The Meat Plant Care Encyclopedia
Sharing knowledge about meat plants with everyone, the Meat Plant Care Encyclopedia will take everyone to understand together next.
The Meat Plant Care Encyclopedia can be said to have many versions, and each version is the author's experience summary. For plant lovers, the Meat Plant Care Encyclopedia is not万能 and needs to be flexibly learned and referred to, and choosing what is suitable for yourself is the most important. This article is a small summary of a plant lover's meat plant care, which is very helpful for beginner plant lovers.
Ventilation: This is to put the meat plants in a ventilated place, and no matter what, you must ventilate. Why do I say that? I have deep painful experience. For example, my Hongzhiyu placed indoors does not need much water but will rot, but my pink placed on the balcony will not rot even if watered every day (Don't learn from this...). In simple terms, ventilation can greatly reduce the chance of rotting.
Temperature Difference: Temperature difference is a very important condition for the color of meat plants. For example, my Lan Shiliang used to be moved out in the morning and back in at night, but it didn't look good... Since I took it out for exposure, it has become more beautiful (there was not much rain at that time, mainly because of the temperature difference). Meat plants are not that weak and it's fine as long as the temperature is above 0 degrees (even if the temperature difference cannot reach the state, please see below).
Water Control: This is one of the key points in meat plant care. Water control can make the plants beautiful and grow slower (but they will still grow). For example, the Bingmei series are beautiful because of water control. For example, my pink used to not turn red, but it became much better-looking after I forgot to water it for several times.
Root Pruning: This is also very important, as it can reduce the chance of pest infestation, especially when bringing meat plants from old houses on the first or second floors. Last time I pruned the roots and brought them home, I found... snails QAQ. Luckily I pruned the roots, otherwise they would have died.
Sunlight: Sunlight is very important for meat plants, as it has the effect of coloring and compacting the plant shape. It is best to have more than 3 hours of sunlight, and full sun exposure is ideal if conditions permit. However, in the summer, the duration of sunlight exposure should depend on the location, as hot places can easily cause sunburn... even rotting or drying up (the chance is not high... don't be scared to晒太阳了).
Medium: Talking about the medium makes us think of soil matching. Soil matching also depends on the geographical location. For example, in humid places, you can consider more particles and less peat, while in dry places, more peat and less particles. You may ask whether it is possible to use pure particles or peat. My answer is no!!! Peat has nutrients but is not breathable, while particles are breathable but lack the nutrients of peat.
Expansion: Talking about the medium also leads to the topic of mulching. Mulching can reduce the chance of pests laying eggs in the soil and also looks good.
Solutions for Etiolation: 1. Cut the top, which can even cause the plant to burst with new growth... 2. Pluck the leaves, which can be used to simulate an old stump. Expansion: The fundamental solution is still to treat the cause, and the plants will not etiolate if exposed to more sunlight.
Solutions for Black Rot: Cut the top (cut until there is no black) + pluck the leaves as a backup... In the late stage, just wait for it to die... Expansion: Some meat plants may look like they have black rot but they don't, for example, Jingye (the old stump is black...). The most practical method is to pinch and see if it's soft. If it's really important, cut the top to check.
Fertilization: Meat plants actually do not need a lot of fertilizer. If you must fertilize, you can follow the principle of applying thin fertilizer more frequently.
The detailed content of the Meat Plant Care Encyclopedia (brief summary version) mentioned above can help you!