How to grow graceful Chiku? What's the use?

With elegant posture and bright colors, it is the best plant for waterside greening and potted ornamental, so how to grow it? What's the use? Let's take a look at it.

I. Culture methods

Basin soil selection

Potted Chiqu vegetables can be chosen according to their needs when choosing flowerpots. You can choose a flowerpot with a larger diameter and plant several more plants in clusters, or you can choose a small flowerpot with a diameter of about 20cm to do a miniature pot. Potted Chichu needs to use pond mud and the soil should be fertile.

Light and temperature

Chiqu likes a warm and well-lit growing environment, which needs light and keeps the environment ventilated. Chiqu is also more hardy. In winter, it can spend the winter outdoors.

Water and fertilizer management

Most of them grow in marshes or wetlands. They like to be wet and grow better in shallow water, so during the growth period, it is necessary to ensure that there is plenty of water in the flowerpots. Even in cold winter, keep the pots moist and water them regularly. Chiqu doesn't need to be fertilized frequently, just add some base fertilizer in the pot room. However, if the leaves are yellow, you can apply some fertilizer.

Matters needing attention

Qianqu vegetables like strong light, cold resistance, like water and wet, do not have to worry about watering to death, lax requirements on the soil, deep and fertile basin soil grows better.

The propagation of Lysimachia chinensis can be done by sowing, cuttage, ramet and so on. Family potted plant ramet or cuttage can be. Cuttings can be carried out from June to July, take about 10 cm of twigs, obliquely insert them into muddy water, and take root in 1 month.

Second, the function of Qianqu.

1. Qianchi can be used as medicine, can treat enteritis, dysentery, hematochezia, and is used externally for traumatic bleeding. And hypoglycemic effect.

two。 Tender stems and leaves can also be eaten and can be supplemented with vitamins. Generally pick in the field between April and May, pick the tender stems and leaves from the place where it is easy to break, wash the fresh vegetables, blanch them in boiling water, cold salad, stir-fry, or make soup. Some are chopped and steamed with flour; some are eaten with strips under fresh vegetables; others are used as hot pot ingredients.

3. Dried vegetables are made into dried vegetables for the needs of winter and spring. That is, blanch the fresh vegetables with boiling water, and then dry them for storage. When eating, water hair, stir-fry, soup can be, but also have a different flavor.

4. The cosmetics made of Qianqu and other raw materials can reduce congestion, avoid dry skin and prevent external irritation.