How To Feed A Bonsai Tree

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Bonsai tree care involve watering proper fertilisation choosing right soil providing proper light and aeration.

How to feed a bonsai tree. Don t fertilize sick or unhealthy trees and never fertilize dry soil. Bonsai trees should be watered right when the top layer of soil appears dry. Liquid feeding has the advantage that it can quickly improve the appearance of a yellowing deficient tree. Deciduous bonsai trees should be fertilized weekly during the growing season and stopped once the leaves have fallen.

Depending on the type and size of your tree as well as the type of soil you use the frequency of watering can differ and can even be once a day. You can choose to reduce the recommended quantity slightly for trees that are not in training anymore to balance their growth instead of stimulating it. Select a slow release 0 10 10 or a well balanced 10 10 10 combination. To harden off new growth for the winter reduce the nitrogen content towards the end of the summer switching to a feed such as tomato fertiliser and then to a specialist bonsai fertiliser with n p k.

During the growing season you should apply slow release bonsai pellets to the surface of the soil for long term feeding and then supplement this treatment with a liquid preparation every two weeks in the growing season. Feed your pine bonsai in the early spring according to the bonsai gardener. During the fall and winter months feed your bonsai a 0 10 10 fertilizer. Feed your bonsai using the quantities and frequency as stated on the fertilizer s packaging.

Ratio of 0 10 10 containing no nitrogen. Distribute the feed equally throughout the bonsai at half strength and irrigate it thoroughly into the soil. Tips to protect bonsai from pests.