{"id":2805,"date":"2020-03-28T00:05:33","date_gmt":"2020-03-28T07:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/pal-question-61\/"},"modified":"2024-04-13T11:55:18","modified_gmt":"2024-04-13T18:55:18","slug":"bonsai-care","status":"publish","type":"pal","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/bonsai-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Bonsai care"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>I was given a 40-year-old Quince bonsai tree and I would like to get some advice on taking care of it. I have a great book called, <i>Bonsai Basics<\/i> which has given me some insight as to how to take care of it, but I am looking for more information. I was also wondering about getting the tree repotted and the roots trimmed (which needs to happen very soon, as far as I can gather.) The roots have not been trimmed on this particular tree for about 3 years, and it has survived a pretty hard hit of insect and fungus pests.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.psba.us\/\">Puget Sound Bonsai Association<\/a> has a website with useful information and links to other bonsai-related organizations and information. This is an active group with regular meetings, some lectures\/workshops, and a good newsletter.<\/p>\n<p>Nurseries such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bonsainw.com\/\">Bonsai Northwest<\/a>, a specialty nursery in South Seattle, often offer classes on bonsai care.<\/p>\n<div class=\"taxonomy-keyword has-text-align-right wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/keyword\/bonsai\/\" rel=\"tag\">Bonsai<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/keyword\/chaenomeles\/\" rel=\"tag\">Chaenomeles<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was given a 40-year-old Quince bonsai tree and I would like to get some advice on taking care of it. I have a great book called, Bonsai Basics which has given me some insight as to how to take care of it, but I am looking for more information. I was also wondering about getting the tree repotted and the roots trimmed (which needs to happen very soon, as far as I can gather.) The roots have not been&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/bonsai-care\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bonsai care<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","keyword":[340,713],"class_list":["post-2805","pal","type-pal","status-publish","hentry","keyword-bonsai","keyword-chaenomeles"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pal\/2805"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pal"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/pal"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"keyword","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/keyword?post=2805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}