The fleshy mirror grass is easy to maintain and reproduce as a bonsai.

Mirror grass is a herb that grows for many years. Its leaves are round and its petioles are slender and connected. It looks like an ancient mirror, so it is named Mirror Grass. It can often be seen in southern China. The plant shape is not large, which is very suitable for small potted plant maintenance. It is very good to watch on the desktop. Let's take a look at what characteristics it has and what other ideas need to be paid attention to.

I. Growth characteristics

Mirror Grass mainly grew in shady places, so its shade tolerance was not too bad, so the indoor light was enough for it to grow. The environmental temperature in which it grew ranged from ten degrees to twenty degrees. Too high or too low temperature would affect the luster of its leaves, and even the leaves would fall off, leaving only bare petioles. Wet soil is its favorite, so potted mirror grass can be planted with a mixture of rotting soil, soil, ceramsite and other nutrient soil, such soil not only has a very high drainage, but also has not poor fertility.

II. Points for attention in conservation

1. Diseases and pests. Common diseases of mirror grass are nothing more than anthracnose and leaf spot disease. Although anthracnose is a common disease in plants, its ability to harm cannot be underestimated, so once it is discovered, measures should be taken immediately to curb the spread of the disease; the most effective way is to prevent and control the disease. Insect pests generally only appear scale insects, which are common and not difficult to eliminate insects, there are many ways to eliminate, in addition to the spray of drugs, but also can use mosquito coils, soapy water and other physical elimination methods.

2. Fertilization. Mirror grass leaves grow quickly, even without supplemental nutrients. If you want it to grow more dense, you can add some fertilizer appropriately, but there are two places to pay attention to the addition of fertilizer, namely thick fertilizer and large fertilizer, which is very taboo for mirror grass. Mirror grass has two growth stages, in these two stages one point to control the addition of fertilizer, preferably a small number of times gradually applied. So, when are these two phases? That's spring and summer. Soil fertilizer can make plants grow thicker, and leaf fertilizer can make their leaves look more beautiful.

3. Humidity. From the mirror grass like to grow in the wetland this point can be seen, it is like a humid environment, but it does not like the soil of water, so potted when more attention to the humidity in the pot. The space environment is too dry, its leaves will droop and wither, lose the vitality of growth, and even yellow leaves, fallen leaves and so on. In order to mitigate this situation, it is important to increase the ambient humidity.

III. Small methods of reproduction

1. Sowing. Sowing is the easiest and most direct way. The seeds of mirror grass are very small, do not bury too deep when sowing, otherwise it is difficult to emerge.

2. ramets. The ramets are at the base or stem nodes of mirror grass, cut off the fibrous roots, and have at least three leaves on the branches. Plant the branches into the nutrient soil, cover the surface with a layer of transparent plastic wrap, remember to jack oh, try not to let the sun shine, it generally takes ten days to see the signs of survival of the branches and leaves. It is better to divide plants in the growth period, which can greatly improve the survival rate of mirror grass.

Flesh full of mirror grass, do you like it? You want one?