Golden branch jade leaves, also known as amaranthus tree, because of its verdant small leaves, beautiful plant, often by the flower friends as an ornamental plant to raise, but also can be raised into a thick old stakes bonsai, is also very beautiful.

Of course, there are also many flower friends home to raise the golden branch of jade leaves, branches grow very thin, and appears to be disorganized, the main branches and trunks also see the long thick, simply like planting a pot of weeds, more no ornamental to speak of. Then raise the golden branch jade leaves, usually how to maintain, in order to make it beautiful strain, and grow into a thick old pile bonsai?

One of the gold leaf to prune

Raising gold leaf is different from other flowers, it is generally difficult to bloom, mainly in the foliage to see the type of main, if the plant loses its shape, grow up in a messy and lose the ornamental value.

It itself belongs to the Amaranthaceae plant, the growth rate is very fast, as long as there is the right temperature and water, the plant will be a large number of new branches and leaves, if you do not go to pruning and shaping, the branches will be crazy, the original modeling is no longer there.

Golden branch jade leaf pruning, can be based on different tree shape to determine the shape, such as the common cliff type, straight stem type, double stem type, lollipop modeling and so on.

Pruning, retain the main modeling branches, some other dense branches, cross branches, inside branches, thin branches for thinning, so that the overall look of sparse, dense, or layered sense of distinct, and in the growth of the plant, often the new growth of useless branches cut off in a timely manner, so that the plant always maintain a beautiful shape.

Two, regular supplemental fertilizer to grow strong

A flower friend raised the golden branch of jade leaves, raised a few years also do not see the long thick, branches and leaves, but grew very lush, which is mainly too many branches in the consumption of nutrients, resulting in the plant can not grow strong.

Want to grow as soon as possible into a sturdy old pile, usually just simple watering is not enough, but also with loose fertile soil planting, usually regularly to prune the messy branches. During the plant's growth period, regularly go to give it fertilizer to replenish nutrients, in order to grow faster.

You can use some nutrient-rich humus, or mix some fully fermented sheep manure, soybean cake and other organic fertilizers in the culture soil when you pot up the golden branch jade leaves. Or during the growth of the plant, in the potting soil buried in a small amount of organic fertilizer, or slow-release fertilizer particles, fertilizer, pay attention to not too close to the root system, so as not to cause root burning.

Three, often in the sun to prevent prolongation

The golden branch of jade leaves is very sunny plants, can not be placed in the environment without sunlight for a long time in the care of the plant, or the plant is more prone to prolongation, grow a lot of thin and long, thin branches, looks like the plant is very messy.

Except in summer when the light is strong, we should put the potted plant in a sunny place, so that the plant is fully exposed to light, photosynthesis, more conducive to the absorption of nutrients, prompting the plant to grow strong, and its leaves will be more verdant.

If the home to raise the golden branch jade leaves, grow weak, and very messy invisible, you can according to the above three points to care, I believe that it will not take long, can be raised into a beautiful old stakes bonsai golden branch jade leaves.