"Araceae" tortoise back bamboo culture methods and matters needing attention? How much is it per pot? How about feng shui in the living room?

Tortoise is a perennial woody vine climbing evergreen shrub belonging to the genus Tortoise of Araceae. It is also known as Penglai banana, Tortoise banana and electric orchid. Tortoise cultivated indoors rarely flowers. It is a famous foliage plant. What are the cultivation methods and precautions of Tortoise? How much is a pot? Is it good to put feng shui in the living room?

Stems green, stout, circumscribed annular, remaining smooth petioles green; leaves large, cordate-ovate in outline, thickly leathery, surface shiny, pale green, abaxially greenish white. spathe thickly leathery, broadly ovate, navicular, suberect. Inflorescences subterete, yellowish. Staminal filaments linear. Pistil turbinate, yellow, slightly raised. The berries are pale yellow with purple spots around the stigma. Flowering August-September, fruit ripens after anthesis in different years. China Fujian, Guangdong, Yunnan cultivation in the open field, Beijing, Hubei and other places planted in the greenhouse. Originated in Mexico, the tropical regions of more than introduced cultivation for viewing.

Market Price of Turtle Bamboo

The market price of Turtle Bamboo is determined according to the size of the plant, and the price varies from place to place, usually the price of about 40 cm is 35-40 yuan, the price of more than 70 cm is hundreds of yuan, and the price of more than 1 meter is more than 200 yuan.

The cultivation methods and precautions of Tortoise

Environmental Requirements for the Growth of Monstera chinensis

1. Soil

When breeding turtle, it should keep fertile and loose, absorb water and keep water well. It is best to use decayed leaf soil or peat soil. The pot of turtle shell bamboo should be cultivated in a large pot, with a stick of 1.3~1.5 meters inserted in the pot, planted with turtle shell bamboo, one anti-lodging, two attached columns grow luxuriantly.

2. Light

Tortoise shade-resistant, avoid direct sunlight, placed as a potted plant in the indoor light most appropriate.

3. Temperature

The suitable temperature for growth is 20-28℃. Tortoise thermophilic aid moist, normal room temperature can grow well. Not cold, winter temperature requirements above 5℃.

4. Humidity

The soil for breeding turtle can be kept moist. In summer, it is necessary to spray water frequently to maintain a high air humidity, and the leaves are often kept clean to facilitate photosynthesis.

The method of watering turtleback

Daily watering once a day, summer morning and evening once, dry weather to spray water on leaves and surrounding environment, winter 3-4 days watering once, every 7-10 days for close to the room temperature of clean water spray leaves once.

The method of fertilization of chelonian bamboo

Monstera chinensis is a flower that prefers fertilizer. Fertilization should be based on nitrogen fertilizer. From April to September, thin cake fertilizer water is applied once every 15 days for young plants, and decomposed thin cake fertilizer water is applied once a month for adult plants. 0.2% potassium dihydrogen phosphate diluted solution is applied 2-3 times in spring and summer every year, and no fertilizer is applied in winter.

Breeding method of Tortoise

1, layering propagation: can be carried out in May to August, after about 3 months can leave the mother plant, become a new plant.

2. Cutting propagation: You can cut off the node part from the stem every spring. It is best to insert 2 nodes and leaves directly into the planting pot. Put it in a warm, humid and shaded place with water. Take root in about a month.

Pruning method of Monstera chinensis

Turtle bamboo is a large foliage plant with thick stems and large leaves. When dividing plants of adult plants, it is necessary to set up a frame to avoid lodging deformation. The support is removed after shaping. At the same time, after shaping, when the stem node leaves grow too dense and the branches grow too long, pay attention to pruning the whole plant to make it natural and beautiful.

Change the soil and change the pot of Tortoise

The pots need to be changed once a year. The best time to change pots is between March and April. Remove old soil when changing pots, cut off dead roots, and then add decomposed organic fertilizer or phosphorus and potassium fertilizer as base fertilizer in pots.

Causes and treatment of yellowing of leaves of Tortoise

1. Soil discomfort

Tortoise was originally parasitic plant, developed root system for the fleshy roots, soil porosity and permeability requirements are higher. Both viscous and slightly viscous soils affect root growth in varying degrees. If the soil permeability is not good or the soil is not changed for a long time, it may cause soil hardening, affect the respiration of Tortoise, and thus make Tortoise grow poorly and the leaves turn yellow.

