Dormant Bonsai

Do you use dormant sprays at all.

Dormant bonsai. A beautiful japanese zelkova bonsai tree in winter the ramification is incredible. Tree dormancy causes a lot of worry for many newcomers to bonsai. The rootsystems of our bonsai are the most susceptible part of the tree to damage from the cold. In general the period for intervention more or less coincides with seasonal changes.

To help the plant optimize its resources so that it can come back when the weather warms up you could trim back the dead. Luckily this is very normal and a necessary part of your tree s cycle. Well it s getting to be that time of year again. The following article discusses the problems associated with dormancy and how one may overcome them.

Whilst the surface of the ground may freeze this will only affect the top few inches of the soil. In winter the tree is dormant because of very cold weather in early spring growth begins again in spring and early summer there is major growth in high summer the tree is dormant due to the heat in early. But what does it mean that the bonsai is dormant. Following a couple of nights in the 30 s temperate trees can safely be root pruned.

A dormant period is sometimes induced artificially to speed up growth. In nature a trees roots are buried into the ground and are rarely subjected to freezing temperatures. The period of dormancy may be very short perhaps only 10 to 14 days so once you decide that a tree has gone dormant don t delay doing the work needed. Once a tree starts to grow it is very vulnerable to freezing temperatures buds easily die which significantly impacts the health of your bonsai.

To keep trees dormant throughout the winter open up greenhouses when these warm up during sunny winter days. Every tree will go into a dormant period during the cold season. If you look in a horticulture dictionary you will see that dormancy is a resting phase. Dormancy and indoor bonsai by brent walston introduction the most difficult barrier to growing bonsai indoors is the need for a cold dormant period in temperate climate woody plants.

Pretty soon the leaves will drop the temperatures will drop and we ll be prepping our trees for winter storage. Very little or in fact no growth is made during this time. You can see this for yourself with a dormant bonsai in the video above. This is the descriptive word for the period during late autumn and winter when a tree rests.

It can be scary to start seeing your tree start to have yellow leaves or even drop them altogether. A state of temporary cessation of growth and the slowing down of other activities in whole plants.