Gardenia doesn't like the growth environment of light, so it needs shade in summer, so it can be cured by astigmatism at ordinary times. During the high temperature in summer, it can be watered once in the morning and once in the evening, and once in 1-2 days when the pot soil is dense, spray some clear water regularly to keep the air moist, and apply the decomposed cake fertilizer water every two weeks or so, and trim the branches and leaves in time to make them into straight-drying, curved-drying and inclined-drying types.

How to cultivate old piles of gardenias

1. Selecting seedlings: If gardenias want to become old piles, we must first select seedlings. Healthy and strong seedlings can grow well, so don't buy those bad seedlings cheaply, otherwise problems will easily occur in the maintenance process, and it will be difficult to cultivate old piles. It is best to choose seedlings with larger trees and longer maintenance time.

2. Soil: Fertile soil should be used to raise gardenia, and humus soil is the best choice, which is very suitable for gardenia to absorb nutrients. If it is ordinary soil, the nutrients are not enough, which will affect the growth of gardenia and make it difficult to form old piles.

3. Fertilization: If gardenia is not fertilized, it will lead to insufficient nutrients for the plants. Therefore, during the growth period, it is necessary to supplement fertilizers, such as fermented fertilizer or cake fertilizer, fermented fertilizer and potassium dihydrogen phosphate, which are especially abundant when flowering and taste particularly fragrant.

4. Pruning: If you want to cultivate an old pile, it is natural to prune the whole shape. Cut off some branches that are too dense and not beautiful enough, leaving only one or two trunks. Only when the trunk is strong enough, can it grow faster, which can promote it to grow into a beautiful old pile.

Gardenia old pile cultivation method

1. Potting off

First of all, if you want to use Gardenia to make old pile bonsai, you should choose a healthy Gardenia flower, cut off the redundant branches and leaves of this Gardenia flower with sterilized scissors, peel the Gardenia flower from the original flowerpot after pruning, and gently shake off the soil carried by the root system. We must pay attention when doing this step.

2. Wash the roots

Then gently wash the roots with running water. During the washing process, carefully observe whether the roots have rotten roots or diseased roots, and if so, cut them off. In addition, the roots with pests and diseases should be trimmed in time, and the fibrous roots and fine roots should be kept.

3. Disinfection and sterilization

After the roots are pruned, they can be soaked in potassium permanganate solution for about 2-3 hours. We need to prepare some slightly acidic sandy red soil, humus soil and coarse sand to prepare pot soil.

4. Transplanting in pots

If conditions permit, you can also use red jade soil mixed with some garden soil. Put the trimmed plants in a flowerpot, not too deep, and don't nest the roots. Then you can water them once. At this time, don't be anxious to receive light. You can put them in a cool and ventilated place to slow down the seedlings.

5. Shaping

The last step is shaping after flowering. Gardenia bonsai can be trimmed in time to make it into different shapes, such as straight-dry, curved-dry, oblique-dry and cliff-like. After flowering or dormancy, we can use different methods to shape the flowers.

Pruning the old pile of gardenia

During the maintenance of the old pile of gardenia, the branches and buds growing from the rootstock should be erased at any time, so as not to compete for nutrition and affect the growth of scions. Because there are many and dense branches of gardenia, and the plants are recumbent and compact, it is easy to form with a little pruning, and the clumps that affect the tree shape should be pruned at any time and unnecessary buds should be picked.

its shape can be made into straight-stem, curved-stem, inclined-stem, exposed-root, cliff-like or stone-attached type according to the pile shape of pile materials and the modeling rules of bonsai. Through artistic processing, it can achieve a beautiful bonsai with both flower viewing, leaf viewing, stem viewing, root tasting and shape discussing, which is refreshing and enjoyable.

Precautions for the maintenance of old piles of gardenia

1. Gardenia doesn't like the growth environment of light, especially autumn tigers. When maintaining, it must not be placed in the light environment. At noon, it should be properly shaded. It can be placed in a place with scattered light indoors, and ventilation must be guaranteed.

2. Gardenia likes humid environment, so it can be watered once in the morning and once in the evening during high temperature in summer, and once every 1-2 days when the pot soil is dense, and some clear water can be sprayed regularly to keep the air moist. Gardenia as a bonsai should be turned over every 2-3 years to change the soil, and it can also be trimmed and reshaped when changing the pot.

3. Gardenia likes fertilizer, so we can just fertilize the decomposed cake every two weeks or so, and stop fertilizing when the temperature is above 35 degrees Celsius to avoid burning the roots.

Appreciation of Gardenia Old Pile Pictures