The method of making Apple Bonsai

Apple is delicious and delicious, and it is one of the fruits often eaten in daily life. Its peel is smooth and colorful. It can not only be used for food, but also make bonsai.

The apples used to make bonsai can choose those varieties with small plants, early fruiting, strong self-pollination ability, moderate fruit size and bright colors. Use seedlings of begonia, bauhinia or apple as rootstocks and scions with strong branches or plump buds slightly above the middle? Grafting is carried out by means of split grafting, cutting grafting and budding grafting. Can also be used for many years of growth, strange and elegant shape of the old pile as rootstock, 1-3-year-old branch group as scion, grafting, this method can not only speed up the forming speed, but also bear fruit ahead of time.

The transplanting of rootstocks is carried out before sprouting in spring or after defoliation in autumn, first planted in a mud basin of suitable size, and properly pruned before planting, cutting off branches that are not needed in modeling, so as to reduce nutrient consumption and improve the survival rate.

The root system should also be pruned, the thick main root should be cut off, and the lateral root and whisker root should be retained. The root with suitable thickness and length can be put into the basin first to prepare for the later root lifting. It is allowed to grow in the first year after survival, so that the branches are fully developed and the root system is perfect. Grafting will be carried out in the second year and the branches on the rootstock will be cut off to ensure that there are sufficient nutrients for the growth of the scion.

As for the upper basin, first use a small piece of tile to cover the drainage hole at the bottom of the cultivation basin and fill it with a layer of nutritious soil to form a slightly higher steamed bread shape in the middle. The seedlings of fruit trees with pruned roots are placed in the basin, and then filled with nutritious soil, compacted at the same time, and filled to 2-3 cm away from the edge of the basin. After the pot is finished, pour water once.

According to the shape of the stump, apples can be made into many different forms of bonsai, such as straight dry type, curved dry type, double dry type, oblique dry type, horizontal dry type, root raising type and so on. For young trees, the trunk can be modeled to make it tortuous and flexible. For the stump that lacks the state of aging, the method of splitting, carving or planing can be used to deal with the trunk in order to achieve a clear and quaint artistic effect.

After planting, the seedlings were not treated with fixed stem, but only light and short. The treatment of bending trunk can not only increase the amount of retained buds, ease the growth potential, but also contribute to the accumulation of nutrition and flower bud differentiation, but also conducive to the formation of trees. After sprouting, choose the amount of branches according to the shape of the tree, and try to leave as many branches as possible with moderate growth potential. Coring or pulling branches with strong growth potential. Twisting, coring, engraving and ring peeling of overgrown branches and competitive branches combined with pulling branches can cultivate a large number of fruiting branches and promote their flower bud formation. It is necessary to "cut lightly, release slowly and leave more branches".

Apple branches are soft and resilient, and can be banded to 1-3-year-old branches in May every year to make them bend to a certain extent. because the branches grow downward or extend in parallel, the tip advantage can be removed. so that the plant gradually from vegetative growth to reproductive growth, which is conducive to the formation of flower buds. The root can also be raised according to the needs of modeling and the variety of rootstock.

Among them, the apple bonsai grafted with arboreal rootstock is especially suitable for making root-lifting bonsai because of its developed and sturdy root system. Fresh roots with suitable shape, thickness and length can also be selected and grafted by subcutaneous grafting. Make the roots natural, vigorous and simple.

Pruning and shaping the plant once a year before sprouting in winter or spring, cutting off diseased branches, overlapping branches, overgrown branches and over-dense branches, and truncating overlong branches to maintain the beauty of the tree. The pots were changed every 2 to 3 years after defoliation in autumn or before sprouting in spring. When changing pots, the roots were arranged and trimmed, and the old soil was removed and replaced with loose, fertile and humus-rich newly cultured soil.

Time: 2019-05-26 Click: