Maintenance and Management of Populus tomentosa Bonsai detailed explanation of daily nursing of boxwood bonsai

Boxwood is a kind of wood that we often hear and come into contact with. As the name suggests, it mainly comes from boxwood. Buxus tree is tall, but plastic is very strong, so it is suitable for bonsai cultivation. Family breeding boxwood is also relatively simple, pay attention to the conservation and management of boxwood bonsai, such as: soil, moisture, fertilization, lighting and pruning, pot turning and pest management.

1. Daily maintenance of boxwood bonsai

1. Soil

Buxus likes loose soil with ventilation and drainage, which can be slightly acidic, neutral or slightly alkaline. The soil can be mixed with humus soil, paddy soil and mountain soil, vermiculite and peat, etc., and counted as base fertilizer before pot, with a small amount of bean cake fertilizer. Buxus root system is more developed, when the pot is selected slightly larger flower pot, the bottom of the pot is paved with broken tiles, and then a layer of fine sand is paved, when the pot is trimmed, the roots are stretched in the flower pot, and then the soil is filled.

2. Watering

Boxwood potted on the pot, to water thoroughly, after maintenance, pot soil surface dry and then water, water each time to water thoroughly. Indoor maintenance boxwood potted, evaporation is small, water requirements are relatively small, watering is not too much, pot soil can not be too wet. Summer temperature is too high, to often spray moisture and cooling leaves, reduce watering in winter.

3. Fertilization

Buxus like fertilizer, but in the pot culture, space is limited, soil is not enough, fertilization should be based on thin fertilizer. Buxus potted fertilization can be applied 3~4 times a year, once a season, according to the leaf color and plant growth speed can be added 2~3 times.

4. Light

Boxwood likes shade, but it cannot lack light for a long time, otherwise the leaves will yellow and fall, single leaves cannot be exposed to the sun, summer sunlight is too strong, pay attention to shade, spring and autumn sunlight can avoid noon irradiation, winter, soft sunlight can be placed in the sun for maintenance.

II. Management of Boxwood Bonsai

The conservation and management of boxwood potted plants are described in two aspects: conservation and management. The above four aspects are the necessary conditions for conservation, and the following are mainly to talk about the daily management of the lower boxwood bonsai.

1. Pest control management

Buxus potted plant maintenance, there may be black spots and dead branches on the leaves, or local yellowing of the leaves, which may be replaced by leaf spot disease or branch blight, can spray diluted carbendazim or phenomentin to remove.

The common pests of boxwood potted plants are generally boxwood wild borer and scale insect. In the early stage of the disease, the number is small, so it can be manually cleared and wiped off with wet cloth; if the number is large, it can be killed with diluted trichlorfon.

2, pruning management

Buxus germination is very strong, in the conservation management, must be timely pruning. Boxwood bonsai is mainly used for viewing, so in the management work, pruning is indispensable, cutting off dense and bad modeling branches.

Pruning is divided into pruning and topping. Pruning should be carried out in the dormant period, generally according to the tree shape to decide, cut off the beautiful dead branches, parallel branches, cross technology, etc., can also cut off the useless new branches just sent, reduce the loss of nutrients. Topping is mainly to control the fast growing branches, control the height of the plants, promote the formation of lateral branches, and make the plants round.

3. Turnover management

Management boxwood bonsai, generally a year to turn the pot once, because boxwood root system is very developed, rapid growth, a year will be full of pot bottom. When managing, turn over the basin in time to deal with the old roots and dense roots of the roots. In addition, half of the pot soil should be replaced to maintain soil nutrients and ventilation and drainage; turning the pot is conducive to the growth of roots and plants.

3. The Value of Buxus

1. Watch

Boxwood plasticity is very strong, according to personal preferences, do a variety of shapes of bonsai. Boxwood bonsai can be used for gardens, can be raised in the courtyard and indoor, has a very good decorative and ornamental value; can also be decorated with rocks, decorative gardens.

2, medicinal

Buxus has certain medicinal value, mainly its roots and leaves. The roots and leaves of Buxus chinensis can be picked all year round and dried into medicine to relieve rheumatic arthralgia, treat dysentery, stomachache, hernia, abdominal distension, toothache, traumatic injury and other diseases. The use of boxwood as medicine must follow the doctor's advice.

3. Economy

Boxwood is a very good wood, very popular in the market, and expensive. Boxwood is light yellow, with tough texture, fine texture, moderate hardness, suitable for carving; some people use boxwood comb is also made of boxwood oh.

Conclusion: Boxwood bonsai daily maintenance and management is relatively simple, boxwood is all treasure, can be used as medicine, sculpture, can also be made comb, there is a high ornamental value, like flower friends can not miss oh.

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