Superstition is that pine trees should be planted next to the grave. The ancients of pine trees wanted to take the word "male" as the attribute of yang, which meant justice. It is said that it has the function of pressing the corpse and preventing it from deteriorating. Pine trees also have the meaning of eternal life, representing future generations' memory of ancestors and respect for souls.
Characteristics and protection of pine trees
Pine is a masculine plant, and likes light. Insufficient light will make the needles slender and soft, so bonsai should be placed in a ventilated and light-transmitting place at ordinary times. Pine trees like water and drought tolerance, and they like fat and barren. But the big fat water will grow wildly and go out of shape. Insufficient light can easily lead to white mold, which is the harm of bacteria. If not treated in time, the branches and leaves will gradually turn yellow and die. Spray Bordeaux solution or sulfur mixed solution for two or three times to cure.
Pine bonsai should not be turned over for soil, otherwise it will stimulate new needles to become longer.
Re-discussion on tall and long piles. Just cut off the bottom of the pot and the surrounding roots. 1 or so, minus 5 points, just backfill some new pots. Skilled hands can wash the soil with secondary high pressure water, without damaging the roots and completely changing the soil. But remember to be careful. [Pay attention to the operation in rainy season]
Modeling.
Because the regeneration and germination ability of pine species is weak, it can not be made by miscellaneous tree method. Don't push too hard, pull hard and twist hard. If you can't get it in place at once, you must operate in sections and time-sharing.
Sprouting can be pruned up to four times a year.
From February to September, there will be a bud explosion about every two months. A relatively strong tree. Weak branches need to be strengthened. Weak branches can be placed in pots facing the sun [due south] and sprayed with fertilizer on many leaves and lateral roots. The characteristics of a tree include which side takes root and which side branches. The safest way is to destroy the top advantage of branches to force buds. It is to stab the growing point at the top of the branch many times with a needle to destroy the growing point and force the bud out.
Manufacture and maintenance of mountain pine bonsai
Pinus taiwanensis, also known as Pinus massoniana, is a common tree species. The materials that can be used to make bonsai are scarce and grow slowly, so it is difficult to make and maintain them. But trees are beautiful and can express a variety of artistic conception, so they are more precious.
Key points of production:
1 Pile picking: Before beginning of spring resin germinates, take out the clods to protect the fibrous roots. The clods should not be loose (this is the key to survival). Seal the roots and wounds, remove two-fifths to one-half of the branches and leaves, and keep the balance between roots and branches and leaves. It is best to dig Pinus armandii from spring to vernal equinox. The survival rate is the highest at this time. The bare roots or loose soil of Pinus armandii dug during the period from fright to vernal equinox are more likely to survive. When digging Huashan pine, the soil can be taken away. When digging, the taproot is cut off and then transported back to the factory as soon as possible.
2 Planting: Use wide earthen pots, preferably in wooden boxes or fields. The soil is loose, breathable, sanitary and not disinfected. When two-thirds of the soil is cultivated, water is sucked once, and one-third of the soil is cultivated with dry soil the next day to absorb water and maintain proper dry humidity. In the early days, in order to prevent long rainy days, a circle of plastic film can be wrapped around the slightly higher soil to cover the flowerpot or tree nest. Keep it in a cool, warm and sunny place. Soil: yellow soil, red soil and cinder. Yellow soil and Gaza can also be used. It is best not to use pure sand. Insert it with a wooden stick when planting. After planting, water your feet.
3 management: proper shading in the early stage and sufficient sunshine after survival. Keep good ventilation. The basin soil is wet and slightly dry. Use fertilizer regularly. Spray more foliar water every day. After the survival of Pinus taiwanensis, put it in a sunny place. It is beneficial to accelerate the growth of branches and leaves of Pinus armandii and promote many new roots.
4. Don't trust the words "dry pine and wet cypress" too much. In the growing season, as long as the drainage is good and the soil is breathable, it is no problem to water it every day.
5. It is best not to plant pine in the glaze basin. Use pots larger than clods.
6. Modeling: combination of cutting, climbing and grafting. Pay attention to accelerating germination during the growth period and topping during the germination period.
Precautions:
1 Pinus taiwanensis is a full-day plant and cannot be exposed to the sun in summer. Insufficient sunshine will lead to poor growth.
Old needles and dead needles should be cleaned frequently, and an appropriate amount of needles should be kept to facilitate ventilation and lighting.
3 relatively fixed curing position, do not move frequently.
4 The cut of pruning and grafting must be closed in time and coated with stop-flow glue.
Pinus taiwanensis is a shallow-rooted tree species, which is not suitable for deep planting.
Pinus taiwanensis has a high demand for soil, so we must pay attention to it.
When there are no branches and leaves on the pine branches, it is easy to shrink and die.
At the beginning, pay attention to shelter from the wind and earthquake, and don't shake the tree to pull the roots. Small trees are fixed by piling, and large supports are fixed.
Note (experience of farmers):
1. Plant it on a slightly higher ground, dig a drainage ditch below, fill a layer of gravel filter, use loose and breathable tidal soil for roots, and basically do not water it to prevent rain from getting wet until it survives; (Dry and waterproof is the key)
2. Plant it in a large earthen basin or wooden box, enlarge the outlet hole, fill the filter layer with stones, and use loose and breathable moist soil by the roots, basically without watering to prevent the rain from getting wet until it survives; (Dry and waterproof is the key)
3. Don't disinfect the potted soil at this time, and don't water it with disinfectant, because pine trees are mycorrhizal trees, which kill the root growth bacteria of pine trees at the same time of disinfection, and new roots are difficult to grow and will die. If the culture soil is to be disinfected, it must be treated 60 days in advance for later use. (generally not killed)
4. The excavation time should be reasonable and the stumps should be fresh;
5. It is very important to take good soil and protect the root system. And take part of the original rhizosphere soil for culture.
6. Sealing roots and branches is an important means to prevent glue flow, which cannot be ignored. Although there was no glue flowing out at that time, in the bud, the roots were flowing quietly but you couldn't see them. The wetter the pot soil, the faster the glue will flow until it dies.
Experience 1: Getting good soil and not watering it are two key links. Don't dig if the clods are not well taken.
Experience 2: When transplanting Huashan pine piles, you must bring clods, and clods should not be loosened. The bigger the clods, the easier it is to survive. Of course, I have to recite it. For large piles, it is best to break the lateral roots first and then dig the next year after the soil is restored. Useless branches should be resolutely removed and never stay, which is beneficial to the parallelism of water. Of course, water should be poured enough to keep the soil moist.
Grafting experience: the trunk is connected by perforation, and the position where branches are needed during the growing period is perforated vertically. The needle at the front end of the branch with slightly the same diameter is wrapped in paper, passed through the perforation, tied and fixed, and can be bonded and cut off in about one year.