How Bonsai Are Made

Care and maintenance of your new bonsai.
How bonsai are made. Organic potting compost akadama pumice and lava rock. Similar practices exist in other cultures including the chinese tradition of penzai or penjing from which the art originated and the miniature living landscapes of vietnamese hòn. Translated from japanese the word bonsai means planted in container. The primary reason why people grow canna bonsai trees is to produce clone clippings.
Selecting a tree pruning wiring repotting and bonsai care. Make a bonsai from scratch. Pick a tree whose natural shape lends itself to the pruning and or shaping plan you have in mind. Let s begin with the single most important technique to bonsai.
Many bonsai are made to look as if they were an adult tree including proportion shape and foliage. Selecting a suitable style for your tree and creating it. Step 2 potting your bonsai tree if you re starting your own bonsai and not buying a pregrown one from a nursery you ll. The most common components for bonsai soil mixtures are akadama pumice lava rock organic potting compost and fine gravel grit.
In this section we will take you through four stages. Potting soils and wiring your tree. Creating your first bonsai is not as hard as you may think. It is a never ending journey.
By planting trees in small containers their ability to absorb nutrients and develop extensive root systems is restricted resulting in their miniature size. From left to right. The movie follows a five step approach to growing a bonsai tree. How to make a bonsai for beginners step 1 choosing your bonsai plant bonsai can be grown with a number of different plants and trees.
Akadama is hard baked japanese clay specifically produced for bonsai purposes and available at all online bonsai shops. Selecting suitable stock to work with. Part of the fun of growing a bonsai tree is gently pruning and shaping it until it s exactly how you want it this can take years. The tree we style in this movie is a juniper.
Pruning is crucial in keeping trees miniaturized as well as to shape them.