The method of making crape myrtle bonsai how to look good

Speaking of crape myrtle, I believe we are no stranger to it! Crape myrtle is a very elegant flower, generally planted in parks or gardens, with high ornamental value. In fact, crape myrtle can also be made into a very beautiful high-end crape myrtle bonsai, the following and the editor to understand how to make crape myrtle bonsai!

The method of making potted scenery of crape myrtle

1. Potted planting: when the potted crape myrtle bonsai is put on the pot, the pile scenery will be arranged according to the shape of the bonsai pile and the modeling needs in the future. Then pour the prepared loose and fertile humus loam around the basin to make its roots and soil dense, pour enough fixed root water, and place it in a leeward shade for maintenance. Usually, you should spray water to the branches to moisturize, prevent the trunk from drying, and move to the sun after sprouting for normal maintenance.

2. Watering: in the growing season of crape myrtle, the potted soil must be kept moist because of the transpiration. In the initial stage of branch and leaf growth of crape myrtle, watering water should be properly controlled to control the growth of bonsai branches and leaves of crape myrtle. Crape myrtle flower should be watered enough from bud appearance to flowering stage, and the amount of water should be increased in summer high temperature and drought season, and water should be often sprayed on the leaf surface of the crown to increase air humidity. The amount of water should be reduced in winter, and the basin soil should be slightly dry.

3. Fertilization: bonsai fertilization of crape myrtle, mainly applying sufficient basic fertilizer in winter, crape myrtle peanuts should apply cake fertilizer and other non-phosphorus and potassium fertilizer once a week for a long time. In the early and later stages of bud appearance of crape myrtle, 0.2% potassium dihydrogen phosphate solution can be used for foliar spraying to promote flower bud differentiation and bud expansion. It is necessary to apply sufficient basal fertilizer after each flower.

4. Shaping and pruning: according to the need of bonsai shaping after crape myrtle defoliation, 1-2 buds per branch should be re-cut. Pruning in the growing season of crape myrtle mainly removes dense branches, overgrown branches around the tree shape, and worthless branches germinated on the basal stem, which should be erased or cut off in time. In order to make the bonsai of crape myrtle blossom many times and bloom well in a year, the residual flowers should be removed in time after each flower shedding, so as to prevent the fruit, and promote the secondary buds to blossom rapidly and bloom many times.

5. Change the basin and turn the soil: the potted crape myrtle bonsai needs to be changed every two years or so, and the pot can be changed in winter and spring. According to the plant shape needs of the crape myrtle bonsai, the pot should be changed in time, all or part of the persistent soil should be removed, some of the redundant circular roots and withered roots should be cut off, the fertile loam should be replenished, and the normal management and maintenance should be carried out after watering enough.

How does the bonsai of crape myrtle look good?

When modeling the bonsai of crape myrtle, the trunk of crape myrtle is mostly thickened by multi-stem twisting method. The method is that the branches growing in the root are wound along the trunk and fixed with a rope. After 2 or 3 years of growth, the finger sleeve and the trunk can grow together to achieve the effect of thickening the trunk.

In addition, you can also plant several seedlings of crape myrtle together, wrap them around each other when they grow, and fix them with a rope, which will also achieve the desired effect. The side branches of crape myrtle can be pruned to shape.

Prevention and control of diseases and insect pests of crape myrtle bonsai

1. Disease control: the common diseases of crape myrtle bonsai are: coal fouling disease, Baume 0 can be used. Spray 0.5 degrees stone-sulfur mixture; spot disease can be sprayed with 70% methyl topiramate 700 times 800 times; root rot can be irrigated with 30% copper succinate suspension 200 times; powdery mildew can be sprayed with sulfur powder. The above agents are sprayed every 5 to 7 days for 2 times in a row.

2. Pest control: the main pests of crape myrtle bonsai are: shell insects, which can be sprayed with 1000 times of 40 dimethoate EC, or 3% carbofuran granular soil; aphids and powdered aphids can be sprayed with 50 times of tobacco lime water or 1000 times of 80% dichlorvos EC; large coir moths can be sprayed with 1000 times of 25% carbaryl wettable powder or 1000 times of trichlorfon crystals.

Growth habits of crape myrtle

Crape myrtle like warm and humid climate, like light, slightly resistant to shade, like fertilizer, especially like deep and fertile sandy loam, born in slightly humid places, but also resistant to drought, avoid waterlogging, avoid planting in low humid places with high groundwater level, warm, cold-resistant and strong sprouting. It has strong anti-pollution ability and strong resistance to sulfur dioxide, hydrogen fluoride and chlorine. Semi-shady, happy to be born on fertile and moist soil, can also tolerate drought, no matter calcareous soil or acid soil grows well.

Through the above content, I believe you have a certain understanding of the production method of crape myrtle bonsai. Make your own bonsai of crape myrtle flowers, and you can make whatever you like. And put it at home is also very high-end atmosphere high-grade!