How do cypress bonsai grow well? attached picture

Cypress is a common evergreen tree in China, artificial planting is very extensive, but also a relatively good landscaping trees. Cypress varieties are very many, there are cypress, Platycladus orientalis, juniper, etc., the general cypress height is very high, leafy. Now many people will be potted at home, make a variety of shapes of bonsai, play a beautification of the home operation, but also to the home to increase a lot of vitality. Let's take a look at how the cypress bonsai grows well. Pictures attached.

1. Transplanting method

Cypress potted production, usually through transplanting. Before transplanting, the grass roots and dirt on the soil ball must be cleaned first, the exposed stones must be shaved off, the thick roots and branches must be sealed with latex, then potassium permanganate or carbendazim should be sprayed, the piles should be placed in the right position, the soil should be filled and compacted, and then watering again and again until the mud pot is completely wet. After the first watering, scrape off the old bark from the trunk and thick branches. In this way, pollution, miscellaneous bacteria, and eggs can be removed to prevent unclean piles from being cleaned, and it also helps to display the beauty of surface texture and metabolism of epidermal tissue.

II. Conservation of the environment

Cypress potted plants are best placed in sunny, humid places. Winter words should be placed indoors for winter, summer words strong sunlight must pay attention to shade, so as not to burn the leaves of the sun.

III. Points of watering

Cypress bonsai best to keep sufficient water pot soil, but not water, so as not to appear rotten root phenomenon. Usually water should be sprayed on the branches and leaves to promote healthy growth and green leaves. Cypress trees like sunshine high dry, not water wet, so according to the pot soil moisture watering, see dry and watering, spray foliar water.

IV. Fertilization methods

Cypress potted plants generally use thin decomposed organic fertilizer or cake fertilizer water, applied two to three times a year from March to May, autumn when you can put some decomposed cake fertilizer in the pot. If cypress potted plants want to grow vigorously, it is best to apply more fertilizer.

V. Proper pruning and bud picking

Cypresses are not tolerant of pruning, but can be pruned to promote lateral branches. Generally, when new branches and leaves are sprouted in spring, they are shortened in time to keep the crown dense. Twig tip should not be cut with scissors, available fingers pinch pick it, in case the wound is rusty and affect the appearance. If large branches need to be trimmed, they should be done during dormancy.

In cypress bonsai vigorous growth of the case of bud picking, leaf picking can make branches short leaves dense. Pinus tabulaeformis, red pine, in the summer to remove a part of the new branches, can give birth to new buds within the year.

VI. Turn over the basin

Cypress potted plants are generally turned over every two to three years. The time should be from March to April in spring, and autumn is also possible. When turning pots, the roots will be properly trimmed, old soil removed, replaced with fertile and loose decaying soil, mixed with appropriate amount of rice bran ash (i.e. carbonized "preserved" rice husk ash, black) and sand.

VII. Pest control

The main diseases of cypress bonsai are rust, and the main pests are spiders. The damage is quite serious, so attention should be paid to prevention and control in time. It must be treated with appropriate medication.

To sum up, cypress bonsai to be properly maintained, then, we must master watering, fertilization, pruning, pot turning, pest control and other points.