Planting method of red maple seedlings

Red maple is a beautiful color, beautiful tree-shaped ornamental plant, the general height is not high, can be controlled, often high and low cluster planting. You can also make bonsai. Usually go to the park common red maple, but how to plant, many people do not understand, then this article is mainly to introduce these contents, to help you understand the specific methods of red maple planting.

1. Seed selection

The seeds used for red maple sowing can be purchased. If they are already planted, you can love yourself in late autumn. The seeds will gradually mature from September. The seeds will be picked and treated, but they can be sown indoors or in facilities in winter. The open field is too cold to sow. You can sow seeds in the south when it is warm in autumn.

2. Grafted seedlings

After the seedlings unearthed, grow to a certain extent, about 30 cm can be short-cut grafting, grafting is generally in order to obtain better variety characters, or other good characters. It could also be to fight disease, or other abilities. Suitable scion varieties and scion cuttings should be selected for grafting. After grafting, it should be maintained for a period of time, waiting for survival and resuming growth.

3. Cutting seedlings

Cuttings in the open field are best carried out in spring and autumn, sunshade in summer and ventilation. In winter and early spring, it is done in the greenhouse, and sometimes there is a small arch shed. Cuttings use clean river sand, easy to root, but mixed with other soil. To conserve water and get some air. Cuttings take root, must be full of roots in order to transplant, easy to survive.

4. Growth period

After transplanting, the main thing is to maintain the seedling, let the seedling grow new roots as soon as possible, take root on the soil, and then restore absorptive capacity, grow branches and leaves as soon as possible, promote more new shoots, and do a little shaping in the later stage in order to look good. Bonsai planting can be pruned on the basis of growth rules according to your own ideas. Don't trim it at will. Sometimes it is necessary to apply fertilizer and observe the color of the leaves to see the lack of fertilizer.

Red maple is a beautiful and excellent ornamental plant, which is easy to manage and rarely causes diseases. It has certain maintenance requirements for young trees and can not be managed at will. There are also points to pay attention to in the whole planting process. I hope the above content can help you.