Bonsai Tree

 Bonsai Step Five Transplanting & Root Pruning All bonsai pots have holes cut in the bottom. These holes are usually about the diameter of a quarter and allow excess moisture to escape from the pot.  Plastic screen is used to cover the holes and contain the soil.  This screen is held in place by a wire “hairpin” which is passed through the screen and the pushed through the bottom of the hole.  The protruding wire is then bent up on the bottom and prevents the screen from moving off of the hole during the potting process.  Once this has been done a longer length of wire is cut and bent at two right angles.   This is then passed through the drainage holes from the bottom of the pot and as close to the inside edges of each hole as possible.  This “tie down” wire will be used during the potting process to secure the tree in it’s container.  The process, thus far,  is known as “prepping the pot” and must be done before any work on the plants root system is started.  Likewise all