What kind of soil is used to raise five needles pine?

Pinus five-needle is an arborous tree of Pinus, which has been introduced and cultivated in many cities of Yangtze River Valley and Qingdao, Shandong Province. Five needles pine trunk Cang branch strength, charm wind bone are very elegant, set pine gas, bone, color, God of the great achievement, is a precious tree species for landscaping. So what kind of soil is better for five-needle pine?

1. Soil for planting five-needle pine

Five-needle pine is born in the dry land of the mountain belly, capable of yin, avoid humidity and fear heat. The soil requirements are not strict, except alkaline soil can adapt, and slightly acidic ash yellow soil is the most suitable. Generally, it is better to use fertile, loose, permeable and slightly acidic soil with pH value of 5.5~6.0, and it is better to use natural Montenegro mud for basin soil. It can also be mixed with rotten leaf soil and compost soil to prepare culture soil. This kind of culture soil has proper pH value, good water and fertilizer retention properties, which is beneficial to the growth of Pinus quinquefolia.

Five needle pine potted landscape is a ornamental high, suitable for decorative potted landscape. So it became a popular choice for potted plants. There are many varieties of five-needle pine, such as armandi pine, dabie mountain five-needle pine, hainan five-needle pine, qiao pine, korean pine, south china five-needle pine, taiwan five-needle pine, japanese five-needle pine and so on. Among them, japanese five-needle pine is the most widely used as potted plant, and most of them are grafted on other pine trees by japanese five-needle pine. The wild South China five-needle pine is already a national second-class protected species.

2. Maintenance of five-needle pine

1. Five-needle pine needs appropriate light, light can not be too little or too strong, too little affects growth and development, too much will burn branches, generally in the morning and evening to put five-needle pine in sunny areas.

2. The five-needle pine prefers a humid environment, so it should be watered frequently to keep its pot soil moist, but not too much watering, otherwise it will rot roots, too little can not, will make the five-needle pine die. The amount of watering should be determined by the degree of dryness.

3. Fertilization is carried out in spring and autumn, once every 10 days or so. Spring fertilizer can use some thin mature fertilizer, autumn fertilizer needs to be appropriately thick, try not to fertilize after October.

The above is some related knowledge about five-needle pine, in the cultivation of five-needle pine, we must carefully observe, according to the performance of five-needle pine to deal with, as long as the method is correct, five-needle pine is still very good to raise.