Cultivation of suspended Root of Lycium barbarum Bonsai

Lycium barbarum has strong germinating ability, strong adaptability, likes low temperature and is not afraid of cold; germinates early, leaves fall late, fruit does not fall, ornamental time is long; new leaves grow twice in spring and autumn, blossom twice, fruit set twice. And small and dense, flowers are small and numerous, fruit is many and red, and the fruit is a good medicine for nourishing and strengthening the body. So it is a very popular small bonsai raw material. However, Chinese wolfberry is rare and is often made with roots instead of dried bonsai, but most of its roots are solitary and few branch roots. This makes it difficult to make small and perfect Chinese wolfberry bonsai with hanging roots and exposed claws. In recent years, the author has carried out some cultivation attempts to pursue a more perfect hanging claw, and preliminary results have been achieved. The specific measures are as follows:

In spring, or in the later period of Erfu (a few days before the Beginning of Autumn), that is, when the dormancy period of Chinese wolfberry in summer caused by hot weather, powdery mildew and insect pests in the south is almost over, the piles of Chinese wolfberry collected in the field should be pruned as necessary, and the branches should be kept well. Use a sharp knife to clear the wounds that need to take root. And carry on the disinfection treatment, then carry on the cuttage. One is to use sand first, wait for rooting and survive, and then transplant to continue to grow roots. The second is to cuttage roots directly in the field. Because Chinese wolfberry root instead of stem cuttings take root in the cross section, but do not take root much, often two or three main roots have been growing. In order to make it take more roots and improve the ornamental value, the author adopts the method of secondary cutting. That is, when the first cuttage survives, let it grow in the ground for a year, dig out and cut off the new roots before the bud of the second year, keep only 1 to 1.5cm, repair the section with a sharp knife, and at the same time cut off the original section that has healed but did not take root (give it a chance to take root again), and then carry on the second cutting, and put a little plant ash on its root. In this way, the surviving old pile of Chinese wolfberry will produce much more roots in the re-wound and the new root section at the same time than the first cutting. after it has been cultivated in the ground for two years, it can dig out the upper basin and make a more perfect Chinese wolfberry bonsai.

In order to make the new root flat curve and get a better effect, the author also used the guide method to cultivate the root claw, and also got a very good effect. The method is to dig the pit of 20cm*20cm*30cm and fill it with river pebbles or brick slag, the mixed layer of stone and sand 15 to 20cm, and then fill it with 2cm thick sand. Then put the repaired Chinese wolfberry pile into the pit, seal the sand or loess and pour enough water. After the water seeps down, seal the soil higher to prevent the old pile from losing too much water and dying. When the new root of the Chinese wolfberry pile survived by cutting encounters the river pebbles and other hard objects, it will turn and extend along the sand filling seam, and the sand gap between the hard objects will guide it to grow into flat roots and claws, and the ideal flat root Chinese wolfberry pile can be obtained after two years.