Overwintering Bonsai In Garage

One of the most preferred overwintering techniques is placing the bonsai pot and all inside a hole.

Overwintering bonsai in garage. This is preventable and should be for aesthetic purposes. He is a piller in the bonsai community. I was just googling for japanese bonsai in garages. During the autumn in colder areas hardy trees start preparing for the coming winter by hardening up new growth and for deciduous trees dropping leaves to reduce moisture loss.

Many areas will have warm spells during the winter that will warm the earth and your bonsai above freezing. They won t have melting snow to provide water so you ll need to monitor the moisture in the soil a couple times per week to make sure it doesn t dry out. Tags indicate tasks to do in spring on this tree. Bonsai in fall color before being prepped for storage.

The surrounding soil insulates the pot and the roots within from temperature extremes. Place the trees in the bin and place bark mulch around the roots. The same bonsai prepped for winter storage. Bonsai trees kept in an unheated garage or shed the trees that you keep in a structure overwinter will need a little more attention.

A large plastic bin with holes for drainage. Overwintering your bonsai trees. Optimum placement would be a location sheltered from wind and under the cover of a larger tree. General pointers for overwintering bonsai from experience overwintering bonsai in the u k i can state that water is going to be your main enemy.

So yeah we learn techniques from ones with experience. Always check to make sure that the bonsai itself is getting water. This is a good opportunity to uncover them and check for dryness. Watering when overwintering in a shed or garage leatherback.

Which again differs from a small lean to greenhouse which i also have but gets too warm in winter to keep my trees dormant. Chalk one more up in the column for garage caused problems. Overwintering your bonsai like so many things in tending bonsai how you overwinter your trees is specific to the tree species and the region in which you live. Do not overwinter your trees in a damp musty room with poor circulation.

This is very different from a garage attached to the heated house which is 20f warmer than outside with bonedry air. Special care during winter. At the moment it is not. Then provide water as needed.

Keeping the root ball a little on the dry side over winter will benefit your tree no end. As already stated excess water will cause problems upon freezing. First choose a location sheltered from wind.