Picking the Right Bonsai Tray

How to pick the right bonsai tray for your miniature tree? This is a common question that preoccupies bonsai cultivators especially for the beginners. You may choose a bonsai tray that looks pretty good in your eyes. But actually this is not right. Choosing a tray or container for your bonsai tree is an essential thing you must take into consideration because they should not outmatch the fairness of your bonsai tree.

Colors, shapes, sizes, styles, and designs are some of the features of bonsai trays that you must consider. But you need to check each feature before purchasing a bonsai tray because they may enhance the beauty of your bonsai tree or they may look terrible in it. The primary purpose of your bonsai tray is to provide a dwelling place for your miniature tree where they can grow and develop. But having the right knowledge of picking the right bonsai tray will help you solve your problem.

Here are some basic tips that will help you to choose the right bonsai tray:

1) You have to determine from what species your bonsai tree belongs. There are more or less 250 tree species used as a bonsai tree, and each have different styles that you need to know because they will help you out in choosing the right bonsai tray.

2) The most basic thing you need to know is that bonsai containers should have enough holes underneath. Draining holes are very helpful because they prevent drowning of the root system of your bonsai tree. Drowning can cause root rot.

3) There are a lot of colors available in a bonsai tray. But you need to buy the bonsai tray that will match the bonsai tree species you are propagating. Popular colors include yellow, pink, gray, and brown.

4) The depth of your bonsai tray should be proportionate enough to the diameter of the trunk of bonsai tree. If you are growing a group of miniature trees, you must consider the diameter of the largest trunk. The depth should not be either too deep or too shallow because this looks terrible and it will destroy the overall beauty and exquisiteness of the miniature tree.

5) You should use a larger bonsai tray for young bonsai trees. This will give adequate space for the roots to grow in an ample span of time. This will also prevent pot bound in an early stage.

6) Bonsai trays should be durable, most especially if you have a young miniature tree. Young bonsai requires a lot of pruning, shaping, wiring, and rewiring before they can be repotted. The training stage of your bonsai requires adequate time, thus you need to have a durable tray that can last for years.

7) The style of the bonsai tray can add to the elegance and attractiveness of your bonsai tree. But you must bear in mind that the style should not outstand the appearance of your miniature tree. The container should always be in harmony with the bonsai plant so that the main attraction will still be your little tree.