How can evergreen banyan bonsai grow luxuriantly?

Banyan bonsai is very popular because of its evergreen seasons and unique appearance. It is a popular indoor decoration plant at present, and it is relatively simple to maintain. Today, I will introduce to you how to raise banyan bonsai. I hope everyone can create their own graceful, luxuriant banyan bonsai.

A brief introduction to the banyan tree

English name: Banyan tree

Aliases: fine-leaf banyan, adult tree, banyan beard

Section: Sangke

Genus: Ficus

Distribution of origin: originated in tropical Asia, Guangxi, Guangdong, Hainan, Fujian, Yunnan, Guizhou, India, Myanmar and Malaysia

Morphological characteristics: the banyan tree is an evergreen large tree with a height of 20m to 30m, a DBH of 2m and a large number of air roots; leaves alternate, Obovate or oval, dark green on the surface Cryptic fruit, sessile solitary or opposite in leaf axils, yellowish brown, reddish brown or black-purple when mature, there are more than 1000 species of banyan trees in the world, mostly concentrated in tropical rain forests, one of the largest woody trees in tropical plants, often up to 20 meters high, because of good pollution tolerance, easy to plant, is also a common street tree.

Banyan bonsai is a kind of plant bonsai made of banyan tree as material and pruned, pruned and grafted. It is mainly for the purpose of viewing the stump, rhizome and leaf of banyan tree. The beauty of banyan bonsai lies in its roots, stems, branches and leaves. Cheap growth, easy growth, dark green and evergreen are its basic characteristics. Some bonsai lovers often make use of the characteristics of soft branches, thick roots and strong adaptability of banyan trees. Made into qu dry type, oblique dry type, cliff type, tree stone type, root style and other styles of bonsai.

Second, how to raise banyan bonsai?

According to Mr. Li in the flower market, the banyan tree belongs to subtropical plants and likes adequate sunshine, ventilation, warm and humid environmental space. The methods of body culture are as follows:

1. Soil requirements

The banyan bonsai is strong in nature and does not have high requirements for soil. Conditional choice can be made of loose and acidic black stone powder mud or river sand, construction stone powder, cinder and so on. The soil containing this substance will promote the growth of banyan bonsai, and the unconditional use of ordinary soil can also be used.

2. Temperature requirement

The banyan tree belongs to tropical plants, so if you want the banyan bonsai to grow healthily, it is necessary to ensure that the growth temperature difference of the banyan tree is not too big. When the temperature difference is 10 ℃, it is easy to cause the banyan tree to lose its leaves or even die. When the temperature is about 5 ℃, move to the sunny place indoors to prevent frost damage. The basin soil should be dry in winter. When the lowest temperature at night drops to 6-7 ℃ at night, it should be moved into the sunny place to overwinter. In winter, the room temperature should be no less than 5 ℃.

3. Lighting requirements

The banyan tree is a sunny plant, so the banyan bonsai needs to be placed in a warm, humid, well-ventilated and sunny place, shade and avoid exposure in summer, move to the indoor winter in time when the temperature is below 5 ℃ in winter, and can be furnished for a long time under indoor scattered light conditions.

4. Watering requirements

The banyan bonsai is planted in a shallow basin, so to avoid excessive watering causing the root of the banyan tree to rot, appropriate watering can be carried out according to the weather, dry and wet basin soil, and should be watered thoroughly every time, that is, until there is water seeping out of the drainage hole at the bottom of the basin. High temperature in summer should often spray water to the leaf surface or the surrounding environment to cool down and increase air humidity, and reduce watering times in autumn and winter.

5. Fertilization requirements

The demand for fertilizer is different in different periods of the growth of banyan trees. Summer and autumn are the growing periods of banyan trees, which need more nutrients. It is recommended to apply fertilizer once a month, and you can choose rotten cake fertilizer or compound fertilizer. Bury the fertilizer into the soil along the edge of the flowerpot and water it immediately after fertilization.

6. Pruning method

The banyan bonsai can grow more beautiful only after pruning and styling. At the same time, the banyan tree is also a kind of plant that is more resistant to pruning, generally choose early spring or late autumn for pruning, cutting off unnecessary cross branches, overlapping branches, opposite branches, withered branches, diseased branches, etc., you can carry out some modeling according to your own ideas, and you can cut off the long branches at any time to keep the tree shape beautiful.

7. Pest control

Banyan bonsai diseases and insect pests are actually very rare, mainly red spiders, shell insects, red spiders are generally very small, but the number is large, you can rinse the whole plant with heavy water, and then spray mites; shell insects are particularly harmful and can be brushed away manually with brushes. Then spray 0.2% solution of washing powder and essential oil.

8. Change the soil and turn the basin

With the continuous growth of culture time, the nutrients of banyan bonsai flowerpots will gradually decrease, we need timely soil change or fertilization to meet the growth of plants, and then turn the pots every 3-4 years. It is better to turn the pot from April to May in late spring (it is generally not suitable to turn the pot in autumn and winter). At the same time, part of the resident soil should be removed and the old and rotten roots should be cut off.

Conclusion: the above is about the cultivation methods of banyan bonsai. Usually, according to the above requirements, it is not difficult to raise a pot of banyan bonsai with luxuriant leaves. If you find out the leaves, you should find the root cause in time. See if it is caused by watering, fertilization, light and insect pests. Finally, I hope everyone can raise a beautiful bonsai.