Hi, I have a 13 year old bonsai and noticed this sprout in the soil. It appears very strange and wondered whether this was a baby bonsai growing? Picture is attached, any opinions welcome!

RushP wrote:

Hi, I have a 13 year old bonsai and noticed this sprout in the soil. It appears very strange and wondered whether this was a baby bonsai growing? Picture is attached, any opinions welcome!

Bonsai are mature trees.
Seedlings are never bonsai.
In that sense, a baby bonsai does not exist. If it comes from the seed of the tree, it will not grow into a bonsai by itself, it will grow into a tree.

However, this looks like a weed.

Thanks for the information! Would it be best to remove this then?

RushP wrote:

Thanks for the information! Would it be best to remove this then?

I would remove it - or, if I was curious about what it really is, very carefully transplant it.

Weed, artillery fern I believe(hard to tell for sure). Get rid of it or you will never be rid of it.

Interesting, I was just about to post the same question. Mine looks exactly the same.

Darn it. I actually re-potted it as I was curious on what it was.