Bonsai Care
A Bonsai tree is a living miniature tree, it’s no different to the trees you see in nature except a lot smaller and it lives inside a shallow bonsai pot its entire life. With your proper caring, your bonsai will remain healthy and miniature for many years to come. It will also increase in beauty as it matures throughout the years.
TWO IMPORTANT RULES TO KEEP YOUR BONSAI HAPPY:
1: It is very important to keep your bonsai Outdoor at all times. It needs the sun, the rain and the fresh air like all of us.
HOW TO CARE AND
MAINTAIN YOUR BONSAI
The everyday needs of a Bonsai are exactly the same as those of any other plant. It needs nourishment
and a good growing mixture for the root to develop. Never let it completely dry out and it needs air and light. No Bonsai should ever be kept permanently indoors. Plants need sunlight to photosynthesize sugar to get energy to grow. If you keep it indoor all the time, it cannot get enough sunlight, and then it cannot get enough energy to grow, eventually it will die for not enough sunlight and good air.
- WHICH POSITION
Most Bonsai should be placed outdoor at a location where it receives morning sun and not hot afternoon sun. Outdoor in a shade netting area to get filter light is the ideal place for Bonsai to grow. No Bonsai should ever be kept permanently indoors. Indoor display is generally done for special occasions and should not exceed two days a week.
- WATERING
Keep your Bonsai evenly moist and never let it completely dry out. Water your Bonsai twice a day in hot weather, spring or summer and water it every 2 or 3 days in winter. The amount of watering needed depends on the dryness of the soil. Watering is best done from above using either a watering can or a hosepipe with a fine rose.
- PRUNING
To maintain the shape, size and style of Bonsai, the trees require pruning. Heavy pruning should be done in autumn, winter or early spring. General pruning can be done throughout the growing season by cutting back new leaves and leave 2 or 3 pairs of the new leaves.
- FEEDING
The specially prepared soil mixture contains enough nutrients to support your tree at least for half a year, but to keep it in peak condition you may use a weak application of Osmocote or Nutricote twice a year in spring and autumn.
- REPOTTING
You need to repot your Bonsai to the same pot or slightly bigger pot about every 2 years, during the late winter or early spring, prior to the appearance of new growth. The root ball should be pruned and any dead growth removed. Please feel free to contact us and for a small fee we will do it for you.