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- Pull hornbeam as bonsai
- The right substrate for bonsai hornbeams
- Growing hornbeam as bonsai
- Cut hornbeam as bonsai
- Hornbeam wire is not essential
- Bonsai hornbeam overwinter
- Tips
Hornbeams are great for raising bonsai
Pull hornbeam as bonsai
Hornbeams are ideal trees for gardeners who want to get into bonsai breeding. Since the tree is very easy to care for and is particularly easy to cut, a very decorative bonsai can be extracted in a very short time. Tips for breeding hornbeam as bonsai.
The right substrate for bonsai hornbeams
The substrate must be permeable to prevent waterlogging. Well suited are mixtures of garden earth, loam, sand and Lauberde. Also typical bonsai soils such as Akadama or Blähschiefer are recommended.
Growing hornbeam as bonsai
The earth should never dry out completely. Because of the quite high amount of leaves, hornbeam in the skin should be fertilized regularly. Organic fertilizers are preferable.
Initially, the bonsai is repotted annually, later only every two to three years. Adult bonsai hornbeams only get a new shell when the pot is completely rooted. Repotting is in the spring before the new release.
Cut hornbeam as bonsai
Since hornbeams naturally grow slightly crooked and crippled, they should not be pulled too hard and certainly not in broom form.
The main section is made in early spring before budding new leaves. In the course of the garden year the hornbeam can be cut more frequently.
The last cut should be done at the end of August. Later awake shoots do not age otherwise and freeze at minus temperatures.
Hornbeam wire is not essential
Hornbeams are rarely wired. The shaping is done primarily by cutting.
If you want to wire the hornbeam, you have to be very careful, as the shoots are easily ripped open.
Bonsai hornbeam overwinter
Since bonsai grows in a bowl, you should not overwinter it too cold. Suitable is a cool greenhouse, in which also like a few degrees may prevail.
It is even easier to plant the bonsai with peel in the garden in autumn and to remove it in spring. This saves expensive care during the winter.
Tips
If the primary reason is that the hornbeam is not getting too big and bulging, pull it in column form. The hornbeam remains very narrow and can be shortened to the desired height.