How to raise the peculiar foliage plant goose palm wood?

Goose palm wood is often called goose palm wood, usually we choose to put potted plants in the family are small and medium-sized potted plants, because this is more in line with our sense of beauty and space. And goose palm wood is more inclined to large potted plants, so if the family living room has a larger space of friends, you might as well try to plant goose palm wood, its atmosphere, simple breath so that you will have a unique feeling.

I. cultivation of goose palm wood

Generally speaking, the culture method of goose palm wood can choose to propagate by sowing or cutting, because the seedling survival rate of cutting method is higher, so here we will introduce how to use cutting method to cultivate goose palm wood. When planting goose palm wood by cutting, you should first select a section of branches from the strong or well-growing goose palm wood as raw materials, usually with a length of 12-15 cm, and remove the leaves from the lower part of the branch. and keep the upper half of the leaves.

When cutting, the branches that are cut into the soil should be selected according to the size of the container, and a certain distance should be maintained so that it has enough space to germinate and grow. At the same time, some of the branches cut into the soil account for about 2/3 of the branch length, after the cutting is completed, pour an appropriate amount of water to keep the basin soil moist.

Then wait until the branches take root slowly, which takes about 40-50 days. After the cutting branches take root, they need to be cultivated for half a month to a month, during which you only need to keep enough water. Finally, the rooting branches are transplanted, and the pot plants after transplanting need to grow in shade for 7-10 days, and then they can be placed in a suitable environment to grow.

Daily management of goose palm wood

1. Soil selection

The best mixture of fertile and loose garden soil, rotten leaf soil and sandy soil after transplanting is the most suitable ratio at about 3:2:5. If you are worried that the looseness of the soil is not good enough, you can sprinkle an appropriate amount of river sand, or if the soil is not fertile enough, put a small piece of rotten manure or cake fertilizer on the bottom of the container.

two。 The condition of light

Goose palm wood is more suitable to grow in a semi-shady environment, so potted plants need to be placed under astigmatism to grow, to avoid summer strong light irradiation on goose palm wood, otherwise the leaves of goose palm wood will be greatly damaged and also affect its good health. In addition, the placement of potted plants in winter is also more fastidious, because goose palm wood is not cold-resistant, the ambient temperature should be above 12 degrees in order to avoid frostbite, especially friends in the north, the potted plants must be moved indoors for management.

3. Plenty of water

Goose palm wood will grow better in a more humid environment, so in daily management, we need to pay more attention to the moisture control of soil, but it can not cause stagnant water in basin soil. And in the winter when the temperature is relatively low, watering can be reduced because the goose palm wood has to go into a dormant state. On the contrary, summer needs more watering and increasing the humidity of the air.

4. Other matters

The growth rate of goose palm wood growing in a suitable environment is relatively fast, so it is easy to lead to the phenomenon of overgrowing branches of the plant, so it is necessary to prune it regularly. On the one hand, it can improve the appreciation of potted plants, on the other hand, it can also make the plants grow better.