Operation rules for transportation of bonsai with tree stump

As we all know, seedlings are different from ordinary goods, in the process of transportation, we not only need to ensure the integrity of goods, but also need to maintain the life and survival of plants. And bonsai is different from ordinary seedlings, its production and shaping are often after years of careful maintenance and continuous plastic shaping, the artistic value is very high, the price is usually not cheap. In particular, the large-scale tree stump bonsai has large volume and weight, so if you want to ensure the quality after arrival, the requirements for shipping work will naturally be higher, and its operation procedures must be standardized and strictly in place.

Data map

According to different bonsai plant materials, bonsai art composition and plant growth habits, excavation and shipping usually follow the following operating rules:

Bundling branches

As the plant material of bonsai, it is generally a tough tree species. Before shipment, some branches can be bundled according to the principle and method of bonsai modeling without affecting the overall modeling as much as possible, and their volume can be reduced.

Due to the short binding time and fast recovery of branches after unloading, short-distance transportation generally will not have a great impact on bonsai modeling.

Reinforcement

While bundling the branches, some fragile branches and parts should be strengthened before loading, especially the main skeleton should be protected as far as possible, and the reinforcement should choose non-blunt supporting materials (such as wooden brackets).

Operating essentials:

1. A flexible material should be used to attach the pad between the contact surface and the reinforcement.

two。 It is necessary to grasp the strength when fastening, so that it is fixed without damaging the branches.

Packing

1. For the branches that need to be bundled, protective packaging should be carried out before bundling, and the packaging materials should choose fiber materials with soft texture, strong toughness, water absorption and wear resistance. In order not to damage the branches as far as possible, they should be wrapped in accordance with the direction in which the branches and leaves grow. For some larger branches that need to be strapped hard, hard wood or bamboo should also be lined outside the wrapper to prevent damage to the branches.

two。 Root packing: for those who have been potted, special treatment should be given to the bottom of the pot before lifting. The general containers are mainly pottery, which are fragile goods. If they are not packed, they will be easily damaged in the process of shipment. After the flexible material is padded on the outer wall of the container during packaging, it is reinforced with wood strips. Sometimes, for the convenience of shipping, the basin can also be removed. When removing the basin, we must protect the root system, there are many ways to protect the root system, the most commonly used method is to fill the periphery of the root system with nutritious soil, and then pack the root ball. If it is planted in the ground, according to the method of digging big trees, take good soil balls, and trim some branches that have less impact on modeling, and control the excessive evaporation of water to facilitate the growth of bonsai.

3. If the transportation distance is long, according to the needs of shipping, the pre-reinforced plants are made into protective boxes on the periphery of the whole pile body, and the inner space is filled with fillers with strong water absorption. If the canvas cannot be tied up during transportation, it should be covered with a nylon bag around the outside of the plant (to ensure that the water is not evaporated). The box material should choose a relatively strong material, which can withstand the pressure, tension and bearing capacity during hoisting. The specific operation should be based on the actual situation and needs to determine the shape and size of the protective box and adjust measures according to material conditions. Large and medium-sized bonsai should be packed in 1 or 2 boxes, while large and extra-large bonsai can only be packed in a single box.

4. The whole process of bonsai packaging should be carried out in the shed or packaging workshop to avoid direct sunlight as far as possible. All packaged seedlings and bonsai should be stored in a cool place or in a cold storage. the storage time should not be too long, the shorter the better. The shipping and transshipment office should be delivered immediately and should be unpacked for maintenance immediately after reaching the destination.

Humidification

After the above procedures, the packaging is humidified by spraying water before loading, so that the humidity of the filler and packaging is greater than the moisture content of the plant, so as to ensure the water balance of the plant in the process of shipment, and the water nutrition of the plant is also the key to the shipping process.

Load the car

The fully packaged bonsai can be loaded according to the overall shape of the package, depending on the convenience of loading and transportation. If it is not fully packed, it must be carried out in accordance with the method of shipping the tree, paying attention to placing the earth ball forward and the crown backward.

