How to make bonsai in Zizhu-the method of making bonsai in Zizhu

Purple bamboo is a very beautiful ornamental bamboo, which can be used not only as a family potted plant, but also for landscaping or landscape. Its beautiful figure can be seen in many gardens. Making purple bamboo into bonsai for viewing can often reflect the master's self-cultivation and taste, so it is also highly sought after by literati. So, how does Zizhu make bonsai?

Raising bamboo has always been a sign of humility and elegant style. If you can put a few pots of purple bamboo bonsai at home, you can close your eyes to imagine and feel, this is a beautiful and elegant and quality enjoyment ah. Today, the editor will share with you the method of making purple bamboo bonsai.

I. selection of varieties

Because there are many kinds of bamboo that can be used to make bonsai, and there are different shapes, such as Dazi bamboo, Buddha belly bamboo, Luohan bamboo, square bamboo, Guanyin bamboo, spotted bamboo, rice bamboo, diamond bamboo and so on, there are many varieties to choose from, so you can choose according to your own needs. Here, the editor recommends that everyone raise purple bamboo.

Second, choose basin soil

Bamboo generally likes acidic, weakly acidic or even neutral soil environment, but the soil in the north is often too alkaline. If growing in the northern region, some ferrous sulfate should be added to adjust the acidity and alkalinity when choosing basin soil to make the soil more suitable for bamboo growth. Moreover, like most flowers and plants, it is suitable to prepare sandy loam with good fertility, loose drainage and air permeability. Therefore, the soil selection for Zizhu should be acidic soil.

3. Transplanting in pot

When transplanting the seedlings in the pot, it is appropriate to choose the shallow pot, and at the same time, in order to achieve success, the seedlings should be placed in the ordinary soil pot in advance after slow seedling for one month before transplanting. Before transplanting, after the drainage layer is made at the bottom of the basin, the appropriate basin soil is filled, and then the plant is implanted into it and watered once. Pay attention to not too much filling, because purple bamboo grows rapidly, if the basin soil is too much and nutrients are sufficient, it is difficult to control the plant shape in the later stage, especially the growth height.

4. Keep new bamboo shoots

Potted bamboo usually sprouts new shoots from April to September every year, and so is purple bamboo. The period from July to August is often the most exuberant season for bamboo growth, so during this period, a large number of new bamboo shoots germinate, bamboo knots are short and thick, and the quality is relatively high, so it is necessary to properly select relatively more high-quality new bamboo shoots.

Fifth, watering science

Because purple bamboo prefers moist growth environment, but its root system is more afraid of flooding, so it is usually appropriate to "dry and thoroughly water". In the season of germination and growth of new bamboo shoots, it is necessary to properly control water, and the basin soil is better to be dry and pass through light at the same time. In order to control the plant shape, it is also necessary to timely control the apical growth point to make the plant grow more loving and strong, which is more ornamental.

Watering during this period also needs to avoid high temperature and hot weather, generally before 9 o'clock in the morning and after 4 o'clock in the afternoon, while spraying foliar water to the plant 2-3 times a day so as not to scorch the leaf tip in the sun; drainage and waterlogging measures should be taken in time on rainy days to prevent stagnant water in the basin from rotting roots.

VI. Reasonable topdressing

Purple bamboo likes a fertile soil environment and tends to grow well in the case of sufficient nutrients, and it is also more original and ornamental. Proper topdressing will be more conducive to maintain a good state of growth, but fertilization can only be irrigated with dilute liquid fertilizer. A small amount of urea and compound fertilizer can be consumed in the spring and summer growing season, and in order to promote the plant to grow more sturdy, the appropriate amount of phosphorus and potassium fertilizer can be taken in the later growth period, but it is also suitable to be thin.

Dwarfing of new bamboo shoots

When the new bamboo shoots emerge from the ground for about a week and the height is about 10 cm, we can peel off 1-2 shells of the new bamboo shoots every 2 days according to their growth conditions, shorten the aging time of the new bamboo shoots, and at the same time inhibit their growth height. in order to achieve the purpose of dwarfing, which is very important to improve the appreciation of bonsai, and is often an indispensable link.

VIII. Timely styling

Sometimes, because the old plant of Phyllostachys pubescens germinated a large number of new shoots, in order to make the new shoots grow more concentrated and also reflect the dwarfing effect, we need to wait for an opportunity to pull out some of the new shoots to avoid overcrowding and form nutrient competition, affecting the growth of the whole plant. On the other hand, the practice of pulling bamboo shoots is usually taken to retain odd numbers, and a pot of purple bamboo should retain 3, 5 and 7 shoots.

The main purpose of bamboo shoot pulling is to pull out the new bamboo shoots that are not in the right position, uncoordinated and too dense. when the remaining new bamboo shoots grow to the height we need, we should cut off the top shoot in time to promote its sprouting lateral branches. when the lateral branch grows to a suitable height, it is also necessary to cut off the top shoot to promote the germination of other lateral branches. This is a cyclic process, only after many operations to achieve dwarfing, so that purple bamboo grow short and stout, which is in line with the ornamental requirements of bonsai plants.

Time: 2019-05-25 Click: