Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) is an annual plant of the tribe kenikir-kenikiran (Asteraceae) are popular, both as an ornamental plant as well as oil-producing plants. Flowers of this plant is very distinctive: large, usually bright yellow, with a large flower head (diameter can reach 30cm). This flower is actually a compound flower, composed of hundreds to thousands of small flowers on one head. Sunflower also have a peculiar behavior, namely the interest is always facing toward the sun or heliotropisme. French people call it tournesol or "wanderer sun." However, these properties removed in a variety of new cultivars for oil production because it takes a lot of energy and reduce yield.
Sunflower is a national interest PRC and the official state flower of Kansas, USA. Table of contents
You can care for your bonsai in a simple way, but that too needs its own knowledge so that you may live long bonsai. While doing the measuring irrigation advance Ph levels and groundwater to help us give the dose of water on bonsai. Give the water at the first time bonsai plant, and do not forget to give it more water during dry weather and rising air temperatures. Choose a pot that can flatten flush water into various directions. To choose a fertilizer fertilizer nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium to balance levels of oxygen in the soil and plant health. Give the vitamins to add luster of leaves, twigs and branches and strengthen others. Trim the twigs, leaves, branches that grow out of regular shape we want, is also a disturbing form of wild roots. When pruning discuss it so that does not cause injury stems trimmed. Bonsai Place where the morning sunlight, but sheltered from the blazing afternoon sun. To prevent pests, provide anti-pest which you can buy at the store plants. Consult with experts medicinal plants to provide a suitable pesticide for your Bonsai plant.
To grow bonsai is not complicated, you can buy a bonsai in the shop will take plants or plants that you like on your home page. Select plants with a main stem that is strong enough and move it to the pot with extreme caution so as not to damage the crop. Then shape the flow of plants in accordance with what you like by using wire. Check twigs and branches that grow on a regular basis to form a bonsai accordance with what we want. Another thing that is not less important is the selection of land, because there the formation stems, branches and the branches are determined. A good soil for bonsai is not a land full of humus, but each type of bonsai has a particular soil needs different from each other. We recommend that you consult with experts of the plant. Choose the soil with little humus content of soil moisture and keep it but do not let too much water or to cause the soil to clot, it can threaten the life of the plant.
Connection of Vietnam-style, so named because the technology at first discovered and usually done by farmers in Vietnam.
Connection of this is the easiest way for beginners, because it does not need to hone the ability to cut a V shape or the number 7 inverted, between scion and rootstock are identical, but only horizontally cut both scions and rootstocks.
One drawback is, how this connection can not be used if the stem above is too small or too young, and can not be done for entrees top (meristem). The link is due primarily to the case, not easy to do the binding of the stem of the rootstock. How it works a la Vietnam connection is as follows:
Prepare all the equipment (the same way as any other connection).
1. Cut the stem below the horizontal, about 2-3 cm above the cob.
2. Create a bond in the lower stem with a plastic rope in preparation for the tie rod above.
3. Cut the stem above the horizontal (plot rootstock), then cut the top too, so the entrees into a cylindrical piece, with a height of 1-2 cm.
4. Glue the stem above the cylinder on the rod down, and plastic rope that has been attached to the shaft bottom, tied around the stem up through the top of the cylinder in a cross, and fastened back on the rootstock.
5. Close the connection field, give the label.
6. two weeks after the grafting, shoots begin to grow. At this stage, let the plastic ties remain firmly attached, up to 1-2 months.
