Detailed Explanation of the Methods and Techniques for Making Potentilla fruticosa Bonsai

Growing Techniques Jan 1, 1970 0 views

I. Choosing a Pot: Choose a flower pot of roughly the right size, and cover the bottom of the pot with two pieces of tile. We need to ensure that the potting soil is not washed out by water, while still allowing excess water to drain away. Then place a layer of expanded clay as a drainage layer, followed by organic fertilizer and a thin layer of substrate in turn, and finally place the plant in and fill with nutrient soil.

I. Choosing a Pot

Choose a flower pot of roughly the right size, and cover the bottom of the pot with two pieces of tile. We need to ensure that the potting soil is not washed out by water, while still allowing excess water to drain away. Then place a layer of expanded clay as a drainage layer, followed by organic fertilizer and a thin layer of substrate in turn, and finally place the plant in and fill with nutrient soil.

II. Transplanting

When transplanting young seedlings, first dig the planting hole, spread a layer of organic fertilizer about 5 cm thick at the bottom of the hole, cover with a layer of soil, and then place the seedling in. Be careful to keep the fertilizer separate from the roots. After placing the seedling in, fill with another layer of soil to cover the roots, and water thoroughly once.

III. Removing from the Pot

Potentilla fruticosa grows very quickly, so at this point we can choose to remove it from the pot. Place the potted plant on the ground, and you can first tap it lightly to loosen it from the pot all around. Then turn the flower pot upside down, support the plant with your left hand, tap the bottom of the pot with your right hand, and slowly let the plant slide out.

From the detailed introduction above, do you now understand how to make a Potentilla fruticosa bonsai? But besides being ornamental, Potentilla fruticosa can also be used as medicine! So next, follow along with the editor to take a look at what effects and functions Potentilla fruticosa has!

The Effects and Functions of Potentilla fruticosa

Both the flowers and leaves of Potentilla fruticosa can be used as medicine and have very high medicinal value. Its leaves mainly have the effects of benefiting the brain and strengthening the stomach, and clearing heat. Its flowers have very obvious therapeutic effects on irregular menstruation and abnormal vaginal discharge in women. Therefore, Potentilla fruticosa is a very popular Chinese herbal medicine.

That is all for today's introduction to the knowledge related to making Potentilla fruticosa bonsai. To make a Potentilla fruticosa bonsai, you first need to choose a pot, and then you also need to transplant and remove it from the pot. It is actually quite simple! Besides its ornamental value, Potentilla fruticosa also has great medicinal value. It really is a plant that is both beautiful and useful!

A Retired Man in Xining Spends 800,000 yuan to Collect 100 Bonsai

The photo shows the rare stone "Quasimodo" collected by Zhou Yuhai. Photo by Liu Qianyu

The photo shows Zhou Yuhai pruning a bonsai. Photo by Liu Qianyu

Xining, August 28 (China News Service) (Liu Qianyu) "I have no other hobbies, I just like collecting. This is also what I am most proud of." On the 28th, collector Zhou Yuhai said.
This collector is named Zhou Yuhai, 64 years old this year, and is a retiree from the Qinghai Provincial Sports Bureau. Entering his home, one can see bonsai of various styles, rare stones and bicycles.
In one of the rooms in his home, three brands of bicycles are displayed. Those were 4 bicycles he bought in 1963 for 1,000 yuan. Today, the price of any one of the bicycles he collects is around 90,000 yuan.
By 1980, Zhou Yuhai's collecting interest had shifted to rare stones. In his home are placed 50 rare stones of different shapes. Among them is a Lingbi stone shaped like the Chinese character "shan" (mountain), which he bought back from Beijing in 1954 for 3,000 yuan. It is also the most expensive among his many rare stones.
"Most of the rare stones I collect were picked up along the Yellow River and in the Gobi Desert, and they are all naturally formed." Zhou Yuhai said. The rare stone he is most proud of is the first Yellow River stone he collected, which he named "Quasimodo". This is because the overall appearance of this rare stone is just like the ugly and deaf bell-ringer hunchback in Hugo's famous work "Notre-Dame de Paris". It was also because of this rare stone that Zhou Yuhai won the bronze award in the ornamental stone category at the 8th China Flower Expo in 2013.
"I started to like bonsai under my father's influence. In 1985, I also gradually began to collect bonsai." Zhou Yuhai told the reporter while pruning a bonsai.
Today, Zhou Yuhai has 100 bonsai at home, and the varieties can be divided into several categories: pines and cypresses, crape myrtle, pomegranate, Potentilla fruticosa, Potentilla glabra and tamarisk. Among them, the most expensive is a black pine that Zhou Yuhai bought in Changzhou, Jiangsu for 70,000 yuan. It is understood that Zhou Yuhai's spending on collecting bonsai has so far reached as much as 800,000 yuan.
"Bonsai is an art, and it requires constant pruning. I have never studied theoretical knowledge about bonsai, but I often go to consult professionals. Every time I finish making a bonsai, my mood is especially good." Zhou Yuhai said. Every day, he spends 7 hours weeding, fertilizing, pruning and watering the bonsai. Zhou Yuhai told the reporter that a good bonsai takes ten years to make.
Now 64 years old, Zhou Yuhai has no other hobbies, and spends most of his time on collecting bonsai. "This is what I love doing most in my life. As long as I like it, I will definitely do it well." Zhou Yuhai said. (End)
(Original title: A Collector in Xining Spends 800,000 yuan to Collect 100 Bonsai)
This article is sourced from: China News Service