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Caring For Your Bonsai - Pinching

This technique is carried out during the summer months to maintain the shape of an established tree and to reduce the size of the leaves.

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September 28, 2007 comment TrackBack-URI
     

Caring For Your Bonsai – Root pruning and Repotting – Part Two

Remove the tree and gently remove some to the old compost and comb out the outer roots - the traditional tool is a chopstick.

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September 26, 2007 comment TrackBack-URI
     

Caring For Your Bonsai – Root pruning and Repotting – Part One

The purpose of a root pruning is to ensure that the growth above ground and the root system below ground remain in balance.

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September 24, 2007 comment TrackBack-URI
     

Caring For Your Bonsai - Water

Water when the surface dries out - scratch the compost if you are not sure. Expect to water frequently, perhaps every day, if the container is small, the leaf area is large, the air is warm or the plant has not been repotted for some time.

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September 21, 2007 comment TrackBack-URI
     

Caring For Your Bonsai - Light

Most indoor bonsai require a brightly lit spot but only some flourish in direct sunlight. All should be protected from hot summer sun.

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September 19, 2007 comment TrackBack-URI
     

Caring For Your Bonsai - Temperature

The temperature requirement of an indoor bonsai is given in the Indoor Bonsai Trees From A-Z post.

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September 17, 2007 comment TrackBack-URI
     

Tips On Bonsai Compost

Ordinary garden soil is definitely unsuitable - the easiest plan is to buy a ready-mixed bonsai compost. Ordinary potting compost will not do - the medium for bonsai must be rather coarse and highly absorbent.

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September 14, 2007 comment TrackBack-URI
     

Pots For Bonsai Trees

A bonsai pot has a number of special features. First of all, it is shallow. The exception is the deep cascade pot.

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September 12, 2007 comment TrackBack-URI
     

Outdoor Bonsai Display

With outdoor bonsai there are several ways to display your trees. The simplest technique is to stand the bonsai pot on the patio or on a coarse sand-covered area in the border.

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September 10, 2007 comment TrackBack-URI
     

Indoor Bonsai Display

With indoor bonsai the general rules of house plant display apply.

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September 7, 2007 comment TrackBack-URI
     

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