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Chapter 5 Watering Your Bonsai
Bonsai, as with nearly all other types of cultivated plant, require moisture at
their roots to survive. Without a continual source of moisture, the tree is unable
to continue its life process, initially losing leaves, then branches and finally the
entire tree can die. Never doubt that the quickest way of killing a bonsai is to
allow the compost to dry out completely.
Bonsai in the author's garden being watered automatically during the heat of the
Summer.
However, though the effects of underwatering are immediate, overwatering a
bonsai also causes ill-health in trees. The effects of continual overwatering takes
much longer to become noticeable and can often be difficult to diagnose.
Established plants and trees growing in the ground have the ability to 'adjust'
