How To Create Bonsai Tree

CREATE BONSAI TREE -- Bonsai Trees are grown under training conditions until they reach the desired size and trunk thickness and are only then transferred to bonsai pots. Bonsai trees grows very slowly once they are in bonsai pots, that is the object of the pot, to slow down growth to reduce leaf and twig size. Trees must be carefully trained to achieve the beautiful shapes most people associate with bonsai. The simplest definition for bonsai is a plant in a pot. The Bonsai tree is a miniature piece of breathtaking natural scenery grown in a small pot. But bonsai is so much more than a tree treated like a house plant. It is plant art, or sculpture to be more accurate. Bonsai require skilled care to survive and to blossom into magnificent specimen plants.

Basic Technique To Create Bonsai

To start create bonsai trees, don't buy a bonsai tree, because it is poor way to begin this fascinating hobby and usually doomed to failure. Bonsai is not about 'owning' bonsai plants, but rather the enjoyment of caring for them and especially creating them. You need basic knowledge about bonsai if you buy bonsai from nursery. Without these basics, it is unreasonable to expect that someone could keep one alive, let alone maintaining it as art.

1. Selecting Tree For Bonsai

Each tree-species has specific requirements for its cultivation, training and care, so Bonsai tree identification is crucial to take proper care of your tree. Very important however is to select a tree species that fits your circumstances. There are three general type of bonsai tree material :

• Deciduous tree
• Coniferous 
• And tropical species tree.

Deciduous means "falling off at maturity" or "tending to fall off", and is typically used in reference to trees or shrubs that lose their leaves seasonally, and to the shedding of other plant structures such as petals after flowering or fruit when ripe. In a more general sense, deciduous means the dropping of a part that is no longer needed, or falling away after its purpose is finished. Example of deciduous trees are Ulmus Parviflora / Chinese Elm bonsai, Zelkova / Japanese Elm bonsai, Wistaria / Wisteria bonsai,Acer Buergerianum / Trident Maple bonsai, Cotoneaster bonsai and etc.

Deciduous tree Bonsai

Coniferous trees keep their leaves and then shed only the oldest leaves. The leaves that are dropped are well down the stem from the newly developing leaves. Conifers are the trees of the coldest and most forbidding regions. Only conifers are found north of about latitude 55 degrees. South of the Arctic tundra is the boreal coniferous forest. The conifers have made other adaptations to the harsh northern climate. Heavy loads of snow slide harmlessly to the ground as the supple branches bend. Conifers are sturdy, fast growing trees that have adapted to a variety of environmental conditions. Example Juniperus Chinensis / Juniper bonsai, Pinus / (Black) Pine bonsai, Cedrus / Cedar bonsai and etc. Example for tropical tree bonsai are Bougainvillea Bonsai, Olive / Olea europaea bonsai,Sageretia Theezans / Chinese sweet plum bonsai

Coniferous trees Bonsai

2. Preparing Media For Create Bonsai

Bonsai Soil, there are many kinds of it and learning how to mix the bonsai soil can be a little complicated for the beginners. So we should stick to a simple way (read more about the bonsai soil). If you are converting your plant into bonsai style, you can use the soil the plant grew up in.

3. Growing Bonsai

Buy one gallon nursery plants that look interesting and start training them. Don't even repot them. This is important. Virtually all beginners are impatient to get them in bonsai pots. Good bonsai don't go into bonsai pots until they are basically finished. Finished is a relative term in bonsai because they are never really "finished". Don't pot it until the trunk has reached the size and shape that you desire. This is after at least a few years of training; the best and largest don't go into pots until after twenty years or more. If you work on the roots right away, you will kill it outright. But by working on the top you will learn some of the pruning, wiring, and styling techniques, and will actually prepare it for its first root pruning. It may die anyway, so be prepared for that. It is a necessary part of learning. After a year or two you will have some inclination about how to deal with the roots, so don't worry about that now.

4. Bonsai Care

A crucial part of information about how to grow a Bonsai tree is its maintenance and care. Bonsai must be fertilized regularly while actively growing. This is most easily achieved by fertilizing with a good soluble fertilizer every two weeks. Use a fertilizer with trace elements such as Miracid or Miracle Grow at the full strength recommendation. Bonsai soils are not very good at holding nutrients, so regular full strength feeding is a must. Watering improperly is probably the most common problem for beginners. Plants must be watered thoroughly when they become slightly dry. Watering should be done from the top, not by submerging the plant, and they should be watered until they are saturated.


You will see water pour from the drain holes when they receive enough. This method of watering helps to prevent salt buildup in the soil. Placing an outdoor tree inside (or vice versa) is a sure way to kill it. Buy or cultivate a tree that fits the place you want to put it, instead of simply buying any tree! Sub-tropical trees generally need much light and relatively high temperatures and can only live outside if you live in a warm enough climate; these trees will do perfectly fine indoors though. In case you prefer an outdoor tree, a safe bet is to choose a tree that is indigenous to your environment.

5. Cuttings Bonsai

Cuttings will create numerous trees that are hereditarily identical to the parent tree or bonsai. By taking cuttings, you can create new trees from a tree that contains the characteristics you consider to be important and suitable for a bonsai tree to have. You can also start bonsai trees from cuttings faster than from seeds. Some species of trees will produce a rooted, growing tree - from a cutting - before the seeds of another tree can even sprout! Saving you tons of time and, quite often, weeks of worry.