How to make a pomegranate bonsai covered with fruit? A few simple tips for you
Chinese people regard the pomegranate as a mascot and consider it a symbol of many sons and many blessings. A garden full of pomegranate flowers symbolizes prosperity, beauty and a booming life, so many Chinese people like to grow one or two pomegranates at home, praying for pomegranates to thrive and for prosperity. The ancients called the pomegranate "a thousand chambers in one membrane, a thousand seeds as one." It also has many beautiful names: Dan, Wadan, golden poppy and so on. Dan also means red. Pomegranates come in magenta, peach, orange, pink, deep red and white, among others. Pomegranates are mostly red in fire, so there is a saying that "in May it is red as fire." In the fifth lunar month, the water of Duan Yang rises, clouds smoke, and the misty midsummer is the pomegranate's flowering season, so the ancients called it "the T of the moon." In May it is "pomegranate." Red fruits hang all over the branches, like "fruit stars hanging, light like glass, like mountains of green water." This is "Dan flower exhibition, China (flower) is real, beautiful."
Methods and steps for pomegranate bonsai
Pomegranate, pomegranate, agate pomegranate and other pomegranates are mainly used for the management and production of small stones, small leaves, small fruits and pomegranates. Pomegranate selection and breeding can be achieved by sowing and cuttings. Seedlings obtained by the above two methods should be grown for more than 3 years, and small and medium-sized bonsai can be cultivated from a thousand stored branches. If you want to make a large bonsai, you can dig up tree stumps on hillsides, or buy potted pomegranates on the market. Storage management during the shoot period: according to the shape of the pomegranate tree, cut the trunk at an appropriate height, and the main branches are cut off. Pomegranate bonsai can be made into various styles, such as trunk, trunk, trunk, ancient pomegranate bonsai, two strips of bark from the trunk and bark, and the top of each tree's bark bears fruit. The dry, withered flavor forms a sharp contrast with the taste. The pomegranate tree has a certain cold tolerance and, with some protection in wind-sheltered and sunny areas, can survive the winter outside Beijing. To make the tree grow fast, planting is good. Pomegranates are very fertile; in addition to planting good base fertilizer, they grow vigorously in spring and summer. Pomegranate trees grow relatively fast. When the rough blank reaches 70% of the ideal thickness, the branches will be cut short to promote the growth and development of side branches. Management in the shaping stage: after several years of planting and pruning, the pomegranate tree basically meets the design requirements, and in early spring a suitable ornamental pot is planted with the pomegranate stump. Trunk style and slanting trunk style can be planted in oval or shallow bowls, and curved dry style can be planted in square deep bowls. This stage is cultivation. At the same time, more fertilizer should also be applied to promote tree growth and form a better shape. On the other hand, we should also consider the need for appreciation.
After the fruit is cut, cut off the fruit; do not leave too much fruit. A medium-sized pomegranate bonsai has 3 to 5 fruits. The distribution of the fruit should be high, low, scattered and dense, and must not be equidistant. If there is too much fruit, it will affect next year's fruiting. Sunlight: pomegranates do very well in sunlight. No shading is needed all year, and no sunlight is needed all year. Place them in a sunny, ventilated spot; there is no need to move them frequently.
Watering: pomegranates are dry; do not water too much. During flowering, be careful not to water the flowers; if water seeps into the ovary, it will cause tip rot and flower and fruit drop. Therefore, it is necessary to prevent rain from seeping in on rainy days and in rain. Fertilizing: pomegranates benefit from fertilizer. When used in pots, they can be fertilized with fully decomposed base fertilizer and phosphate fertilizer. Do not fertilize for 10 days or half a month. It is impossible to fertilize when flowering or setting fruit. This is the key to pomegranate production. If the fertility rate is too high, the flowers easily drop and the fruit cannot set.
Cold protection: pomegranates are not resistant to cold. Freezing pomegranates will affect the next year's blooming and flowering. Therefore, insulation management for pomegranates should be carried out in winter. Thinning branches and fruit thinning: pomegranates have a strong sprouting ability, so branches must be removed in time, branches should be retained regularly, the tree shape should be maintained, and ventilation and lighting should be enhanced. If they set too much fruit, it cannot be removed in time, so as to ensure nutrient supply and flowering and blooming next year.
Pomegranates like a sunny, warm environment. The minimum amount of light is more than 4 hours a day to flower. Throughout the growth period, the flower pot is placed in a sunny, ventilated environment. During the flower bud differentiation stage, in order to maintain flower bud formation, appropriate drought must be maintained.
To increase the fruit-setting rate, spray a 0.3% borax solution or use artificial pollination during the flowering period. The method is to pick off fully open bell-shaped flowers every morning at 10 o'clock before flowering, then tap them onto the cheese-like stigma. Each bell-shaped flower can pollinate 15 to 20 flowers, and the fruit rate can be increased by more than 50%.