How to trim the modeling skills of water pine bonsai? Living plant fossils

Water pine bonsai, hearing the name, you can probably guess that it mainly grows in places with plenty of water, such as paddy fields or rivers. Water pine is more suitable to breathe in places with rich water sources, while it is easy to breathe all the time in arid areas.

The overall growth of Pinus elliottii is very beautiful, and it is a unique tree species in China, and it is very suitable for bonsai viewing and compaction. Let's take a look at the three cultivation techniques of water pine bonsai.

The first kind: pruning. First of all, we should dig out the water pine growing on the ground, carefully observe its whole, and judge whether the rhizome is more developed, so as to further shorten the legs and whether it can be used to make bonsai.

The water pine, which can be used to make bonsai trees, will be cut off for the first time in May. At 20 to 25 centimeters above the ground, the trunk will be sawed, the rotten roots will be thrown away, and the rotten roots will be cultivated in flowerpots without holes. After it germinates, pick the ones that have been growing better and leave the rest behind.

After a year or two, when the new sapling accounts for 2/3 of the stake under the tree, dig up the whole tree and cut it again, this time at an interval of about 20 centimeters from the previous position, and then put it back into the basin, but in the opposite direction from the last one. For the third time, just do the same for the second time.

The second kind: fixed supporting branch method. When the receptacle of Pinus elliottii grows to a suitable length, cut off at a distance of one inch from the receptacle, the length of the second section is shorter than that of the first. After cutting, when the first section grows new branches and leaves, change its direction and tie or twist it with a rope or thread. After about three months, when it is basically ready, it can go out of the extra things and let it grow naturally.

The third kind: top branch pruning. The technique of trimming the top can lose is a finishing touch. If you fix it well, everything will naturally be improved to a higher level. on the contrary, if you can't fix it, all your previous efforts may be wasted.

There are three ways to trim the top branch: first, to control the height, especially the height of the top, cut off the top at the expected height, it is best to leave the top into a trigeminal shape of new buds, and then remove the excess buds. Wait until the new bud grows to a suitable height, and then cut off the top, so that over and over again, the shape is almost fixed. Second, it is necessary to keep the direction of the top basically consistent with the direction of combing, which will also form a visual sense of beauty, and the top and the whole take care of each other. Third, but at the end of all this pruning, the whole tree should look like a triangle.