How to make plum bonsai
Plum blossom is the first of the top ten famous flowers in China. Its bonsai making skills have been passed down for thousands of years, perfectly integrating the beauty of nature and humanistic conception. From selecting pots and matching soil to modeling maintenance, this article provides you with a detailed explanation of the entire process of making plum bonsai, and takes you to appreciate the oriental aesthetics of "thin shadows, horizontal slopes, clear water." The three-element purple sand pottery pots and glazed pottery pots are the first choice for basic preparation and pot placement techniques. Choose the pot depth according to the shape: it is recommended to use a hexagonal pot with a depth of 25cm for oblique dry type, and a thousand-cylinder pot with a depth of more than 40cm for cliff style. Note that there must be 3-5 drainage holes on the bottom of the basin to avoid stagnant water and rotten roots. The recommended "532" soil mixing method for the gold ratio of the matrix formula is 50% frozen crisp pond soil +30% chaff ash +20% volcanic rock particles. Add bone meal as base fertilizer every 2 years when changing soil to ensure that the pH value is 6.0-6.5 in a slightly acidic environment. The best planting time and angle is from late November to mid-December, and the oblique planting angle is controlled at 30-45 degrees. Trim 1/3 of the main root before placing in the pot, retain the fibrous root, and soak it in rooting powder for 20 minutes to promote serving in the pot. Analysis of the six traditional shapes of plastic arts and pose shaping techniques·Wandering Dragon Style: The main body has 3-5 S bends, and the bending spacing is maintained at 8-10cm·Three tables: divided into three layers, with the diameter of each layer decreasing by 20%. Splitting Dry Style: Select more than 10 years old piles and retain 30% of the bark·Hanging branch style: Use jade butterfly variety, branch droop angle>60°·Downwind style: unified direction of branch direction and deflection by 15-30°·Pork style: Wrap the trunk with aluminum wire during the seedling period to form artistic nodules. Four principles of modern modeling 1. Mutual development of virtual and real: Keep 40-50% of white space 2. Combination of dynamic and static: The main branch is static, and the new branch extends dynamically. 3. Hidden dew: Keep 1-2 ornamental surfaces for each branch group 4. Proportion coordination: The ratio of pot to plant height is 1:2 is the best pruning and shaping schedule·Dormancy period (December-February): Re-cut and shape, retaining 3-5 main branches·Growth period (March-May): Apply buds to control prosperity, leave 2-3 new buds per branch·Late flowering period (June): Shorten the flower branches and retain 2-3 leaf nodes. From selecting piles and putting pots to shaping and maintaining, plum bonsai making is a perfect dialogue between time and art. Mastering the appreciation tips of "observing buds in spring, appreciating leaves in summer, appreciating branches in autumn, and appreciating bones in winter", combined with the maintenance principle of "applying thin fertilizer frequently, and seeing dry and wet", you can also cultivate the literati of "one plum blossom tree and one young man." Elegance. Regularly use EM bacterial solution to irrigate roots, combined with LED fill light to control the flowering period, allowing this "first branch of the east wind" to show its thousand-year charm in every inch.