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Taking Care Of Bonsai Trees Article
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How to Tend and Start Loving Your Chinese Elm Bonsai
from: Lawn and Garden Magic
Bonsai art is a hobby that continues to captivated people from every imaginable place in the world. What is most fascinating for enthusiats is how species that are so big can fit into a small pot or container. The secrets to this type of gardening, however, are no longer secrets.
Reseach will tell your there are 45 known species of Chinese Elm Bonsai, most of which are evergreen in color. Chinese Elm are most commonly found in woodlands, hedgerows and thickets, and are usually found Northern temperate climates.
Chinese Elm bonsai are often interchanged with the species called Zelkova (also known as the Japanese Elm), with the one difference being the appearance of their fruits. Chinese Elm has fruits with wings while its Japanese counterparts do not.
Chinese Elm is usually sold as an indoor plant because it stays green even though it's kept indoors. Certainly they look good indoors, however, you might try using them as outside decor because this will also do the plants some good.
Here are ways to care for your Chinese Elm, whether you keep them indoors or outdoors:
1. Indoors: Chinese Elm should be kept in an area with adequate lighting (such as a window sill) where the humidity is high. In the early spring, place your plants outside where they should remain until autumn to enable leaves to fall off naturally. When watering the indoor type, keep your compost moist. Wating every day shouldn't be necessary, so use the compost as your gauge for when to water.
2. Outdoors: If your Chinese Elm is able to get used to the winter, it'll be able to cope even with the lowest temperatures, so you shouldn't need to worry about it. Keep in mind that outdoor Chinese Elm need more frequent watering than indoor version.
3. For both indoor and outdoor types, pruning should be 3-4 nodes, which are allowed to shoot as you prune at 1 or 2 leaves. Autumn and late summer are the best times to prune.
4. Do your best to prevent aphids, gall mites or grasshoppers from eating your plants.
5. It's recommended that the best shape for this type of bonsai is that of a broom because this follows its original shape making pruning a lot easier.
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