Can maple make bonsai? How to raise a sweetgum tree

Those who have not dug up the sweetgum may not be clear, there are no fine roots in the downhill pile, and the survival rate is very low, and it generally germinates dozens of centimeters to die in summer, the reason is that there are no new roots. However, I have seen sweetgum bonsai, and it is still very beautiful to cultivate, so it is recommended to find a small one to try to cultivate first, and the big one will be cut off first, and then dug up next year. Send a few pictures on the Internet for your reference.

The survival rate is very low, first cut off the big roots on the mountain, and then dig up the insurance to regrow.

quote] ԭ 2009-1-9 11:22 Thank you for your advice, then may I ask if the big root is cut off first, and the pile will remain in place? The root breaking time does not need to be in the summer.

Raise it in situ for a growth cycle and you can dig it back. Break now, you can dig in November 09. Next year's spring will be dug up in the spring of the next year.

Do you mean to dig up the roots now and wait for 2010 or after the Chinese New Year?

If the red maple bonsai wants to grow more vigorously, it needs to be turned over in time and repotted and added loose and fertile soil. In summer, water once a day to replenish water. Provide sufficient light to the red maple bonsai and allow the leaves to continuously photosynthesize.

Apply nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium fertilizer to red maple bonsai once a month to make sufficient nutrient supplements.

In the spring and autumn of each year, the red maple bonsai is repotted, and larger pots are selected to meet its growth space. Add loose and fertile soil to ensure the permeability of the soil, and you can add sediment and gravel to the soil. Add organic fertilizer to the soil, rain more in the rainy season, and do a good job of soil drainage.

Red maple bonsai likes a moist environment, timely watering, do a good job of sufficient water supplement, can promote its growth more vigorous. When the temperature rises in summer, you can water it once a day to ensure that the soil is in a moist state. Wait until the soil is dry before watering to ensure that the soil is wet and dry.

Red maple bonsai likes sunlight, and sufficient light can promote the continuous growth of red maple bonsai. Maintain the red maple bonsai in a ventilated and bright place, so that the leaves continue to photosynthesize, so that it can grow more vigorously. In summer, there is plenty of sunlight, and red maple bonsai needs to be properly shaded and protected.

Sufficient nutrients can promote the continuous growth of red maple bonsai, and the leaves will grow more verdant and dense. It is necessary to fertilize the red maple bonsai in time, in the growth period, you can apply nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium fertilizer once a month, and turn the soil and water the soil in time after fertilization to promote the absorption of the roots and avoid the phenomenon of root burning when the concentration is too high.

When maintaining the sweetgum tree, it is advisable to choose a place with good transportation, close to water sources, and deep and fertile soil. After the seedlings of the sweetgum tree grow up, it is necessary to remove the grass in time, and nitrogen fertilizer is mainly used in the early stage of fertilization, and phosphate fertilizer and potassium fertilizer can be added in the later stage. During the growing period, it needs to be properly watered to ensure that the soil is moist.

During the growing period, weeds in the soil need to be manually removed to make the sweetgum tree grow better.

When cultivating sweetgum trees, it is advisable to choose a place with good transportation, close to water sources, deep soil layer, and fertile soil. It is not advisable to plant in soil that is too clayey and heavy, as planting in too heavy soil will make seedlings susceptible to root rot.

The seeds can begin to germinate 25 days after sowing, and the seedlings are basically ready to grow in 45 days. After the seedlings grow together, they need to be uncovered in time to uncover the straw on the plant, which can be divided into two times, the first time to remove the remaining part after 1 2 or 5 days.

The main focus of maintenance is the application of nitrogen fertilizer and appropriate top dressing. After fertilizing the sail, it is necessary to fertilize once every other month according to the actual situation of the sweetgum tree, and fertilize 2 or 3 times during the growth period of the sweetgum tree. In the early stage, nitrogen fertilizer is mainly applied, and phosphate fertilizer and potassium fertilizer are added in the later stage.

Proper watering during the growth period to ensure that the soil is moist can be a sedan forest.

