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What is the Role of a Bonsai Pot?
What is a Bonsai Tree and How is it Formed?
What Type of Soil is Necessary for Bonsai Trees
How to Care for your Bonsai Tree : Bonsai Maintenance
Tools Necessary for Bonsai Tree Care
History of Bonsai
Growing Bonsai Trees from Seed
Tips for Growing Healthy Bonsai Trees
How to Make your Own Bonsai : Bonsai Lessons for Beginners
How to Plant a Bonsai Tree
Avoiding Common Problems with Bonsai Trees
Repotting Bonsai Trees : Professional Bonsai Growing Tips
Various Types of Bonsai
How Often to Water your Bonsai Trees : Tips Watering Bonsai
Bonsai Garden Climate
Learn what a bonsai tree is and how it is formed, in this free video.… More
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Learn professional tips on how to plant a bonsai tree, in this free video.… More
To keep your bonsai in optimal health, it must be fed, watered and pruned regularly. Bonsai trees can last… More
The art of bonsai is almost 2,000 years old. All bonsai need the same basic care, but each type of tree wi… More
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Learn some professional tips for growing healthy bonsai trees, in this free video.… More
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Summary: Learn professional tips on how to plant a bonsai tree, in this free video.
Mike Hansen, owner of Midwest Bonsai, has been growing, caring, selling, and instructing others in bonsai care for years. Mike is an expert bonsai master.read more
"We need some bonsai soil. The bonsai soil is probably going to be different from the soil that the tree is growing in; which means that one of the last steps that we do here is that we take the soil off of the tree. It’s very simple; you don’t have to worry too much about abusing the trees and root regardless of what you’ve heard before. We can just do this with our fingers most of the time. Cut away some of the extra roots; we removed that much of the top. A good rule-of-thumb we can remove about that much of the root. Now we have our tree ready, our bonsai tree ready to go in our bonsai pot. Just a small amount of our fresh bonsai soil on the bottom. Put more soil on the sides. Cut our extra wires and then we’ll finish adding soil. Now this is what I call a chopstick, this is actually a bamboo stick. This is a good replacement for a chopstick. We used chopsticks when we were learning in our bonsai. This is just a heavier version of one. I’m poking the roots here, this looks kind of cruel. But what this does is help settle very dry soil in and around the roots. We have our bonsai tree and our bonsai pot with soil. The next thing we do is take our small pan, just big enough to hold our bonsai pot with tree. Put it about half full with water, set the tree in there and let soak. Set the tree in there for about twenty minutes and that allows this very dry soil to take on water. We do this for the very first time only. After this we water the tree from the top. It’s very important or the first about two or three weeks, after you’ve assembled your bonsai to ensure that you water it thoroughly everyday. Maybe twice a day. Because this soil takes a little while for it to absorb and take on water. "
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