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The Bonsai Pot
Posted on December 9, 2010 by travisv
This article by “Justin Lee” is awesome and has many tips and lots of info on how to pick a pot or your tray for your bonsai. Check him out at bonsai-hut.com
When growing a Bonsai tree, there are very few rules that one must follow other than the fact that it is a single specimen tree grown in a pot. And that the tree be kept as a miniature version of a full grown tree. The rest of the design of the Bonsai is left up to the grower to decide.
While it may not seem like a major part of the Bonsai experience, the pot is a very important element of the Bonsai. The visual appearance of the Bonsai pot is an integral part of the design concept of the Bonsai. Color, shape and size of the pot, must be kept in proper relationship to the color and size of the Bonsai. For example, one would not normally combine a Bonsai that was shaped to represent a serene mountain setting with a garish bright yellow pot. The pot should complement the Bonsai, not detract from it.
But color and pattern of the pot are not the only considerations. The fact that you are potting a plant in a pot rather than into the earth creates some interesting issues. Among those issues is the fact that unlike Mother Earth, your pot will retain more water. The second fact is that the soil in shallow containers retains more water than deeper containers. The more water that is retained, means less air that is available for the tree. A healthy tree requires a balanced blend of both air and water. It might then seem that a deeper pot would be a better alternative than a shallow one. But keep in mind that the deeper pot may not be as visually appealing as the shallower pot. Balance is a major component of the Bonsai experience, a large pot with a very small immature tree would not be in keeping with the concept of balance.
Contamination is another issue that is unique to growing in a pot. Any and all contaminates that find their way into the soil of the Bonsai tree will remain there forever. The area of the pot is a confined area, there is absolutely no place for the contaminates to leach away from the plant as it would in nature. Therefore, it is recommended that you regularly repot your Bonsai tree into a different pot, with clean soil. If your Bonsai tree is not prospering, then you may wish to repot, rather than wait for the scheduled time.
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