Pruning method of bonsai of Luohansong

Luohansong, also known as Luohan Sequoia, is an evergreen coniferous tree of the genus Luohansong of the family Luohans. it is often used as a potted plant because of its high ornamental value, so what is the method of pruning the bonsai of Luohansong?

Pruning method of bonsai of Luohansong

1. Luohansong thinning and cutting method

The branches of Luohansong are cut off from the base by thinning, which can make the stump ventilated and transparent, the nutrition supply is concentrated, the growth is exuberant, and the young trees can be thinned as soon as possible, which is beneficial to the normal development and growth. Thinning and cutting during plastic surgery can make the remaining modeling branches get sufficient nutrition and speed up the forming. The formed tree stump bonsai can balance nutrition by thinning and cutting, making it old and unfailing. Cut off the branches of diseases and insect pests when thinning, and burn them immediately to prevent the spread of diseases and insect pests, and cut off the branches that hinder their appearance in time. In general, one of the two parallel branches that are very close to each other should be cut off, one of the superimposed branches and opposite branches should be cut off, only one of the whorled branches should be cut off, and all the other branches should be cut off, and the upright branches, drooping branches and reverse branches from the main branch should be cut off. The branches and cross branches should be cut off one branch, and the germinated twigs on the tree species with strong sprouting power should be cut off as soon as possible, except for a branch left in the missing part to slowly induce supplementary branches, so as not to consume nutrients and affect the tree potential.

2. The pruning method of Luohansong bonsai

Scissors: you can make use of the characteristics of resistance to pruning and small leaf shape to make various shapes, such as spherical, conical, multi-layered spherical, etc., only need to be trimmed according to the pre-designed graphics. For example, when trimming the three-layer sphere, first choose a tree seedling with obvious trunk and better upright shape. The above three balls are getting bigger and bigger, in order to coordinate the proportion to have a better ornamental, generally, the new branch should be pruned when the tip is 20cm to 30cm, which needs to be trimmed many times to make each layer round and compact.

Binding: strong bamboo sticks and strong hemp ropes can be selected for modeling, the bamboo sticks and branches can be fastened and fastened with hemp ropes, and then one end of the bamboo stick can be fixed on the trunk, so that the branches can grow in a specific direction according to the wishes of the stylist, so as to achieve the purpose of modeling.

Pressure: pressure modeling is mainly through the trunk bending, tilting the method, so that the tree on the slope presents a completely different from the vertical level of artistic beauty.

Because the branches of Luo Hansong are like human arms, and the clusters of hemispherical leaves grow on the top of the branches like the palms of human hands, coupled with bent trees, it is as if a usher is bending his arms to welcome the guests, which is very vivid.