Culture methods of Amorphophallus

Flower and leaf taro, also known as colorful taro, colorful leaf taro, two-color taro, etc., are perennial evergreen herbs of the Araceae family, with beautiful leaves and many varieties, which are suitable for cultivation in the greenhouse. Summer is the main viewing period for colorful taros. The colorful colors of the leaves are full of coolness. Let's take a look at the cultivation methods of taro.

Growth environment of taro

Flower-leaf taro is native to the Amazon River Basin in South America. It likes high temperature, high humidity and semi-shady environment. It is not resistant to low temperature and frost and snow, and requires loose soil, fertile soil and good drainage. The optimum temperature was 20: 30 ℃, 21: 27 ℃ in the growing period from June to October, and 18: 24 ℃ in the dormant period from October to June of the following year. No less than 10 ℃ at night, 10 ℃ during dormancy, do not like strong light, and the shade degree is 3040%.

Propagation methods of Colocasia esculenta

The flower-leaf taro can be propagated by ramet or ball-splitting method. It can divide plants all the year round, but it is better to divide bulbs before leaf germination at the end of spring after dormancy in winter. Cut the balls around the cue ball with a blade, dry them for 1 day and then plant them. The mother ball can also be cut into pieces, each with bud eyes, which will be planted after 1 day of shade dryness, and the section should be smooth, which is conducive to wound healing and root formation.

Culture methods of Amorphophallus

1. Soil: Amorphophallus likes clayey soil, which is mainly made of five parts of clayey soil, two parts of rotten leaf soil and three parts of sand.

2. Lighting: flower and leaf taros like sunshine and should not be too strong. If the light is not enough, the leaf color spot darkens, and the leaf grows and shows weakness.

3. Watering: the flower and leaf taro likes to be wet, and it needs a lot of watering in spring and summer.

4. Temperature: Taro is not cold-resistant, the suitable temperature for growth is 25: 30 ℃, the lowest temperature is not less than 15 ℃, the temperature is 22 ℃, tubers sprout and grow leaves, when it drops to 12 ℃, the leaves wither and yellow.

5. Fertilization: once a week during the growing period of taro, nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium were applied together, mainly nitrogen fertilizer.