During the growth period of the sweetgum tree, it is also necessary to weed regularly, and the seedlings of the sweetgum tree are more sensitive to herbicides, when weeding. Manual weeding should be used, and herbicides should not be used for weeding.

1. Soil.

Red maple bonsai generally uses the culture soil that is specially designed for red maple on the market, so its soil contains many components that are conducive to plant growth and can promote the rapid growth of plants. However, it should be noted that after planting, it should be properly watered and then put in a semi-shaded place for breeding.

2. Illumination. Red maple bonsai likes sufficient light, but it is also very afraid of the scorching sun, and it is easy to make the leaves of the plant scorched under the scorching sun for a long time, so it needs to be put in a semi-shaded place indoors around noon to keep it cool and ventilated to prevent the leaves from shrinking and scorching. However, it should be noted that when the plants begin to spread their leaves, they need to increase the amount of light appropriately.

3. Watering. Red maple is more humid, so bonsai should be kept moist at all times. When the new shoots of the plant germinate, it is necessary to water more, and the water demand is greater after entering the growth period, and it is necessary to water once a day, and in the summer, it can be watered once in the morning and evening, and it can also be properly watered. As for the winter, the red maple enters a dormant state, and the water demand becomes smaller, and it can be watered once in about 3 to 5 days.

4. Fertilization. Spring is the growth period of red maple, at this time it needs sufficient nutrient supply, can be fertilized once every half a month, the rotted thin organic liquid fertilizer is full of fertility, very suitable. In winter, red maple enters dormancy, and nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium base fertilizer can be appropriately applied once to maintain fertility.

5. Pruning. In autumn, the red maple begins to fall leaves, at this time you can properly prune the bonsai, you can cut off the overlapping branches, cross branches, parallel branches and long branches and diseased branches on the plant, etc., in order to maintain the beautiful tree shape of the red maple, in August, it is necessary to remove all the scorched leaves on the plant, and properly prune the bonsai, so that the bonsai will be more beautiful and elegant in the coming year.

6. Pests and diseases.

Red maple is still prone to a variety of pests and diseases, such as scale insects and heart borer insect pests, scale insect pests can be sprayed with 25% iminophosphosulfur emulsion 1000 times solution, and heart borers need to use a syringe to inject 40% dimethoate 2000 times solution into the trunk insect pest, for **.

Tips for raising flowers for potted red maple:

1. Planting. For potted red maple, you can choose to mix humus, garden soil and a small amount of river sand to prepare the culture soil, and add a small amount of bone meal as base fertilizer. Due to its strong root extension ability, it is advisable to use deep tube pots as containers.

2. Fertilization. From May to August every year, thin cake fertilizer water is generally applied once a month, and liquid fertilizer based on potassium fertilizer is changed from September, such as 1% potassium sulfate solution or plant ash leaching solution, so as to facilitate the red color of the leaves.

3. Watering. Red maple likes to be moist during the growth process, but in addition to sufficient watering in summer, it is better not to water too much at ordinary times, and it is better to keep the potting soil moist frequently, which is conducive to maintaining the beautiful posture of the tree.

4. Temperature and light.

During the growth period, it should be cultivated outdoors in a leeward and sunny place, and moved to a semi-shaded place in summer to avoid strong light exposure.

5. Pest control.

6. Shaping and pruning.

7. Reproduction. 8. Red maple propagation can be used by cuttings and grafting, and sowing can also be used.

The propagation by cuttings is relatively simple and easy to make, which is suitable for those who have little experience in raising flowers, and is more suitable for making small bonsai or potted plants. Cuttings are generally carried out during the rainy season from June to July. Select the strong branches of the year, cut 20-25 cm of segments as cuttings, coat some plant ash on the cutting edge for disinfection, cut into the substrate of vermiculite or perlite and half of the pond mud, pay attention to sun protection and shade, keep the substrate moist, and can take root one after about 1 month, and transplant it after the seedlings grow up slightly, and then transfer to normal management.

