Winter Red Fruit Bonsai Creation and Management
Today's sharing: Introduction to the creation of winter red fruit bonsai, including its creation and management, let's learn about it together.
Winter red fruit belongs to the Rosaceae apple genus, a deciduous shrub or small tree with a矮小的 plant size, gray-brown branches, elliptical to broadly elliptical green leaves, and blunt-toothed edges. It has corymbose inflorescences, light pink flowers that bloom in spring. The fruit is ellipsoid, with a single fruit weight of 10 grams to 20 grams, initially green, then gradually turning yellow, and finally bright red when mature, with a smooth skin that does not fall off until February to March of the following year. Its fruit is small, colorful, and has a long ornamental period, making it an excellent species for creating fruit-viewing bonsai.
Winter red fruit used for making bonsai can use the seedlings of海棠, mountain hawthorn, or apple tree stumps that have been growing for several years, with矮小 shapes and unique and ancient appearances as rootstocks, and with full branches or slightly upper饱满 buds as scions, using methods such as cleft grafting, cut grafting, and bud grafting. The移植 of rootstocks usually takes place in late autumn or early winter after defoliation or before spring germination. First, plant them in clay pots or underground "nursery beds," allowing them to grow freely in the first year to perfect their root systems and fill out their branches. Grafting is performed in the second year, and excess branches on the rootstock are pruned to ensure sufficient nutrients for the scion growth.
Winter red fruit can be made into different styles of bonsai based on the shape of the trunk, such as straight-trunk, slanting-trunk, cliff-style, rock-attached, forest-style, and water-land style. Its branches are soft and can be bent into any shape, which is especially suitable for newly potted young trees; for tree trunks lacking in ancient and simple appearance, techniques like carving and splitting can be used to process the trunk to make it more perfect. If the rootstock is an apple tree of the乔木 type, the roots can be raised above the soil surface in stages when repotting, making them more ornamental with exposed roots and claws. Due to the large size of winter red fruit leaves, the canopy often adopts a natural style, with attention to ventilation and light inside the plant to ensure normal fruit growth.
Bonsai made from winter red fruit should be placed in a sunny and well-ventilated area for care, requiring plenty of sunlight during the growing period. Insufficient light will affect the fruit color, plant shape, and fruiting situation. Keep the soil moist but not waterlogged. June is the period for flower bud differentiation, and watering should be controlled for 2 to 3 weeks, watering only when the young leaves wilt to promote flower bud formation. Nitrogen fertilizer can be appropriately applied in the early growth stage, while after June, nitrogen fertilizer should be controlled or stopped, and the application of phosphorus and potassium fertilizer, as well as calcium, magnesium, and other trace elements should be increased to improve fruit quality and ornamental effect, and to promote branch development and the formation of flower buds. Timely remove the tender tips of the branches to prevent further elongation, allowing for a redistribution of nutrients, which is beneficial for fruit development. If the temperature exceeds 35℃ for an extended period in the summer, it is appropriate to shade and ventilate to cool down. In winter, bury the pots in a sheltered and sunny outdoor area or place them in a cool room with a temperature of 0℃ to 10℃. Before spring germination, prune the plant once, removing diseased and dry branches, crossed branches, dense branches, and wild branches, shortening overly long branches to promote ventilation and light, and maintaining the beauty of the tree shape. Repot every 1 to 2 years in spring before germination, using sandy soil rich in humus, loose and fertile, and with good drainage.
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