Soilless Culture, Novel Technology

Soilless culture is renovation to bonsai caring.

Bonsai, especial tree bonsai, is a living sculpture art. In order to achieve a bonsai with fruitful branches and vivid leaves, it is important to spend time on bonsai caring and appreciate it with professional view. A good bonsai cannot be done without years of maintenance and adjust the figure according to the growth. Without regularly caring on bonsai may led the vivid life to wither till declaration of death. The result of careless duty is fatal to culture bonsai.

What is soilless culture?

Soilless culture is a novel technique and a kind of renovation to bonsai fans. It contributes a lot for busy persons who want to keep good bonsai while have no regular time on it.

Soilless culture means cultivate the plant in inorganic solid or liquid kind of material with necessary nutrient solution instead of soil, which release the owner from busy compact schedule to care it on daily or on regular basis.

A “GREEN” Christmas?

Christmas is coming. When we are planning a happy Christmas vacation, most of us are considering what we can do to reduce the resource wasting while have a merry Christmas. Here I want to share several ideas with you.

It is said that if each Canadian saves the cover paper for 3 gift packs, the saving paper may cover 45 thousand ice-hockey rinks. Furthermore, most of gift cover paper is made of the paper covered by non-degradable materials such as wax, plastic or metal. The only method to handle these used imperishable materials after holiday is to bury it, which is unfriendly to the environment.

The good way to show the friendship with environment is avoid over packing, especially not to choose no degradable wrapping paper. It will be a good idea to warp gifts with dated newspaper. The gifts for children covered with colorful cartoon pages may attract more attention.

Experiences Of Watering Office Bonsai

Plant absorbs moisture and nutrients in the water via the root. The trunk and branches transfer water from root to leaves. So water becomes critical to the plant growth process with any size of bonsai. I have learned a lot from experiences with years.

There is no standard of watering quantity; all should depend on the plant habit, plant size, the season and temperature as well. There are many sizes of plant pots: big, small, deep and shallow bonsai pot. Different size pot has variety water holding capability.

Generally, less water should be provided with large pot in deep size, due to the large soil holder with more water inside. Small plant pot prefers comparative more water, because there is less soil helps to keep moisture

Bonsai Systematic Pomology

Tree bonsai, makes a tree as principal part of the whole bonsai view, is supplemented by stone, grass or even moss. This kind of bonsai copies the natural environment, microform the whole balanced natural environment via shaping the tree poses matches with other natural essences according to the natural and characteristics of the tree itself.

There are many kinds of tree bonsai. Usually, tree bonsai are classified by the size of trees, number of trees, height of trees, species of trees or the natural tree styles.

Classify by tree species:

1. Broad-leaved Evergreen: banyan, ivorywood (Diospyros ferrea), Podocarpusmacrophyllus, Murraya Paniculata
2. Bamboo grass: Ink bamboo, Square bamboo, Bambusa multiples, etc.
3. Grass Tree: cymbidium, sago cycas, Trichocolea tomentella, etc.

Classify by trunk number of trees: simple trunk or compound trunk tree

Simple trunk: straight trunk, bevel trunk, curved trunk, etc.

Compound trunks tree: more trunks or main branches in one bonsai pot

Prevent and Cure Plant Diseases and Insect Pests

Diseases on branches or trunk

When the rot layer is found on the surface phloem, branches perished and ulcer situation, or there are rot spots on twigs, Bordeaux mixture should be mist sprayed on the diseases surface, scratch the rotten tissues.

Leaves diseases

Chlorosis disease

The chlorosis disease of trees is a common and serious disease. When the green leaves turn into yellowish brown color not caused by the autumn season, it is possible to be the chlorosis disease. The Ferroinsulfate solution in 0.1 to 0.2 concentrations should be sprayed above the leaves’ surfaces.

Leaf spot disease

The leaf spot disease makes leaves crimp and wither away uncommonly. Bordeaux mixture helps to release the disease via being mist sprayed on the diseases surface. Diseased leaf should be picked off as soon as possible to against the infection.

Powdery Mildew

Leaf defoliation situation remind the bonsai owner to check whether the plant has been infected by powdery mildew. It is another kind of common disease is often found on bonsai plants. Wave beauty sulfur mixture with 0.3 to 0.5 concentrations should be sprayed in mist above the leaf surfaces.

