How to raise succulent plant jade butterfly easy to burst pot? What are the breeding methods and matters needing attention?

Jade butterfly, also known as stone lotus, jade dish, gemstone flower, lotus palm. Although many people raise perennial succulent herbs or subshrubs, they do not know how to raise jade butterflies. What are the breeding methods and matters needing attention?

I. introduction of Jade Butterfly

The jade butterfly brocade is a succulent plant of the jade butterfly brocade variety, which is similar to Fuji in appearance. Jade butterfly brocade plants are perennial succulent herbs or subshrubs, and they are small and medium-sized varieties.

The jade butterfly brocade is a succulent plant of the genus Euphorbia in the sedum family. It is a species of jade butterfly with a similar appearance to Fuji. Jade butterfly brocade is a perennial fleshy herb or sub-shrub, for small and medium-sized varieties. The jade butterfly brocade will sprout a stolon from the base, and a small rosette will grow at the top of the stolon, which will take root and become a new plant. Therefore, the jade butterfly brocade planted on the ground for many years can often grow in pieces, but the jade butterfly brocade grows much slower than the jade butterfly.

The fleshy leaves of the jade butterfly brocade plant are arranged in the shape of a rosette, the leaves are short spoon-shaped, slightly erect, the apex is round and pointed, and bent inward slightly, so that the whole plant is slightly funnel-shaped, the leaves are light green or blue-green in the middle, both sides are yellowish white, the leaves are slightly thin, and there is a slight white powder or waxy layer on the leaf surface, which is not too afraid of water. Cymes of jade butterfly brocade are axillary, flowers are inverted bell-shaped, and the front end is 5-lobed. Red, yellow at the top, florescence from June to August.

2. Introduction of culture methods

Soil: in fact, the requirements of the medium of jade butterfly is not very high, ordinary nutritious soil can be raised, if you can add some cinder into it, it will be more perfect.

Watering: the demand for water is not very large, once a week is enough, there is no obvious dormancy period in summer, so there is no need to cut off water treatment, usually how to water this way. If the temperature is very low in winter, the water should be cut off so as not to be frozen. Do not water the leaves, the leaves of the jade butterfly are powdered, and watering will wash the powder away, so water the roots directly to avoid the leaves. If there are water droplets on the leaves, wipe them off in time to avoid direct sunlight to burn the leaves during the day.

Lighting: can be illuminated all day, slightly resistant to semi-overcast, summer should be properly shaded.

Reproduction: Jade butterfly can be inserted into leaves, you must have leaves with full growth points, but the leaves are very slow, my highest record is 3 months before emergence. Beheading cutting, ramet, sowing are all possible, and the success rate is very high.

Diseases and insect pests: Jade butterflies are easily infected with germs, so if you have nothing to do, you can spray carbendazim and flower protection properly.

On the pot need to know: online shopping seedlings after pruning roots on the pot will consume the leaves of the outermost circle, do not worry about seeing the leaves withered, thinking that the hairy roots need nutrients, it sacrifices the leaves of the outer circle to provide nutrients to the roots, and at this time you do not have to remove the dry leaves, because if you remove it, you will sacrifice the leaves above. It should be noted that turning pots and fertilizing are strictly prohibited in summer.

Matters needing attention

Because of its tenacious vitality and low difficulty in planting, jade butterfly generally chooses leaf insertion method in production and practice. Easily infected with diseases and insect pests, in the prevention of diseases and insect pests, we should also make some efforts to take preventive measures. 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 be thicker. If the sunshine is too little, the leaves are light, the leaves are loosely arranged and elongated, and the leaves become thinner. The leaf tip will turn slightly red during the strong light and the temperature difference between day and night or during the low temperature period in winter.

Jade butterfly watering to see dry and wet, must be dry before watering, you can apply slow-acting fertilizer.

The breeding of jade butterfly adopts leaf insertion, decapitation and ramet, and it can also be sown. Beheading can be carried out all year round, the leaves should choose thick leaf cuttings, but the leaf cutting is relatively slow, brocade is also easy to degenerate, so it is basically decapitation and ramet propagation.

Does the jade butterfly blossom

Jade butterfly is a flowering succulent plant, the general shape of the flower is curved scorpion tail growth, the inflorescence is axillary Cymes, the flower is bell-shaped growth, the apex is 5-lobed, red, the top is yellow, particularly beautiful.

The flowering period of the jade butterfly flower is usually between June and August every year, during which the flowers bloom luxuriantly and brightly.