PMO Zone Blog

A low humidity environment

The history of bonsai goes back countless ages, with the first evidence of small potted trees showing up in Egyptian tombs over 2000 years ago. The soil you use affects rooting, feeding, watering and transpiration; it is where half your tree lives so this is our second biggest consideration in maintaining your bonsai. Most Bonsai Tree that die are lost to bonsai seeds dehydration, either from lack of watering or from being kept in a low humidity environment too long. While I have covered plant dormancy briefly elsewhere on this site, we continue to get a lot of questions concerning the topic, so I will cover some more ground here. Don’t miss the 150 year old California Juniper.