Detailed Explanation of Repotting, Potting and Making Steps for Small Bonsai

  Instructor introduction: Chen Wanjun, Lingnan bonsai artist, president of the Jianghai District Flowers and Trees Bonsai Association, senior technician of the China Bonsai Artists Association

  Materials used: one small bonsai that has not been repotted or pruned, one ceramic pot, one piece of small drainage mesh, some pond mud, some aquatic grass, some moss

  Tool: one pair of gardening scissors

  Making steps:

  1. Remove the original plastic pot, prune the roots, remove excess roots so that the roots are level and easy to place in the new pot; note that the roots still carry a mud ball;

  2. Place it in the prepared new ceramic pot, and fill and secure the empty spaces with pond mud;

  3. Lay aquatic grass on the exposed pond mud, then lay moss on top;

  4. Prune: according to the bonsai composition, remove excess branches to make the main layout stand out; done.

  Daily care tips:

  Water when dry, dry when wet——immerse the whole pot part in water for a period of time so that the entire mud ball part is moistened, take it out and let it stand; it can be placed indoors, and immersed in water about once a week.