How To Get A Bonsai Tree Back To Life
The bark of your tree protects the life underneath it.
How to get a bonsai tree back to life. Trim the root mass to ensure it fits comfortably in the new planter and to stimulate new root growth. Use a quality potting soil that includes low phosphorous potassium and low levels of nitrogen. Bringing my ficus bonsai back to life 3 years 6 months ago 27903 after reading on this website i believe my bonsai is dying from over watering i m obviously new with this. With thoroughly i mean you should water your tree wait a few minutes and water it again to make sure the entire soil mass is watered.
Expect for your bonsai to. Use sharp sterile pruning shears to remove any areas of the bonsai that are cannot be saved such as dead or broken branches and wilted. How to revive a dying bonsai tree. Cut back any long thick or dead roots before placing the tree in a new planter.
To see if your tree or a particular branch is still alive all we have to do is remove a small portion of the top brown bark to see if the next layer of the tree is green. Read more about watering bonsai trees and about repotting your bonsai. There is an old japanese saying roughly translated you must pot a lot of bonsai you must prune a lot of bonsai you must water a lot of bonsai you must kill a lot of bonsai before you know bonsai take it from someone who has killed his fair share it s true. It has lost all but 2 leaves and now has started to get white mold looking substance on part of the surface of the dirt.
Make sure your bonsai has direct sunlight for at least 6 hours each day. Look to see if the cambiums of the cut areas are green and fairly healthy. When your tree recovers repot it in a proper soil mix. Start in an inconspicuous and scrape off a small portion of the bark with your fingernail.
Take the unhealthy tree out of its pot to examine the soil and roots. Green is the color of life. Check on your tree when watering and do it thoroughly.