How to water cactus? how to raise cactus?

Now, cactus can be seen at home, office and other places, because it is very easy to feed, but also has a certain ornamental, so it has been very popular. But when we are breeding, we should still pay attention to the watering of the cactus. Let's take a look at how to water the cactus.

How to water the cactus

1. Water quality

How do you water the cactus? Before that, one of the prerequisites you have to solve is water quality. Water for watering flowers is not recommended to use tap water directly, but to bask in the sun for a few more days, in order to make the water react with chlorine to produce hypochlorite, which has bactericidal effect.

If there are conditions, you can also use mountain spring water, which contains part of the water-soluble salt, resulting in hydrolysis reaction, so that PH is weakly acidic, the water quality is soft, and it is not easy to produce scale, or you can add a little white vinegar to the water.

2. Watering time

The second difficulty in watering is the watering time. Summer is the cactus growing period, with high temperature and high water demand. Must be fully watered, should be carried out in the morning and evening when the temperature is low, hot at noon, watering is easy to cause ball burns. In the hot and rainy season, watering should also be controlled properly. For those cactus with sunken tops, be careful not to pour water into the depressions so as not to cause decay, especially in the evening.

Winter dormancy should be controlled watering, in order to keep the basin soil not too dry, the lower the temperature, the more to keep the basin soil dry. Adult big balls are more resistant to drought than seedlings. Watering in winter should be carried out on a sunny morning. With the increase of air temperature, the plant will gradually break away from dormancy, and the watering times and amount of water will gradually increase.

3. Watering method

In the way of watering, many people like the method of soaking the basin, although the soaking basin can use siphon to absorb the water evenly, but it can also plug the cracks in the soil, and soaking the basin for a long time is disadvantageous to the roots. because there is no gap causing hypoxia in the roots of plants, alcohol is produced.

Once there is a problem with the root, the plant above will also have a problem, forming a vicious circle. Watering should be slowly injected along the edge of the basin until water flows from the bottom of the basin. Basically follow the principle of "seedling spraying, adult plant watering".

4. Watering principle

If the soil is not dry or watered, it will be thoroughly watered; if it is not watered in winter, it will be watered less in summer.

Balls that have just been bought home are not watered, balls that have just been basked in the sun are not watered, balls in early spring are not watered, balls that have just changed pots and newly inserted balls are not watered.

Finally, let's take a look at how to raise cactus.

Cacti like sunny places, but exposure will slow down the growth of cactus, so if you want the cactus to grow well and fast, you can choose a cool place for the cactus when the sun is overheated. The cactus originally grew in a relatively arid desert, and its root system has a strong ability to absorb water, so don't pour too much water when raising the cactus, too much water will cause the root of the cactus to fester. In general, large cactus will not die even if it is not watered for a year or two.

When raising cactus, we should use sand to raise cactus, because the soil of sandy soil is relatively loose. The sand practice of the cactus is to put a layer of soil under the sand so that the sand is on the top and the soil is on the bottom. Because it helps to stay hydrated. When applying phosphate fertilizer to the cactus, do not apply too much at one time, too much phosphate fertilizer will make the concentration of the soil solution greater than the concentration of the cactus root cells, water outflow, resulting in the dehydration of the cactus.

Cactus is a kind of plant that does not beat without water, but is afraid of too much water. too much water will cause the root cells of cactus to die of lack of oxygen, so in the process of breeding, we should be careful not to let the cactus get drenched in the rain, even if we are caught in the rain, we should drain the cactus in time. The optimum growth temperature of cactus is 20-35 degrees. Most species of cactus prefer the temperature with large temperature difference between day and night, growing at 35 degrees during the day and about 20 degrees at night, which is conducive to the production and accumulation of organic matter, thus promoting the exuberant growth of cactus.