Is it easy to raise sweet-scented osmanthus by tassel grafting?

Tassel, as a unique rare ornamental tree species in China, is a good material for making bonsai, especially as the rootstock of grafted sweet-scented osmanthus bonsai. Even if it is not used as a rootstock, it will be planted in pots directly, and it will have a very high ornamental value at the flowering stage. Making bonsai with tassel grafting sweet-scented osmanthus can undoubtedly achieve the effect of icing on the cake. So, is it easy to raise sweet-scented osmanthus by tassel grafting?

Tassel does not have high requirements for basin soil, because it has a strong ability to adapt to the environment, whether it is neutral, acidic or alkaline soil environment, it can often grow well. And tassel grafting sweet-scented osmanthus, very strong affinity, germination and growth effect is good, especially with tassel old pile to cultivate sweet-scented osmanthus bonsai, can be placed at home, very exquisite, elegant.

Moreover, using tassel as rootstock to graft sweet-scented osmanthus, a variety of grafting methods can be carried out. For example, the splicing method, the abdominal joining method, the split joining method, the skin joining method, the leaning joint method and so on are all more suitable. We just need to choose our own familiar way for grafting. As for how to raise tassel grafted sweet-scented osmanthus, in fact, the maintenance and management method is similar to ordinary sweet-scented osmanthus potted plants, only because tassel grafted sweet-scented osmanthus often has better growth, usually pay more attention to water and fertilizer management, do a good job in the prevention and control of diseases and insect pests.

1. Sweet-scented osmanthus prefers light, and so does sweet-scented osmanthus grafted with tassel. Therefore, it is necessary to provide sufficient light for it, and provide it with about 10 hours of light in the flower bud formation period, which can not only promote flower bud differentiation, but also improve the flowering rate of sweet-scented osmanthus.

2. The cold tolerance of sweet-scented osmanthus is relatively poor, even for tassel grafted sweet-scented osmanthus, so measures must be taken to keep warm and keep warm in winter. If the temperature is as low as 4 °C, the plant should be bagged in time to keep out the cold. Because once the sweet-scented osmanthus pot is frozen, it is prone to the phenomenon of falling leaves, and it is also easy to affect the effect of late flowering.

3. Sweet-scented osmanthus prefer a clean air environment, so it is usually placed in an environment with smooth ventilation and no pollution. Otherwise, the plant will have the phenomenon of poor growth, especially the phenomenon that the leaves become smaller and fall off easily, and may even lead to the phenomenon of not blooming for a long time.

4. Sweet-scented osmanthus needs to be watered timely because of its high temperature and large evaporation of water in branches and leaves in summer. The original is usually watered once a day in the morning or evening. At ordinary times, the pot soil should be kept moist, but watering should be controlled during flowering, otherwise it will cause a large number of falling flowers. Of course, in addition to overwatering, we should also pay attention to the drainage and waterlogging prevention work in the rainy season. The temperature is relatively low in winter, in addition to watering once before the beginning of winter, you can replenish water every 10 days or so, and the water temperature should be close to or consistent with room temperature.

5. Sweet-scented osmanthus is a kind of fertilizer-loving tree species. In order to promote growth and flowering, it is necessary to do a good job of topdressing in time. Fertilizer can be applied every half a month from April to May, once a week from June to July, and once again after August. And the available nutrients to rotten cake fat water, poultry shit and urine is appropriate, of course, you can also use some compound fertilizer.

6. Sweet-scented osmanthus has strong germination ability, especially the root system is well developed, and adult trees can shoot twice a year. In order to make the plant grow luxuriantly and have a beautiful plant type, scientific pruning and shaping are usually needed. Mainly cut off the overgrown branches, thin and weak branches, over-dense branches, disease and insect branches, which can not only improve the ventilation and light transmission effect of potted plants, but also promote growth, maintain good plant type and improve ornamental performance at the same time.

Time: 2019-05-30 Click: