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Tortoise back bamboo is a common foliage plant, its leaves are large and unique, evergreen all the year round, very beautiful and generous. For the novice breeding turtle back bamboo, may not know much about some of its maintenance skills, such as how to fertilize watering and other daily maintenance methods, the following editor will introduce some daily maintenance skills for you in detail!

How to water the turtle back bamboo (how often)

The interval of watering is not fixed, for example, there is a big difference between summer and winter, even in the same season, different weather is not the same.

1. Spring: the temperature in early spring is still a little cold, at this time, you can water once every 2 to 3 days, and when the temperature gradually warms up, you can water once every 2 days or so. At the end of spring, water can be watered once a day.

2. Summer: the temperature is higher in summer, so it needs to be watered twice a day, that is, once in the morning and once in the evening.

3. Autumn: in the early autumn, it is still very hot around noon, so it needs to be watered once a day; in the middle of autumn, it can be watered once every 2 days; at the end of autumn, the temperature is already low, and it can be watered once every 2 to 3 days.

4. Winter: when the temperature is low in winter, the growth rate of plants will become slow, and it can be watered once every 3 to 4 days.

5. Cloudy and rainy days: on cloudy and rainy days, watering can be reduced or suspended.

How to apply fertilizer to tortoise back bamboo

During its growing period from June to October, the growing period of Phyllostachys pubescens needs a lot of nutrients, especially when it grows most vigorously, it should be fertilized once every two weeks, which can promote the growth of branches and leaves and the number of its growth. this fertilization method continues until the middle of October.

In the process of fertilization, we should pay attention to the concentration of fertilization, would rather become light fertilizer than too thick, otherwise it is easy to burn its roots, resulting in withered and yellow branches and leaves and so on.

When fertilizing, we should be careful not to let fertilizer splash on the branches and leaves, first, we can avoid the injury of its leaves, and second, we can continue to maintain its ornamental value.

Fertilizers must be fermented and mature, and do not produce manure. In daily maintenance, you can also use the residual milk in the bottle and the egg white in the eggshell after beating eggs to water the plants, and it is not the wrong natural fertilizer, but you must water the plants after using it.

How to cut the tortoise back bamboo

Cut off a cuttage of the tortoise back bamboo, 10cm can be long, retain 2 Murray 3 buds, the lower end to retain aerial roots, but can leave no leaves.

The soil can choose vermiculite or fine sand, or mix rotten leaf soil with garden soil.

Cutting cuttings into the soil, if the temperature and humidity are right, about a month, can grow new roots at the end of the aerial roots, as the roots grow, slowly grow new buds, and develop into leaves. Note that in the process of rooting, put it in a hidden place to keep the soil and air moist. When the bamboo on the back of the tortoise takes root, it needs to be boiled in time.

After the cuttage is put into the pot, it can be maintained normally to make it a robust plant.

Can tortoise back bamboo blossom?

Tortoise-backed bamboo can blossom, but flowering is more difficult, not common, there is a folk saying that "tortoise-backed bamboo blossoms, it is difficult to see iron trees", it can be seen that tortoise-backed bamboo is not easy to bloom.

Especially in the north, a tortoise can't blossom after being raised for several years.

Although it is difficult for the tortoise back bamboo to blossom, as the tortoise back bamboo gradually enters thousands of households, the rare occurrence of the tortoise back bamboo flowering gradually increases, and everyone is fortunate to witness the true face of the tortoise back bamboo flower.

As mentioned above, in fact, tortoise back bamboo is a kind of green leaf plant that likes water, and it needs to have enough water every day, but not too much at the same time, so if you want to cultivate green and beautiful tortoise back bamboo, daily maintenance skills are very important!