How to prepare soil for golden bean bonsai cultivation?

Suitable soil requirements for golden bean bonsai

Golden bean bonsai has certain requirements for the soil. It likes loose, breathable soil, and the soil must contain a certain amount of fertility so that it can grow healthily. If suitable soil maintenance is provided, it can grow better and management will be less troublesome.

How to prepare soil for golden bean bonsai

1. Leaf mold + garden soil + cake fertilizer

When cultivating golden bean bonsai, you can mix leaf mold, garden soil, and cake fertilizer in the ratio of 1:1:1. The leaf mold can improve the looseness and air permeability, and the cake fertilizer can provide nutrients, which is beneficial to the growth of the plant.

2. Perlite + peat + sandy soil

Golden bean bonsai prefers soil with good air permeability. You can also mix perlite, peat and sandy soil in a ratio of 3:2:1. The soil prepared in this way has good air permeability and drainage, and can also provide the missing nutrients for the golden beans.

How to change the soil of golden bean bonsai

1. Do not water the golden bean bonsai a few days before repotting and changing the soil. This will make it easier to remove from the pot. After the soil in the pot is half dry, use an iron nail to draw a circle along the soil close to the wall of the pot, try to make it deeper, so that the soil ball can be removed as a whole.

2. After the golden bean bonsai is removed from the pot, you can shake off the soil at the roots, then clean it, and then carefully look at the condition of the roots, remove old and bad roots and prune the branches. Before potting, you can stack two tiles on the water outlet at the bottom of the pot, fill it with nutrient soil, and place the plant in the middle of the pot.