Root trim bonsai trees in another pot is quite a difficult task. However, there are a few tips and tricks you need to follow. This is why I have created this beginner’s guideline so you could have handy all the information you need.
A few important tricks:
– use of a special soil that you can find in the flower shop
– exclude the garden soil because it can harm the bonsai
– Transplantation is done every 2-3 years
– remove the plant carefully from the pot
– carefully trim one-third of the length of its roots.
– then plant the plant in the new pot.
Also, it is good to determine what the trimming level is supported by the roots. In most cases, only the root tips are trimmed so that the bonsai can be replanted in the same pot or other pot of the same size. Once you have decided to cut off the roots, to create a balance, it is good to know that you have to remove a few leaves from its crown.
However, this is just a summary. Let’s dive right into it and see how to manage every step of the way.
Transplanting A Bonsai & Trimming The Roots – A Beginner’s Guideline
1. Choosing the right pot is the first step to be taken when planting bonsai
– If you have pots that have been previously used, they will need to be cleaned thoroughly to avoid the transmission of pests and diseases.
– The new pot should generally be two or three centimeters higher than the previous one.
– The drain holes on the bottom of the pot will be covered with plastic or barbed wire so the soil does not leak out.
– In the case of larger plants, or in the case of those bonsai that do not yet have well-developed roots, the plant must be trapped inside the pot by a wire.
– Through the drain holes and the plastic bars connected to the wire clamps, a wire will be drawn so the bonsai will be fixed. This bonding will be done at the root level. This must be done with the utmost care not to injure the roots and the tree.
2. Move the bonsai into a new pot
When the plant’s roots have been cut and the pot has been prepared, you can move to the next step, that is to move to another pot. The next step is to put some soil on the bottom. Keep the plant in the desired position so that the place where the roots begin to branch out is somewhere above the upper edges of the pot to make them worthwhile. This is also an important part of the entire structure of the bonsai.
3. Filling the pot with soil
The container will now be filled with soil. If necessary, the bonsai will be attached with a wire inside the container. For some of the root structures, not all ramifications may be covered with earth. The free spaces between the roots will be filled with care, with the help of a thin stick, which will be inserted and removed from the ground, thus encircling the layer that needs to be uniform.
To fill the pot to the edge, a smaller grain soil must be used.
To facilitate subsequent watering, the ground at the edge of the pot should be pressed in such a way that there remains a margin of 0.5 cm high for watering as a result of this procedure. This edge must not be deeper than 0.5 centimeters because otherwise, the transition from the edge to the middle would be too steep. If there are roots that will surface, they will be caught with wire clamps. The surface of the ground will be smoothened with a brush.
4. Watering
The pot must now be well watered. In order to avoid the soil coming out among the grids, the bonsai pot must be placed in another container filled with water to half the height of the first container. In this way, the earth will be able to extract the required amount of water from the bottom.
5. Trimming the roots
With too much trimming of the root, the bonsai will not survive. It is not often that the soil inside the pot is strongly attached to its roots. Seeing the roots, however, we notice that this is basically formed from a single mother root, which has caught on the walls of the container. If this root is trimmed too short and the leaves are not trimmed when necessary then the growth and the survival of the bonsai will be jeopardized.
The plant will be removed from the pot, thus protecting the roots. If the roots are broken, they will be released with a stick that will lower the ground. Remove the old and dried roots. The roots that remain will be trimmed by about a quarter. In the case of stronger roots, you should take care to ensure that the cut-off points are facing downwards.
6. Potting the bonsai
Besides the shape of the pot, potting the plant also plays an important role. The overall picture should be that of a tree that grows in its natural environment. You must plant the tree in a place where it will best stand out and where its traits will be highlighted. Japanese masters also give advice in this area. Thus, in the round and square shaped containers, the bonsai must be planted in the middle, and in the case of oval or rectangular ones, it must have a lateral position.
