Living stone flower shedding and watering
Are you familiar with these? Knowledge about the living stone flower, shedding and watering of the living stone flower, next, the editor will introduce to the netizens.
Shedding of the living stone flower signifies the arrival of another growth period. Mastering the watering during the shedding of the living stone flower is very important, roughly between November and December, before the living stone flower sheds, it is necessary to consciously control or even stop watering to prepare for the shedding stage, and once shedding begins, watering should be stopped.
In the normal shedding process, the new leaves slowly absorb the water and nutrients stored in the old leaves, while the old leaves gradually transform from firm and hard to soft and wrinkled, until the old leaves (let's call them "old skin" for simplicity) become like a piece of cardboard; and the new leaves will naturally grow slowly. During this period, there is no need for external water supply because in the native habitat of the living stone flower, the shedding stage is dry and rainless.
If water is supplied to the living stone flower during this stage, the old skin will always maintain its firm and hard state, which creates a contradiction - the old skin remains motionless while the new leaves struggle to grow. Several outcomes may arise, one is that the new leaves cannot push upwards or expand outward, and can only break through from the weakest part of the old skin, becoming an abnormal growth; another is that the new leaves may die inside; the best and yet helpless result is the embarrassing situation where the old skin and new leaves coexist (see the picture below).
There is another reason for stopping watering during the shedding stage. If water is given to the living stone flower that is shedding or if it gets rained on, it is very easy to contaminate the cracking wound and lead to the decay and death of the plant. I have made such a foolish mistake before and still regret it to this day.
Can the living stone flower endure the absence of water during the shedding stage?
In fact, the water and nutrients stored in the old skin during the shedding stage are completely sufficient to meet the energy needs of the living stone flower for normal metabolism; it can live comfortably and easily. We should not regard stopping watering as a cruel form of mistreatment.
The detailed introduction of the shedding and watering of the living stone flower shared above, have you understood it?