"air purification expert" duck palm wood leaves yellow how to do?

Duck palm wood is also what we call goose palm wood, the shape of the leaves is very beautiful, green all the year round, deeply loved by everyone. In addition, the leaves of duck palm wood also have a certain medicinal value, and play a certain role in rheumatism, swelling and pain, and burns. As one of the choices of indoor potted plants, it is popular for a reason: first, its name implies auspiciousness, firewood is rich; second, duck palm wood is an expert in air purification, which can absorb some indoor nicotine, formaldehyde and other harmful gases. Although duck palm wood is easy to raise, it often appears the phenomenon of yellowing leaves. What should we do?

1. Brief introduction of duck palm wood

1, duck palm wood shape: the reason for this name, because the leaf shape is like duck paw / goose paw, but the number of leaves is more, the common is 5, there are 7, 8. The leaves are green in color, sparse and glossy. Duck palm wood will also blossom, the color of the flower is light red, the fruit is crimson, the florescence is almost the same as the expiration date, about November-December.

2. Distribution range of duck palm wood: duck palm wood is a common tropical and subtropical plant, which is mainly distributed in Japan, India and Vietnam abroad, and mainly in Guangxi, Yunnan, Xizang, Zhejiang, Guangdong and other places in China.

3, the main value of duck palm wood: first, the role of decoration, because of its unique shape, often used in the hotel lobby, hotel lobby and other places, can also be placed in the family balcony, bedroom, study, living room, play a certain decorative role. Second, purify the air, can absorb harmful gases in the air, can reduce the concentration of formaldehyde. Third, the medicinal value, leaves can be used as medicine.

Second, what if the leaves of duck palm wood turn yellow?

1. Improper watering of duck palm wood

Duck palm wood is a plant that likes to be moist, and many friends are prone to overwatering in the process of maintenance, which leads to too much wet soil, too much water, unable to breathe in the roots, rotten roots and affect the absorption of water and nutrients by the leaves, resulting in yellowing of the leaves and even death of the whole plant.

Solution: in general, as long as you keep the duck palm wood basin soil moist, now that the temperature is lower in winter, to reduce the number of watering, you only need to occasionally spray leaves to increase air humidity. Watering for about 3 days in the other three seasons is enough, depending on the dryness of the basin soil. It is worth noting that it is also necessary to spray water around the leaves to cool down in summer.

2. Improper fertilization of duck palm wood.

Too much fertilizer or too little fertilizer may lead to yellowing and shedding of duck palm leaves. Too much fertilizer and too much fertilizer will cauterize the roots, and too little fertilizer will lead to malnutrition of the whole plant.

Solution: in order to make the duck palm wood grow well, it is necessary to apply fertilizer reasonably. If you apply too much fertilizer, you should change the pot soil for transplanting, first wash the roots with clean water, then soak for a period of time, wait until the leaves gradually turn green, then change the pot soil for planting. If the fertilizer is too little, increase the fertilizer at the right time. In summer, fertilizers are usually applied once a week. Nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium fertilizers are all right. Don't use only one kind of fertilizer.

3. Improper lighting of duck palm wood

Duck palm wood grows better in a half-sunny and half-overcast environment. If you keep it in a dark place for a long time, the leaves will turn yellow and fall off, and if you put them in the case of plenty of sunshine for a long time, the leaves will sunburn and turn yellow.

Solution: duck palm wood can be put in astigmatism indoor maintenance, windowsill is a good choice. You can often move outside to bask in the sun in winter and shade properly in summer to avoid direct sunlight.

To sum up, duck palm wood is a kind of ornamental plant which is very suitable for indoor pot planting. In order to avoid the emergence of yellowing leaves, we must master the management details, light, temperature, watering, fertilization, soil and so on must meet the growth conditions.