Indoor bonsai care can be quite a difficult process to say the least. Without proper care and attention bonsai trees are prone to dying which is a rather unfortunate for the grower and the tree itself. Many people have different views on the proper way to care for bonsai trees and today I am going to tell you the five top indoor bonsai care tips around. By using the advice provided you will be able to grow great looking bonsai trees and prevent yourself from becoming a “bonsai gardening statistic”. The tips I am about to share with you are of course reasonably basic, however, they are extremely effective at encouraging the growth of bonsai trees. Without using the five tips it is nearly impossible to grow a good tree as they are the basic things every bonsai tree requires in order to develop. In a way indoor bonsai care is a bit like building a house – you need firm foundations before you can complete the rest of the construction. The following five indoor bonsai care tips are a firm foundation for growing great trees. (more…)
Today I put my yamadori ash bonsai into a training pot. I saved a large steel bucket from a skip to use as a training pot to make sure the roots don’t spread too much. As you may know, I haven’t long had the tree. Usually with yamadori you need to keep them in the ground for them to recover for a period of at least a year or so. But this ash I have has been doing so well I thought I’d put it in it’s new training pot. (more…)
To make a bonsai you need the following:
- An interesting small shrub or tree
- A shallow bonsai pot
- Imagination (more…)
A common misconception with bonsai is that they need to be very small to be good. This is completely untrue. If you look at top bonsai artist’s trees you will see that their best ones are actually very big. The problem is that growing a bonsai big while it’s in it’s pot is quite hard to do. It takes a long long time to thicken up in the pot as it hasn’t got much room to expand. (more…)
A while ago I found information on the internet advising to make your bonsai sweat to bring them out of dormancy. I applied the technique to two of my trees to test it out. My oak and my hawthorn. I am sorry to say that there is still nothing sprouting on my two trees! (more…)
If you are just starting with bonsai or want to start taking up the hobby this is for you.
Bonsai trees do not have to be total mysteries to you. You can create your own trees starting with these top secrets and soon you will be creating masterpieces like the pros! A bonsai can be made quick and simple with a bit of practice you will know what to look for and how to do it. (more…)
Two of my trees this year have not grown leaves after winter and have been in a dormant state now for way too long. After a bit of research I found that one method you can break dormancy is to “sweat” the tree. I found this at the University of Kentucky’s website. The good news is that they do mention oaks and hawthorns which are the two bonsai of mine that are affected. (more…)
When people first buy a bonsai plant they do not know how to take proper care of it. Most bonsai plants bought from a garden center are not very well treated and the staff there don’t know how to look after it either. I recommend an outdoor plant which you can style into a bonsai.
A shrub is fine for this purpose. One of the more pretty types is a hinoki cypress which you will find at more garden centres looking very bushy. They grow very slowly, which makes them good for our needs.
However if you have already got your plant then you can have a look around this site for tips on taking care of it. There’s no easy solutions to taking care of indoor bonsai but if you do a bit of reading up you will have the basic knowledge to care for them. Good luck!
Where do I put my bonsai tree? This is a difficult and important question as incorrect placement can result in moisture loss and leaves falling off! Or in another spot it might be way too damp. (more…)
Ok so we know sometimes we neglect to water our little trees, cut off too many roots or something similarly bad. When the leaves start to drop off and it’s looking a little sorry for itself it’s a bit worrying. But how can we tell for sure whether its alive or dead?
There are two simple tests that you can carry out to determine this. (more…)
