How to grow a Chinese elm bonsai? A care tutorial even beginners can learn
How to care for a Chinese elm bonsai, and the methods for caring for a Chinese elm bonsai - The Chinese elm bonsai is a bonsai with extremely high ornamental value. If you want it to grow well, you need not only to do the shaping and pruning work well, but also the day-to-day care work, which is extremely important. So how do you do the care work for a Chinese elm bonsai well? Let us find out together below!
The best viewing period for a Chinese elm bonsai is usually when the new buds are sprouting, because at this time the buds all over the tree are crystal clear and emerald green, extremely beautiful. If you want to enjoy these beautiful sights many times, then you need to carry out the work of leaf picking.
The leaf picking work can be carried out in the two seasons of summer and autumn. If you find it troublesome, you can make the leaves fall by spraying a 1500-fold dimethoate solution, and afterwards you need to prune the Chinese elm and do the fertilizing work well. Of course, watering is also indispensable. After about a week or so, the Chinese elm can grow new buds again, and its leaves are extremely elegant.
Do the watering work well. For ordinary watering, you only need to water when the potting soil shows a dry state. When watering, you need to water thoroughly. If the weather is relatively dry and the temperature is relatively high, then you need to water more, but there must not be a waterlogged state. The time is recommended to be in the morning or evening. In winter, you need to reduce the frequency of watering or not water at all. In addition, in order to avoid leggy branches or the situation of leaves becoming larger, you should not spray water on the Chinese elm leaves.
Do the cleaning work on time. Of course, spraying water on the leaves is not recommended, but if a Chinese elm is placed in one place for a long time, a lot of dust will accumulate on the leaves, so you need to spray water on the leaves on time to clean the leaves. If leggy branches appear, in order to ensure the beauty of the Chinese elm, you need to cut them off in time. If the sunlight is too strong, you need to do the shading work for the Chinese elm bonsai.
Prevention and control of pests and diseases. Ordinarily, Chinese elm bonsai will be damaged by red spiders, elm oystershell scales, cottony cushion scales, and so on. Red spiders harm the leaves; the damaged leaves are eaten into a net-like pattern, the leaf color is dull, the leaves cannot carry out photosynthesis, and the branches cannot sprout and unfold; elm oystershell scales and cottony cushion scales harm the branches. So in order to prevent these pests, you need to spray a 50% dichlorvos 1000-fold solution regularly (every two months) for prevention and control.
How to care for a Chinese elm bonsai, and the methods for caring for a Chinese elm bonsai - The above are some methods for caring for a Chinese elm bonsai, and I hope they can be helpful to everyone. In addition, a formed Chinese elm stump should be fertilized 2-3 times each year, and the Chinese elm bonsai should be repotted once every 2-3 years. If you want your own bonsai to grow better and better, then in daily life you need to do the care work well.