The thought of you spending so much time on growing indoor bonsai may just blow your mind away. A lot of time, if not years is spent on growing indoor bonsai. Dedication and a lot of knowledge of the art of growing indoor bonsai is required, and is mastered by a lot of people around the world, not only in Japan where this art originated.

There is however a difference between growing indoor bonsai and outdoor bonsai. And the difference is simply that it is easier to manipulate the indoor bonsai than the outside one, as the outside one has to deal with all the weather conditions. Since winter cannot be controlled outside, the bonsai grown outdoors goes into a dormant stage or hibernation time during winter, whereas the indoor one does not due to manipulation of surrounding conditions.

Growing indoor bonsai could also be in a hot house or somewhere in your home where it gets the best weather conditions, but also not on the windowsill where most people tend to put a small new plant. The suns rays are magnified by the glass and will soon burn the living daylights out of the plant if temperatures soar.

Taking The Time

If you have decided on nurturing and growing indoor bonsai, there are lots of books at the library to guide you, and of course there is the Internet too to rely on. However, you will never be able to learn everything there is to know about growing indoor bonsai from just one book; you will soon have your own collection on your shelf to guide you all the way. Time is another thing that is required. You don’t need green fingers for growing indoor bonsai, but it could help. Since the bonsai is usually started off as a seed from a tree, it could take months or years to grow a mature tree, depending on what tree you are growing.

Other Growth Influences

Another factor that influences the growth of the bonsai is the soil used. There is a lot of controversy that you should rather use inorganic soil for growing bonsai. Bonsai soil is available at nurseries, but some people profess that cat litter works just as well mixed with organic soil, the grit helps with drainage for the soil too. The reason for this is that inorganic soil does not just disintegrate in less than two years. For this reason the soil would not need changing in less than every two years at a time which could put the plant into distress due to the change.