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- Pull a silk tree or sleeping tree as bonsai
- Possible designs of silk acacia as bonsai
- So cut a silk acacia as a bonsai
- Beware of the wire of the silk acacia
- Maintain sleep tree as bonsai
- Tips
The silk tree is well cut compatible
Pull a silk tree or sleeping tree as bonsai
Since the silk tree, which is also called sleep tree or silk acacia, a strong pruning well tolerated, he is ideally suited for the design as bonsai. So cut and maintain a silk tree as bonsai.
Possible designs of silk acacia as bonsai
Since the silk tree copes very well with a strong pruning, the design forms for sleeping trees are manifold:
So cut a silk acacia as a bonsai
In the first few years you cut the silk acacia regularly in the spring. Later, the silk tree is cut as bonsai after flowering. In the first years the sleeping tree does not bloom yet.
Stick the shoots regularly, as the silk tree becomes bushier and more compact. Overhanging branches can be removed at any time.
The pruning can be carried out strongly. It basically takes place directly over one eye. Use sharp cutting tools that you have cleaned before.
Beware of the wire of the silk acacia
You can also bring a sleeping tree through wire into the desired shape. Because of the rapid growth you can attach the wires but only from June.
Check regularly if the wire is not too tight. The wires grow very easily and then have to be removed immediately.
Maintain sleep tree as bonsai
The silk tree is pulled as bonsai in a shell, because it is only partially hardy. In winter, it is wintered in a frost-free place at five to ten degrees. During the winter, reduce the amount of water and do not fertilize the silk tree during this time.
Once the pot ball is well rooted, you need to repot the silk tree. Slightly shorten the roots to slow down the growth.
Water is poured regularly with the softest possible water because the silk acacia does not tolerate calcareous water. Waterlogging should not develop. During the growth phase, the silk tree is supplied with fertilizer for bonsai at fortnightly intervals.
Tips
The sleeping tree will not develop flowers in the first years. For this he only has to reach the age of several years. Sometimes height also matters.