How to raise green apple plants?

Green apple plant refers to green apple bamboo taro, it is a perennial evergreen herb of bamboo taro family, is a potted plant of great ornamental value, many people want to raise a pot. So, how to raise green apple plants?

1. Soil

The soil for cultivating green apple plants should be acid rotten leaf soil or peat soil with loose and fertile, good drainage and rich organic matter, which can be mixed with humus soil, compost and 1/3 river sand or sawdust. The soil pH value is between 5.57.2.

2. Temperature

Green apple plants like warm environment, afraid of high temperature, cold, not resistant to extreme heat, and the suitable temperature for growth is 18 ℃ to 30 ℃. When the temperature is more than 25 ℃ in late spring and early summer, it is necessary to build a shed to shade; the temperature in winter should not be lower than 10 ℃, if it is lower than 5 ℃, the plant will suffer frost damage, so pay attention to heat preservation.

3. Lighting

Green apple plants like semi-shady environment and avoid strong light exposure. From the mid-spring to the Mid-Autumn Festival, it is required to build a shed to cover the shade, and the rest of the time can be placed in a place where there is enough scattered light. The light should not be too strong to prevent the leaves from being burned, but they should not be too weak, lest the leaves become thin and dull.

4. Watering

Green apple plants like a humid environment, and during the growing season, in addition to watering water once a day, they should also spray the leaves and the surrounding environment to keep the air relative humidity above 85% to 90%. Watering should be strictly controlled in winter to keep the basin soil slightly dry to avoid stagnant water leading to rotting roots. When new leaves germinate, they should not be watered too much, and the amount of water should be gradually increased with the increase of new leaves.

5. Fertilization

During the growth period, rarefied organic fertilizer can be applied once a week. When the temperature is higher than 32 ℃ in summer and lower than 18 ℃ in late autumn and early winter, fertilizer application should be stopped to avoid fertilizer damage.

6. Diseases and insect pests

The common diseases of green apple plants are leaf spot and rust, and insect pests include shell insects, whitefly and red spiders, which should be controlled by spraying in time.