How to Make Bonsai Fertilizer Packets: Clever Use of Tea Bags

For the use of bonsai fertilizer, different regions each have their own characteristics. Hobbyists in China like to mix various fertilizers into the soil when potting, or sprinkle fertilizer on the surface. Hobbyists in Japan like to use fertilizer cakes. Many hobbyists in Europe and America use bags meant for holding tea leaves to hold fertilizer. Because hobbyists abroad mostly use granular soil, and this kind of soil has no fertilizer value, so fertilizer needs to be applied every time they water. Therefore they mostly use slow-release fertilizer, placed on the soil surface, so that a little dissolves each time they water.

As for making fertilizer cakes, I posted related material earlier, it is about the same as kneading dough, then shaping it into balls. Today I will talk about making fertilizer packets with tea bags.

Materials: tea bags - when buying tea, ask the shopkeeper for a few dozen; these can be replaced with something else, as long as they can be used; fertilizer - prepare this according to need, you can buy ready-made granular fertilizer.

The process needs no further explanation, right? Put the fertilizer in, seal the opening, and that's it.

Using it is very simple: place it on the surface of the potting soil, and when you water, it will add fertilizer to the soil.