CN104209999A - Method for making and growing object-type bonsai by weaving branches of any fruit tree - Google Patents
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The invention discloses a high-grade fruiting bonsai which is formed by virtue of weaving of thin branches or branches of any fruit tree, cultivation, traction/bending/twisting/pulling/shaping through metal wires, metal ropes and metal rods, and growth, belongs to four series namely animal-type bonsai, plant-type bonsai, article-type bonsai and mixed-type bonsai and has more than 200 varieties. The high-grade fruiting bonsai is an indoor elegant garniture for nobles and the spring festival. The method has the greatest characteristics that resources are sufficient; waste materials are recycled; the method is simple and easy to operate; household courtyard production is facilitated; bonsai plantation is an immediately popularized project for peasants to get rich, and a huge production area is likely to form; domestic and international markets are vacant, the development prospect is wide, and the method has special effects that higher social benefits and economic benefits are created.
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Technical field:
The present invention is by curved preparation methods of drawing growth to form various animal-type potted landscape, plant type potted landscape, article type potted landscape, mixed type potted landscape of traction such as establishment cultivation wire strands poles with any one fruit tree.
Background technology:
Produce the high-grade result potted landscape of more than 200 kind of animal-plant type with this patented invention establishment cultivation, because domestic and international market is comparatively large, development prospect is wide, resource is sufficient, cost of manufacture is low, selling price is higher, potted landscape industry one great development can be affected and promote.
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The present invention uses any one fruit tree, by growing up to various animal-type potted landscape, plant type potted landscape, article type potted landscape, mixed type potted landscape after braiding cultivation, form higher ornamental value, this invention aboundresources, turn waste into wealth, easy to learn, popularization is strong, is that a huge Huimin is got rich engineering.
The present invention includes following steps:
One, plant type result bonsai production technology
This invention with any one fruit tree seedling or branch slice as making material, shaping by woven mesh, various plants fruit-vegetable type result potted landscape, ties up stretch bending song with thickness aluminium wire, copper wire, soft iron silk and the traction of rope tightening latch mark and twists the way such as straight and make plant, animal, article, the high-grade potted landscape of the large series result of mixed type four.The top grade of formation one tree one special scape, the how special scape of a tree views and admires potted landscape.
Example: cultivation way is made to the braiding of fruits and vegetables potted landscape treasured calabsh shaped:
(1) first select high without the residual wound of parasitosis grafting finished product height of seedling degree 50 centimeters to 2 meters then or take the lead continuously to select with short section an of tree and be formed centrally many and withe bar, as the main material making treasured calabsh shaped potted landscape.
(2) labile paper pulp plate gauge tool (or mould) is selected.Determine according to the height size of treasured calabsh shaped type, large uses thin short bar with many less with high branch, little cucurbit bar, and be how many according to type cucurbit bar processed, that just pulp board has the mould in how many holes.Play the netted braiding of fixedly holding and being convenient to branch, according to knowhow for many years, below type processed minimum more than 3 maximum 60 branches, large cucurbit is many by large bar seedling quantity in other words, lacking of the sapling smallest number of small gourd, more than 3 seedlings-60 slender below.The shaping result making method for its potted landscape of treasured calabsh shaped of how many holes is beaten with how many seedlings.
(3) netted X-type braiding, a production implementation for many years mock is spliced the X weaving method of fork one mock, also can be spliced every two bars and knit way, and more than two bars being spliced knits way also can be all right by cutting braiding way of weaving cotton cloth, until compile finishing type.
(4) before not weaving branch bar, first mock is inserted firmly solid with the first pulp board mould, put in the middle of many branches with off-the-shelf the second mould again, then with the second mould for scale copy braiding, when semidefinite pattern to be woven completes the knitting process of 80%, take out the second mould (otherwise mould difficulty is got).
(5), after taking out mould, finally arrange bar shaping sizing and bind, until shaping treasured calabsh shaped is the most satisfied.
(6) wet husky root of supporting weaves.Because completing product the fastest half a day, many persons several days, the regulation woven after first must supporting root, otherwise offspring dehydration impact survives, specific practice first fills wet sand with vessel, the root of the little sapling inserting pulp board is inserted in wet sand, then fixes and can weave (husky humidity hand one is held a group and is advisable).
