How to grow ficus bonsai ?
hello i want to know some Personal tips about bonsai.
Growing any bonsai takes time. You start with a small ficus plant in a pot 4 to 6 inches in diameter. Keep it there for 2 or 3 months to make sure that it is healthy. Don’t fertilize it, but make sure that it has adequate water and light. Then start watching it for 30 minutes a day. Just do that for another month. Transplant it to a smaller pot or the container of your choice. It must be large enough to contain the root mass which will be left when, during the transplantation, you trim away about 50% of the smallest roots. After that move, trim away 3 of the smallest branches which you have been watching during your month long observation. Don’t trim away more than 3 of those branches a week for no more than 4 weeks. Continue to observe the tree. Make sure that it has enough water and light. A small amount of water twice a day, not a lot all at once. For about 3 to 6 months, keep up the watering and the light and the observation. Observe the tree for a total of 6 months without doing anything. Then trim off the new growth at the tips of the branches which you have left on the plant. Gently remove the tree from its container. Prune off 30% of the small roots. Return it to its container. Wait another 3 months. By then you should know your bonsai well enough to do for it what it needs. Good luck, grasshopper.
September 22nd, 2009 at 5:32 pm
Growing any bonsai takes time. You start with a small ficus plant in a pot 4 to 6 inches in diameter. Keep it there for 2 or 3 months to make sure that it is healthy. Don’t fertilize it, but make sure that it has adequate water and light. Then start watching it for 30 minutes a day. Just do that for another month. Transplant it to a smaller pot or the container of your choice. It must be large enough to contain the root mass which will be left when, during the transplantation, you trim away about 50% of the smallest roots. After that move, trim away 3 of the smallest branches which you have been watching during your month long observation. Don’t trim away more than 3 of those branches a week for no more than 4 weeks. Continue to observe the tree. Make sure that it has enough water and light. A small amount of water twice a day, not a lot all at once. For about 3 to 6 months, keep up the watering and the light and the observation. Observe the tree for a total of 6 months without doing anything. Then trim off the new growth at the tips of the branches which you have left on the plant. Gently remove the tree from its container. Prune off 30% of the small roots. Return it to its container. Wait another 3 months. By then you should know your bonsai well enough to do for it what it needs. Good luck, grasshopper.
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September 22nd, 2009 at 6:18 pm
True growing a good Bonsai tree will take time and energy but it can be done a bit faster with a species such as Ficus. All Bonsai trees including the true tropical ones do better when grown outside, and allowed to get as much of the natural light and cycles they need that way. Observation of your tree, its health and growth habits will tell you a lot about how to train it as a Bonsai. Ficus tend to grow fast and you will need to watch to keep any wires you use on it from biting in and scarring the tree. Once that happens it never goes away! Listen to your tree and what it has to say about how it wants to grow and you will do fine. Good luck and enjoy growing with your Bonsai tree.
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Own a number of Bonsai trees including a 65 year old Morton Bay Fig. Have been growing and training Bonsai for over 10 years now.