Culture methods of Yushu

Yushu, also known as swallow palm, its flower crown tall and straight beautiful, green stems and leaves, terminal white flowers, very elegant and chic. If matched with a pot rack, gravel processing into a small bonsai, decorative coffee table, desk more attractive. Small potted Yushu is more suitable to be placed indoors, and it is a bonsai with great ornamental value. Next, we learn the culture methods of Yushu while enjoying the pictures of Yushu culture.

Culture temperature of Yushu

The suitable temperature for Yushu growth is 20-30 ℃. Spring and autumn are suitable growth periods. When it is hot in summer, it should be shaded or placed in the shade of trees to avoid strong direct sunlight. When the temperature exceeds 38 ℃, it grows slowly or enters short dormancy. In winter, it should be kept in the greenhouse or in the sunny place indoors. The room temperature should be kept at 7-10 ℃, and the minimum should not be less than 5 ℃. If it is as low as 0 ℃, it will freeze to death. During the growing period, except when it is hot in summer, it should be placed in a sunny place.

Humidity of Yushu culture

During the growing period, Yushu should be watered every 2-3 days, but the basin soil should not be too wet, let alone stagnant water. When it is hot in summer, watering should be strictly controlled and ventilation should be strengthened, otherwise it is easy to cause fallen leaves. Watering should be reduced in winter, and the basin soil should be slightly dry. Watering decreases gradually after the beginning of autumn. Outdoor cultivation, to avoid torrential rain, otherwise too much water in the roots, it is easy to cause rotten root death.

Culture and fertilization of Yushu

Topdressing fertilizer should be applied during the growing period, generally applying rotten thin cake liquid fertilizer 2 or 3 times a month. Adequate base fertilizer should be applied before soil change or planting. Mature organic fertilizer, such as chicken manure, pigeon manure, bone meal, large manure and all kinds of cake fertilizer, can be added to the culture soil as base fertilizer. In order to keep the plant shape plump, the fat and water should not be too large, so as not to cause overgrowth.

Culture and propagation of Yushu

Yushu is often propagated by cuttings. In the growing season, the thick and full top branches were cut, 8-10 cm long, dried slightly, inserted into the sand bed, and rooting for about 3 weeks. It can also be inserted with a single leaf, cut leaves and wait to dry. Then insert the sand bed, take root about 4 weeks after insertion, and put on the basin when the root is 2-3 cm long.

Culture and pruning of Yushu

The pruning of Yushu can be carried out according to everyone's preference. The crown of Camptotheca acuminata is round and plump, and the overgrown branches are cut off when pruning, so that the outer crown of the plant is complete and the inner branches are dense properly. If the tree age is long, the old trunk is stout and the crown is not very round, it can be pruned or stump bonsai type, and part of the branches and leaves should be cut off according to the modeling needs. Yushu is easy to raise, mainly to bask in the sun. Don't pour too much water.