How to trim the banyan bonsai

Pruning is the most important means in the modeling of banyan trees, which can achieve the purpose of making banyan trees beautiful in shape through pruning. In general, it can be pruned in four seasons. In the actual maintenance modeling, pruning is mainly based on pruning and binding as a supplement, and it is appropriate to cut once a year. The strong and vigorous branches can be cut twice, and the forks to be cut short can be cut again after being cut. There are several kinds of pruning, such as coring, bud thinning, leaf picking, short cutting, shrinking and so on.

Pick the heart

Coring can promote axillary bud germination, how long branches, expand the crown, and at the same time inhibit the excessive growth of branches. The time and times of picking hearts have a lot to do with tree species. Such as pines, it is appropriate to sprout in the new buds, but before the needle is put off, the bud core is about 2 + 3, leaving only a small part at the base. In the future, two lateral buds will sprout here and new branches will sprout in two directions. For evergreen broad-leaved trees and deciduous trees that are prone to new shoots, the heart of the leaves can be removed when the new shoots sprout and grow 2-3 leaves. When new branches and leaves sprout again, pick the heart in the same way. Such repeated operation can achieve the purpose of making the crown plump.

Thinning bud

Bud thinning means that when trees sprout, many buds often sprout at the same time. In order to ensure the concentrated supply of water and nutrients, it is necessary to retain good buds and remove unnecessary buds to form an ideal tree shape. For the strong sprouting elm, June snow and other tree species, we should pay more attention to erase the buds that are not conducive to modeling at any time.

Pick leaves

Picking leaves can promote trees to sprout new leaves. Some tree species, such as elm and bauhinia, can make large leaves smaller and more elegant by picking leaves. Some colored-leaf wood species, such as maples and pomegranates, can make their leaves more colorful by picking leaves. However, the removal of leaves, due to the photosynthesis of these leaves, will make the stump lose the opportunity to accumulate nutrients, and for some weak stumps, it may cause plant weakness or even death. Therefore, it is best to pick leaves from the stumps that are growing vigorously.

Truncation

The method of cutting off some annual branches is called truncation, which can quickly increase the level of branches. Generally speaking, it is the top pruning of the branches of a tree, which can make the appearance of the tree fuller. According to the number of cut parts, the short section can be divided into short cut, medium short cut, and heavy short cut. The truncation generally cuts off the first tip of the branch, removing the top growth advantage of the branch, forming more medium and short branches, making the tree shape fuller and thickening the mother branch. Medium and short truncation generally refers to cutting off the first tip of the branch, which forms more medium and long branches, which may promote the growth of the branch. Heavy truncation refers to the retention of 1 stem 5, which can promote the growth of 1 or 2 strong branches under the cut, which is generally used to cultivate trunk branches.

Shearing

The section of cutting off perennial branches is called shearing, which is the main pruning technique of "storing branches and cutting stems" of the Lingnan School, creating a variety of tortuous, vigorous and vigorous shapes, such as "chicken claw branches" and "deer horn branches". Shearing can not only dwarf the tree type, but also enhance the expression of the branches, constantly shrunk the branches, and increase the level of bonsai.