Transport

Pay attention to windproof measures at all times during transportation, and replenish water properly on the way when the journey is long.

Operation rules for transportation of bonsai with tree stump

China Garden Network, May 23: we all know that seedlings are different from ordinary commodities. In the process of transportation, we not only need to ensure the integrity of goods, but also need to maintain the life and survival of plants. And bonsai is different from ordinary seedlings, its production and shaping are often after years of careful maintenance and continuous plastic shaping, the artistic value is very high, the price is usually not cheap. In particular, the large-scale tree stump bonsai has large volume and weight, so if you want to ensure the quality after arrival, the requirements for shipping work will naturally be higher, and its operation procedures must be standardized and strictly in place.

Data map

According to different bonsai plant materials, bonsai art composition and plant growth habits, excavation and shipping usually follow the following operating rules:

Bundling branches

As the plant material of bonsai, it is generally a tough tree species. Before shipment, some branches can be bundled according to the principle and method of bonsai modeling without affecting the overall modeling as much as possible, and their volume can be reduced.

Due to the short binding time and fast recovery of branches after unloading, short-distance transportation generally will not have a great impact on bonsai modeling.

Reinforcement

While bundling the branches, some fragile branches and parts should be strengthened before loading, especially the main skeleton should be protected as far as possible, and the reinforcement should choose non-blunt supporting materials (such as wooden brackets).

Operating essentials:

1. A flexible material should be used to attach the pad between the contact surface and the reinforcement.

two。 It is necessary to grasp the strength when fastening, so that it is fixed without damaging the branches.

Packing

1. For the branches that need to be bundled, protective packaging should be carried out before bundling, and the packaging materials should choose fiber materials with soft texture, strong toughness, water absorption and wear resistance. In order not to damage the branches as far as possible, they should be wrapped in accordance with the direction in which the branches and leaves grow. For some larger branches that need to be strapped hard, hard wood or bamboo should also be lined outside the wrapper to prevent damage to the branches.

two。 Root packing: for those who have been potted, special treatment should be given to the bottom of the pot before lifting. The general containers are mainly pottery, which are fragile goods. If they are not packed, they will be easily damaged in the process of shipment. After the flexible material is padded on the outer wall of the container during packaging, it is reinforced with wood strips. Sometimes, for the convenience of shipping, the basin can also be removed. When removing the basin, we must protect the root system, there are many ways to protect the root system, the most commonly used method is to fill the periphery of the root system with nutritious soil, and then pack the root ball. If it is planted in the ground, according to the method of digging big trees, take good soil balls, and trim some branches that have less impact on modeling, and control the excessive evaporation of water to facilitate the growth of bonsai.

3. If the transportation distance is long, according to the needs of shipping, the pre-reinforced plants are made into protective boxes on the periphery of the whole pile body, and the inner space is filled with fillers with strong water absorption. If the canvas cannot be tied up during transportation, it should be covered with a nylon bag around the outside of the plant (to ensure that the water is not evaporated). The box material should choose a relatively strong material, which can withstand the pressure, tension and bearing capacity during hoisting. The specific operation should be based on the actual situation and needs to determine the shape and size of the protective box and adjust measures according to material conditions. Large and medium-sized bonsai should be packed in 1 or 2 boxes, while large and extra-large bonsai can only be packed in a single box.

4. The whole process of bonsai packaging should be carried out in the shed or packaging workshop to avoid direct sunlight as far as possible. All packaged seedlings and bonsai should be stored in a cool place or in a cold storage. the storage time should not be too long, the shorter the better. The shipping and transshipment office should be delivered immediately and should be unpacked for maintenance immediately after reaching the destination.

Humidification

After the above procedures, the packaging is humidified by spraying water before loading, so that the humidity of the filler and packaging is greater than the moisture content of the plant, so as to ensure the water balance of the plant in the process of shipment, and the water nutrition of the plant is also the key to the shipping process.

