When cutting, you need to choose fertile and loose soil as the cutting subsoil, or you can use healthy plants for cutting. Before cutting, the plants need to be disinfected, soaked in potassium permanganate solution, then inserted into the prepared soil and kept in a cool and ventilated environment.

When cutting, you can apply rooting powder to the bottom of the branch, then insert it into the prepared foundation soil, and press the soil on both sides of the branch with your fingers to prevent the branch from leaning. After cutting, carbendazim solution can be sprayed into the soil to kill the bacteria in the soil, and then placed in a ventilated and cool environment to wait for the branches to return to normal growth.

cultivation techniques

1, basin soil selection

Neutral or slightly acidic sandy loam with good drainage performance and good air permeability should be selected, or humus soil and vegetable garden topsoil can be mixed equally as potted soil. Before planting, the selected potted soil and decomposed organic fertilizer are fully and evenly mixed before planting. The pot can be a clay pot or a barrel with good air permeability. In flower rack cultivation, in addition to planting directly under the pot rack, containers can also be potted on the ground of the flower rack, and the number can be determined according to the size of the rack surface.

Step 2 transplant into a flowerpot

Transplanting is usually carried out in March, and planting Lingxiao in South China can also be carried out in autumn. When the new plant is planted, the decomposed organic fertilizer is applied into the hole as the base fertilizer, and water is poured once after planting. If it is a small seedling, it can also be transplanted in rainy season, but after planting, attention should be paid to shading, preventing sun exposure, keeping the soil moist and promoting the survival of newly planted seedlings.

3. Maintenance management

Ling Xiao likes humidity and is a little drought-tolerant, but he is afraid of waterlogging. During its growing period, water frequently to keep the soil moist, but no water can accumulate. From defoliation in late autumn to dormancy before germination in the following spring, the soil in the basin should be dry and slightly moist. After cultivating Lingxiao for a period of time, it is necessary to turn over the pots and change the soil, add a little bone meal or organic fertilizer as base fertilizer to the cultivated soil, and apply nitrogen fertilizer once every 10- 15 days after germination to promote the growth of branches and leaves.

4. Dressing and shaping

Potted camphor trees can be pruned once in winter, pruning dead branches, too dense branches and insect branches, increasing internal ventilation and light transmission, and keeping the tree beautiful. If there are no seeds left after flowering, the residual flowers should be removed in time to avoid consuming too much nutrients and affecting the next flowering. In early spring, you can also prune according to the situation, cut off too long branches, promote them to sprout strong branches, reduce unnecessary nutrition consumption, concentrate nutrition on flowering branches, make them open more and more, and improve ornamental value.