The culture method of love vine

The love vine is not satisfied with the vines, hanging money, wax flowers, one-inch heart and so on. It is a succulent plant belonging to the chandelier of the Aromadiaceae, which is native to South Africa and Zimbabwe. Its leaves are beautiful and have certain ornamental value. Potted plants can be placed next to televisions and computers. They can also be planted indoors to absorb formaldehyde and other substances to purify the air. Let's take a look at the cultivation methods of love vines.

The growth habit of the vine of love

Artemisia mandshurica is a very drought-tolerant plant with a suitable growth temperature of 15-25 ℃, but it can also withstand high temperatures of 35 ℃ in summer and low temperatures of about 10 ℃ in winter. Sex likes scattered light and avoids the direct light of strong light. Do not like fertilizer, especially avoid applying high phosphorus and potassium fertilizer. Because of its large tubers at the root, it can store nutrients and water.

The breeding method of the vine of love

1. Cutting propagation: cutting is the most commonly used propagation method of love vine. Generally, the stem segments with more than two stem nodes are cut from the plant as cuttings, and the cuttings are placed in the ventilated place for about 10 minutes after the exudate is dried. Then the cuttings are cut into the prepared cultivation medium, and then covered with plastic film to increase air humidity and speed up rooting, which can take root in 2 to 3 weeks under the appropriate temperature. When the root system grows to 2-3 cm, change the pot and transplant.

2. Zero seed propagation: zero seed propagation is similar to cutting propagation, except that the cuttings have zero seeds. This method is easier to take root than cutting propagation, and the survival rate is higher, but the production of surplus seeds requires a certain plant age and adequate nutrition. There are fewer surplus seeds in family planting.

3. High-pressure propagation: high-pressure propagation generally selects strong branches, places them flat on the cultivation substrate, needles a small wound at the stem node, then fixes the stem node in the matrix with a thin wire bent into a "u" shape, and then covers it with a small amount of matrix to maintain humidity. After about 3 weeks, you can see that the stem node is hypertrophic and grow new roots. When the root system grows to 2 cm long, the stem segment with root can be cut off and transplanted.

The culture method of love vine

1. Flowerpots: pottery pots are recommended for the cultivation of love vines. Pottery pots have certain air permeability, water loss in mud pots is too fast, water retention in plastic pots is too strong, and air permeability is poor.

2. Soil matching: the cultivation medium with good drainage should be selected, and 7 parts of special soil, 2 parts of coarse sand and 1 part of perlite, which can be easily bought in the flower market, can be used. This cultivation medium contains a certain amount of nutrients and can ensure good water and air permeability.

3. Environment: the growth temperature of love vine is 15-25 ℃. Spring and summer are the peak growth season, and the winter temperature can not be lower than 10 ℃. It is easy to frostbite leaves and roots, resulting in plant death. Conditionally put the plants in an outdoor ventilated place and move indoors in winter. Of course, you can also maintain the indoor balcony all the year round, as long as you often open the window for ventilation.

4. Lighting: love vines are planted in astigmatism to avoid direct light, especially in summer, where strong light can easily burn leaves and affect plant growth. In spring, autumn and winter, you can see about two hours of morning light every day in spring, autumn and winter, and summer astigmatism is fine. If the maintenance environment is too overcast for a long time and the light is insufficient, the internodes are easy to grow and lose their ornamental value.

5, fertilization: love vine does not need too much fertilizer, apply compound fertilizer three to four times a year (thin fertilizer frequently), change the pot size according to the size of the flowerpot to add some base fertilizer, change the pot once every two years.

6, watering: each watering must see the pot soil dry and then water, using the pot method, feel the flowerpot gently, you can water. Love vine drought resistance and water storage is very strong, if it is found that the winter plant stops growing, indicating dormancy, do not water or less watering.

7. Diseases: love vine has strong disease resistance. in general, if there is no exogenous disease and insect infection, there are few diseases and insect pests, but in daily cultivation, we should pay attention to regulate the environment and avoid exogenous disease and insect infection.

Matters needing attention in the cultivation of love vine

1. In the process of daily maintenance of love vines, we should pay attention to control the temperature, take cooling measures in summer and prevent cold in winter. If love vines are raised in the north, they must be moved indoors in winter.

2. The vine of love has a huge tuber that can store a lot of water. When watering it at ordinary times, it is necessary to "see the dry and wet", and avoid the soil that is too wet for a long time, otherwise it is easy to cause the tuber to rot and even cause the plant to die.