How to prune and pinch out small bonsai? Detailed explanation of bonsai teaching methods
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Pruning and picking are the stances for establishing a small bonsai. Summer is a long period for a tree stump bonsai because water and nutrients are more plentiful, the plant expands faster, and its sprouting power is strong, which often affects the shape, so it is necessary to suppress the task of pruning and picking.
In June, species with strong sprouting and suckering ability such as snow, plum, and elm should be pruned 5-6 times a year. Every year in June and October, prune once each time. In April, when new leaves are replaced, the needles can not only cut off the drooping branches, but also stop picking, removing about 1/3 of the new shoots. Pinus thunbergii and Huangshan pine can have all the main buds removed when they sprout in April, and the new buds can be kept budding within 2 weeks. After boxwood buds, golden branches, and golden pine sprout, leave 1-2 nodes, pinch out the center, more sprouts will appear, and then pinch out the center.
After flowering, it can be retained as a fruit that does not form a ball, such as begonia, pomelo, firethorn, etc. Short branches should be kept short, and long branches should be kept for 1-2 days. Pomegranate is an inelegant flowering bonsai and is deeply loved by people. Its development is also very flourishing. It should be sprouted and pruned. After spring, plum, and peach bloom, they should first be repaired with short branches and young shoots so that they can grow strong new shoots. From late May last year to mid-July last year, Cyprus cut off the dead branches under the crown and picked off the tender shoots outside the crown.
After leaf drop, weeping branches, long branches, diseased branches, crossing branches, overlapping branches, insect-damaged branches, and broken branches should be scattered together to make the layers clear.
Cypress and pine should not use scissors to stop pruning, otherwise rust spots will appear on the wounds, and they should be picked by hand. The pruning of jungle-style bonsai plants should be fully understood.