Introduction to the propagation methods of peach leaf coral

Peach leaf coral is less difficult to cultivate and extensive in management. because peach leaf coral is more shady, it is very suitable to be raised indoors as a decorative plant. Artificial propagation of peach leaf coral usually uses the method of cutting and sowing. Spring is the peak season for the growth of peach leaf coral. Proper pruning can make peach leaf coral grow faster.

Peach leaf coral

Peach leaf coral is commonly used in cutting propagation and sowing propagation. Cutting propagation, from May to June is the best, select the strong and full peach leaf coral branches of that year. There are a few 2-year-old branches at the base, about 15 cm long, with 2 leaves at the top, which are inserted into the sand bed. Peach leaf coral branches should be shaded and watered at the right time to maintain a certain air humidity and temperature. Under the condition of 20Mel and 25 ℃, the peach leaf coral will take root about 50 days after planting.

Peach leaf coral can also be inserted by water, which is simple and convenient and has a high survival rate. For other peach leaf coral varieties which are difficult to survive by cutting, seedling can be used as rootstock for grafting propagation. Sow and reproduce, ripen the fruit in winter, remove the pulp and wash it and store it in sand. Sowing in spring, because the seeds have physiological post-ripening period, there are few seedlings in the same year, and a large number of seedlings emerge in the second year.

Morphological characteristics of Peach Leaf Coral Propagation methods of Peach Leaf Coral

Peach leaf coral (Aucubachinensis Benth.) evergreen shrub of Cornaceae, branchlets green, pilose, old branches with white lenticels. Leaves opposite, thinly leathery, long elliptic to Obovate-lanceolate, 10-20 cm long, leaf tip with tail tip, leaf base cutting, entire or middle and upper part sparsely toothed, leaf hirsute, petiole ca. 3 cm, flowers purple, arranged in raceme, drupe berrylike, crimson when ripe. The ripening period is from November to February of the following year.

Morphological characteristics of Peach Leaf Coral

Peach leaf coral is an evergreen small tree or shrub, 3-6 (- 12) m high; branchlets stout, dichotomous, green, smooth; lenticels white, long elliptic or elliptic, sparse; leaf scars large and prominent. Winter buds globose, scales 4 pairs, reciprocal, outer whorl shorter, ovate, the rest broadly oval, the outer apex of the inner two whorls pilose.

Leaves of peach leaf coral leathery, elliptic or broadly elliptic, sparsely Obovate-elliptic, 10-20 cm long, 3.5-8 cm wide, apex acute or obtuse, base broadly cuneate or cuneate, sparse bilateral asymmetry, margin slightly revolute, often with 5-8 pairs of serrated or glandular teeth, sometimes coarsely serrate. Leaves dark green above, light green below, midrib slightly conspicuous above, prominent below, lateral veins 6-8 (- 10) pairs, sparsely intersecting midvein nearly at right angles; petiole 2-4 cm long, stout, smooth.

Peach leaf coral is a panicle terminal, peduncle pilose, male inflorescence more than 5 cm long; male flowers green (February), purplish red (Hainan Flora) Calyx apex 4-toothed, glabrous or sparsely pilose; petals 4, oblong or ovate, 3-4 mm long and 2-2.5 mm wide, lateral sparsely or glabrous, apex mucronate. Stamens 4, ca. 3 mm, inserted on outer side of disk, anthers yellow, 2-loculed; disk fleshy, slightly 4-angled; pedicel ca. 3 mm, pilose; bracts 1, lanceolate, 3 mm long, outside sparsely pilose. Female inflorescences shorter than male inflorescences, ca. 4-5 cm, calyx and petals close to male flowers, ovary Terete, style stout, stigma capitate, slightly oblique; disk fleshy, minutely 4-lobed; flowers with 2 bracteoles, lanceolate, ca. 4-6 mm, margin with eyelashes; flowers articulate, pilose.

The young fruit of peach leaf coral is green, mature bright red, cylindrical or ovate, 1.4-1.8 cm long and 8-10 (12) mm in diameter. the sepals, style and stigma all persist at the upper end of the drupe. The flowering period is from January to February, and the fruit maturity is up to February of the following year, often on the branches with the inflorescence of 2012.

The florescence of peach leaf coral is from January to February, and the fruiting period is from November to February of the following year.

Ecological habits of Peach Leaf Coral

Peach leaf corals are often found in evergreen broad-leaved forests below 1000 meters above sea level.

Peach leaf coral likes warm and humid environment, strong shade tolerance, drought tolerance, cold tolerance, requires fertile, moist, well-drained soil, is shade-tolerant shrub, afraid of strong light exposure in summer, not resistant to high temperature.

