What are the maintenance precautions for landscape bonsai?

  Landscape bonsai is an art treasure developed in our country on the basis of potted plants and stone appreciation, using plants, rocks and other materials, and employing the artistic modeling technique of “shrinking a dragon into an inch, a thousand miles within close reach,” to present natural scenery within a pot and express the author's thoughts and feelings. It requires harmony among the scenery, pot, stand, inscriptions and verses, and must also possess a certain artistic realm and the creator's certain thoughts and feelings. So, what should we pay attention to during its maintenance process?

  1. During maintenance, the pot should always be kept with water in it

  Water quality in the north mostly contains alkali. After the water in the pot is absorbed up by the stones and continuously evaporates, white frost will form on the surface of the rocks. Over time this will inevitably damage the appearance of the rocks, so they should be rinsed regularly. It is best to use cooled boiled water for adding water, to reduce the calcium in the water.

  2. The pot is also prone to breeding green film and dirt, so the pot surface should be scrubbed frequently

  In order to keep the moss emerald green, the winter room temperature must not be lower than 12°C. Some slanting sunlight may be allowed, to prevent the moss from turning yellow.

  Moss on the rocks will grow too densely and too thickly after a year and should be trimmed and scraped; otherwise the moss will completely cover the rocks, and the caves, textures and texture-feel on the stones will all be buried beneath the moss, and then it can no longer be called a landscape bonsai.