How to make elm tree into bonsai, can small elm seedlings be used

1. How to do it

1. Maintaining the stump: Before making bonsai, you must do the preparation work for maintaining the stump. Stump care means planting the newly dug elm stump in wet sand after processing, or planting it in a clay pot filled with wet sand for care, so that the stump can take root and resume growth.

2. Pruning: At this time, pruning mainly focuses on dead branches, diseased branches and roots. Especially when pruning the roots, the problematic parts need to be trimmed cleanly. Then apply some erythromycin ointment to the wound to facilitate healing. If too much sticky juice flows out of the cut, you can apply ointment, sprinkle a layer of fine sand, and then seal it with plastic film to allow it to recover.

3. Potting: After the plant resumes growth, pot it and maintain it normally.

4. Shaping: After the plant is established, you can trim and shape it. According to the basic shape and growth of the plant, you can choose to make bonsai in straight trunk, slanted trunk, curved trunk, cliff, jungle, stone-attached and other forms. In addition, during the growth period, it is necessary to cut off branches that are too long and too messy to keep the branches in a beautiful shape.

2. Are small elm seedlings okay?

Young elm seedlings can be made into bonsai. The young elm seedlings have strong sprouting ability, are resistant to pruning, grow fast, and have a long lifespan, making them good materials for making bonsai. The best time to view elm sapling bonsai is when the new leaves just grow out. All old leaves need to be removed in early to mid-August, and water and fertilizer management should be strengthened in the later period. By mid-to-late September, new green leaves will grow again, which can improve the ornamental value of the elm bonsai.