The skill of growing this plant full of holes is easy to understand at a glance.

Turtle bamboo is a famous large-scale foliage plant, its stems like bamboo joints, born with aerial roots, creeping and long. The leaves are large and strange, with oval "holes" in the middle, shaped like turtle backs, and are nicknamed "plant turtles". Used to decorate the room, living room or study, elegant and generous, and raise its skills, you will understand at a glance.

Tortoise likes warm, cold, shade tolerance, good in semi-shady humid environment, low requirements for soil, loose, fertile soil is better. The optimum temperature for its growth is about 30℃. It grows slowly at 10℃, stops growing at 5℃ and enters dormancy. Below, flower friends to learn a good look to understand the maintenance skills of turtleback bamboo bar.

1. Planting

Turtleback bamboo transplant or pot time, should be in 4~5 months, medium and small plants should take the soil. Can use general culture soil as pot soil, turn over pot to change soil can be carried out every 2~3 years. Water can also be used.

2. Place

Tortoise resistance is strong, usually can be placed for a long time indoor bright window ventilation, avoid the sun exposure, otherwise, the leaves are easy to yellow or yellow. It is best to place indoor lighting in winter.

3. Fertilizer and water management

Summer, autumn for the growth period, can be applied to the plant general organic liquid fertilizer 2 times a month, diluted 500 times irrigation roots can be. Basin soil should be wet, avoid dry. In addition to normal watering, it is also necessary to pay attention to foliar spraying, improve environmental humidity, and grow green and gratifying. At this time, it can be used for indoor viewing, but also placed outdoors in semi-shade or shade cultivation.

4. Winter maintenance

In winter, it is necessary to keep warm indoors for winter, and the room temperature is about 5℃. Basin soil should be dry avoid wet, such as too wet leaf tip from easy blackening and wither. At the same time to prevent cold wind blowing, otherwise, leaves easy to wither and curl off.

5. Breeding methods

Cutting-stem method and cuttage method can be adopted for the cultivation of Monstera chinensis.

Cutting stem planting method: the potted turtle bamboo with more than 3 leaves will be cut off with scissors from the top leaf (with an aerial root below), planted in another pot, placed in the outdoor semi-shade, pay attention to watering and fertilizing, and soon become a new turtle bamboo. Such a pot of leafy turtle bamboo can be divided into 3~4 pots. This propagation method is relatively simple, survival rate is also high, can be carried out in summer and autumn growth period.

Cuttage method: the long stems, subsection shear, each section 6~10 cm long, with 2-3 bud eyes. Inclined into the pot soil, the depth of insertion is 2/3 of the stem length, placed outdoors in the shade, usually pay attention to watering, keep the pot soil wet, about a month, can take root and grow leaves. The most suitable time for stem cutting was from May to July.