The pruning method of duck palm wood

Duck foot wood plant type is beautiful, strong adaptability, is an excellent potted foliage plant, and can absorb nicotine, formaldehyde and other harmful substances, very suitable for breeding in the bedroom, living room and other places, let's take a look at the duck palm wood pruning method.

The pruning method of duck palm wood

The pruning of duck foot wood should be combined with the season and its growth period.

The pruning of the young plants of duck foot wood is mainly carried out thinning and light cutting, and its purpose is to give the shape of duck foot wood. It can be about 30 square meters in the seedling stage to pick the heart, and after the lateral buds grow, leave three leaves 15 to 20 years old and then pick the heart. When the old plant is too large, it can be adjusted by re-cutting. Larger plants should be treated with turning pots before leaving the house in spring, and proper shaping and pruning should be made.

If the lower leaves fall out and become bare poles, cut short from the upper half to promote the germination of new branches, and the cut branches can also be cut and become new plants after rooting. Young plants change pots every spring, and adult plants change pots about once every two years.

When pruning duck foot wood, we should pay attention to the length of each branch and keep the plant type round. In addition, there is no pruning during the dormant period of duck foot wood.

The culture method of duck palm wood

1. Soil: the cultivation soil of duck palm wood can be cultivated directly by using peat soil or rotten leaf soil and adding a little basic chemical fertilizer or sandy soil. This ensures the permeability and drainage of the soil.

Temperature: the most suitable temperature for the growth of duck foot wood is 15-25 degrees Celsius. Once the temperature is lower than 5 degrees Celsius, there will be the phenomenon of leaf loss, usually also need to pay attention to ventilation.

3, lighting: duck foot wood is a semi-shade plant, shade-tolerant, remember not to be placed in direct sunlight, as long as the potted plant is placed on the balcony or indoor light.

4. Watering: the basin soil should be kept moist. It should not be watered too much except in other seasons in winter. Watering should be done every three or four days. Watering in winter should be reduced appropriately, and the water temperature had better be similar to that of the soil.

5. Fertilization: fertilizing the basin soil every month in spring, summer and autumn, the fertilizer ratio is: nitrogen: phosphorus: potassium = 2:1:1 compound fertilizer.

6. Diseases and insect pests: the diseases of duck palm wood are mainly leaf spot and anthracnose, which can be sprayed with antimicrobial agents, and the pests are mainly shell insects, which can be sprayed with omethoate EC.

Duck palm wood is a kind of potted plant which is very suitable for indoor layout, and it has a strong flavor of the times in indoor culture. The price of duck palm wood is related to the size of the plant, and the price of duck palm wood varies from region to region. For example, the price of a big 30~45cm duck palm wood is 2.20 yuan. of course, the price information provided for everyone is for reference only and cannot be used as a basis for purchase. If you want to buy it, you'd better go to the local flower and bird market to find out.