A Rescue Bonsai from Walmart for Karen — First Repot and Early Training

Walmart Shopping…

I felt compelled to rescue it…

So I got Karen a Bonsai:

Love the generic Bonsai tag, they can’t even bother to put the name of the tree on it.

Trunk Shot:

Took it out of the pot, (completely dry) and it promptly broke apart into 2 separate trees.:

Stupid Glued Rocks:

Repotted in screened turface:

Also potted the other part of the tree, the one that had no leaves on it:

My plan is to trim off those exposed roots, but want to give it a bit of time to recover first.

I watered it with a transplant solution with IBa, it is my standard recovery juice for sick plants.

The roots seemed to all be heading down and not out. I pulled apart the roots that appeared to be circling and set them in the pot out to the side of the plant.

I do like the look of it, it looks amazingly good for the abuse it has had to endure, I hope it makes it.

More bonsai from my collection:

• Building Bonsai Starter Boxes — Growing Trees from Scratch
• Chinese Elm Bonsai
• Bringing the Serissa Bonsai Indoors for Winter
• Juniper Bonsai
• Dawn Redwood Forest Bonsai Planting