Potted Luohansong can grow more and more pots without spending money.

Luohan pine, also known as Luohanshan, Taxodium, is an evergreen tree with needle-like leaves, straight branches, evergreen throughout the four seasons, graceful posture, and generally develop bonsai, if raised well, the growth rate is very fast. How to raise potted Luohansong?

You don't need to spend money to grow Chinese pine, because there are two ways to reproduce. One is to sow seeds, and the other is to cut branches.

Pick some mature seeds of mohan pine, choose acidic, loose and breathable sandy loam, spread a layer of fine sand on the surface, then sow the seeds, water thoroughly, cover with a layer of film or hay, shade and moisturize, and then remove the mulch after germination.

Another kind is also very simple, is to pick some branches of Luohan pine, directly back to cutting, especially the tender branches, semi-lignified branches cutting, very easy. A lohan pine can be cut into many pots.

Keep about ten centimeters in length, leave one or two leaves, cut into the soil, pour water without basking in the sun, cutting in September is just right, the survival rate is very high. It usually takes more than 20 days to take root.

Luo Han Song likes the semi-shady environment, likes the warmth, cannot be exposed to the sun, and grows the soil of Luohansong, which is suitable for the use of loose, fertile, breathable and slightly acidic sandy soil.

Generally suitable for planting or transplanting in March and April in spring, if it is a small seedling planting, be sure to bring the old soil, soil mass, so that the basin is faster, easier to survive, and the growth rate will be particularly fast.

Prune the branches and leaves before planting to avoid preempting nutrition. Use the basin to choose a breathable basin, you can use purple sand basin, you can also use ordinary tile basin, pottery basin. Use less porcelain pots. Usually watering, can not let the basin soil stagnant water, but also can not lack of water for a long time, so that it can grow quickly and healthily.

Luohansong because it is mainly to watch the leaves, so luxuriant branches and leaves can look good, usually fertilization, more nitrogen fertilizer, other phosphorus and potassium fertilizer a little less. It can be trimmed and taken care of at ordinary times, and the more beautiful the plant, the better.

The general fertilization time is in spring. During the growing period, you can apply some diluted alum fertilizer every half a month, cake fertilizer, or diluted manure after retting, and you can often spray diluted urea and 3% beer to make the leaves thick, green, good-looking and luxuriant.

Turn the basin every two or three years, replace half of the old soil, and add new fertile, loose and breathable soil.

In winter, Luohan pine stops growing and enters a dormant period, so it is not suitable to apply fertilizer or water too much. The winter temperature is about five degrees, so it can pass the winter safely.