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Bonsai Tips For Beginners
Bonsai Tips For Beginners
-Naresh Agarwal
EX General Secretary
Indo-Japanese Association
(Jamshedpur Chapter)
Naresh Agarwal
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
POTTING METHOD
BONSAI STYLES
D. Semi-Cascade Style:
2. Middle 1/3rd
part of plant
should have
bigger branches
and top 1/3rd
should have
smaller branches
than middle
portion. So shape
of the plant
become triangulerish.
WIRING
Wiring is used for training the branches and
trunk of Bonsai to a desired shape. A wired branch
or trunk will take the desired shape just by bending
in any direction.
REPOTTING
Repotting is the process in which half of the
roots of Bonsai is trimmed and the plant is potted in
fresh soil. By this process the plant gets fresh soil full
of nutrients and produce new fibrous roots which
maintains the good health of the plant.
WHEN TO REPOT
1. When pot is completely filled with roots and
there is no place for more roots to develop.
B. When soil cannot hold the water as most of
the soil is eaten by the plant.
FERTILIZERS
TYPES OF INSECT
1. Sucking 2. Snail
3.Grasshoppers 4. Caterpillars
TYPES OF FUNGUS
1. Black Spot 2. Rotting of
branches or leaves.
Easily available at
nurseries. Suitable
for forest or
umbrella style.
shade conditions.
Leaves of this plant
are ornamental
susceptible to burn
in very hot days. It
requires lot of
water and good drainage. With regular pruning
it can be made in dwarf form. It is good for
forest or slanting style.
suitable flowering
plants for Bonsai.
It can easily be
trained to various
style. It grow very
fast and without
much care.
Generally it gives
flowers all around the year, but in winter
flowers come in large quantity. Since the
flowers come in the tip of the new branches,
regular trimming of branches are essential to
get a full bloom. Excess watering before
flowering period may cause delay in flowering.
So do not water it for 2 to 3 days which gives
shock to the plant. After this shock flowers will
bearing plant.
Fruits are like
cherry which is
used for making
pickles. Fruits
come out very
easily in this
plant and it lasts for at least two months. Its
growth is vigorous and regular pruning is
required to maintain its shape. It is suitable for
informal upright and rock planting styles.
varieties of this
plant with
different coloured
flowers, but you
can choose the
variety with small
flowers and small
leaves.
climatic conditions.
They also survive in
tropical climates.
The light green
leaves are needle
shaped which turn
to brown before
they fall off. Grow
these plants in
semishade conditions and regularly pinch the
leaves off for the compact growth the major
problem with these plants are they die during
repotting. Try to repot these plants in winter
only, once in 3/4 years.
varieties of pomegranates-
dwarf variety (Puncia
granatum 'Nana') and the
normal variety. Dwarf
variety bears one inch
round fruits in very young
plants. It never grows to
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