What's a pocket coconut? What is its cultivation method?

What on earth is this cute plant, pocket coconut? How can we breed well? What about the overgrowth of its plants? Next, the editor will introduce you to the pocket coconut.

What is a pocket coconut

When many people hear the name of a pocket coconut, they will think it is the edible coconut that grows in the tropics. And pocket coconuts are mini coconuts. In fact, this is not the case at all! It just looks like a coconut tree, and then it basically has nothing to do with coconut! Pocket coconut is also called pocket bamboo, beautiful bamboo coconut, dwarf coconut, dwarf brown, living room brown, its leaves are dark green, usually grow on the top of the plant branches, and its flowers are yellow. the height of potted plants is generally no more than 1 meter, which is of high ornamental value, because its plant type is very similar to that of tropical coconut trees, and its shape is small and exquisite, so it is named pocket coconut.

Second, the planting method of pocket coconut

1. Lighting

This kind of plant likes to grow in a semi-shaded environment, and its leaves will turn yellow if it is exposed to strong light for a long time, so we should put it in the brightest place in the room when we nurse.

2. Temperature

Pocket coconuts normally grow at temperatures above 10 degrees Celsius. It's afraid of the cold.

3. Watering

Pocket coconut not only likes warmth and semi-shade, it also likes water. It should keep the soil moist during its growth cycle and keep the soil a little dry when entering the dormant period before watering.

4. Potted soil

Pocket coconut soil is best mixed with soil carbon mud and rotten leaf soil, can not use heavy alkaline soil, alkaline soil drainage in all the soil is the worst, will easily lead to its plants rotten roots.

5. Pruning

In spring, we should cut its branches short to prevent them from growing taller and taller. Cutting short branches can make it grow stronger and stronger.

Third, what about the overgrowth of pocket coconut plants?

1, generally speaking, its plant can not exceed 1 meter, growing too high will affect its good-looking appearance, but also affect its normal growth.

2. It is the most beautiful when it grows to 30-50 centimeters. If you want to control its height, you can match some shorter plants in its lower part, which can not only restrain its crazy growth, but also make up for the sparsity of its rhizome. It can increase its appearance higher.

3. We can also use plastic film to wrap it to control its height, stimulate its roots, cut it off and plant it in the lowest part of the flowerpot.

These are all the planting methods of today's pocket coconuts. If you like planting as much as the editor, you are welcome to follow Tuliu.com.