Five taboos of bonsai care: avoid them to grow them well

More and more friends are starting to grow bonsai now, but they often fail to grow beautiful bonsai. In fact, there are some taboos in the care of bonsai. The editor has compiled the five taboos of bonsai care for you. If you also like bonsai, you can learn together.

Bonsai

1. Avoid waterlogging.When the ambient temperature exceeds 28 degrees, the bonsai should be protected with shade. Otherwise, the amount of water the trunk obtains from the soil is far less than the amount of water lost through transpiration. In mild cases, the leaf edges are scorched and withered; in severe cases, the trunk is severely damaged by sunscald and dies.

2. Avoid drought.Watering only when you remember and not watering when you forget, sometimes leaving it unattended for several days in a row, and then quickly replenishing water once the leaves are found wilted, after which the leaf surface returns to normal - this is a reaction of the trunk adapting to the environment. But if this continues for a long time, excessive transpiration will eventually make the trunk seriously "ill" and difficult to recover, and it will die of dehydration.

3. Avoid fertilizing.In the heat of midsummer, the leaf surface loses water relatively quickly. Fertilizing at this time can make the cell concentration of the trunk lower than that of the external environment, causing water in the plant cells to flow back into the soil, and the trunk dies of dehydration due to fertilizer damage.

4. Avoid sudden shading.Usually, to avoid high-temperature damage, when the ambient temperature exceeds the maximum temperature the trunk can tolerate, the bonsai should be moved to a relatively low-temperature area with weaker light (about 2 degrees lower) to facilitate the growth of the trunk. But if it is suddenly moved indoors or to a low-temperature area without light, within a few days the leaves will naturally fall off, and the trunk will quickly shrink and die.

5. Avoid midday watering.At noon in hot summer, do not spray water on the trunk in the light or water the pot. This kind of "pampering" method will make the bonsai temperature suddenly lower than the ambient temperature and damage the trunk.

Be sure to pay attention to the five taboos of bonsai care

  Bonsai, one of the excellent traditional arts of the Han ethnic group, is an artwork that uses plants and rocks as basic materials to present natural landscapes in a pot.

  It uses plants, rocks, soil, water and other materials, and through artistic creation and horticultural cultivation, typically and intensively shapes the beautiful scenery of nature in a pot, achieving the artistic effect of shrinking a dragon into an inch and seeing the great in the small. At the same time, it expresses feelings through scenery and shows a profound artistic conception, like a three-dimensional, beautiful miniature landscape scenic area.

  Bonsai originated in China. Bonsai generally has two major categories: tree stump bonsai and landscape bonsai. Bonsai is composed of three elements: scenery, pot, and stand (rack), which are interconnected and mutually influencing as a unified whole. People praise bonsai as "three-dimensional paintings" and "silent poems."

Selection of home-grown bonsai and care taboos

More and more friends now like to keep some bonsai at home to improve the home environment, but growing a beautiful bonsai is not so easy. From selection to care, there are certain particularities. The editor will analyze for you how to choose a healthy bonsai and what issues should be noted when caring for bonsai.

Chinese elm bonsai

1. The five taboos of bonsai care

1. Avoid waterlogging. When the ambient temperature exceeds 28 degrees, the bonsai should be protected with shade. Otherwise, the amount of water the trunk obtains from the soil is far less than the amount of water lost through transpiration. In mild cases, the leaf edges are scorched and withered; in severe cases, the trunk is severely damaged by sunscald and dies.

2. Avoid drought. Watering only when you remember and not watering when you forget, sometimes leaving it unattended for several days in a row, and then quickly replenishing water once the leaves are found wilted, after which the leaf surface returns to normal - this is a reaction of the trunk adapting to the environment. But if this continues for a long time, excessive transpiration will eventually make the trunk seriously "ill" and difficult to recover, and it will die of dehydration.

3. Avoid fertilizing. In the heat of midsummer, the leaf surface loses water relatively quickly. Fertilizing at this time can make the cell concentration of the trunk lower than that of the external environment, causing water in the plant cells to flow back into the soil, and the trunk dies of dehydration due to fertilizer damage.

4. Avoid sudden shading. Usually, to avoid high-temperature damage, when the ambient temperature exceeds the maximum temperature the trunk can tolerate, the bonsai should be moved to a relatively low-temperature area with weaker light (about 2 degrees lower) to facilitate the growth of the trunk. But if it is suddenly moved indoors or to a low-temperature area without light, within a few days the leaves will naturally fall off, and the trunk will quickly shrink and die.

5. Avoid midday watering. At noon in hot summer, do not spray water on the trunk in the light or water the pot. This kind of "pampering" method will make the bonsai temperature suddenly lower than the ambient temperature and damage the trunk.

Chinese fringe tree bonsai

2. Three main points for selecting bonsai

1. Look at the type of tree stump. For wild stumps suitable for making tree stump bonsai, from the perspective of cultivation, they are required to tolerate pruning and be easy to wire; from an aesthetic perspective, they are required to basically meet the conditions of small leaves, curved branches, abundant flowers, and bright fruits. Common evergreen types include: Japanese spiny oleaster, siebold oak, red nanmu, Elaeagnus pungens, Mahonia fortunei, nandina, pyracantha, etc.; common deciduous types include: winged spindle tree, water willow, Japanese apricot blossom, crape myrtle, trident maple, little-leaf privet, Chinese elm, wisteria, etc. Deciduous types can be purchased in both winter and spring.

2. Look at the vitality of the tree stump. First look at the bark: if you cut through the rough outer bark of the dry stump and the inner layer is green and oozes fine water droplets, it is a fresh tree stump; next look at the branches: if you gently twist a branch and it is flexible and not easy to break, or after breaking the cross-section feels moist and the cambium is light green, it is a newly collected tree stump; then look at the root system: if you cut through the outer skin of a fine root and the inner layer is white or flesh-red, oozes fine water droplets, the root system is flexible, and the tips of the fibrous roots are still milky white, it is a stump that was dug not long ago; finally look at the leaves: for evergreen trees, those whose stump leaves remain evergreen and green and glossy are better.

3. Look at the appearance. The leaves should be fine and thick, with luster; the lateral roots should be thick and strong, appropriately positioned, with smooth lines, and preferably with many fine roots attached; the shape should be unusual and the trunk base should be sturdy and imposing, either tall and upright, or gnarled and varied, or lying down but about to rise, or combining openness and penetration; the branches should be distributed in an orderly way and full of movement, extending alternately from the front, back, left, and right of the trunk, without needing sawing or forceful twisting and wiring, and after selection can form natural crown pads. If it meets one or two of these five points, it can be selected for cultivation.

Different bonsai also have certain effects on home feng shui. If you also study feng shui, then you can learn more about the particularities of bonsai placement, which can also bring you good luck when keeping green plants.