Smooth sailing. How to water it?

Plain sailing, also known as white taro, white palm, etc., is a perennial evergreen herbaceous foliage plant of Araceae, native to Colombia and born in the tropical rain forest. It is one of the most popular indoor foliage plants in Europe. Watering is one of the most important factors for the success or failure of smooth sailing. Let's take a look at how to water it.

Smooth sailing. How to water it?

Plain sailing has a high demand for water, so the wettability of the basin soil must be maintained often, but there can be no stagnant water. once too much water is watered, a large amount of water accumulates in the basin, it is easy to cause rotten roots and plants withered and yellow. In addition, in summer and drought, we should often spray water to the leaves and the ground to improve air humidity, so as to be conducive to its growth. The best way is to water the soil once every 7-10 days, but spray the leaves with a spray can every day, with the leaves moist.

Plain sailing. How to reproduce?

1. Split-plant propagation: robust plants can be divided into plants once every 2 years, usually in spring or after autumn. before the new buds are born in early spring, the whole plant is poured out of the basin, the old soil is removed, and the rhizome is divided into several clumps at the base of the plant clump. each clump contains more than 3 stems and buds, and it is necessary to bring as many root groups as possible to facilitate the rapid emergence of new leaves and plant shape of the new plant.

2. Sowing and propagation: after flowering, the seeds can be obtained by artificial pollination in the greenhouse. After the seeds are mature, they can be sown as they are picked. The sowing temperature should be about 25 ℃. The seeds are easy to rot at low temperature, which affects the emergence of seedlings.

Smooth sailing culture conditions

1. Lighting: smooth sailing and shade resistance, suitable for growing in a semi-shady environment, avoid direct sunlight, if placed in strong light, it will cause leaf yellowing, or even direct sunburn. According to the experiment, about 60% of the scattered light can meet the needs of smooth sailing growth, so it can be cultured indoors with bright scattered light all the year round.

2, temperature: plain sailing likes high temperature, especially afraid of cold, the most suitable growth temperature is 20-28 ℃, once it is put indoors in winter, the lowest temperature it can withstand is 10 degrees, so pay attention to it in winter. Smooth sailing under low temperature for a long time will cause root rot, leaf shedding or scorched yellow, and even death.

3. Watering: smooth sailing has a high demand for water, so the wettability of the basin soil must be maintained often, but there can be no stagnant water. once too much water is watered, a large amount of water accumulates in the basin, it is easy to cause rotten roots and plants withered and yellow. In addition, in summer and drought, we should often spray water to the leaves and the ground to improve air humidity, so as to be conducive to its growth.

4. Fertilization: smooth sailing because of its fast growth and large amount of fertilizer, organic liquid fertilizer, or thin compound fertilizer or rotten cake fertilizer should be applied every 7-10 days in the peak growing season, which is not only conducive to plant growth and continuous flowering, but also conducive to continuous flowering. Fertilization should be stopped because of the low winter temperature in the north.

5. Soil: plain sailing pot planting requires loose soil, good drainage and good ventilation, avoid sticky heavy soil, and should be sandy loam rich in humus. Generally, the same amount of rotten leaf soil, peat soil and about 1 inch of river sand or a small amount of perlite can be used as substrate, and a small amount of farm manure or bone meal or mature cake powder can be used as base fertilizer.