Whenever we see someone growing Bonsai plants, we also have a desire to grow them in our garden. We will guide you to grow a Bonsai plant in a simple and lucid style including preparations to grow bonsai step by step such as planting, watering, fertilizing, pruning root trimming, reporting, cleaning, shaping, and curing the bonsai tree from disease and pests.
Growing a bonsai tree needs an open place with appropriate light so choose a suitable place in your garden to grow a bonsai tree. A warm and humid climate is good for bonsai plants. Choose the square or round earthen pots with low edges, get red soil, cow dung, and manure. Mix well both in equal quantities. This mixture should have a little moisture.
You can take the help of the Greenium. They will help to select the plant of your choice. There are so many plants like grafted ficus which can be grown into Bonsai. You can also grow fruit-bearing plants and decorative plants into Bonsai trees.
You can also collect the Banyan trees and peepal trees from the roadside. You can also take the help of the Greenium nursery where you will find many varieties of plants. Fruit trees such as Tangerine, lemon, apple, lime, cherry, and peach can be grown into Bonsai plants.
Apples and cherries need cold temperatures. After selecting the plants, plant them in the mixture which you have kept ready in the pot. Plant them at a distance from each other so that they can grow properly. Water the plant properly for the first few days so that roots catch up the soil firmly.
Regular watering is very important for bonsai trees otherwise they will end up dead. Watering needs and techniques depend on the individual tree. Make sure the soil near the roots should not be dry; you can check this with a sharp stick.
Make some drainage holes in the bottom of the pot. If the plant remains in the water for a long time it can cause root rot and the plant will die eventually. Fertilizing is also another important aspect while growing bonsai trees. They need more nutrients in the growing season of spring. Uplift the growth of Bonsai trees, you can use chemical fertilizers or manure.
If you are using chemical fertilizers, dilute them properly before applying them to the soil. Natural manure is very beneficial for the growth of any plant. Don't use strong chemical fertilizers as they can damage and burn the roots of the plant. To grow bonsai plants healthy, pruning is most important.
Only cutting the branch of the bonsai tree is not pruning and cutting is not suitable for several types of Bonsai trees. Some plants need pinching compared to cutting them. To give them pleasing and beautiful shapes, pruning should always be done in the growing season. It will make your bonsai tree look more beautiful.
You can take the help of a Bonsai expert in starting and later you can do it yourself. Change is the truth of life. Plants also need to change their place after some time. if your bonsai tree has been grown in several shares then it needs repoting.
Carefully separate the stuck soil from the root. water the plant regularly after reporting and make sure new pots must have drainage holes. If the roots are very long then you should cut at least one-third of the roots before planting them in the new pot.
plants grow more in height when their roots grow so to control the growth of bonsai trees it is advisable to trim the roots after a gap of a few years. But too much cutting can kill the plant.
Be careful if your bonsai tree has any symptoms of disease; you should cure it immediately otherwise the bonsai tree will die. Powdery mildew, a type of fungus, is very harmful to Bonsai trees. It leaves powdery dust on the leaves and trunk of the trees; they also can develop a kind of rust.
It leaves an orange and brown color patch on the leaves of your bonsai tree. Reporting is also helpful in securing your bonsai plant from rust. This disease occurs due to a deficiency of iron. You can treat this disease with proper insecticides and pesticides.
