Watering Bonsai While On Vacation

Mist them with clean water using fine mist.
Watering bonsai while on vacation. It is always far easier to holiday trees outside. There is no substitute to having a person water your bonsai. You can so easily under water bonsai but it s actually very hard to over water especially if they are healthy. Watering bonsai while on vacation.
I have yet to hear of a reliable way of watering indoor trees. Then you fill the empty bottle with water and drill a few holes close to the top of the bottle head. Two basic types of automated water timers. Many indoor bonsai especially tropical ones like to be mist because the air in the room can get very dry.
Before leaving home for your vacation or whatever reason water your bonsai plant properly. While the best water for bonsai is rainwater or well water tab water should work just fine. Do not ask a friend to water for you unless they have healthy bonsai. Fill in your flair please see sidebar.
Another vacation option is to water your bonsai and then wrap a plastic bag around the pot and soil. This makes it a job not a favor. The owner of my local bonsai shop will take care of trees for a short period of time for a fee. Put a layer of gravel or bricks on the bottom of the bath tub and place your plants on the bricks or gravel to allow maximum.
Then i would suggest joining a bonsai club in your area and paying someone to come by and water for you. We don t recommend using a watering drip for several weeks at a time. Put them indoors 2 weeks won t hurt in the middle of summer because they go through a form of summer slowdown. Asking a friend or neighbour can work but.
The bonsai dripper allows a slow trickle of water and never lets your bonsai accidentally dry out. Watering bonsai while on holiday or vacation indoor bonsai. I know that i wouldn t want to sit with my feet in buckets of water for a week and i doubt your plant would either. Fix the plastic bottle filled with water into the soil of the plant with the head facing downwards.
Fill the bathtub with inch of water before adding the plant.