Moon rabbit ear

Growth habits of Rabbit ear

It is native to Madagascar. Like warm, dry and sunny environment, not resistant to cold. Resistant to drought, not resistant to water and moisture.

Favorite temperature: 18-22 ℃

Watering: water once a week during the growing period

Light: plenty of sunshine all day

Propagation: its propagation mode is cuttage and leaf cutting propagation.

Diseases and insect pests: diseases and insect pests such as shell insects and whitefly

Combination suggestion: Jinluo Star, Purple Pearl

Maintenance skills of Rabbit ears

Basin soil: the basin is renewed and changed every spring, and the basin soil is a mixture of rotten leaf soil and coarse sand.

Watering: water once a week during the growing period, spray around the plant at high temperatures in summer, reduce watering in autumn, and keep dry in winter.

Fertilization: fertilize once a month during the growing period, using diluted cake fertilizer or "Huiyou" 15-15-30 special fertilizer for potted flowers.

Diseases and insect pests: poor indoor ventilation, prone to shell insects and whitefly damage, can be sprayed with 1000 times omethoate EC.

The Reproductive Mode of Rabbit ear

Cutting: cut the mature top branch during the growing period, grow 5-7 cm long, insert it into the sand bed after the cut is dried, take root in 15-20 days, and pot after a week.

Leaf cutting: cut the growing and full leaves, spread them on the sand bed, spray and moisturize them. They can take root 20-25 days after insertion, waiting for the adventitious buds to grow on the leaf base and form young plants in the pot.