How to successfully maintain yew bonsai indoors?

Yew is also known as Guanyin cedar, indoor ornamental potted plant, belongs to shallow root plants, taproot is not obvious, lateral roots are developed, it is recognized as a natural rare anti-cancer plant that is recognized as endangered in the world, and has experienced the ancient relict tree species left by the Quaternary glacier. Because of its preciousness, it is widely loved by flower friends.

In fact, there are a lot of varieties (11 species) of yew, and now the more popular varieties are southern yew and mandia yew, mandia yew is a hybrid breeding variety of northeast yew and european yew, which has good environmental adaptability and can adapt to the indoor shady environment.

The seedlings of southern yew are more suitable for bonsai, and the varieties of yew are different, and their adaptability to the environment is also different, and there are different yew varieties in the north and south of China. Some yew trees can adapt to indoor shady environments (such as southern yew), most of which are cold and heat-resistant, can adapt to semi-shady environments, and can grow well with proper scattered light every day.

Yew indoor cultivation method:

1.The choice of soil.

Choosing the soil is the first and most important step in planting. Yew prefers loose, fertile, well-breathable, well-drained, humus-rich, acidic soils.

2.The choice of pots.

You can choose a flower pot with good drainage and air permeability, and there should be drainage holes at the bottom, and you can make a few more drainage holes to avoid water accumulation. When the seedlings grow up, you need to change to a larger pot, and when changing the pot, you need to break the old pot, do not destroy the original soil, and gradually put it into the new pot.

3.Watering in moderation.

Indoor-grown yew trees are watered every 20-25 days, preferably rainwater, well water, or tap water that has been left for two or three days. It is not suitable for watering in winter, and the watering is determined according to the dryness and wetness of the potting soil.

4.Fertilize. Long-term watering of yew will cause yellowing of leaves, you can regularly supplement some acidic fertilizer, fertilize in moderation, fertilize along the pot wall, and do not apply to yew roots.

5.Lighting environment.

Yew prefers to grow in a semi-shady environment, and can be properly diffused by sunlight every day. Yew is more resistant to cold and can survive at zero degrees in winter, but potted yew should avoid frostbite on the rhizome. To maintain yew indoors, pay attention to good ventilation conditions.

1.The choice of soil.

Choosing the soil is the first and most important step in planting.

2.The choice of pots.

You can choose a flower pot with good drainage and air permeability, 3Watering in moderation.

Indoor-grown yew trees are watered every 20-25 days

This is to create an environment suitable for its growth, maintain a balanced temperature, and also fertilize and water it, and take care of it.

Indoor potted yew, pay attention to not too dark place, can not be direct sunlight, but the indoor light should still be bright.

Watering should be topped, and watering again until the topsoil of the yew potting soil is dry before watering.

Apply a small amount of liquid fertilizer every month.

Due to the geographical location, climatic environment and artificial careful cultivation, domestication makes the cultivated yew seedlings and potted plants, bonsai have wider adaptability to the environment and climate, stronger cold resistance, and higher survival rate than other places. According to the reaction of many yew growers and enthusiasts, the yew in many places is green when it is bought, and it will not work if you take it back for a month, which is not a problem for the Lvjinxuan bonsai garden.

1. Yew should not be applied with chemical fertilizers, depending on the environment, some field fertilizer, cake fertilizer (such as cotton cake, peanut cake, hemp cake), fertilization should be applied along the pot wall as much as possible, and do not get close to the roots of yew.

2. Appropriate shade should be done on hot days, and there is no need to keep warm at minus 20 degrees Celsius in winter, but it is not suitable for watering during the hibernation period (from the beginning of December to the end of February of the following year).

3. Watering should be appropriate, the number of watering depends on the level of soil dryness and wetness, in central China, the beginning of April to the end of October of each year is its growth period, this era is placed in the outdoor placement every 15 days to 20 days of watering, in the indoor every 20 days to 25 days of watering. Excessive watering of yew can cause root rot and lead to extinction (most of the reasons for the extinction of indoor bonsai are caused by overwatering). Especially when the rain is heavy on hot days, the excess rainwater should be drained away in real time to prevent yew from soaking in the water for a long time.

4. The flower pot should be selected to be appropriately large, and the lower part of the pot should be made with a few more holes, mainly to strengthen the water permeability and air permeability of Yunnan yew potted plants.

5. After two years of bonsai planting, the seedlings gradually grow up, the root system doubles the wealth, the original pot can not meet the needs of growth, it is necessary to change the large pot cultivation, the best time to transplant the old pot to rot, do not destroy the original soil ball, gradually move it into the new pot, and water the roots. If there is a premise, yew seedlings can be transplanted to the field to grow, and their growth rate will be faster.

Precautions: 5 problems to pay attention to in indoor yew farming: you should start with all the details such as light, water, fertilization, pest control, etc., so that you can do your best to maintain. Yew is a shade-loving and drought-tolerant plant, which should be placed indoors, and should be appropriately shaded on hot days, and should not be placed in a room with western light, and should not be placed in the air outlet of the air conditioner or the heater.