How to Make a Stone Bonsai and How to Choose the Stones

Stone bonsai is a type of bonsai that many people love. Just think of plants growing on stones, it is amazing. What is the method for making a stone bonsai? What stones are used for stone bonsai:

Methods for making a stone bonsai:

1. Understand the growth patterns of plants

What stone bonsai cultivation needs to focus on is the growth of the plants. Plants are precisely the life of the bonsai. If you do not have a basic grasp of the growth patterns of plants, it will easily lead to the plants withering and declining, and the stone bonsai will lose its value and meaning of existence. When making a stone bonsai, you should choose plants that can both absorb water and breathe, so that no matter what the characteristics of the stone are, the integrity of the stone bonsai can be ensured.

2. Material selection

The main materials in stone bonsai selection are plants and stones. When selecting materials, in addition to considering the above-mentioned growth patterns of plants, you should also consider the characteristics of the stones. For some non-breathable stones, such as marble, special treatment is needed. Generally, after the stone is selected, the tree species is then chosen. Rock pine, nandina, Buddhist pine, stone acorus, blue creeping juniper, Japanese crape myrtle and others are all suitable.

3. Pay attention to the formal beauty of stone bonsai

The uniqueness of stone bonsai lies in the fact that it has no fixed production form. According to the direction of the mountain stone, the growth form of the plants and so on, you can construct ever-changing, diverse and unique formal beauty, such as the "cliff style", "stone-biting style" and so on.

What stones are used for stone bonsai:

What stones are used for stone bonsai has a certain influence on the plant growth process in terms of water absorption, breathability and so on. It is generally recommended to choose stones with good breathability and water absorption, such as pumice, water-absorbing stone, Yushan stone, Fengling stone, thousand-layer stone and so on, and the overall stone should match the plants well. If the stone is not ideal, special treatment can be carried out on the stone to achieve the conditions needed to benefit plant growth.

That is all for the introduction to the methods for making a stone bonsai and the stones used. Have you broadened your knowledge?

How to Make a Moss Bonsai

1. Natural moss-growing method

The natural moss-growing method refers to letting moss grow naturally on the stone. The main approach is to put the stone into a water basin, then water it every day with water used to rinse rice or wash vegetables, keeping it moist. After that, place it in a slightly damp place, and moss will grow.

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2. Rapid moss-growing method

This method mainly involves choosing relatively well-grown moss, covering it on the stone, and then placing it into the pot of the bonsai we need to make. Pay attention to watering every day to keep it moist, and after a week very attractive and healthy moss will grow.

Today, that is all for the editor's introduction to the related knowledge about whether keeping moss at home is bad for feng shui and how to make a moss bonsai. In traditional concepts, growing moss on the roof does indeed carry a meaning of decline, but if we choose a good way to cultivate it, it will not affect feng shui. There are also many ways to make a bonsai and they are very simple. If you are interested, you can try it yourself!

How to Make a Moss Bonsai

1. Rapid moss-growing method

First, we soak the prepared stone in clean water for a while, then we choose relatively well-grown moss, cover it on the stone, and place it into a small pot. Be careful to keep spraying water every day, and after about a week very attractive moss will grow.

2. Moss inoculation method

The inoculation method is a little more complicated than the rapid moss-growing method. First we need to dig up a little loess, then add water and mix it, after that put the moss into the mud and stir it evenly, use a brush to dip it and smear it on the stone, then water every day, and after about three or four days moss will grow.

3. Moss-growing on the pot surface method

This method is to use a plastic film and spread it flat in a damp place without light, then place fresh moss on top of the plastic film. Similarly, we need to pay attention to watering, and after the seedlings emerge we also need to apply a little fertilizer. After about half a month it can be placed on the stone.

Now that the methods for making a moss bonsai have been introduced, do you already want to try it yourself? Let us also introduce the growing environment of moss!