[swallow's palm] how to raise the swallow's palm

Swallow palm is a kind of plant with fleshy leaves, green stems and leaves, with elegant flowers. It is quite common in home decoration and green plants. Let's learn how to cultivate swallow palms.

First, how to raise the palm of a swallow

1. Soil: pot planting swallow palm, the soil is suitable to choose rotten leaf soil and garden soil mixed with a small amount of river sand as culture soil, can put a little hoof and other long-acting fertilizer as base fertilizer.

2. Temperature: the optimum growth temperature of swallow palm is 15 ℃ ~ 32 ℃. It is afraid of high temperature and muggy heat, and goes into dormancy when the summer temperature is above 33 ℃. Avoid cold frost, the overwintering temperature needs to be kept above 10 ℃, and when the winter temperature drops below 7 ℃, it will also enter a dormant state. If the ambient temperature is close to 4 ℃, it will die of frostbite.

3. Sunshine: the swallow palms like the sun, such as lack of light, it is easy to lead to damp and hot rotten roots and defoliation, but hot summer and strong sunlight are disadvantageous to the plant growth. In winter, the flowerpot should be moved to the sunny place in the shed to keep the leaves green.

4. Watering: swallow palms can be watered once every two days from spring to autumn. Avoid stagnant water in the basin. When the temperature is more than 30 ℃, the plants are dormant and semi-dormant, so watering should be controlled. At the same time, we should also do a good job of shading and cooling, spray water to the ground around the basin 2 or 3 times a day, and pay attention to ventilation. In winter, the watering times should be reduced appropriately to keep the basin soil slightly dry.

II. Matters needing attention in swallow palm culture

When potted swallow palm is planted, it is advisable to choose the rotten leaf soil of 2 to 3 and the garden soil of 1 to 3 and add a small amount of river sand as culture soil, and the bottom of the pot can put a little long-acting fertilizer such as hooves as base fertilizer. In order to facilitate drainage, the bottom of the basin should also be covered with some gravel or tiles. From spring to autumn, can be watered once every two days, avoid stagnant water in the basin. When the temperature is more than 30 ℃ in summer, the plants are dormant and semi-dormant, so watering should be controlled. At the same time, we should also do a good job of shading and cooling, spray water to the ground around the basin 2 or 3 times a day, and pay attention to ventilation.

In winter, the watering times should be reduced appropriately to keep the basin soil slightly dry. Culture management is more extensive, generally do not apply fertilizer, if the growth is too weak, you can add some liquid fertilizer containing potassium or thin mature cake fertilizer and water once a month in the growing season. The suitable temperature for the growth of swallow palm is 15-25 ℃, and the overwintering temperature should be kept above 7 ℃, and it is easy to suffer frost injury when it is lower than 5 ℃. Extreme summer heat and strong sunlight are disadvantageous to plant growth. In winter, the flowerpot should be moved to the sunny place in the shed to keep the leaves clear and green. Generally, the basin should be changed once every two years, and the soil should be loose and fertile with good drainage.

Third, the role of the swallow's palm in the center at home.

In contemporary society, more and more people pursue the beauty of the home environment and will choose to buy plants to decorate their beautiful home. Swallow palm is a good choice, with thick branches and leaves, green four seasons, strange leaf shape, solemn plant shape, easy cultivation and easy management. Suitable for potted plants, suitable for indoor decoration, elegant and elegant. Green stems and leaves, terminal white flowers, very beautiful, with pots and gravel processed into small bonsai, cultivated into the posture of old stakes of ancient trees, more attractive. Swallow palm is a perennial evergreen succulent plant, known as fleshy evergreen, often pay attention to green plants, effectively ease the mood, but also effectively alleviate the eye fatigue of office workers.

A good green plant, has a certain role in purifying the air, non-toxic, can be put indoors, there is a certain anti-radiation effect, peace of mind in indoor breeding. Absorb harmful gases, reduce noise, kill bacteria, create a comfortable living environment, but also cultivate sentiment, improve health, improve cultural and artistic literacy. Swallow palm extract pharmaceutical can effectively treat diabetes.

But the swallow palm juice is poisonous, do not let young children eat juice by mistake, otherwise cause skin redness, swelling, pain, blistering. This is particularly noteworthy.

In Africa, some tribes and Sang people use swallow palms as food. They grind and boil the roots and tree trunks of the swallow's palms and make them into paste food to drink. Leaves can also be used medicinally, add some swallow palm leaves when boiling milk, and can treat diarrhea after drinking. That's all for today's introduction to the swallow's palm. Thank you for your attention.