How to fertilize red maple bonsai, it will be stunningly beautiful if you do this!

Fertilize according to the growth habits of red maple

In addition to its habits of liking sunlight, being afraid of exposure, liking warmth, and being afraid of waterlogging, red maple's preference for fertilizer is that the soil should be fertile, loose and easy to drain, which is conducive to it absorbing nutrients in the potting soil and maintaining its growth needs.

Effects of Fertilization on Red Maple

To understand how to fertilize a potted plant, you need to know what kind of impact will be caused if the fertilizer is not applied properly. Although red maple is a fertilizer-loving plant, the more fertilizer you apply, the better. Since the amount of soil in the pot is limited, fertilizer is not easy to lose, and the efficiency and absorption rate of fertilizer are relatively high. Therefore, if too much fertilizer is applied, it will cause excessive long branches and lateral branches on the aboveground part, affecting the proportion and ornamental value of the bonsai tree.

How to apply basal fertilizer

Red maple bonsai is a flower plant with great ornamental value. When planting, you need to add some base fertilizer to the flowerpot. The mixing method of the base fertilizer is almost to add some humus to the culture soil and then mix it with garden soil.

How to apply fertilizer

Top dressing is generally carried out during the spring germination period and the summer growing period. A thinner liquid organic decomposed fertilizer is best. Be careful to avoid rainy weather when applying fertilizer. Then before the arrival of autumn and in the early autumn, basically in August and September, add decomposed liquid fertilizer again, and remember not to apply fertilizer in winter.