How to raise jade bells?

Jade hanging bell, also known as ocean hanging bell, butterfly dance, etc., is a succulent plant of crassulaceae, with bright leaves, beautiful shape, strange roots, and high artistic appreciation value. it is suitable for family rooms and study furnishings, and it is also an important cut flower. Let's take a look at how to cultivate jade hanging bells.

Growth habits of Jade hanging Bell

The jade hanging bell is native to the dry, sunny tropical areas of Madagascar and can be cultivated in many places in the world. Sex likes a warm and cool climate and is not resistant to high temperature and scorching sun. The winter temperature is not lower than 5 ℃. When the temperature is above 13 ℃, it can blossom normally for viewing, and it can blossom normally when the room temperature is 10: 12 ℃ in winter. Suitable for growing in fertile, loose and well-drained sandy loam. Like astigmatism, it is appropriate to be exposed to sparse sunlight in summer, vigorous growth in autumn and inflorescence in winter. South China can generally survive the winter safely outdoors, while the north is only suitable for potted plants and moved into the greenhouse in winter.

The breeding method of Jade hanging Bell

Jade hanging bell is mainly propagated by cuttings, which is the best from May to June. Choose the thick and full apical stem, cut it 10 to 12 centimeters long, and insert it into the sand bed after the incision is slightly dry. It can take root in about 7 to 10 days, and transplant into the pot when the root length is 2 to 3 centimeters. The jade hanging bell can also be propagated by leaf insertion. After cutting the single leaf and drying it, it is obliquely inserted into the sand basin to grow new roots about 10 days after insertion, and plantlets grow from the leaf base 30 days later, but most of the seedlings inserted from the leaves are not easy to survive without chlorophyll.

How to raise jade bells?

1. Watering: the stems and leaves of jade hanging bell are fleshy, are more resistant to drought, and do not need to be watered frequently. Change the pot after flowering in spring, and prune the whole plant, control the plant height, promote more branches, and water more when sprouting new branches. In the hot and rainy season in summer, the use of water should be controlled to avoid rotting roots caused by too wet soil.

2. Fertilization: sufficient basal fertilizer should be applied when planting jade hanging bell, and comprehensive topdressing should be applied once a month from leaf extension to before flower stem formation. Nitrogen fertilizer should not be applied too much, lest the flower stem is too fat and tender, easy to be broken by the wind. During the growing period, fertilizing once a month, less nitrogen fertilizer, more phosphorus and potassium fertilizer, the leaf markings are more beautiful.

3. Illumination: Jade hanging bell is a short-day plant, which blossoms in winter every year. If the light is more than 12 hours, the flowering will be postponed to early spring. Summer should be slightly shaded, but too shaded, the stems and leaves are easy to grow, soft, and the leaves are dull and lack of luster.

4. Diseases: Jade hanging bells often suffer from stem rot and brown spot, which are sprayed with 65% zinc wettable powder 600 times. Insect pests are harmful to scale insects and whiteflies, which are sprayed with 1000 times of omethoate EC.