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Chapter 40 What kinds of plastic surgery methods are commonly used for grass flowers in the open field

The commonly used methods of shaping grass flowers in the open field are as follows.

(1) In the single-stem type, only the main trunk is left and no side branches are left, so that one flower blooms at the top. This form is only used for the cultivation of chrysanthemum and dahlia specimens.In this pruning method, in order to fully express the characteristics of the variety, all side buds are removed, so that nutrients can be concentrated to supply the top buds.

（2）多干式留主枝数个，每枝顶端开一朵花。如大丽花留2～4个主枝，菊花留3、5、7、9枝，其余的侧枝全部除去。

(3) During the period of cluster growth, the topping is carried out several times to promote the emergence of most branches, the whole plant is low and clustered, and most flowers are produced.There are many flowers suitable for this kind of plastic surgery, such as petunias, a bunch of reds, snapdragons, cherry blossoms, zinnias, and thistle.Among the chrysanthemums, Dali chrysanthemum is also in this form.

(4) Cliff-style branches of the whole plant stretch and droop in one direction, and are mostly used for plastic surgery of small chrysanthemum varieties, such as cliff chrysanthemum plastic surgery.

(5) The climbing type is mostly used for vine flowers, such as morning glory, radish, sailboat, safflower bean, nasturtium, ornamental gourd, etc., so that the branches can be spread on a certain form of support, such as cylindrical, trellis and Forms such as fences.

(6) The crawling type uses the characteristics of the branches to crawl on the ground naturally to make them cover the ground.Such as beauty cherry, mallow, bindweed and many kinds of ground cover plants.

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