What's the nickname for tequila? How to cultivate it?

Hedyotis diffusa is a kind of plant which can be used as fertilizer, vegetable, bait, feed and medicine. it belongs to submerged herb of water turtle family. The shape of tequila is different, depending on the environment, there are egg-shaped, heart-shaped, lanceolate, linear and so on. What's the nickname for tequila? How to cultivate it?

What's the nickname of tequila?

The alias of tequila, such as Saxifraga, glass crown grass, seaweed, water plantain, dragon claw grass, Saxifraga, etc., is the only higher plant that can make use of three carbon concentration mechanisms: bicarbonate, C4 metabolic pathway and CAM metabolic pathway.

Tequila is mainly distributed in northeast China and in Hebei, Henan, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Taiwan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and other provinces and regions. Lakes, ditches and ponds. Paddy fields and stagnant depressions. Other areas mainly include northeast Africa, eastern and southeastern Asia to tropical Australia.

Second, how to cultivate tequila?

1. Selection of cultivation substrate

If tequila can generally be decorated with indoor aquariums, choose gravel with a smaller diameter as the cultivation substrate. Of course, if there is no gravel, you can choose the washed coarse sand as the cultivation substrate.

2. Planting

When Hedyotis diffusa grows into seedlings, it can be planted. Generally choose a general aquarium, medium-sized can. Pay attention to the position and make sure that the whole plant of tequila can be illuminated by light. First, spread the culture matrix at the bottom of the aquarium, with a thickness of about four or five centimeters. In order to facilitate the operation of this step, first put an appropriate amount of water in the aquarium before planting. When the operation is over, continue to inject a certain amount of water into the container until the height is reached. In the specific planting process, the action must be light, so as not to hurt the leaves.

3. Key points of management

The aquaculture water of tequila should be properly controlled with PH, which is slightly acidic to slightly alkaline. Be sure to keep the water flowing, that is to say, live water. In the aquarium should be equipped with a submersible pump, so that you can maintain the flow of water effect.

Tequila is a plant that needs more fertilizer. In the vigorous growth stage, it usually takes about a month to apply fertilizer, and choose cooked soybeans for topdressing. Liquid fertilizer made from inorganic salts can also be added to the water.

If it is found that the growth rate of tequila is slow and the leaves are relatively small in the process of culture, the surface fertilizer is insufficient and should be properly supplemented.

Keep light for three or four hours a day to make it fully photosynthetic.

Tequila is generally not susceptible to disease, but it may be attacked by fish from the same culture, so owners should pay attention. The best viewing time for tequila is from May to July, and the planting time is generally no more than eight months.