Nybonsai12
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I am generally interested in hearing the different ways people work and care for their bonsai. It helps me decide on what I think will work best for me. So with that said, I've got a few questions and would like to hear what you do and the experiences you have had and after each question i'll give my thought(not too many spring seasons in bonsai under my belt so feel free to correct any incorrect/wrong information or tell me if I can be doing something better). So, onto the questions.
1)When do you start fertilizing your trees of each variety and does it differ between them? Do you wait for candles to start moving? do you wait for new growth to harden? Do you start as soon as you consider it spring? I'd love to hear what you do and what you think has worked for your trees in your climate.
WHAT I DO: I fertilize with organic all species once i feel temps are warm enough for things to start moving. This is usually at time of very swollen buds for deciduous, before i see movement on pines and before i see new growth on junipers.
2)When do you start fertiizing your trees if you have just repotted them? How long do you wait after repot? a week? two weeks? a month? once it starts pushing growth again? Something that seems odd to me is that I hear never to fert a freshly repotted tree. I've also heard the opposite and that some just start feeding right away.
WHAT I DO: This is not something i have a great deal of time with as i only have maybe two seasons with a good deal of repotting. As of now i won't fertilize after repots on deciduous until I'm seeing decent growth and know the tree is recovering. I don't think i will wait until it hardens off to fertilize, but just want to see things going. As for pines, I'm not so sure. In the few seasons with my pines, they seem slower to take off. I'll be waiting until i see some movement in the candles and then start fertilizing.
3)If you have repotted a tree in the spring, how long are you waiting to get it back into the sun? And how does it differ among species, do you gradually give it a few hours at a time?
WHAT I DO: This is another area i don't have a great deal of experience in. But For my deciduous I will provide some sun, but mostly shade for the first week or so, then slowly start introducing more light, working up to the point of full morning sun. This is for spring only when temps won't scorch everything. For pines i'm not so sure. I've heard some folks will put right back out into full sun. For now I will give mostly shade and sun for a week, but give it more sun quicker than deciduous. I kind of feel like it should go back to full sun as soon as possible, but wouldn't want to risk the tree's health.
So tell me what you do. Tell me why you think it's right, tell me why you think I'm right or wrong on my actions. lets discuss politely and calmly folks. and as always, thanks in advance for reading all this and loaning me your knowledge.
1)When do you start fertilizing your trees of each variety and does it differ between them? Do you wait for candles to start moving? do you wait for new growth to harden? Do you start as soon as you consider it spring? I'd love to hear what you do and what you think has worked for your trees in your climate.
WHAT I DO: I fertilize with organic all species once i feel temps are warm enough for things to start moving. This is usually at time of very swollen buds for deciduous, before i see movement on pines and before i see new growth on junipers.
2)When do you start fertiizing your trees if you have just repotted them? How long do you wait after repot? a week? two weeks? a month? once it starts pushing growth again? Something that seems odd to me is that I hear never to fert a freshly repotted tree. I've also heard the opposite and that some just start feeding right away.
WHAT I DO: This is not something i have a great deal of time with as i only have maybe two seasons with a good deal of repotting. As of now i won't fertilize after repots on deciduous until I'm seeing decent growth and know the tree is recovering. I don't think i will wait until it hardens off to fertilize, but just want to see things going. As for pines, I'm not so sure. In the few seasons with my pines, they seem slower to take off. I'll be waiting until i see some movement in the candles and then start fertilizing.
3)If you have repotted a tree in the spring, how long are you waiting to get it back into the sun? And how does it differ among species, do you gradually give it a few hours at a time?
WHAT I DO: This is another area i don't have a great deal of experience in. But For my deciduous I will provide some sun, but mostly shade for the first week or so, then slowly start introducing more light, working up to the point of full morning sun. This is for spring only when temps won't scorch everything. For pines i'm not so sure. I've heard some folks will put right back out into full sun. For now I will give mostly shade and sun for a week, but give it more sun quicker than deciduous. I kind of feel like it should go back to full sun as soon as possible, but wouldn't want to risk the tree's health.
So tell me what you do. Tell me why you think it's right, tell me why you think I'm right or wrong on my actions. lets discuss politely and calmly folks. and as always, thanks in advance for reading all this and loaning me your knowledge.