Bonsai Trees Care

Dormant period represent the period when little or no growth occurs; usually late autumn and throughout the winter months.
During the winter month’s temperate bonsai, is better to be kept in a spot with the night temperature between 28F and 55F for a minimum of 2 to 3 months. This will provide a dormant, or rest, period that all temperate plants require. If the temperature is always below 45F the trees will remain fully dormant and will not require light during the dormant period.
During winter season, the plants will go dormant; once the tree has become fully dormant, with no leaves or new swelling buds; it can be moved into its winter bed.

The purpose of this is to ensure that the fragile roots do not suffer winterkill from the extreme cold and second, to ensure that the pots don’t expand with the frozen soil and break.

An unheated basement, a root cellar or a refrigerator are good spots that will provide a constant, cool temperature. If your winter spot is between 45F and 55F at night, the trees will continue growing slowly and require light. An unheated or cool room or an unheated sunroom is good spots.
You must avoid drafty or open windows since they cannot provide a cool, even temperature.

Obs:
• If temperate bonsai are kept indoors during the cold part of the year, they should be misted daily to compensate for the low humidity in homes. Humidity trays may also be used to increase the humidity around your bonsai.

• Avoid placing any bonsai near a wood stove or a hot air heating duct since no amount of misting will compensate for a constant blast of hot, dry air.

• Also avoid placing bonsai on top of electronic appliances such as televisions, stereos or microwave ovens since these objects also radiate heat when they are operating.