Bonsai Carmona Microphylla Care
Growing and sculpting a fukien tea tree into a bonsai design is not a project for the beginner.
Bonsai carmona microphylla care. Fukien tea bonsai tree care guide carmona retusa or ehretia microphylla september 30 2018. Water should be applied until it begins running out of the holes in the bottom of your pot. It is a good idea to use a moisture meter until you get to know the requirements of your bonsai tree. It needs a lot of light and in the house it should be positioned behind a window pane where it gets the best light.
This fabulous bonsai prefers a warm position in your home or office and likes a relatively even temperature without huge fluctuations. Fukien tea tree bonsai can be propagated from seeds or by using cuttings. I ve been given advise to cut a small slit into the trunk to see if it is still green. Because a bonsai is grown in porous soil watering it regularly is an essential task to keep it healthy and thriving.
This is best done during the summer months. Well i don t like this method because if the tree is weak and struggling it will make it weaker. Apply water before the soil appears dry never allow the soil to become completely dry. Good daylight is essential to the trees health.
A very small genus of tropical tree which was once referred to and still often listed as carmona. Positioning temperature the oriental tea tree is an easy bonsai to care for but it does not like cold or draughty environments. The fukien tea is an indoor bonsai which can only be kept outside all year in very warm climates. It does very well in warm lounges and kitchens.
A carmona imported from china is grown in a very compact clay soil. Oriental tea tree carmona microphylla bonsai care summary. While it offers many unique characteristics to the bonsai design the fukien tea tree is one of the more difficult varieties to sculpt. Fukien tea carmona microphylla general information.
Growing fukien tea tree bonsai from seed or by propagation. How to care for fukien tea tree bonsai sunlight. It goes by several synonyms including carmona heterophylla carmona microphylla cordia retusa and more. Specific bonsai care guidelines for the carmona.
The oriental tea tree carmona likes a warm position. During winter place your bonsai in the brightest place possible trying to avoid hot objects like radiators and televisions. The most widely known ehretia species is the fukien tea a tropical shrub originating in southern china and other parts of southeast asia.