Repotting Ponytail Palm Bonsai

Potted ponytail palms are happiest when root bound.

Repotting ponytail palm bonsai. Careful attention to keeping the soil moist but not overly saturated will help to prevent this from happening. Plant them in. Knowing when to move ponytail palms is important to the transplant effort. Nigel saunders the bonsai zone 72 713 views.

Spread the palm. Many people kill ponytail bonsai plants by overwatering. Transplant a ponytail palm when the plant is actively growing in spring. A bonsai needs to be repotted when the roots circle around the root system.

If you are trying to grow it as a bonsai repotting may not be a good idea since ponytail palm replanting encourages the plant to grow bigger. How to replant a ponytail palm that stays indoors 1. They re in the asparagus family but act more like succulents as they are drought tolerant. Here is the rest of how to care for and repot a ponytail palm.

Repotting top dressing my ponytail palm they grow slowly but need a pot large enough to hold its bulbous base. Sit at eye level with your bonsai tree and use bonsai trimming shears. That bulb stores water so as the plant grows so. I used a 1 1 mix of organic potting soil i m partial to happy frog because of its high quality ingredients.

They are not palms. The best time to repot or transplant a ponytail palm is in early spring or summer. When to move ponytail palms. Locate a pot only 1 to 2 inches larger than.

Repotting should be done in mid summer. Do not repot on a routine instead check on your trees every early spring by carefully removing the tree from its pot. Ponytail palms are pruned by cutting the top to force foliage to grow from the sides of the trunk creating the ponytail look. Ponytail palms need to stay on the dry side to have excellent drainage.

Your cuts should be smooth or slightly concave so the wound will heal quickly. When the roots are still contained in soil wait another year before checking again. Cover the drainage hole with a piece of fine mesh to prevent potting mix from washing through the hole. If the cut surface is brown add pruning paint to the surface.

The courage to keep going dr. The outer and bottom most fourth of the tree s root mass should be removed. This is done by raking the soil away then pruning back the roots. It s great for container planting including houseplants succulent cactus mix.