Taxus is fertilized like this, green leaves are luxuriant and red beans are full of branches.

Taxus is one of the most popular bonsai plants cultivated indoors in recent years, not to mention whether the yew has a good anti-cancer effect, but as an excellent green plant that can be evergreen all the year round and easy to shape, it is also obvious to be popular!

Taxus likes to grow in neutral or slightly acidic soil, but it is almost impossible to survive in alkaline soil, but we can adjust the soil artificially so that it can grow in areas with alkaline soil such as the south and north. So how to apply fertilizer when raising yew? Today, Hua'ergu will introduce to you the fertilization method of yew.

Fertilization of Taxus can be divided into growth-promoting fertilizer and regulatory fertilizer. The growth-promoting fertilizer is the fertilizer that promotes its sturdy roots and luxuriant branches and leaves, and the regulatory fertilizer is only used to meet the regulation of the soil environment of the yew in order to make it in the best growth environment.

1. Growth-promoting fertilizer

Generally speaking, the purpose of fertilizing our farmed yew is mostly to make it grow luxuriantly. In order to promote its growth, we can use nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium compound fertilizer with more balanced nutrient content. Compound fertilizer can meet most of the needs of Taxus during the growth period. In addition, before the flower and fruit stage of the yew, we can appropriately add some phosphorus and potassium fertilizer, which can enhance the plant physique, reduce the harm of diseases and insect pests, and promote more flowers and more fruits! We can also use potassium dihydrogen phosphate as foliar fertilizer to spray to make the leaves green and shiny, which can satisfy the plant growth to a certain extent.

In addition, we can also use self-made fertilizer cake water and rice washing water after full fermentation as organic fertilizer diluted with water and then irrigated, which can also meet the daily growth needs of Taxus chinensis. In addition, common farm manure can be used, and animal manure can be buried shallowly or deeply in the soil as base fertilizer after fully drying and disinfection, which can promote the branches and leaves of Taxus mairei.

2. Regulated fertilizer

The common regulating fertilizer is ferrous sulfate, which can improve the acidity of the soil and can be used to adjust the acidity of the soil in areas such as the north, so as to meet the growth of some plants who like acidic soil. it can avoid the problems caused by the alkaline soil, such as yellowing leaves, thin stems, not long stems and so on. In addition, it also has a good control effect on iron deficiency leaf yellowing of Taxus mairei.

3. Skills of fertilization

Generally speaking, if it is foliar fertilizer, we usually use the way of diluting and spraying with water to fertilize the yew. Compound fertilizer can generally be buried shallowly in the soil, about 5-10cm from the trunk around digging shallow buried, can also be added to the water fully melted after irrigation. Ferrous sulfate and other regulated fertilizers and volatile fertilizers are generally used by dilution and irrigation with water.

Fertilization is generally carried out in the evening, in accordance with the principle of frequent application of thin fertilizer, reduce the amount of fertilizer as far as possible, and prevent the occurrence of fertilizer damage. Fertilization in the morning is generally not recommended in summer to prevent excessive evaporation from causing excessive concentration of fertilizer solution and burning roots, which will lead to problems such as yew leaves drying up.

The above is the yew fertilization skills briefly introduced to you by Hua'ergu. If you also like growing flowers, pay attention to Flower Valley!