Culture method of duck claw tree

Soil: duck foot tree is suitable for deep, loose and fertile soil. Watering: duck foot tree grows well in the environment of sufficient soil moisture, replenish water in time every day, but do not accumulate water. Temperature: it should be maintained in a place where bright scattered light is sufficient. Duck foot tree is not resistant to cold and should be kept at room temperature above 10 ℃ in winter.

Soil

The planting soil of duck foot tree requires deep, loose and fertile soil. Family potted plants are generally made of rotten leaf soil or peat soil, pastoral soil, plus 1x4 river sand or perlite. In order to ensure that the soil is fertile, a small amount of cake fertilizer can be added to the soil as base fertilizer.

The method of planting in the basin

Choose robust seedlings with well-developed roots and plant them in pots before germination in late autumn or spring.

Put a layer of rubble on the bottom of the container before planting, add a small amount of nutritious soil, put the plant into the flowerpot and add a small amount of soil roots to closely combine with the soil. Then pour the water through and compact the soil. After the new plants are planted, they should be placed in the semi-shade for a week, and then gradually transferred to the sun for normal management.

Watering

Duck foot tree grows well in the environment of high air humidity and sufficient soil moisture, daily maintenance, pay attention to timely replenishment of water, but do not accumulate water, otherwise it will cause a large number of fallen leaves, water control should be paid attention to under the condition of low temperature in winter.

If duck foot trees are maintained in plastic flowerpots, they should pay attention to timely drainage. When watering, they should be watered without waiting for dryness, so as to keep the soil moist at any time. When the weather is dry, spray around the plant, pay attention to cover the rain during the rainy season, and avoid stagnant water in the basin.

Sunshine, temperature

Duck foot trees like a semi-shady environment and should be maintained in a place with plenty of bright scattered light, so it would be better to put a pot at home. As long as the light at home is bright, you can enjoy it for a long time. In winter, you can move to the south window, and in spring and autumn, you can move the flowerpot to an outdoor well-ventilated place for maintenance for a period of time, but you should pay attention to proper shade so as not to cause the leaves to turn yellow due to sun exposure.

The duck foot tree is not resistant to cold, and the room temperature should be kept above 10 ℃ in winter. If the room temperature is lower than 8 ℃ for a long time, the leaves will gradually wither and yellow, and if it falls below 0 ℃, the leaves will fall off, so it is necessary to control the indoor temperature in the most difficult winter.

Change the basin and trim in time

Duck foot trees need to change their pots every spring, and if you use plastic pots, you need to pay attention to the loose soil.

The duck foot tree grows fast and is easy to sprout and grow branches. an adult tree needs regular shaping and pruning to keep the plant shape neat and beautiful. The duck foot wood, which has been preserved for many years, has perennial old branches and the plant shape is too large, so it can be re-cut in combination with changing pots when the new buds germinate every year to cut off branches, leaves and old roots.

Matters needing attention

If the duck foot tree is obtained by cutting, do not rush to change the basin in order to take shape, wait for the obvious growth to change the basin. Usually grow 2-3 grandma to change the basin, and then change the basin once a year.

Create a comfortable maintenance environment. Ensure that the temperature is suitable, drought and waterlogging are suitable, watering is timely, and spraying water to the leaf surface in summer is timely to ensure sufficient light time.