Can the fruit of Pingzhi Xunzi be eaten? How to keep bonsai? How to water and trim? What if the leaves turn yellow?

Pingzhikuzi, also known as Lycium barbadense, Lorangzi, and hilltop girl, was born in bushes at an altitude of 2000-3500 meters. Flowering from May to June and fruiting from September to December. Can the fruit of Pingzhi Xunzi be eaten? How to keep bonsai? How to water and trim? What if the leaves turn yellow?

Can the fruit of Pingzhi Xunzi be eaten?

Pingzhi Xunzi is usually not eaten by anyone.

The tree posture is low, the branches and leaves spread horizontally, the pink florets are embedded in the dark green leaves in spring, the leaves are small and dense, the flowers are dense, the leaves are red in late autumn, the red fruits are numerous, and they do not fall in winter. It is most suitable for basic planting materials, ground covering materials, or decorating buildings, especially the walls of memorial buildings. Red green leaves are particularly eye-catching, often planted on slopes, rock gardens, pools or rocks, or scattered on the lawn, which is an excellent material for mountain and rock bonsai.

Pingzhi ten son bonsai how to raise?

1. Water and fertilizer management

The basin was changed before sprouting in early spring, once every 1-2 years. The basin soil was prepared with fertile and loose rotten leaf soil or infiltrated sandy soil, watered thoroughly after planting, cut off part of the old roots and branches and leaves, and placed in the open place. The basin soil should be kept moist in peacetime management, and cake fertilizer and water should be applied once a month during the growing period. Spray water on leaves in summer to increase humidity and shade. Enter indoor management in winter.

2. Temperature and light

Pingzhi Xunzi likes the warm climate environment, so it is required to grow in the semi-shady environment where the soil is dry, there should be a certain semi-shaded environment in summer, and the sunlight can be enhanced in other spring, autumn and winter.

Pingzhi Xunzi likes warmth, but can also withstand cold. The coldest monthly average temperature is 1-2 ℃, the highest monthly average temperature is 20-26 ℃, the annual average temperature is 15-18 ℃, and the annual accumulated temperature is 4500-5000 ℃.

The frost-free period is 210-250 days. Pingzhi Xunzi in such temperature conditions, perennial emerald green (autumn leaves red), has a high ornamental value.

3. Mode of reproduction

Sowing and cutting are the main methods. Fruit ripening results in harvest, after soaking, rub off the peel, then sow in autumn, the next spring sowing germination rate is not high. The cuttings are carried out in the rainy season and can take root in about 40 murals and 60 days.

How do you water and trim Pingzhi Xunzi?

1. For potted plants, in addition to adding organic fertilizer when potting, proper fertilizer and water management should be carried out in the usual maintenance process. In the winter dormancy period, the main work is to control fertilizer and water, the interval period is about 3-7 days, the interval period is shorter during sunny or high temperature, and the interval is longer or not watered during rainy or low temperature. For ground-planted plants, fertilizer and water are applied 2-4 times in spring and summer according to drought conditions: first, a small ditch is opened at 30-100 cm outside the root neck (the larger the plant, the farther away from the root neck), the width and depth of the ditch are 20 cm. Sprinkle 25-50 jin of organic fertilizer or 1-5 particles of compound fertilizer (chemical fertilizer) into the ditch, and then pour it with permeable water. After the beginning of winter, before the beginning of spring, fertilize again according to the above method, but do not need watering.

2. when the plant enters the dormant or semi-dormant period in winter, the branches such as thin, disease and insect, withered and overdense should be cut off. The branches can also be arranged in combination with cuttings.

3. As long as it is properly maintained, it will grow very fast. when it grows to a certain size, we should consider changing it to a larger basin so that it can continue to flourish. The culture soil and component ratio for basin change can be selected as follows: vegetable garden soil: slag = 3 ∶ 1; or coarse river sand: sawdust (slag) = 4 ∶ 1 ∶ 2 in garden soil ∶; or one of paddy soil, pond mud and rotten leaf soil.

What if the leaves of Xunzi turn yellow?

1. It may be that the air humidity is not enough. Pingzhi Xunzi likes the humid or semi-dry climate environment, which requires that the air relative temperature of the growing environment is 50-70%. When the air relative humidity is too low, the lower leaves yellowing and falling off, and the upper leaves have no luster.

2. You can put Xunzi on the balcony in a bright and ventilated place, like light and drought-resistant plants, dry and watered thoroughly, it is better to see dry and wet, the humidity of watering is not good, and it is not good to water in time, and it is better to spray leaves and branches often.