1, material selection
At present, we usually rely on our own artistic attainments, vision and experience. Finding suitable piles in the mountains not only destroys local resources, but also is thankless. Have a sense of quality, choose a good pile, the root is quite dry, and it is very talented to do a good job. If you really can't meet a satisfactory pile, you'd better not dig it. You can trim it properly, pile it on site, mark it, and come back later. If you are satisfied, you can dig again. As long as you have vision and experience, you can find good piles wherever you go, even by the roadside.
2. Mining
Platycladus orientalis can germinate all year round, so it can be mined at any time, but it is best just after the dormancy period, and it is most suitable in March and April every year. Pruning should be carried out before excavation, and after reserving branches under reservation, all redundant branches should be removed. During excavation, the size of the excavated soil ball should be determined according to the thickness of the pile, which is generally 1:6. The dug soil ball is bowl-shaped, and the roots are directly trimmed and leveled with powerful scissors and saws. In particular, it is necessary to obtain the permission of the relevant departments before excavation.
Step 3: Prepare
Before digging out the pile, the soil ball should be leveled and wrapped with tree cotton and straw rope to prevent air-drying damage during transportation and affect the survival rate. Platycladus orientalis is suitable for slightly alkaline soil. If it is a large pile, it is best to make a soil bed above the ground. The bottom of soil bed is covered with a layer of river sand, which is slightly alkaline soil. If conditions permit, it is best to bring the soil back to its original position when digging piles.
Step 4 plant
Before planting piles, clean up the dirt on the trunk and branches and scrape off some old metabolic skins, which can not only sterilize and remove eggs, but also benefit the metabolism of piles and expose the surface texture. Wash the soil ball again, remove the grass roots and stones on the soil ball, smear the wound with healing agent, and spray carbendazim or potassium permanganate solvent for disinfection. Then plant, fill the soil and tamp it, and water it slowly until it is thoroughly poured.
5. Maintenance
Don't water the newly planted Platycladus orientalis more, but control the water, so as to water less, spray more and not accumulate water. Platycladus orientalis still has natural enemies, so it is necessary to prevent and control pests and diseases, and to fight pesticides every year. However, the problem of farming at home is not too big. You can pay more attention to it at ordinary times. Don't fertilize at ordinary times. In the second year of maintenance, some water and fertilizer can be applied appropriately to accelerate growth.
6. Set making
After two years or more careful maintenance, until the branches at the top of the pile grow vigorously and the overall hair grows vigorously, winding and pulling can be considered. Platycladus orientalis can make many styles. The key depends on our own artistic attainments and experience. A beautiful bonsai of Platycladus orientalis should have twisted trunk, stable root disk, natural branches, leafy, cloud-like or mountain-like crown. A good landscape design mainly depends on the artistic conception of the pile itself, and also depends on the way we express these artistic conceptions.
7. Technology
Leaf picking is one of the important techniques in the production of Platycladus orientalis. Branchlets of Platycladus orientalis grow from scaly leaflets. We can artificially control growth by picking young branches and leaves. Leaf picking can also modify the shape of the tree, which is a technique that interacts with winding and pulling. Simple as it is, it is very important.
Speaking of techniques, I have to say that the necessary relics and sacred branches of pine and cypress give Platycladus orientalis more connotations, showing the majestic character of being bitten by wind, rain and lightning in nature, but still surviving. The traces left by these trees are turned ugly into beautiful through relic technology, and those dead parts are fully utilized.
In the production process, peeling is needed in spring and carving is needed in winter. Whether peeling to make a sacred branch or reversing the water absorption line to make a relic stem, we must grasp the viewing surface and present a proper contrast between stem and glory. The production of holy relics should proceed from reality, whether it is necessary or not, and should not be abused for the sake of relics, otherwise it may be self-defeating.
There is no fixed method and formula for making bonsai. Everyone's accomplishment is different, and so is his creative style. The creation of bonsai modeling needs more communication, continuous learning, innovation and improvement from practice besides its own artistic attainments and epiphany. I'm Juanzi, the girl in the greenhouse, and the sharing of Platycladus orientalis bonsai is over. Thank you!