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Nurturing Bonsai
After your bonsai has been brought it is quite normal that till 2 weeks some leaves will turn yellow. It requires some time to adjust to the atmosphere. Don't pluck them, as they will grow repetitively causing harm to new buds.
Watering
Bonsai requires a large amount of water but it should be proportionate. During the peak of summer water bonsai at every alternate days.
Placing
Place your bonsai in a bright place but not under the scorching heat. If you don't accurately place the bonsai then it will have no leaves or large leaves on thin shoots. The best place for bonsai is semi-shaded outdoors compared to windowsills, as the temperature is flexible in the sills of window.
Nutrition
Unlike any other indoor or outdoor plant bonsai needs nutrition. You can sprinkle special fertilizer especially for bonsai. During summer once a week and in winter once a month the fertilizer should be given.
One thing that should always be the foremost for a bonsai-fancier is that excess water and fertilizer can burn the roots and kill the bonsai.
Care guide of Bonsai
Molding Bonsai
You can give your desirous size and shape to bonsai by growing them in small container. This will control the growth of roots. Also trim them often, as it will keep them healthy because extensive growth is not quite favorable in small root ball. But the trimming of bonsai has a specific method. In deciduous trees you can see a minor bud at the beginning of the leaf. Find out the direction where the bud is facing and you have to trim in that direction because the new shoot will grow from there. In small trees the only thing needed in shaping is trimming but in bigger trees you will have to bend the branches and trunk to give it a shape. There are many ways to do it but the most common form is by tying a wire. Remember to do these shaping and structuring of bonsai the growing season only.
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