26th November 2009
Even though we take great effort with our care of bonsai trees, our trees can get diseases and we need to be able to identify them and know how to fight such fungal infections such as mildew, rusts and black spot.
Mildew is a white mould forming on the...
18th November 2009
It's a scary thought taking a knife to your bonsai tree for the first time. While it's necessary for the proper care of bonsai trees, it's not something that should be done without careful planning and a little know-how.
Pruning is necessary to give y...
12th November 2009
The care of bonsai trees is a hobby that can give years of pleasure, and by far the quickest way to start is by purchasing a tree that has already been "bonsaid" and put in a pot. However there are some simple checks you can do to ensure the plant you spe...
09th November 2009
As a newcomer to caring for bonsai trees, I was keen to start making it grow the way I wanted, but maybe I was being a little impatient. Bonsai are not like house plants, they take years to form into beautiful works of art. I am a newcomer to bonsai and...
27th October 2009
There is something therapeutic about the growing and care of bonsai trees. A quiet sense of accomplishment can be obtained in watching nature and your skill join to slowly create a living work of art.
In growing a bonsai, you are in essence coaxing the...
21st October 2009
The secret of keeping your bonsai both healthy and miniature is to prune not just its branches but the trunk and roots. Pruning is a bit scary to those that are new to the hobby of caring for bonsai trees, as pruning roots damages a plant, restricting ...
16th October 2009
It was coming into spring, and I thought it would be a good opportunity to brighten up things around home. I had seen some of the pots available for bonsai and I thought it would be good to update the plastic pot my bonsai was in. The plastic pot was ...
08th October 2009
A word of warning before I talk to you about the care of bonsai trees - don't be fooled into buying bonsai tree seeds. Despite the fact I have seen bonsai seeds offered for sale, there is no such thing.
A bonsai is a work of art, not any particular kin...
06th October 2009
Some people think that you have to starve a bonsai in order to stunt its growth. Actually, it's just the opposite. When you are taking care of bonsai trees, remember, just like you, they like to be fed. In fact, you can control how your tree grows by c...
05th October 2009
The subject of bonsai soil is a hotly debated topic among bonsai lovers. While watering is crucial to the care of bonsai trees, so too is the type of soil as the soil involved in delivering nutrients to the tree
With the care of bonsai trees, we are tr...
30th September 2009
A mistake that I was to make early in my journey for the care of bonsai trees was watering. I thought it was just watering. How difficult could it be? With my first bonsai, I treated it just like my other house plants and along with it being locate...
29th September 2009
When I got my first Bonsai, I should have asked the question: What is the difference between the care of ordinary house plants and the care of bonsai trees? Instead, I just thought it was another house plant and it would be best kept inside, along with ...
23rd September 2009
Help! My first pretty little juniper bonsai is dead. I've bought another one but need to learn the simple techniques on the care of bonsai trees to make sure this one stays alive.
Because the leaves on my bonsai juniper began to turn brown, I kept giv...
22nd September 2009
I felt tears well up at the sight of my once beautiful juniper bonsai tree. The blue needles were turning brown through my obviously faulty care of bonsai trees.
Given proper care, bonsai trees can live for hundreds of years. In fact a properly mainta...
04th September 2009
There is a five needle miniature pine bonsai tree in the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, which is known as the Sandai-Shogun-No Matsu. It is one of the country's national treasures and it was first trimmed and potted in 1610, just a few years after Guy Fawkes ...
