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Hi I have been offered a sybirian spruce from a member of the club i recently joined.
I have read it can be a little difficult to care for. Being new to Bonsia and wanting the best for trees is this a tree a novice.can look after and make it thrive.
I have been offered this as the chap is down sizing his collection.

Why don't you ask the guy offering it? He will know, I would think itis no more difficult than any other species. It is how it is looked after that matters.

Spruces in general is very easy to care for, but a nightmare to style.

The Siberian spruce is from Siberia (not syberia). As every tree they are evolved to the conditions where they grow naturally. That is very cold winters. I would not be supriced if the references you found on them beeing hard are from persons living in places with too mild winters.

Looking at their rated hardiness zones, even I, living in western Sweden is on the border of too mild winters.

But, yes. I agree with Jeff. Ask the man that want to give you the tree about care. Most likelly his climate is very similar to yours.

Thanks for your reply. The man offering it is a very experienced bonsia keeper who says its easy to care for and his had it around 10 yrs.
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Thank you Tropfrog.
we both come from easter side of the UK and are winters are what we class as mild.?
He has had the tree 10 yrs and says its easy but he is an experienced bonsia keeper.
one quick question whats your personal preference on feeding liquid or organic like biogold ?.
I ask as your a knowledgeable person.
And gather information is always helpful.
Thanks for the spelling correction as well.

I only use organic fertiliser, mainly Biogold but i also use fish emulsion. I use the granules mainly so I do not forget to fertilise.?

Excactly what fertilizer you use is not very important as long as the tree gets enough of it. So buy any all purpouse fertilizer that is locally? awailable and preferably on sale at the date of purshasing. There are no risk for the health of the tree in moderate overfeeding as the excess nutrients flushes out the drainage holes. It is just an issue for your wallet and your time spend rincing weeds under the bonsai bench.

I water my trees with koi pond water which contains all the esential fertilizer components But it varies greatly over season. In spring when the water is at its purest stage, I give them some osmocote pro.?

As usual, ask three people and get four answers.

We all have opinions on fertilizer. Here's one.

Usually chemical type fertilizer gives a huge rush of nutrients and then after a couple of days washes out with watering. This causes long interludes, which we don't particularly like. Organic, on the other hand, breaks down slowly and supplies a fairly constant low level of nutrients. I know of no controlled experiment that reinforces this opinion.

Usually the advice we give with chemical fertilizers is to dilute at least 2 to 1 and fertilizer more often.

Thanks Ivan,
appreciate all the advice given on the forum.l
Can you use organic and liquid together or just make my mind up and stick with organic.
Also what are your thoughs of foliage feed as well. ?

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Fish oil is organic and liquid at the same time. Biogold is often used for organic. I use them both. I think the pellets are probably slightly better but the trees seem to be doing well,?

I don't think it matters a lot. The tree will soak up what it wants.