How to keep the latest white pine bonsai?

White bark pine, also known as white bone pine, three-needle pine, white fruit pine, tiger pine, flat dragon pine, etc., are evergreen trees of the pine family, with vigorous branches, green at 04:00, and quaint posture, and are excellent bonsai tree species. How to make the bonsai needles short and dense is an important issue worth studying. Let's take a look at how to raise bonsai pines.

Plenty of light.

There are many varieties of white bark pine bonsai cultivation, including long leaf white bark pine bonsai, short leaf white bark pine bonsai, gold leaf white bark pine bonsai, silver leaf white bark pine bonsai, rotating leaf white bark pine bonsai, etc., no matter which variety should maintain sufficient light. The bonsai of Pinus bungeana is placed in a place with sufficient light, the needles are long and powerless, and the internodes of branches are also longer, but it is better to add shade to cool down in hot summer to facilitate its growth, cold tolerance, fear of heat, and high temperature are disadvantageous to its growth.

Appropriate deduction of water

White bark pine bonsai is resistant to drought and avoid dampness. Proper buckling of water can shorten needles, especially in a period of time before and after sprouting. Watering too much, the needles will become longer, stagnant water is easy to cause rotten root death, basin soil with a little dry is appropriate. Of course, watering should be different in different seasons and different periods.

Controlled fertilization

White bark pine bonsai is resistant to barren and should not be fertilized more. It is easy to damage the root system by applying more fertilizer or concentrated fertilizer. It is not suitable to apply fertilizer in high temperature season, but serious ones can cause the death of trees. Controlled fertilization can shorten the needles and lengthen the needles, usually once or twice in spring, but less in the year of pot planting.

Reasonable selection of basin

White bark pine bonsai flat coniferous tree species, resistant to drought and barren, generally speaking, the basin should be slightly small and shallow, avoid being too large and too deep, small pot is beneficial to short leaves, and too large and deep pot is easy to rot the root. Cliff type can use a deep basin, the bottom of the basin needs more broken tiles, in order to drain and breathable, it is appropriate to choose a simple and elegant purple sand pottery basin, the shape of the basin should match the posture of the tree.

Pick buds in time

Bud picking is an important means to control growth and keep the tree shape beautiful. it should be carried out before the new buds are elongated and put in the needle every spring, and the buds should be removed in a sunny day, so as to facilitate wound healing. If the terminal buds are too dense, the buds can be picked less, the buds can be picked more, the buds are short, the buds can be picked more, the buds can be picked less or not, and the buds can be picked less or not according to the modeling needs. After years of bud picking, the needles are short and dense and the tree shape is compact.

Cutting and binding processing

The bonsai of Pinus elliottii has strong sprouting power, flexible and elastic branches, resistance to pruning, easy banding, banding and pruning, which can not only control the growth, shorten the needles, but also control the growth, shorten the needles and make the tree shape more beautiful. Clipping modeling is suitable for dormant period from winter to early spring, the wound should be covered with wax, clay or black tape to prevent the flow of fat, otherwise it will affect the growth of trees and even cause death. The combination of metal and brown wire has a better effect.