Methods and precautions for raising a twelve-volume
The network for everyone to talk about the little knowledge of succulent plants, the raising methods and precautions of twelve volumes, welcome to correct if there is any mistake!
The methods and precautions for raising twelve volumes are a very theoretical topic. It can be said simply, but it can also be described in detail. Most of the time, flower friends can't understand it well because so many raising methods look the same at first glance. In comparison, flower friends' experience is more practical. Let's take a look at how the flower friends raise twelve volumes (with some omissions). Please be patient to read it to the end!
I. Water
In the cultivation process of twelve volumes, flower friends who love learning have mostly read articles, posts, and even some predecessors' essence posts. However, it is often proved by practice that the contents of experience summary posts are not necessarily correct. Here, it involves different regions, so the overall environment is different, and there are many derivative problems, which will be discussed later.
Generally speaking, it is recommended to use slightly moist or thoroughly watered water for twelve volumes. This is said in a one-sided way. In detail, it also needs to be combined with the season, temperature and humidity. For example, in the spring and autumn growing season, the water demand is naturally larger (when they grow up), and the humidity in spring is generally higher, so the watering method can be immersion basin or soaking (these two methods can absorb air outside the soil into the soil, which is beneficial to the replacement of the internal air environment of the soil). But pay attention to ventilation, because the warm and humid spring is also very suitable for the growth of fungi and insects, which will be discussed later; In autumn, it is generally relatively dry, the soil surface dries quickly, and the wind will be stronger (the autumn wind sweeps the leaves), so on the premise of natural metabolism of water loss, what we need to ensure is that there is always water, and I personally think that immersion basin is better, keep the humidity.
Then, in summer and winter, the two extremes of temperature in a year, the temperature in summer is high, and frequent watering is easy to form a distillation environment in the pot under no wind, rotten roots and even overall death are all played in this way. You can try. Therefore, it is recommended to water thoroughly and dry thoroughly, and cooperate with a fan after watering; In winter, water is rarely watered, and spraying water is enough. It is said that people also drink less water in winter than in other seasons.
The four seasons are over, and we talk about the weather. No watering on cloudy days, this is common sense, especially in the growing season, otherwise it will be a waste of time (but it is not a problem under the premise of adjustable light).
Watering time: the best time is in the evening
The pH value of water: 5 (weak acid, measured to be much better than tap water, which is why some meat looks beautiful after being rained on, because rainwater is weak acid. Remember, don't use vinegar to adjust water. Vinegar is alkaline, and posture is not?) Here, I quote the reply of the flower friend "Duo meat Doudou" on the 25th floor: "I will give you some popular science. Vinegar is an acidic substance, but vinegar is an alkaline food. What does it mean? That is, it is acidic when dissolved in water, and it is alkaline when eaten in the stomach.
Why? Answer: the measurement standard is different, one is to look at the ion, the other is the element standard, please check Baidu for details~" I learned a lot, thank you very much
PS: 1. Here, we need to pay attention to the fact that I am in the south, so the climate environment is certainly different from that of many flower friends. We need to think and summarize a set of effective water supply methods in combination with our own planting environment.
2. Some flower friends will ask why we should not just sprinkle a little water in the season or weather conditions when there is not much need for water, but suggest dry and wet and immersion basin? Come on, there are many friends in the forum who have turned over the roots of twelve, and they are doing this. If you also hope that the roots of your twelve are so capricious, you can give water in this way, haha
II. Light
Most plants have phototropism. When they lack light, they will use their lives to find light sources, which is the origin of "turning into a dog". The role of light in twelve volumes is as follows:
1. Control the shape. Just now, it was said that it is easy to turn into a dog on cloudy days, and it is easy to be sunburned when the light is too strong. Therefore, the best light for twelve is a place where the sun cannot shine but is bright (that is, the scattered light place said by predecessors). If there are many things and most of them are inscribed products that need strict control of shape, it is recommended to use a supplementary light (full spectrum). Moreover, if there is more water, there is no fear of turning into a dog.
2. Provide nutrition. In addition to using substantial fertilizers (which will be introduced later), light can also provide nutrition for plants. Different spectrums have different effects on the nutritional structure of plants. It seems that I have seen reports saying that except for the green spectrum, all other spectrums are absorbed, so most plants are green. Here, I have not fully understood light, and I also hope that predecessors with experience will not hesitate to teach me. I represent myself and a group of later flower friends to thank the predecessors.
3. Adjust color. Take jade dew as an example. There are purple series, black muscle, and red lines and other colors. Through the supplementation of light, the most beautiful color can be well adjusted to show the most beautiful demeanor of twelve! Of course, there are also yellow, white and so on and so forth...