Cultivation techniques of Peach Leaf Coral

Peach leaf coral is a dioecious plant, which is cultivated in combination with male and female plants with multiple seeds. When changing basins in spring, pay attention to root and aboveground pruning. Transplanting should be carried out in spring or rainy season. High temperature and strong light in summer to keep the soil moist and shady. Fertilizer was applied once a month, and phosphorus and potassium fertilizer was applied twice in autumn.

Peach leaf coral has strong growth and extensive management. The mixed soil of peat soil (2 parts) and coarse sand (1 part) can be used for cultivation, a small amount of base fertilizer should be applied before planting, liquid fertilizer should be irrigated every 3-4 weeks during the growth period, and the basin soil should be kept moist and placed in semi-shade to avoid direct light. Keep the greenhouse temperature above 10 ℃ in winter and reduce watering. Rarely harmed by diseases and insect pests.

Sowing and cutting methods can be used for propagation, and for varieties that are difficult to survive by cutting, seedlings can be used as rootstocks for grafting. [3] the best time is the mildew and rain season from May to June. The semi-lignified branches of the same year are selected, which are 15 cm long, leaving 2 leaves, and the survival rate is more than 95%.

The reproduction mode of peach leaf coral

Reproduction method

Peach leaf corals are mainly propagated by cutting. Often cut in the rainy season, cut 1-year-old branches, with a little 2-year-old branches at the base, about 16 cm long, remove the lower leaves, insert into the sand bed (basin), shade and keep moist, about 1 month later can take root.

Peach leaf corals can also be propagated by sowing or grafting.

Four Seasons Management of Peach Leaf Coral

Spring management (1) Spring is suitable to be arranged on the balcony facing east, south and west. Change the basin from March to the first ten days of April. It is best to use fertile, loose and well-drained loam in the basin. Trim properly before changing the basin. When the temperature is low in early spring, the coral can be arranged in places with light, and when the temperature rises, it can be arranged in places with light in the morning and evening. Spring is the season for the growth of new leaves, so attention should be paid to the management of water and fertilizer. Nitrogen fertilizer is the main fertilizer, with a small amount of phosphorus and potassium fertilizer. Pay attention to increasing air humidity and pruning in time to maintain a good ornamental shape.

Summer management (2) it is suitable to be arranged on the balcony of the east and north in summer. Sprinkling peach leaf coral is afraid of strong light and can be arranged in bright places. When the temperature is higher, the water demand of sprinkling peach leaf coral is larger, so we should pay attention to the supply of water and improve the air humidity. When the air humidity is high, the leaf surface will be bright green and dazzling, otherwise the leaf surface is easy to be dark. Stop fertilizing.

Autumn management (3) Autumn is suitable to be arranged on the balcony facing east, south and west. With the decrease of air temperature, we can appropriately increase the morning and evening light of sprinkling golden peach leaf coral, keep the basin soil moist and stop fertilization. In late autumn and early winter, the fruit changes from green to red, and finally red, embellished in the green leaves. Proper light at the end of autumn is beneficial to its discoloration. After the temperature drops, the coral is in a semi-dormant state, watering should not be too much, so that the basin soil can be dry.

Winter management (4) it is suitable to be arranged on the balcony facing east, south and west in winter. Sajin peach leaf coral is more cold-resistant, but potted plants are easy to freeze roots because of less soil. It is best to keep the temperature around 0 ℃. Winter is the fruit viewing period, should be arranged in the light or bright places, the temperature can be maintained at 0: 5 ℃, should not be too high. The basin soil should be dry and spray its leaves and surroundings several times when the temperature is high at noon.

Variety classification of peach leaf coral

Var. peach leaf coral (original variety) leaves of this variety are leathery, elliptic, sparsely Obovate-elliptic, 3-8 cm wide. It is easy to distinguish from narrow-leaf peach leaf coral (variety).

Narrow leaf peach leaf Shanhu (variety): (Journal of Sichuan University) the difference between this variety and the original variety is that the leaves are thick leathery, narrow, often linear-lanceolate, 7-25 cm long and 1.5-3.5 cm wide. Produced in Guizhou. Often born in forests of 330-500 meters above sea level.

Emei Peach Leaf Coral (subspecies): (Sichuan Flora) Green Bark Tree (Sichuan Emei) Plate 2:1-5 this subspecies is very close to the original subspecies subsp.chinensis, but the male and female flowers of this subspecies are yellowish green to yellow at anthesis, only a few parts of peduncle and petals facing sun are reddish at the end of flowering, and the edges on both sides of the scales are sometimes red.

