How to prune osmanthus trees?

Pruning method: the end face of the cutting mouth should avoid the big face as far as possible, tangent to the branch at 45 degrees, and the leaf bud should stay in the upper direction of the oblique mouth. In the growing period, it can be pruned near the leaf buds, which is beneficial to wound healing. In non-growth period, it can be pruned at the upper end of leaf buds.

1. Positioning scissors: refers to the first pruning of osmanthus modeling, and it is determined to keep branches in different positions and cut off redundant branches. After the stumps excavated in Shan Ye were cultivated and survived, many branches sprouted. Most of the branches must be cut off, and the main branches needed for modeling are kept, which is called positioning scissors. After positioning cutting, the number and position of branches and the mutual distance between branches are determined, which directly affects the beauty of osmanthus bonsai. The reserved branches should grow healthily, and the thickness should be coordinated up and down, avoiding parallelism, symmetry and overlap as far as possible, so as to be dense and spread around the trunk, which has dynamic potential.

2. Shrinking branches: it is a pruning method to shorten branches, and it is also an important measure to maintain the landscape of trees modeling and trees. In modeling, the trees are short, the branches are full, the thickness is moderate from top to bottom, and they are bent.

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Pruning time: grafted osmanthus should be pruned during dormancy. In rainy season, there is much rain, high air humidity and vigorous growth of trees. So cut less or stop cutting. Cutting off a large number of branches and leaves will affect normal growth and even lead to death in severe cases. In addition, it is not allowed to cut again near the end of autumn. After strong cutting, new buds will sprout one after another, and when the cold current comes, new buds will freeze to death. The best time for heavy cutting and strong cutting is1-February, when the trees are dormant.

Osmanthus bonsai mainly relies on picking buds and cores to control the extra-long branches and keep the original appearance. Shrinkage can be reduced during dormancy, but not during growth. Strong cutting during dormancy to remove all kinds of bogey branches. ?

Refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-osmanthus tree