III. Wind
It is called borrowing because the wind is not only natural wind. With today's technology, we also have fans, air conditioners and other machines to create wind, which is controllable.
The importance of wind lies in the fact that the nutrients contained in the air are also very important. For example, the carbon dioxide we breathe out is the most delicious snack for plants. With wind and the flow of air, these nutrients can be contacted by plants. Of course, wind can also bring warm and humid air to plants, etc. OK, here is not much said, let's talk about some importance of wind.
In addition to the above, the importance of wind lies in the artificial destruction of the stuffy and high humidity environment, thus forming a small environment with convection ventilation and relatively dry (referring to the small environment created by a small fan), which is suitable for what situations? For example: after watering in summer, when the soil surface is too wet and the temperature is suitable for the growth of bacteria, etc. Have you ever encountered sudden water changes in spring and summer? Leaf insertion water changes? Black rot? These are all caused under the premise of suitable temperature and poor ventilation. Simply put, if you can't borrow the wind, you will be crazy! Don't water? Okay, it's just thirsty for deep dormancy. However, if you want to wake up such plants, the time required will be much more difficult than that of general dormant plants. Enough, all tears.
III. Soil
Here it comes. The soil preparation should be a more concerned issue for many new flower friends who have just entered the pit. However, after discussing with some flower friends who have played for a few years, everyone agrees that there is no standard definition of soil preparation. The reason is: everyone's breeding habits are different (such as watering frequency), and everyone's location is also different (different regions have different overall environments, such as temperature and humidity). To put it simply, the southern humidity is large, and it should be based on cultivation medium with good air permeability; while the north is relatively dry, and more water retention performance should be adopted. However, it is not necessarily dry in the north, such as coastal areas; It is not necessarily humid in the south, such as the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau. The purpose of this explanation is to allow everyone to have a basic logic of soil preparation.
For example, I am in the south and like to water more. Then I should use all-grain medium to plant twelve volumes. In the selection of particles, I will choose some lighter ones, which are not good in water retention but good in air permeability; If I am lazy and don't like to water, I will choose some medium with better water retention, such as adding peat in the soil preparation. Therefore, soil preparation is different from person to person and place to place. This is also why many new people always ask some predecessors and gods how to prepare soil, but most of them have no reply, because they don't know how to answer you. Only if you are lucky enough to encounter a similar regional overall environment and similar planting habits, can you have the feeling that the soil preparation of gods is indeed awesome. On the contrary, "cut, what kind of god... The soil preparation is garbage..."
In conclusion, the formula and proportion of soil preparation need to be explored by themselves, combined with the environment, themselves, and even the needs of maintenance to create their own small environment, which is all right. It is a pleasure to play, and it is time to mess around when it is boring, right?
It is also necessary to mention the role of the surface soil! Surface soil? Many people think that it is unnecessary to cover the surface, and some people think that it is just for beauty. In fact, in addition to beauty, the surface soil also has a good effect of dust suppression, especially when spraying water, flying dust, and flying light medium, right? The second good role is that you can choose a medium with good drainage as the surface soil to avoid the continuous humidity of the soil surface and the growth of bacteria and small insects.
PS: The introduction of various cultivation media has been summarized by predecessors, so it will not be repeated here.
IV. Temperature control
In fact, the importance of temperature is most prominent in that it can make plants stand out. An old saying goes, "The radish with frost is as good as ginseng". Its meaning is that it shows how much temperature affects plants. Then, the key here must be temperature difference. The older generation, especially farmers, all understand a truth. In a year, it is very hot in summer and very cold in winter. Then, the things that come out of the field in this year are very delicious. The rice is very fragrant. This is the truth. Combined with the sentence we learned, it is called "Auspicious snow foretells a good harvest". It also highlights the importance of temperature difference. OK, we are talking about succulents, not rice and vegetables, and we have strayed too far, making myself look like a farmer. I'm sorry, I'm sorry...
Temperature difference, short-term day temperature difference, long-term temperature difference is the highest and lowest temperature of a year, which we will not discuss for the time being. Let's discuss day temperature difference first. I don't know if you have a feeling that in the season with relatively large day temperature difference, succulents grow very well? For example, the various states and colors of Sedum? And the fat and transparent twelve? Therefore, we can create a small environment with large temperature difference along this line of thinking. In family maintenance, we can cool down by spraying water at night and turning on the fan in summer and so on. Here, that's why the things in the shed are more beautiful than those raised by most people at home, even in the cold winter, when the sun comes out, the shed can reach more than 30 degrees, even higher, and about 10 degrees at night. Under such a large temperature difference, if the meat is not beautiful, even the meat does not believe it!