(7) basin soil when before woven treasured calabsh shaped potted landscape cultivation, first using the taking root liquid of 1: 10000 times to soak to cultivate again for 1 hour (prevent when weaving disconnected hinder root impact take root) cultivation as far as possible with the immature soil and the soil that became thoroughly decomposed as well; Way all row are routinely cultivated according to feelings.
(8) until growth after three months, bar and bar weave presses the long one piece of disjunctor of the gibberellin fast-growing of on the artificial broken skin point in the place of skin 1: 20000 to grow, and becomes a tree.Benefit thickness, with long, better prevents other little tree scutellum rot old complaint from doing the generation of a phenomenon
For many years by this method to various plants, the researching and producing of fruit-vegetable type result potted landscape: the braiding cultivation of the multiple many types of plant result potted landscape such as treasured calabsh shaped type, square melon type, pumpkin type, watermelon type, wax gourd type, cucumber type, eggplant, capsicum, mango, chocho, pomegranate, apple, corn, peanut is produced.
Two, animal-type result potted landscape is produced:
(9) the method emphasis that the braiding of animal-type potted landscape is produced produces bird type result potted landscape with two seedlings, and four seedlings produce animal and the domestic animal of four legs, and peacock, golden pheasant, family chicken, phoenix, pigeon etc. two the tree comparision of production that example is produced is simply true to nature.As the elephant, horse, ox, monkey, tiger, panda etc. that produce, produce simple easily directly perceived with four little trees.The animal-type result potted landscape produced with one is good.Emphasis produces the production of fish, tortoise, bat, panda, dragon, but complex process.First carry out continuous the taking the lead for 1 year three to seven times of the tree short cutting back of the thick branch of bar and select the heart, reach the length rugosity branch that Second Year is used, the braiding of ready making many animals type potted landscape.
(10) braiding makes the braiding cultivation way of (one) to (eight) bar of the same first item of cultivation technique.
(11) mainly produce the animal-type result potted landscapes such as peacock, golden pheasant, family chicken, dragon, phoenix, panda, elephant, ox, horse, monkey, tortoise, fish, bat for many years.
Three, article type result potted landscape is produced
It is all right the same that one sets production article type result potted landscapes with single or many, the way of its two braidings cultivation is the same, (with a (one) to (eight) bar braiding cultivation way, its production in more than three years mainly contains shoe-shaped gold ingot, the earth, cornucopia, umbellate form, gaily decorated basket type, stanchion net are knitted the thing type result potted landscapes such as type and produced, they are four years old, because the many cambers in article type result potted landscape right angle are large, except with except above braiding cultivation production way, must draw with the drag arc of thickness aluminium wire steel wire soft steel wire rope pole that mark is curved twists the operation such as straight and complete.
Four, the braiding production way of mixed type potted landscape
According to knowhow for many years, the result potted landscape producing complicated mixed type must be done by following program:
The result potted landscape feature of (12) mixed type is based on medium-sized tree potted landscape, large-scale tree potted landscape, old withered tree basin, the formative method of this mixed type is determined because of tree, see before the non-engagement of mock resemble what type tree you just make in what type and lean on, how debranching, how stay branch, long shoot, sizing, this is the first step.Second step engagement see after long 1 year it resemble what type close to what type you just to resembling what aspect cultivation, carry out because type is determined because of tree, the way of post-directed training.
(13), in what type braiding cultivation of one-tenth, the same a (one) is identical to the braiding cultivation of (eight) bar, and the cultivation of special little tree engagement braiding is more the same.
(14) grow the major branch after a year, side shoot, branch sizing cultivation management to large tree little tree engagement, except cultivating with (one) to (eight) bar a above braiding, the aluminium wire that emphasis implementation thickness does not wait, copper wire, soft iron silk and rope are fastened the traction of pole mark and are tied up stretch bending song and twist many ways such as straight, reach tree many scapes mixed type result potted landscape.With the intercropping moulding of gradient 35 °-55 ° skewing branch, formed and fly the moulding such as butterfly, bat, the moulding of oblique type branch has innervation, and straight moulding is twisted in traction wiry realism, also can be made into the branch bar of happy type, auspicious cloud type; Camber draw an emphasis to the fruit basket of flange, ball-type, various melon and fruit, contain the manufacture of the result potted landscape of the animals and plants types such as fruit juice basin, panda, cultivate the camber branch bar formed.Straight branch emphasis is to the making of the result potted landscape of article type, form the making of the article type result potted landscape such as optical disc type, Flying Carpet type, the plane gaily decorated basket, plane fruit tray of ring tree, and the straight branch bar formed, this invention forms the colourful making of the many scapes of a potted landscape, the simpler production way of tree one basin one scape.