Load the car

The fully packaged bonsai can be loaded according to the overall shape of the package, depending on the convenience of loading and transportation. If it is not fully packed, it must be carried out in accordance with the method of shipping the tree, paying attention to placing the earth ball forward and the crown backward.

Transport

Pay attention to windproof measures at all times during transportation, and replenish water properly on the way when the journey is long.

[essay] Bonjingwen / Yang Wenfeng is naturally a metaphor of the human mind. Emerson: natural contemplation 1 I am a little afraid of facing bonsai, even though I have a deep bonsai complex. I saw the poplar stump bonsai called "dripping without exposure". The clouds, round like a cover, looked down one by one, with dense green leaves and twisted branches. Another cypress stump bonsai "step by step", the long stem from the basin along the overhang bend down, like a nearly dry thin waterfall, branches and leaves into clusters, the lower leaves are getting smaller and smaller. Is there any wild interest in such bonsai? Are these bonsai really vigorous, free and easy, unrestrained, wild and unrestrained, natural game and thousands of miles away? Is it really "silent poetry, three-dimensional painting"? Gong Zizhen, a litterateur in the late Qing Dynasty, said in the Story of the sick Plum Museum: "Mei takes music as beauty, straight as beauty, beauty as beauty, regular as beauty, and sparse as beauty, and secrecy as poise." In my opinion, even if bonsai is beautiful, it is also deformed and sick. All natural things are equal, have reasons for existence, are unwilling to be abnormal, and want to have natural beauty, not to mention that "ugliness in nature is impossible" (Hargrove). And bonsai has undoubtedly become a forced growth. The so-called "amazing" shape, what straight dry type, flat type, horizontal branch type, cliff type, hanging branch type, jungle type, even root type, no matter how beautiful the name is, it is unnatural. This is quite similar to human disease, which is caused by an imbalance within the body. There are no more than two causes of human infection: one is that external things invade the body, such as wind, cold, summer, dampness, dryness and other effects on the body, resulting in body imbalance; the other is the imbalance of body energy intake, such as partial food leading to body imbalance. The forced growth of bonsai is so pitiful that it is almost deprived of the conditions and rights to recuperate-alienated from the land, mountains and forests, surrounded by man-made environment, even if it is still the environment. Some miniature tubs, round or square, are only a few centimeters in diameter, not much bigger than ashtrays and bird food cans, narrow and narrow, how can the remaining lives survive in such humiliation? How can you bathe in the rain and wind of freedom in the fighting room? If you can't even hear the bug sing, how can you live in harmony with nature? This is a completely alienated environment. I am a little confused, such a bonsai-true and false also sick and illusory existence, can show upright spirit, indomitable perseverance, detached from chic lofty integrity, old and strong will? Can you have both form and spirit and charm? Can it give people the association of natural beauty? 2 Botany says that there are two transport lines with different functions in opposite directions in plants. The bottom-up transport line in the trunk transports the water and inorganic substances absorbed by the root to the leaf, while the top-to-bottom transport line within the cortex transports the nutrients produced by the leaf to the root. There is a saying that "trees are afraid of peeling". When making bonsai, if all the bark is stripped off, there is no doubt that the roots will "starve to death". Since the roots are dead, water cannot be transported to the branches and leaves, and the branches and leaves will die with them. Jia Pingwa also wrote in the novel Qin Opera: once I know who "has carried Bai Xue and said she is wrong, I will use a knife to cut off a circle of skin from his persimmon tree and let the tree slowly die." Fortunately, out of utilitarianism, people know that plants have to be "half dead and still alive"-cutting off most of the plant torso with a knife. I think even if the plants are still alive, they are still living in a state of illness, disability and pain. This is not life, it's just survival! The plants in the bonsai endure inextricable pain every day, but they can't fight if they want to fight, so they can only live in pain forever. "Today, people play with the trees and stones between pots and scions, the elders bend and cut them short, and the big ones cut them about, or bear fruit by inch