How to raise Long Yue
As a classic variety in the meat world, Long Yue has become a favorite for many plant lovers with its moonlit leaf color and elegant rosette shape. If you want Long Yue to show her best condition, you need to master a scientific maintenance system and carefully control every link from environmental control to daily management. Key points for scientific maintenance of Long Moon, precise light management Long Moon has the phototactic characteristics of typical succulent plants. It is recommended to set the southeastern window sill as the best placement position. Maintaining direct light for 4 hours per day in spring and autumn can give the leaves a charming pink-orange gradient. In summer, the strategy of "morning sun and noon shade" is adopted, receiving soft light before 10 o'clock, and using sunshade nets to filter strong ultraviolet rays at noon. The intelligent temperature control solution establishes a golden temperature band of 15-26℃, and during the winter heating period, attention should be paid to stay more than 2 meters away from the radiator. In summer, the "sandwich cooling method" is adopted: a water plate at the bottom of the pottery basin + a granular soil cultivation layer + a sunshade net at the top, which can effectively control the temperature below the critical value of 32℃. Plants raised in the open must pay attention to the weather forecast in advance, and temperatures below 5℃ must be moved indoors. The scientific water supply system adopts the "seasonal three-stage watering method": spring and summer (March to August), fully watered once a week, combined with the bamboo stick test method; autumn and winter (September to February) is changed to once a half month along the basin wall. Special attention should be paid to building temporary rainbows during the plum season to avoid black rot caused by water in the leaf heart. Artistic pruning techniques implement a "three-layer pruning technique" every spring: the bottom layer cleans dead leaves to prevent germs, the middle layer thinly cuts too dense side buds to ensure ventilation, and the top layer pinch-controls height to promote branching. The pruning tools need to be disinfected with alcohol, sprinkled with carbendazim powder on the incision, and dried in the shade for 3 days before resuming light. Advanced Tuition on Long Moon Breeding It is preferred to carry out leaf cutting and breeding in spring and autumn. Select healthy leaves in the middle section and twist them at a 45-degree angle to remove and retain the growth points. Adopt the "step-type rooting method": spread perlite to maintain humidity in the first 3 days, turn vermiculite to promote roots in 4-7 days, and move into granular soil for planting in 8-14 days. Note that the humidity of the slotting bed is maintained at 40%-60%, and the temperature is stable at 20-25℃.
Through systematic maintenance and management, Long Yue can maintain a compact plant type and present a dreamy color. It is recommended to take growth record photos every quarter to compare and adjust maintenance plans. Mastering these core skills, even novice gardeners can cultivate museum-level Long Yue specimens.