What if the leaves of duck foot wood are sparse, yellow and grow slowly?

Duck foot wood is a kind of plant whose branches and leaves are evergreen all the year round, not only with strange leaf shape and green leaf color, but also with beautiful plant shape, so it is a very beautiful ornamental plant. Not only that, its leaves can also absorb nicotine and other harmful gases produced by smoking, which is undoubtedly a blessing for friends who like to smoke at home.

And more importantly, even after the leaves turn yellow and fall off, the ornamental value of this ornamental evergreen will not disappear. Therefore, both home users and office workers tend to prefer to raise a duck foot potted plant in the living and working environment.

However, there are also friends who think that duck feet are not easy to raise, and it is easier to see that its leaves are sparse, yellow easily, and grow slowly. In fact, as long as we can maintain according to the growth habits of duck foot wood, it is generally very easy to raise it well. So, what about the sparse leaves, yellowing and slow growth of duck foot wood? We usually need to do a good job in the following four areas:

First, basin soil

Duck foot wood, like most flowers and plants, prefers a slightly acidic soil environment that is fertile and loose, permeable and permeable. The original usually recommends that people use rotten leaf soil or peat soil, garden soil, and then mix about 25% of the river sand to form a mixed soil. At the same time, in order to ensure that there is enough fertility in the basin soil, we can also add a little cake fertilizer as base fertilizer.

Second, light

Duck foot wood likes the growth environment of semi-shade, so bad friends think that it is very shade-resistant and keep it in a lack of light for a long time. In fact, duck foot wood not only likes semi-shade, but also likes light, as long as the light intensity is not strong, not exposed to the hot sun, it can usually provide all-day direct light.

And semi-overcast does not mean that there is no light, generally put the potted plants in a bright and sufficient scattered light environment for maintenance. In such a light environment, it is often more favorable for duck foot wood to sprout lateral buds and pull out lateral branches, thus growing more luxuriantly and verdant leaves.

Third, humidity

Duck foot wood prefers the moist growth environment, which requires not only high air relative humidity, but also sufficient water in the basin soil. In this kind of air humidity and basin soil humidity is relatively high, duck foot wood tends to grow better. Therefore, in the daily maintenance and management process, we should replenish water in time to maintain environmental humidity.

Although duck foot wood likes to be wet, it is not resistant to water, or its water resistance is relatively poor. And watering is generally difficult to control the amount of water, so it is generally recommended to spray more water and less watering in the usual maintenance and management process. Because if the basin soil is too wet for a long time, it will often cause a large number of fallen leaves.

IV. Fertilizer

In terms of the whole growing season, the demand for fertilizer is not too great, but when the growth is very exuberant in summer, it also has a large demand for nutrients, so it also likes to be fat. Therefore, generally in the summer growth season, it is suggested that topdressing should be carried out once a week to better meet its growth needs. It can also prevent the leaves from sparse, yellowing and shedding.

If the duck foot wood we raise belongs to the species of variegated leaves, then we must strictly control and reduce the use of nitrogen fertilizer. Because if the nitrogen intake is too much, it is easy to make the plaque color lighter, or even disappear, thus reducing the ornamental nature of the potted plant.

As long as we can manage in accordance with the above four aspects of conservation advice, we can not only avoid the situation of sparse leaves, yellowing, slow growth, but also let it grow branches and leaves, and quickly make the potted plants grow luxuriantly and verdant.

Time: 2019-05-27 Click: