Matters needing attention in the culture of taro

Beware of diseases and insect pests

Diseases and insect pests are rare, need to pay attention to protect tubers, tubers in storage prone to dry rot, once found in time to spray carbendazim. Leaf spot disease is easy to occur during the growth period, which should be mainly prevented, and fungicides should be sprayed every month to protect the healthy growth of plants.

Protect tuber

April to August is the peak growth season of taro, which ensures sufficient nutrients at this time. After September, the leaves will gradually wither. At this time, we should reduce watering and stop fertilization, so that the tubers can survive the winter safely in the soil. Wait until the next year the spring flowers bloom and continue to grow.

How to cultivate taro with flowers and leaves? culture methods and matters needing attention

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.

The Culture method of Colocasia esculenta the difference between Amorphophallus and Colocasia esculenta

The basal leaves of taro are shield-shaped or heart-shaped, with beautiful color and many varieties. Summer is the viewing season for flowers and leaves, and the beautiful leaves are full of coolness. Then how to raise the taro? Then Xiaoqi shared the culture method of the lower flower-leaf taro and the difference between the flower-leaf taro and the synthetic taro.

I. Culture methods of taro

1. Soil: taro is not tolerant to saline-alkali and barren, so it is necessary to choose fertile and loose loam with certain water retention capacity when planting. It can be a mixture of garden soil, rotten leaf soil, river sand or perlite.

2. Temperature: taro likes high temperature, the suitable temperature for growth is 25-30 ℃, and it is not resistant to cold. When the temperature is lower than 15C, the leaves of taro will gradually fade, turn yellow, wilt and soften. During the high temperature in summer, measures such as shading, spraying water and strengthening ventilation should be taken to reduce the temperature and increase the air relative humidity to facilitate the growth of plants.

3. Lighting: taro likes to scatter light and avoid sunlight exposure, so when cultivating taro, you should pay attention to shading to avoid strong light, otherwise the leaves will become yellowish, the beautiful markings on the leaves will become dim and dull, and even the tender leaves will be burned. But should not be too shady, otherwise the petiole is easy to grow and become thin and soft, and easy to break, while losing bright color and luster.

4. Watering: the flower and leaf taro likes the moist soil environment and is extremely intolerant to drought, so pay attention to watering when breeding. Watering should be mastered "dry and wet and wet". At the end of autumn, watering should be reduced and the basin soil should be properly dried. Usually, when breeding taro, we should also pay attention to spraying water around the plant to increase the air humidity and make the plant grow more exuberantly. When spraying water, do not spray water on the leaf surface, otherwise the leaf is easy to produce focal spots.

5. Fertilization: flower and leaf taro prefer fertilizer, and phosphorus and potassium fertilizer is applied 1-2 times every half month during the growth period, in order to make the speckle color of the leaf more bright. When fertilizing, we should avoid the liquid fertilizer on the leaves, otherwise the leaves are easy to produce scorch spots. After autumn, potash fertilizer was applied 1-2 times to promote tuber hypertrophy.

6. Pruning: taro can be properly pruned in the process of growth, which is beneficial to the growth of the plant. It is mainly to cut off withered and yellow leaves, old leaves and overdense leaves to promote the production of new buds.

7. pest control: taro mainly has diseases and insect pests such as dry rot, leaf spot and red spider. We should pay attention to observation when breeding, so as to detect and treat them early.

Second, the difference between flower and leaf taro and synthetic taro.

The main results are as follows: 1. Taro is a perennial evergreen herb of Araceae. Amorphophallus is a perennial evergreen herb of the genus Araceae.

2. There are inflated tubers in the ground, oblate and poisonous, and the mouthpiece is paralyzed after accidental ingestion. Amorphophallus stem nodes with aerial roots, climbing other things to grow.

Pictures of flower and leaf taro

3. The bract tube of taro is oval, 3 cm long, green on the outside, green-white on the inside and evergreen-purple at the base. The spawn of taro is light green or yellow.

4. The basal leaves of taro are shield-shaped or heart-shaped with beautiful color. The stem and leaves are slightly lilac in the light, the leaves are larger and the color is light, while in the weak light, the leaves are narrow and dark. The color spots of variegated leaf varieties were not significant when the light was insufficient.

Pictures of fruit taro

The above is the culture method of flower and leaf taro and the difference between flower and leaf taro and synthetic taro. The beautiful colors of flower and leaf taro bring you joy and pleasure in the heat of summer.