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Cultivation techniques of Osmanthus fragrans Bonsai

1. Selection of pots: sweet-scented osmanthus, green leaves and yellow flowers, evergreen all the year round, it is appropriate to choose a deeper round basin or square basin, and the diameter of the basin mouth is roughly the same as that of the branches and leaves of sweet-scented osmanthus, which is beneficial to the development and growth of roots. The texture of the basin is better with purple sand pottery basin or glazed pottery basin. The color is better with purple or ochre, which can be in sharp contrast with the color of flowers and leaves to increase its ornamental effect.

2. Using soil: sweet-scented osmanthus likes fertilizer, so it is suitable to use sandy loam with loose fertility and good drainage. The culture soil of potted sweet-scented osmanthus is usually made of pastoral soil, barnyard manure and river sand 1B3. Attention should be paid to disinfection so as not to infect diseases and insect pests.

3. Cultivation: sweet-scented osmanthus should be planted in early spring or autumn. Before putting on the basin, put a layer of river sand or vermiculite on the bottom of the basin to facilitate ventilation and drainage, and then cover it with a layer of peat soil or fine mud about 2-3 cm thick, up to the depth of the basin 1B3. Then, put the sweet-scented osmanthus seedlings with soil balls in the roots into the basin, obstruct the soil to cultivate the soil, press it with your fingers, and fill the soil close to the mouth of the basin. The soil surface should be 2-3 cm lower than the mouth of the basin, so as to facilitate watering and fertilization. After planting, it should be watered thoroughly, then moved to the shade for about 10 days, so that its "basin", gradually restore growth.

4. Processing: sweet-scented osmanthus has strong germination and resistance to pruning. In 2012, after potting, it will be processed and modeled after blooming in Meiyu season or autumn, and the combination of climbing and pruning will be adopted. The trunk can be truncated into a curved trunk or oblique trunk, and the higher trunk can be properly cut to make the base sprout new branches without emptiness in the lower part, or re-cut the upper branches and over-dense branches, so as to stimulate the lower part of the trunk to produce new branches, maintain the balance between the upper and lower parts, make the tree beautiful and luxuriant in flowers and leaves.

5. Tree shape: sweet-scented osmanthus is best made into curved dry type, oblique dry type or floating type, with oblique spreading trees, luxuriant branches and leaves, simple and natural, the most enjoyable, fragrant and refreshing when blooming.

Reasons for pruning bonsai of sweet-scented osmanthus trees

When pruning, the cluttered cross branches, overlapping branches, parallel branches and opposite branches should be adjusted, that is, one of them should be cut or thinned. For the branches left behind, they can grow stout because of the concentration of nutrients. When the cultured branch grows to a suitable thickness, it is pruned with strength to shorten it. Give birth to the second branch. When the second branch grows to a suitable thickness, it will be cut again. In the future, the second and fourth branches will be treated in the same way. Usually two twigs are left on each branch. The twigs are long and short. After years of pruning, the branches are short, stout, vigorous and powerful, and gradually form the required tree shape.

The pruning of sweet-scented osmanthus trees includes picking, cutting, thinning and injury and other measures. Picking, that is, picking hearts and leaves. During the growing period, the tender tip of the new shoot is removed and called heart-picking. Coring can promote axillary bud growth, how long branches, inhibit height growth, is conducive to bonsai shape beauty; leaf removal is to remove part of the leaves, can promote the germination of new leaves. Truncation is to truncate the branches of the current year, and after the truncation, the medium and short branches will increase and the mother branches will be thickened. The so-called branch thinning means cutting, and cutting means dense branches, which is conducive to branch modeling. Sparse. It refers to thinning, cutting the overdense branches from the base, which is helpful to improve the ventilation and light transmission conditions. Promote the exuberant growth of remaining branches. Is the sweet-scented osmanthus tree branches for harsh injury, ring peeling, twisting, twisting and taking branches, etc., sweet-scented osmanthus tree bonsai can take this method to promote flowering.