The evergreen juniper plant is used to decorate garden areas, but it can also be grown at home. Juniper bonsai is a miniature tree, grown in a special way in a flat container.
Juniper bonsai from seeds - planting and care
Before planting, the seeds are placed in water for several days, so that they swell and germinate. To eliminate diseases, they are treated with a fungicide. The soil is prepared from a mixture of peat and sand in proportions of 1: 1 and pre-sterilized. Seeds are laid out on the ground and sprinkled with sand on top. The capacity is covered with glass. With the advent of the first shoots, regular fresh air is provided, and when the leaves are formed, the seedlings are completely opened.
Tree of juniper bonsai - cultivation
For growing bonsai juniper, the following conditions must be observed:
- Temperature regime . For bonsai cultivation, the temperature in which the plant grows is reproduced. Very favorable for juniper affects the regular access of fresh air, for which the plant is carried to the balcony.
- Lighting . A necessary condition for the development of bonsai is the availability of sufficient light. To do this, during the day, raise the curtains and create additional lighting with fluorescent or halogen lamps.
- Watering . It should be avoided both drying out and waterlogging of the soil. The method of irrigation, which consists in immersion, is widespread. The container in which the bonsai grows is placed in another container, larger in volume and taken out when the air bubbles cease to rise to the surface.
- Feeding . As mineral fertilizers for indoor plants. Bonsai fertilize once a month.
In order to grow bonsai of the desired shape, form its trunk and crown, which is carried out for 2-3 years. First, the lower branches are removed from the tree, and then the barrel is wrapped with copper wire, with which it is given the necessary shape.
Correctly forming the trunk and crown, you can grow and garden bonsai from juniper.