Production and maintenance of bonsai of Phyllostachys pubescens

Phyllostachys pubescens is a common woody flower species in southern China, also known as southern Tianzhu, red quat, candle, red wolfberry, etc., is an evergreen shrub of Berberaceae, has strong adaptability to the environment, and often appears in garden applications. it is also often used to make bonsai or potted plants to decorate windowsills, halls, venues and so on. Let's take a look at the production and maintenance of bonsai.

Bonsai of Phyllostachys pubescens

The bonsai of Phyllostachys pubescens can be made by sowing, cutting and dividing plants. it can also dig up old piles by the stream and watch it in a fine basin after 2 ~ 3 years. Sowing can be sowed with picking when the fruit is ripe, or in spring. Ramet should be carried out before sprouting in spring or autumn. The cuttings were carried out before the germination of new buds or when the growth of new shoots stopped in summer. Indoor maintenance should strengthen ventilation and light transmission to prevent the occurrence of shell insects.

Bonsai production of Phyllostachys pubescens

1. Single type: a multi-branch is single type, and the stem (branch) is required to be erect or basically erect, and three to four branches germinated at the root neck are selected as landscaping branches. One of them is a standing branch, which is required to be tall, while in the other several elliptical pots, a certain amount of space should be left in front of the plant to give people a sense of relief. This kind of southern bamboo bonsai is like wilderness trees, standing tall and towering.

2. Pile head type: select the decaying pimple root neck and sprout several new branches, take one or two branches as the central main branch, the rest as the guest branch, the guest branch posture is straight, has. This kind of bonsai green branches and green leaves, such as dead wood in spring, flourish vigorously.

3. Image form: the key to the bonsai of southern bamboo lies in the selection of materials, generally looking for roots and stems like animals, which are trimmed and shaped into pictographic bonsai like deer, monkeys, dogs, and so on.

4. Stone style: Nantian bamboo is straight. If there is no twig in the middle and lower part (commonly known as detachment), it appears empty and not plump, so it can be equipped with a rock on the right side of the back to make up for its defects. this kind of bonsai of southern bamboos depends on the mountain and relies on the stone.

Bonsai of Phyllostachys pubescens

1. Sorting out miscellaneous branches: the maintenance and pruning of bonsai of Phyllostachys pubescens is very few, and they are mainly arranged by miscellaneous branches. After the fruit every year, that is, the residual ear is cut off in early spring, combined with cleaning branches, thinning and cutting dense branches, cutting a small number of long branches, the rest of the branches are usually long, generally do not need to change the head. If the growth of the old culm is too high, the result will be significantly reduced, and the culm can be cut off and renewed locally.

2. Pruning time: the bonsai pruning of Phyllostachys pubescens is mainly carried out during the dormant period combined with turning the pot. when pruning, cutting the branches short to any part can sprout new branches at the nodes under the shearing mouth, so if the branches grow too long and affect their beauty, they can be cut short to the appropriate parts, so that the tufted branches are staggered, and must not be cut into a flat head with the same height, and make the stems dense.

3. Branch cutting: the branches of the bonsai should be cut once a year, and the newly planted bonsai should be trimmed once according to the short stem and the density of branches and leaves. In the early spring of the second year, cut off the dry tips of the previous year, and the length of each trunk should be arranged in accordance with the requirements of jungle and multi-trunk. At the same time, the withered branches and leaves are cut off, and by cutting the shoots every year, we can avoid the phenomenon that the trunk trees increase year after year, and the lining trees grow shorter and weaker.

4. Change the basin and prune: the bonsai of Phyllostachys pubescens is changed every 2-3 years. When changing the basin, cut off part of the old root, remove the thin and weak branches, withered branches, disease and insect branches from the base, make the new branches sprout, make the plant clumps basically the same height, the branches are dense and uniform, and generally retain 3-5 branches per clump.

5. Adjust the arrangement: when the bonsai is turned over, it should be combined with root pruning and soil change. when you want to adjust the arrangement and distribution of trees, you can rearrange and plant. It is generally selected that the trunk is thick and planted in the main position, and the trunk is fine as a foil around the main tree, so that the height and height of the trunk is distributed naturally.

Conservation of bonsai of Phyllostachys pubescens

1. Soil: the cultivated soil of Phyllostachys pubescens requires fertile sandy loam with good drainage, which is suitable to use slightly acidic soil, which can be prepared according to the proportion of 5 sandy soil, 4 rotten leaf soil and 1 manure soil.

2. Watering: Nantianzhu watering should be dry and wet. Water frequently during the dry season to keep the soil moist. In summer, water once a day, and spray to the leaf surface for 2 or 3 times to keep the leaf surface moist, prevent the leaf tip from scorching, and damage the appearance. Flowering should pay special attention to watering, do not make the basin soil dry, and sprinkle water on the ground to increase air humidity, in order to improve the rate of pollination. The plant is semi-dormant in winter, so don't make the pot soil too wet.

3. Sunshine: Phyllostachys pubescens is best maintained in semi-shade, cool and humid places. under strong light, the stem becomes dark red, the young leaves become "burned" and the mature leaves turn red. In very shady places, the stems and leaves are long and the plants are loose, which is harmful to ornamental value and unfavorable to fruiting.

4. Temperature: the suitable growth temperature of Phyllostachys pubescens is about 20 ℃, and the suitable flowering and fruiting temperature is 24-25 ℃. The temperature requirement in winter is very strict, and the growth stops when the environmental temperature is below 8 ℃, so it should be moved into the greenhouse in winter.

5. Fertilization: during the growing period, the fine seedlings of Phyllostachys pubescens should be fertilized with thin fertilizer (organic fertilizer with more phosphorus). Adult plants are applied dry fertilizer three times a year, respectively in May, August and October, and the third time should be fertilized when moving into the room for overwintering. The fertilizer can be fully fermented cake fertilizer and sesame sauce residue. Generally speaking, the amount of fertilizer application should be less in the first and second times, and the amount can be increased in the third time.