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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
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Summary: Learn how to avoid common problems with bonsai tree growing, 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
"I’d like to talk a little bit about the common problems we experience with bonsai. The bonsai are, for all that’s good or right, are trees. They’re subject to all of the diseases and insects that trees are subject to in the natural environment. We add a few problems to that by taking our bonsai trees indoors when they’re actually intended to be outdoor trees and vice versa, we leave our tropical trees outdoors in the frost in the winter and find out that they are dead in the spring. It’s important to know your trees environmental characteristics: where did the tree come from? What kind of environment does the tree have in its natural habitat? Is it desert? Is it tropical rainforest? Is it prairie? What kind of environment is it? Then you know what you have to try and provide for your tree in your home environment. For the most part, the trees that we most commonly see that have the most problem are trees that are intended to be outdoor trees that people have brought indoors to enjoy. There’s nothing wrong with the intention of bringing the tree in but the fact of the matter is the tree would not tolerate an indoor environment for a long period of time. Another common problem is that bonsai trees need to be watered thoroughly but they also need to be drained. In other words, the excess water needs to be allowed to drain off. The failure to do that on a regular daily basis is probably the most common for of bonsai death. "
eHow Article: Avoiding Common Problems with Bonsai Trees
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melificent said
on 8/13/2009 Thanks for that information. I was looking at bonsai's at a show and I thought the "Indoor" bonsai were okay to keep indoors. Thanks for the clarification.
timmy10 said
on 8/2/2008 Wow your videos continue to amaze me!Thanks once again!