Spring is the season when the first budding of bonsai takes place. It is true that there are many and varied species, so it’s essential to understand their needs in order to provide them with the proper care during each season. This is the only way to ensure that your little plant develops in full health with an enviable appearance. Its growth depends, to a large extent, on your ability to properly distinguish its peculiarities. If you want to know how to prepare your bonsai for spring, here are a few steps from Zoka that you can take so that it can face these months with every guarantee.

Here’s how to prepare your bonsai for spring

  1. Cleaning and pruning: Here are two essential routines for preparing your bonsai for spring. It is vitally important that you remove dry or decaying leaves, as well as dead branches and any shoots that are not in the best condition. 
  2. Transplanting: As you know, transplanting the bonsai and renewing the substrate is essential for the tree’s roots to develop well. However, excessive transplanting can also be detrimental. To give you an idea, and for reference, two years from the last transplant would be a good time to give it a new pot for its growth. 
  3. Good watering: Remember not to go to extremes. You should not water-log the bonsai nor should you let it dry out. During spring, temperatures generally begin to rise, so watering becomes more important than in the winter months, when the tree is in a resting phase. To ensure that you have done everything right, you should check that the soil is sufficiently moist. 
  4. Sunlight: Of course, in order to know how to prepare your bonsai for spring, another aspect that you must take into account is its location. It needs to be in a space with adequate lighting and where it will receive some sunlight. Be very careful not to expose it to direct sunlight. Some species cannot cope and will be harmed. 

Of course, fertilising the bonsai in spring is key to keeping it looking beautiful and healthy. Do you want the best possible fertiliser ? We’ve got it! Zokamin Spring is created specifically for these pre-summer months. It is a spring fertiliser intended to invigorate the tree. Its composition of essential nutrients is suitable for this first sprouting, when leaves and fruit begin to appear. 

Your bonsai in the best of hands!