Drawstring is a plant which is used as an ingredient in making bonsai.
Drawstring has the characteristics of small leaves when the drawstring is used as an ingredient in making bonsai, the size of the leaves will shrink.
Already many people who choose this plant as an ornamental plant to decorate the house.
How to Plant Shaved Bonsai
Before making bonsai from a drawstring plant, it is important to note that later on towards the end of the dry season, shaved plants will shed their leaves.
But, one week later, new, fresher shoots will grow.
Therefore, do not be surprised if your drawstring shatters a lot of daunya.
To grow shaved bonsai, you can use various methods such as grafts or cuttings.
The most difficult way to plant is cuttings because it requires more precision.
When moving a drawstring plant to a pot from the ground, you must be careful because the drawstring plants will become very sensitive when the roots are cut off.
For excavation, drawstring bonsai should be excavated gradually.
The first step is to cut the roots and fill them in the soil.
Wait for two months and then begin to cut the whole root. After that, the plant can be moved to a larger pot as a temporary pot.
Then start the formation of bonsai from shaved plants.
In the period of formation of drawstring plants into bonsai, you should use mountain soil media to get bonsai with maximum quality.
However, don't forget to use mountain soil mixed with topsoil or manure in a ratio of 1: 1.
When using these media, branches and branches will grow faster and more fertile.
When you have the right balance of plants, the drawstring bonsai can be moved to a permanent pot but with the same media and comparison.
Tips for Caring for Drawstring Bonsai
In tips on caring for drawstring bonsai, there are two things that must be considered, namely tips on caring for bonsai that comes from shaved plants and also caring for bonsai that has been planted from drawstring.
Tips for caring for the drawstring bonsai obtained
(1) First, remove all leaves that are present or attached to the drawstring plant
(2) After that, cut the disproportionate roots and stems before finally cleaning up the remnants of the soil attached to the roots.
(3) Clean roots are smeared with root stimulants while preparing clean planting media.
As mentioned earlier, you should use mountain land as a planting medium.
Does not give him fertilizer because fertilizer will make the roots difficult to grow.
(4) After planting going to the drawstring bonsai, the plants should be covered with plastic bags to keep the plants moist.
Then, place it in the shade and wait for about 2 to 3 weeks before the plastic is finally opened.
(5) Place the plants in the shade area until the leaves grow a lot and are strong.
When it's felt strong, then put the plant in a place exposed to sun exposure.
Tips for caring for shaved bonsai plants
If you have made a drawstring bonsai plant from a shaved plant, do not forget to keep caring for plants that are already in the form of bonsai.
Like living things in general that require exposure to sunlight, these plants are included in the types of plants that require sun exposure for a long time.
Efforts to treat shaved bonsai plants certainly water it every day at least once a day.
After that, don't forget to give manure or organic fertilizer to grow well. Don't forget to cut it too.
Both of these have an effect on stimulating the growth of leaves quickly and lush.
The last treatment is definitely spraying pesticides or giving pests to prevent pests.
Bonsai Fertilizer
One of the steps needed in caring for drawstring bonsai to thrive is fertilization.
Fertilization is intended to fertilize plants, but for this type of plant the fertilizer used should not be fertilized carelessly.
If you choose the wrong fertilizer, it will have a negative impact on the plant, for example, the trunk becomes thin or the plants become difficult to flower.
Fertilizers used to fertilize the drawstring bonsai should indeed be arranged fertilizer which can be in the form of organic fertilizers, manure, or other chemical fertilizer mixtures.
If you want to use a mixture of fertilizers, make sure if the mixture matches the dosage not too much and don't overdo it a little.
Bonsai plants include plants that are not strong when given too much chemicals.
If you don't want to mix it with chemicals, you can use only manure.
However, if only manure is given without additional fertilizer, the bonsai plant will experience a slow development.
Bonsai Drawstring Pests
As with other plants, if these plants are not properly cared for, especially rarely given pests or sprayed with pesticides, these plants will be susceptible to pests.
Of the various types of plant pests that exist, white aphids are the fleas that most often attack the drawstring bonsai.
Generally, this type of lice emits a honey dew liquid that tastes sweet.
Then, it is from the honey dew liquid that produces the growth of soot mushrooms.
The sooty mushroom plants will cover the shaved leaves whose color is still green.
As a result, the color of the bonsai leaves will turn black and over time will wither and break down. So the plants will fail to grow.
Many insecticides can be used to eradicate white lice in drawstring bonsai plants.
However, white fleas have a waxy layer that will protect them from external attacks including insecticides.
Actually a simple way to deal with white lice attacks is to use detergent lauric which is sprayed on the leaves of bonsai.
Spraying detergent is believed to be effective in removing wax layers.
For that, you should spray detergent liquid in the morning so that later the liquid wax will be released.
Then by itself the fleas will die because the white lice cannot resist the sun's heat.
With the loss of the wax layer, the sun will be exposed directly to the white flea skin so that it will die automatically.
If this method is considered ineffective, you can use an insecticide spray or fungicide to eradicate white lice.
It is recommended to use both methods, namely with a detergent solution to remove the waxy layer then followed by spraying insecticides.
This method is considered effective to prevent bonsai plants from pest attacks.
Conclusion
Such is the effort of making drawstring bonsai from shaved goats obtained from nature.
Not only how to make or plant it, the review also alludes to the cultivation of bonsai as a whole starting from how to care for how to eradicate pests that often attack these bonsai plants.
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