Following this idea, we can imagine the shed as a huge closed box, right? We can also do closed breeding in family maintenance, right? Then, how to increase the temperature difference in family maintenance? Smart kids react. Supplementary light! As long as it is not cold light, it can produce some relative heat energy, at least the closed box must be warmer than outside. So many people's things are beautiful. If you ask him, he will tell you that he is closed breeding. The reason is to increase the temperature difference. (here, we also need to talk briefly about the principle of closed breeding. It is not only to create a relatively small environment temperature difference, but also to realize the relative water cycle utilization, so that the water quality becomes weak acid, and the twelve grown in this environment is transparent and grows relatively fast. This is the effect of weak acid water. I also hope that flower friends who have just entered the pit and those who have entered the pit for a short time and urgently hope to raise well can constantly reflect and summarize, try their best to master the habits and characteristics of the plants that need care, and copy and use them, which can not achieve the purpose of improving the planting level.)
PS: Many people ask when to close, and they will generally be informed that closed breeding is good in autumn and winter. There are two ways of closed breeding: semi-closed breeding (opening the lid during the day and closing it at night); Full closed breeding (closing the lid all the time). The difference in practice is that semi-closed breeding is to avoid the sun in the day and make the temperature in the closed box exceed a certain temperature, so as not to suffocate the things (here, I want to play the seeds when I make this mistake. The flower friends can cry and mourn those steamed seedlings, ah... The autumn sun)
, and the closed breeding at night is to make the valuable water loss slow down and lay a foundation for winter; Full closed breeding is naturally the best way of closed breeding, but attention should be paid to avoid the sun in the day. We can't compare with the shed. The shed has such a large space and can also install a fan. Moreover, it can ventilate and breathe at will. Can a small closed box do that?
So far, many people should find that light, water and wind are closely related, so a series of things such as temperature and humidity need to be learned and mastered. So don't look at the titles of the chapters, which seem to talk about different things, but in fact, they are all these things.
V. Equipment
"If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools". The vivid metaphor is that if you want to slap someone, you will hurt yourself if you use force. You can try to slap him with an iron plate, can you imagine?
Different gardening tools can indeed bring convenience to our daily cultivation activities and achieve twice the result with half the effort. Then, what are our thoughts on cultivation activities?
Soil preparation, water supply, reproduction, pot changing, seedling changing, etc. are they?
Simply speaking, soil preparation box, flowerpot, watering can, soil shovel, knife, small utensils, etc. are all the most basic ones, and various tools derived from their own cultivation habits.
For example, flowerpots, pots of different sizes are needed for plants at different stages. It is necessary to match different flowerpots according to different spaces.
In terms of watering cans, there are dripping cans, spraying cans, gardening sprinkling cans, irrigation cans, etc.
In terms of shovels: relatively large soil shovels are used for stirring soil preparation, small shovels are used for moving large seedlings, and wide shovels are used for turning over soil, etc.
In terms of knives: a handy knife is very important when cutting the head. Flower friends who nod here laugh a little, haha;
In terms of small utensils: small brushes (used to brush the dust or small particles on the surface of meat), small sprays (used to blow away the water left in the middle of the plant after watering), and important temperature and humidity meters,啧啧啧, and PH value test paper, and BLABLABLA I can't remember anymore
PS: In fact, we don't have to buy all these tools back home in a hurry, buy them slowly, and buy them when we find that we lack something. Because of the early said, everyone's maintenance habits are different, so in some subtle places, the tools needed by everyone are different, so we still need to combine ourselves, and the tools are good, right? For example, I like to use a knife to cut my head, he likes to use a line, and there is also a person who likes to use a scalpel, and another person who likes to use a kitchen knife (huh), right? They are all different. But they are all tools.
VI. Medicine and fertilizer
Medicine: 1. Potassium permanganate (sowing, washing granular soil), prepare the soil with potassium permanganate disinfection before sowing, which is not easy to grow bacteria, and can also improve the germination rate. Here, I have more to say. I have never agreed to disinfect the soil completely before putting the plant into the pot, especially high temperature disinfection, the microbial environment is completely destroyed, where do the plants add snacks?
2. Duomeisu. The domestic big brand is very good. It is the best-selling product in spring and summer, no one, huh.
3. Soil insect pills. It is relatively unpopular, but I saw some flower friends changing pots with a big and high-protein fat hairy caterpillar in the soil, which is very lovely, haha, scaring many babies, losing their color.
4. Shell series. In fact, twelve volumes are really less likely to grow such things, I have never seen it, or it may be that the prevention work is done well.
5. DX. This is **, just put some on the soil surface, with a smell, don't put too much, put too much, even you are not willing to get close to the plant
Fertilizer: 1. A2 green. That is, the slow-release fertilizer that many people put on the soil surface, which provides rich phosphorus and potassium, and meat should like it. The effect is relatively obvious.
2. Magic fertilizer