Bonzai !!!!

Gavin

yo yo yo , wahaaup ! Gavin in da greenhouse !

anyway.

Through the past three years we've gotten around 4 bonzai's into the house. All have suffered a most ignoble fate.. Slowly dying with their leaves falling off and then just going splat...

What are the ideal conditions for them ? they were in a kitchen previously and I recieved word fom a close acquantaince of mine that this was not the best location.

any hints tips etc would be good.

Cheers,
Gav

hmm..where has the spellchecker gone ?

tulip

I've had a fair few bonsai gone splat myself...
I've found that they like a well-lit position indoors but not in direct sunlight, or not in any draughts either...watering should always be from the base and with room temperature water.
During the spring and summer you could feed them with specialised bosai fertiliser about once every two weeks and if there are any particularly fine days (a long shot I know) you could put them outside for a holiday
Another good thing to do once a year is renew the compost around the plant.
Hope this will be some help

Alterna

It also depends on the type of bansai you reference. Bonsai simply put means potted tree. Some trees like less light than others, some like more humidity, blah, blah....the key is a consistant environment. Also natural compost is a good non burning fertilizer. Every couple years wih an aggressive rooting species like Ficus, you might need to root prune and repot. These are also sold commonly as Bonsai. You might try a creeping Juniper of some species and train it with wire yourself, as they are pretty hardy. Another good bonsai-Citrus leaves will miniturize nicely with frequent pruning. Typically bright filtered light in a warm 25C ish environment with stable humidity 30%-60%, and you should be o.k.