Culture method of golden cactus

The cactus is a perennial succulent plant of the genus amber of the cactus family. Its stem is globose, solitary or fascicled. It is 1.3 meters high and 80 centimeters or more in diameter. The top of the ball is densely covered with golden woolly. There are 21 and 37 edges, the thorn seat is very large, dense hard thorns, thorns golden yellow. After browning, there are radiation thorns 8-10, about 3 cm long, 3-5 thorns, thicker, slightly curved, about 5 cm long. Flowering from June to October, peanuts in woolly tufts at the top of the ball, bell-shaped, 4-6 cm, yellow, kaleidoscope covered with pointed scales. The golden cactus is the representative species of cactus with a life span of up to a hundred years.

There are white thorn, wild thorn, naked, angry and golden amber, while the same species are Dajinhu, rock, spring thunder and ghost mallet. The golden cactus likes warmth, sun, dryness, cold, dampness and calcareous soil. Cultivation and management are carried out according to their habits. Because the cactus likes high temperature and dry environment, the room temperature in winter is kept above 20 ℃ during the day, and the temperature is not lower than 10 ℃ at night, it is easy to cause root rot, but the temperature is too high, and it is easy to cause shell insect damage. Play for plenty of sunshine, but can not be exposed to strong light in summer, need to be properly shielded.

Echinocactus grusonii

The sandy loam with good drainage was selected during cultivation, and the artificial cultivated soil was selected for indoor cultivation. The soil should be fertile, and the nutritious soil should not only have decaying leaf soil and coarse sand, but also add some mature manure. In addition, the golden cactus is afraid of stagnant water in the basin soil, so it usually plays the principle of watering the basin soil. When changing the soil, play to cut off some of the old roots. Let it dry for 4 or 5 days before planting. The planting should not be too deep, and it is appropriate to level the root neck of the sphere with the soil surface. At the same time, a small amount of base fertilizer can be applied to the bottom of the basin, such as cake fertilizer or sesame sauce residue. During the basin change, the fermented organic fertilizer liquid fertilizer (20% concentration is suitable) or inorganic fertilizer should be irrigated once every semimonthly, and the fertilizer concentration should not be too high. Golden cactus is prone to diseases and insect pests in an environment of high temperature and poor ventilation. Diseases can be sprayed with carbendazim or methyl topiramate, and pests can be sprayed with alcohol insecticides according to the situation.

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