The function and efficacy of Chinese wolfberry can it make bonsai?

Chinese holly tree is a kind of tree shape is more beautiful, more suitable for bonsai modeling tree species, and Chinese holly tree breeding is relatively not too difficult, let's go to understand it together.

1. The role and efficacy of holly tree

1. Ornamental value: Chinese holly has dense branches and leaves, peculiar leaves, dark green light, numerous red fruits in autumn, not withered in winter, bright and beautiful, is a good leaf and fruit tree species, can be planted in the courtyard, intersection, flower bed center and other places, with relatively high ornamental value.

2. Medicinal value: The leaves, fruits and roots of Chinese holly are used for medicinal purposes. The leaves can cure tuberculosis, hot flashes and hemoptysis. The fruits are often used for excessive leucorrhea and chronic diarrhea. The roots are often used for rheumatism and hepatitis. Chinese holly has relatively high medicinal value.

3. Other values: In addition to ornamental and medicinal functions, Chinese holly also has many other functions, such as: its seeds contain oil, which can be used as soap raw materials, bark can be used as dye and extract tannin extract, and soft wood can be used as ox nose plug.

2. The reproductive mode of Ilex hollis

1. Sowing method: The seeds are harvested when the fruits are ripe in November, stacked until the peel is softened and smashed, rinsed and then taken out, stored by low temperature wet sand stratification for 1 year, and mixed every 2 months during sand storage to maintain a certain humidity to prevent seed deterioration. The seeds are sown in winter, 2 - 3 cm deep, covered with soil 1.5 cm thick, and then covered with straw. It can sprout in March, remove the grass in time, and keep moisture and shade. The seedlings grow slowly and can only be transplanted after 2 to 3 years of growth.

2, cutting method: cutting propagation usually in the middle and late May for young shoots cutting, select the half-mature branches of the year as cuttings, the length to take part of last year's old branches for the degree, leave 4~6 leaves, can cut off half a leaf, insert deep 1/2~2/3, after insertion irrigation, pay attention to shade. Water frequently at ordinary times to keep the bed soil moist. After rooting, strengthen seedling management, stay in bed for 1~2 years before transplanting.

III. Production and maintenance of holly bonsai

Selection of pots: Glazed pottery or purple sand pottery pots are often used for making bonsai, and stone chiseling pots are also available; pots can be purple, blue, light yellow or gray; dark green is not suitable, because it is similar to leaf color and does not play a role in color difference. Basin shape available rectangle, square, waist circle, drum circle is appropriate.

With soil: holly should use fertile loose, permeable slightly acidic soil. Basin soil can be used decayed leaf soil, pastoral soil, mixed with sand prepared.

Planting: Transplanting is usually done after autumn or before germination in spring. Due to the small number of taproots and developed lateral roots, it should be transplanted with soil balls when planting in order to protect fibrous roots. At the same time, some branches and leaves on the pot should be properly pruned.

Modeling: Ilex branches hard crisp, usually in the rainy season, sap flow exuberant period for processing. Because its leaves are large and hard, it is generally good to use brown wire climbing, not to use metal wire climbing, otherwise it is easy to cause branches and leaves to break. The leaves are hard and pointed. When modeling, unnecessary branches and leaves can be cut off first, and the remaining branches can be clipped and trimmed. The tree shape of Chinese holly can be made into straight type, inclined dry type, curved type and cliff type. Small potted plants are best in nature, large potted plants can tie branches and leaves into clouds, and ancient pile scenes appear in a hanging root and dry posture.

Pests and diseases: the main pests that harm holly are psyllids and scale insects. Sometimes branches will occur due to psyllid damage caused by coal pollution disease, can spray bordeaux mixture, coated with stone sulfur mixture for control. When scale insect harm is serious, can cause cannot bear fruit, can spray 40% dichlorvos 1000 times liquid to kill it. Reasonable pruning, improved ventilation and light transmission can reduce insect pests.

The above is how to plant the holly tree and use it to make bonsai modeling all introduced, I hope you read the above introduction, can be more skilled in breeding holly tree or making its bonsai, use them to add luster to their own room life oh.