Bonsai Technology of Firethorn Seedling

Pyracantha is an evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus Hippophae rhamnoides of Rosaceae. It is a subtropical tree species and is naturally distributed in the mountains of southern provinces. Its branches are dense and its leaves are small, and its resistance is extremely strong. White flowers are covered with trees in May, such as snow pressing branches, bearing fruit after flowering, maturing from October to December, Chan Ruo Hongxia, affixing branches for a long time, not withering through winter. Hippophae rhamnoides can be seen not only fruit, but also leaves, flowers, shape, the four seasons can be appreciated, for excellent bonsai wood.

To make firethorn bonsai in the north, most of the trees have to be purchased from the south, which is more troublesome and can not be satisfied with the selection of trees. After several years of experiments, the author uses flowering and fruiting branches to cut the seedlings of Hippophae rhamnoides, which can blossom and bear fruit in the following year, which can be used to make bonsai and can be shaped and watched in one or two years. The process of cultivating and making bonsai is briefly introduced as follows:

1. Cutting time: according to the author's practical observation, Hippophae rhamnoides differentiated from July to August, and the process of flower bud differentiation was basically completed in September. When taking flower and fruit branches as cuttings, it will blossom and bear fruit the following year. The weather is getting cooler in September, but the ground temperature is still high. At this time, the cuttings keep the substrate moist and the cuttings are not perishable, which is suitable for the warm and moist habit of Hippophae rhamnoides, with a fast rooting rate and a survival rate of almost 100%.

Second, the selection of cuttings: select robust branches with flower buds, cut into cuttings that can be shaped by 8-15cm, keep 3 pairs of leaves in the upper part, cut off all the other leaves, cut the lower end of cuttings into horseshoe shape, and expand the rooting surface of cuttings, such as better with heel cuttings, which is beneficial to the rooting and sprouting of Hippophae rhamnoides cuttings.

Third, basin selection and matrix: the matrix made by sawing and sieving fine cinder particles and fine sand is slightly acidic, the cuttings take root quickly and the survival rate is high. The family cuttage uses the seedling to be few, moves conveniently, can use the pot to cut. Generally speaking, it is more suitable to use the tile basin with the caliber and height of 30-40cm. The bottom of the basin is covered with a layer of coarse cinder to facilitate drainage and ventilation. After filling the substrate, pour thoroughly with boiling water to disinfect the seedlings to be inserted.

Fourth, cutting operation: the cuttings had better be soaked in the rooting agent (soaking time according to the rooting agent description). If there is no rooting agent for family cuttings, wicker extract can be used instead. According to the author's experiment, a bunch of fresh wicker 8-10cm was soaked in glassware for 30 days, and the vacuole cuttings were extracted for about 24 hours, and the rooting effect was not inferior to that of rooting agent.

After the cuttings are soaked, insert the substrate 1ram 3 or 1tick 4, pour through water, cover with plastic film, keep the temperature in the cover at 20 ℃ for 30 minutes, and take root and sprout in about 30 days. After the survival of the seedlings, immediately into winter, winter can not make the basin soil wet, such as overwintering outside, the pot should be placed in a warm and sunny place, the basin is still covered with plastic film, the temperature in the film is above 0 ℃, it can survive the winter safely. It's too cold to get in for the winter.

Fifth, pot planting conservation: Firethorn cuttings overwintered to March, the temperature warms up, you can choose a good tree-shaped transplant on the pot. Small pots should be used at the beginning, and earthen pots are the best. The cultivated soil should be made of fine cinder, humus soil and vegetable garden soil, and organic fertilizer should be added properly to make it grow and thrive. Applying organic fertilizer solution every 10 days or so, bud and blossom in May-June, strengthen the maintenance and management of fertilizer and water, thicken and lengthen the branches, protect the long branches as far as possible, in order to facilitate the shape. Bonsai can be made from August to September.

Sixth, modeling production: start with firethorn cuttings to make bonsai, first of all to select materials, try to choose a strong trunk and good shape, low branches, wide internodes, rich in variety of plants. After selecting the wood, first cut off the whorled branches, opposite branches, overlapping branches and overgrown branches, and cut them into the skeleton prototype of bonsai. There is a long branch at the top of Hippophae rhamnoides cutting seedlings. If there are no long branches, many branches can be cut off, and then the long branches can be cultivated.

Hippophae rhamnoides branches are soft and slender, good toughness, easy to tie and shape, suitable for cliff type or hanging branch type bonsai. After preliminary banding, pruning and shaping, it can be planted in bonsai pots. Then according to the basic shape of the billet, according to the artistic conception, carry out the second plastic surgery, mainly cutting, cutting and binding, and then after one or two years of continuous pruning, flat binding, plastic surgery, a pot of interesting firethorn bonsai can be formed.