Bonsai is not just a decorative green decoration in the house, it is a miniature tree, which is quite capricious, caring for it is painstaking and long, but the result obtained exceeds any expectations. Bonsai will give a small world in your home if you are already a professional in communicating with this miracle of Japan and its culture. Love for the beautiful and the unusual will help to overcome the difficulties that will arise in the first years of acquaintance with bonsai. And in a few years your world will be filled with an unusually breathtaking view of a miniature landscape.
The prototype for bonsai is taken from ordinary trees that grow in subtropical zones, in tropical zones, in the forest middle zone, as well as coniferous giants. Naturally, the first problem is related to the climate to which the original is used. If you buy bonsai yourself, then pick it closer to your habitat, it is more difficult if you were presented with such a wonderful plant.
Temperature
In the temperature regime, it is necessary to reproduce the changes corresponding to the plant. Boxwood, pomegranate, olives, myrtle - perfectly adapt to room conditions - this applies to all subtropical varieties of bonsai. A front garden, garden, balcony or just an open window will be of great benefit in the summer. Fresh air favorably influences the development and growth of this unique indoor plant.
It is better for them to survive the winter in a rather cool room, where the temperature fluctuates within +15. A well-equipped and glazed balcony is perfect for this. But for tropical trees, you must adhere to +18 in the winter, otherwise they may suffer from higher temperatures. Often, this is the temperature that is maintained in apartments in winter. The most difficult thing in organizing wintering is to withstand temperatures no higher than +10 for different types of conifers, maple, the same mountain ash. Of course, a balcony will work well, but if it is not heavily insulated. If the balcony cannot be used for various reasons, especially its absence, the reverse greenhouse method is used. The window sill, along with the bonsai, is fenced off so that as little heat as possible is supplied to the plant.
Lighting
Before installing lighting in a location next to a bonsai, it is necessary to become very familiar with the natural conditions in which the tree grows. An apartment is, of course, not a natural habitat, but you can try to get closer to it by studying the information. The most optimal location of the light will be from the east and west, so we focus on these windows. An interesting point is the direct location of the bonsai on the windowsill.
A west window means the plant will be on the right side. The east window will be more beneficial if the tree is placed on the left side. The development of bonsai will be complete for both leaves and shoots if it is turned 180 ° at least once every two weeks, or even two or three times in four weeks throughout the warm period. The cold period can lead to the appearance of very weak shoots that have lost their brightness and are too elongated.
Lack of light is bad for bonsai development.To avoid this, it is necessary to raise curtains and blinds throughout the day. A fluorescent lamp or a halogen lamp, but not an incandescent lamp, to which many are most accustomed to, will help to increase the daylight hours. A properly selected lamp is placed at a height of no more than 50 cm, such an addition will saturate the plant with the necessary light and increase the daylight hours up to half a day.
Watering
According to experts, watering is laborious. Its frequency and quantity depends on the soil, the capacity where the bonsai grows, evaporation and absorption of liquid. It is for this reason that many consider the correct watering procedure to be impossible. The most optimal option is watering in small portions, but quite frequent in quantity. This option is not available to most gardeners.
Common watering methods include immersion. In order to implement it, it is necessary to take a container larger than the one where the bonsai grows and place the plant there. It will be possible to remove it only when air bubbles no longer rise to the surface. This serves as a signal that the soil no longer needs moisture, but before you put the bonsai in place, you need to let the excess water drain from the pan. The process of saturating the earth with moisture must be monitored so as not to overexpose the bonsai in water, where there is no air for the roots. This is especially important for trees in the middle lane. It is also worth taking into account the state of rest, which falls during the winter period, for which excessive saturation with moisture in the earth is fraught.
In summer, fresh air washes away the leaves of your tree, moisture evaporates more and more from the soil. No matter how busy you are, you need to water at least twice during the day during this period, especially the moisture-loving representatives of the bonsai family. For tropical representatives, even spraying is possible, but within reasonable limits. For the winter period, watering changes its quantity and frequency up to once a week. Before watering the plant, you need to be completely sure that the ground is dry. The light color of the soil indicates the need to add moisture to the bansai. You can also feel the soil, and based on tactile sensations, determine the timing of watering. For the most experienced people who have dedicated their lives to bonsai, this moment is determined by the weight of the pot or pallet where the plant is planted.
You can also prepare a water bath for the summer. To do this, expanded clay, coarse sand, moss, stones (that which absorbs and gives up water well) are placed in a rather deep container. All this is filled with water, and a bansai is installed on top, but in such a way that there is space between the moisture and the pan. It is good to combine such a system with spraying for a better result of creating a humid environment.
Bonsai is an aesthetic enjoyment of an ornamental tree. It is very common to see the hydroponic planting method, which loses the charm and charm inherent in this type of houseplant. This is due to the fact that the pallet is replaced by pots inserted one in one. However, this method of growing and caring for ornamental trees has its positive aspects, but the standard type of bonsai overshadows this method.
Top dressing and fertilizers
Bonsai feeding does not require serious knowledge or laborious process. The most well-known mineral supplements that are suitable for indoor plants will saturate the bansai at least once a month with the essentials. With the onset of winter, feeding is stopped, except for tropical species, if their daylight hours are equal to half a day.
Ornamental trees can be fed by the conventional method, watering the ground from the top, or you can immerse a tray with a plant in a mineral solution, as when watering. A mineral solution prepared from two grams of mineral dressing, which is diluted in one liter of water, is placed in a deep container.Bonsai is in this solution until it is drunk enough, after which it is taken out of the procedural bath.
