Is the latest ivy poisonous?

Ivy is a perennial evergreen climbing shrub of the genus Acanthopanax, with beautiful leaves and evergreen seasons. It is often used for vertical greening in various parts of the south, and it is often planted beside rockery and wall roots, but the leaves and fruits of ivy are poisonous. If you don't eat it when you breed, it won't be poisoned. Let's take a look!

Is ivy poisonous?

Ivy is poisonous. According to relevant records, the fruits, seeds and leaves of ivy are poisonous, and children eating them by mistake can cause symptoms such as abdominal pain and diarrhea, and in severe cases can cause gastrointestinal inflammation, coma, and even dyspnea.

The role of Ivy

1. Greening function: Ivy is an important material for indoor hanging cultivation, combination cultivation, green carving cultivation and outdoor greening application. it is a woody evergreen vine, climbing with developed adsorptive aerial roots, stem length up to 30 meters, dense branches and leaves, evergreen all seasons, resistance to pruning, suitable for styling.

2. Medicinal effects: Ivy has the effects of dispelling wind and dampness, promoting blood circulation and detumescence, calming the liver and detoxification. It is mainly used for rheumatic joint pain, low back pain, fall injury, hepatitis, dizziness, oblique mouth and eye, bleeding, nebula, acute conjunctivitis, nephritis edema, amenorrhea, carbuncle, urticaria, eczema and so on.

3. Ecological function: in a room of about 10 square meters, 70% benzene, 50% formaldehyde and 24% trichloroethylene can be eliminated. Due to the continuous release of harmful gases such as formaldehyde in the newly renovated house, keep more ventilation after decoration. Raise a few pots of ivy green plants, the general new house vacant for three to six months can basically meet the occupancy standard.

How to raise ivy

1. Temperature: the optimum temperature for the growth of ivy is 20 ℃-25 ℃, which is not only afraid of heat, but also not resistant to cold. Therefore, when raising ivy indoors, we should pay attention to its ventilation and cooling in summer. In winter, it is best to keep the room temperature above 10 ℃, not less than 5 ℃, otherwise ivy is vulnerable to freezing damage.

2. Lighting: although ivy likes light, it is also more shade-resistant. When breeding, the location is relatively random. However, we should pay attention to avoid direct sunlight, otherwise it is easy to lead to sunburn, leaf edge and leaf tip scorch.

3. Watering: ivy should not be watered too much at ordinary times, and it should be dry and wet in the growing season. The potted soil is too wet to cause rotting roots of plants. The temperature is low in winter and the growth of ivy is relatively slow. It is necessary to control watering and keep the basin soil slightly wet. Ivy is a foliage plant, in the northern winter climate is dry, it is best to spray the branches and leaves once a week with water close to room temperature to keep the leaves clean and green.

4. Fertilization: when families raise ivy, they can apply fertilizer appropriately. Do not apply fertilizer in summer and winter. During the peak growing season, thin cake fertilizer and water should be applied every 2-2 weeks, or 0.2% potassium dihydrogen phosphate can be sprayed on the leaves, which will make the leaves more beautiful. However, it should be noted that when fertilizing, remember to apply nitrogen fertilizer, and do not stain the fertilizer liquid on the leaves, so as not to cause the leaves to scorch.

5. Disease prevention: if the ivy is not managed properly, there will be harm from leaf spot, shell insects and red spiders, which should be treated by spraying in time.