Indoor Bonsai Tree Care

A bonsai tree is a joy to behold especially if it is well taken care of and healthy. One of the major factors in bonsai care is to know how often to water it. Since many bonsai trees are used for indoor decoration purposes, these will also need special attention and care especially in watering. Both indoor and outdoor plants will need different schedules in how often to water a bonsai tree. Most bonsai trees and other plants will need more watering during the warmer summer months compared to winter months and other seasons. How often to water a bonsai tree can also be determined by the number of leaves and size of leaves on the plant. Bonsai trees with more leaves will naturally manufacture more food thus needing more nutrients and water. The size of the leaves will also dictate how often to water a bonsai tree because the bigger leaves will also manufacture more food for the plant requiring more water and nutrients. read more..

Growing indoor bonsai trees is not as easy as you think it is. You cannot just buy a seedling, put it in a small pot and hope that your seedling will survive for a few months or so. Growing bonsai trees is a painstaking process. You need to put in a lot of time and effort into your trees to make them look healthy and beautiful. read more..

Beyond the need for good water retention and good drainage, soils have to supply all the nutrients that bonsai trees can’t get from the air or produce internally using sunlight for energy. Also, how much water retention is needed and specifically what kind and amount of nutrients will vary somewhat from species to species. read more..

Before you start choosing soil for your bonsai trees, you need to learn a little ultra-simple plant biology. Plants maintain themselves and grow by taking in and processing nutrients, just as animals do. But the obvious difference is that (with few exceptions) plants can’t go get them, it has to come to them. One major portion of their needs is met when they absorb sunlight and take oxygen from the air. The rest must come from the soil. read more..

Trees are amazingly self-sufficient. They take in needed elements from the environment without having to move to fetch it as animals do. But that can be a limitation as well, since they are dependent on finding what they need nearby. read more..