How to maintain foreign ivy
For most women, how to maintain foreign ivy and how to maintain ivy and matters needing attention in green plants and flowers will be introduced next.
Ivy is also known as Chinese Ivy, climbing vine, triangular maple, triangular vine, and cliff climbing vine. It is an evergreen climbing leaf-observing plant in the genus Ivy of the Araliaceae family. It climbs on other things by relying on its air roots. The old stems are partially like shrubs and have no climbing characteristics. The leaves on the vegetative branches are mostly 3 - 5-lobed, and the leaves on the reproductive branches are entire. Normally, the leaves are dark green in summer with white veins, and the new varieties currently cultivated are very rich in leaf color. The flowers are bisexual, and the fruits are berries. It has the effects of expelling wind, removing dampness, calming liver, detoxifying, etc. It is mainly used for treating rheumatoid arthritis, hepatitis, dizziness, distorted mouth and eyes, epistaxis, eyes, carbuncle, swelling, etc. When decorating indoor greening, make overhanging decoration and place it on top of high-foot flower stands and bookcases to give people a natural and free aesthetic feeling; you can also plant small potted plants and place them on tea tables or desks to look delicate and elegant; you can also use it as a column climbing aid. Planting, full of three-dimensional feeling. After years of cultivation, the author now summarizes the key points of its cultivation as follows: 1 Ecological habits ivy has no strict requirements on soil, is tolerant to poverty, likes moist, loose and fertile sandy soil, and avoids salty and alkaline soil. Generally, fertile and loose soil is used as the potted substrate. For example, garden soil and leaf soil are mixed in equal amounts. It can also be prepared from leaf soil, peat soil and fine sand soil with a small amount of base fertilizer, or it is made from pastoral soil, about 1/4 of plant ash and a small amount of base fertilizer. The plant ash can not only keep the pot soil loose and breathable, but also have more potassium fertilizer to meet the growth of ivy. It can also be cultivated with water moss alone.
2 Breeding methods ivy is mainly propagated by cutting. All year round, except for severe winter and severe summer heat, cuttings can be cut at any time as long as the temperature is right. Most of the branches for cutting are young branches. Although old branches can also be cut, their roots are poor. Generally, 1 - 2-year-old branches about 10cm long are cut as cuttings and inserted into seedbeds with coarse sand and vermiculite as substrates or directly inserted into loose culture pots. The insertion depth is 1/2 of the cuttings, and sufficient water is poured after transplanting. Keep the soil moist in the future. When the temperature is high in midsummer, it is necessary to spray fine mist on the cuttings several times a day to maintain air humidity. It usually takes about 20 days to take root. Before cuttage large-leaf Canary ivy, the branches must be immersed in water before being taken out for cuttage.
The mother plant can also be cut off and planted after it has been rooted. Sometimes the stem of the mother plant is buried in the sand to expose the leaves. Adventitious roots can develop at each node. After the internodes take root, they can be cut and planted in sections.
3 Cultivation techniques 3.1 Moderate watering The growing season should be dry and wet. Excessive moisture of the pot soil will cause rotten roots and fallen leaves. In winter, water should be controlled and the soil in the pot should be slightly moist. When the climate is dry, spray water on the leaves to keep the leaves bright green and shiny.
3.2 The suitable temperature for light growth is 20 - 25℃. It is afraid of heat and is not cold resistant. In summer, direct strong light should be avoided. In winter, the room temperature should be kept above 10℃, and the minimum should not be lower than 5℃, otherwise it will freeze. Ivy likes light. If maintained in a brightly lit place indoors, the internodes will be shorter, the leaf shapes will be consistent, and the leaf colors will be bright.
3.3 Reasonably fertilizing and potted ivy, it is advisable to use legus soil or clay soil with 1/5 river sand and a small amount of bone meal as culture soil. Apply thin cake fertilizer, water or compound chemical fertilizer once every half of the month during the growing season. Avoid applying nitrogen fertilizer, otherwise the pattern on the leaf surface will fade or turn green. The ratio of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium should be 1:1:1. In the peak growth season, 0.2% potassium dihydrogen phosphate solution can also be sprayed on the leaves once or twice to make the leaf color more beautiful. However, when applying organic fertilizer, you must not stain the leaves, otherwise the leaves will be scorched.
3.4 Timely pruning of potted plants can plant 2 - 3 plants. When they grow to a certain height, pay attention to picking the heart in time to promote them to have multiple branches and leaves to form a plump plant shape. The foreign ivy planted for 2 to 3 years will be replaced in early spring, and the plants will be appropriately trimmed.
3.5 Pot soil ivy has no strict requirements on the soil, so it is best to use loam rich in organic matter and loose drainage.
4 Pest prevention and control strengthen ventilation and ventilation to reduce the occurrence of pests. Aphids often occur in ivy in spring, and red spiders, scale insects, and mites are also prone to damage under high temperature, dry and poor ventilation conditions. Spray should be sprayed as soon as possible to prevent and control them. When mites or aphids appear, you can generally wash them with soapy water or spray 40% omethoate with 1,000 to 1,500 times. In the sultry climate in summer, scale insects are prone to occur, especially on the back of leaves and petioles. Ventilation and ventilation should be strengthened to reduce the occurrence of pests. If there are few pests, you can use an old toothbrush dipped in soapy water and brush it clean. When there are many pests, you can spray with 800 times 40% omethoate solution, once every 7 days, and spray it 2 to 3 times continuously.
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