How to raise Chinese wolfberry bonsai

Lycium barbarum is a common health medicine, potted with Lycium barbarum, not only can be used for viewing, in the fruit, but also can harvest fruit for consumption. So, how do you raise wolfberry bonsai?

1, breeding environment

Lycium chinense likes sunny environment, indoor potted Lycium chinense, can choose sunny place maintenance, Lycium chinense soil requirements are not high, with good drainage calcareous sandy loam as good, avoid sticky and ponding soil.

2. Watering requirements

Lycium barbarum should be watered dry and thoroughly watered. In summer, when it is dormant at high temperature, the growth of plants stagnates and most of the leaves fall off. Water should be controlled. Lycium barbarum is drought-resistant and wet. Do not accumulate water.

3. Fertilization method

Usually, liquid fertilizer mainly composed of phosphorus and potassium fertilizer is applied once a week or so, decomposed base fertilizer is applied in winter, and nitrogen fertilizer is applied 2-3 times in flowering period. When turning pots every year, sufficient base fertilizer should be applied, and phosphorus and potassium fertilizers such as calcium superphosphate should be added as base fertilizer.

4. Bonsai making

Lycium barbarum potted landscape modeling to coarse tie, thin shear mainly, trunk can tie into a variety of forms, branch swing tie more into pieces, disk shape. Climbing using metal wire, will be the line when the fall loose, then if the trunk is not shaped, you can climb again. It is usually fixed by climbing for 1 year. Climbing is usually carried out before budding under branches or after budding branches are semi-lignified. Pruning is used to maintain tree shape during molding. When growing vigorously, you can cut off the long branches at any time to ensure that the results have sufficient camp buckwheat. The leaves are picked in late summer and early autumn, and thin liquid fertilizer containing phosphorus and potassium is applied several times to make buds and new leaves grow at the same time. It is beneficial to watch the flowers and fruits accompanied by new leaves.

5. Breeding methods

Lycium barbarum propagation to cuttage, ramets mainly, and simple and easy to do. Cuttings can be carried out in spring and autumn, select long strong branches or healthy vegetative branches, cut into 12-15 cm length, cut into flat mouth at the upper end, horse ear shape at the base, generally seedling rate can reach 80%-90%. Plant division method in early spring will be stripped off the roots and buds transplanted, appropriate irrigation water, seedling rate is very high, there can also be a method of sowing, banquet seedlings 2 to 3 years can bear fruit.

In addition, Lycium barbarum disease is easy to occur powdery mildew, can spray 70% thiophane 1500 times solution, can also spray 50% sulfur powder control in the morning dew is not dry. Most pests are aphids, which can be sprayed with 40% dimethoate 1000 times.