(15) produced that The Goddess Chang'e flew to the moon, monkey drags for the moon in recent years, panda report bamboo, be located in a strategic place, the high-grade potted landscape of many mixed types such as small water turtle tree, a peacock flaunting its tail, treasured calabsh shaped, stanchion are nettedly ascended step by step, lucky star shines bright, apple pacify red good fortune.
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1. the present invention includes following steps:
One, plant type result bonsai production technology
This invention with any one fruit tree seedling or branch slice as making material, shaping by woven mesh, various plants fruit-vegetable type result potted landscape, ties up stretch bending song with thickness aluminium wire, copper wire, soft iron silk and the traction of rope tightening latch mark and twists the way such as straight and make plant, animal, article, the high-grade potted landscape of the large series result of mixed type four.The top grade of formation one tree one special scape, the how special scape of a tree views and admires potted landscape.
Example: cultivation way is made to the braiding of fruits and vegetables potted landscape treasured calabsh shaped:
(1) first select high without the residual wound of parasitosis grafting finished product height of seedling degree 50 centimeters to 2 meters then or take the lead continuously to select with short section an of tree and be formed centrally many and withe bar, as the main material making treasured calabsh shaped potted landscape.
(2) labile paper pulp plate gauge tool (or mould) is selected.Determine according to the height size of treasured calabsh shaped type, large uses thin short bar with many less with high branch, little cucurbit bar, and be how many according to type cucurbit bar processed, that just pulp board has the mould in how many holes.Play the netted braiding of fixedly holding and being convenient to branch, according to knowhow for many years, below type processed minimum more than 3 maximum 60 branches, large cucurbit is many by large bar seedling quantity in other words, lacking of the sapling smallest number of small gourd, more than 3 seedlings-60 slender below.The shaping result making method for its potted landscape of treasured calabsh shaped of how many holes is beaten with how many seedlings.
(3) netted X-type braiding, a production implementation for many years mock is spliced the X weaving method of fork one mock, also can be spliced every two bars and knit way, and more than two bars being spliced knits way also can be all right by cutting braiding way of weaving cotton cloth, until compile finishing type.
(4) before not weaving branch bar, first mock is inserted firmly solid with the first pulp board mould, put in the middle of many branches with off-the-shelf the second mould again, then with the second mould for scale copy braiding, when semidefinite pattern to be woven completes the knitting process of 80%, take out the second mould (otherwise mould difficulty is got).
(5), after taking out mould, finally arrange bar shaping sizing and bind, until shaping treasured calabsh shaped is the most satisfied.
(6) wet husky root of supporting weaves.Because completing product the fastest half a day, many persons several days, the regulation woven after first must supporting root, otherwise offspring dehydration impact survives, specific practice first fills wet sand with vessel, the root of the little sapling inserting pulp board is inserted in wet sand, then fixes and can weave (husky humidity hand one is held a group and is advisable).
(7) basin soil when before woven treasured calabsh shaped potted landscape cultivation, first using the taking root liquid of 1: 10000 times to soak to cultivate again for 1 hour (prevent when weaving disconnected hinder root impact take root) cultivation as far as possible with the immature soil and the soil that became thoroughly decomposed as well; Way all row are routinely cultivated according to feelings.
(8) until growth after three months, bar and bar weave presses the long one piece of disjunctor of the gibberellin fast-growing of on the artificial broken skin point in the place of skin 1: 20000 to grow, and becomes a tree.Benefit thickness, with long, better prevents other little tree scutellum rot old complaint from doing the generation of a phenomenon
For many years by this method to various plants, the researching and producing of fruit-vegetable type result potted landscape: the braiding cultivation of the multiple many types of plant result potted landscape such as treasured calabsh shaped type, square melon type, pumpkin type, watermelon type, wax gourd type, cucumber type, eggplant, capsicum, mango, chocho, pomegranate, apple, corn, peanut is produced.