of skin, or store insects and fish close by, which is generally called bonsai." (Liu Luan: "Wushi ladle") from these Chinese characters alone, I seem to hear the cries of high and low plants. I still remember those ancient cypresses of the Liao Dynasty in Beijing Temple of Heaven Park. The cambium of the ancient cypress has aged and died, and the bark has been completely stripped off. Those who are naturally formed without any artificial axe jin are really wonderful things Tiancheng! However, in order to make the cypress bonsai show its vitality and simplicity at an early date, people unexpectedly went against nature and did whatever they wanted, with binding and knife and axe. As far as I know, making bonsai should follow bionics. In order to drive the branch to deform, the angle between the wire and the branch is twisted into 45 degrees-morning glory, birdapple and honeysuckle are wound up at a 45-degree angle when climbing on the fence. It also emphasizes "shaping according to the will of the people". For example, a good look at a certain part of the Finch plum body, that is, cut a groove 1/3 deep in wood with a sharp blade, twist as much as you want, then wrap it in hemp skin and steel wire and bind it for at least three years before it is removed. In the long 3 years of sun and moon, dwarf element was applied to inhibit its growth. What's more, "freehand surgery" is often performed. Drastic measures, ups and downs, deletion and simplicity, routine grafting, flat binding, pruning, root lifting, in order to show a Qiu qu vigorous appearance. After being "cultivated" in the mud basin for one or two years, the post after operation is implanted into a quaint and narrow basin. I think that these methods of making bonsai not only rely on distorted images, but also reveal some morbid feelings of human beings. It is originally the proposition of Chinese art that "learning from the law and getting the source of the heart" is the proposition of Chinese art, but when making bonsai, people consistently focus on "handicapping and creating nature". Many viewpoints of traditional Chinese art are really dripping and carrying forward into the bonsai production process. Today, the morbid aesthetic concept of the "smart" human system and the operation rules of invisible blood have been put into the "great" cause of making bonsai. Do all aesthetic people respect nature? Can all be "the unity of man and nature"?... Under the banner of aesthetics, during the day, people are creating the art of night. (4) beauty lies in the relationship. Diderot I have always believed that people and plants should respect each other like brothers, or "Buddha face to face". This is the only normal relationship. It is just that the relationship in this great world is not necessarily beautiful because of the existence of human beings. When people are arrogant, they become unnatural and supercilious. With a little axe jin, some trees are imprisoned in cramped flowerpots, like a woman's feet into a three-inch golden lotus, depriving them of their right to grow freely and causing them to suffer destruction. Beauty, with love, conscience and respect, should be mingled with milk and water. Does the relationship between people and bonsai constitute a paradox? There is nothing wrong with people's love of beauty. Behavior for the purpose of beauty should not have produced ugliness. However, this is not the case. It really fulfilled the ancient Greek proverb "Beauty is difficult". People make bonsai in pursuit of beauty, indulge in the infinite spiritual world represented by a tree or a stone, but deprive plants of the right to grow naturally. I can't help lamenting that the beauty of bonsai is sickly and ugly! It is said that in the face of the hundreds of pots of diseased plum bonsai bought back, Gong Zizhen was in pain and maybe even cried for three days, vowed to "cure it, vertical, and smooth," then untied the brown rope tied to the diseased plum, smashed the flowerpot, and transplanted the diseased plum to Nanshan.... Bonsai, as an extremely complex cultural phenomenon, suddenly reminds me of a concept in physics-inertia. Inertia is a kind of natural attribute, which no one can resist, and this natural attribute seems to evolve the "ideological inertia" of adults. Does the pursuit of bonsai art show amazing ideological inertia? Bonsai is still made day by day. Perhaps, the relationship between man and plants, and even the relationship between man and nature, can become harmonious only after the demise of human beings. Today, the decline of nature is accelerating at the same time as the alienation of some people. The earth we live in may have been "processed" by some people into a huge sick bonsai, right? Can we save the bonsai? -- selected from Science Illustrated