BONSAI EXPERT. my bonsai is growing bigger ....?

Question

and i want to transfer it to a bigger pot with more soil. i ask some plant shop owner what soil should i give and they say any soil will do. i read some where it mention that Bonsai plant can only accept certain soil.

I got a volcanic potting mix with peat and cocopeat base is this potting mix good for my bonsai?

What potting mix or soil should i get best for my bonsai?

Answer 1

My soil consist of 3 ingredients, granite grit, turface and composted pine bark all sifted of it's fines. To find this soil may be a chore in your local, but many big cities have a bonsai nursery around. and some garden centers sell a bonsai soil manufactured by 'Hoffman' see if they sell it. Watch the process of root pruning as this is done for specific species at certain times of the year.

Answer 2

If you want to transfer it to a bigger pot, you can buy special bonsai soil from any garden centre. You are supposed to keep it in the same pot and trim the top and root growth by 1/3 every year and repot it in the same pot to keep it bonsai.

Answer 3

Don't you re pot it in the same container every year? I think you should by carefully removing moss that is around tree and prune the roots as well as the branches to keep it to the initial form. As far as soil call a local bonsai society

Answer 4

trim 1/3 of the roots back and prune the foliage too.
plant in a bonsai mix in the same pot, the first few weeks will be vital to keeping it alive and water up to it, so mix some liquid seaweed in the bucket that you will soak the pot in.

this lessens transplant shock, makes feeder roots grow and increases microbial activity in the soil

Answer 5

Bonsai are supposed to be small. Prune the new growth. If you put it in a larger pot it will grow larger and no longer be a Bonsai.

Here is a site:
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=bonsai+care&fr=ush-ans

Answer 6

if you want to keep your plant as a bonsai you should not put it in a bigger pot rather trim back new foliage.or. rewire it