How to Trim a Plum Blossom Potted Plant

Yang Wanli, a poet of the Southern Song Dynasty, wrote a poem chanting plum: "at the beginning, I also feel fragrant and broken nose, no fragrance nor taste, virtual condensation dusk flowers want to sleep, do not know to be intoxicated by flowers." This is a description of the delicate fragrance of plum blossoms. The plum blossom tree is elegant and elegant, with dry Yan cover, sparse branches and oblique horizontal, vigorous and simple, the most beautiful. The best ornamental period is the flowering period, usually from February to March. If you want to blossom during the Spring Festival, you can put the plum blossom bonsai into a greenhouse of about 10 ℃ about 40 days before the Spring Festival, with plenty of sunshine and regular water spraying. Plum pile bonsai has the beauty of color, shape and charm, with good color, aroma and taste.

Some early woody flowers with flowers before leaves usually form their buds in summer and autumn last year. If they are pruned before sprouting in early spring, they will cut off the branches or touch the buds. Therefore, pruning should be carried out within 1 to 2 weeks after anthesis. But at this time, the flowers and trees have begun to grow, the sap flow is exuberant, and the amount of pruning should not be too large. Plum blossom is one of these flowers and trees, which should be pruned within 1 to 2 weeks after flower fade.

The leaf buds of plum blossom have strong germination ability and branch formation. Flower branches can be divided into short, medium and long branches according to their length. The flowering rate of middle branches less than 20 cm is the highest, and short branches about 2 cm long can also be developed. There are fewer flowers on long branches of more than 30 cm, and only a few flowers are born at the first end. The flower buds of plum blossoms are often on the new branches of the same year, and there are often hidden buds on the old plum branches that can blossom into short branches.

The main branch of plum blossom grows vigorously and is not easy to produce flower buds, so it is appropriate to truncate the long branches to promote the occurrence of lateral short branches in the same year, waiting for the formation of flower buds in summer and autumn. In addition, cut off useless long branches and weak branches, disease and insect branches. Plum blossom is a light-loving plant, while pruning, try to cut off overlapping and obscured branches, so that they can fully accept the light, so that leaves and flowers can flourish.

The shaping and pruning time of ground-planted plum blossoms can be carried out within 20 days after blossom. Take the natural tree shape as the main plum blossom, cut off the cross branches, erect branches, dry and withered branches, over-dense branches, etc., and cut short the lateral branches to promote the blossom and foliage. After the potted plum blossom is put on the pot, it should be re-cut to lay the foundation for the production of bonsai. Plum stakes are usually used as scenes to graft plum blossoms in various postures. Keeping a certain temperature, plum blossoms can be seen in full bloom during the Spring Festival. If you want to blossom on May Day, you need to keep the temperature 0: 5 ℃ and moist environment. Move outside in early April and keep it in a sunny and well-ventilated place to see flowers before and after May Day.