RonMartin(deceased)

Watering


Did you ever wonder why there are so many people that have problems with watering their bonsai. Why so much has been written about it. Just why is it so difficult a subject.
Lost of things affect the amount of water that a tree will need on a daily basis. The heat, the wind , relative humidity, the amount of sunlight the tree is exposed to, even the amount of foliage on the plant will affect the need for water. All can and do change on a daily basis.
But is it really all that difficult a thing to do. Does it take years to learn like I have read in all those books.
During my travels I do get a lot of questions on this subject . Not always sure that I have a good or even a right answer for them. With all the different climates and trees that I run into I am not sure that there is really an answer.
One thing I have noticed though is almost without exception those that have problems with watering also have problems with their soil. ( another touchy subject ) Mind you I am only talking about a small percentage of people. I really don’t see all of you much as I would like to.
Anyway I thought I would just throw out the following question and see what kind of response I got.
Is it more important how much and often you have to water or is how much moisture the soil will hold and for how long ??.
Be careful about what you say, I MIGHT just be doing some research on another one of my articles ;o)

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