How to raise tortoise back bamboo culture methods and matters needing attention

At present, tortoise back bamboo has its distribution in many parts of our country, and it is a common ornamental plant in our life. Its main viewing point lies in its leaves, which have the origin of the name because they look like the shell of a tortoise. Now many people like to raise it at home, but in the process of breeding, there are a lot of places that need to be paid attention to.

How to raise turtles and bamboos

1. Use soil and change pots. Tortoise back bamboo cuttings can take root, after transplanting on the pot, you can use fertile pond mud, or black mud. The tortoise back bamboo grows rapidly and needs to be changed every year to provide sufficient space for plant growth. The basin change takes place between March and April every year. When changing the basin, remove some of the old soil and withered roots and replace it with a larger basin. Put some hooves and broken bones at the bottom of the basin as base fertilizer and fill them with a mixture of rotten leaf soil, vegetable garden soil and sand soil.

2. Light and temperature. The tortoise backs the bamboo and shines directly at the scorching sun. Plants should be placed indoors or under the shade in midsummer, not on the balcony where the sun is too strong, otherwise, it will easily cause withered leaves and affect the ornamental value. Phyllostachys pubescens is not resistant to cold. When the temperature drops to 6 ℃ in winter, it should be moved into the room to keep warm. If the indoor temperature is controlled between 15 and 20 ℃, the plant can survive the winter safely.

Culture methods and matters needing attention of tortoise back bamboo

1. Culture methods:

1. Moisture. Tortoise back bamboo likes a humid environment and needs sufficient moisture and a certain amount of air humidity during its growth. Daily watering can be done once a day, once in the morning and once in the evening in summer. When the weather is dry, it is necessary to sprinkle water on the leaf surface and the surrounding environment to ensure that the air is fresh and moist and the leaves are bright. In winter, the leaves are watered once every 3-4 days and sprayed once every 7-10 days, mainly to clean the leaves, keep the plants evergreen and fresh, and improve the ornamental value.

2. Fertilization. Tortoise back bamboo is a fertilizer-loving flower, from April to September, fertilizing once every 15 days, choose diluted cake fertilizer water, or retting animal and plant feces, only sufficient nutrients, the leaf color will be green and lovely.

2. points for attention:

The tortoise back bamboo has a strong ability to tolerate shade. in the semi-shade environment, it grows rapidly, grows vigorously, the aerial root is developed, the leaf is hypertrophy, and the leaf color is bright and dark green. Tortoise back bamboo likes to grow in a humid ecological environment. There are many Rain Water in the south, if the waterlogging accumulation time is too long, there will be rotten roots, rotten stems and leaves.

What if the bamboo leaves on the back of the turtle turn yellow?

1. Soil discomfort. Family potted turtle back bamboo, the cultivated soil can be mixed with 2 parts of mature loess, 1 part of honeycomb coal ash and 1 part of chicken manure. In this way, it can not only ensure the air permeability of the potted soil, but also meet the fertilizer requirements for growth.

2. Too much or too little watering. Water regularly according to the surrounding environment. Each watering should be thoroughly watered to keep the surface of the basin slightly dry. You can often sprinkle water on the turtle's back leaves and around the environment to increase air humidity.

3. The light is too strong or too dark. Tortoise back bamboo in summer to pay attention to shade, it is best to put the tortoise back bamboo in a place with scattered light to maintain. In winter, the temperature is low, move the tortoise back bamboo to the place where the indoor sunshine is sufficient, if the maintenance place has too much light, you can supplement the light at noon regularly.

How to trim the tortoise back bamboo

1. Prune the whole tree. If the cultivated plant has grown thickly, we can prepare a faster knife to cut its leaves and branches 2 to 3 centimeters from the base of the plant.

2. Cutting off the top. Cut off the branches that are too high at the top with a knife. If this pruning method is used, because the nutrition will be dispersed from the top to the bottom, the leaves can grow thicker than before, and the plant type will be more beautiful, but we should also pay attention to the problem of excessive growth of branches and leaves.

3. Plastic surgery. Sometimes the plant grows crooked, and then loses its original beauty, so we need to reshape it at this time. You can take a sharp blade to cut off the excess load-bearing lateral buds of the plant and tie the main stem with a strip of cloth for a period of time to restore it to a straight and straight state.

Tortoise back bamboo culture can start from its growth habits, especially in the light and temperature to be well controlled, the temperature is too high or too low may cause plant death. When the tortoise back bamboo is cultured, the water and fertilizer also need to be strengthened, so as to ensure its growth.