Bonsai Marketing Analysis

At present, there are 5 kind of bonsai had greater demand than supply. The sales volume of these five bonsai is increasing at the rate of 15% year by year. Along with the demand, the sale price grows around 20%. These popular bonsai are medicinal materials bonsai, fruit frees bonsai, aloe bonsai, vegetables bonsai and ferns bonsai. 

Medicinal materials bonsai

There are many medicinal materials fit to be planted as in room bonsai, such as ganoderma lucidum, ginkgo biloba, medicine chrysanthemum, lily, Chinese wolfberry, etc. The price of ganoderma bonsai is from 10 dollars to hundred dollars. The price of an outstanding ganoderma bonsai with unique and distinctive shape may be reach thousand dollars or more.

The market potential of medicinal bonsai is huge, which has become a new growth point.

Fruit trees bonsai

Some bonsai with fruit and ornamental plants, such as mini apple, pomegranates, ornamental peach, orange or cherry fruit trees attract more buyers before the Christmas festival due to the bright color of the plant itself and edible fruits. Flourish flowers bring good will to the family; also bring sales volume to the bonsai market.

Medical Effects of Common Bonsai

Common bonsai have some uncommon medical effects.

  

·         African jasmine

Volatile oil produced by African jasmine has significant bactericidal effect. The aroma form African jasmine helps people feel relax and conductive to sleep. The good sleep contributes to good health. 

·         White palm

White palm is good at absorbing unhealthy elements from human exhalation process, such as ammonia and acetone. It also can filter the air benzene, trichloroethylene and formaldehyde. The efficient evaporation helps to reduce the disease possibility via releasing the parched nasal mucosa caused by dry air.

 

·         Silver queen

Silver queen is well-known by its unique air purification ability. The higher air pollutant concentration, the more you are surprised by the purification ability. It is wise to place the silver queen bonsai in the dank room with poor ventilation condition. 

Tips for Office Bonsai

The weather is getting colder every day. Heater helps to keep dry and warm air in room. Dry air speeded moisture evaporation from soft skin. Many symptoms of itching and flaking come with dry skin. Meanwhile, windows closed tightly to keep cold air outside. Less fresh air makes person feel drowsy, people in the office works less efficient.

Bonsai brings fresh air to improve air quality; photosynthesis of broad leaves provide more oxygen in air, while soil with water helps release the dry air to improve moisture rate.

What kind of bonsai should be chosen in office?
 

Bonsai, with wider leaves seem to do better in shady office, provides more oxygen, is good to be put in office room. On the other hand, succulent bonsai asks less care time with cute appearance is also often to be found itself on office desks. 

Bonsai For Children

There are many kinds of bonsai designed for children. In order to attract their attention, the cute looking with easy care are important.
The flowerpot is designed with cute looking, most of them are provided with the cartoon style to looks attractive.

Considering that it is almost mission impossible to keep the kid sitting for several hours per day to look after the bonsai no matter how attractive the bonsai is, many bonsai  for children are easy to planted, most of these kind of plants require a few for the daily care and grow fast. Children are expected to water one or two time per week, they may observe the obvious growing of the plant to satisfying with their achievement.

 

Children like these bonsai because they may witness the growth of the little plant. And this plant is put to a place at where it is reachable. The little plant is growing, changing under the special individual care.

Many succulents bonsai may be good choice for children with animal like figure.

A lovely flowerpot may add more fun to this observation.

Kids loves their own bonsai is not only because of the cute flowerpot, but also because it is a kind of poverty belongs to the kids and the feeling of loving other by achieving this, kids spent many days and nights to look after other, to participate other's growing and contribute to another kind of living.

There are many kind of bonsai that children may love, such as bracket-plant, Aloes, Chamaedorea elegans, and many succulents.

Easy Bonsai Happy Life



The main concept of bonsai for both art and horticulture is quite wide. What we are sure today is that most bonsai in room are about 25 centimeters tall and maximum to 1 meter in height, which may easily be put into one room with various sizes.

The first time bonsai found itself to be tangible recorded on a large scale was thousand years ago in China. The early specimens displayed with gnarled trunks which were shaved looks like mascot figure, such as dragons and birds. Many Chinese bonsai with animal–like trunks and animal like root formations related to myths and legends still have highly prized today. 

