Watering a Ficus bonsai is much like watering any other bonsai tree. This means you should water the tree when the soil gets slightly dry. Water generously, allowing the water to drip out of the drainage holes. Once the water stops dripping, water once mo

Making a Bonsai from a cheap nursery plant. Details Created: September 03, 2020 In this movie we show you how to create a bonsai from cheap nursery stock material. The tree we work on is a 5-year-old Spruce (Picea abies), purchased at a local garden cent

Left: JM with Ficus in growing container, 2004. Right: Tree in an extra deep container to develop long, large roots, 2004 While at the nursery David, Mike Imaino (senior plant manager and President of the Mid-Pacific Bonsai Association) and I removed t