Making and Management of Conifer Bonsai

According to the characteristics of human landscape and combined with the sturdy and dwarfing characteristics of mountain pines and cypresses in Shandong Province, the old trunk was cut with coarse branches and vegetables to lower the trunk and reduce the crown, and then the method of rough pruning and tidying was adopted to guide the tree crown according to the situation, so that the crown was connected and staggered according to its natural shape and levels. There are small changes between each large level, which not only has a sense of integrity, but also is not disorderly, has the beauty of natural formation, and makes full use of dwarfing wild pile resources. the black pine stump is grafted with * grafting, high branch grafting and bud grafting to change the crown into five-needle pine. The use of rich Platycladus orientalis stump resources to replace the crown into cypress, cypress and other cypress bonsai, forming a unique bonsai style of Shandong pine and cypress.

On the basis of the original techniques, we also absorb the strengths of other places, use the wire binding and shaping method, select the corresponding thickness of the wire according to the thickness of the branches, and twist and hang the branches in the inappropriate angle position to meet the needs of plastic surgery.

Before plastic surgery to repeatedly review its tree potential, depending on the straight stem, the position of the main branch and take advantage of the situation, to be determined first, can be reshaped from bottom to top. The vertical planes between the layers should not overlap too much, in order to facilitate the growth and light transmission, otherwise the Tian Chang Di Jiu (Eternal Dumpling), the shaded part will naturally die out of control.

The pines and cypresses in the Mingcha Temple in the natural mountains are generally past their prime of life, that is, they stop growing to high places. The lateral growth of the branches increases, the branches grow densely and extend length, the branches droop due to weight and rain and snow, and the branchlets on the branches grow horizontally. Therefore, in plastic surgery, standing branches and branches should be kept at a horizontal or drooping angle, the size of the angle depends on their needs, and the branches can be bent horizontally. If the top branches can droop, they will look older. Due to modeling reasons, the coexistence of lower branches and rising branches can not be ruled out, but it should be in accordance with the law of growth in the natural environment.

The length of the upper and lower branches is generally long and short. From the front of the appreciation, the front branches are short and the back branches are long, and the trunk and main branches should be exposed. The proportion of the lowest main branches of the trunk should be coordinated.

The trunk and thick branches which are not easy to be bent by wire and hanging method can be bent by finger-to-finger insertion method which has been tested for many years. If it is a large thick branch, you can use a knife to deep above the part that needs to be bent to half the depth of the diameter, and the length depends on the need. Cut several strips in this way, and cut horizontally on the head separated by one strip, and vice versa at the other end. If you bend it hard, the horizontal broken head will tilt up, as if the two hands are oblique to each other. After the main branch or trunk is fixed, the warped part can be embedded in the slot and entangled with adhesive tape, so that it can heal well after 2023.

Cypress shape due to the difference between leaves and pine, so the level should not be too clear. The wood of cypress is resistant to decay, and it can create withered branches, withered shapes, withered branches can be peeled, and withered branches can be shaped and peeled after shaping. Cypress bonsai often use Platycladus orientalis trees, but the branches and leaves of Platycladus orientalis are rough and messy, and the general shape is monotonous, which gives people a sense of chaos after shaping, which affects the ornamental value, which is its disadvantage. Platycladus orientalis branches are old and changeable, and big branches are easy to shape, which is the strength of Platycladus orientalis. In the creation of Platycladus orientalis bonsai, if we can give full play to our strengths and avoid weaknesses and return to simplicity, we should adopt the natural form of ancient cypress in Qufu and Lingyan Temple as blue wood, highlighting the aging of the trunk. In the cultivation of main branches, the use of scattered modeling, so that the proportion of dry branches coordinated, Qiu qu changeable, reduce the number of messy twigs and leaves, can overcome the disadvantages of rough leaves and improve the appreciation value of Platycladus orientalis.

The mountain field pile digging should select the surface root is stout, the distribution is uniform, the tree trunk has a certain degree of curvature and change, and the branch thickness, especially the main branch thickness and trunk thickness should be coordinated.

Dig wild piles, do not scatter roots and transplant, it is best to use the original mountain soil when planting. Plant a good post-ventilated sunny place, spray leaf water frequently, and water again when the surface of the basin soil is not dry. Do not apply fertilizer to the new pile of the pine tree in that year.

Management of pine and cypress bonsai.

1. Watering: pine likes high sunshine and high dryness, and is not resistant to water and wet. it is appropriate to see dry and water, spray more foliar water. Cypress watering can be more extensive.

2. Fertilization: pines should not apply heavy fertilizer, but can apply light fertilizer and water once or twice in Spring and Autumn. If cypresses are to be exuberant, they can apply more fertilizer.

3. Picking buds: picking buds in the case of exuberant growth, picking leaves can make the branches and short leaves dense. Pinus tabulaeformis, Pinus tabulaeformis and Pinus tabulaeformis can produce new buds in summer. Black pine, after picking buds in spring, can produce a number of new buds in the same year, and the next year it will grow short branches and dense leaves.

4. Platycladus orientalis should be ventilated in a sunny place, and the sunny wall root of Platycladus orientalis cultivated in the courtyard should not be too close to avoid being harmed by red spiders.