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Proper care of Bonsais - Doctor Needed!
It had been far too late to call in the bonsai doctor. My dwarf juniper is dead. I'm now trying again with a second bonsai but have now ensured I am aware the easy tips necessary for care of bonsai trees. Who'd have thought, once the leaves in my tree began turning brown, it had not been a lack of water, but an over abundance. However was only creating a level bigger problem. A Juniper likes dry soil. I used to be drowning the poor thing.
Bonsais can be produced from your countless variety of trees and each different type prefers quite different care. Make sure, by collecting your tree, i hear you ask which type it is then it is possible to ascertain exactly what conditions it prefers. It will then be considered a not at all hard matter of selecting the best environment to maintain your plant happy and healthy. Some, like my juniper, thrive in almost drought conditions, others like damp soil.
Bonsais can be kept with your house or in a nice spot inside your garden or on your patio - Outdoor plants don't always thrive well when brought indoors because the temperature and amount of light they receive is probably not suitable. It's smart to mist your indoor bonsai with water as numerous being a humid atmosphere. Again - what suits one plant might not suit another, which is why it's important to know the name of your particular tree.
While watering is essential to the care of bonsai trees, also may be the kind of soil. Again you should know very well what type of tree you've got so you can ensure it's potted inside the right soil and know you're feeding it the proper kind of fertilizer in the proper time.
Generally speaking, it's advocated a mixture of around Thirty percent sandy grit and 70 % humus for deciduous trees and vice verse for evergreen needle plants. Hopefully, if you've bought your plant from your specialist or garden shop they've got the soil mix right. It will pay to check, however, as staff in some non-specialty stores may know less concerning the proper care of bonsais than you.
Bonsais generally must be re-potted every 2 to 5 years. Again its smart to obtain some advice about the pot size and soil. Re-potting can also be time to do your root and branch pruning. That's where your artistic flair concerns the fore. Regular pruning for the care of bonsai trees can be done through pinching off new growth along with your thumb and forefinger.
Wire and pruning enables you to encourage your bonsai to grow into the desired, artistic shape. I didnrrrt discover all of this information before it was too late to save my first bonsai. However I now have the right knowledge to ensure my replacement tree does not suffer the same fate.
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