Bonsai Trees Care

Bonsai Tree Care is an informational resource on how to buy, grow, and care for your bonsai trees.


Archive for the ‘Caring for Bonsai’


Helping a plant acclimate, indoor or outdoor?

The idea of bonsai is to recreate some of nature’s most stunning and beautiful effects (shapes) on trees which are reduced in scale. Bonsai is an outdoor activity; trees grown are outdoor plants, putting them into pots does not
transform them into indoor plants; with very few exceptions, if you keep your bonsai indoors they will die.
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Air circulation

If you are thinking for a long-term health of your new bonsai you must know that a location with adequate air circulation is very important for bonsai. The photosynthesis process requires an unrestricted exchange of fresh air and stagnate environmental conditions could compromise your bonsai’s ability to continue its photosynthetic processes, by clogging the pores or stomata, located on the bottom of leaves, which bonsai trees use for this vital air exchange, through dust and debris accumulation.
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Fertilizing, getting the right soil level

All fertilizers provide a NPK value, which is very important for using the right type of fertilizer in the right season. N is chemical denomination for nitrogenous, P for phosphorus and K for potassium, these substances have special functions which will be used for Bonsai (N (Nitrogenous) = General growth of the tree P (Phosphorus) = Promotes the development of buds and fruits. K (Potassium) = Very important for making trees hardy for the winter.)
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