Ficus bonsai: cultivation at home

About the art of bonsai, at least a lot of people know. Everyone is enthralled and amazed by small trees in small pots. These plants, so similar to the familiar, large trees, are grown according to ancient techniques that originated in India. Later it was adopted by the Japanese and breathed in their philosophy and vision of life. "It is necessary to see the great in the small" - they think so.

The most suitable for cultivation is a house plant of ficus - bonsai from it leave very unpretentious. It is for this reason that the plant has become very popular all over the world. It is well established in our climate, for the winter it does not need rest. Crohne is shaped like a cone. Branches of it must be placed so that they move away from the trunk and alternate. This plant is very much appreciated due to air roots. How small and beautiful is the bonsai ficus, the photo shows very clearly.

Before you learn how to grow such a miracle, it is worth considering the basic ways of creating dwarf trees. The main principle is planting of ordinary plants with small foliage in pots. They require special care, during which they are given a certain shape. The depth of the container can vary according to the height of the trees. At the bottom of the pot drain is laid, and on top of the soil mixture. Just cultivated and bonsai ficus.

Watering the plant should not often. The soil should be dense. When it dries up drastically, the container with the plant is put in a basin and poured into the water to half the pot. When the vegetative period comes , the miniature tree needs additional lighting. For this purpose, a fluorescent lamp is suitable. All care is subject to the two most important tasks: to give the plant a certain shape and to ensure its healthy development. As a result, bonsai must acquire a thick trunk, from which the base should expand evenly.

Like other plant species, bonsai bonsai is in need of a regular transplant. The main sign that it is time to conduct this operation, when roots appear from the drainage openings of the container. For the cultivation of Lilliput trees, their roots should be kept in cramped state. Once a year during transplantation, they must be pruned. For the health of the plant it is not dangerous, on the contrary, pruning stimulates the growth of a tree.

Since the tree is very brittle, it is not recommended to wrap it with wire to give it the desired shape. But it easily transfers the pruning. This is quite enough to grow a bonsai ficus, the same goal is served by such a remarkable property as the ability of sleeping buds to give shoots. Periodically you need to pinch the tips of the branches of the plant and maintain a branch that grows in the right direction.

This plant is a great way to get to know the ancient art more closely and gain the necessary experience for cultivating the more traditional species that are used in the canonical bonsai. As a rule, it is pine, beech, spruce, maple. As a training, you can also choose a myrtle, muraia, a carmone, a subcarpus. A miniature tree is grown slowly. Sometimes, to get a bonsai ficus, they go away for many years, and even decades.