Getting the right soil composition is essential to ensuring a proper Bonsai soil mix. This in turn leaves you with the task of deciding whether to purchase readymade soils or buying separate ingredients to create a more personalized Bonsai soil mix. The former is readily available at any Bonsai nursery as too garden center though they will also cost you more money than you might be willing to spend. In fact, if you are going to plant more than three Bonsai trees, it will then make more sense to create your Bonsai soil mix rather than buy it readymade.

Different Ingredients

You must be aware of the different kinds of ingredients that will be used to create a Bonsai soil mix and of course you can choose whichever mix that you feel will suit your Bonsai project the best. However, a beginner Bonsai enthusiast is sure to find the task of creating Bonsai soil mix on their own to be a rather daunting task.

Essentially, a good Bonsai soil mix must however include a few basic ingredients that must suit the plant or tree as it grows throughout the year. At the very least, such substances must enable the tree or plant get ready supply of water and nutrients as too gases that will ensure proper growth. This in turn requires ensuring using only the right quality of Bonsai soil mix as bad quality will hamper healthy growth while proper quality ensures vigorous growth.

The right Bonsai soil mix must allow for proper water retention as well as ease of absorption of nutrients by the plant or tree. This could mean having to choose only a Bonsai soil mix which contains organic (dead) matter as well as humus. In addition, you need to ensure that the Bonsai soil mix provides best drainage which ensures that the plants or trees do not get damaged or destroyed because of presence of unwanted and excess amounts of water. To ensure proper drainage you need to ensure that the Bonsai soil mix has sufficient grit as well as small sized stones which will keep the mix open and allow for safe drainage of excess amounts of water while also ensuring sufficient amount of air gets to penetrate into the compost and so ensures a healthier plant or tree.

For the right Bonsai tree soil you need to ensure free drainage of water along with proper water retention properties in the soil. Of course, different tree species require different amounts of water plus nutrients; so, makes sure to address this aspect as well.