Growing Bonsai Trees Takes Expert Care

Bonsai trees are tiny but very beautiful and people who cherish these small trees take expert care to keep them healthy and strong. Growing bonsai trees is very different from growing ordinary trees although these tiny trees have much in common with ordinary trees. Growing bonsai trees with special techniques keeps them small. If these trees were grown like normal trees, they would be normal trees. These trees were first cultivated in China where growing bonsai trees was a special art. Later the trees were also cultivated by the Japanese and Koreans before people in the Western world discovered these miniatures.
Growing bonsai trees requires special knowledge of different types of trees. The experts who cultivate these beautiful plants know which ordinary trees can be cultivated with special techniques to make them into bonsai trees. They know which trees will stay small and healthy in special containers and conditions. Once these experts have chosen the appropriate trees, they use special methods for each type of tree to make it into a bonsai tree. Growing bonsai trees and keeping them healthy for many years is possible only with the careful monitoring of the growth of each tree.
Growing Bonsai Trees Depends On Pruning And Space
If a bonsai tree were planted in the ground and cultivated like ordinary trees, it would look like the other ordinary trees in the garden. Growing bonsai trees requires a limited amount of space in the container so the tree will stay small. The roots cannot spread excessively in a very small container. Growing bonsai trees takes special care because these beautiful trees must be in very small containers where the space for water and nourishment is limited. Most bonsai trees must be kept moist at all times. The soil should not become soggy or the tree will be infected with fungus or start to rot. Most bonsai trees will die if they become dry for even a brief period of time.

Growing a bonsai tree depends on a small container and proper watering, but growing bonsai trees also depends on proper pruning. The experts in cultivating bonsai trees precisely prune the leaves and the roots. Some trees require pruning at a specific time of the year. Other bonsai trees require precise pruning throughout the year. Pruning a bonsai tree with improper techniques is sure to kill it. Most bonsai trees that are available in the specialty shops have been carefully cultivated before they are sold. Most of these trees are several years old and ready to leave the care of experts. Bonsai trees usually come with detailed directions for the care of the plants.