How to maintain and manage the landscape bonsai?

How to maintain and manage the landscape bonsai?

If the lack of scientific management, no matter how good landscape bonsai will be wasted, therefore, the maintenance of landscape bonsai is very important, mainly including the following aspects.

1. Basin cleaning

Whether the externally raised landscape bonsai is decorated indoors or before participating in the exhibition, it is necessary to undergo a major renovation and thorough cleaning, as shown in the picture. In the daily maintenance and management, do not hold water in the basin, even if poured, the stagnant water flowing in the basin should be wiped dry immediately, so as to avoid the growth of Chlorella and affect the cleanliness of the basin. In order to prevent stagnant water after rain and watering maintenance, one end of the fine yarn head can be placed on the edge of the basin in the basin, the other end hangs out of the basin, and the water drips out by siphon. If the conditions permit, use the millstone basin, rough basin and damaged basin during maintenance and transfer them into the basin when they are displayed. These are the basic methods to ensure the cleanliness of the basin surface. Do not wash directly with water in daily maintenance to prevent soil erosion and pollution of basin surface. The withered branches and leaves and pollution impurities on the tree, stone and basin should be removed in time, otherwise yellow miscellaneous colors will infiltrate into the basin) l method removal, affecting the basin surface cleaning effect. Place and move rocks lightly and do not hit or wear the basin surface. Once dirt such as green moss appears in the basin, it can be scrubbed with decontamination powder and clean cloth, and cleared with copper wire brush and steel wire ball if necessary, or carefully ground with fine-numbered water sanding paper, then finely ground with borax powder, and finally polished with polished wax (washed with oxalic acid if necessary), so that the old basin can be renovated.

2. Stone body and tree body cleaning

Some kinds of stone are dense in texture and smooth and lubricated on the stone surface. in order to maintain the natural color, polish wax can be used every day, and evenly apply it to the stone surface with an oil brush dipped in wax, and then brush it brightly, so that the rocks can "stay young forever." Usually you can use the sprinkler opportunity to spray properly to remove the dust on the stone body and the tree body. Pay attention to wax (oil), water, rocks can be free of dirt sundries, moisturize and lovely, always maintain a beautiful color and texture, while trees and moss can maintain the beauty of lush and healthy.

3. Rock maintenance

If the landscape bonsai is inadvertently damaged, the rocks will naturally weathered and peel off over a long time, resulting in poor growth or even death of trees. In addition to repairing the damage, the loss of the foot of the mountain and the peak, and the change of the basin are all closely related to the maintenance. Timely maintenance can prolong the "life" of landscape bonsai and reduce losses. Usually should be reasonable use (such as moving, transportation, release, hiding to be careful), careful management (maintenance), always ensure the best appearance of landscape bonsai.

4. Keep plants growing luxuriantly

It is most gratifying that the plants on the mountains and rocks can remain alive and luxuriant all the year round. However, plants grow on mountains and rocks, and adverse environmental conditions seriously affect normal growth, so daily maintenance should start from several aspects, such as watering, fertilization, pruning, shading and cold protection.

Generally, the shallow basin of planting plants contains very little water, and in the hot summer, the water evaporates very quickly, so it is necessary to water the basin in time. In addition to pouring the water in the basin, it is also necessary to use a fine water spray pot to irrigate from the top of the rock, which can make the rock absorb water as soon as possible to facilitate the growth of plant roots. Through irrigation, it can also wash away the dust on the surface of rocks and plants and keep it clean. In addition to often watering, you can also use a spray can to spray water to the rock plants, the effect is also very good.

Plants planted on mountains and rocks, because there is less soil, poor growth conditions, and can not often change soil, so in order to make them have sufficient growth nutrients, they must be fertilized regularly.

Fertilizer had better use rotten fresh water fertilizer, you can add more water, thin light fertilizer is beneficial to the growth of plants on the rocks. If it is soft stone, you can directly apply the thin and rotten fresh water fertilizer in the basin and let the rocks slowly suck up. If it is hard stone, it must be slowly poured into the root of the plant with a small spoon, allowing it to seep into the soil. Fertilization should be thin and frequently applied, and fertilization is the best in spring and summer growth season.

Plants planted on mountains and rocks are usually formed with luxuriant trees, as shown in the picture of landscape bonsai. However, because there is less soil and limited nutrients on the rocks, it must be often trimmed for the coordination and beauty of the whole rock shape. Miscellaneous wood species can cut off some too long and luxuriant branches and leaves, such as hammer elm, sparrow plum and June snow. If it is pine and cypress, because of its slow growth, the method of removing buds and shoots can be taken to control its growth. If it is a five-needle pine, 1/3 of the bud top can be removed with your fingers when the new bud is stretched every spring, and there is no need to prune it.

In addition to pruning long branches, miscellaneous wood plants can also remove some old leaves and let them sprout new leaves, making the leaves smaller and more appreciative.

When exposed to strong light in summer, the stone is easy to damage and fall off. Strong sunlight is also not conducive to plant growth, due to the lack of soil and water, so can not withstand the exposure of strong light. In summer and early autumn, landscape bonsai should be placed in the shade or awning. But at the same time, under the condition of adequate watering, you can sprinkle water on the ground several times a day to maintain a certain degree of humidity.

In northern China, as the temperature will drop below zero in winter, the landscape bonsai must be moved indoors, and the rocks and water in the basin should not be frozen. In the south, the temperature is usually above zero in winter, so the rocks and water in the basin will not freeze, so they can be put in an outdoor shelter to survive the winter.

5. Tree pruning

As the saying goes, "three points do seven points." A perfect landscape bonsai, the completion of the modeling is only a temporary stage, but also have to focus on pruning trees to control shape, control height, maintain tree posture, tree potential, enhance resistance, delay life, improve ornamental. In short, pruning is to improve the artistic effect of tree stumps in mountains and rocks and integrate them with landscapes. Only through careful and reasonable pruning can we maintain the elegant style, adjust the growth trend, make up for the deficiency of modeling, and improve the flowering rate, fruit setting rate, leaf spreading rate and so on. Before each pruning, we should carefully analyze the relationship between trees and stones, how to trim, what purpose to achieve, and be able to foresee the effect, and cut it boldly after being clear.

Different species of trees have their best pruning periods, so it is necessary to understand the habits of trees, some of which have to be pruned many times in a year (including peeling buds and picking leaves). To prune in time, in general, it is found that it is not satisfactory to immediately trim and adjust, to always ensure the perfect shape of the trees and the coordination of the rocks. In addition to some needs in the composition, trimming should generally make the cut smooth, leaving no residual piles, and use knives and chisels if necessary to achieve a perfect effect. Pruning the trees in the basin can be said to be a long process, and it does not depend on the fact that the situation will remain the same at 01:30. Each pruning only represents the completion of this stage, and the next pruning will have to be carried out. Even if the old piles on the rocks for many years, once they stop pruning, the overall situation will be disorganized.