How To Replant A Bonsai Plant
Repotting should ideally be performed in early spring.
How to replant a bonsai plant. Place the tree in its original position or the best position possible taking care to spread the roots out evenly. Repotting also allows you to replenish your bonsai soil. Pick the right time of year for repotting your plant. Root pruning serves a similar purpose.
Know how often to transplant. Determine when your bonsai needs to be re potted. Repotting is a good time to thin your plants foliage mass to help reduce the stress on the bonsai. Take it out and place your plant in a sheltered position with a little shade for a few days.
The primary reason for re potting a bonsai tree is when its root. When the roots are still contained in soil wait another year before checking again. Remove from the pot. So it s important to understand and to assume that responsibility the burden to all of your potted bonsai plants as they are now at your mercy.
Cutting away larger longer roots will lead to branching which creates a smaller finer and more compact root system. You can use a bamboo skewer or similar item to help you. Do not repot on a routine instead check on your trees every early spring by carefully removing the tree from its pot. This will allow your tree to absorb nutrients more effectively and prevent it from becoming pot bound.
Remove the old soil from the tree s roots. Water thoroughly if you can it is a good idea to immerse your tree in water leave it there until the bubbles stop comming out of the soil. You are the caregiver the guardian the all powerful god to your potted bonsai trees. On average about every two years is a good space of time before transplanting but it.
Add more soil and work it in among the roots with your root hook. The plant is no longer receiving nutrients from the earth and no longer receiving life giving rain either. A bonsai needs to be repotted when the roots circle around the root system. If transplanting to a new pot then choose one that will allow the roots to grow well.