Light, Placement & Where to Keep It

A tree in the wrong place declines slowly enough that nobody connects the two. This guide is about getting the position right before the damage starts.

What's inside

• How much light a bonsai actually needs, in terms you can measure with a phone rather than guess
• Window direction by hemisphere, and the honest limits of a windowsill
• Grow lights: when you genuinely need one, what specification matters, and what is marketing
• Which species must go outside, and what happens over the two or three years they are kept in
• Dormancy explained — why an outdoor tree needs a cold winter and how a warm room denies it one
• Winter protection: the temperature that matters is the root ball's, not the air's
• Moving a tree between positions without shocking it

Format & delivery

1 PDF, 12 pages, A4, printable. Instant download on the order confirmation page and by email. Written in plain language for people who have never kept a bonsai before — no Japanese terminology used without explaining it first.