Post-autumn maintenance methods of flower-leaf taro

Flower-leaf taro, also known as colored-leaf taro, two-color taro, belongs to the Araceae colorful taro belongs to perennial herbs. It is native to the Amazon region of South America with shield-shaped or heart-shaped leaves and likes high temperature, high humidity and semi-shaded environment. The following is to introduce the post-autumn maintenance methods of flower and leaf taro.

1. Post-autumn conservation of taro

Summer is the viewing period of taro, after the end of the viewing period, it enters autumn and winter, and winter is the dormant period of taro.

The main viewing period of taro is summer, when the leaves are colorful and colorful, giving people a sense of freshness. But the quality of the growth depends to a large extent on the management after the autumn of the previous year.

After dormancy, taro will germinate again at the end of spring, but before again, post-autumn care is needed, including autumn tube, winter storage and spring planting, so that it can grow normally in the coming year.

Second, post-autumn nursing methods of flower and leaf taro

Generally speaking, the leaves of taro turn yellow from October, and the petiole wilts and droops. At this time, it is necessary to control watering, when all the leaves of taro wither, take it out of the flowerpot, put it in a better indoor light and dry place to dry for a few days, and then hide the sand, the sand should be sterilized first.

The temperature of taro sand storage should be kept above 10 ℃. Water should be sprayed every half a month, but it should not be too moist. The sand surface should be slightly moist. It should be noted that when digging up the tuber of taro, do not hurt the tuber of taro, otherwise it will cause the tuber of taro to rot when stored in winter.

In the spring of the following year, the stem of the flower-leaf taro was taken out and cut into several pieces for planting. The cut stem can be treated first to prevent its decay, and the incision can be smeared with plant ash.

When planting, you can choose rotten leaf soil, add some bone powder to make base fertilizer, plant the tuber well, then pour enough water and keep it in a dark place. Wait until the emergence of taro seedlings can be placed in a semi-shady place for maintenance. Attention should be paid to maintaining a certain amount of air humidity.

In addition, when planting tubers, you can choose to put the tubers face up, the germination is faster, but the growth effect is not good. You can also plant the tubers on the back of the taro, which will grow more neatly.