9. Red maple has a certain cold resistance, but it needs to be moved indoors for wintering in the northern region after winter, and the room temperature can be kept without freezing. Generally, every 1-2 years, change the pot once before the bud germinates in early spring, and add new culture soil.

"Jungle" style, "red maple" bonsai, summer "management" points.

Parking sits in love with the maple forest in the evening, and the frost leaves are red in February flowers. "This is the praise and love of the ancients for the red maple. The red maple leaves have a festive feeling, and they are loved by people because they give people a sense of refreshment whether they are placed in the sports courtyard or in the house.

If you want to make an extremely ornamental red maple bonsai, you have to put a lot of effort into the process of making the bonsai. Bonsai is made according to the characteristics of the material, showing the natural beauty of the plant. Red maple bonsai can be divided into a variety of styles such as double dry type, oblique dry type, cliff type, etc., but double dry type is more common.

Plants with short stature and delicate branches are best suited for the double-stem type.

In the process of making, the soil of the roots should not be retained too much, otherwise the space in the pot will become smaller, which is not suitable for the growth of the roots. The roots should also be repaired before potting, whether it is the main root, the lateral root or the roots, as long as they are too long. The pots used for planting are treated before the plants are transplanted.

The strainer and pebbles must be prepared, there is usually a hole at the bottom of the basin, put the strainer at the bottom, cover the pot hole, and then add a layer of pebbles.

After transplanting, the next step is to prune and shape the plant. In the process of pruning, the main objects are those main branches that are too tall, and the rest has to wait until they are modeled before pruning. In terms of modeling, we still mainly rely on the aluminum wire to wrap those small branches, think about the direction you want, and then put the aluminum wire in the ideal direction, so that those branches will grow in the ideal direction.

If you want to get a beautiful red maple bonsai, then careful care is a must. In terms of maintenance, it is generally necessary to start from factors such as soil, light, and moisture. For soil, it is possible to use general culture soil, and it is best to put it in a semi-shaded and ventilated place after watering.

In terms of moisture, it is necessary to pay attention to frequent watering, because you don't want coniferous plants, red maple has a large leaf area, so the rate of water loss is relatively fast. Therefore, it is also very important to control the leaves, but it is necessary to pay attention to the choice of time, otherwise it will damage the plant.

Red maple also has a dormant period, so the dormant period in winter is the best time to fertilize, generally apply nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium base fertilizer to it, after fertilizing it before pruning it, I believe it will make you feel more energetic in the coming year. Pests are also potted killers. Therefore, it is necessary to pay attention to its health status, once it is found that it is found to be a heartworm or other pests, it should be treated in a timely manner, if it is not more directly handled, but if it is more often treated with dimethoate.

It is believed that only with careful care can you have an extremely ornamental bonsai.

1.Selection of modeling plants.

It is difficult to find suitable plants for bonsai in the mountains and forests, and most of the red maples used to make bonsai today come from small plants cultivated in nurseries. So, really old and weird trunks are hard to find. According to the material ** and modeling requirements, plants with thick stems, low branches, and dense internodes should be selected as much as possible.

If you can find a red maple with an old trunk and a large tree style, this can be used as the main material of the jungle-style stump bonsai, and other small trunks and small trees can be used as a foil to show the forest landscape.

2.Bonsai modeling.

To make bonsai red maple, to carry out modeling pruning, first of all, the main material should be pruned, cut off the pairs of branches, overlapping branches, so that it becomes the main body of the bonsai, for the foil of the small tree, in the main body at the same time, but also pruning. Then, according to the requirements of the original modeling, it is cultivated on a potted set. Red maple is a masculine plant that grows best when exposed to sunlight.

Therefore, after the potted plants grow vigorously, they should be pruned in stages and batches. Jungle-style red maple bonsai should be pruned, combined with pruning, and after about 2 or 3 years of careful modeling management, it can form a forest of big trees in nature. At this time, change the white marble shallow water pot cultivation, supplemented by the appropriate artistic layout, a three-dimensional picture will be presented in front of you.