How to raise turtles and bamboo in winter

Tortoise back bamboo, also known as Penglai banana and iron magnolia, is a perennial woody evergreen shrub, its leaves are beautiful and shiny, and it is very suitable for household decoration, while tortoise back bamboo is a kind of cold-resistant plant, it takes a lot of thought to raise it in low temperature season. How to take care of the turtle's back bamboo in winter? Come and have a look with the editor.

1. Heat preservation

Tortoise back bamboo likes to grow in a warm environment and is not resistant to severe cold. Too low temperature in winter will not only lead to its growth stagnation, but also cause its leaves to be frostbitten. Once the temperature is below 5 degrees, it will be frostbitten. Therefore, winter maintenance tortoise back bamboo can not only be outside, generally need to be moved to indoor maintenance, and need to keep the indoor temperature above 10 degrees, so as to ensure that it is safe to survive the winter, once the temperature is too low, it is very likely to return to its leaves and die.

2. The illumination of temperature

Tortoise back bamboo has a strong shade tolerance, do not like strong light exposure, so in the maintenance of many friends are placed in indoor maintenance, can avoid strong light exposure. And the winter temperature is lower, the light is also relatively soft, at this time can be placed in a place with bright scattered light, but it should be noted that the winter light is relatively soft, but its ultraviolet light is still relatively strong, so it is best not to make it accept direct afternoon sunlight for a long time, lest the sun is too strong and cause poor plant growth.

3. Rational watering

When the temperature drops gradually, the root activity of the tortoise back bamboo weakens and the intensity of absorbing fertilizer and water slows down, so it is necessary to reduce the watering of the tortoise back bamboo to avoid stagnant water retting the root. Generally, when this is the case in late October, it is necessary to move it to indoor maintenance and gradually reduce the amount of water. in addition, the indoor air is relatively dry at this time, and you can spray water mist around the plant to increase air humidity. If it has been in a dry environment, then the tortoise back bamboo will slowly dry up to death.

4. A small amount of fertilizer

Tortoise back bamboo is a more fertilizer-tolerant foliage plant, in order to its more new leaves, green leaves with natural luster, in winter also need a small amount of fertilization, but to take the principle of frequent application of thin fertilizer, pay attention to fertilizer concentration. In addition, in the application of fertilizer solution should not be dropped on lest, otherwise it may cause leaves yellowing, and can not choose too high concentration of fertilizer to avoid burning roots.

The above is the introduction of how to raise tortoise back bamboo in winter. I hope it can help you. If you want to know more about it, please pay attention to us.