An old gardener's 1 clumsy trick: an 80-yuan Buddhist pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus) joins the 10,000-yuan class of bonsai in 3 months

An old gardener's 1 "clumsy trick": an 80-yuan Buddhist pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus) joins the "10,000-yuan class" of bonsai in 3 months!

After growing ordinary flowers for a long time, many people easily get tired of them and want a change of taste, so many flower growers in their later years start playing with bonsai! Bonsai and ordinary potted plants are very different: growing flowers is mainly about the variety, and a good variety of flower beats ordinary flowers in the plant, the blooms, the overall effect and so on; bonsai, on the other hand, is mainly about "shaping". Perhaps a very ordinary variety, through the grower's care, adjustment and other techniques, becomes extraordinary and highly ornamental.

In fact, as long as we have the right method, turning an ordinary potted plant into a good-looking bonsai is not difficult! An old gardener has 1 "clumsy method": an ordinary Buddhist pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus) that cost only 80 yuan when it was first bought, after 3 months of adjustment and care, has now successfully joined the "10,000-yuan class" of bonsai! Below let's see how to turn a potted plant into a bonsai and greatly raise its ornamental value! Perhaps this kind of "10,000-yuan class" bonsai cannot be replicated, but it is a huge help for improving flower lovers' aesthetic sense, techniques and so on!

Wrapping branches with wire

Wrapping branches is the foremost technique for growing Buddhist pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus) bonsai. The Buddhist pine's own character is one of rustic antiquity; by wrapping the branches, we can give the rustic Buddhist pine an extra flavor of "the strange", with more of a feeling of "seeing the world in one tree"! Most flower growers use wire to wrap branches, because wire is hard in texture, and after external force bends it into shape it can be fixed in place; over time, this achieves the goal of making the Buddhist pine grow in a designated direction.

Wrapping branches with wire must start when the Buddhist pine is still a small tree, otherwise once the branches mature they can no longer be bent. Exactly how to wrap for good looks depends on the grower's aesthetic experience; everyone's understanding of the beauty of the Buddhist pine is different, but by observing the high-priced Buddhist pines on the market, the directions for wrapping branches mainly come down to the following points. Let's take a look together!

Spiral twisting

A branch that can spiral and twist makes people feel it is very peculiar, so a Buddhist pine in this shape especially makes people feel it is worth money!

Spiral twisting is a rather difficult branch-wrapping operation. When winding the wire, you need to change direction little by little: first let the branch grow in one direction, then wrap it with wire and change the direction a little; after about 30 days of growth, change the direction a little again, gradually making the branch form a spiral. Once the branch's diameter grows, it will look very beautiful!

Welcome-pine style branch wrapping

Welcome-pine style branch wrapping is a bit simpler, and is mainly shown in the pruning; the branch wrapping only applies a force to the branch to make it grow horizontally. The welcome-pine style is very good-looking and very classic, and imitating it with a Buddhist pine has a very distinctive flavor.

As the Buddhist pine grows, we must determine the main branch and the secondary branches, then cut off the unwanted branches, and use wire to press the branches into growing in the desired direction. As the Buddhist pine keeps growing, we must keep pruning, and must not let the surplus branches absorb too many nutrients; the nutrients must all be used for the growth of the main branch and the secondary branches.

All right, these are some care techniques for the Buddhist pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus). If you are interested, you can try them yourself. All right, friends who like growing flowers, hit that follow, we update every day!