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- becker
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I now have a small collection of bonais that i have recently collected and crafted, its moving into spring and already in the mid 30's with extremley powerful sunlight. What would be best for my bonsais, to put them on a balcony that stays warm but has no direct sunlight, or put them on the balcony with a lot of direct sunlight?
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What species are your bonsai? Some may be ok in strong sun others not. They all need some sun, and most as long as they have moisture at the roots will be fine. If you have no outside space then as open as possible with any breeze going.
The plural of bonsai is bonsai incidentaly,
The plural of bonsai is bonsai incidentaly,
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I wasn't aware of the plural being bonsai so thank you for that!
I have a shimpaku Juniper, a few regular juniper trees, Japanese Maple, Chinese Elm, Rosemary Tree and a Daintree Pine.
For the moment im putting them in the afternoon sun for a few hours twice a week and the rest of the time they are on my bedroom balcony with no direct sun but plenty of fresh air and a nice breeze coming through..
They are doing fine for the moment but moving into summer i want to make sure that they survive!
I have a shimpaku Juniper, a few regular juniper trees, Japanese Maple, Chinese Elm, Rosemary Tree and a Daintree Pine.
For the moment im putting them in the afternoon sun for a few hours twice a week and the rest of the time they are on my bedroom balcony with no direct sun but plenty of fresh air and a nice breeze coming through..
They are doing fine for the moment but moving into summer i want to make sure that they survive!
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That sounds reasonable, they should be fine as long as they have water during the heat of the day, that's the time that damage can happen. We don't get your kind of temps, but this year I had to put some shade netting up as we were getting temps into the high 20's and in the strong sun they were drying out too quick, so the shading was enought to eleviate the evaporation.
Even the Maple can take full sun providing it has water at the roots.
Even the Maple can take full sun providing it has water at the roots.
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Junipers and pines like the sun actually they need it to stay healthy.
If the mid day sun gets to hot you should protect them by giving them some shade for the hottest part of the day. After that they can be put back into the sun.
Normally they do tolerate full sun all day except in extreme conditions.
When temperatures rise you may need to water them more often and mist them. Best is not to mist them in the sun.
As for maples and elms, they also like sunlight but rather have it filtered. With filtered i mean semi shade from other bigger trees for example. So when it's that hot, no direct sunlight.
You can also give them a lot of morning sun and then protect them during the hottest part of the day.
After that some evening sun won't harm them.
Most important is to keep a close eye on it's water needs.
If the mid day sun gets to hot you should protect them by giving them some shade for the hottest part of the day. After that they can be put back into the sun.
Normally they do tolerate full sun all day except in extreme conditions.
When temperatures rise you may need to water them more often and mist them. Best is not to mist them in the sun.
As for maples and elms, they also like sunlight but rather have it filtered. With filtered i mean semi shade from other bigger trees for example. So when it's that hot, no direct sunlight.
You can also give them a lot of morning sun and then protect them during the hottest part of the day.
After that some evening sun won't harm them.
Most important is to keep a close eye on it's water needs.
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howdy becker I just sent you a p.m that will be helpful...we like pics if you have them
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