Potting A Bonsai Tree
Determine when your bonsai needs to be re potted.
Potting a bonsai tree. Do not repot on a routine instead check on your trees every early spring by carefully removing the tree from its pot. A bonsai needs to be repotted when the roots circle around the root 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. A large part of the art of bonsai is the experience of a tree that has become detached from its ground and now lives in a pot.
Water the plant but don t use fertilizer until the roots have re established themselves. Repotting your bonsai repotting is carried out to prevent your plant becomming root bound and starving to death. There has to be drainage holes of course and wiring holes so that the tree can be fixed to the pot. Bonsai repotting is an advanced technique but is something that every beginner is going to have to contend with at some stage of their bonsai journey.
Remove the old soil from the tree s roots. Pick the right time of year for repotting your plant. Repotting should ideally be performed in early spring. This is the point you might want to spend a little time looking at the placement of the bonsai in the pot.
Once your pot has been selected it is ready to make the move to its new home. It helps maintain your tree in a small pot but does not reduce the size of your tree. The very first thing one should do even before taking the tree out of the existing pot is to. Bonsai soil is mixed specifically for.
Remember to plant non symmetrical trees off center and make sure the best side is facing the right way in the pot. Once you have. The primary reason for re potting a bonsai tree is when its root. Preparing the new pot.
This tree needs to be repotted as the roots circle around the root mass. Actually many containers can serve as a pot for a bonsai tree if they meet certain requirements. Apart from watering it is probably one of the most important and misunderstood processes in bonsai. Your new tree has just undergone a radical somewhat traumatic process.
Once the tree is where you want it gently fill in the pot with soil. When the roots are still contained in soil wait another year before checking again. Press it down well with your fingers so that the soil fills in the spaces in the roots.