How to make wintersweet bonsai? Tips for growing wintersweet bonsai

In winter, many flowers have withered, but only plum blossoms can bloom alone in the biting cold wind. Wintersweet is an ideal flower for winter viewing. It can be used for garden planting, ancient pile bonsai, flower arrangement and plastic arts. Let’s talk about the production methods and planting techniques of wintersweet bonsai.

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Selection of pot soil and selection of pots. Since wax plum bonsai is resistant to drought and afraid of waterlogging, whether it is a new pile or a formed bonsai, when choosing a pot, you should try to avoid using pots with poor permeability such as porcelain materials. You should choose a dark purple or ocher red or blue-black purple sand pot or a tile earthen pot that is antique and has good transparency to set off the golden flowers of wintersweet and create a strong contrast to enhance the viewing effect. Soil used: Wintersweet has no strict requirements on soil substrate, but as a flower bonsai, the choice of soil substrate is particularly important. If the wintersweet grows in a pot soil with poor soil and poor permeability, it will not be able to meet the growth and development needs of the plant, and it will not be able to accumulate nutrients for flower bud differentiation, resulting in few or no flower buds on the wintersweet plant, resulting in sparse blooming of the wintersweet bonsai. Or no flowers. 

Wintersweet likes light and is not afraid of severe cold. It likes warm, humid, loose and fertile sandy loam with good permeability, or grows well in neutral fertile soil rich in humus and has many flowers. When choosing the substrate for wintersweet bonsai, be sure to choose fertile sandy loam that is loose, fertile, and with good permeability to lay a solid foundation for wintersweet bonsai to achieve more, larger, brighter colors, and stronger fragrance.

Water and fertilizer management: Appropriate watering: Wintersweet bonsai should be placed in a sunny and dry place, and the principle of "dry thoroughly before watering" should be followed when watering. During the peak growth season of wintersweet from April to May, depending on the needs of its growth potential, when the new shoots grow to 10cm, intermittent watering should be carried out in a timely manner. It should be controlled until mid-to-late June, when the flower buds have differentiated, and then normal watering can be carried out. water. During this period, for branches and leaves with more wilted new shoots in the water-deprived plant pots, an appropriate amount of water can be sprayed on the crown to prevent excessive water loss from causing damage to the plants. In autumn, keep the soil moist and reduce watering. Water appropriately before and after the flowering period. Too little watering will lead to uneven flowering periods and poor viewing effects. Excessive watering will easily cause buds and flowers to fall off, and it will also shorten the viewing period of wintersweet bonsai flowers and fail to achieve the expected viewing effect. Reasonable fertilization: Wintersweet loves fertilizer. Timely and reasonable fertilization can promote the normal growth of wintersweet bonsai branches and leaves, and can also promote the differentiation of flower buds and produce more flowers. Generally, leaf spreading fertilizer is applied once in spring and decomposed liquid cake fertilizer is applied once in mid-to-late June. The high temperatures of the dog days are the flower bud differentiation period and the new root growth stage of wintersweet. 0.25% potassium dihydrogen phosphate can be sprayed outside the roots about 5 times to promote flower bud differentiation. After autumn, apply decomposed liquid cake fertilizer once again. To accelerate the full and rapid expansion of flower buds. Apply a complete fertilizer containing mainly phosphorus and potassium fertilizer once in early winter. Only scientific and reasonable fertilization according to the growth characteristics of wintersweet can meet the needs of wintersweet bonsai for more flowers. However, no fertilizer should be applied during the blooming period of the wintersweet, otherwise the viewing period of the wintersweet flowers will be shortened.

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Pruning and shaping Pruning and shaping of wax plum bonsai is mainly carried out in three stages. After the flowers fade and before they bud, pruning should be carried out by changing the soil, changing the pot, and shaping the shape. Cut off dead branches, diseased branches, leggy branches, cross branches, overlapping branches, overly dense branches and other types of branches that affect the shape of the tree, and trim the branches that need to be retained. For annual branches, 1 to 3 pairs of buds are generally left and cut short according to the needs of their respective parts to promote new shoots. The tree shape is well-proportioned and plump, with dense nodes, thick branches, and dense flower buds. Because wintersweet has strong germination ability, in order to reduce nutrient consumption and make the retained branches grow strong, it is necessary to promptly prune off useless branches such as base sprouts, overly dense branches, slender branches, etc. in conjunction with plastic surgery. When the branches grow 8 pairs of leaves, leave 6 to 8 pairs of leaves (10cm long) for top cutting or topping. Generally, secondary and tertiary shoots will grow. Use the same method to cut and pick to remove the growth potential of their respective tops. , to help promote new branches and concentrate nutrients to promote flower bud differentiation. In early winter, the flower buds on the wintersweet branches have swelled and become colorful. All leaves and 2 to 3 secondary shoots growing on some branches should be cut off in time. For secondary shoots with few or no flower buds, the shape of the wintersweet bonsai should be considered. This part of the branch tips should be pruned to reduce overly dense branches and flowerless branches, fully highlighting the fewer branches and more flowers, and the ornamental effect is obvious.

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