How to make lohan pine bonsai?

Luohansong evergreen all the year round, more shade-resistant, like well-drained and moist sandy soil. The posture is whirling, green and fragrant, the seed is like a monk's head, the kind of support is like a saffron robe, and the whole shape is like Luohan, so it has this name. Varieties are: lobular Luohan pine, short leaf Luohan pine, narrow leaf Luohan pine and so on, these dwarf leaflet Luohan pine is most suitable for making bonsai.

The seedlings of Pinus elliottii were planted in the pot for 1 year and 2 years, and then they could be modeled when they grew well. First of all, carry on the conception before modeling, after finding out the subjective side, first remove the small branches on the trunk, and then remove the buds and leaves on the big branches, highlight the trunk and branches for modeling. 1214 lead wire can be used to tie it from the base of the trunk to the top of the trunk. When Panzha, press the lead wire with your hand, around the main branch, climb up and turn.

Be careful not to damage the cortex of the trunk, so as not to affect beauty and styling. After the trunk is tied up, the branches can be shaped at will. The branches on the trunk can be banded with No. 18 lead wire. All the other branches were cut off, leaving only the shape of the branches on both sides. Plant it in an appropriate pot according to the height and size of the finished lohan pine. The lead wire can be removed from August to October after modeling.

How to make Rohan Pine Bonsai

Luo Hansong is a small evergreen tree of Pinaceae. It is evergreen all the year round, long and narrow needles, dark green color, vigorous branches and long life, so it is a commonly used tree species for bonsai production. Among them, sparrow tongue Luohan pine, the leaf is only 2 cm long, the tree shape is beautiful, it is a valuable tree species for making bonsai. Luohansong likes warm and humid environment, shade tolerance, like fertile, loose, well-drained, slightly acidic sandy loam. The method of making bonsai is as follows: first, the seedlings of Miaoyuan Luohan pine bonsai are usually obtained by sowing, cutting and other artificial propagation methods. There are also wild Luohansong in the mountains, which are generally born in stone crevices. Optional short plants, quaint branches, graceful mining. 2. Shape 1. The upper pot of Luohansong is usually put on the basin before germination in spring, and the basin soil should be made of slightly acidic sandy loam with loose texture and good drainage. As the posture of Luohansong is simple and elegant, it is appropriate to choose purple sand basin or glazed pottery basin for cultivation, and the shape of the basin is determined by the shape of the tree. 2. The styling of Luohansong is mostly carried out in the dormant period, with flat binding as the main and pruning as the auxiliary. Because the branches of Luohansong are soft, easy to tie, and can be trimmed, so the shape is diverse. The common forms are curved dry type, oblique dry type, horizontal cloud type, cliff type and root type and so on. Branches and leaves can be trimmed into flakes or steamed buns. 3. Maintenance (1) Pinus elliottii should be placed in a warm, moist and well-ventilated place in summer and indoors above 5 ℃ in winter. But the temperature should not be too high, so as not to affect its dormancy. (2) watering the moist soil of Luohansong, the growing season should be often watered to keep the basin soil moist, but the basin should not be watered. In summer, water is often sprayed to the leaves or the ground to keep the leaves bright. (3) it is not suitable to apply more fertilizer to the formed lohan pine. Usually in the growing season, mature thin liquid fertilizer is applied every other month, and no more fertilizer is applied after autumn. (4) pruning Luohan pine should be pruned frequently to maintain the shape of the tree. When blooming, it is best to remove the buds in time so as not to consume nutrients. (5) Luohansong usually turns the basin every 3 years. It usually takes place from March to April. (6) the control of diseases and insect pests should be paid attention to, especially in summer and high temperature season, and the control of shell insects and red spiders should be paid attention to.

Bonsai production and maintenance of Luohansong bonsai picture appreciation

What I want to introduce today is the production and maintenance of Luohansong bonsai, and collected some pictures of Luohansong bonsai to enjoy. I hope you like it.

Production and maintenance of bonsai of Luohansong

Luohansong is a small evergreen tree, like light, slightly resistant to shade, like warm, humid climate. Its leaves are small, slow in growth and long in life. Resistant to pruning, suitable for making various forms of bonsai, but also the main tree species of traditional regular bonsai. There are few ancient piles of Luohansong, and most of them are cultivated from an early age.

The wood of Luohan pine is hard, resilient and the branches are erect. The diameter of the technical stem is 0.5 cm and the growth is full and robust. It can be clamped with metal wire (traditional brown wire). When the dry diameter is more than 2 cm, it is more difficult to bend.

Choose stumps with well-developed roots, extended root plates, curved trunk, many branches and sturdy tree shape. A small bonsai can be made with a dry branch bending shape with a diameter of 0.5 cm. In the traditional regular style, the trunk is longer for climbing modeling, and the trunk is mostly bent into two-and-a-half bends, swimming dragons, leaving branches on the left and right curved protruding parts, and tied into a cloud sheet.

When using metal wire climbing, the metal wire should be removed in time to avoid trapping and color growth.

Luohansong can be pruned all the year round, which is usually based on picking the heart, which can promote the germination of lateral buds and make the branches fuller. Pruning to remove long branches, acrobatics, disease and withered branches, pruning branches to stick to the T body without stubble. In order to improve the ornamental value of molded Siraitia grosvenorii, the old leaves can be removed in March to stimulate axillary buds to grow new leaves. Leave the petiole when picking leaves so as not to damage axillary buds and prevent new buds from growing.

Luohan pine is a wet tree species, watering should be diligent, to keep the basin soil moist. It was watered once in spring and autumn, once in the evening or morning in summer, and once at noon in winter. Watering should be thoroughly watered, combined with washing leaf dust to keep the leaf bright and clean, so that the leaf color is green.

The molded Siraitia grosvenorii does not need much fertilizer, and the thin fertilizer is applied for 2 or 3 times in spring, with nitrogen as the main fertilizer and phosphorus and potassium as the auxiliary. When turning the basin and changing the soil, apply enough base fertilizer, and the base fertilizer can be used to send it.

The fermented bone powder and cake fertilizer were mainly applied according to the capacity ratio of basin soil to bone powder at 20:1. At ordinary times, 0.1% urea solution can be sprayed to the leaves to make the leaves bright green.

The bonsai of Luohan pine turns the basin once every two years, usually in spring, when removing half of the old soil, cutting off too many fine roots, long roots, twisted roots, scraping some of the dry roots of the soil, and gradually raising the roots. When the stem of the pile is thickened and the tree is enlarged, it is necessary to change the corresponding large basin when turning the basin.

There are mainly aphids and shell insects in Luohan pine. Red spider harm, serious leaves turn black, can be sprayed with 40% omethoate 800 times liquid.

The following is the appreciation of bonsai pictures of Luohansong.