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Caring For Bonsai Trees - Training Pot Or A Pretty Pot?
It was coming into spring, and I thought it would be good to freshen up things around home. I had been looking at some of the pots available for bonsai and I thought it would be nice to update the plastic pot my bonsai was in. The plastic pot was a little plain and I wanted to showcase what I had learnt about caring for bonsai trees by getting a brighter pot.
I wanted to choose a pot that would complement my tree as the pot is considered as much part of the art-form as the tree itself. I had read that the tree contributes to one half of the composition, the pot completes the image.
Although I wanted the colour and texture of a pot to match a characteristic of the tree, I was to find out that choosing the style or look of the pot is not that important in the early stages of caring for bonsai trees when you are simply focusing on keeping it healthy and miniature.
As we know, bonsai trees are grown in small pots, or trays, which binds the roots and keeps the tree small. I found out the plastic pot that my tree came in is also referred to as a "humidity tray". When the plant is watered the plastic pot retains the water to create humidity around the plant. They are usually made of plastic or wood and are sometimes called "training pots".
A training pot is all that is required in the initial stages of caring for bonsai trees, while you focus on establishing a stable root system, letting the trunk develop some thickness and giving the branches some direction. The root system is the foundation of the tree and until it is established properly there will only be a branch on a trunk.
If you buy an already potted bonsai, it is likely that is can stay in the same pot for a few years.
It is likely that you will only be repotting your new tree if there are any issues with the soil quality.
When caring for bonsai, your tree will definitely need to be repotted every three to five years. In the meantime you will need to remove the tree from the pot every year to inspect the root system. If the roots form a ball around the edge of the pot, it's time to prune or trim the roots and repot the tree.
We do have to consider whether the pot is stable enough for the tree. If the pot is too small, it will be easily knocked over. It could also make the tree 'pot bound' too quickly by not giving the root system room to grow.
So at this time, I can only continue to dream about the future pot for my bonsai and my focus will be on getting growth and development for my tree.
When I become competent at caring for bonsai and have kept it healthy and miniature then such things as shape, colour, texture and size of the pot will become much more important in order to complement the beauty I have achieved with my bonsai tree.
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How would you train a growing tree to go straight up without support?
i need this as soon as possible!
Get a wood or bamboo stake and place it opposite of the tree lean. Drive it in the ground at least two feet. Get some PLANT tape available at any garden center and use at least three points to tie it to the stake. The plant tie is good because it will not girdle the tree, and will eventually snap after the tree is too thick.
After that, use clippers to keep anything from growing on the trunk that you do not want, especially if you want the top to grow. Any plastic around the trunk of the tree can cause rotting and disease if you are not careful, and it depends on your climate, so trimming would be easiest. The tree should only need to be on the stake no more than two years. In most places/types of trees, only one year is sufficient.