How to raise the tears of Angels, the latest succulent plant?

Angel tears, also known as tears of beauty and round leaves of 8000 generations, are succulent plants of the family crassulaceae. They grow a bit like 8,000 generations. The leaves of cultivated horticultural species are larger than 8,000 generations, and the light green leaves are tender all the year round. They basically don't change much. The stems are not too thick but can form woody branches, which will gradually grow in groups with the passage of time. Let's take a look at how the tears of succulent plants are raised.

The growth habit of Angel tears

Angel tears originated in Mexico, belongs to summer dormancy succulent plants, but dormancy period is not obvious, fast growth, like light, full light angel tears leaves will be more compact, more white powder, coupled with the large temperature difference between autumn and winter, the leaf color will be a little yellow, very moving. In the case of lack of light, the arrangement of leaves will be more loose, and the leaves will be more slender.

The morphological characteristics of Angel tears

1. Leaves: the leaves of Angel's tears are oval with white powder, the leaf surface is smooth, the back of the leaf is very round, the leaf tail is obviously expanded, and the leaf ring is born on the branch.

2. Branches: the branches of angel tears can continue to grow upward, and the lower branches of angel tears are easy to sprout lateral buds and form branches.

3. Flowers: Angel tears bloom in late spring or autumn with clusters of yellow florets, bell-shaped florets, large flowers and a faint fruity aroma.

The breeding method of Angel tears

1. Branches: Angel tears can break the sprouting buds at the base in the growing season, dry them for a few days, and then cut them in the red jade soil.

2. Leaf cutting: Angel tears can also be propagated by cutting with complete and full leaves, but the success rate is not high.

3. Sowing: Angel tears can also obtain seeds by artificial pollination, and the seeds can be picked and sown as they mature, but the variability of sowing seedlings is large, so attention should be paid to the selection of high-quality seedlings.

The cultivation method of Angel tears

1. Soil: the basin soil of angel tears requires looseness, air permeability, good drainage and coarse particle size. At present, red jade soil is commonly cultivated after mixing humus soil or rotten leaf soil and peat soil, and a small amount of calcareous materials such as bone powder are added.

2. Temperature: Angel tears like a warm environment, with the characteristics of high temperature dormancy in summer and slow growth at low temperature in winter. In winter, if the lowest temperature at night is not less than 10 ℃ and the temperature difference between day and night is about 10 ℃, it can be watered normally to make the plant continue to grow.

3. Illumination: the growing period of angel tears is in spring and autumn, which requires sufficient sunshine. Insufficient light will cause the plant to grow too long and the plant shape loose. Need to receive enough sunshine before the leaf color will be gorgeous, the plant type will be more compact and beautiful, and the leaves will not grow too short. If there is too little sunshine, the leaves will be light and the leaves will be arranged loosely.

4, watering: Angel tears watering master "do not dry do not water, water is thoroughly", avoid basin soil stagnant water, so as not to cause rotten roots. Angel tears after many years of mass growth, the plant is very spectacular, the culture medium must be dry before watering. Angel tears open yellow clusters of flowers, the flowering is still more beautiful.

5, fertilization: Angel tears because of its slow growth, do not apply fertilizer, granular slow-release fertilizer can be put on the soil surface for the plant to absorb slowly.