How often should a bonsai tree be fertilized?

How often should you fertilize a bonsai tree? Also how do you know when it needs to be repotted?|||Hi!





Bonsai trees, like anything else that grows in the soil, must have nutrients added because watering washes them away. Fertilizer must be continually replenished if the tree is to thrive. Your Bonsai will thrive if you follow a few simple steps when you fertilize.





Instructions





Things You'll Need


A good fertilizer with nitrogen, potassium and phosphorous.


A watering can.


A measuring cup.





Most Bonsai enthusiasts use a pellet form of fertilizer called "Osmocote." This slowly breaks down into the soil and can fertilize your trees for weeks.





You should feed your Bonsai from early spring to late autumn.





During the autumn months, you should not feed the tree with nitrogen. There are fertilizers that are sold with no nitrogen, which usually can only be found in nurseries that also specialize in Bonsai. Fertilizing without nitrogen will harden the tree and make it ready for winter.





See this to know when to repot....





http://www.bonsai4me.com/Basics/BasicsWh鈥?/a>|||This site has good information. Clicking on bonsai basics will take you to the care of bonsai. It will tell how to repot a bonsai.