Repot Bonsai Tree
Once your pot has been selected it is ready to make the move to its new home.
Repot bonsai tree. Do not repot on a routine instead check on your trees every early spring by carefully removing the tree from its pot. It helps maintain your tree in a small pot but does not reduce the size of your tree. Junipers of course are evergreens and don t lose their leaves like a deciduous tree but they go dormant just the same. How to repot a bonsai tree and the reasons for doing so step 1.
Once you have. Late winter is the best time to re pot your bonsai tree. Mid february is a good general average for most bonsai trees. Determine when your bonsai needs to be re potted.
It depends on the size of container pot and tree species how often a bonsai tree needs to be repotted. The very first thing one should do even before taking the tree out of the existing pot is to. Remove the old soil from the tree s roots. Pruning the branches and leaves of your bonsai tree will encourage the splitting of limbs into smaller thinner and fuller regrowth.
Repotting your bonsai regularly will prevent it from becoming pot bound so that the roots can do their job more efficiently. During the winter your bonsai is dormant and the tree rests for the spring. Repotting should ideally be performed in early spring. Root pruning is an important part of the repotting process.
Fast growing trees need to be repotted every two years sometimes even every year while older more mature trees need to be repotted every three to five years. The primary reason for re potting a bonsai tree is when its root. Pick the right time of year for repotting your plant.