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DEVELOPING
YOUR BONSAI
The
bonsai can be grown from seeds or from cuttings.
FROM
SEEDS:
- Before
sowing, seeds are kept in a bowl of water. Those seeds which floats
are discarded and which sinks are used for sowing.
- A
seed pan or big pot is prepared for sowing. The hole at the bottom
is covered by wire mesh.
- The
soil to be used is sieved as sieving separates three grades of
the soil (coarse, medium and fine).
- Now
fill the pot to 1/4th of its depth with coarse soil
at the bottom. Then put the second layer of the soil of medium
type. Keep the seeds in this layer (about 5cm apart) and cover
it with fine soil.
- Water
with fine watering can. Cover the seed pot with plastic or sheet
of glass and place the pot in shady place. (Watering is done only
when the topsoil becomes dry.)
- When
the seeds germinate cover is removed and the pot is kept outdoors
in sunny areas.
- Watering
is done when the soil becomes dry.
- When
the seedlings are about three months old, a little fertiliser
may be added to the seedbed.
- Provide
adequate protection during cold weather.
- Most
of the seedlings can be repotted after 6 months.
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