Can pitcher plants, a tropical insectivorous plant, be raised indoors? How to survive the winter? How do you water it?

Pitcher plant is the general name of all species of pitcher plant. It has a unique nutrient-absorbing organ-pitcher cages. Pitcher plants are wild in Sanling Mountain and Leizhou in Guangdong, so do you know that pitcher plants can be raised indoors? How to survive the winter? How do you water it?

Can pitcher plants be raised indoors

The juice of the pitcher plant itself is poisonous, so if there are children at home, they may eat it by mistake, so it is still quite dangerous, and it is best not to keep it indoors.

In addition, if the pitcher plant does not blossom, even if you have children, you can keep it in a high place, so that it will not have too much impact and will not cause danger.

But if the pitcher plant blossoms, its flowers will give off a good smell when you sleep, so it's better not to breed indoors for a healthy and good sleep.

If you like raising pitcher plants, you can keep them on the courtyard balcony or in the courtyard, which is safe, neither poisoning nor affecting sleep and rest.

And the pitcher plant is a kind of plant that needs to attach and grow, and it must be attached to the edge of the plant in order to stand up, so it is best to set up a support for the pitcher plant when raising the pitcher plant, so that it will be beautiful.

Second, how pitcher plants survive the winter

1. Temperature requirements for overwintering

Pitcher plants like warm environment, but they are afraid of cold. It doesn't matter if the temperature difference is a little larger. As long as the temperature is controlled at 10-15 ℃, keep in mind that the temperature should not be lower than 10 ℃ or higher than 35 ℃.

2. Moisture requirements for overwintering

The moisture here refers to watering and the humidity of the air. The temperature in winter is relatively low, and watering should be controlled, which is relatively reduced compared with other seasons. However, it is still necessary to maintain air humidity and often sprinkle water around the plant.

3. The overwintering method of pitcher plant

The main results are as follows: (1) the temperature in the south is relatively high in winter, so it can be maintained outdoors when the temperature reaches the standard, and when the temperature is lower than 10 ℃, it can be moved indoors.

(2) it is cold in winter in the north, and there will be freezing phenomenon outside. when you put the pitcher plant indoors for maintenance, do not put it by the window, the temperature is low, the water vapor around the window is heavy, and the temperature on one side of the window is low, which is not conducive to the growth of pitcher plant.

(3) move to the outside after the sun comes out in the morning and into the house in the evening to ensure that you can receive sunlight during the day. The sun is weak in winter, so you can usually bask in the sun all day. If you want to let the pitcher plant spend the night outside, you can also use plastic film to wrap the whole pitcher plant, and then wrap it with a layer of newspaper, which should be thicker to avoid cold.

(4) if you are in the north, with enough money and plenty of time, you can use heating rods to increase the temperature appropriately. Of course, there is less sun in winter, so you can make up the light manually and use fluorescent lamps (there is still a certain cost! )

Third, how to water pitcher plants

When will it be watered

Pitcher plants are very strict in moisture requirements, watering time should be strictly controlled, can not be too dense and have to water. Try to keep the soil moist. As for the time of watering, water it twice a day, once in the morning and once in the evening. Remember not to water at noon.

2. How to water

There are many ways of watering, such as watering type, basin type, spray type, immersion type. Pitcher plants are suitable for growing in moist but relatively loose soil, so basin watering and immersion watering are generally used.

Pot watering: directly into the soil, try to avoid watering flowers and leaves.

Immersion watering: in order to avoid the loss of nutrients in the soil, soak the basin into water and make the soil moist.

3. Water quality requirements

Pitcher plants have lower requirements for water quality, as long as they are not very dirty and do not contain bacteria, ordinary water is OK. However, if you often use the immersion method to water, it will cause salt accumulation, and there will be a lot of yellow-white scale on the surface of the soil. The surface soil should be changed in time.

Time: 2019-03-16 Click: