[Hongzhiyu] how to cultivate rainbow jade

Rainbow jade is a modern succulent ornamental plant, which has indomitable vitality and can grow throughout the year. Next, let's take a look at the characteristics of rainbow jade.

Rainbow jade, also known as ear drop grass, corn kernels, (commonly known as grape palm on the market) is a succulent plant of the Sedum family, which likes warmth and is not hardy. Like light, have strong drought tolerance. It has strong adaptability and lax requirements on soil.

Rainbow jade likes the environment with obvious temperature difference between day and night. It has strong adaptability to temperature and can grow well between 10 ℃ and 28 ℃. In autumn and winter, the temperature decreases, the light increases, and the fleshy leaves gradually turn red, so artificial cooling in the process of cultivation can improve the ornamental value.

The room temperature should not be lower than 5 ℃ in winter. The jade of the rainbow likes the light, and it should be fully seen throughout the growing period. But summer exposure will cause leaves sunburn, can be appropriate shading or half-sun, noon should avoid direct sunlight. Rainbow jade grows slowly and is resistant to drought, so it is not suitable for big fertilizer and water, dry watering and thorough watering should be seen, while the amount of water and times should be reduced when the room temperature is low in winter.

Rainbow jade should be well ventilated in summer. Rainbow jade is generally cultivated for 3 years and the plant shape begins to be scattered, so it should be pruned in advance.

Rainbow jade leaves fleshy, long oval, about 1 meter long, alternate. Yellow flowers, star-shaped. In autumn and winter or in strong light, some or all of the leaves turn bright red. The tip of the rainbow jade leaves is slightly transparent, at this time the leaves are red and green, the color is bright, such as rainbow jade, so it is also known as rainbow jade.

Hongzhiyu is a perennial succulent herb with a height of 10-20 cm and many branches. Fleshy leaves are inflated and alternate, cylindrical to ovate, 2 cm long, green, bright epidermis, no white powder, turn reddish brown in sufficient sunlight, and the florets are yellowish red.

Rainbow jade is mainly to watch leaves, its leaves in autumn low temperature and strong sun will become bright red, but generally do not blossom, flowering in autumn.

Temperature: rainbow jade is very adaptable to temperature, it likes the environment with large temperature difference between day and night, and the growth temperature is about 10 ℃-28 degrees Celsius can make rainbow jade survive well. In autumn, it can be cooled artificially, which can maintain the emerald green of rainbow jade leaves and effectively improve the ornamental value. At the same time, the temperature can be controlled above 5 degrees Celsius in winter.

Illumination: rainbow jade loves sunshine. In winter, rainbow jade can be placed on the balcony to absorb sunlight. In summer, rainbow jade can be half-sun or half-shaded, at noon in summer, to avoid direct sunlight, so as to avoid leaf sunburn injury. During the growing period, make sure that rainbow jade has enough sunshine.

Ventilation: rainbow jade needs a certain ventilation environment to ensure that rainbow jade can grow well.

Soil: rainbow jade does not require high performance of the soil, generally as long as the guarantee of soil looseness and good drainage performance of the soil can also be done.

Watering: rainbow jade has a certain degree of drought resistance, but in its growing period, it is necessary to ensure a certain amount of moisture, so that rainbow jade can grow better. Generally speaking, rainbow jade grows slowly or the leaves show a sunny red color, which indicates a lack of water. At this time, plants should be watered according to the principle of "no dry, no watering, then watering thoroughly."

Fertilization: rainbow jade does not have much requirement for fertilizer, you can apply thin fertilizer once or twice during the growing period.

Pruning: rainbow jade will be scattered when it has been planted for more than three years, so it should be pruned in advance to ensure the shape of rainbow jade.

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