Flower friends to buy back a pot of good pepper wood, perfect shape, like a phoenix general. It is very peculiar, after a period of maintenance, pepper wood leaves yellow and fall, what is the cause of this? What to do?
Pepperwood leaves yellowing leaf drop causes and solutions
1, too much light
Too much light, easy to pepperwood sunburn, the leaves will show scorched yellow drop. Therefore, when the light is strong, need to do a good job of shading.
2, did not replace the potting soil
Pepperwood growth soil appeared to be stagnant and stiff, will lead to the plant's root system respiration is not good, pepperwood leaves are easy to wilt and yellow.
Solution: This time is the need to change the potting soil in time, choose loose breathable water holding organic soil, it is recommended to change the potting soil once every 2 to 3 years.
3, watering too little
Pepper wood like wet, watering too little, easy to lead to poor plant growth. It is generally recommended that 1~2 times a week watering, usually with a water bottle to spray water around.
4, waterlogged rotten roots lead to
Watering is not appropriate, especially water big rotten roots caused by leaf drop. At this time, we need to change the soil repotting, pruning rotten roots, fungicide sterilization. Indoor maintenance choose charcoal soil type, well-drained, good permeability of the soil for planting.
5, improper fertilization
Pepperwood can not only supplement the nitrogen nutrients, easy to grow the apprentice, but also need to properly supplement the phosphorus and potassium nutrients, control the degree of leaf senescence.
6, do not spare pruning
Pepperwood growth is too dense, must appropriate pruning of dense and messy branches to avoid the loss of excess nutrients.
7, pests
Red spider, aphid damage. It is recommended to choose the less toxic Picrasin, Neemin to kill insects. Indoor operation on pepper wood, little harm to people, little harm to the environment.
8, disease
Try using Amicida, Leaf Spot, Pyrimethanil, carbendazim. Spray 2-3 times in a row during the maintenance of pepper wood, with an interval of 7-10 days. If the control of the whole is not obvious, we can switch to try agro-streptomycin.
9, the sudden drop in temperature
Pepper wood suddenly encountered low temperatures, easy to cause the plant yellow leaf drop. Especially this year's cold wave after wave, winter balcony ventilation, open the window, the cold wind backed up indoors, blowing pepper wood caused by yellow leaf drop.
Solution: Prune the leaves, cut off all the fallen branches. Pepper wood is resistant to pruning, the right conditions, will promote the sprouting of new shoots.