What about the dry edge of the rotten leaves of the tiger thorn plum in winter?

Prunus angustifolia is a kind of flowering plant that many basin friends like to raise. Because of its high ornamental value, it is more and more widely used. But as a family user, it is generally used as a potted plant for appreciation. The important thing is that the tiger thorn plum not only blossoms beautifully, but also has a very long flowering period, and is even expected to blossom all the year round after maintenance.

But after entering the winter, some potted friends may have rotten leaves, dry edges and other bad growth. It will inevitably lead to a great reduction in the ornamental value of the potted plum plants, and of course this is a phenomenon that we are extremely reluctant to see.

First of all, we have to check the ambient temperature to see if the plant is frozen, because the cold tolerance of tiger thorn plum is relatively poor, and freezing injury is easy to occur when the temperature is too low. If it is frozen, it is necessary to take timely measures to keep warm; if it is not frozen, it is also necessary to clean up the rotten leaves in time to avoid breeding harmful bacteria.

But the prickly plum is a kind of plant with sharp thorns on its branches, so you must be careful to clean up the rotten leaves to avoid being stabbed. And its juice is also toxic, easy to cause harm to the human body. If frostbitten branches are found in the process of cleaning up rotten leaves, they also need to be cut off in time.

In short, both rotten leaves and rotten branches should be cleaned up in time to avoid infection after decay and destroy the growth of the plant. And the wound needs to be treated after pruning, you can sprinkle some carbendazim powder on the wound, or you can apply some plant ash to inhibit the invasion of bacteria.

In addition, after pruning, we also need to observe the dry humidity of the basin soil. Tiger thorn plum prefers a drier basin environment and is afraid of flooding, especially in winter. Therefore, if you are watering, you must wait until the basin soil is very dry. If it is maintained in winter, try to dry rather than wet, otherwise too much humidity is easy to cause stem rot.

If you want to change the basin, it is recommended to wait until the temperature reaches more than 15 °C next spring. When changing the basin, remove the peripheral persistent soil and replant the new basin soil with high looseness and strong air permeability. And after changing the basin, you can not rush to water, because it is more drought-resistant, and just changed the basin has not yet fully taken the basin, so the basin soil is not very dry, do not water hastily.