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Care For A Bonsai Tree Article
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Choosing and Caring for a Bonsai Plant
from: Lawn and Garden Magic
Anyone new to growing Bonsai may get a bit overwhelmed by the wide variety of Bonsai plants available. Thus the recommended place to start is with a plant common to your area and meets general Bonsai plant requirements.
Popular Bonsai plant subjects include the Juniper tree, the Japanese and Chinese wisteria, the Japanese black pine and the Japanese flowering cherry. Acquiring a Bonsai plant from a nursery is a good idea since the roots of the plant have already adapted to confined conditions. Always select a Bonsai plant with good root systems and branches.
Locate a protected area in your yard to plant your Bonsai. The Bonsai plant will be ready to be transplanted in a container after a year. During potting of the Bonsai plant, you might need to do some light branch pruning, but it would take another year for Bonsai training to start.
You can also get yourself a Bonsai plant from the wild, but this has more risks because it's difficult to determine important factors to growing a Bonsai, such as the plant's age. A Bonsai plant must be collected when it's in its dormant phase, which is also difficult to determin with a wild plant. Regardless, if you decide to collect a wild plant, you should have the necessary tools ready because after digging you need to do the following: pack moss around the root ball, wrap the plant's root ball with a plastic bag and then water it to keep the Bonsai plant material moist. You can replant the specimen after digging and may also need to pry the roots loose with a crowbar.
If the Bonsai plant specimen is on someone else's property, make sure you have permission to dig and make sure the species isn't endangered. Keep in mind that It's illegal to remove a plant from protected areas such as national parks and other sanctuaries.
Seasonal Bonsai Plant Care
Summer: Avoid exposing the plant to extreme heat, sunlight, wind and rain. Water daily but don't keep it soaked. Three up to five hours of direct sunlight daily is beneficial to the Bonsai plant but move it to the shade in the afternoon.
Autumn: Prepare the Bonsai plant for winter by watering less to slow growth and this is the time to stop applying fertilizer. Don't prune branches starting late August.
Winter: During the winter months, if the temperature should drop below 28 degrees Fahrenheit, you should store your Bonsai plant in a greenhouse or another suitable location, but keep it cool to maintain its dormancy. Watering is still necessary, but should be done only on alternating days.
Spring: Spring is the time for pruning and training an old Bonsai plant. It's also the time to start a new one.
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