How to cultivate purple back arrowroot in potted plants

Purple-backed taro is a kind of plant commonly used to beautify the home environment, enhance the style of public places and improve air quality. Generally speaking, the methods and techniques of planting purple-backed taro are not much different from those of other taros. As long as you can do these basic things well, you can usually achieve better growth.

How to raise purple back bamboo taro in pot

Purple-backed taro likes a warm, humid and shady environment. The suitable temperature for growth is 20-30 ℃, it needs more water, and it is not resistant to drought, heat and cold. It can survive the winter safely above 5 ℃. Purple back taro is afraid of frost and likes acid soil that is loose, fertile, moist and well drained.

Culture methods and matters needing attention of Amorphophallus sinensis

1. Temperature and light

Amorphophallus angustifolia prefers high temperature, humid and semi-shady environment, the suitable growth temperature is 20-30 ℃, and the safe overwintering temperature is 10 ℃. Guard against high temperatures in summer and cold in winter. Purple-backed bamboo taro bothers direct sunlight and grows better under indirect radiation or scattered light. Otherwise, it will lead to leaf yellowing and loss of luster, especially in summer, but it should not be placed in dark and poorly ventilated places for a long time, so as to avoid leaf yellowing and shedding.

2. Water and fertilizer management

The purple back bamboo taro is not tolerant to drought and requires a large amount of water, so it must be given sufficient water in the growing season to keep the basin soil often moist, but we should pay attention not to make the basin soil stagnant water, so as to avoid rotting roots. In summer and autumn, when the temperature is high and the air is dry, water is often sprayed to the leaves and around to maintain high air humidity. The temperature is relatively low after the end of autumn, so it is necessary to control the amount of watering and keep the basin soil slightly wet.

In the growing season, liquid fertilizer can be applied twice a month to ensure its robust growth and luxuriant branches and leaves. Amorphophallus mandshurica is a foliage plant. Proper application of nitrogen fertilizer can make the leaves more beautiful. However, it should be noted that the amount of fertilizer should not be too large.

3. Breeding taboos

Purple-backed bamboo taro is an excellent indoor shady foliage plant. In order to prevent sunlight exposure in hot summer, 70% of the light should be blocked, otherwise it is easy to cause injury. If the air humidity is low and the basin soil is dry, the edges of leaves will turn yellow and scorched. In addition, direct sunlight will also cause the edges of leaves to turn yellow and scorched.

4. Methods of reproduction

The propagation methods of purple back taro are mainly plant propagation and cutting propagation.

5. Diseases and insect pests

The common diseases and insect pests of purple back taro are white silk disease, leaf spot, shell insect, red spider and so on.

Ramet propagation of Amorphophallus angustifolia

With the growth of purple back taro, the plant is getting bigger and bigger. If the growth is exuberant, the pot will be changed every 1-2 years. Therefore, it can be combined with changing pots for ramet propagation. When the temperature picks up in spring, ramets can be carried out throughout the year if the temperature and humidity are suitable.

Remove the plant of the purple back taro to the pot and soil, and cut the clump of plants along the growth direction of the underground rhizome with a knife, preferably with stems and leaves or leaf buds. It can be divided into several clusters and then planted in pots. The planted taro was preserved in a shady place to control moisture, and the water could not be watered until normal growth was restored.

The value of Amorphophallus sinensis

1. The ornamental value of purple back taro.

Purple-backed bamboo taro is a kind of foliage plant, its branches and leaves grow luxuriantly, the plant shape is plump, the leaf surface is dark green and shiny, the leaf color is rich and colorful, it is a kind of highly ornamental plant, which is mainly used as indoor ornamental potted plant.

2. Indoor pot culture value and leaf cutting value of purple back taro.

Because of its beautiful plant type, colorful leaves, strong shade tolerance and simple cultivation and management, it can be used for indoor potted ornamental plants. It is one of the most famous indoor foliage plants in the world.

The large variety of purple back bamboo taro can be used to decorate hotels, shopping malls and other large space, while small varieties can decorate the balcony, living room, bedroom and so on. In the process of cultivation and management, every time it is placed, it should be placed on the balcony, windowsill where the sun is strong, enhance the light, in order to facilitate long-term viewing.

Due to the purple back taro leaf color, with eye-catching markings, very beautiful, is a high-grade leaf cutting material, can be directly used as flower arrangement or as a lining material.

3. The edible value of purple back taro.

Purple back taro rhizome contains starch, can be eaten, it also has the role of clearing lung heat, diuresis and so on.

Purple back taro can not only be used for ornamental and leaf cutting and other market value, but also has a certain role in food and dietotherapy. The starch in the root of purple back bamboo taro can not only be eaten directly, but also clear away heat and diuresis, which is very beneficial to the daily recuperation of the body. Friends who have planted purple back taro can try it!