The new recommendation of elm bonsai means good and convenient maintenance.

Elm is a very common deciduous tree in our country, because "elm" pronunciation "Yu", has the meaning of surplus, so elm often implies affluence, and therefore, elm bonsai is very popular, whether it is art collectors or ordinary people. Have a special fondness for it. The new recommendation of elm bonsai is beautiful and convenient to maintain!

The meaning of elm bonsai is good, and the ornamental value is also high. You can't leave it alone when you buy it home happily. If you want to keep it alive and keep it in shape, you need to maintain it.

Elm trees like the light, usually put in a place with good ventilation and enough light, such as the balcony to the south is good. In dog days, shading should be carried out to prevent exposure to the sun, and in winter, it should be moved into a well-lit room. If it is placed outside, it needs to be buried in a basin, and the disease is placed in a leeward and sunny place.

The basin soil of elm bonsai should be watered when it becomes dry, around 10:00 in the morning or after 4 p.m., and thoroughly when watering. In the hot summer and dry autumn season, water frequently, can be watered once in the morning and evening, less or no water in winter. Note that in summer, do not directly spray water on the leaves of elm trees, it is best to sprinkle water on the surrounding ground to increase humidity.

The elm bonsai should be cleaned regularly. If you put it for a long time, it is easy to be stained with ash, so you can spray water to the leaf surface regularly to clean it, so that you can avoid diseases and insect pests to a certain extent. In order to avoid the occurrence of diseases and insect pests, it is also necessary to spray liquid regularly, usually once every 2 months. The common pests of elm and tree are aphids, elm oyster scale, cotton blowing scale, red spider, clam and so on, which can be controlled by spraying dichlorvos or omethoate dilute water.

In terms of fertilization, elm trees are growing during the period from April to October. It takes about 15 days to apply thin fertilizer, usually organic fertilizer, or cake fertilizer and water. In winter, 10 days before the bonsai is moved indoors, fertilizer should be applied once, and some cake crumbs should be added after putting it indoors.

Elm trees grow very fast. If you want to keep the shape beautiful, you have to prune regularly during the growing period. In addition to cutting off the cross branches, fine branches and other branches that affect the shape, it is mainly to pick leaves. Because the new leaves of elm bonsai are the best time to watch, pick the leaves in August, then apply fertilizer and water, and then grow new leaves again in September. In addition, before entering the winter dormancy period, you can overhaul once, cut off useless branches, sick and dead branches, and adjust the shape according to the needs.

Elm pruning can be carried out all year round, but it is best not to cut it on rainy days, as it is easy to cause bleeding and wither the branches.

General elm bonsai for 2 or 3 years need to turn the basin, root trim, change soil, add new base fertilizer, in order to make its growth exuberant. However, when changing the soil, it is necessary to retain part of the resident soil.