"Home and office green plant" happiness tree breeding methods and matters needing attention, remember these eight points are still afraid of growing luxuriantly!

Many people put a pot of happiness tree at home, implying a kind of auspiciousness and beauty. Happiness tree is a kind of good foliage large potted plant, which is generally cultivated indoors, such as large banquet halls and offices. What are the breeding methods and matters needing attention of the happiness tree? How often is it watered?

Basic Information of Happiness Tree

1. Alias of Happiness Tree

Happiness tree is also known as bean tree, bean, bitter Ling uncle (Taiwan), cowpea tree (Yunnan Funing), pepper tree (Yunnan estuary), bone umbrella, forest umbrella, Chaoyang flower, oxtail wood (practical Chinese herbal medicine in Guangxi), bean wood, oxtail bean, snake bean, chicken bean wood, Dachaoyang (Chinese veterinary medicinal plant in Guangxi), fallen cat tree (Hainan), Taiwan is also commonly known as: Wangwang tree or money tree.

2. The source of happiness tree

Happy tree is a plant of the genus Phaseolaceae, distributed in Bhutan, Taiwan, Guangdong, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi and other places. It grows in areas ranging from 340 meters to 750 meters above sea level. It is generally born in valleys and sparse forests on flat land. It is also a common horticultural plant. Because of its extremely shade-tolerant properties, it is one of the few woody plants that can be put indoors.

3. Morphological characteristics of happiness tree.

Happy tree is a medium deciduous tree, up to 15 meters high, bark light gray, leaf axis about 30 cm long, leaves alternate, middle leaves opposite, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 4 cm to 7 cm long, inflorescences erect, terminal, 25 cm to 35 cm long, 30 cm in diameter, Corolla bell-shaped funnel-shaped, white or yellowish, 6 cm to 8 cm long, capsule leathery, cylindrical strips similar to kidney beans, slightly curved, furrowed.

2. Culture methods and matters needing attention of Happiness Tree

If you want the happiness tree to grow luxuriantly, you need to understand its ecological habits, and at the same time, we should pay attention to the factors such as soil, moisture, light, fertilizer, temperature and humidity, etc., so we should pay attention to the following eight breeding methods and matters needing attention:

1. Growth soil requirements

Happiness tree is suitable for loose and fertile, good drainage and ventilation, rich in organic matter culture soil, generally can select sandy loam, garden soil, rotten leaf soil, rotten organic fertilizer, river sand can be prepared in the ratio of 5 to 3, 1 to 1.

2. Growth temperature and humidity requirements

Happy trees like the warm and humid environment, the suitable growth temperature is between 15 and 25 ℃, and the temperature should be controlled below 27 ℃ as far as possible in summer, and the shade should be properly sheltered; the winter temperature should be maintained above 8 ℃, and the lowest temperature should not be less than 5 ℃; the humidity should be controlled between 70 and 80%, and water should be often sprayed on the leaves of the tree when the temperature is too high and the air is too dry.

3. Growth and illumination requirements

The happiness tree is a sunny and shady plant, either in full sunshine or in a semi-shaded environment. In summer, attention should be paid to setting up a shed to keep out the light. Potted happiness trees had better be placed in front of a window or balcony with sufficient light when placed indoors. Do not put them in a dark, direct and scattered light place for a long time, which is easy to cause fallen leaves. Potted happiness trees can be placed in front of the window or balcony in winter. Let it receive more light.

4. Growth moisture requirement

Happiness trees in the summer high temperature season to ensure sufficient water, but can not produce stagnant water; spring and autumn season to control watering, as long as basin soil to protect and moist; winter watering to reduce, otherwise it is easy to appear stagnant water rotting root phenomenon.

5. Growth fertilizer requirements

When potted happiness trees are purchased for more than three months, they should properly fertilize their roots, and they can begin to apply fertilizer every spring when they shoot shoots, once a month. Generally, compound fertilizer containing nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium or organic fertilizer (which can also be fermented with self-made Amoy rice water and various kinds of bone crushing powder), compound fertilizer is applied, dissolved in water and then poured, the concentration is 0.5% to 1%, and the organic fertilizer is buried. It should be noted that fertilization is not needed in summer and winter.

6. Pruning essentials

Happiness tree is a large potted plant of foliage type, so it is necessary to trim out the shape you need properly, and cut off some old branches, diseased branches and lower branches. In the process of pruning, you can make any shape, such as umbrella type, tower type, round shape, and so on.

7. Pest control

(1) in the environment of too high temperature, high humidity and poor ventilation, the leaves of Happy Tree are easy to be infected with leaf spot disease. Strengthen ventilation and light transmission, spray 50% carbendazim wettable powder 600 times liquid, once every 15 days.

(2) the insect pests of the happiness tree are mainly shell insects, if the number is less, it can be wiped off directly with a dishcloth, if the quantity is more, it can be eliminated by spraying with 1500 times of prolactin wettable powder, and then pay attention to strengthen ventilation and light transmission, and pay attention to the control of ambient humidity.

In fact, the disease resistance of the happiness tree is still very strong, usually as long as frequent ventilation, the general situation will not give rise to insect pests.

8. Replacement of basin soil

The happiness tree should change its basin every 1-2 years, and change a slightly larger basin year by year. At the same time, it should add base fertilizer and replace new nutrient soil to make it thrive.

Whether the happiness tree grows well or not still needs to be taken care of at ordinary times, such as keeping warm, pruning regularly, changing the basin soil every year, watering properly, never pouring tea water into the basin, throwing rubbish and so on.

Third, how often is the happiness tree watered?

It is mentioned above that the happiness tree should pay attention to the water requirements during the growth period, the amount of water varies in different seasons, and the amount of water should be decided according to the actual situation of the plant.

1. The happiness tree should have enough water in the hot summer season, so it should be watered every 3-4 days, depending on the condition of the plant.

2. Control the amount of water in spring and autumn, once a week

3. The weather is cold in winter, and the happiness tree is almost in a dormant period. It is necessary to observe that the basin soil is dry and then watered, and pay attention to watering it thoroughly.

Conclusion: the above is the introduction of the cultivation of Happiness Tree. I hope it will be helpful to everyone. As a kind of foliage potted plant, Happiness Tree can usually be placed in the living room, study, balcony and other places. It can have a calming and calming effect and purify the air.