Five-color plum bonsai how to look good potted five-color plum how to prune branches and leaves

Five-colored plum, also known as discolored grass, as the name implies, its plants have colorful flowers. Five-colored plum is a kind of flower plant with high ornamental value. In the south of China, due to climate, temperature and other factors, it can almost be seen to bloom all year round, which is very suitable for potted plants. Then follow the editor to learn how the five-colored plum is shaped.

How does the five-color plum bonsai look good?

1. Modeling method

Due to the soft and drooping characteristics of five-color plum branches, five-color plum is very suitable for making a cliff-style potted plant. The growth ability of the five-color plum is still very strong, and the branches grow very fast, so it is very suitable to use the pruning method to shape the five-color plum, on the other hand, because the branches of the five-color plum are too soft, so we can use wire to help shape when we carry on the complex modeling.

2. Shape according to the change of season

The growth rate of five-color plum is different in different seasons, so we have to prune the branches of five-color plum according to the change of season.

In general, pruning the branches of five-colored plums at the end of autumn and into winter, and another pruning in the spring of the following year, when the sick and weak branches are trimmed off, by the way, trim out the potted shape of five-colored plums.

In summer, we should pay attention to heart-picking or short cutting, on the one hand, because the growth rate of five-color plum is very fast in summer, on the other hand, we can take this opportunity to make the crown of five-color plum compact and full of shape.

3. The important aspects in styling

First of all, we can pay a little attention to the layout of the roots, because it is very beautiful to show the vigorous shape of the roots, and we can expose part of the lateral roots and wash them with conscious water. in this way, the roots of five-colored plums can be displayed. Secondly, we can knot and bend the trunk, which can make the potted plants of five-color plum more interesting, and the scratches can make the branches of five-color plum form knots.

How to prune the branches and leaves of potted five-colored plum

Pruning time

1. Seedling stage

When the seedling grows to about 10 cm high, it will pick the heart, promote it to germinate branches from the base, retain 3-5 branches as the main branch, wait for the main branch to grow to a certain length, and then pick the heart, so that the growth of the main branch is balanced.

2. Adult stage

After the five-color plum plant is grown, the branches will continue to grow, and the branches should be often thinned and truncated to maintain the round-headed plant type of the plant. At this time, the five-colored plum is the same as a person's seven years old. If the adult period is not well managed, when it is in bloom, you will regret not pruning it properly.

Second, how to trim

1. Pick the heart at the seedling stage

The nursery stage is mainly heart-picking maintenance. The upper main branch is coring first, and the lower main branch is pruned after pruning. The upper main branch removes slightly more branches than the lower main branch, so that the growth among the branches is symmetrical, forming a round head plant shape.

2. Random pruning at the adult stage

After the plant is formed, as the branches continue to grow, they should be often thinned and cut short in the future. Combine to change the basin every spring and cut off the dense branches, weak branches, cross branches and disease and insect branches from the base. The retained branches should be cut short with 2-4 buds according to their growth. Cut off the residual flowers in time after flowering so as not to consume nutrients.

What are the reasons for the growth of five-colored plum?

1. Lack of light

You can't get a tan in the sun in the tropics. Therefore, how much the five-colored plum native to tropical America likes light can be seen from the process of breeding flower friends in the south of our country. There will be a lot of cloudy and rainy weather in summer in the south, when the five-colored plum, lack of light, began to grow wildly and did not follow the routine at all.

2. Excessive nitrogen fertilizer

You can see five-colored plum blossom from May to October. Flower friends are worried that the flowering period consumes too much nutrients, so the frequency of fertilizing five-color plum is accelerated, and the amount of nitrogen fertilizer is also increased. The application of nitrogen fertilizer can promote plant growth most, if the partial application of nitrogen fertilizer, it is not only not conducive to blooming, but also easy to cause plant overgrowth.

3. Too much water

The climate of most parts of southern China is subtropical monsoon climate, while that of Guangdong and Hainan is tropical monsoon climate. But because near the Tropic of Cancer, the temperature is naturally comparable to the area within the Tropic of Cancer. Therefore, the summer temperature may not be ridiculously high. If the temperature is not high enough, the light is not enough, and the amount of water is relatively large, it will also cause the five-colored plum to grow.

What if the five-colored plum grows?

1. Light and water treatment

In the cloudy and rainy days in the south of our country, it is difficult for people to get enough light. At this time, we have to deal with the water. Five-colored plum is a water-resistant plant, but when the light is insufficient, a small amount of water is appropriate. It is overcast and rainy. In order to control the water in time, we only need to keep the micro-tide of the basin soil.

2. No partial application of nitrogen fertilizer at flowering stage

It is true that five-colored plum at flowering stage needs more nutrients, but liquid fertilizer should be applied thinly, mainly phosphorus and potassium fertilizer, with little or no application of nitrogen fertilizer. Special fertilizer for flowers and flowers and special fertilizer for flowering are all fine, but do not apply nitrogen fertilizer partially.

3. Chopping cuttings

The overgrowth of five-color plum seedlings can be saved by light, water or fertilization and dwarf element, but the overgrowth of adult plants can only be achieved by beheading and cutting. Intercept the top of the plant and maintain the cuttage. It can take root in 15-30 days.

Five-colored plum is a very suitable plant for potted plants to watch, so styling it adds a lot of beauty to it to a certain extent, and the specific methods are mentioned above. In addition, the pruned branches can also be cut to let the five-colored plum breed into a sea of flowers.