Treatment method: family potted turtle back bamboo, cultivation soil available ripe loess 2, honeycomb ash 1, chicken manure 1 mixed mixed soil. This not only ensures that the potted soil permeability can also meet the fertilizer requirements required for growth.

2. Too much water or too little water

More water will cause the root rot phenomenon, less water will make the plant water shortage and poor growth, both of which will cause the yellow leaf phenomenon of Tortoise. Treatment method: Turtle back bamboo should be watered regularly, once watered thoroughly, keep the surface of the basin soil slightly dry, when the air is dry, sprinkle water on the environment and turtle back bamboo leaves.

3, too strong or too dark light

Tortoise is shade-tolerant, but long-term placement of Tortoise in shade will affect photosynthesis and make leaves yellow; at the same time, Tortoise cannot be placed under strong light, which will cause Tortoise leaves to burn and turn yellow.

Treatment methods: turtle shell bamboo in summer to pay attention to shade, it is best to give some scattered light turtle shell bamboo sun.

4, the temperature is too low

The optimum temperature for the growth of Monstera chinensis is 20~25℃. The temperature at night in winter is not lower than 10℃ at seedling stage. The mature plants can tolerate 5℃ for a short time.

Treatment method: winter to the root of the turtle to carry out appropriate warmth, in order to enhance the cold resistance of the plant, but do not put the turtle directly on the radiator or air conditioning next to.

5, too little fertilizer

Iron is a necessary raw material for plant synthesis of chlorophyll. If the iron element in soil or fertilizer is insufficient, it will affect the synthesis of chlorophyll, thus causing the leaves to lose green and turn yellow.

Treatment methods: due to iron deficiency caused by yellow leaves, should be applied alum fertilizer or spray 0.1-0.3% ferrous sulfate solution.

6. Poor ventilation

Bad ventilation can cause yellow haze in the leaves of Tortoise. Treatment method: To keep indoor ventilation good, you can also put turtle back bamboo indoor viewing during the day, moved to outdoor at night.

Is it poisonous?

Tortoise is slightly toxic, it is a poisonous plant listed in the Chinese Plant Atlas Database. It is understood that the toxicity of turtle bamboo is juice, which has stimulation and corrosion effect, and skin contact causes pain and burns. Unripe pulp Taiwan calcium oxalate needle crystal, eat it will burn the tongue.

The role of turtleback bamboo

1. The plant shape of Turtle Bamboo is very beautiful, the leaf shape is strange, the green color is green all the year round, the aerial root extends very long, it can be coiled, it is quite interesting, giving people a special beauty, and it is the best among the flowers for viewing leaves. The large plants of Tortoise are suitable for large-scale display in the foyer, living room and conference room, and the small and medium-sized plants are suitable for home display, so that the environment has an elegant atmosphere. There are also places planted beside trees or corners of houses and other slightly shaded places, allowing them to grow and climb, growing very luxuriantly.

2. In addition to beautifying the ornamental, its flowers and fruits have certain edible value. Flesh ear inflorescences fresh and juicy, in the origin of turtle bamboo for more than first-class vegetable food, cool and refreshing. The yellow bracts outside the inflorescence are quite plump and can be eaten raw or fried. The flavor of the turtle berry is excellent, can be eaten as a fruit, taste similar to pineapple, can also be made into a drink, taste excellent.

3, Feng Shui role: placed in the home turtle bamboo has a certain Feng Shui role, but pay attention to the location of the placement. In the north, the land of Rengui Water is used to make Xuanwu with Tortoise Bamboo. Specifically, the Tortoise Bamboo is placed at the door of the study, which can increase the official luck and blessing. Put the turtle back bamboo in the old man's bedroom, can add blessing and longevity, beneficial to the elderly.

The flower language and symbolic meaning of Tortoise Bamboo:

Because the shape of the leaves of Tortoise is very similar to turtle shell, and it is a relatively durable indoor item, at the same time it has the strange ability to attract carbon dioxide, beneficial to human health, so its flower language is health and longevity.