How do you raise ivy?

Ivy leaf shape is beautiful, evergreen, often used for vertical greening in various parts of the south, mostly planted next to rockery, wall roots, let its natural attachment vertical or cover growth, play the effect of decorating and beautifying the environment, potted plants are mainly small and medium-sized potted plants, can carry out a variety of shapes, indoor furnishings, let's take a look at how to raise ivy!

The role of Ivy

1. Greening function: Ivy is an important material for indoor hanging cultivation, combination cultivation, green carving cultivation and outdoor greening application. it is a woody evergreen vine, climbing with developed adsorptive aerial roots, stem length up to 30 meters, dense branches and leaves, evergreen all seasons, resistance to pruning, suitable for styling.

2. Medicinal effects: Ivy has the effects of dispelling wind and dampness, promoting blood circulation and detumescence, calming the liver and detoxification. It is mainly used for rheumatic joint pain, low back pain, fall injury, hepatitis, dizziness, oblique mouth and eye, bleeding, nebula, acute conjunctivitis, nephritis edema, amenorrhea, carbuncle, urticaria, eczema and so on.

3. Ecological function: in a room of about 10 square meters, 70% benzene, 50% formaldehyde and 24% trichloroethylene can be eliminated. Due to the continuous release of harmful gases such as formaldehyde in the newly renovated house, keep more ventilation after decoration. Raise a few pots of ivy green plants, the general new house vacant for three to six months can basically meet the occupancy standard.

How does ivy reproduce?

1. Seed propagation: harvest the fruit when it is ripe, pile it up, rub it in water, wash it in the shade and dry, sow the seeds and store them in the wet sand. Sow each in the spring of the following year, cover soil 1 cm after sowing, cover grass to moisturize and moisturize, and the seedlings are unearthed for shade. In the second year, the seedlings were transplanted or fixed in spring to cultivate large seedlings.

2. Striping propagation: carried out in spring and autumn, using wavy striping method, after the buried part is cut, it is very easy to take root, which is a relatively simple method of propagation.

3. Cutting propagation: the cutting propagation of ivy is generally from April to May in spring and from August to September in autumn, and the sandy soil with loose, aerated and good drainage is selected as the substrate. Spring hardwood cuttings are cut from ivy and cut into robust cuttings 15-20 cm long, leaving 2-3 leaves at the top. After cutting, keep the soil moist and put it under the condition of side shade, it can take root soon. Autumn softwood cuttings are semi-essential twigs cut into 15-20 cm long cuttings containing 3-4 air roots. Shade after cutting, and often keep the soil moist, generally 20-30 days after cutting can take root and survive.

How to raise ivy

1. The temperature should be suitable: ivy likes warmth, and the suitable temperature for growth is 20 ℃-25 ℃. It is afraid of heat and is not resistant to cold. Therefore, when placed in indoor maintenance, attention should be paid to ventilation and cooling in summer, and the room temperature should be kept above 10 ℃ in winter, and the lowest should not be less than 5 ℃.

2. The light should be moderate: ivy likes light and is more resistant to shade. Under semi-light condition, the Internode is shorter, the leaf shape is consistent, and the leaf color is bright, so it is appropriate to culture in the bright indoor light. If you can put outdoor shade for a period of time in spring and autumn, so that you can see more sunshine in the morning and evening, then the vitality will be exuberant and the leaves will be green. However, we should pay attention to prevent the direct light, otherwise it is easy to cause sunburn.

3. Watering should be appropriate: watering in the growing season should be dry and wet, and the basin soil should not be too wet, otherwise it is easy to cause rotten roots and fallen leaves. The room temperature is low in winter, especially to control watering and keep the basin soil slightly wet. The northern winter climate is dry, it is best to spray Duchuan once a week with water close to room temperature, in order to maintain air humidity, the plant appears alive, the leaf color is green and shiny.

4. Fertilization should be reasonable: when ivy is cultivated at home, the basin soil should be composed of Sichuan rotten leaves or charcoal soil mixed with river sand and a small amount of bone powder, and thin pancake fertilizer and water should be applied once in 2-3 weeks in the growing season. Do not apply fertilizer in summer and winter. Do not apply nitrogen fertilizer when fertilizing, otherwise, the patterns and patches on the leaves of mosaic varieties will fade to green. The suitable ratio of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium is 1, 1 and 1, respectively. During the peak growing season, the leaves are sprayed with 0.2% potassium dihydrogen phosphate 1-2 times, which will make the leaves look more beautiful. However, attention should be paid to avoid contaminating the leaves when applying liquid fertilizer, so as not to cause the leaves to scorch.