What is Dragon Blood Tree? what are the main points of breeding Dragon Blood Tree?

Dragon blood tree can be used as a family large potted plant in decoration, in some villas or large households can be decorated. However, its volume is relatively large, so if the home is not very large, it is not recommended to keep this, it takes up more space. It can be seen that it is an evergreen plant, the leaves spread from the top of the stem, very good-looking, dragon blood tree has a faint fragrance, the flowers are white.

A brief introduction to Dragon Blood Tree

Dragon blood tree, alias horse mule sugarcane tree, narrow leaf dragon blood tree, long flower dragon blood tree, not just tree; Latin name Dracaenaangustifolia. The shape of the plant is extremely strong and beautiful, and the leaves are colorful and beautiful. Some varieties have dense yellow spots on their leaves, which are called dotted trees, while others have yellow longitudinal stripes on their leaves, which can secrete a kind of light fragrance. People call it Xianglong Blood Tree. Some varieties have white, milky white and beige stripes on their leaves, which are also called tricolor dragon blood trees. The stem of the dragon blood tree can secrete bright red resin, which is the "dragon blood", from which the good name of the dragon blood tree is obtained.

The dragon blood tree likes high temperature and humidity, likes light, has sufficient light, and has bright leaves. Not resistant to cold, the winter temperature is about 15C, the lowest temperature is 510C. The temperature is too low, because the root system does not absorb enough water, the leaf tip and leaf edge will appear yellow-brown patches, like loose, well-drained, humus-rich soil.

Can be used for sowing, cutting propagation, sowing for cross breeding, horticultural varieties of dragon blood trees usually do not need sowing reproduction, sowing breeding plants, the characters are similar to or different from wild species, losing the excellent characteristics of horticultural varieties. Cuttage propagation is the main method to maintain the quality of horticultural varieties. Cuttings can be cut with perennial stems or twigs, and cuttings can be inserted into a bed with coarse sand or frog stone as medium. the optimum temperature of the cuttings is 21 ~ 24C, with leaf tip and shoots rooting quickly, about 2 ~ 4 weeks, and the stem rooting is relatively thin, sometimes it takes 2 ~ 3 months to grow new buds and roots. Take root and move it into the basin.

Second, how to raise the dragon blood tree

1. Soil: Dragon blood tree has strong adaptability and lax requirements on soil, but the slightly acidic soil with loose, fertile and good drainage is the best. It can be cultivated with loam with high humus content and river sand under pine and cypress forest. it can also be cultivated with rotten leaf soil and river sand. In the process of cultivation, the dragon blood tree needs to apply ferrous sulfate about once a month to ensure that the PH value of the soil is suitable, slightly acidic and suitable for its normal growth.

2. Fertilizer and water treatment: Dragon blood tree likes the substrate with fat pine and good permeability, so it can be cultivated and treated by soilless cultivation. The matrix can be fully mixed with vermiculite, perlite and peat soil. This kind of matrix is permeable, clean, sterile and tasteless. Dragon blood tree and this substrate cultivated in high-grade containers, can not turn the basin for several years, do not change the soil, the plant root system is developed, the growth is robust. The fertilizer and water treatment of soilless cultivation is mainly the topdressing of nutrient solution. If the number of cultivation is small, you can not specially prepare nutrient solution.

3, temperature and light: Dragon blood tree not only likes the warm, humid and sunny environment, but also can withstand shade. However, indoor cultivation, if placed in too shady environment for a long time, will also cause the leaves to fade. So it is best to put the flowerpot on the southeast windowsill to make it fully exposed to the sun. If the fat dragon blood tree is nurtured on the balcony, when the summer sun is too strong, the flowerpot should be moved indoors, especially at noon, to properly shade, the general illuminance is 40 to 50%, so as not to burn the leaves in the scorching sun. The dragon blood tree likes to be warm and can not stand the cold.

4. Propagation: the propagation of dragon blood tree in the family is generally carried out by cuttage propagation combined with pruning, which can be carried out from April to August every year, and can be carried out indoors all year round, but the temperature should be kept between 20 and 30 ℃ in order to grow new roots. It is best to break off the pile with your hand, remove the lower 1x2 blade, pour water directly into the clean river sand, and temporarily avoid the strong light; the whole plant should also remove the leaves after being cut short, and then irrigate thoroughly in the clean sand, and then keep the air humidity at about 70%, and grow new roots in a month to become a new plant.

Finally, the above is for you to introduce how to raise the dragon blood tree related knowledge, I hope to give you a reference.