How to make bonsai with sweet-scented osmanthus

Draw materials

The materials needed to make sweet-scented osmanthus bonsai can be obtained by cutting, pressing, grafting and so on. If you find it troublesome, you can buy one.

Flowerpot selection

The choice of flowerpot and sweet-scented osmanthus tree to match, size and shape to match, it is best to choose purple sand pottery, this color and sweet-scented osmanthus tree has an obvious contrast, can increase its aesthetic effect.

Upper basin

Pot work can be carried out in spring or autumn, when the soil should pay attention to fertile, soft, drainage is also good, and before the basin to put a little broken tiles or a few stones at the bottom, this is conducive to air permeability and drainage.

In three steps, the bonsai of sweet-scented osmanthus trees can be easily made! However, after it is made, we also have to think about how to make it more beautiful. Pruning is a very important job. How to trim the sweet-scented osmanthus bonsai? Let's find out.

How to make bonsai with sweet-scented osmanthus

Bonsai production of sweet-scented osmanthus

The materials of sweet-scented osmanthus bonsai mainly come from tassel stumps which are sown, cut, striped, grafted, propagated and dug from mountain fields for many years.

Selection of basin

The container is suitable to choose a deeper square basin or round basin. The texture of the basin is better with purple sand pottery basin or glazed pottery basin. The color is better with purple or ochre, which can be in sharp contrast with the color of flowers and leaves to increase its ornamental effect.

Pot-up process

Sweet-scented osmanthus likes fertilizer, so it is suitable to use sandy loam with loose fertility and good drainage. The culture soil of potted sweet-scented osmanthus is usually made of pastoral soil, barnyard manure and river sand, and needs to be disinfected to reduce diseases and insect pests. Generally carried out in early spring or autumn, before putting on the basin, put a layer of river sand or vermiculite on the bottom of the basin to play the role of ventilation and drainage, and then spread a layer of peat soil or fine mud about 3 cm thick. Then, put the sweet-scented osmanthus seedlings with soil balls in the roots into the basin, cultivate the soil and press it with your fingers. The filling depth is close to the basin mouth, and the soil surface should be 2cm lower than the basin mouth. After putting on the basin, it should be watered thoroughly and placed in a shade place for about 10 days to make it "take the basin" and gradually restore its growth.

Pose shaping technique

Sweet-scented osmanthus is resistant to pruning and strong germination. generally, after 2 years of potting, it can be processed and modeled after blooming or in the rainy season, mainly by the combination of climbing and pruning. The trunk can be truncated into an oblique trunk or curved trunk; those with a higher trunk can be appropriately cut short to sprout new branches at the base to avoid the emptiness of the lower part, and can also re-cut off the upper branches and overdense branches, thus stimulating the lower part of the trunk to produce new branches, so as to achieve the balance between the top and the bottom, keep the tree neat and luxuriant.

The bonsai shape of sweet-scented osmanthus is suitable to be made into qu dry type, oblique dry type or floating type. The tree is oblique, with dense branches and leaves, simple and natural, and is the most appreciative. When it blossoms, the fragrance is overflowing and refreshing.

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Picture pruning of sweet-scented osmanthus bonsai: in the first pruning, according to the size, height and shape of the seedlings, cut the trunk 1 to 4-1 to promote the lower adventitious buds to sprout new branches and trim the dense branches properly. After that, the withered branches, weak branches and diseased branches can be trimmed, and then pruned year by year according to their desired plant shape, pruning overgrown branches and over-dense branches to gradually form the desired tree type. Watering: sweet-scented osmanthus bonsai is easy to lack of water due to its limited capacity, so it needs to be watered to replenish water. According to the soil moisture of sweet-scented osmanthus bonsai pot, water it at the right time. It is generally irrigated once in 2-4 days in spring and autumn and 1-3 days in summer. The weather is sunny and watered several times when dry, and less or no watering on cloudy and rainy days. Sweet-scented osmanthus avoid dampness, avoid stagnant water in the basin, especially in autumn flowering season, too wet will cause falling flowers.

Fertilization of sweet-scented osmanthus bonsai: during the growth of sweet-scented osmanthus, 15% liquid fertilizer soaked in rotten pig manure and tung bran, or 15% liquid fertilizer soaked in tung bran and compound fertilizer, was applied every 20 days. Fertilization was stopped in early October. The following year, when sweet-scented osmanthus grows new leaves, it is a liquid fertilizer every 15 days, and the concentration of liquid fertilizer increases to 20%, 30% from June to August. 15% of the above liquid fertilizer was applied every 20 days from September to October, and Frosts Descent stopped applying fertilizer after that. Change the pot: the sweet-scented osmanthus plant should be changed every 3-5 years, and the pot change should be carried out in early March. Prepare nutritious soil before changing basin, and choose humus soil and garden soil to be mixed and ready for use. When changing the basin, keep 40% of the old soil, cut off the rotten roots, and trim the old roots and fibrous roots properly. Sweet-scented osmanthus after changing pots, add appropriate amount of new soil and pour enough water, put it in the shade for 10 days, and then move to a sunny, well-ventilated balcony or courtyard.

Sweet-scented osmanthus bonsai pictures appreciate diseases and insect pests: sometimes there are gray dots on the branches of sweet-scented osmanthus bonsai, which can be removed with a brush, or sprayed with dimethoate 1500-2000 times, once every 7 days, 3 times in a row, can be effectively improved. Suitable for making sweet-scented osmanthus bonsai varieties to make small sweet-scented osmanthus bonsai, it is appropriate to choose "Dongxianghong", "Dongxiang Silver Pavilion", "Japanese Cinnamon", "Big Leaf Buddha Top Pearl", "Laurel", "four Seasons Cinnamon", "Jiulong Gui", "Willow Leaf Gui" and so on. The production of large-scale sweet-scented osmanthus bonsai should choose "big leaf yellow silver cinnamon", "golden cinnamon", "big leaf cinnamon", "Dadan golden cinnamon", "orange red cinnamon".

Elegant sweet-scented osmanthus bonsai photo summary: the production method of sweet-scented osmanthus bonsai is introduced here. Friends who like sweet-scented osmanthus bonsai can try to raise several pots of sweet-scented osmanthus bonsai. Sweet-scented osmanthus bonsai leaves are green all the year round, the plant shape is handsome and elegant, and when it blossoms, the golden flowers cover the branches, overflowing with aroma, making people relaxed and happy.