Buddha Belly Fig Bonsai Care
Water buddha belly plant in spring when new shoots appear and throughout the growing season when the soil is dry to a depth of 2 inches applying water until it flows through the drainage holes if growing the plant in a container.
Buddha belly fig bonsai care. Look for older plants with a thick stem. When used in the bonsai form pot belly fig have all the splendour of a large tree but in a compact size. It can be kept outside in summer if temperatures are above 15 degrees c 59f and it needs lots of light full sun is ideal in the house as well as outside if the tree is exposed to the ultraviolet radiation gradually or if it is defoliated before placing the tree outside. A buddha belly plant especially if grown indoors needs plenty of sunlight although too much direct sunlight can actually be harmful to the plant s leaves it will burn them.
How to trim a bonsai. You are in complete control. If you like lower leaves can be removed to expose more of the pale brown trunk while branches are easy to trim. If grown in large pots the ficus microcarpa will grow rapidly if kept in small pots they can be kept miniature for life final size depends on watering feeding and trimming given to the plant.
The ficus bonsai tree is an indoor bonsai which cannot endure frost. Small leaves help with the bonsai look and buxus are as tough as old boots making them an excellent low maintenance plant. Roots will continue to swell as the plat gets older and with some training can be grown into amazing bonsai. Bonsai is the japanese practice of growing miniature trees in small containers.
Jm with ficus in growing container 2004. Tree in an extra deep container to develop long large roots 2004 while at the nursery david mike imaino senior plant manager and president of the mid pacific bonsai association and i removed the tree from its container bare rooted it and sawed apart the single tree to become three separate plants each with its own root system. Their fascinating thick stems and aerial roots echo a natural work of art and when purchased pre trained require next to no upkeep. Pot belly fig also banyan fig ginseng ficus and chinese banyan.