The title of this plant in other countries is; Mindoro Pinus, Tapulau (Philippines), Anak-haang-maa (Thailand), Thoong I Hai (Vietnam).
Characteristics of Pine Plant Morphology
Pine is a shrub whose growth can reach a height of 10-40 meters and grow at an altitude of 300 to 1,800 meters above sea level. This plant has a strong, branched and brown root structure.
The shape of the tree trunk is rounded and like a cone at the base of the tree is large and smaller until it reaches the top or perpendicular. The surface of the bark is cracked and brown. Pine leaf is a compound leaf.
The length of the leaves is about 10 -20 cm, the needle-shaped pine and there is a thin-film scales at the base of the leaves. Pine trees also have yellow flowers and this color will turn brown as it gets older.
In addition the pine is also a fruitful tree, cone-shaped pine fruit, with a length of 5-10 cm and a width of approximately 2-4 cm. The fruit has a flat-shaped ore which is generally yellowish white.
Technique of Making Pine Bonsai
Because pine has a lot of uniqueness and beauty, then this plant is now become an option for lovers of ornamental plants to be cultivated as exotic pine Bonsai. There are several stages of the process that you should do if you want to cultivate this plant into one of the collection of bonsai in your home.
Preparation Pines
For this pine bonsai, you can get it easily in the cultivation place or the pine plant seedlings. After you get a suitable match according to your taste, then next prepare the planting media for bonsai.
For good planting medium for pine bonsai is as follows:
- 3 bag of sand with size 1-2 mm
- 1 bag of soil that has been ejected and should not use clay.
- 1 bag humus or compost or manure.
All the materials are then mixed evenly, after which new pine will be planted.
Stages After Planting
After going bonsai pine planted in pots, then tie the pine bone tightly to the pot so as not to easily wobble. Because the initial period of pine planting is a time when the pine root has not yet integrated with the new media so it has not functioned normally.
Once tied up then place the bonsai in a shady place but still exposed to sunlight indirectly. Do also watering until the water comes out of the hole under the pot. This watering effect on leaf shape.
Watering intensity should be as little as possible. Do this process for about 2 weeks. Usually after a period of 2 weeks, then the tree will look starting to grow, both buds and leaves. If so, it's time for this plant to be exposed to direct sunlight for a longer time.
Treatment Tips
One important thing for the pine bonsai you cultivate successfully form a beautiful bonsai is tatannya. So one type of care that must be done is pruning.
This pruning aims to make the resulting leaf shape can be much smaller than its normal size. Pruning is not just cutting the leaves, but also cutting branches and twigs to make the leaves bonsai become small.
Here are some tips to prune the pine bonsai leaves:
- Pruning does not spend all the branches and twigs but only until the length of branches and twigs are left 3-4 leaves.
Because if trimmed out it will result in dead bonsai.
- Pruning should only be done on old cang and twigs and the color is not green anymore and the leaves that have been large.
- Pruning pine bonsai should only be done 2 times a year
- Watering should be done as little as possible so that the evaporation process is less and eventually force the leaves to adjust the situation.
This adjustment will eventually make the pine bonsai leaf size smaller.
- You should also use sand sand media that has a size of 3 mm in order to reduce water absorption therein.
- Next place the bonsai on the spot in direct sunlight.
Finally, to keep the pine bonsai spared from pests and diseases then do prevention through spraying periodically by using anti-pest and anti-fungal drugs.
