How to make honeysuckle bonsai

1. Cultivation

There are many methods for artificially breeding honeysuckle, such as sowing, cuttings, division, layering, etc. Here we introduce the sowing method and cutting method in detail.

Seeding method

Collect seeds in October in autumn, wash them, dry them in the shade, and store them in moist sand. Take them out in March of the following year, soak them in 25-degree clean water for 24 hours, and take them out for sowing. Cover with centimeters thick soil, cover with straw, spray water once a day to maintain humidity.

Seeds planted in March will not break out of the soil until April. At this time, remove the straw mat in time because the temperature will rise and you need to build a shade shed.

Cutting method

Also in March, take one-year-old mature branches as cuttings, eight to ten centimeters will be enough, insert them into the soil at a depth of 15 to 20 centimeters, then water them thoroughly to keep the soil moist, and build a shade shed for them. They will take root in about half a month. This method has a relatively high survival rate.

Field transplant

There are a lot of honeysuckle in the wild. If it is inconvenient to cultivate it yourself, you can transplant it from the wild, bring back the old roots, cut off the stems and leaves, find a container to replant it, and new branches and leaves will grow soon. At this time, you can arrange and climb it to shape it.

2. Put it in the basin

1. Choose a beautiful cultivation container, preferably a sand pot. If you want to make potted plants, a square one is best.

2. Take fertile, sparse soil with good drainage and air permeability. You can mix it with humus and river sand yourself, put the soil into the pot, and transplant the grown seedlings with the original soil in March. Pay attention to protect the roots when repotting, and cut off most of the stems and leaves to accumulate strength. Especially fine roots are easily overlooked, which ultimately affects nutrient absorption.

3. The replanted honeysuckle should be watered thoroughly once and placed in a shaded place for a week. No watering is required during this week to increase the survival rate.

3. Modeling

1. Generally, the shaping is done by climbing and tying the branches and leaves of the honeysuckle together artificially and weaving them. The woven branch is the final main trunk, which will slowly grow into one. Other minor branches can be pruned as you like.

2. There are mainly many tree shapes, including inclined pole type, curved trunk type and cliff type, and the roots of these types are gradually exposed.