The best way to purify the potted leaves maintained at home is to raise them in this way.

The weeping leaf banyan is a very popular indoor potted green plant. It has a great effect on purifying the air. It does not need to be taken care of frequently. Its leaves are drooping and can remain green all the year round. Most of them are dark green.

Weeping banyan likes a warm and humid environment all the year round, and it can thrive in cool places indoors, and it can grow indoors for a long time, it will grow slowly, and it can clean the leaves regularly to avoid too much dust on the leaves.

1. Location of maintenance

The weeping-leaf banyan can grow well in all parts of the room, and it can grow well in sunny or semi-shady places, but it will grow better in hot and humid environment. Pot maintenance should be changed regularly to keep its branches and leaves growing evenly and avoid growing askew.

Avoid moving frequently after keeping it in one position, otherwise it will easily lose its leaves.

two。 Cultivated soil

The weeping-leaf banyan must choose humus or sandy soil that is fertile, loose and well drained, and avoid using peat soil with excessive water retention capacity, otherwise its roots will rot easily, and enough river sand or perlite must be added to the soil to ensure good drainage.

After the seedlings are planted, frequent transplanting should be avoided, otherwise it will lead to unstable root growth.

3. Maintenance attention

Do not choose too large a container for the cultivation of weeping-leaf banyan. The size of the flowerpot is slightly larger than that of the plant. When planting, you should add 10% gravel to the bottom to avoid stagnant water in the soil and water thoroughly each time.

4. Regular fertilization

The maintenance of weeping-leaf banyan is to replenish fertilizer regularly, because it grows very fast, and it is necessary to ensure that there is enough nutrition in the soil. It is generally enough to give organic fertilizer once a month during the growing season, usually in spring and summer, and stop fertilizing when the weather starts to cool in autumn, otherwise the leaves are easy to turn yellow.

5. Watering skills

In order to maintain the weeping leaves, we should pay attention to replenishing water regularly during the growing period, that is, keeping the soil dry in spring and summer and watering thoroughly. The weeping banyan raised indoors should spray water around regularly to maintain high air humidity. They do not like excessive watering, otherwise its leaves will be easy to curl and turn brown, and serious ones can easily lead to root rot.

6. Proper sunlight

The weeping-leaf banyan can grow rapidly in places where there is more sunlight, and if there is proper scattered light, its growth will slow down. To avoid direct sunlight, you can keep it on the windowsill where there is proper scattered light every day to prevent the leaves from being burned.

If you find that its leaves begin to dry up, it proves that there is too much sunshine and move to a place where the sun is not so strong.

7. Temperature and humidity

The growth temperature of weeping banyan is kept between 18 and 25 degrees. It can be kept outdoors in the warm season, and the lowest curing temperature can be kept above five degrees to avoid frostbite.

The environment for the maintenance of weeping banyan should maintain a high control humidity, and it is most appropriate to keep the relative humidity at about 50%-70%. If the air is dry, its leaves will easily fall off, do not put it next to heating and air conditioning, otherwise the leaves will easily turn yellow.

8. Cuttage propagation

The best control method of weeping leaf banyan is to use branch cuttings to cultivate, cut off a branch about 9cm long, remove the leaves at the bottom, cut the bottom oblique cut, and touch with a little rooting powder. cuttings can take root and sprout in loose, permeable and well-drained sandy soil.

During cutting propagation, the soil should be kept moist and the temperature should be kept at about 20 degrees.

9. Daily maintenance

Weeping-leaf banyan is a kind of plant that grows easily. Keep the environment ventilated and transparent, and avoid keeping it in a confined space, otherwise it is easy to lose leaves.

10. Insect pests

The most common pests of weeping-leaf banyan are shell insects, pink scale and red spider, which are usually caused by poor ventilation. The first condition shown is yellow leaves and constantly falling leaves, there will be some small red markings on the leaves, and the method of cleaning is also very simple. Maintain a ventilated and transparent environment, spray water around regularly to increase air humidity, and find that pests can be smeared directly with cotton swabs dipped in alcohol and can be removed at once.