Is the cactus poisonous? teach you to understand the cactus correctly.

Many netizens reported that after being pierced by the cactus, the skin showed symptoms such as redness, swelling, pain and itching, so we think this is a symptom of poisoning, so is the cactus poisonous? Let's teach you a correct understanding of the cactus.

Is cactus poisonous?

After putting the cactus indoors, through the need to take care of it, in the process, people are easily stabbed by the sharp thorns of the cactus, and some people will have symptoms such as redness, swelling, pain, itching and so on. This is an allergic phenomenon and can not be arbitrarily determined that the cactus is poisonous.

In fact, cactus also has ornamental, health care, environmental protection, medical value, not only can resist radiation, purify air, high ornamental value, but also can treat a variety of diseases. Cactus has a variety of varieties, and some varieties are even edible. The edible cactus has the effect of clearing away heat and detoxification.

However, the thorns of some cactus contain toxins, and the human body will have the above skin allergy symptoms after being stabbed, which should be dealt with in time. The easiest way is to remove the thorns first; then, disinfect with alcohol and apply some plasters such as Piyanping, which will generally be better after 2-3 days. If it does not work or the situation worsens, it is recommended to see a doctor in time.

At present, there are a lot of colored cactus on the market, the price is a little expensive, but very popular with consumers. In fact, most of the colors of these brightly colored cactus are dyed by chemicals in the later stage. If you buy it back and put it indoors, it will release toxic gases, which is harmful to human health, and the life span is not long, so it is not cost-effective.

Thus it can be seen that the cactus is not toxic as a whole, that is, the thorns of some species of cactus are toxic to a certain extent, but the toxicity is not great, at most, it will only make the skin allergic and has little impact on the breeders.

Next, we will teach you the correct understanding of the cactus.

Cactus is the general name of cactus plants with spherical shape, and there are many varieties. Most of their native places are desert areas and like high temperature and dry climate. The stem is spherical or oval, green, flowers born in the longitudinal thorns, cactus usually bloom in the early morning or evening. There are many colors such as white, red, yellow, orange, green and so on. The shape of the flower is similar to that of the long trumpet flower. It lasts from a few hours to a day. Cactus is a kind of plant with high ornamental value in spherical stem, thorn and flower.

Cactus (scientific name: Echinopsistubiflora), commonly known as grass ball, also known as Changshengqiu, native to South America, generally grows in hot, dry, fat land. A desert with little rain. Sex like dry, drought tolerance, with strong vitality, loved by everyone, the cactus is the main growth period is summer, which is also its full bloom.

In the field of flower horticulture, the cactus is used to call the spherical variety of cactus plants as the cactus; the cactus is a kind of stem, leaf and flower with high ornamental value. the traditional cactus is planted in the desert and the hydroponic cactus cultivated by plant aquatic mutagenesis technology, you can not only see its white and tender roots, but also see the lovely little fish swimming among the roots, which is really pleasing to the eye. It is a fine art of hydroponic flowers.

Summer is not only the growing period of cactus, but also the flowering period. Cactus blossoms usually in the early morning or evening, lasting from a few hours to a day. Cactus is generally cultivated for 3-4 years, and should be able to blossom when the ball diameter reaches 8 mi 20 cm. In order to make the cactus blossom, we should pay attention to the following points: a sunny cactus requires sunlight to act as a cactus, and if the cactus is put indoors for a long time, it will not blossom without sunshine. Temperature cactus needs warmer environmental conditions, if the ambient temperature is less than 20 degrees, it will not blossom. Second, watering must not be too much watering, hastily make the basin soil too wet, but should be dry rather than wet. Especially during the dormant period in winter and summer, watering should be controlled. Although the cactus is resistant to barren and drought, it is not easy to blossom under the condition of drought and lack of fertilizer. Therefore, proper water and fertilizer should be given in cultivation, and thin and rotten cake fertilizer should be applied every 10 days to half a month in the growing season. Fertilization should not be excessive, and excessive fertilization will also lead to non-flowering.