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What are the watering requirements for stump bonsai in summer?
To keep stump bonsai plants short with small leaves and a gnarled, aged trunk, watering must be controlled, unlike with ordinary potted plants. For example, when new buds of golden larch, Masson's pine and the like are leafing out, too much water will make the leaves grow thick and broad and the new shoots grow leggy, ruining the original tree shape. For plum blossom, wisteria, crabapple and the like, reduce the amount of watering during the flower bud differentiation stage
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Proper fertilizing of bonsai is what enables lush branches and leaves
Fertilizer is closely related to plant growth and development. This is especially true for potted plants: because they grow in pots for a long time, their root growth is limited by the potting soil, and the range over which they can take up nutrients is relatively small. A sufficient supply of fertilizer is necessary to ensure normal growth and development, so fertilizing is all the more important. But
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What are the propagation methods for potted fragrant wood (Pistacia weinmannifolia)?
Because the scent given off by fragrant wood itself keeps flies and mosquitoes away, it can also be grown as a potted ornamental for the home. However, during interviews, reporters found that in the Kunming nursery market in Yunnan Province, Guangzhou fragrant wood is in short supply and fetching high prices. Potted fragrant wood with a crown width of 20 cm to 25 cm sells for as much as 13 yuan to 18 yuan
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What are the propagation methods for crape myrtle bonsai? This article will teach you
The crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica) has a graceful tree form, smooth trunks, brilliant flowers and an exceptionally long blooming period; its flowering can span summer into autumn for more than a hundred days. It is an excellent ornamental, suitable both for beautifying courtyards, parks and green spaces, and for growing in pots for display. Crape myrtle likes sunlight, tolerates slight shade, is drought-tolerant but dislikes waterlogging, tolerates pruning well, and has strong suckering ability. It also grows well on calcareous soil
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What are the key points of the seedling-raising technique for red maple bonsai?
Red maple is a precious foliage tree, so it is often grown as a potted plant for appreciation. For potting, use 2 parts garden soil and 2 parts leaf mold, plus 1 part sand to make the growing medium. Japanese red maple is transplanted in February to March; when transplanted during the growing season, the leaves must be removed and a soil ball kept around the roots. For routine watering, keep the soil alternately dry and moist, and prevent it from becoming too dry or too wet.
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What are the propagation methods for Brugmansia?
Brugmansia, also known as angel's trumpet, is one of the world's ten most dangerous plants and is the terrifying character in the plant kingdom most likely to turn people into zombies. Native to South America, it has thick stems and large, heart-shaped leaves with tapering tips, and white, trumpet-shaped drooping flowers that bloom from June to October. Brugmansia contains deadly scopolamine
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What are the pruning methods for juniper bonsai?
Juniper, as the name suggests, is a cypress with truly excellent qualities and the most beautiful variety, regarded as the king of cypresses in the Japanese bonsai world and deeply revered. According to reference materials, the juniper commonly seen in bonsai circles is actually a variety of alpine juniper, and most are deep-mountain junipers. Juniper is one of the excellent materials for making bonsai, with dense branches and fine leaves
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What are the artificial propagation methods for boxwood bonsai?
Boxwood bonsai is relatively cold-tolerant and has strong sprouting ability. It is shaped with rough wiring and fine pruning into cloud-like or steamed-bun-shaped pads, or trained into a natural tree form. The trunk follows its natural tendency and is styled into a slanting-trunk or prostrate form. Some boxwood bonsai are accented with ornamental stones, forming a "boxwood leaning over rocks" style. In spring, when the tender leaves first emerge, the whole tree turns fresh green and is very pleasing to the eye.
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What are the propagation methods for potted chrysanthemums?
There are two methods: vegetative propagation and seed propagation. Vegetative propagation includes cuttings, division, grafting, layering, and tissue culture. Cuttings are usually the main method, which is further divided into bud cuttings, softwood cuttings, and leaf-bud cuttings. Bud cuttings: in autumn and winter, cut off the outer basal shoots of the plant for cuttings. The criteria for selecting buds are that they are relatively far from the plant and the bud tips are plump.
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What are the methods for treating sunflower seeds before sowing?
Sunflower seed coating is the process of evenly coating the seed surface with a seed-coating agent containing a certain proportion of various components such as insecticides, fungicides, trace nutrient elements, plant growth regulators, slow-release agents and film-forming agents, forming a firm medicinal film. As the seeds germinate, sprout, emerge and grow
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