Bauhinia bonsai maintenance: placement environment

Bauhinia bonsai should be avoided in sunny and airy places

There is no need for shade maintenance in summer. If it is placed outdoors in winter, it needs to be placed in the sunny place facing south to make the Bauhinia bonsai absorb enough light

Bauhinia bonsai maintenance: watering

Bauhinia naturally likes a humid environment, so the potted soil of Bauhinia bonsai needs to be kept slightly wet, but it can't accumulate too much water, which will cause rotten roots

Watering is required in the morning and evening when the temperature is high in summer, and the watering frequency should be gradually reduced in autumn

It is OK to water every three to five days in winter, preferably around noon

Bauhinia bonsai maintenance: fertilization

Bauhinia bonsai needs fertilization after flowering. It is best to apply thin and rotten cake fertilizer water two to three times

After autumn, put some phosphorus containing fertilizers such as chicken, duck and poultry feces or bone meal into the flower pot, which can promote Bauhinia to be more pregnant with flower buds and flourish in the next spring

Bauhinia bonsai maintenance: pruning

The pruning of bonsai can be carried out after flowers, mainly to cut off the bare branches and sick and weak branches that affect the tree shape, because most Bauhinia flowers on the old branches of more than two years, and try to keep the flowering old branches when pruning

In summer, it is necessary to pick the heart of the lateral branches, which can promote the development of flower branches and plump tree crowns

After Bauhinia blossom, the pods should be removed in time to reduce the consumption of nutrients, and the tillers germinating in the rhizosphere should also be cut off

Bauhinia bonsai maintenance: turning the basin

Bauhinia bonsai is best to turn the basin every two to three years, preferably in autumn, or after flowering

When turning the pot, cut off some old roots and over dense roots at the same time, remove half of the old soil and replace with fertile and loose culture soil