What kind of soil is used to raise pocket coconuts?

Pocket coconut is an evergreen shrub of the genus Bamboo Palm in Palmaceae. compared with the normal kind of tall coconut trees, pocket coconuts are generally no more than 1 meter in height. It originates from northern Mexico and Guatemala in tropical Central America, and is now a popular potted plant in northern China. So what kind of soil is better for pocket coconuts?

First, the culture method of pocket coconut

1. Pocket coconut pot cultivation can generally be made of rotten leaf soil, peat soil plus 1x4 river sand and a small amount of base fertilizer as the substrate. It is best to plant in a loose and fertile loam with good drainage.

two。 Watering is based on the principle that it is better to be wet than dry, and the basin soil can always be kept moist. When the air is dry in summer and autumn, we should often spray water to the plants to improve the air humidity of the environment, so as to keep the leaves dark green and shiny, and appropriately reduce the amount of water in winter to help pocket coconuts survive the winter.

3. Pocket coconut does not have high requirements for fertilizer, generally applying liquid fertilizer 1-2 times a month in the growing season, slightly fertilizing or not fertilizing in late autumn and winter. The basin is changed in spring every 2-3 years.

4. The suitable temperature for pocket coconuts is between 20 and 30 degrees, which is more appropriate. Because of its poor cold resistance, it is best to put it in the house in winter. It is better to keep the culture temperature of pocket coconuts at about 10 degrees throughout the winter.

5. Pocket coconut is suitable for a wide range of light, but 50-60% of the sunshine is the best.

6. Pocket coconut in the pot, it is best to change the basin once a year, while changing the pot soil, can be accompanied by water and fertilizer at the same time.

Second, the breeding method of sleeve coconut.

There are two main propagation methods of pocket coconut: sowing propagation and separate plant propagation. Sowing and propagation are generally carried out from spring to summer, and seeds are best picked and sown. Generally, it can be germinated in 2-4 months, and then planted after 2-3 times of pseudo-planting and fertilization. The mixed matrix of peat and perlite was used for ramet propagation, and a plastic flowerpot with a diameter of 15 cm to 20 cm was used, with pottery sand grains at the bottom as the drainage layer. The pocket coconut of more than one year old soilless pot was divided in spring and planted in the flowerpot of the above mixed substrate, with 3 to 4 plants per pot.

The above is about the main planting technology of pocket coconut is hungry, interested friends can go to the market to buy a plant to raise their own.