Selecting Your Bonsai Pot
Channel: Bonne Bonsai
Date: 04/01/2021

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About this video: Which Is The Right Bonsai Pot?

As with all types of plant pots, bonsai pots are available in a huge array of sizes, shapes, and colors. However, making sure you select the correct bonsai pot for your bonsai can make the difference between a good looking bonsai and an incredible looking bonsai. Be warned! The pot you choose can have either positive or detrimental effects to the growth of your beloved Bonsai tree.

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What type of bonsai pots should I be considering?

Firstly, if you have a young bonsai that's still growing quite quickly, then you will need to look at several training pots before you decide on a final show pot. When deciding which bonsai pot you should buy never pick one that requires you to cut a significant amount of roots. If you do want to reduce the size of your pot or the roots, then you need to do so gradually. You need to go down one pot size at a time before eventually reaching the size you consider desirable.

Make sure the pot you are considering has great drainage and is entirely frost proof! This will help ensure your bonsai's safe and healthy all year round, no matter if it is kept indoors or outdoors. If you're selecting a glazed pot, then be sure that only the outside of the pot is actually glazed. This is because the bonsai will need the rough surface on the inside for the roots to grab on to and establish themselves.

What pot for what tree?
"Bonsai" by Jardineria Dali is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

The type of bonsai pot you should get is determined by the kind of tree you're growing as well as the style you are aiming for. Conifers lend themselves brilliantly to naturally colored, unglazed pots; whereas deciduous trees look good in glazed or unglazed and in just about any colors. Experiment some to find the correct pot for you, and especially consider pastel colors for your deciduous trees or a bright colored pot for a flowering tree.

You also need to consider how much room the roots will need for your particular choice of tree. Cascading trees will require a deep pot with plenty of room for the roots to grow down and so the branches can hang over the side without touching the ground/table.

If you have a heavily glazed pot, then remember that the color of the glaze will age and ware off slightly over its lifetime. Many people wipe the glaze with French polish in order to speed the process up, which gives your glazed pot a slightly more natural and aged feel.