Once bonsai was introduced into Japan, the art was developed and improved to an extent more, bonsai was granted more with the traditional Orient philosophy and ideals, which convey the harmony balance between man, soul and the Mother Nature.
 

Today, there are more ordinary bonsai step into our individual rooms. In the daily life, more people appreciate bonsai because normal people as you and I need fresh air. We enjoy the moment we contribute our own proper care to the little plant to witness and participate its growth day and night. With the development of the urbanization, we want to be closer to green environment. Bonsai makes it possible for us to appreciate the nature view even in modern office indoors. Contributing the green to our life, today, bonsai are more personalized without strict rule, but more like a hobby to get from the natural green plant.
 

According to the new ideal, the little plant to be planted in the flower pot or water with the size fit the room can be bonsai. In order to choose a fit bonsai, to know the plant habit, ensure it is harmless to human health is important.

For children, an easy care bonsai in a cute flower pot may increase their patient and interest to observe the plant growth longer. Many bonsai do not need a lot care time, for instant: succulents, bracket plant, and evergreen cane. If you are a beginner with bonsai, all these fit you mostly. Many green lovers are restricted by the limited in room space prefer to choose bonsai to bring vivid green color, fresh air into the room, and the sense of achievements from growing plants by their own hands. Housewives love broad leaf bonsai more than anyone else.

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Free Tips for Good Bonsai

 There are many easy and free tips lead to unique bonsai of your own.

1. Light for flower bonsai plant

Light is necessary to any plant for photosynthesis. Adequate light means strong photosynthesis, result to the accumulation of organic nutrients. A healthy flower plant may provide thrive flowers with vivid colors and flower-shape. Different flower plants require variable lights. That is means not all the flower bonsai like to be under the dazzle sunshine. Flower bonsai needs to be treated differently according to individual requirement of sunshine.

Most flower bonsai, differ from grown in the garden, should be shadowed during noon hours from 12:00-14:00 in the day, especially during their blossom season, to keep their blossom days.
 

2. Temperature for bonsai  

Temperature is another essential fact to bonsai, which should be controlled within the rage of 15-25℃ in general, to ensure the vivid color and attractive thrive appearance, which is one of the important conditions should be taken into account. Cactus, native to tropical and subtropical, should be kept in higher temperature, above 25 ℃, to ensure the lush growth with green leaves.

Menu For Edible Bonsai

Many cheap but delicious foods may be made from bonsai.

It is so soon to step into autumn in Canada from summer. The weather becomes cool and dry gradually. The cold air bring dry and hot feeling to our lung, hurt the body fluid, that is negative for metabolism, which helps break the body balance. Many friends catch cold and get a fever in autumn and cause coughing afterward. Instead of taking pills, what can we do to improve our body immune system to keep far away from getting sick? There are many ways to keep health. My favorite way is to build health from changing a little bit of the daily menu, having proper food in daily life may help to build a healthy body. It is good feeling to find some ingredients just from your bonsai in your room with fresh and good quality.

·          Green tea with chrysanthemum flowers 

There are many foods that help to keep body balance; chrysanthemum is one of these foods. Chrysanthemum tea helps to release high blood pressure, and other chronic diseases, that contribute to improve the immune system.

Autumn is a harvest season, which means everyone is busy. It won’t take a long time to prepare this beverage. Just put 4-6 pieces of chrysanthemum flower into the cup of boiled water (about 400ml) with 5-8 pieces of medlar. Since the water is still warm, put your face above the steam, the steam helps to brighter eyes and silk smooth skin.

A cup of green tea with several chrysanthemum flowers and 5-8 pieces of medlar helps to protect the eyes, and make lung and liver work well. 
 

·          Osmanthus coconut cake 

This cake is rich in vitamin C and antioxidants which are essentials in promoting human metabolism. This osmanthus aroma dessert is very popular in south China. 

Recipe 

1.        50g chestnut flour with 50g corn starch, split into two containers.

2.        One container of mixture mixed with 50ml coconut milk and water chestnut flour, to be stirred till entire dissolved.

3.        Another container of mixture mixed with water and dried osmanthus.

4.        150g Water to be boiled with sugar pulled into the container with coconut milk, steam for 5 minutes.

5.        Steam separately another half mixture for 5 minutes, and combine two half steamed mixture together, covered with dried osmanthus.

6.        Steam the new mixture for additional 5 minutes.
 

Bonsai is a kind of low cost source with good taste material to your menu.