial stages.
I have so far just potted it up in the bonsai pot.
I plan to wire the branches and trim the foliage once it has settled in.
I also plan to keep it roughly at it's current size.
That's why Im asking if anyone has attemped citrus bonsai for advice on where to go from here as this is my first attempt.

I fear that your bonsai will keep its too big to fit in the right scale leaves. I have seen pictures of a Fortunella hindsii-bonsai and i have seen quite tiny chinotto-bonsais. But I have never seen an ordinary lemon-bonsai or something like that. Fortunella hindsii is the only citrus with tiny enough fruits for a bonsai. I would suggest go and get one.
/Robert

I thought Chinotto was a very common Bonsai choice?

Procimquat make an excellent bonsai. The leaves and fruit are very small, plus the tree can bloom and fruit in the first year from seed. Procimquat is only grown as an ornamental. - Millet (710-)

Unless you put it in the ground or a container to "grow the trunk", it will never truly look like a Bonsai. It all depends on what you prefer of course, but if you're looking to have miniature tree that looks 30 years old, it's essential that you grow the trunk for up to five years before you even think about putting it in a bonsai container.

It's hard enough to grow Meyer lemons as it is (for me anyway), but considering all of the abuse a Bonsai tree requires to have the correct proportions, I can't imagine a Meyer being an ideal plant for Bonsai. My biggest concern would be having to rough up and cut the roots, which is required for Bonsai. In my experience, Meyers do not take well to root damage.

Bonsai, is an art of pruning, shaping and growing a tree and keeping it small. Although some plants do much better as bosai than others. I had a calamondin orange bonsai, it gave fruit and looked great, until i left it outside on a cold night and it froze. ) :

Thanks for your tips everyone. The meyer is not the best choice for this i know but will keep it as a project and see how it goes. Ultimately i'm looking for a small chinotto seedling to do the bonsai as the small leaves would be perfect. Havent seen any suitable in the garden centres so might have to grow a cutting. I tried last year to root a chinotto but all my cuttings failed:(
I saw this one on another forum that looks great
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I've seen some bonsai of ponderosa lemon. The large sized leaves and flowers looked out of proportion to the stems. I think Fortunella hindsii would be the best for bonsai.

I have 3 chinotto grafted on lemon meyer roots last year. They will be for sale on ebay in march-april 2011. Sign up in ebay for "chinotto" search keyword or "Sour Orange", and as soon it will be for sale you will receive email reminder.
One of them already have 2 fruits pea size.

Chinotto would probably be great to bonsai. They grow a bit slower & the tight compact leaves are awesome. I'm going to bud up some of my variegated Chinotto soon which will be for sale.