How To Repot A Bonsai Fig Tree

Position the ficus tree upright into the pot.

How to repot a bonsai fig tree. Firstly it s important to take a kama or a bonsai sickle and go around the perimeter of the pot to detach the root ball. The grower can work on fig trees with nearly unlimited creativity which increases the appeal of ficus as a bonsai plant considerably. Pick the right time of year for repotting your plant. Take your bonsai and place it in a sink or bucket if it is fairly large.

Place your ficus into the pot and fill it with soil. This is called root pruning. Determine when your bonsai needs to be re potted. Remove the old soil from the tree s roots.

While watering i observe that its not holding water properly. Allow your bonsai to sit in the water until the bubbles cease to rise. A bonsai needs to be repotted when the roots circle around the root system. I pruned the tree toward the end of summer last year and have been waiting until this year to repot it see cutback and wiring for photos of last year s work.

Once the pot is prepared it is now ready to receive the new tree. Here the previous soil media becomes very hard and compact. Ficus tolerates root pruning very well. Repotting should ideally be performed in early spring.

For faster closing of large wounds young plants shoots or aerial roots can be grafted across the wound. Ficus respond best to repotting when the weather is warm so i figured july would be a good time to work on the tree. Center the bonsai in the container and fill it the rest of the way with soil. Fill the rest of the pot with soil until you reach the soil level of the plant s original level.

Once you have. Fill the sink with tepid water so that it reaches about 1 inch above the container s surface. The primary reason for re potting a bonsai tree is when its root. This tree needs to be repotted as the roots circle around the root mass.

It s been almost one year since i started caring for an exposed root green island ficus. After removing the tree from the pot a portion of the tree s root ball can be removed. In this video we had shown how to repot a ficus bonsai. Don t make your soil level any higher than the original container which can suffocate the roots.

Repot the tree during spring every other year using a basic soil mixture. When the roots are still contained in soil wait another year before checking again.