What are the methods of iron tree culture? Flowering unexpectedly has these two good signs!

Iron tree, also known as iron banana, phoenix tail banana, is a common green leaf plant in parks and roadsides. It is widely used as a bonsai because of its beautiful appearance and evergreen seasons. Many people like to put a pot at home or office. What are the methods of iron tree cultivation? How about flowering?

1. Introduction to Iron Tree:

1 What does the tree look like?

Iron tree root, stem, leaf three parts, stem height 1~8 meters, cylindrical without branches, to be destroyed after the growth point, will grow a lot of branches and leaves, and grow a lot of green leaves, feathery, leaf back has a lot of fluff, base leaflets hard, looks spiny, to be long to 6~8 months will bloom, very beautiful.

Where are the trees located?

The distribution of sassafras trees is wide, both at home and abroad, including distribution abroad in Madagascar, Southeast Asia, Oceania and other tropical and subtropical regions. It is mainly distributed in Taiwan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Hainan, Sichuan, Yunnan and other places in China, among which Taiwan, Sichuan, Yunnan and Hainan are widely planted.

2. What are the methods of iron tree cultivation?

1. Soil requirements: slightly acidic sandy soil

Iron tree likes to grow in the soil loose fertile and good drainage of the slightly acidic environment, so try to choose soil slightly acidic sandy soil planting.

2, temperature requirements: winter around 10 good

Iron tree thermophilic cold-resistant, as long as the winter temperature can be maintained at about 10 degrees healthy maturity. Therefore, in winter, try to move it indoors and ensure that the room temperature is above 10 degrees. If it is lower than 0 degrees, it will affect the growth of plants. In addition, summer high temperature climate, to appropriate in the flowerpot around or foliage spray a small amount of water to improve indoor humidity.

3, lighting requirements: reasonable lighting

Iron tree likes light but not strong light, so in summer high temperature climate, to avoid strong light exposure, so as not to evaporate water, resulting in leaves charred, yellow. At the same time, spring, autumn and winter should be placed in a place with light as much as possible, so as not to cause insufficient light to hinder the growth of new leaves.

4, watering requirements: see dry see wet

Iron tree drought tolerance, so try to see dry and wet when watering, generally every 3~5 days during the Spring Festival watering times, summer every morning and evening watering times, autumn every 3~5 days watering times, winter every 10 days watering times. Do not water too much, so as not to cause water root erosion, yellow leaves.

5. Fertilizer requirements: mainly nitrogen and potassium fertilizers

Iron tree likes fertilizer, especially in the growth period, nitrogen fertilizer, potassium fertilizer and decomposed cake fertilizer should be applied reasonably to ensure sufficient nutrients and promote plant growth. In addition, some rust can also be placed in the soil to promote leaf growth. If the first breeding, you can go to the monopoly flower shop to buy fertilizer, so that the leaves of iron tree dark green luster, improve the ornamental value.

6, pruning and shaping: cut off dead branches, old branches

After a period of time, iron trees grow out of dense branches, dead branches, old branches, yellow leaves and other useless branches, so according to the bonsai situation, these useless branches should be cut off to maintain tree symmetry and improve ornamental value.

3. Is it good for iron trees to bloom? There are two good signs!

Sago blossoms are good and bad, but the benefits are mostly. Because under normal circumstances, iron tree is very difficult to bloom, unless it grows in tropical or subtropical areas for about 10 to 20 years, iron tree will bloom, and once flowering will bloom every year, flowering can last for about two months, after four months will bear fruit, so it is very rare. And when the iron tree blooms, it is a good omen.

1, the sign of good luck: if there is a happy event at home, and encounter iron tree flowering, that means good luck, if there is no happy event but flowering, it means bad luck.

2. Signs of beauty and happiness: It is rare for iron trees to bloom. If this area can bloom, it indicates that the growth environment here is pleasant and rich in noble gas, indicating happiness, beauty, harmony and happiness, indicating smooth fortune and happy life.

In general, iron tree is very good planting, as long as the basic management of fertilizer, water, temperature and so on can grow healthily. However, if the temperature is right and cultivated properly, it can bloom every year and the flowering period can be as long as two months.