How To Turn A Tree Into A Bonsai
Use bonsai wire to wrap around the flexible portions to bend the trunk into place.
How to turn a tree into a bonsai. Insert a plant stake. Fertilize your bonsai tree only when it is healthy and the soil is moist. Prepare the pot by feeding a length of small gauge bonsai wire through the drainage hole to support the tree until it becomes established. Choose a young oak tree with little or no branch damage.
Your new tree has just undergone a radical somewhat traumatic process. Place a thin layer of gravel in the bottom of the pot for drainage temporarily blocking the drainage hole if too much gravel escapes. Things you ll need a maple tree sharp and clean knife or scissors sphagnum moss soak it in water for at least 15 minutes a small sheet of heavy plastic string rooting hormone available at any garden center container with good drainage holes for growing there are many bonsai container options. Adjust the schedule according to the surrounding conditions and size of the tree.
Then work with the new branches. Pines not so much. Care for your new bonsai tree. Select a sapling oak tree for bonsai.
With some deciduous trees you can be amazingly harsh cutting back to just a stump. During the growing season apply fertilizer every three to four weeks in half strength. Select a young healthy dormant tree fom which to create your bonsai. Place the oak tree on a clean surface and remove the tree from its original container or bindings.
Begin shaping the trunk. Do not select oak trees that show signs of yellowing or discolored foliage as this could be a sign of a root bound system. For 2 3 weeks after re potting your tree leave it in a semi shaded area protected from the wind or harsh direct sunlight. For bonsai select a tree that has small leaves an abundance of nodes between twigs good branching form attractive bark and one that can take frequent pruning and survive in a container.
Tease out the roots so that. Plant the tree in a flower bed filled. Video of the day step 1. Remove the tree s container and rinse the soil away from the roots of the sapling.
In general most bonsai are created by taking a larger tree and cutting it back then letting it regrow. Do not purchase a discarded tree.