Production and maintenance of common tree stump and elm bonsai

Production and maintenance of common tree stump and elm bonsai

Elm is a deciduous tree of Ulmaceae. Other famous elm, white elm, small leaf elm. There are many trees in the genus Ulmus. At present, the main materials for making bonsai are middle and lobular varieties of Yuzhong and pumpkin elm. Because the habits of these elm trees are very similar, it is now customary to use "elm" to represent trees of the same genus. Elm posture is chic and straight, strong germination, new leaves at the beginning, light green full of trees, bark from light brown to dark brown, old pile bark is irregular scale peeling, mottled lovely. The picture shows the bonsai of elm trees.

1. Material selection

Elm bonsai mostly choose the old piles of elms growing in the wild, after many years of man-made knife chopping axe chisel, or wind and rain erosion, animal gnawing and so on, gradually formed many different strange gestures. Some are intertwined, vigorous and simple, and some have withered roots and new leaves, with unique holes, which are all excellent materials for making bonsai.

2. Bonsai modeling

The shape of elm should be cut, cut and used at the same time. According to the basic form of the old pile, many forms can be made, such as straight dry type, curved dry type, inclined dry type, horizontal dry type or cliff type and so on. Because of its well-developed roots, it may also be made into root-type or stone-attached bonsai. The elm branches are soft and can be tied into various forms of bonsai. The branches and leaves of Yucun are resistant to pruning, so they can be cut into clouds, or they can be cut into the desired shape according to the creative intention of the producer. Modeling time can be in the dormant period after falling leaves, but also in the growing period, but must not do modeling in the budding period.

3. Bonsai maintenance

The main results are as follows: (1) Elm trees like light, and places with sufficient sunshine and good ventilation should be put in the growing season. In the southern winter, the pots and elm trees can be buried in the sunny place to overwinter, while in the northern winter, the elm bonsai should be moved to the sunny part of the room at low temperature to overwinter.

(2) the elm bonsai that has been watered should not be watered too much, large water should promote the growth of new branches, and watering should grasp the principle of "dry and wet, dry and thoroughly". Water less in winter.

(3) the rotten organic liquid fertilizer is applied once a month in the growing season, and do not apply fertilizer in hot summer and cold winter. Jishan Huayao