How to make rose bonsai

Step 1: Picking piles

The time for collecting piles is spring every year. There are many wild rose piles with peculiar shapes and natural tips on the hillsides and ditches, which can be collected.

After the stump is collected, the root trunk must be cut in place. When planting, a little sawdust can be infiltrated into the plain sandy soil, and the whole stump can be covered with a plastic bag. After 3-5 cm new shoots grow, the plastic bag can be removed on rainy days. Thereafter, the leaves and stems should be watered every morning and evening.

Starting from August, fertilize once every half month, preferably using cake fertilizer water.

Normally growing branches need to be pruned in the spring of the second year, and management must be strengthened. Grafting can be carried out when the new branches grow to a certain thickness.

Step 2: Grafting

Bud grafting is a commonly used grafting method for bonsai roses. It is relatively simple to operate and has a wide range of time options, from May to September. It has a high survival rate and can be used to repeat grafting of unviable grafts at the original site, which is also a major advantage of this method.

The choice of flower color and variety of grafted roses can be based on personal preference. Miniature roses are recommended as the first choice for grafting. This variety has the characteristics of small plants and flowers, large number of flowers and long flowering period.

Three steps to help you improve the survival rate of rose grafting:

Bud Selection

The grafted buds should be selected from strong branches. The best time is the early stage of budding. It is best to apply fertilizer after cutting off the flowers. After leaving them for a week, the sprouted buds can be selected for grafting.

Take buds

Generally, roses are harvested by peeling the skin and taking out the buds. However, the branches of miniature roses are thinner, so the branches for budding need to be cut to about 2 cm long, then cut obliquely from the middle of the back of the bud to both ends, and then peel off the cortex along the bottom of the bud, and slowly peel off the cortex from the wood part. The vascular bundles in the bud must be protected. After taking the bud, the two ends of the bud should be cut flatly depending on the height of the rootstock incision. The rootstock incision should be placed gently, close to the wood of the rootstock, and tightly wrapped with plastic strips to expose the bud eye.

Moisturizing

After grafting and wrapping, if conditions permit, the grafted bonsai rose can be cultivated in a plastic greenhouse, or maintained in a natural environment by covering each branch with a plastic bag. After 7-10 days, remove the plastic bag and loosen it, and appropriate re-grafting can be performed based on the survival situation.

Step 3: Daily maintenance

For newly grafted bonsai roses, in order to make them take shape as quickly as possible, try to avoid premature flowering.

Branches that grow to a certain thickness should be pruned short in time to promote the sprouting of strong new branches. When pruning, cut the weak and short branches first, and cut more; then cut the strong branches, and cut less. The purpose is to "promote the weak and suppress the strong." In order to make the whole plant bloom evenly, the branches that are easy to bloom should be pruned last.

Bonsai roses need sufficient light during their growth period. And because the flowering period is long, the amount of fertilizer required is relatively high. The pots should be repotted and sufficient organic fertilizer should be applied in early spring. Cake fertilizer water should be applied every 10 days during the growth period, especially after the flowering period, when fertilizer should be applied more heavily.

Black spot is a common disease of roses. Use 800 times diluted 20% thiophanate-methyl or 50% carbendazim, and spray once a week. Pay attention to spraying after the beginning of autumn. Aphids are a common pest of roses. Use 1500 times diluted DDT emulsion for spraying.