Cinnamon leaves edge dryness
Let me share with everyone some related experience in flower planting about the dry edges of cinnamon leaves, and then I will take everyone to understand together.
Cinnamon flowers have a strong fragrance when blooming, and many flower enthusiasts enjoy growing cinnamon. However, it is often found that cinnamon is prone to dry edges on its leaves during cultivation. For potted cinnamon, dry edges on the leaves seriously affect the plant's aesthetics and also influence its normal growth and flowering.
Why do cinnamon leaves often have dry edges?
To solve this problem, let's first understand cinnamon's growth habits.
Cinnamon prefers a warm and humid climate, has a certain cold tolerance, can withstand temperatures as low as minus 14 degrees Celsius, enjoys sunlight, and generally requires more than 6 hours of sunlight per day. In summer, it can be partially shaded, but it can also do without shading. However, excessive exposure to sunlight can easily cause water deficiency, affecting the growth of cinnamon.
Cinnamon has relatively high requirements for air humidity, especially during the bud stage. If the environment is dry, it can lead to the shedding of cinnamon flower buds, affecting normal flowering.
From cinnamon's growth habits, we can analyze the causes of dry edges on cinnamon leaves.
1. Improper water control
Cinnamon enjoys a humid environment, so the control of water is quite important, including the moisture of the potting soil and the humidity of the air. If watering is not done properly during cultivation, leading to overly dry or waterlogged potting soil, causing cinnamon to rot its roots, it may show symptoms of dry leaves.
In daily cultivation, it is important to adhere to the principle of watering thoroughly when the soil is dry, often loosen the soil to keep it loose and well-aerated, and frequently spray the leaves and surrounding environment to increase air humidity.
2. Improper fertilization
Dry edges on cinnamon leaves
Poor water control can easily lead to yellowing and falling leaves in cinnamon, and improper fertilization can also severely affect the plant's normal growth.
Cinnamon actually prefers fertilizer. For cinnamon grown in the ground, it is usually fertilized twice with fermented organic fertilizer in spring and after flowering to supplement nutrients. As the saying goes, "If you want cinnamon to be fragrant, always have a pig manure pit," but for potted cinnamon, the growth space is limited, and the fertility of the potting soil is limited, so we need to fertilize cinnamon regularly.
Top-dressing should focus on applying thin fertilizer frequently, such as once a month with fermented chicken manure and once every two weeks with a nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium compound fertilizer solution, which should be diluted.
Avoid using thick or raw fertilizer, as it can easily cause fertilizer burn in cinnamon, leading to dry leaves and the entire plant wilting.
3. Disease invasion
Sometimes, even when our water and fertilizer management is in place, cinnamon leaves may still show dry edges. Why is that?
In such cases, we need to consider whether there is sufficient sunlight. If cinnamon does not receive enough sunlight, it may grow weak and be more susceptible to diseases, with leaf blight being a common disease in cinnamon.