How to grow bonsai from oak
- What you need
- How to plant a plant
- Climate and soil
Oak has a magnificent crown, a thick trunk, a greater height, but even grown in the apartment. Chinese art bonsai makes it possible.
What you need
The cultivation of miniature oak is a complex and long-term process. Massive, rough texture, large leaves deliver some difficulties. But subject to the rules, it is possible to achieve the desired result.
For the formation of the bonsai will be required:
- a small carriage with a blade no more than 15 cm;
- scissors with dull ends;
- scissors with long thin blades;
- secator;
- concave nippers;
- plastic pallet or other container;
- plastic lattice.
Auxiliary materials: Copper wire, stones, moss. Copper wire is used to work with the trunk and branches of the tree, the stones perform a decorative function. Moss regulates the moisture content of the soil, prevents breaking it when watering.
In horticultural stores there are sets for growing bonsai tree.
How to plant a plant
You can grow a room oak from small seedlings and acorns. Saplings buy or dig in the forest, park. For the bonsai tree, cork or stone oak will be suitable, the height of the plant should not exceed 15 cm. In order for the tree easier to adapt to new conditions, the earth should be taken in place where it grew up.
If acorns are used as a planting material, instances are selected without damage, mold, other defects. Different oak varieties may vary the appearance of the fruit. A good material has a brown color, a greenish tump.
Fruits are lowered into the water. Rotten, unsuitable for cultivation become soft, shapeless, rising to the surface. High-quality acorns are dried, fold into a polyethylene package with substances holding moisture: wood chips, moss, chemical compounds.
The germ takes at least 2 months. Popular material is placed in the refrigerator. It is important to control the level of humidity, otherwise the fruits rotate. After gerist's gear, it is planted into small pots or pallets with a diameter of no more than 5 cm with holes for the flow of excess water.
After 2-3 weeks, the first leaves appear. The sprout is placed in a larger pot. The preparedness of the plant to the transplant is determined by the following features:
- well-developed main root;
- the presence of white roots;
- achieving a seedliness of a height of more than 15 cm.
Optimal time for planting oak - autumn.
Creating a harmonious composition
Immediately after the landing, the branches cut off, only horizontal processes are left so that Bonsai smashes. A seedling height of 30 cm requires cutting branches and leaves. Soft wires rewind shoots and kidneys. Regular trimming leads to a slowdown in the growth of wood, transverse notches on the trunk are even more inhibited development. In the future, large branches are cut into winter, work with a crown mainly at the end of summer. Cutting places are treated with garden water. It helps to avoid posting.
Correct care, growth slowdown lead to the appearance of small beautiful leaves. If large foliage is still formed, it is filled with half a harmonious species.
Tips for the formation of the trunk are given in the video.
It is better to make bonsai in an inclined or vertical style. With the help of the wire, the direction of plant growth is set, while the copper wire is imposed after the foliage of foliage.
Climate and soil
Oak loves wet, warm climate. If there is a tree on the windows lit by the sun, many small leaves will appear. The cold climate is delicate roots, so they are covered with foliage foliage.
In winter, the oak bonsai practically does not require water, in the summer you need to prevent soil drying. The main rule is not to water the plant from above, otherwise the soil will become dense, the tree will crack. Also avoid water from falling on the leaves. It will save the oak from pulse dew, burning crowns in the sun.
For young plants, the ratio of these components - 2: 1. Adult trees are better to transplant in the soil consisting of 9 parts of clay and 1 part of the foliage. The transplant is carried out in April-May or October-November.
It is possible to use fertilizers, but it should not be too zeal. At the initial stages of the feeder will speed up the process of forming a tree, but large leaves and shoots may begin to grow in the later stages of development.