How To Repot A Bonsai Fig Tree

Once the pot is prepared it is now ready to receive the new tree.

How to repot a bonsai fig tree. Pick the right time of year for repotting your plant. Center the bonsai in the container and fill it the rest of the way with soil. Firstly it s important to take a kama or a bonsai sickle and go around the perimeter of the pot to detach the root ball. In this video we had shown how to repot a ficus bonsai.

Remove the old soil from the tree s roots. This video shows a bonsai tree for beginners and. After removing the tree from the pot a portion of the tree s root ball can be removed. A bonsai needs to be repotted when the roots circle around the root system.

The primary reason for re potting a bonsai tree is when its root. Position the ficus tree upright into the pot. Ficus tolerates root pruning very well. For faster closing of large wounds young plants shoots or aerial roots can be grafted across the wound.

Ficus respond best to repotting when the weather is warm so i figured july would be a good time to work on the tree. Allow your bonsai to sit in the water until the bubbles cease to rise. Don t make your soil level any higher than the original container which can suffocate the roots. Determine when your bonsai needs to be re potted.

Repot the tree during spring every other year using a basic soil mixture. This repotting bonsai guide with step by step instructions should make the re potting experience a less stressful one for both you and your bonsai. Place your ficus into the pot and fill it with soil. When the roots are still contained in soil wait another year before checking again.

It s been almost one year since i started caring for an exposed root green island ficus. This tree needs to be repotted as the roots circle around the root mass. This is called root pruning. Repotting should ideally be performed in early spring.

I pruned the tree toward the end of summer last year and have been waiting until this year to repot it see cutback and wiring for photos of last year s work. The grower can work on fig trees with nearly unlimited creativity which increases the appeal of ficus as a bonsai plant considerably. Fill the sink with tepid water so that it reaches about 1 inch above the container s surface. Take your bonsai and place it in a sink or bucket if it is fairly large.

While watering i observe that its not holding water properly. Here the previous soil media becomes very hard and compact.