How To Make Your Own Bonsai Tree

You can buy this or make your own.

How to make your own bonsai tree. By cutting trees you can develop a new tree and give it a form of bonsai. In this section we will take you through four stages. You ll also need to use a good soil mixture made specifically for bonsai. This is the advantage of making seeds from bonsai trees that you know which species of trees it is although it is more time for the seed to make a bonsai.

In this video we will teach you how to creat your own bonsai tree juniper tree the movie follows a five step approach to growing a bonsai tree. If you choose a homemade version you can use a mixture of potting soil with peat moss pine bark sand and perlite. Starterkits are widely available at online bonsai stores and should cost no more than 30 to 40 us. Remove the bonsai tree from its old pot and remove the soil from around the roots.

Pruning wiring and repotting. Creating your first bonsai is not as hard as you may think. Inspect the roots discarding any dead or damaged bits. As mentioned earlier in our post a clay pot is an excellent choice.

Place a thin layer of gravel in the bottom of the pot for drainage temporarily blocking the drainage hole if too much gravel escapes. Potting soils and wiring your tree. From this young plant you can create a bonsai tree in three steps. Care and maintenance of your new bonsai.

Make sure you leave at least 1 inch of space below the rim of the container so you can water. Make a bonsai from scratch. A bonsai kit usually contains a young plant called a pre bonsai or a nursery stock a bonsai pot wire and soil. Place the plant in the container spread the roots out over the layer of soil and cover them with more soil.