Production and maintenance of Prunus mume bonsai

Lamei, also known as yellow plum, Qianzhi plum, fragrant plum, etc., is a plant of Prunus mume family. It is native to central China and is the most famous in Henan Province. It can be planted in the ground, potted, and is a good material for making bonsai. Let's take a look at the production and maintenance of potted plum blossoms.

The Source of Tree stump of Plum Blossom Bonsai

1. Sowing: the sowing time of preserved plum is collected in June, and it is best to sow along with picking. Soaking seeds before sowing for 24 hours to ensure early germination of seedlings. The seedlings sprouted in 10 days, the height of the seedlings was 10-20 cm, and the general seedlings did not blossom until 3-4 years.

2. Crimping: embossing soil after root girdling in spring, or high-altitude crimping in Meiyu season (late June to mid-July).

3. Split-plant method: the propagation of Chimonanthus mume is generally carried out when the leaf buds have not sprouted from February to March in spring. When dividing the plant, first dig up the soil on one side of the root of the mother plant, and cut off the daughter plant from the mother root with a sterilized knife to form a new plant. Then plant, after planting, pay attention to shade, keep the soil moist, wait until after the summer day, apply liquid fertilizer every half a month, the branches and leaves can grow vigorously in that year, and blossom after 2-3 years. Using this method to propagate, it is simple and easy, the survival rate is high, the seedling time is short, and the flower is quick.

4. Grafting method: using red plum seedlings or ramet seedlings as rootstocks, sunshine seedling net suggests cutting, leaning grafting or budding grafting, and cutting grafting is the most frequently used. The cutting is carried out from the leaf buds in March to the big and small leaves of wheat grains, and the best grafting is between May and June at the turn of spring and summer, and the bud grafting is carried out from July to August. The cutting time is about the middle of March, and it is best to go when the leaf buds have just germinated to the size of the rice grain. If you miss the time, it is not easy to survive when the leaf buds are too big or have been sent out leaves.

The method of potted Plum Blossom Bonsai

The main contents are as follows: 1. Selection of pots: to make preserved plum bonsai, purple sand pots with good permeability can be selected. Sunshine seedling net suggests that the shape of flowerpots can be selected according to the specific shape of tree stumps and different shapes of bonsai. Because its flowers are waxy yellow, it is appropriate to choose red-brown, dark blue, dark green and other dark color flowerpots, so that it forms a contrast, but should not choose light yellow pots. Although the glazed porcelain basin is beautiful, but its permeability is poor, it is easy to cause root rot, poor plant growth and even death, so it can be used as a cover basin.

2. Potted soil: Lamei is not strict with soil, but it is better to use sandy loam with good drainage. The commonly used mature pastoral soil or rotten leaf soil mixed with 20% bran ash was used as culture soil.

3. Cultivation: the transplanting of Lamei is mostly carried out in the early spring, and it is suitable before and after the new bud germination of the flower stem in the first ten days of March. Generally appropriate oblique planting, easy to take potential when modeling, before planting can be a shaping and pruning, on the basin bottom can apply sufficient base fertilizer.

Maintenance Technology of Plum Blossom Bonsai

1. Place: preserved plum bonsai should be placed in a place away from the wind and the sun, avoid cold wind, slightly shade in summer, and pot plants in winter should be moved to indoor overwintering when the temperature is lower than 1 ℃.

2. Watering: wax plum is more drought-tolerant, it is known as "immortal wax plum", but it should not be too dry. Usually the basin soil can be slightly drier, watering should be "dry and wet", if it is not watered, it will be watered thoroughly. Summer is the flower bud formation period, can not be short of water, should be watered in the morning and evening, after autumn leaves, the basin soil can be dry, watering every 5-7 days.

3. Fertilization: wax plum is very fertile, so it is appropriate to apply cake fertilizer and water every 10 days in the early stage of flower bud formation from April to June. From the end of June to before ambush, the thin fertilizer and water with the combination of nitrogen and phosphorus was applied once a week to promote the formation of flower buds. The fertilizer should be thin when topdressing for 1 or 2 times in summer. Apply it again after autumn. When changing the basin, you can apply sufficient basic fertilizer such as bone meal and bean cake at the bottom of the basin.

4. Pruning: it is very important to prune and pick buds in order to make wax plum blossom year after year. Pruning usually takes place from March to June and stops after August. The old flower branches should be truncated immediately after flowering each year, leaving a maximum length of only 15cm to 20cm. After the new branch grows 2-3 pairs of buds, the terminal bud is removed, and soon the side branch grows again. After growing to 10 cm, the bud is picked again and repeatedly several times until the flower bud is basically formed. It is also necessary to prune all kinds of cross branches, parallel branches, overlapping branches, opposite branches, long branches, and overdense and thin branches that affect the appearance of the tree. There is a saying that there is no shortage of branches in the flower proverb, so the plum can be re-cut.

5. Turn the basin: the bonsai of wax plum should be turned every 1-2 years, and it is better to turn the pot at the end of winter and the beginning of spring. The germinated buds can be removed before turning the basin, and then transplanted when the hidden buds sprout and expand after about 5 days. When turning the basin, remove the old soil of 1B3, cut off the rotten and withered roots, and trim the overgrown old roots. Instead of frozen crisp pond soil or humus-rich rotten leaf soil, mixed with appropriate amount of rice chaff ash and sandy soil.

6. pest control: Lamei has strong resistance to diseases and insect pests, such as diamondback moth, coir moth, aphids, shell insects and other pests, which can be sprayed with 1500 times of dichlorvos or 1500 times of crystal trichlorfon.

Points for attention in watering the potted landscape of Lamei blossom

1. Meteorological conditions: water frequently on sunny days, pay attention to drainage on rainy days, and water thoroughly on rainy days.

2. Seasonal change: it is hot in summer and should be watered in time, but once in the morning and evening. There are many Rain Water in spring and autumn, so they can be watered properly according to the situation. Winter blossoms should be watered at noon.

3. Soil quality: cohesive soil has strong water storage capacity, humic soil is medium, and sand is easy to lose water, which should be paid attention to.

4, basin size, depth, texture, drainage hole and so on: such as basin small and shallow, pottery, dark, drainage hole unobstructed, the most easy to dry. On the contrary, the water holding capacity is stronger.

5. Rain Water, well water, tap water and river pond water for watering: it should be noted that the water temperature is the same or close to the basin soil temperature, and that the water should not contain acid or alkali.

6. the judgment of dry and wet basin soil: it can be judged by the color of leaves, sagging or not, and the color of basin soil.

Watering method of Plum Blossom Bonsai

1. Watering on leaves: sprinkler can be used in small area and sprinkler irrigation equipment can be used in large area.

2. Watering the root: use bucket spoon for small area and water pipe for large area.

3. Drip irrigation: find a thin water pipe that can control the flow, such as a disposable infusion tube used in the hospital, put the bucket above the flowerpot, make the pipe siphon (or a small opening at the bottom of the bucket), and control the number of drops, usually 20 drops into a leaf. It can be watered quantitatively every day and can be managed automatically in a large area.

4. Immersion method: dip the bonsai into the water, soak it thoroughly and take it out. It can be used for the first watering after potting and the daily watering of miniature bonsai.