How to cultivate Cycas and the methods and points for attention of Cycas

Cycads are named "cycads" because of their high wood density, sinking into the water and being as heavy as iron. Cycads are often planted in the south. Cycads are most famous for their flowering, which is called "iron trees bloom", so they have high ornamental value. So, how to raise when the family breeds? What do you need to pay attention to?

How to raise cycads

Cycads like strong light, warm, dry and well-ventilated environment, and the soil is suitable for fertile, slightly acidic sandy soil. Not resistant to cold, slow growth. Potted cycads, basins need more tiles to facilitate drainage, spring and summer leaves grow vigorously, to more watering, and increase the morning and evening page spray. Rotten cake water can be used once a month. Control watering after entering autumn. When the new leaves unfold and mature, the old leaves should be removed

Culture methods and matters needing attention of Cycas

Culture method

First, cultivate soil and change pots

1. It is suitable to grow in fertile and slightly acidic sandy soil. The culture soil can be prepared with 1 part of coarse sand and 2 parts of pastoral soil, or 3 parts of rotten leaf soil and 1 part of fine sand, or 2 parts of sandy soil and 1 part of rotten leaf soil, plus a small amount of 0.5% ferrous sulfate (used as acid-base regulator).

2. The pots are changed before sprouting in early spring, and the seedlings are slightly larger before they are planted in large pots.

Peel off the edge and upper end of the mud ball when changing the basin, keep 1/3 of the old soil, and properly trim the old roots, fibrous roots and old leaves, so that the green leaves generally do not need to be trimmed.

There should be more tiles at the bottom of the basin. After changing the basin, pour enough root water, soak all the basin soil thoroughly, until the bottom of the basin comes out of the water, put it in the cool place of the balcony, and move it to the sun after ten or eight days.

II. Watering and fertilization

1. During conservation, the soil moisture should be kept at about 60%, and watering should follow the principle of seeing dry and wet.

2. Compound fertilizer or urea can be applied once or twice a month during the growing period. It is best to spray leaves with 0.2% aqueous solution as foliar fertilizer, and foliar fertilizer should follow the principle of "eat less and eat more".

III. Pruning and placement

1. Like warm and humid climate, sunshine and shade tolerance. The growth is relatively slow, only one round of leaves grow every year, and the lower old leaves are cut off every time the new leaves unfold and mature, keeping 2 to 3 rounds of leaves without frequent pruning. Even if you transplant or change the basin, you don't need too much pruning.

2, the most suitable to put potted plants, facing north, east balcony, you can also put potted plants. In the hot and dry weather in summer, wet the balcony floor several times a day to lower the temperature and increase the humidity of the air. Cycads should not be placed in the living room for too long, lack of light, slender leaves, leaves turn green. The cold winter can be kept in the hall for a long time.

Matters needing attention in culture

1. Always keep the basin soil moist, but not too wet. From April to May, you can usually water once every two days. Iron trees are not resistant to water stains, so pay attention to timely drainage after rain.

2. If it doesn't grow well, adding some iron powder to the soil can restore it to health. Some people simply nail the nails directly into the body of the iron tree, which can also have a very good effect. You might as well try it.

3. Vulnerable to shell insects. Shell insects are mostly hidden in the back of the lobules, and coal fouling disease is easy to occur in a poor ventilation environment. Attention should be paid to ventilation and timely medication.

4. The cultivation methods and matters needing attention of the iron tree guide the seedlings of the iron tree to grow into mature plants. The yellowing of the leaves of the iron tree is often related to water and fertilizer. These factors should be checked one by one.

The planting mode of cycad tree

Reproduce with seeds and tillers; harvest mature seeds in autumn and sow them in high-temperature sunny sandy soil, furrow sowing, ditch depth 6-10cm, furrow distance 20-40cm, hole sowing plant spacing 10-15cm, covering soil thickness equal to 2 times of seed diameter, slightly suppressing, covering grass and watering to keep moist. After emergence, scatter the cover grass.

How to sow and reproduce cycads

1. The seeds are collected at the end of autumn and sown with picking. They can also be stored in sand and sown on demand in spring.

2. Because the seed coat is thick and hard, the sprouting is slow, and it usually germinates after 4-6 months.

3, the temperature should be above 15 degrees, the soil cover should be deeper, about 3 centimeters, at 30-33 ℃, high temperature, about 2 weeks can germinate.

4. the growth of seedlings is slow, and it takes 2 to 4 years for seedlings to be transplanted.

Cycad is a beautiful ornamental tree species, which is widely cultivated and can be eaten with starch in its stem. The seeds are oily and rich in starch, which are slightly poisonous for food and medicine, and have the effects of curing dysentery, relieving cough and stopping bleeding. Cycads are not cold-resistant, so we should pay attention to keeping warm when raising families.