Jasper breeding soil:
Jasper requires fertile and well-drained soil planting, Jasper's cultivation and management is relatively simple, potting with rotting leaf soil, garden soil, and river sand mixed culture soil, spring potting, in general, every 2 to 3 years to change pots or update.
Jasper breeding temperature:
Jasper spring and summer, potted plants to the semi-shade, winter can be placed in full sun, but also to avoid continuous direct sunlight. Growth temperature is about 25 ℃, overwintering temperature should not be lower than 10-15 ℃.
Jasper breeding light:
Jasper likes warm, avoid direct sunlight, should be placed in a bright place near the window.
2, Jasper breeding of fertilizer management
Jasper in the potting soil is almost completely dry before watering a small amount of water, too much water will make the plant a lot of leaf drop or even death. Plants like high humidity, should pay attention to the leaf surface spray or drench, hot weather allows it to do so. Winter should be less watering, avoid using too cold water, it is best to make the water temperature and room temperature close.
Yu apply light fertilizer, standard liquid fertilizer can be applied once a month, the fertilizer requirements, but the most afraid of indiscriminate fertilization, fertilization and partial fertilization of nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium fertilizer, required to follow the "light fertilization, amount of hard to apply more than a small amount of time, nutritional integrity," the principle of fertilization (water).
Jasper in the peak season of growth should be applied every 2 weeks of dilute cake fertilizer. And maintain a temperature of 20-30 ℃, often keep the potting soil moist. In winter, it is appropriate to combine with watering 2-3 times a week to apply a very thin cake fertilizer solution or compound fertilizer solution.
3, jasper culture of potting maintenance
In potting conditions, jasper is difficult to fruit, so more cuttings or dividing method of reproduction. Because of the different kinds, some jasper has a stem on the ground, you can cut cuttings, spike length 5-6 cm, each section with 1-2 leaves, inserted into the vegetative sand.
No above ground stem can be leaf insertion, cut the growth of full of fat leaves, with a 1-2 cm long section of petiole, inserted into coarse sand or vermiculite, at room temperature of about 25 ~ C, about 3 weeks or so, the base of the petiole can be rooted, 40 days after the sprouting of young leaves, to be grown out of 4 leaves, and then divided into potted seedlings. The division of plants should be carried out in the spring and fall.
If your jasper has set seed, you may want to try sowing these seeds, after sowing, cover the pot with a black plastic bag until the seeds germinate, otherwise light will inhibit germination and it will take about 20 days for the seeds to emerge.
Potting Jasper should use 5 parts of rotting leaf soil or peat soil, 3 parts of garden soil, 2 parts of coarse sand mixed and sifted culture soil. Watering should be according to the season and the weather and other different, grasp the principle of dry and wet, do not pot water; dry climate and summer should be sprayed on the stem and leaves 1-2 times a day water, in order to keep the leaf color green. During the growth period about once every half a month to apply thin liquid fertilizer. Jasper is more tolerant of shade, can be placed indoors in all seasons with bright diffused light culture, spring, fall and winter can see more sunlight.
Summer should pay attention to shade, avoid direct sunlight, can be placed on a north-facing balcony or window sill dill or placed outdoors under the shade of the maintenance, and pay attention to ventilation and cooling, watering can not be too much, hot summer in the high temperature and humidity, the base of the stem mouth Bu easy to rot, the winter room temperature should not be lower than 12 degrees Celsius, room temperature is low when the watering should be controlled. Stop fertilizing, otherwise it is also easy to cause rotting roots and leaves, in order to make the branches and leaves, leaf color green, it is appropriate to carry out a short cut every 2-3 years, and promote the sprouting of new branches.
4, Jasper breeding reproduction methods
Jasper can be divided and cuttings method of reproduction, the latter application more.
(1) Jasper breeding cuttings propagation method
In the summer, from the robust mother plant cut leaves or stem segments as spikes. The methods are as follows:
①Stem insertion: select the full branch cut off about 5cm, with the leaves inserted into the sand bed, in the higher temperature and humidity conditions are easy to root.
② leaf insertion: cut full-grown, with petiole leaves 1-2cm, inserted in the sand bed or vermiculite bed, to maintain high humidity conditions, about 3 weeks after the rooting, a month can grow young plants. 4-5 leaves can be potted.
(2) Jasper breeding method of plant propagation
In conjunction with the potting, a plant is divided into several plants into pots can be planted.
5, Jasper breeding notes
(1) plant height of about 10 centimeters when the plucking, to promote lateral sprouting, so that the plant is more plump. Jasper's care and management is relatively simple, can be placed in the summer sheltered place with diffused light care.
(2) Jasper is strong, cultivation and maintenance are relatively simple. Spring, summer and fall must be maintained in the shade, winter can be seen oblique sunlight. Its leaves are thick, the top was wax layer, strong water storage capacity, transpiration is small, even in the peak growing season does not need too much water. In spring and drought, and in winter when heating is sufficient, the humidity of the indoor air should be increased, and the foliage can be sprayed. Ventilation should be strengthened in the sweltering heat of summer, otherwise it is easy to defoliate.
(3) usual management attention to moderate light, fertilizer and water reasonable. Jasper green like shade and moist environment, grow better in diffused light. Spring and fall season climate is mild, the sun is not too strong, you can place the potted plant outdoors. But summer can not be subjected to strong direct light, especially can not be placed in the west of the sun place, otherwise it will cause the branches and leaves yellow. Therefore, in the summer, the pot needs to be moved to the balcony, corridor and other cool shade or placed indoors, both to avoid the sun, but also embellish the interior.
(4) Jasper is not frost-resistant, should be moved indoors after the end of fall. Severe winter as much as possible in the south-facing window where there is sunlight, room temperature 5 ℃ can be safe over winter. Fertilizer management is also very important, generally 2 to 3 years old plant growth and development is better, more than 3 years plant growth gradually decline, should be considered to renew. In addition, in order to maintain the plant leaf color green, after 3 years need to be renewed.