How to make the sparrow plum bonsai look good? What are the main points of maintenance?

Sparrow plum is a good helper to make potted plants, because its shape is very strange, the color is green, there is a sense of pride. Finch plum is more beautiful to make bonsai alone or with other plants. Now let's take a look at how the sparrow plum bonsai looks good. What are the main points of maintenance?

First, how to make the sparrow plum bonsai look good?

1. Tree making

Make small, miniature sparrow plum bonsai, choose more 2-3-year-old seedlings for artistic processing, made into various styles of bonsai. In the south of the production of large and medium-sized bonsai to the wild to dig the old pile, old, winding, strange shape, after 1-2 years of "embryo" into bonsai.

The shape of the old pile of sparrow plum is mainly tailored to their aptitude, guide according to the circumstances, three points of processing, seven points of nature, often made into oblique dry type, dry type, double dry type, cliff type, horizontal dry type, Tigen type and other styles of bonsai. The best viewing period for sparrow plum bonsai is when the new leaves are first released in spring, when the branches are green and thriving. In order to reproduce this scene, we can remove all the leaves at the end of July or early August, strengthen fertilizer and water management, and grow new leaves in about 20 days. The branches and leaves of sparrow plum bonsai are mostly trimmed into natural style and can also be processed into cloud shape. what kind of style should be made should be determined according to the tree shape of bonsai and its theme.

2. Planting and using pots

The planting and turning of sparrow plum should be carried out from February to March before budding, and the branches, leaves and roots should be trimmed once when planting. Some sparrow plum bonsai, as long as planting to change the angle between the trunk and potted noodles, slightly processed, it will become another style of bonsai. If the trunk is not too long, it can be divided into two "ya" type Finch plum bonsai, one of which is properly trimmed, the trunk is obliquely planted in a barrel basin, and the angle between the trunk and the basin is less than 45 degrees.

The adaptable parts of Finch plum are relatively strong and can grow in slightly acidic, medium and slightly alkaline soil. Potted Finch plum is mainly humus soil and can be used after mixing with appropriate amount of sandy soil. Finch plum leaves green, can not use green basin, commonly used light color medium depth rectangular or oval purple sand basin, glazed pottery basin, straight dry type, dry type can also use round basin.

What are the key points for the maintenance of sparrow plum bonsai?

1. Water should be adequate.

The water used is better than natural water such as river water, pond water and Rain Water. If tap water needs to be stored for a day or two, it is more appropriate to make the chlorine run away and reuse. Laundry water containing soap, and water with oil and salt should never be used.

2. The basin soil should be better.

The sparrow plum stump originally grew in the wild area, with well-developed roots, drought and waterlogging tolerance, once it was dug up and planted in a shallow basin close at hand, the growth conditions were limited, such as improper maintenance and easy death, so it should be taken care of very carefully. To choose a well-drained flower paste, during maintenance, the basin soil had better be thicker. Change the new soil every two years and apply some base fertilizer to protect the fertile soil in order to make the pile scene grow normally.

3. Attention should be paid to fertilization

If you apply too much fertilizer, the branches and leaves will grow, but if you lack fertilizer, the branches will be thin and weak, and the leaves will turn yellow and are vulnerable to diseases and insect pests. Therefore, fertilization should have principles: newly planted, first pot, just changed pot, root damage within a month can not be fertilized. In spring and summer, when potted trees grow in peak season, more fertilizer must be applied. After the beginning of autumn, if the potted tree grows slowly, the sparrow plum should be applied less. In winter, potted trees can stop fertilizing when they go dormant. It is not suitable to apply fertilizer around noon in rainy days or midsummer. The application of fertilizer solution is best in cloudy days or in the evening, when the basin soil is slightly dry, it is necessary to loosen the soil to facilitate the infiltration of fertilizer and water into the soil. In order to speed up the decomposition of fertilizer, it must be drenched the next morning.

4. Pruning should be timely.

The general pruning time is suitable in late spring and early autumn, when the sprouting ability of sparrow plum stump is the strongest and the growth is the most prosperous. Cut off long branches, overlapping branches, cross branches, radiant branches, withered branches, diseases and insect pests at any time. However, it should be noted that in hot weather, it is easy to burn new buds, so as to roll leaves, therefore, after pruning, it is best to put it in a cool place to see strong light after sprouting normally.