The leaves of longevity flowers are rotten, or caused by this small detail.

Longevity flowers are deeply loved by the majority of potted friends because of their beautiful flowering, long flowering period and beautiful meaning. And its propagation and maintenance methods are also relatively simple, usually cutting branches can be used for cutting propagation, the survival rate is very high. However, some potted friends have found that the longevity flowers of cuttings have recently appeared the phenomenon of leaf decay and water, how is this going on?

Perhaps the first thing that comes to mind is overwatering, but if the permeability of the basin soil we prepare for it is strong enough, it will not be overwatered, because the excess water will be discharged through the basin bottom outlet. If it is not the reason for watering, it must be caused by the poor permeability of the matrix leading to the basin soil being too wet or stagnant.

The longevity flower likes to be moist but not resistant to waterlogging at the same time. Its fleshy root is very easy to rot or black rot after stagnant water in the basin, and then it is easy to cause its leaves to rot. The editor also encountered this situation, but at that time, a large amount of coconut bran was used to prepare pot soil for longevity flowers. Because the air permeability of coconut bran is very strong, it is prepared into a very soft basin soil with other substrates, which is very beneficial to the root respiration and rooting of longevity flowers.

However, the use of too much coconut bran is also easy to cause a thorny problem, that is, the basin soil is too wet for a long time. Because although the air permeability of coconut bran is very strong, it also has a strong water retention capacity. If we use too much coconut bran when we mix it with soil, then the prepared basin soil must have too strong water retention capacity, and when it is watered too much, it will absorb a large amount of water, thus keeping the matrix in the basin too wet all the time.

The root system of longevity flower is mostly fleshy root, and there are many capillaries. Under the condition that the basin soil is too wet for a long time, its root system is soaked in such a high humidity basin soil, it is also easy to rot or black rot. And the leaves on the ground will also rot and melt water because of rotten roots or black rot.

It can be seen that although some substrates are very good for the preparation of longevity flowers, they also need to be prepared in strict accordance with the appropriate proportion, once excessive, it is easy to bring more serious damage to the plant. Although the high proportion of coconut bran is only a small detail, the consequences are serious, even fatal. Therefore, if we want to raise longevity flowers, we usually do a good job in the maintenance and management process, but also pay attention to these small details, everything too much, otherwise the result will be counterproductive.