In ancient China, people enjoyed potted plums. Most of them are old and stiff, covered with moss, covered with branches, intertwined and sparsely flowered. Gong Zizhen, a thinker and poet in the Qing Dynasty, once wrote: "Mei takes pleasure as beauty, and is straight without posture; Respect is beauty, law has no scenery; Sparse is beautiful and secret is stateless. "

Potted plum blossoms are naturally wild without artistic processing. Not only do they have no posture and posture, but they are also difficult to bloom and must be pruned. The shape of potted plums is best not to be over-processed, which will harm nature. Plum branch modeling: Plum branches should not be sparse, and the density is natural.

It is better to have 3 or 5 main branches, and the side branches are left because of trees. When the plum branches are artistically processed, the branches should be pruned or Pinza, so that the distribution of the branches is natural and beautiful. The cultivation of plum piles is generally based on perennial plum blossoms, which can be put into pots after shaping and pruning. According to different shapes, plum blossoms are planted directly, obliquely or horizontally in pots.

It is best to use clay pots, because they have good water permeability and air permeability, which is conducive to the growth of plum blossoms. Pruning pots and plums should make branches at all levels distribute reasonably and have beautiful shapes. Trim the branches that are too dense, cut short the medium and long flower branches, and flexibly master the branch length and bud cutting direction according to the modeling needs. Generally, cut 2-3 buds. After sprouting in spring, peel off the buds that are too dense to avoid consuming nutrition.

When the branch grows to 20cm-25cm, the growing point is destroyed by removing the core, and the growth is controlled, so as to accumulate nutrition and differentiate flower buds in advance. Reasonable shaping, pruning, coring and peeling are the main technical measures to promote flower bud differentiation. Watering is an important measure to manage plum blossom bonsai. Plum blossoms are most afraid of being wet and cannot be watered too much.

The amount of watering should be determined according to the temperature, humidity and drainage of the basin soil. Check the basin soil frequently to keep it moist. When new buds are cored, water should be properly controlled and the concentration of cell fluid should be increased, which is beneficial to flower bud differentiation. Basic fertilizers (cake fertilizer and phosphorus and potassium fertilizer) are applied when fertilizing in the upper basin.

After germination in spring, apply human excrement or cake water and fertilizer once a week. Apply dilute water and fertilizer two or three times a month in summer. After the flower storage is formed, the flower-promoting fertilizer should be applied several times, with the quick-acting fertilizer as the main one.