Specialty Gardening: Ginseng ficus bonsai questions....., 0 by ikebana67

ikebana67 wrote:
Hi, I live in Spain in equivalent to zone 10a. My ficus bonsai are kept outside all year round. They prefer a bit of shade at the hottest time of the day. I have had this one around 9 years. Whenever I buy a bonsai (mostly I develop my own) I remove it from the pot and gently hose the roots down to remove the "shipping" soil and then repot using my own bonsai soil mix. This bonsai is in a pot about 16inches wide. There are so many aerial roots that one has even grown into a crack on the rock. I often have decorative features to create a PenJing style. I feed all my bonsais regularly and keep well watered in the heat of summer. Nice to join the discussion.