Yushu is also an ornamental plant that everyone usually likes to raise. Its branches are tall and straight, its leaves are thick and full, and its seasons are evergreen. It preserves pink or white flowers that can bloom all over the tree every year, which is very beautiful and attractive.

Many people like to cultivate Yushu into a stronger and more beautiful bonsai, which requires strengthening water and fertilizer management at ordinary times and often pruning and shaping to gradually turn it into a beautiful bonsai. Let's take a look at how to develop Yushu into a more ornamental bonsai.

Loose and fertile cultural soil

Many flower friends responded that Yushu, which has been raised for many years, has not grown thick and has no tree shape at all. If you want Yushu to grow thick, you must first prepare a good cultural soil for it when you are in the basin. The soil should be loose and breathable, but also rich in certain nutrients, which is conducive to plant growth.

Yushu is drought-resistant and afraid of waterlogging. Planting directly with ordinary garden soil has poor water permeability and air permeability, and it is easy to harden in the later stage, which is not conducive to the absorption of nutrients by roots and easy to form water accumulation. When mixing soil, 3 parts of humus soil, 2 parts of garden soil and cinder 1 part can be evenly mixed to make culture soil, which can not only ensure the fertility of basin soil, but also increase the permeability of basin soil.

Reasonable watering

Yushu is drought-resistant and afraid of waterlogging, so watering should be dry and not wet. Yushu is drought-tolerant, but too dry and lack of water will also affect plant growth. If you want plants to grow quickly, the soil in the pot should not be too dry. It is best to keep the soil slightly wet and not form stagnant water to ensure that there is enough water in the soil to maintain the growth of plants.

In winter and summer, when plants are dormant, it is necessary to reduce watering and keep the soil slightly dry. When plants are dormant, the water demand is reduced, and excessive watering will cause rotten roots.

Fertilization in growing period

Yushu grows very fast. If it doesn't grow thick for a long time, it may be that the nutrients in the basin soil are insufficient. You should check whether the basin soil is hardened and replace it in spring and autumn.

Fertilize regularly during the growth period to supplement nutrition. Some organic fertilizers such as fermented chicken manure, sheep manure and bean cake can be applied in the pot, or compound fertilizer can be applied once every half month to promote the rapid growth of plants. When applying fertilizer to Yushu, we should reasonably control the concentration of fertilizer, and avoid applying coarse fertilizer and raw fertilizer to avoid burning the root system.

Plenty of light

Yushu is a plant that likes sunshine very much. Whether it is growing or flowering, you need to bask in the sun often to grow vigorously and bloom more.

In summer, the temperature is high, the light is strong, and plants are in a dormant state. Potted plants should be placed in a place where light is scattered, and they can't directly bask in the sun, otherwise they will easily burn branches and leaves. In other seasons, it can be exposed to more light, which is beneficial to plant photosynthesis and promotes growth and development.

Regular pruning and plastic surgery

To raise Yushu potted plants, it is necessary to trim and reshape them frequently if you want them to have a beautiful shape. If it is simply raised, the branches and leaves will grow in a mess, lose their ornamental value, and it is of little significance to raise them.

Yushu has a strong germination ability. During its growth, many small lateral buds often sprout from the trunk. In addition to retaining a few modeling branches, we should also remove the side buds in time, often trim the messy branches, and cut off some side branches at the bottom of the trunk to make it grow a crown, thicken the trunk and form a tree.