How to cultivate a banyan tree bonsai to make it grow well
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The banyan tree has a graceful posture, robust and ancient, evergreen throughout the seasons, symbolizing longevity and auspiciousness, and has always been loved by people. It is also often crafted into beautiful bonsais for appreciation.
Banyan trees prefer a warm and humid environment. When maintaining a potted plant at home, it should be provided with a good growing environment, with proper watering, fertilizing, and lighting to make the plant grow luxuriantly.
I. Planting Cultivation Soil
Banyan trees are acid-loving plants, and the potting soil should be rich in organic matter and have good water permeability and breathability. A mixture of decayed leaf soil, peat soil, garden soil, coal slag, and coarse sand can be used as the cultivation soil. If the cultivation soil becomes too alkaline, it can easily cause the leaves to turn yellow and the plant to become weak.
II. Watering Requirements
Banyan trees are moisture-loving plants. During maintenance, the potting soil should be kept slightly moist, avoiding excessive dryness or积水 formation in the pot. Long-term积水 can easily cause a large number of yellow leaves to fall. Water thoroughly when watering, making sure the soil is dry before watering and wet after watering. In the hot summer season, place the potted plant in a cool and ventilated place and frequently sprinkle water on the plant to achieve the effect of cooling and increasing humidity.
III. Fertilization Management
Plant growth is inseparable from sufficient nutrients. If the plant is not fertilized for a long time and lacks nutrients, the leaf edges will also turn yellow, and the lower leaves will gradually fall off. To make the plant grow vigorously, you can apply a compound fertilizer of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium once a month, or frequently apply some well-fermented organic liquid fertilizer.
When fertilizing the banyan tree, it is also not advisable to apply too much nitrogen fertilizer. It is best to use a combination of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium, otherwise, it will cause the branches and leaves to grow excessively, losing the original tree shape and affecting the ornamental effect.
How to cultivate a banyan tree bonsai to make it grow well
IV. Proper Lighting
When the plant lacks sunlight for a long time, it will affect normal growth, causing leaves to turn yellow and fall off. Sufficient sunlight can make the plant grow vigorously and the leaves greener and brighter. Therefore, it is also necessary to move the potted plant to a sunny place frequently to allow the plant to perform photosynthesis better. However, avoid strong sunlight in summer to prevent sunburn on tender leaves.
V. Pruning and Shaping
The branches and leaves of the banyan tree bonsai grow quickly and need to be pruned and shaped regularly, while also cultivating the root system to achieve a perfect combination. The shaping of banyan trees mainly involves cutting, with wiring as auxiliary. For young plants one or two years old, it is not suitable to perform large-scale pruning. Let them grow first, and if there are too many or too tangled branches, a small number of tangled branches can be cut in spring. After they grow thicker and stronger, corresponding pruning can be done.
For mature banyan tree bonsais, cut off the branches that grow too long, overlapping branches, weak branches, and intersecting branches during spring and autumn, making the overall plant look sparse and dense, harmonious and natural.
The banyan tree is a southern species, loving warm and humid climates. When cultivating potted plants in the north, it is necessary to provide a warm and humid growing environment as much as possible. After winter, the potted plants should be promptly moved to a warm room for maintenance.
The above sharing on how to cultivate a banyan tree bonsai to make it grow well and the related contents of the precautions for raising banyan trees are for the reference of green plant enthusiasts, hoping to solve the problems you may encounter in green plant management.