Daily maintenance and precautions for Selaginella bonsai

Selaginella officinalis has a certain medicinal value, but also has a high ornamental value. As a potted plant, it is graceful and easy to maintain. if it can be matched with mountains and rocks to make bonsai, the ornamental value will be further enhanced and displayed. Putting the Selaginella bonsai indoors not only has the function of radiation protection, but also can beautify and decorate the environment.

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It has a strong ability to withstand drought, and it rolls into a mass when it is hit by drought, and it is easy to stretch out after being poured into the water in time. Watering in different seasons should be adjusted accordingly, and Selaginella officinalis is resistant to barren, the requirement of fertilizer is not high, like loose, permeable sandy soil environment. According to these characteristics, we can apply the correct maintenance means to it and maintain it well.

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1. Soil

Because Selaginella officinalis likes loose, breathable and permeable sandy soil environment, we should prepare loose and permeable basin soil for it. Because Selaginella officinalis is resistant to barren, its requirements for soil environment can be met by mixing soil or garden soil and fine sand at the ratio of 1:4.

Second, lighting

Selaginella officinalis, like pine and cypress, has tenacious vitality and prefers a warm and semi-shady growth environment. As a potted plant, it generally provides a wet and no bright light place for maintenance and management.

Selaginella officinalis

Third, temperature

As Selaginella likes to be warm, it is more appropriate to keep its growth environment at about 20 ℃. When the temperature is high in summer, in addition to avoiding direct sunlight, we should also spray more water to keep moisture and cool down; when the temperature is too low in winter, especially when it is as low as 0 ℃, we should take timely measures to prevent cold and keep warm.

Fourth, watering

Selaginella officinalis has a strong drought tolerance, in addition to the growing period in order to maintain germination and growth need to pour a lot of water to keep the basin soil moist, other stages tend to require less water. Therefore, in order to moisturize, you can spray more water for it, especially in summer, but it is not suitable to pour cold water with lower temperature when the weather is too hot.

5. Fertilization

Selaginella officinalis is not highly dependent on fertilizer and is relatively resistant to barren, so it does not need to be fertilized during the period of maintenance and management. You can usually keep topdressing every half a month.

VI. Change the basin

Selaginella officinalis can be planted in a shallow basin, but it still needs to be changed in time after a long time. The basin change work is usually carried out in the spring, if you do not need to change the basin, you also need to consider changing the soil, after all, after a long time, the soil structure will be changed, and nutrients will be depleted.

7. Diseases and insect pests

Selaginella officinalis is more vulnerable to leaf spot, anthracnose, brown soft scale and other diseases and insect pests, and the harm of these diseases and insect pests is often greater, so we should control them in time. In addition to the use of drug spraying, it can also be combined with manual pest catching. Of course, it is very important to ensure that the environment is well ventilated at all times.

Selaginella bonsai

In addition to the maintenance measures in the above aspects, we also need to pay attention to the following aspects during the management period:

1. Selaginella likes a warm and wet growing environment, so in addition to providing suitable temperature protection, watering should be moderate, especially not too much. after all, Selaginella officinalis is more resistant to drought. When it is hot in summer, spray more water to moisturize and cool down, but do not use cold water with lower temperature, otherwise it will cause some stimulation and damage to the plant.

2. Selaginella likes semi-overcast growth environment, avoid hot sun exposure in summer, even if usually pay attention to light intensity, generally let it receive scattered light to meet the growth needs.

3. Selaginella officinalis is more tolerant to barren and does not like fertilizer very much. if blind topdressing, it may bring fertilizer damage, which will cause great damage to the plant.

4. At ordinary times, it is necessary to ensure the smooth ventilation of the growing environment of Selaginella officinalis, especially to avoid the occurrence of hot, humid and airtight environment, otherwise the plant is easy to be infected with diseases and insect pests.

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