How to cultivate the moon palace? what should the moon palace pay attention to?

Moon Palace is a typical succulent plant, its sharp thorns and short, round plants can store a lot of water, so the Moon Palace is also a typical "lazy plant", which is very suitable for office workers.

I. the morphological characteristics of the moon palace

The moon palace is a kind of spherical plant with thorns on the surface, similar to the cactus we often see in life, and the sphere is round, and the red berries will stay at the top for a long time after flowering, and the ornamental value is relatively high. it is also quite novel and good-looking as a potted plant as an indoor decoration alone, the moon palace is solitary at the beginning, and shows round or oblong in the later stage. The diameter of the plant is about 6cm and the skin is bright green and glossy. The moon palace has barb thorns, which are easy to hook clothes and fingers, requiring special attention.

Second, the function of the moon palace

Beautify the room: the sphere of the moon palace is very chic and beautiful, the red berries stay on the top of the ball for a long time, so that its ornamental effect is more perfect, and the single potted plant can also decorate the guest room very well, do not have a charm.

Purify the air: the moon palace, shaped like a cactus, is a potted plant that is very suitable for growing indoors and can release oxygen to purify the air.

3. Matters needing attention in the breeding of the Moon Palace

Habits: moon Palace originated in Mexico, also known as Safflower Moon Palace, like warm, dry and sunny environment. Not resistant to cold, resistant to semi-shade, afraid of strong exposure. It is suitable for loose, fertile sandy loam with slight acidity. The winter temperature is not lower than 5 ℃.

Reproduction: the most commonly used method is sowing and grafting, and sowing in April-May is the best time. We can often sow in indoor pots and sprout about 10 days after sowing. Its seedlings are very young. The potted soil remembers that it is wet when it is not dry, nor can it be directed at it by strong light. Insomnia will not blossom until 3-4 years later. If the method of grafting is used, June-September is the best. It can heal and survive after 10 days after grafting, and can blossom in 1-2 years after cultivation.

Feishui: in fact, the management of sowing its seedlings is more difficult, generally we have to strictly control watering it, and we also need to keep the basin soil moist at any time during the growth period in summer, while the basin soil can be a little moist in winter, because it is easy to get sick if it is too wet in winter. And we can fertilize it once in half a month when it is in the growth process.

Disease prevention and control: anthracnose and brown ball disease often occur in the lunar palace, which is sprayed with 65% Dysen zinc wettable powder 1000 times. Pests are harmful to red spiders and shell insects, which are sprayed with 1000 times of omethoate EC.

Well, this is the end of the introduction to the Moon Palace. After reading the above introduction, do you also have an interest in breeding this lovely plant, which is covered with thorns?