To grow beautiful and charming bonsai at home, these 5 skills must be mastered

Bonsai is the plants concentrated in flowerpots, cultivated in small shallow pots or dwarfed plants and flowers. Bonsai is even called an art. This art originated in China and spread continuously through Japan and Germany, and now it has become popular all over the world.

Indoor bonsai and outdoor bonsai conservation methods are different, outdoor bonsai is usually cultivated in the garden or courtyard, their plant size will be larger, can be put indoors for a few days to visit, but then have to move to the yard for maintenance, otherwise these bonsai will become fragile and eventually wither.

Indoor bonsai can always be kept indoors, usually the plants are relatively small, through continuous dwarfing, they look like mini plants, such as pomegranate, banyan tree, Fujian tea, Yushu and so on.

Like the bonsai pictured above, they are all raised through meticulous pruning. Keeping them in a small flowerpot will limit their growth and shape an ordinary plant into the type you want, which requires a lot of patience and will also give you a more sense of accomplishment, which is more challenging than maintaining potted plants.

The two most common misunderstandings in the conservation of bonsai plants include: accidentally buying outdoor bonsai plants and trying to keep them indoors for a long time; the second is that bonsai plants are not taken good care of, and bonsai plants are not cheap. Maintenance requires a lot of patience, and it takes a lot of time to maintain their appearance.

Before buying a bonsai plant, you should carefully observe its state, see the growth of the plant, and also look at the plasticity of the bonsai plant. If you buy a perfect bonsai tree in the first place, you may need a very high price to buy it.

Tips for protecting bonsai plants:

1. Plenty of sunshine

Most indoor bonsai need bright light, only a few can not accept direct sunlight, when the light increases, the watering frequency should be slightly increased, which is relative.

2. Proper watering

It is best to use Rain Water to water the bonsai plants regularly. It is very important to replenish water to the bonsai plants regularly. When there is plenty of sunshine, it is even necessary to replenish water every day to keep the rhizome evenly moist, not just to keep the soil surface moist. Plants must have enough water to survive.

Bonsai plants begin to grow a large number of leaves, which means that it is ready to sprout, it needs to replenish water in time, easy to container is relatively small, high temperature, coupled with relatively low humidity, then it is necessary to add water to bonsai at this time to promote growth.

However, watering bonsai plants should also avoid excessive moisture or stagnant water, the soil is too moist and easy to rot roots, plants need water to survive, but do not let the soil stagnant water.

3. Humidity

It is also very necessary to maintain spray-like water regularly every day. Increasing indoor air humidity can reduce the rate of transpiration, which can also reduce the frequency of watering. If the humidity is too low, it will affect growth. Plants should not be placed next to air conditioning or heating, otherwise they will dry very quickly.

4. Appropriate fertilizer

Bonsai regularly replenish fertilizer is very important, they have a greater demand for nutrients, because they grow in a small space, the soil fertility is very effective, so regularly supplement fertilizer, only after cooling in autumn to reduce fertilization, keep warm in winter can occasionally give a small amount of thin fertilizer.

5. Suitable temperature

The maintenance of bonsai plants needs to maintain a warm environment all the year round, and there is no need to increase the temperature indoors, as long as it is placed in a place with plenty of sunshine or direct light, and it is most suitable to be placed on the windowsill facing south. In the coldest month of the year, as long as the temperature is above zero, there is no big problem to avoid too low temperature.

Bonsai plants need to be pruned every once in a while, regularly trimmed to maintain plant type, constantly shape the shape of bonsai, add new compost soil, need to remove roots when changing pots, generally about 1 stroke 4 of total roots, add new potted soil, choose fresh compost soil, can be mixed with some bonsai compost, can be given once every two or three years.

Bonsai plants grow slowly and require a great deal of patience in the process of maintenance, and it is also very difficult to make bonsai grow good-looking plants at once.

Indoor bonsai generally rarely blossoms, most of them are outdoor bonsai blossoms, such as common rhododendron bonsai, triangular plum bonsai and so on.

The yellowing of branches and leaves of bonsai is the most common problem for beginners, usually due to overwatering and stagnant water at the bottom of the container.

The other is that there is no timely replenishment of water, the bonsai container is relatively shallow, the root system is easy to lack water, to keep the basin soil moist is the most key, after the soil is completely dry for a few hours, the leaves are easy to turn yellow and wither.

Bonsai plants should also avoid freezing, otherwise their leaves and branches are prone to frostbite. Novice maintenance of bonsai must avoid frequent moving, most bonsai plants do not like rapid changes in the environment, temperature fluctuations or humidity changes are easy to cause yellow leaves.

Small-scale yellow leaf loss is normal, but large-scale leaf loss and withering should be careful, be sure to pay attention to the maintenance techniques mentioned above.