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In addition to being planted on the ground, silver flowers can also be grown in pots for viewing. To make honeysuckle into a bonsai with many spectacular flowers, dwarfing measures are generally required. This kind of bonsai does not need to be watered every day. It only needs to be dry and wet. Keep the soil moisture at about 30%. Watering time is usually in the evening or morning.

Cultivation methods and precautions for honeysuckle potted plants:

1. Timely cultivation

In fact, honeysuckle bonsai can be planted all year round, and it is best to plant it in late autumn and early winter. Well, in order to make the honeysuckle bonsai grow well, you can plant the living honeysuckle from cuttings in late autumn and early winter in an ornamental pot suitable for the size of the pile head, and then use the prepared fertile humus loam for cultivation, and spread green moss on the surface. Then water it to facilitate survival.

2. Water and fertilizer control

Due to the limitations of the cultivation container, honeysuckle bonsai often needs to replenish water and nutrients. It needs to avoid rain in spring, reduce watering, prevent excessive growth, and promote the aging of stems and vines. The internodes are shortened and the plant shape is dwarfed. Before flower buds form, apply less or no nitrogen fertilizer and increase phosphorus and potassium fertilizers to promote the formation of flower buds and increase the number of flowers. Apply nitrogen fertilizer appropriately when the branches stop growing and during the budding period to make the flowers bloom large and bright. Especially during the growing season, fertilization should be mainly phosphorus and potassium fertilizers. Apply decomposed cake fertilizer once a week to promote strong branches and vines and lay a good foundation for the next year's growth.

3. Bud wiping and topping

According to the growth characteristics and shape needs of honeysuckle, bud wiping should be carried out multiple times every year. Especially when the honeysuckle sprouts in early spring, each internode of the honeysuckle is covered with uneven buds. At this time, you must be good at identifying them. First, you must promptly remove the leggy branches and buds that will grow vigorously in the future and twist the shape of the tree. During the growth process, especially the leggy branches and buds must be resolutely controlled; secondly, thin branches and buds that will not be able to bloom in the future must be erased to avoid affecting their ventilation and light transmission; thirdly, only ordinary growing branches that can bloom normally in the future should be left. Buds are usually cut off at about 20cm after they become branches. Most of the branches can bloom, and there are many flowers. During the growth period, remove vigorously growing buds, pick strong branches early, and prune them to keep them short and long.

4. Plastic pruning

Pruning and pruning can be carried out from winter to the following year before germination. According to the needs of the bonsai shape, generally 3-5 main branches are left, and each branch is left 2-3 buds and all other branches and vines are cut off, which is the key to ensuring rapid formation. Through shaping and pruning, the vines are transformed from a twining type to a dwarf shrub type with short branches and short trunks, evenly planted branches and obvious layers.

5. Repot at the appropriate time

Generally, potted flowers should be repotted once every two years, and honeysuckle bonsai should be repotted every three or four years. Due to the infrequent repotting times, the absorptive function of the root system is weakened, which promotes plant aging, inhibits leggy growth, moderates tree vigor, promotes strong stems and vines, dense internodes, dwarfed plant shape, and luxuriant flowers.

6. Growth inhibitors to control shoots

When the honeysuckle branches sprout about 5 cm, use 700 to 1000 ppm paclobutrazol, or 2000 to 4000 ppm B9, or 1000 to 2000 ppm chlormequat. Spray or water several times in succession to inhibit the growth of stems and vines and dwarf the tree shape.

7. Long-day treatment

Honeysuckle is a light-loving long-day plant. If the environment is poorly ventilated and moist, the stems and vines will become elongated, the branches will be thin, and the leaves will easily turn yellow and fall off. , less flowering. Therefore, honeysuckle bonsai should be placed in a sunny place, preferably with direct sunlight throughout the day, to promote strong and short branches, luxuriant leaves and flowers, and prolong the flowering period.

Although honeysuckle has relatively few pests and diseases, it is sometimes attacked by aphids. This pest will harm new leaves and young shoots, causing the leaves of honeysuckle to roll up and affecting its growth. Once found, "aphids" must be used. Eliminate them with 1000 times liquid "Lice Killer" or other insecticides. In addition, because honeysuckle is usually chosen for potting as a bonsai for appreciation, when choosing plants for cultivation, try to choose plants with well-developed root systems and strong and curved branches. The internodes are thick and short, the tree shape is short and compact, and the natural stump is contracted, so the appreciation value of the cultivated honeysuckle bonsai will be higher.