How to raise potted Houttuynia cordata Thunb

Houttuynia cordata Thunb, which is called folded ear root in folk, is a kind of perennial herb which is both edible and medicinal. it is named because of its fishy smell. Houttuynia cordata is widely distributed in the Yangtze River Basin and many areas in the south of China, which can be divided into wild and artificial planting.

Houttuynia cordata Thunb generally uses rhizome, cuttings, ramets and other ways to propagate, although it can be played, but this method is not often used. Because the emergence rate of sowing and reproduction is very low, it is not suitable for large-scale production or family pot planting. So, how to raise Houttuynia cordata as a potted plant?

I. Lighting

Wild houttuynia cordata generally grows in ditches, streams, ponds and other relatively humid but more shady environment, it can be seen that this plant has the characteristics of moisture and shade tolerance. In fact, Houttuynia cordata is really afraid of light, especially strong light. If you plant its potted plants on the balcony, you must pay attention to shading measures, or directly put its potted plants in a cool, weak place.

Second, temperature

Although Houttuynia cordata is more shady, but also afraid of strong light, but it does not mean that it likes the cold growth environment. In fact, Houttuynia cordata Thunb is more like the warm environment, but indeed its cold tolerance is also relatively strong, even in the extremely cold weather of-15 ℃ can survive the winter smoothly. In addition to the need to provide temperature protection at the seedling stage, there is little concern for temperature changes in other seasons.

Third, watering

Since Houttuynia cordata Thunb likes to grow in the wild near the water source, it must like water and moisture. Original as long as we can provide wet conditions for it in accordance with the wild growth environment, so that the basin soil is often kept moist, there is often no phenomenon of poor growth due to lack of water. Once there is a lack of water, Houttuynia cordata grows thinner, has fewer stems and leaves for harvesting, and reduces nutritional and medicinal value. Therefore, in the usual maintenance and management process, we should replenish and moisturize it in time, as long as it is not flooded.

IV. Fertilization

Houttuynia cordata Thunb prefers fertile, loose, humus-rich acid sand loam, which is often difficult to survive or too weak in alkaline clay environment. Therefore, in addition to requiring the soil to be fertile and loose, we can also fertilize it properly to promote strong roots and make the leaves grow more fat. However, if enough basic fertilizer is applied in the basin soil when planting in the pot, there is no need for frequent topdressing in the early stage of growth. And in the stem and leaf growth is very luxuriant, we can properly topdressing, but also can spray foliar fertilizer, mainly nitrogen fertilizer, after all, this is a kind of plant that can be harvested many times.

The maintenance and management of potted houttuynia cordata mainly focuses on the above four aspects. As long as we can control the light and temperature and manage the water and fertilizer well, not only houttuynia cordata can maintain good growth, but also recover quickly even after harvest. And it can be harvested repeatedly.

Time: 2019-05-29 Click: