The method of making bonsai of Pinus elliottii

White bark pine bonsai is generally old, green, strong, strange four words to describe, a "strange" word in the white bark pine bonsai form of expression occupies a considerable proportion, due to adapt to the natural environment, while strong resistance, overcome the interference of adverse external factors, with the passage of time, tree phase gradually from the old, form from the United States, full of charm, dignified atmosphere, like a gentleman's virtue, extraordinary posture, dignified and beautiful.

White Pine Bonsai Characteristics

It is advisable to create bonsai of Pinus bungeana by means of sublime and masculine beauty. Because of its physiological characteristics, it can only use the original branches to hang and tie the shape to reflect the natural posture of overlapping branches. At the same time, white bark pine is sunny and drought-tolerant, so it is advisable to select soil with good drainage and ventilation and purple sand shallow basin.

White bark pine bonsai material

1. Sowing: White bark pine is sown in late August, seeds are collected, seed holders are removed, seeds are sown with picking, or sand storage after drying, seeds are sown in March of the following year, row spacing is 15 cm, and soil thickness is 3 times of seed diameter. After sowing, cover with straw, remove the grass in time after emergence, and set up a shed to shade. Spring sowing seedlings should be managed frequently, watered when dry, applied thin cake fertilizer water every 15~20 days, stopped and fertilized in September, autumn sowing should pay attention to cold protection in winter, and no fertilizer should be applied in that year. The seedlings are transplanted one year later and cultivated into large seedlings for bonsai modeling.

2, cuttage: white bark pine spring cutting in March, mid-March, select strong growth of annual branches, cut 8~12 cm long cuttings, remove the leaves below the middle, about 1/2 deep, in order to promote rapid rooting, available 500*10PP concentration of growth hormone tea acetic acid treatment of the lower incision. After planting, it is necessary to build a shed to shade, and often spray foliar water to keep the soil moist, about 60~80 days to take root. Autumn cutting is carried out from August to September, semi-lignified shoots are taken as cuttings, and the method is the same as spring cutting. After winter, plastic film and straw curtain are needed to cover the cuttings for cold protection.

White bark pine bonsai modeling

1. The posture of Pinus bungeana in nature is ever-changing, most of which is because the growth environment of Pinus bungeana promotes different changes in the trunk posture of Pinus bungeana, so the treatment of the trunk is the key to the modeling of Pinus bungeana. Although the natural whitebark pine trunk varied, but summed up, only straight stem and curved stem two basic forms. The curved stem can be deformed into "S" shape, and can be divided into several bonsai forms, such as inclined stem, curved stem, cliff type and so on.

2. Whether it is curved trunk or straight trunk, the trunk is required to change from bottom to top, with gradual shrinkage. Change speed is fast, can make short and strong white bark pine bonsai, change speed is slow, can make "literati tree" bonsai. All but straight stems require natural stretch and just the right amount of curve. If it is a multi-stem material, in addition to paying attention to the above two points, we should also pay attention to the changes in the height and size of the trunk, the primary and secondary and the changes in density.

3, white bark pine bonsai from the base of the trunk to the top are constantly changing, such as the thickness of the stem, straight and straight, the position of the branches on the stem, the texture and color of the bark, etc., where it is considered that the upper part of the trunk lacks change or performance is ordinary, where it is cut off, such as which section is not high enough, in order to achieve perfect coordination, when the highest position of the branches to replace the top.

4, white bark pine bonsai often use simple mechanical correction trunk stretch posture, so that the trunk lines are more vigorous and vivid. Both right and wrong belong to talent, only the trunk line meets the requirements of white bark pine bonsai beauty, and makes its characteristics fully play, all have the possibility of becoming excellent works, the trunk shape is generally bent appropriately, in order to reflect vigorous and vigorous music.

White bark pine potted plant upper pot

1. Basin selection: white pine bonsai posture is ancient and elegant, purple sand pottery basin or glazed pottery basin is commonly used, basin shape depends on tree shape, cliff type uses high thousand tube basin, inclined dry type, lying dry type uses medium deep rectangular basin or elliptical basin, root lifting type, stone attached type uses shallow basin.

2, soil: basin soil should be fertile wet, loose texture, good drainage, slightly acidic sandy loam, basin bottom filled with a layer of coarse sand to facilitate water permeability.

3. Planting: It is good to transplant the upper pot before germination in spring. The big seedlings should take the old soil, cut off the dead roots and long roots, spread the fibrous roots in the pot soil, and connect the soil with the roots closely, which is beneficial to growth and survival.

4, conservation: conservation management is the continuation of white pine bonsai modeling, works conservation perfect stage, short two or three years, long ten or twenty years or longer. The main contents include pot soil preparation, fertilizer use, moisture control, site selection, plastic transformation, pot turning and soil exchange, pest control, etc. Among them, plastic transformation and transformation operations are directly related to the creation of the image of the work, and other items are from the perspective of healthy growth of white bark pine bonsai to promote the perfection of the work day by day.