Tree stump bonsai using pruning method to control tree growth

Tree stump bonsai using pruning method to control tree growth

Stump pruning can control the growth of trees, maintain dwarfism, promote branches and make leaves dense, so as to achieve the artistic effect of making big trees smaller and smaller. At the same time, pruning is an important measure to ensure that pile plants grow and develop normally, blossom and bear fruit (refers to bonsai of flowers and fruits) and grow old under the condition of less pot soil and limited water and fertilizer. General deciduous tree species (such as elm, sparrow plum, triangular maple, etc.) can be pruned all year round, but it is appropriate to sprout after falling leaves, because there are no leaves on the tree at this time, you can see the branch growth, easy to operate. For flowering bonsai plants, those that bloom on new branches (such as pomegranate) should be pruned before germination, and those on perennial branches (such as plum blossoms) should be pruned after blooming. Evergreen trees with slow growth should be pruned in winter, while pine plants should be pruned at noon on a sunny day in winter because of their easy flow of turpentine after cutting.

First, sparse cutting, that is, the branches are cut off from the base. Through thinning, the stump is well ventilated and transparent, the nutrition supply is concentrated and the growth is exuberant. Early thinning of young trees can be conducive to normal development and growth; thinning and cutting during plastic shaping can make the remaining modeling branches get sufficient nutrition and accelerate shaping; the formed stump bonsai, through thinning, can play a role in balancing nutrition and making it old and immortal. When thinning, the first thing is to cut off the branches of diseases and insect pests and burn them immediately to prevent the spread of diseases and insect pests. Secondly, the branches that hinder beauty should be cut off in time. In general, one of the two parallel branches that are very close to each other should be cut off, and one of the overlapping branches and opposite branches should be cut off; only one of the whorled branches should be retained, and all the other branches should be cut off; the upright branches, drooping branches and reverse branches from the main branches should be cut off. The branches and cross branches should be cut off one branch, and the germinated twigs on the tree species with strong sprouting power should be cut off as soon as possible, except for a branch left in the missing part to slowly induce supplementary branches, so as not to consume nutrients and affect the tree potential. The thinning and cutting of the branches in the pile scene should also obey the requirements of artistic modeling. All the extra branches that do not meet the modeling requirements should be cut off.

Second, short cutting, that is, short cutting of long branches, to stimulate the germination of axillary buds under the cut mouth to form strong lateral branches, so as to promote its branching and facilitate modeling. In plastic surgery, after thinning and pruning the excess branches, it is necessary to cut short the remaining branches to promote the sprouting of the branches 2 or 3 times a year. If a bud is sent for a short cut, the branch grade of the modeled branch will be rapidly increased, and the branch order of each grade can be shortened without lengthening the branch. Therefore, short shearing is not only an effective measure to control the growth and maintain dwarfism of tree stump bonsai, but also an important means for tree stump to take shape as soon as possible.

Third, pruning, that is, the retraction and pruning of perennial branches, which is not only a powerful measure to reduce the size of trees, but also an important means to promote sprouting new branches and restore tree momentum. For the stump plants with large crown and long main branches, the pile landscape plants with large crown and long main branches can not meet the requirements of pile modeling only by short and thinning shearing of annual branches. by shrinking, the big tree can become smaller, which is beneficial to pile modeling; for some tree species with strong sprouting power, the amount of shearing can be larger, that is, trimming branches and leaves and keeping only the skeleton of the stump to stimulate the sprouting of new branches.

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