How to design the shape of banyan bonsai?

Banyan bonsai's modeling design: The processing method of banyan bonsai in Shaxi, Fujian Province is: the modeling of banyan trees is mainly pruning, supplemented by climbing, with the emphasis on cultivating air roots. The germination ability of banyan trees is very strong, which can be processed by the technology of saving branches and cutting them dry in the south, or climbed into pieces. In order to make banyan bonsai simple and colorful, we can master the following points in processing: (1) timely topping and dwarfing the trunk. When the trunk of the seedling grows to the required thickness, the top branches are severely pruned and the height is controlled so that it cannot grow upward. The opposite branches can be temporarily left in their wild length, forcing the trunk to be thicker and shorter, which is beneficial to the beauty of the tree.

(2) thinning the lateral branches and picking leaf buds. After the seedlings are cultivated into a tree with many branches, the lateral branches should be thinned in time, except for 3-5 lateral branches needed for modeling, the redundant branches can be cut off. It is necessary to pick leaves and buds repeatedly to make the new leaves smaller and denser, and the tree looks more graceful.

(3) cultivating aerial roots, hanging roots and exposing claws. Banyan has its unique three beauties: the beauty of air roots, the beauty of roots and vines, and the beauty of roots. The method of semi-folding lateral branches or copper wire binding can be used to cultivate aerial roots. Select a lateral branch about 2 ~ 3 cm thick near the trunk, cut a shallow mouth on the upper part of the lateral branch with a sharp knife, reach the xylem, gently fold it with your fingers, so that the branch is folded in half, or even in half, and wrap the fracture with mud, and always keep the mud wet. After a few months, air roots can grow in front of cracks; You can also tie the side branches that need to emit air roots tightly with copper wires, so that the returned nutrients can be accumulated and promoted to take root. When white spots and new fibrous roots appear, the copper wire can be removed.