Should I mulch my Bonzai in the very hot weather?

[stephaniehumphreys]

We are going away during summer and I want to protect my trees andI wondered if I should put sugar cane mulch on them?

[tomc]

Outlining sugar cane as your mulch; leads me to think that your somewhere in the tropics.

Mulch alone will not be adaquate to your need. *If* you trial it well in advance, irrigation on a timer might be. And thats only a maybe...