Pruning ornamental plants

The art of bending, shaping, creating a bonsai tree is an indispensable step for decorators. Depending on the type of tree, we can perform tree bending. Please refer to the art of bending branches, techniques for creating plants through the article below.

Bonsai is a good technique, but if you do not prune, especially do not pay attention to shape bonsai, bonsai trees will grow not beautiful, not artistic. Therefore, bonsai players are very attentive to this stage. Here are some small notes for wire bending.

Before bending branches, shaping bonsai decoration

Before bending, it is necessary to prune leaves, cut off the branches too close together making it difficult to shape the tree. In the structure of bonsai, should be avoided parallel branches, radiate, overlap, bend back, front cross, symmetry and branching. Should remove the blisters they lose the aesthetic look of the overall landscape.

The point of bending ornamental bonsai

The proper time for bending the bonsai is usually late summer or early August. The time between the summer starts to grow strong and the new shoots and leaves are very suitable for bending. Bonsai trees are as plentiful as ever, the best time to bend the branches at the end of summer.

For trees with resinous conifers such as pine or spruce, the best time to bend is at the end of the summer, as the flow of resin decreases. As for early deciduous species, there is likely to be a lot of flowering, so do not bend in early or mid-spring before deciduous and young shoots.

Select bending wire

Windshield wires can be purchased at the iron shop, bonsai plant shop, reusable copper wire from the motor is the cheapest. Copper and zinc wire are available. Lead wire is easier to do and can be reused. There is also a wrap around, good and protect the tree, avoiding sunlight to heat the rope to burn the tree, but the disadvantage is that it is easy to mold in the rain.

Note, do not use iron wire because it is easy to rust, for some conifers, iron wire will react with resin, poisoning, killing plants.

Bending technology

For the most effective players often take the wire to bend the bonsai branches. When bending branches need to prune leaves or branches too close to each other makes it difficult to shape the bonsai. Crop first and then to the main branch, followed by bending the branches around the bonsai tree from the root to the tree. Borrow large branches first and then small branches. To shape the bonsai, wrap the strings in preformed shapes, plug a zinc wire into the fixed point.

When wrapped with zinc wire, it should not be tightly wrapped or too loose, and the diagonal line should form a 45 degree angle with the vertical axis of the bonsai trunk. After wrapping, we bend the branches by gently twisting in the direction of the zinc wire so that the zinc wire is held firmly in the bark. The appropriate time to remove the zinc wire for early deciduous bonsai is usually three to four months. For large trees usually 1 year. And it can bend the second time if the tree returns to its original shape.

The technique of bending large or fragile branches

It is necessary to determine the tolerance of the branches because, regardless of the different flexible characteristics of each tree, any tree has a certain curvature depending on its location and direction. grow on the tree. It will not withstand the opposite force. For these branches, if you try to bend, it should be done slowly, or if you feel not enough patience should think of another way to handle it, absolutely not in a hurry.

To make an old look for the tree, peel off some branches and sprinkle the lime-sulfur mixture into the shade so that they turn white. In nature, the roots of old trees often appear on the ground, crawling with zigzag. In order to recreate that ridiculous scene, gently root the tree every year as we re-plant it in another tray or pot, which will gradually show its roots on the ground. We use the bending technique at a young age by rolling the zinc wire in the soil, but the zigzag roots will remain in shape.

Uncouple

Remove the rope when the wire has eaten more than 1/3 of the diameter in the bark. This is the most appropriate time because the branches are relatively shaped. Delaying the strings too late will leave deep marks behind. When removing wire, remove from the top back to the root, reverse the process of wrapping.