The making method of Masson Pine Bonsai

Masson pine is a kind of pine, also known as green pine, mountain pine, fir pine, etc., suitable for mountain streams, valleys, rock, pool, roadside configuration and mountain afforestation, but also suitable for planting alone in front of the court, beside pavilions and rockery. At present, home is mostly used for bonsai planting, its production and other bonsai production methods are more or less the same, let's take a look at the production method of Masson pine bonsai.

Selection of Masson Pine Bonsai

Although Masson pine bonsai material can be cultivated from an early age, it takes a long time to make fine bonsai trees without barren bark in ten or twenty years. When conditions permit, they mainly dig old piles in the mountains. We should focus on selecting those short, old, and can be excessively natural, rich in change of the trunk, preferably with ready-made dowry branch support, or branch position is reasonable, bud point is more compact, there is room for choice, with training prospects of the pile head. The second is to choose the pile head with more coordinated root disc, more lateral roots, flatter extension and easier survival.

Excavation of Masson Pine Bonsai

Although the excavation time of Masson pine varies according to the region to which it belongs, it will not be too different. Generally, it is appropriate to avoid the plum rain season during the dormant period from October to November of the Gregorian calendar and from the end of February to March when its leaf buds begin to sprout. Because Masson pine likes dryness and is afraid of humidity, it is difficult to fight on rainy days, and the other is that the soil is too wet and the root system is not good for air permeability and survival.

Pinus massoniana bonsai blank

After the pile head of Masson pine is transported back, it should be planted as far as possible for more than one year, and if there is no ground planting condition, wooden boxes or pottery plates can be used to raise the billet, and the soil can be mixed with river sand, coal ash and yellow loam soil, which can not only loosen and moisturize, but also use other loose plain soil to avoid stickiness and alkalinity. The pile head of Pinus massoniana is raised for at least one year, except for forcing the bud, do not cut off the branches and leaves and remove the bud head at will, let alone dig the soil to observe the root growth and apply fertilizer rashly.

Masson pine bonsai modeling

In principle, the modeling of Masson Pine bonsai takes the vigorous strength of the strong sun as the theme, but because of its flexible branches and strong plasticity, most of the piles obtained by the mountains are short and strong, and the root plucks are very few, and there is a lack of branches, so they should not be different, apply arts in accordance with their aptitude, and follow the aesthetic principles to capture the most prominent characteristics and the most beautiful places of the pile head, according to the author's artistic connotation and understanding of natural beauty. Turn the material into a living work of art.

Masson pine bonsai seal

Many people seal their mouths with erythromycin ointment, but it doesn't work. Erythromycin ointment is actually a kind of ointment. When gelatinous turpentine flows from the incision, the soft ointment simply cannot stop the overflow of turpentine and can prevent wound infection. Most of the plasters are lost along with the spillover of turpentine. Attached to the wound is a very small number, playing a small role. The effect of sealing with soil is good. When cutting the branches of Pinus elliottii on the mountain, smear the wound with the plain soil of the mountain for a few times, and observe the next day that there is no longer turpentine in the wound. The original gelatinous turpentine and solid soil adhere to each other and solidify together, effectively preventing the outflow of turpentine.

Maintenance of Masson Pine Bonsai

1. Lighting: adequate sunshine is required, not shaded.

2. Temperature: avoid freezing when potting, between 0 and 35 ℃.

3. Watering: due to the pine bonsai, there is less soil in the basin, so watering should be done a few times each time, once thoroughly, dry and wet alternately. When the ambient temperature is low in winter, it is better to be dry than wet.

4. Ventilation: good requirements, not to be closed.

5. Fertilization: the demand for fertilizer is not strict, it can be fertilized several times from spring to autumn, and less nitrogen and more potassium should be applied in autumn.

6. Pruning: gradually design the shape according to the post bone or maintain the prototype through pruning, in a word, to ensure a good ornamental value.

7. Diseases: shell insects are more common, but diseases are rare, so pay more attention to early prevention during daily maintenance.