How to raise a potted happiness tree?

The happiness tree, also known as pepper tree, bean tree, bean tree, etc., is a small tree of the Liriodendron family, which is often made into small and medium-sized potted plants, which can be placed in balconies, bedrooms, hallways, etc., with luxuriant and vibrant leaves. It can be used as a thriving ornamental plant to bring happiness to people. Let's take a look at how to raise potted happiness trees.

The growth habit of Happiness Tree

Happiness tree is native to Taiwan, Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan and other places, as well as India, Philippines, Bhutan and other countries. Sex like high temperature, humid, sunny environment, high temperature, fear of cold, should be moist, avoid drying, born in valley or flat sparse forest, cultivation should be loose, fertile, good drainage, rich in organic matter loam and sandy loam.

The breeding method of Happiness Tree

1. Sowing: the happiness tree can collect long striped capsules at the end of December when the capsule is close to cracking and the seeds are fully mature, dry and remove the winged seeds, rub them, remove the fragments of membranous seed wings, and store them for sowing in the coming spring. It is usually soaked for 3 to 4 hours between March and April, then it is slightly spread out after it is removed, then mixed with sand and scattered on the made seedling bed, lightly covered with thin soil and covered with thin film to moisturize. After the seeds emerge, the film is removed and shaded in a shading shed.

2. Cuttage: when the ambient temperature is about 15 ℃ from March to April, Happiness Tree cut 1-2-year-old lignified branches, about 15 cm to 20 cm long, delete all leaves, the lower incision is best located at 0.5cm below the node, and cut it on the sandy soil seedling bed. The depth of cuttings is about 1x3 to 1lap2 of ear length. During the period of undercutting, healing and rooting, water should be sprayed to keep the seedbed moist. After the intact root system is grown, the soil mass can be transplanted into the pot.

3. Striping: the happiness tree can be skinned annularly under the nodes of 2-year-old strong branches or stems from March to April. The peeling width is generally 2 to 3 times the diameter of the pressed stem. Tie up a 15 × 20 cm plastic film under the ring peeling mouth and tie it against the thick trunk to prevent the droop from being broken by the wind. At the end of autumn, after the ring peeling mouth grew a better root system, it was cut off from the mother plant and planted in a pot.

How to raise a potted happiness tree?

1. Soil: when a happiness tree is growing, soil is equally important. Choose soil that is loose, breathable, well drained and nutritious. It is usually prepared with the ratio of garden soil: rotten leaf soil: rotten organic fertilizer: River sand = 5 to ensure that the roots are always in a good permeable state. If it is found that there is stagnant water in the basin, it should be removed as soon as possible, and the basin soil should be turned over and changed after the basin soil is dried.

2. Temperature: the Happiness Tree likes a warm and humid environment, and temperature is the most important. The temperature is controlled between 19-21 ℃ during the day and 18-20 ℃ at night. Try to keep the temperature below 27 ℃ in hot summer. When the ambient temperature is very high, it is necessary to use a shed for shade. When in winter, the temperature should not be less than 8 degrees and the humidity should not be less than 5 degrees, otherwise the temperature will be frostbitten.

3. Humidity: the happiness tree likes to be moist to the soil environment and indoor environment, and the indoor humidity is controlled between 70 and 80%. The humidity can not be controlled in the large banquet hall, spray the leaf surface once in the morning and evening, if the humidity is too low or in a dry environment for a long time, the leaves will curl and turn yellow, affecting the ornamental.

4. Lighting: happiness trees are very important in lighting. They like to grow in a semi-shady environment. If they are generally raised indoors in the north, there is no problem of direct sunlight. I am afraid that if I keep it in a dark place for a long time, where both direct and scattered light can not be illuminated, when the time is long, the leaves will fall off. So winter should be placed on the balcony or sunny window to enrich the light.

5. Watering: potted happiness trees should be watered every 3 to 4 days in summer, but it also depends on individual conditions. In winter, the happiness tree almost stops growing indoors in the north, and watering should be controlled in the basin soil. Water it thoroughly. If you don't water it, you can't pour a drop of water into the basin. This is the principle, please remember.

6. Pruning: the purpose of happiness tree breeding is to watch and set off the indoor environment. If the tree does not look like it, it is not beautiful. Therefore, it should be pruned attentively. It can generally be pruned in accordance with the natural growth direction of the happiness tree. It can also be trimmed into mushroom shape or round pile shape, and some old and yellow leaves can be cut off at the same time.

7. Fertilization: pot cultivation of happiness trees should not only require proper amount of rotten cake fertilizer and 3% multi-component compound fertilizer to be added to the culture soil, but also be given topdressing continuously. Quick-acting liquid fertilizer can be applied once a month during the growing season, and rotten cake fertilizer and water can usually be used. A small number of potted plants in the family or large potted plants displayed in public places for a long time can be regularly buried with a small amount of multi-component slow-release compound fertilizer particles, or 0.2% urea and 0.1% potassium dihydrogen phosphate can be used.

8. Diseases and pests: the pests on the happy tree are generally shell insects, mites and aphids, which are killed by scale, parathion, zinc parathion, omethoate and dimethoate. As long as it is ventilated and ventilated frequently, there will be no pests in general. The disease resistance of Happiness Tree is still very strong, and diseases are usually rare.