Nowadays, many people like to raise bonsai trees, plant all kinds of trees with strange shapes into flowerpots, and gradually form a natural and harmonious basin landscape after careful maintenance and management and pruning. In fact, the trees used to make bonsai don't need to be expensive. There are many materials suitable for bonsai around us, such as elms common in rural areas. Many of them have experienced natural or man-made injuries during their growth, and gradually formed a large number of irregular "bumps" on the trees, which look very vicissitudes. The bonsai is even more simple and vigorous, with sparse branches and leaves, and has high ornamental value.

Common problems in elm planting 1. Planting season

Although elm is tenacious in vitality, it is not easy to plant. It is best to make it in spring before the tree juice sprouts. Because a plant can easily discharge a lot of sticky tree juice after its roots are destroyed, the tree juice will flow out more at the peak of plant growth and development, which will affect the survival rate after planting.

4. Reduce root damage.

When picking elm trees, we should also try our best to reduce root damage and leave more fibrous roots. When using elm trees, we don't have to hurt the epidermis of the tree. The root wounds must be wiped and repaired, or the wounds should be sealed with roxithromycin, so as to reduce the outflow of intravenous drip. After harvesting, we should plant them as soon as possible.

[14] Don't water directly after moving the basin.

When planting elm, different from other flowers and trees, we should water it once quickly, but plant it with moist nutrient soil. After planting, don't water it first, so as not to make the root wound inflamed, cause rot and endanger the survival rate. It should be cultivated with slightly moist molding soil, and after three to five days, when the root wound is gradually healed, go and water it.

Pruning and plastic surgery of elm bonsai It is only the first step to make a bonsai with elm trees. In the middle and late stage, it is necessary to carry out pruning and plastic surgery and daily maintenance management, so that it can be gradually built into a more ornamental potted plant.

1. Trim plastic & beautify

In the process of growth, elm trees should also be trimmed regularly for plastic surgery, and those thin and meaningless branches should be trimmed off, leaving only the main foil branches, so that the whole trunk is dense and Fu Su.

The branches of elm tree have good ductility, and it is easy to be coiled. If you are dissatisfied with the branches, you can coil them with aluminum wire and then renovate them into a satisfactory design.

How to make the blade shrink?

Ulmus pumila and common Ulmus pumila are generally chosen to make bonsai. Although they are antique and vigorous, their leaves are slightly larger and not as beautiful as these branchlets. If you want its leaves to grow smaller, you can do it by picking them.

That is to say, after the elm shoots, some leaves are picked, leaving only a few leaves for photosynthesis. After the new shoots grow, the rest are picked, so that the new shoots will become smaller and look rarer and more beautiful.

Maintenance of elm potted plants 1. Irrigation regulations

Elm is the most drought-tolerant flowers and plants. After it survives completely, it is not necessary to water it more. Too much water is more likely to promote the blind branches and leaves of plants and make the plant shape lose its beauty and elegance. Every time you water it, you should wait for the bonsai soil to be done before watering it, so as to ensure that it is dry and thoroughly watered.

4. Slightly apply thin fertilizer.

You don't need to fertilize a tree bonsai, especially a well-formed elm potted plant. As long as the bonsai soil is soft and breathable, you don't need to fertilize it too much. In the early spring, he can be buried with a small amount of organic fertilizer from the flowerpot or applied with some compound fertilizer to meet the requirements of plant growth and development. In winter, plants enter a dormant state, and only when water and fertilizer are stopped as little as possible can they spend the winter safely.

[13] the demand for sunlight

Elm is a green plant that likes sunshine very much. In daily maintenance, it should not be deprived of sunlight, especially in the peak period of growth and development. If the sun is not seen for a long time, plants will grow and develop new buds. Let it see the sun more, which can make the plants grow stronger and make the branches grow more plump and even.

Elms are made into potted plants, which are vigorous, antique and unique. Those who love flowers in bonsai trees can try to cultivate potted plants when they encounter exotic elm piles outside.