Two, animal-type result potted landscape is produced:
(9) the method emphasis that the braiding of animal-type potted landscape is produced produces bird type result potted landscape with two seedlings, and four seedlings produce animal and the domestic animal of four legs, and peacock, golden pheasant, family chicken, phoenix, pigeon etc. two the tree comparision of production that example is produced is simply true to nature.As the elephant, horse, ox, monkey, tiger, panda etc. that produce, produce simple easily directly perceived with four little trees.The animal-type result potted landscape produced with one is good.Emphasis produces the production of fish, tortoise, bat, panda, dragon, but complex process.First carry out continuous the taking the lead for 1 year three to seven times of the tree short cutting back of the thick branch of bar and select the heart, reach the length rugosity branch that Second Year is used, the braiding of ready making many animals type potted landscape.
(10) braiding makes the braiding cultivation way of (one) to (eight) bar of the same first item of cultivation technique.
(11) mainly produce the animal-type result potted landscapes such as peacock, golden pheasant, family chicken, dragon, phoenix, panda, elephant, ox, horse, monkey, tortoise, fish, bat for many years.
Three, article type result potted landscape is produced
It is all right the same that one sets production article type result potted landscapes with single or many, the way of its two braidings cultivation is the same, (with a (one) to (eight) bar braiding cultivation way, its production in more than three years mainly contains shoe-shaped gold ingot, the earth, cornucopia, umbellate form, gaily decorated basket type, stanchion net are knitted the thing type result potted landscapes such as type and produced, they are four years old, because the many cambers in article type result potted landscape right angle are large, except with except above braiding cultivation production way, must draw with the drag arc of thickness aluminium wire steel wire soft steel wire rope pole that mark is curved twists the operation such as straight and complete.
Four, the braiding production way of mixed type potted landscape
According to knowhow for many years, the result potted landscape producing complicated mixed type must be done by following program:
The result potted landscape feature of (12) mixed type is based on medium-sized tree potted landscape, large-scale tree potted landscape, old withered tree basin, the formative method of this mixed type is determined because of tree, see before the non-engagement of mock resemble what type tree you just make in what type and lean on, how debranching, how stay branch, long shoot, sizing, this is the first step.Second step engagement see after long 1 year it resemble what type close to what type you just to resembling what aspect cultivation, carry out because type is determined because of tree, the way of post-directed training.
(13), in what type braiding cultivation of one-tenth, the same a (one) is identical to the braiding cultivation of (eight) bar, and the cultivation of special little tree engagement braiding is more the same.
(14) grow the major branch after a year, side shoot, branch sizing cultivation management to large tree little tree engagement, except cultivating with (one) to (eight) bar a above braiding, the aluminium wire that emphasis implementation thickness does not wait, copper wire, soft iron silk and rope are fastened the traction of pole mark and are tied up stretch bending song and twist many ways such as straight, reach tree many scapes mixed type result potted landscape.With the intercropping moulding of gradient 35 °-55 ° skewing branch, formed and fly the moulding such as butterfly, bat, the moulding of oblique type branch has innervation, and straight moulding is twisted in traction wiry realism, also can be made into the branch bar of happy type, auspicious cloud type; Camber draw an emphasis to the fruit basket of flange, ball-type, various melon and fruit, contain the manufacture of the result potted landscape of the animals and plants types such as fruit juice basin, panda, cultivate the camber branch bar formed.Straight branch emphasis is to the making of the result potted landscape of article type, form the making of the article type result potted landscape such as optical disc type, Flying Carpet type, the plane gaily decorated basket, plane fruit tray of ring tree, and the straight branch bar formed, this invention forms the colourful making of the many scapes of a potted landscape, the simpler production way of tree one basin one scape.
(15) produced that The Goddess Chang'e flew to the moon, monkey drags for the moon in recent years, panda report bamboo, be located in a strategic place, the high-grade potted landscape of many mixed types such as small water turtle tree, a peacock flaunting its tail, treasured calabsh shaped, stanchion are nettedly ascended step by step, lucky star shines bright, apple pacify red good fortune.
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