Modeling method of five-color plum bonsai

The five-color plum used to make bonsai can be propagated by cutting, which is generally carried out in the growing season. The sturdy annual branches are cut and inserted in sand or vermiculite, and maintained under the shade shed to keep the soil and air moist. After about 40 to 50 days of rooting, the seedlings can be divided into pots.

The five-colored plum branches are soft and drooping, which is especially suitable for making cliff-style bonsai. In addition, it can also be processed into different forms of bonsai, such as single dry type, double dry type, oblique dry type, facing water type, dry type and so on. The leaves of five-colored plum are larger, and the crown is often chic and natural, so it is not necessary to tie it into a circular shape. Because of its rapid growth, strong germination and resistance to pruning, the modeling method should be mainly pruning, supplemented by flat binding and traction; the branches of five-colored plum are straight and can be bent with wire. It can also be modeled by the method of "cutting dry and storing branches" of the Lingnan School.

Colored plum grows fast, so the branches and leaves that affect the shape should be cut off in time in order to keep the tree shape beautiful. the overlong shoots should be cut short after each flowering, and the plants should be re-cut at the end of autumn and before entering the house at the beginning of autumn and winter. In winter, if the room temperature is more than 15 ℃, the plant can grow and blossom normally, and it should be properly watered, fertilized and pruned. If it can not maintain such a high temperature, control watering, stop fertilization, and make the plant dormant, more than 8 ℃ can safely survive the winter. Turn the pot once every spring, and trim the plant again, cutting off dead branches, weak branches and other branches that affect the shape of the tree.

The five-color plum bonsai shape is mainly curved stem or oblique stem round head shape, which requires hanging roots to show claws, tree trunks zigzag, dense and round branches and leaves, flowers like brocade.

Therefore, the modeling focuses on three aspects:

First, the upper basin should pay attention to the layout of the lateral root, purposefully expose the thick lateral root to the basin surface. The method is to put small pebbles under the lateral root, and it can also circle the root. after growing for a period of time, it can gradually remove the soil, wash the water, lift the root and expose the root, showing the shape of hanging root and showing claws.

Second, the trunk is bent, scratched and pricked. If the curvature of the trunk is not enough, it should be treated by pulling and bending, and if the trunk is too smooth, it should be scratched and pricked, so as to promote the tumorous section of the trunk, showing an old state.

Third, the branch shape mainly depends on pruning, and the side branches are re-trimmed in winter. Five-color plum is easy to grow opposite branches, should focus on the treatment of large lateral branches, generally cut one to keep one, or one long and one short. In summer, you should often pick the heart or cut short, and pay attention to shrinking branches after each flower, so that the branches are short and dense, and the crown is compact and round.

Time: 2019-06-11 Click: