The tortoise-backed bamboo suitable for home breeding should grow in a warm and humid environment.

The tortoise-backed bamboo has graceful posture, unique shape, clear and beautiful, hypertrophic leaves, green all the year round, and does not wither all the year round. Suitable for family living room, bedroom, study and doorway, it is a kind of elegant foliage flower, which makes people feel that spring is always there and has a unique charm. In particular, the leaves are broad, thick and shiny, which can absorb indoor carbon dioxide, purify the air in the air, and play a certain role in people's physical and mental health.

The tortoise back bamboo likes to be warm, it is suitable to grow in a warm and humid environment, and is not resistant to cold. The suitable temperature for growth is 20-25 ℃. Phyllostachys pubescens grows rapidly and needs to be changed once a year, and the suitable time should be from March to April in spring or from September to October in autumn. When changing the basin, remove some of the old soil, cut off the dead roots, and replace it with a larger purple sand basin or mud basin. The bottom of the basin should be filled with rotten and withered cake powder or dried powder of mature chicken and duck manure, according to the size of the basin and plant. Generally speaking, it is appropriate to apply 100g to 150g per pot, and the powder fertilizer should be evenly mixed with the soil and put into the bottom layer as the base fertilizer. Then add loose ventilation, good drainage and humus.

Tortoise back bamboo has large leaves, thick stems and needs a lot of fertilizer. Therefore, in the growing season, the rotten dry cake water is applied three times a month. In the evening, the flowerpot is moved outdoors, the soil around the pot is stripped to the middle, and then the liquid fertilizer is applied to the edge of the pot, then covered with soil and watered moderately to avoid the smell in the liquid fertilizer.

The propagation of family potted tortoise back bamboo is mainly by cutting method. The cutting time should be in spring and autumn. It is better to use large basin to hold river sand in the cutting substrate, and the river sand should be washed with clean water first. Remove impurities from the sand. The cuttings were cut from the mother plant with nodal stems, and the lateral branches of the year free from diseases and insect pests should be selected for cuttings. the middle and upper stem nodes were better for each cuttage, but the shade ability of the basal stem nodes was poor.