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Hello everyone,

I've got myself 2 bonsai's as a gift, I had one when I was younger but didn't know much about them at the time.

From what I have read they are both ficus but not sure on the variety. As you can see they will be indoors.

They are ready to be prunned and one of them is ready to be repotted but because its mid grow season I'm put off by the idea.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated

Regards

James

Welcome to the empire!

If you are in the northern hemisphere I would suggest to take them outdoors. It is a massive difference in growth and health for tree grown outdoors in the season.

It is not advicable for beginners to start prune and repot newly purshased trees. Just spend your time and energy to get them growing and show that they have adapted to your conditions. Pruning and repotting is seldom urgent.

Thank you for the reply,

Outdoor is quite hard but I'm trying for a large window ledge (1ft deep). Is outside just for growing season? As the winters can have a harsh frost here in the uk.

Also would you suggest fertiliser pellets in a pellets cup as well as every 2 weeks watering with a soluble fertiliser?

Regards

James

Keep it outside until temperature gets lower than 10c. Then bring it indoors. If it is possible keep it between 10-15 cm during winter.

Start to add fertilizer when you see signes of growth. Anything works really.

Great thank you for that. It's already about 30cm so would you say cut it back for winter?

Pruning is done for a reason, that is design.

Prune the tree to support your design idea. But not before you have seen evidence of healthy new growth. It is allways a good idea to let the tree grow more than you need for the final design and cut back to shape. For this size tree 10 cm of growth would not be too much before pruning back.