The palm tree is verdant and lush, with a beautiful and vigorous atmosphere, verdant throughout the year, not yellow, not withered, used to make potted ornamental plants is no more than appropriate. Here is what I have organized for you about the culture of potted palms, I hope it can help you.
How to raise a potted palm
1, pot
Potted palms should be changed once a year in the spring, just changed the pot of the plant should be placed in the semi-shade, a few days later and then placed in the sun.
2, watering and fertilization
Summer temperatures, the plant needs more water, should be watered once a day. And combined with watering, every half a month or so with soybean cake or jaggery residue composted thin fertilizer. Winter plants into the dormant period, water demand is reduced, can be watered once a week, to the soil moist for appropriate. At the same time no longer fertilize.
3, overwintering
In areas north of the Yellow River, should be moved into the greenhouse before the frost, moved out of the greenhouse after the rain, the room temperature can be maintained at 7 ~ 10 ℃, not too high, or leaf yellowing. South of the Yellow River, can be buried in the open soil with pots, pots and then seal the soil about 20 centimeters, so as not to frostbite the root system. Immediately after the burial of a thorough irrigation. Later, depending on the soil dry and then irrigation can be.
4, do not peel the palm pieces
Potted palms are generally used for the layout of the venue or decorative buildings and rooms, requires a beautiful plant shape, so it is best not to peel the palm pieces.
The maintenance management of potted palm
1, soil selection: potted palm tree is best to choose a well-drained sandy loam, although the palm tree is not high on soil requirements, slightly acidic or slightly alkaline soil can grow well.
2, watering: palm trees like a moist environment, so watering is very important, but do not overwater, especially do not occur waterlogging phenomenon, otherwise it is easy to lead to palm root rot. General watering once a week or so, summer temperature is high, you can increase the watering frequency, watering once a day is also possible. Winter plant growth is slow, you can properly increase the watering cycle, can be about 10 days of watering.
3, temperature and light: palm trees on the light requirements are not strict, cold hardy, in -10 ℃ temperature can also be very good growth. 4, pest control: palm trees due to mismanagement, climatic reasons and other reasons may trigger diseases and pests. Common pests and diseases include penicillium, aspergillus, mesquite, etc., which should be discovered in time and treated by stripping the palm. In addition to this, animals such as mountain rats, voles and woodpeckers may also cause the death of palm trees.
1. Too much water too often will make the potting soil too wet for a long time, or even waterlogged, the lack of oxygen in the soil, resulting in some of the fibrous roots rot, hindering the normal respiration and absorption of nutrients, resulting in the gradual yellowing of the leaves and shedding.
2. Long time off fertilizer, or long time not change pots and soil, soil nitrogen and other nutrient deficiencies, resulting in thin branches and leaves, leaf thin and yellow. In addition, excessive fertilization will also appear new leaf hypertrophy, uneven, old leaf dry tip yellowing off. This phenomenon should immediately stop fertilization, increase the amount of watering, and remove part of the old soil, into the new culture soil, normal management.
3. Summer heat and high temperatures, such as the nature of cool flowers, such as orchids, cyclamen, begonias, etc. placed in the high temperature of direct sunlight, it is very easy to cause the tip of the young leaves or the edge of the leaf scorching, or leaf shedding. And to the winter room temperature temperature is too low, the introduction of evergreen flowers and trees from the south, by a slight freeze, the leaves will be yellow, if the room temperature is too high, the plant transpiration is too much, the roots of the water nutrient supply is insufficient, will also make the leaves yellow.
4. Most of the soil and water in the north contains more saline and alkaline, like acidic soil flowers, such as camellia, azalea, orchid, smilax, gardenia, osmanthus, ZhuLan, white orchid, magnolia, etc., due to the lack of soil plants need to absorb soluble iron, the leaves will gradually lose green and turn yellow. Because the southern soil is acidic, magnesium is easy to lose, the plant lack of magnesium also often shows the old leaves between the veins of the leaf green and yellow.