Culture method of Ivy how to raise Ivy

It doesn't take a lot of effort to cultivate ivy, and the main thing to pay attention to in breeding is to pick up and trim its branches and leaves at the right time, because it grows so fast that it will spread and climb to a long place inadvertently.

Matters needing attention in the culture of potted ivy

Reproduction: ivy plants are propagated by multiple cuttings. In all seasons of the year, ivy can be planted as long as the temperature is right, except for the severe cold in winter and the heat in summer. The annual branches are often used in the cutting. when cutting, the 1-2-year-old branches with a length of about 10 cm are generally cut and inserted in the seedbed with coarse sand and vermiculite or directly in the basin with loose culture soil. The branches of the large-leaved canary ivy must be soaked in water before they are cut. After insertion, it is placed in a higher air humidity and slightly overcast environment to keep the substrate moist. When the temperature is about 15 ℃ and 20 min, it can take root in about two weeks. The mother plant can also be cut off and planted after taking root. Sometimes the stem of the mother plant is buried in the sandy soil, exposing leaves, adventitious roots can occur in each node, and after rooting, it can be cut off and planted in stages.

Soil: Ivy is not strict with soil, generally using fertile and loose soil as pot substrate, such as garden soil and rotten leaf soil, can be mixed with rotten leaf soil, peat soil and fine sand soil with a small amount of base fertilizer, or can be cultivated with water moss alone. Potted plants generally have 5 plants per pot.

Lighting: usually should be placed in diffuse light, in order to make the leaf color thick green and shiny, especially variegated leaf varieties in the shaded environment, the leaf color is more beautiful.

Watering: Ivy belongs to fleshy flowers and cannot be watered frequently. Watering should be dry and wet. If there is insufficient water, the base of the plant is easy to lose leaves; too much watering is also easy to produce rotten roots.

Temperature: the extreme summer heat must be kept in a cool and ventilated place. The environmental temperature is high, which is disadvantageous to the growth of ivy, so foliar sprinkler irrigation should be used. Potted plants should be put into the greenhouse in winter and the temperature should be kept at 10 ℃.

Fertilization: in the general growth period, especially in spring and autumn, we should apply liquid fertilizer twice a month, and pay attention to the proportion of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium in the fertilizer should be 1:1:1, the proportion of nitrogen should not be too high, otherwise the flowers and leaves will turn green. The management of water and fertilizer should be strengthened at seedling stage to speed up growth.

Pruning: in the process of plant growth, attention should be paid to pruning to promote more branches and make the plant shape plump.

The function and efficacy of Ivy

Ivy is most commonly used in outdoor walls or courtyards, or in indoor hanging baskets, wherever they are as vigorous as geckos, climbing like cobwebs, and we see a green article every late spring and summer. Its leaves like maple leaves, every florescence will also open yellowish white flowers, very beautiful and fresh, it has become a popular green ornamental plant. Whether in the outdoor environment or indoor can bring a green, bring hope, especially in the indoor is very pleasing to the eye of the green plant, can play a role in decoration and beautification, can improve the host's living environment of the natural force and freshness. And it is also a very healthy and environmentally friendly ornamental plant, it can not only green the environment, but also purify the air, absorb indoor waste and release oxygen through photosynthesis and many other functions.

Ivy also has a good medicinal value, it can be used as a single traditional Chinese medicine, it can clear heat and remove fire has a good protective and nourishing effect on the human liver.