How to raise the latest potted colored leaf grass?

Colored leaf clover, also known as colorful Su, Laolaishao, colorful grass, etc., is a perennial herb belonging to coleus flower of Labiatae family. Indoor decoration is mostly small and medium-sized potted plants. In order to make the plant shape beautiful, the unopened inflorescences are often cut off and placed on the short few and windowsills to enjoy. Garden cultivation can be used as flower beds or plant borders. There are also several pots composed of patterns to decorate the venue and theater lobby. Let's take a look at how potted Colored leaf clover is raised!

Growth Habits of Colored Clover

Colored leaf clover is a very adaptable flower, which can also be seen in many places in China, especially in the south. It is often cultivated in gardens all over the country. The main cultivation bases are Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui and other places. Thermophilic plants, strong adaptability, winter temperature is not lower than 10℃, summer high temperature when a little shade, like sufficient sunlight, sufficient light can make the leaves bright.

Propagation method of Colored Clover

1, sowing: mostly used for sowing after the growth of the plant quality of the same varieties, the appropriate temperature is 18℃, spring and autumn can be. When germination needs sufficient light, keep the breeding sand bed wet, about 2 weeks after sowing can germinate, when there are 4 healthy seedlings can be transplanted to the pot diameter of about 10 cm in small pots, when the seedlings cover the pot, can be planted to the pot diameter of 20~23 cm in large pots. High germination rate, neat emergence.

2, cuttage: for cuttage survival rate is high, sexual reproduction quality is easy to change varieties for reproduction, as long as the temperature is appropriate, all seasons can be carried out, generally in May to June. Select the colorful excellent plants, with twigs cutting. Cuttings 8~10 cm long, propagation soil to loose fertile coarse sand best. Remove the lower two leaves of the cuttings and insert them into the soil at a depth of about 1/3 of their length. After insertion, pay attention to shade, can be placed in a cool place to maintain, keep the pot soil moist, when the temperature is about 20℃, about 10 days can take root, and then 2 weeks can be transplanted in the pot.

Propagation of Colored Clover by Water-cutting

1. Container: The container for cutting Coleus clover can be a jar, or it can be cut off from the upper part of a mineral water bottle, and the lower part can be filled with clean water for later use. The container must be clean, the water must also be clean, and it is best to take another large Coke bottle to store water for more than one day for cuttage and subsequent management.

2. Cuttings: When the main branch of Coleus chinensis or the lateral branch after picking has 4 nodes or about 10 cm long, select the strong stem, leave only 1 to 2 nodes of opposite leaves at the base, cut off the upper part, and the cut should be smooth without crushing and tearing wounds. Then cut off a pair of leaves at the lowest part of the cuttings, and gather every 3 to 5 cuttings neatly at the base, loosely bundle them together with white lines, and wait for water cuttings.

3. Management: Generally, it is best to put the cuttings into the water from the bottle mouth for 3 cm to 4 cm, and then place them in the scattered light, pay attention to changing the water (prepared water) every 2 to 3 days, and pay attention to making up the water level in the bottle due to evaporation every day. Generally, under the condition of 18℃ to 25℃, white roots can be seen in 7 days to 10 days.

4. Upper pot: The adventitious root nodes of Coloclover are easy to grow out, and the straight and sturdy stems will also sprout, which provides conditions for the early formation of cuttings. When see cutting base to have many 1 cm to 2 cm adventitious roots, can be timely on the pot or planting. Pay attention to careful operation, do not damage the root system, generally in the shade of the flower maintenance for about 10 days, you can enter the normal management.

How to grow potted colored clover?

1, soil: potted coleus requirements rich in humus, loose fertile, good drainage permeability sandy culture soil.

2. Watering: Colored leaf grass's demand for water lies in keeping the basin soil and environment often moist and moderate, avoiding drought and preventing waterlogging, so as to avoid dehydration and discoloration of leaves and soft rot of root system infection.

3, sunshine: Colored leaf grass in the soft and sufficient light, the leaf color is gorgeous significant, but avoid the summer clear sun direct sunlight caused by rough leaf surface loss of luster. But in the shade environment condition, the leaf color is not bright.

4. Temperature: Colored leaf clover likes warm and humid climate and fresh air environmental conditions. In winter, the indoor temperature is 20℃ to 25℃, the lowest overwintering temperature cannot be lower than 10℃, the temperature is too low, the leaves turn yellow and fall off, and the plants die below 5℃.

5. Fertilization: Colored clover has low requirements for fertilizer, and thin fertilizer based on nitrogen fertilizer is applied 1 to 2 times a month during the growing season.

6, pruning: Colored leaf grass seedlings should be picked many times, in order to promote lateral branches, so that the plant shape is full. After flowering, 2~3 lower branches can be retained, and the rest can be cut off and new branches can be reissued.

7. Pests: Colored leaf clover seedling stage is prone to damping-off disease, so attention should be paid to disinfection of sowing soil. The growth period has the leaf spot disease harm, sprays with 50% thiophane wettable powder 500 times solution. Indoor cultivation, easy to occur scale insects, red spiders and whitefly damage, available 40% omethoate EC 1000 times spray control.