The latest skills of excavating bonsai piles in the field

The classification of tree stump bonsai should include wild stumps and seedlings. The former is the bonsai made by mining wild piles, which is mainly characterized by old and simple, while the latter refers to the bonsai produced by artificial cultivation, which is mainly characterized by rigorous layout, and the two can not be confused.

To dig stumps in the field, first make preparations before digging, prepare branch shears, handsaws, knives, small shovels, large and small plastic bags or other packing bags. Or bring dry food, kettles, inspection and renovation of vehicles, and so on. The second is to pay attention to the selection of tree species. The materials for making pile scenes should be graceful trees, small branches and leaves, strong germination and resistance to pruning, easy potting and long life. Generally choose pine and cypress, yellow poplar, sparrow plum, welcome spring, triangle maple, wolfberry bone, elm, beech, hammer elm and so on. Mining time, generally deciduous trees and pines and cypresses can be dug before the trees go dormant to sprout the following year.

Although wild pile excavation can not be used as the main material source of mass production because of its rare materials, it can be used as an auxiliary means to make characteristic bonsai. It is characterized by rapid shaping and easy to reflect the quaint charm of bonsai, but destroys wild plant resources. Therefore, we must investigate before digging to avoid blindness and waste.

1. Place and time of excavation

(1) excavation sites: wild stream side, roadside, bridge side, rock crevice, etc.

(2) time: deciduous trees and pines and cypresses can be excavated during the dormant period from defoliation to pre-germination, while evergreen trees can be excavated in spring and autumn when the temperature is suitable for rooting.

2. Mining method

When digging, the main root can be truncated, but more lateral roots and fibrous roots should be left. According to the modeling requirements, the cutting of branches should set aside the main branches and side branches of appropriate length.

The roots of the excavated trees do not need to carry soil, so it is best to dip them in the mud, put them in baskets and fill them with moss to protect the fibrous roots from withering due to loss of water. Plant it as soon as you bring it back.

3. Maintenance of tree stump

After the stump is transported back, it is trimmed for the second time according to the shape, and then planted into a sunny, warm, well-drained high chamber or mud basin. This process is called embryo cultivation.

It is best to choose a place where the soil is loose, fertile, well drained, sunny, or planted in a mud basin.

The planting should be properly buried, and it is best to leave only the bud eyes outside the soil. A tree with a higher trunk can be wrapped in moss. Water thoroughly once after planting. When it is hot in summer, it is necessary to build a shed for shade and often spray water. We should pay attention to watering at ordinary times, especially in the prosperous period of tree growth, but we should also pay attention to watering too much to prevent rotting roots. It is best to spray water on the leaves frequently during the drying period.

Bonsai plants can be propagated by sowing, cutting, air striping, grafting, split plants and other methods, but it takes a long time to make stump bonsai by breeding seedlings. Therefore, bonsai plants are propagated by cutting, air striping and grafting.

Before going to the field to dig the stump, we should know that the stump material of that form can be produced in different ecological environment, so that the ideal wild stump material can be obtained in a targeted way. If you want to dig a positive stump, you should go to the southeast of the hillside, where there is plenty of sunshine; on the contrary, if you want to get a negative stump, you should go to the north of the hillside or in the valley, or look for it in the tall trees.

Tree stumps with peculiar forms are mostly born in barren mountains, semi-barren mountains, stone mountains, mountain forests, canyons, cliffs and rock crevices, and are affected by sunshine, soil quality, mountain torrents, wind blowing, human cutting, animal chewing and so on, and form tree-shaped ancient decadent, twisted branches and cracked bark.

If you want to get an aging and dwarfed stump, you should look for it in the alpine area. this is because of serious soil erosion, thin soil layer, strong winds, heavy snow, strong ultraviolet radiation in the mountains, and relatively low temperatures. As a result, many plants often show latent ground shape, trunk deformities, shortening and dwarfing internodes, and grow into ancient stumps in the shape of a small old man. If you want to get a better tree stump, you should choose it by the water side of the river pond, stream and ditch.

In short, due to different tree species, wild stakes require different ecological environment, some like the sun, some are resistant to drought, some like water and wet, and so on. This determines their natural release.