The method of making bonsai of hammer elm

The original tall and big tree species into bonsai display at home, can add a stable and generous living, but also can increase a lot of family style, nut elm bonsai of course also has this effect, let's take a look at how to make a pot of nut elm pile bonsai.

Selection of basin: hammer elm pile scene is generally suitable to use glazed pottery basin, but also can use purple sand pottery basin. The shape of the basin is various, depending on the shape of the tree, and the rectangular basin is the most common. Simple and elegant is the best color.

Use soil: the requirement to the soil is not strict, the adaptability is strong. Pot culture with loose and fertile pastoral soil or rotten leaf soil is suitable, good air permeability and water permeability, is conducive to the development and growth of roots and maintain the luxuriant branches of old piles.

Planting: usually planted before sprouting in February-March in spring, or in autumn. When planting, trim the root properly, cut off the overlong root, and lift it properly. The root system of Ulmus pumila is well developed, which is suitable for bonsai with stone. The planting of attached stone is more difficult, generally, it is necessary to choose the stone with deeper cracks (the cancellous stone can be artificially carved into a stone gap), trim the roots, embed them into the cracks, and tie the main coarse roots with brown silk to make them fixed.

When taking root, pay attention not to damage the root system as far as possible, can be covered with moss. After taking root, smear the wet river soil on the outside of the stone, then wrap it with moss, and then plant the root together with the attached stone in the basin soil and carefully maintain it for 3-4 years. When the root system embedded in the stone gap grows fully and fills the stone gap, it can be unbound. At this time, the root system is integrated with the stone, and the stone-attached bonsai of a pot of elm is basically completed.

Time: 2019-05-26 Click: