Steps of making moss bonsai

Characteristics of mossy bonsai

1. It grows mostly in damp environments, often on stone surfaces, soil surfaces, tree trunks or branches. Small in size.

2. Generally have stems and leaves, but stem without vessels, leaves without veins, so there is no conducting tissue, root is very simple, called "pseudo-root."

3. The sporophyte has a capsule (sporangium) and endospores. Spores mature and drift away with the wind. Under suitable conditions, spores germinate into filamentous structures (protonema). Protonema produces bud, bud develops into gametophyte.

4. All mosses have no vascular bundle structure, and their water transport capacity is not strong, thus limiting their shape and height. There are false roots, but no true roots. The leaf is composed of monolayer cells, and the cell differentiation of the whole plant is not high, which is the lower one in the plant kingdom.

5. There is a generational shift. The main part of the moss bonsai is the gametophyte, which can produce gametes (sex cells). Gametophytes can form male and female reproductive organs. The male genitals mature and release sperm, which swim into the female genitals using water as a medium to fertilize the eggs. The zygote develops into a sporophyte.

How to raise moss bonsai

Fertilization: generally do not need fertilization, of course, can also irrigate very thin fertilizer water.

Environmental requirements: scattered light or semi-overcast environment, maintenance period, should be given a certain amount of light.

Temperature: temperature, not lower than 22℃, it is best to maintain above 25℃, will grow well.

Watering: spray water several times a day,(depending on the air humidity) should maintain the relative humidity of the air above 80%.

Soil: general garden soil can be used, but also available partial acid soil. Pot soil in the basin was mound-shaped to increase planting area and permeability, water permeability.

Pot soil: Yuanbao potted trees should always keep the pot soil moist, but there should be no ponding, the relative humidity of the environment should be maintained above 80%, and the pot soil should be kept moist.

Growth habits: moss is not suitable for growth in the dark, it needs a certain amount of scattered light or semi-shady environment, the most important is like wet environment, especially not resistant to drought and dryness.

Moss potted landscape planting method

In fact, the method of planting moss is actually very simple, but the competitiveness of moss is very low when it is first planted, and other higher plants are easy to invade. Therefore, weeding should be strengthened when it is first planted. When mosses are densely coated on the surface of the substrate, weeds are almost impossible to invade. It is usually propagated by ramets, mostly from May to September. The specific method of plant division propagation: the separated mother plants or clusters are planted in the matrix, kept in a high humidity environment, and survive after about one week.

Mosses potted landscape propagation method

Hole planting: five or six plants planted in a hole, spaced a certain distance planted on the flat ground.

Planting-out: lay moss pieces on the pre-leveled land, press them slightly, and drench them with water to make them closely connected with the soil surface.

Broken stem: moss regeneration is very strong, moss cut into fine sections, evenly spread on the flat good land, and then covered with a layer of fine soil can grow.