Bonsai Repotting Service

We must use this crucial period to our best advantage.

Bonsai repotting service. Chuck will provide hands on assistance on styling shaping and repotting and help you select the proper pot and drainage materials. At mirai we have spent countless seasons repotting conifers of various circumstances. Chuck croft president northern virginia bonsai society learn how to care for style and repot your bonsai plant. Mid february is a good general average for most bonsai trees.

At mirai repotting season is no different. It depends on the size of container pot and tree species how often a bonsai tree needs to be repotted. Late winter is the best time to re pot your bonsai tree. During the winter your bonsai is dormant and the tree rests for the spring.

Fast growing trees need to be repotted every two years sometimes even every year while older more mature trees need to be repotted every three to five years. The charge for this service depends on the size of the tree and any work required to the tree itself eg trimming wiring pest control. Repotting a bonsai is like open heart surgery for the tree. Repotting and root pruning re potting and root pruning bonsai is a necessary process to stimulate vigorous root growth allowing your tree to thrive in a small pot.

With in all of our years testing this is what we ve learned. Junipers of course are evergreens and don t lose their leaves like a deciduous tree but they go dormant just the same. Bonsai need to be re potted every 2 to 5 years depending on the species of tree and rate of growth. If a new pot is required the cost of the pot will be additional to the.

We must move our trees into new containers meld shape their root systems into their next iterations and further our trees journeys. Repotting season is a bonsai practitioner s busiest time of year. We can repot restyle your tree for you.