Maintenance skills of ivy

Ivy is a very good indoor foliage plant, which can be used as potted plants, hanging baskets, totems, plastic plants and so on. According to the different modeling methods of ivy bonsai, there are usually different modeling methods. How can ivy bonsai look good? Maintenance skills of ivy

Maintenance skills of wooden ivy bonsai

Choose a rectangular purple sand basin with a length of 40-50 cm, and then choose a dead tree stump with a height of 60-70 cm, which is good in shape, posture and color, planted on the left side of the basin, and the longer dead branches extend to the right side of the basin.

Plant 4-6-year-old ivy in front of the dead stump, wrap the branches around the branches of the stump, carefully maintain them, and trim the branches and leaves appropriately according to the idea and composition. Decorations can be arranged on the right side of the basin, and moss or ground cover plants can be planted on the basin soil.

Galina Ivy can be used as a column-shaped bonsai, and a high basin with a diameter of 25-35cm and a height of 30-40cm can be selected. There are brown columns with a height of 1.2-2.2 meters in the basin, 3-4 plants are planted around the columns, vines are coiled on the columns, and iron wires are tied on the columns every 20-30 cm.

Hanging bonsai

It usually takes 4-6 years to cultivate. According to the composition, the branches and leaves should be trimmed, and the extended branches should extend to one side of the basin. Branches should be picked and lifted every spring, and branches that are too thin and dense should be properly thinned. Each pot has 5- 10 branches hanging downward. Horticultural varieties with small leaves and luxuriant leaves are especially suitable for this shape, and are generally planted in round purple sand pots or high-sign pots.

Single-wood bonsai

The branches of ivy are soft, so it is generally difficult to grow upright. Moreover, it takes time and labor to make a single-wood bonsai, which usually takes 7-8 years to complete. Generally choose hexagonal or octagonal vertical teapot and start using 2-3-year-old seedlings.

Planted on the left side of the pot, after germination in spring, when the branches grow to 20-30 cm, coring is carried out to promote branching. During the growing period, coring is continuously carried out, leaving thick and weak to promote the thickening of branches, and it is carried out every spring for 2-3 years.

Turn the pot once, protect the branches and roots when turning the pot, and ensure the vigorous growth of the branches and the sturdiness of the branches. At the same time, we should control the length of branches and not grow too long. After turning over the pot for 2-3 times, after about 7-8 years, the trunk gradually thickens, and the branches and leaves are arranged according to the intended composition, so that the leaves are dense and suitable.

How to make the ivy bonsai look good and the maintenance skills of ivy, I will introduce it to you here. Ivy is a beautiful climbing plant with changeable leaves and evergreen seasons, which can be used as scaffolding or vertical greening of walls.