How to raise the tears of succulent lovers

Lover's tears is a famous variety of succulent plants, because the leaves are bulging, full and green oval leaves, very much like pearls, so many people raise, so how to raise succulent lovers' tears? How to prevent diseases at ordinary times?

What are lover's tears?

The scientific name of Valentine's tears is Pearl hanging Orchid, which is a succulent plant of the genus Compositae, also known as Green Bell, Buddha Pearl, Emerald Pearl, Green Bell realm, and so on.

Lover's tears are named because the leaves are bulging, full and green oval leaves, very much like pearls, flowering from December of the current year to January of the following year. The stem of lover's tears is slender, head, terminal, 3-4 cm long, hooked, flowers white or brown, buds are red stripes.

Second, how to raise the tears of succulent lovers?

1, temperature: lover tears like the warm growth environment, the temperature in the range of 15-25 ℃ is more appropriate, the overwintering temperature is 5 ℃.

2, light: lover's tears are suitable to grow in a semi-overcast environment, give sufficient light and avoid exposure at the same time.

3. Soil: lover's tears are suitable to grow on soil rich in organic matter, loose and fertile.

4, watering: summer watering can not be too frequent, easy to rot roots, you can use a small spray pot to wet the plant.

Among them, the cultivation soil of lover's tears generally takes humus soil and vegetable garden soil as basic materials, accompanied by mountain mud, bran ash, yellow sand and so on.

III. Prevention and treatment of lover's tear disease

1. Dry air, excessive sunlight and high temperature lead to blackening, withering and shrinking of the leaf tips of potted orchids:

The plant can be put in a semi-shady environment, cut off the dead leaves, often spray water to the leaf surface and the environment, the newly extracted leaves can return to the normal state.

2. Potted soil stagnant water and nutrient fibrous root rot lead to blackening, withering and shrinking of the leaf tip of potted orchid: the plant can be removed from the flowerpot, shake off part of the persistent soil, cut off the rotten root system, and replace it with clean wet sand planting. Keep the sand moist, do not spray too much water, and then replace the fertile culture soil for planting after giving birth to white and tender whisker roots.

3. Without changing the pot for a long time, the root system grows directly to the pot wall: you can first pour the plant out of the flowerpot, cut off the dead leaves or the necrotic parts of the leaves, then pick out part of the old soil, delete some aging or necrotic roots, plant them with fresh culture soil, put them in a cool, moist and semi-shady environment, pay attention to more spraying and less watering, and the newly drawn tender leaves of the plant can return to normal.