What is the best way to secure a bonsai tree? Green plant and flower care methods
A bonsai material can never be perfect from the start; deficiencies can only be made up for through certain techniques afterward. For example, surface roots may have root defects, and this shortcoming is all too common. There are many ways to compensate for it. Today I will use an example to see how threading works.
This is a green hawthorn tree. Collected stumps from the hillside share common characteristics. The taproot is very thick and very long. This taproot tries to grow large so that the tree can be anchored in the ground, and then many lateral roots grow. The role of the lateral roots is to absorb water and minerals. In bonsai shaping, the taproot is almost useless to us; it is usually cut off entirely and lateral roots are needed instead. Lateral roots are best able to form a circular arrangement of roots, but naturally grown roots are usually unsatisfactory. This is the hawthorn tree.
After coming back from the mountain, it was raised for three years. There is one particularly thick root. Next to the empty space, it looks very disharmonious. In this case, the root is cut off to make it grow anew, but that is a bit risky. This root is not suitable for splitting. Therefore, the bonsai master plans to graft a small root onto this root.
First, place it on the pot
Then find a seedling
Then find an electric drill and drill a hole in the right position
Just like this
Then pass the seedling through the hole
Let the brown root touch the root
Bury the root
Then let this seedling grow wild
The more vigorous the better
After it grows to a certain thickness, you can cut off the branch and get the result. Isn't this good?