Today, for those who like small and micro bonsai, let me introduce how to cultivate golden bonsai seedlings and quickly make small bonsai with money and effort.
Chicken blood-red round gold marble, Figure 1
Golden marble is the main material for the Sichuan school to make bonsai, native to Sichuan, Chongqing and Hunan. Many of our northern friends like golden marbles and can only buy finished bonsai and tree stumps online, but these methods cost more.
It is not difficult to reproduce gold marbles compared to other tree species. Why do you have to spend money if you can do it yourself? Those who like bonsai just need to prepare a clay pot, plastic bucket, foam box or discarded wooden box, get some fine river sand, root powder , and have a thin nozzle watering can, scissors, and gauze.
Of course, these tools are not disposable, and you can also cut other materials, such as China, Japanese red maple , Langyu, Pu Shu , and bougainvillea.
grafted the native pile of chicken blood red, Figure 2
, seed seedling
The advantage of seedling culturing is that variant seedlings may appear, such as red couplets and red chicken blood red.
We collect and buy seeds online to germinate. There are two ways to germinate: ① When the rainwater reaches the Jingzhe season, you can use the low-temperature sand method to bury the seeds in the sand in the open air to pour water to cool down or build snow to cultivate them. You can open your mouth and open the white seeds before the Spring Equinox and Qingming Festival.
② You can use an insulating bottle as a germination container, soak the seeds in warm water at about 30-40 degrees, soften the seed coat for two days at a constant temperature, then take it out and wrap it with gauze, place it on a drained mesh, and cover it with cotton wool or double-layer gauze.
Pay attention to the room temperature around 18-22 degrees. Spray warm water at about 40 degrees 3-4 times a day. When the seeds break and twist the mouth in 6-7 days, the water spray temperature drops to about 20 degrees.
At this time, put the fine river sand after exposure to the sun in the prepared wooden box and tile basin, sow the seeds evenly spaced 15cm on demand, and then cover 2cm of fine sand.
grafted for 2 years, and the seedlings in Figure 3
container matrix remains at 20-25 degrees, and the humidity is 60-70%; if the seeds are sown in spring, the mulch can be covered, and the seeds in summer need ventilation and cooling.
No matter which season is spring, summer and autumn, it cannot be too much moisture. It cannot be reflected when there is moisture. 1‰ potassium dihydrogen phosphate solution can be sprayed on the leaves 15 days after the emergence. At this time, you should still pay attention to ventilation and ventilation, avoid exposure to the sun and water accumulation, and maintain the moistness of the river sand. You should prevent static blight (broad karma, malignant , Fumei double ).
Generally, there is no need to transplant the seedlings in the first year. You can wait for the next spring to change the peat soil, leaf decay soil, river sand, and add microbial fertilizer and rotten bean cakes.
root-cutting propagation, Figure 4
, Cutting seedling cultivation
People who love bonsai are not unfamiliar with cuttings, and cutting gold marbles is easier. You can choose 1-3 years of branches in spring and autumn, and sprout and take root quickly.
6 points to note when cutting: ①The lurking buds are not damaged; ② Avoid cuttings with tender branches, as it is difficult for pot friends to grasp and scion easily. Avoid old branches that have grown for more than 4 years, and do not master the humidity well, and it is difficult to transform and root the timber tamps into roots.
③The slope of the upper and lower cuts is smooth, with 2-3 bud eyes, leaving one leaf, and at least one petiole;
cuttings take root, Figure 5
④ Dissolve first when using rooting powder, soaking time is not less than 1 hour, and it cannot be inserted directly during cuttings. The iron rod must be drilled, or the scion must be buried obliquely at 45 degrees, and the part must be buried 2/3. Avoid cuttings upright and avoid hard detection of cortex.
⑤ Prevent the cuts from rotting. Do not rush to water the river sand after cuttings. You can wait 2-3 hours before watering thoroughly. The moist river sand disinfected by the medicine can wait 3-5 days. Cuttings in spring can be covered with mulch and humus in autumn; place them in a cool and ventilated place, with a temperature of 20-25 degrees (before and after Grain Rain or Autumnal Equinox ), and there is no direct light.
⑥ Note: When the cooling rate is too large at night, you must not only moisturize but not too much moisture. The water temperature for spraying moisturizing is about 20 degrees. It should not be too low or too high, and nutritional soil or fertilizers should not be used.
Cutting seedlings, Figure 6
, replacement of
① Rootstock: Sowing seedlings, cuttings, and male marble plants can be used as rootstocks.
② Variety: yellow gourd, chicken blood red gourd, yellow round fruit, purple round fruit, light bulb couplet red, bullet copper yellow, lantern yellow, flat round floating red fruit is the best. There are more than 30 other fruit shapes. Friends can pay attention to their choices, collect them slowly, and make a marble garden by themselves.
grafting to survive, Figure 7
, branching propagation
This method requires you to have your own formed marble piles, remember not to use them on raw piles. For golden marbles with better native shapes, this method is not agreed to be used because we intercept the transplant on the roots of the original plant and need to cut off the main root, which will destroy the original dry and root plate.
Only mature piles or nursery piles in Sichuan and Chongqing can use this method. The transplantation and maintenance methods are similar to cultivation of piles, and will not be repeated here.
cut-off and reproduction, Figure 8
, pressing, cutting, high-pressure reproduction
This method also requires you to have the golden marble planted by yourself. ①Pressing and reproduction: Cooked piles of gold gangs are very cute, and they can take the edge position and press the branches that do not require shape to bend them. It requires multiple grasps during operation and cannot be rushed to achieve success.
Generally speaking, the base of the branches is not easy to press, and the tips are too tender, and only the woody middle part is most suitable for pressing and reproduction. Slide the base of the branches with heavy objects, gently scrape a layer of skin under the middle, apply rooting powder and press sand. This method has another advantage. After rooting for 1-2 months, cut the remaining branches can continue to shape;
root cut breeding cliff-like style, Figure 9
② Dry cutting propagation: Before spring budding, cut the thicker branches on the original tree stump, cut the cut branches, put them in clean water for 2 days and then apply rooting powder (only in low-temperature spring), then sand the skin, and the outcropping part is wrapped in film to moisturize.
-6 days later, add 2‰ fructose to permeate. As long as there is no accumulation of water or heavy water, the rooting will take place very quickly and take root for about 1-2 months.
Remember to sprout before rooting. If sprouts have already taken root after 1 month, but it is not enough to absorb water, we should not sprout sprout, we can use external water replenishment method; ③ High pressure rooting.
high pressure rooting and reproduction, Figure 10
Summary: For those who like golden marbles, it is suitable to cut perennial branches and cut sand before germination in spring; it is suitable to cut annual branches, carved and pressed strips, reproduction in branching, and rooting in high pressure in spring and summer.
But be careful not to water the river sand that is exposed to sun or slightly moistened with drug disinfection, do not water immediately, otherwise there will be water stains and rot at the cutter. It will start with a little dark brown color, and the later stage will become larger and larger, causing healing on one side and rotting on the other side.
Cuttings to survive, Figure 11
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