Made in Sichuan. The lowest sublayer of tree lamellae is often formed in subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forests about 1000 meters above sea level. The canopy density is 0.6-0.8, the soil is moist and fertile, and grows better in the evergreen broad-leaved forest with thicker soil layer.

After reading the above introduction about the morphological characteristics and reproduction methods of peach corals, do you know more about peach corals? if you want to know more about peach corals, please continue to pay attention.

Cultivation method of peach leaf coral experience of conservation of peach leaf coral in four seasons

Peach leaf coral leaves are green and glossy, the fruit is bright red when ripe, the leaves are green all the year round, not easy to wither, cultivation is easy to manage extensive, very suitable for indoor culture. Then Xiaoqi will share the breeding methods and management experience of the four seasons in Taoyeshan.

I. Culture methods of peach leaf coral

Peach leaf coral is commonly used in cutting propagation and sowing propagation. Cutting propagation, from May to June is the best, select the strong and full peach leaf coral branches of that year. There are a few 2-year-old branches at the base, about 15 cm long, with 2 leaves at the top, which are inserted into the sand bed. Peach leaf coral branches should be shaded and watered at the right time to maintain a certain air humidity and temperature. Under the condition of 20-25 ℃, the peach leaf coral will take root about 50 days after planting.

Peach leaf coral can also be inserted by water, which is simple and convenient and has a high survival rate. For other peach leaf coral varieties which are difficult to survive by cutting, seedling can be used as rootstock for grafting propagation. Sow and reproduce, ripen the fruit in winter, remove the pulp and wash it and store it in sand. Sowing in spring, because the seeds have physiological post-ripening period, there are few seedlings in the same year, and a large number of seedlings emerge in the second year.

Pruning peach leaf coral is generally in spring, spring is the peak growth season of peach leaf coral, proper pruning can be beneficial to the growth of peach leaf coral. Although peach leaf corals grow vigorously, they will not be so messy if they are not pruned for a long time. If you only need a little pruning of the leaves, you can adjust the size of the tree. Next, I would like to introduce the pruning methods of peach leaf coral:

Cut off unnecessary branches, cut off dense branches, strong growth branches, introverted branches and other unnecessary branches, so that peach leaf coral becomes refreshing. When pruning strong branches, cut on the inside of the peach leaf coral crown line. The strong branches of the peach leaf coral accumulate nutrients, so they tend to grow strong. Considering the situation after growth, when pruning the branches that emerge from the crown, they are cut off at several nodes on the inside of the crown.

Second, the four seasons conservation experience of peach leaf coral

1. It is suitable to be arranged on the balcony facing east, south and west in spring. Change the basin from March to the first ten days of April. It is best to use fertile, loose and well-drained loam in the basin. Trim properly before changing the basin. When the temperature is low in early spring, the coral can be arranged in places with light, and when the temperature rises, it can be arranged in places with light in the morning and evening. Spring is the season for the growth of new leaves, so attention should be paid to the management of water and fertilizer. Nitrogen fertilizer is the main fertilizer, with a small amount of phosphorus and potassium fertilizer. Pay attention to increasing air humidity and pruning in time to maintain a good ornamental shape.

2. It is suitable to be arranged on the balcony of the east and north in summer. Sprinkling peach leaf coral is afraid of strong light and can be arranged in bright places. When the temperature is higher, the water demand of sprinkling peach leaf coral is larger, so we should pay attention to the supply of water and improve the air humidity. When the air humidity is high, the leaf surface will be bright green and dazzling, otherwise the leaf surface is easy to be dark. Stop fertilizing.

3. It is suitable to be arranged on the balcony facing east, south and west in autumn. With the decrease of air temperature, we can appropriately increase the morning and evening light of sprinkling golden peach leaf coral, keep the basin soil moist and stop fertilization. In late autumn and early winter, the fruit changes from green to red, and finally red, embellished in the green leaves. Proper light at the end of autumn is beneficial to its discoloration. After the temperature drops, the coral is in a semi-dormant state, watering should not be too much, so that the basin soil can be dry.

4. It is suitable to be arranged on the balcony facing east, south and west in winter. Sajin peach leaf coral is more cold-resistant, but potted plants are easy to freeze roots because of less soil. It is best to keep the temperature around 0 ℃. Winter is the fruit viewing period, should be arranged in the light or bright places, the temperature can be maintained at 0: 5 ℃, should not be too high. The basin soil should be dry and spray its leaves and surroundings several times when the temperature is high at noon.

The method of peach leaf coral culture has been introduced. I hope it will be helpful to everyone. Peach leaf coral in different seasons, we should pay attention to different conservation, so as to make peach leaf coral more green.