How to grow the plant with twelve volumes into a huge plant form
Answering netizens' questions about the experience of growing plants with twelve volumes, how to grow the plant with twelve volumes into a huge plant form, keep reading!
Many friends have asked me why some of the mature plants I grow are so huge. Is it because I used some hormones or "miracle drugs"? Some friends even think that the large size and good condition of the plants are all due to the use of hormones. Here, I have to explain this issue. The key is to give sincere tips to the friends who are dedicated to cultivation—the condition of the plant can be completely obtained by improving the cultivation environment and optimizing the cultivation techniques, there are no shortcuts, and no miracle drugs.
The appearance of a plant includes aspects such as plant size, symmetry, pattern, window, and texture gloss. Among them, size is a very important indicator of displaying the cultivation status of a plant. Even if the pattern and symmetry are okay, what ultimately catches the eye is the size. What determines the size of a plant? First, it is the plant's genotype. In the case of completely consistent genotype, the size needs to be improved by factors such as age, cultivation methods, and nutritional status.
Age, cultivation methods, and nutritional status determine the plant's "epigenetics," that is, the amount of potential of the inherent genes that is activated under the fixed genome. It is often said that闷养, high-nitrogen fertilizer, greenhouse effect, and large temperature differences promote plant growth and increase volume. This is because these cultivation conditions stimulate plant cells' response to auxins, promoting cell elongation; or stimulate the plant's response to cytokinins, promoting the enlargement of cell vacuoles or cell division. These do not change the plant's genome, but only activate their potential, which can be stimulated by the environment or by exogenous artificial hormones. However, it must be emphasized that while artificial hormones can temporarily change plant characteristics and activate plant potential, they all have varying degrees of side effects, which can severely inhibit other physiological mechanisms of the plant in later stages, such as inhibiting root development. To date, there is still no hormone or someone skilled in using hormones who can realistically simulate the plant's endogenous hormone levels, promote sequential plant growth without any side effects, which is almost impossible, unless it is a god. Because plants are alive, dynamic, and even emotional, their temperament is constantly changing and very complex. Therefore, the administration of exogenous hormones may disrupt the balance of endogenous hormones, causing severe stress responses that can lead to plant defects or death (this is why tissue culture must establish an aseptic, artificially controlled microenvironment).
For us enthusiasts, especially balcony enthusiasts, how to create an environment to promote plant size increase? First, it is necessary to improve basic cultivation conditions, such as planting longevity, different longevities have different light and humidity requirements, even quite different, such as green muscle type longevity and silver longevity. Therefore, it is necessary to choose different locations for plants based on different varieties and try not to move them. Regularly rotate the pot in place to evenly receive light. Master humidity, temperature, light, and water-fertilizer to let them grow healthily. This is the prerequisite for taking the following special measures. If this cannot be achieved, do not proceed further.
After establishing a good basic environment, you can try the following points to increase plant size:
1. Pay attention to the plant's root system. Only the capillary roots of the plant absorb water. Maintaining the activity of capillary roots is the basis for growing large. The reason why plants grow well in greenhouses is that the greenhouse environment helps the development of capillary roots. How to maintain the activity of capillary roots? First, minimize transplanting, as each transplant will damage capillary roots, causing the large root system to constantly grow, reducing the proportion of capillary roots. For mature plants, after one-time soil placement, unless the plant fills the pot or the size is compressed, do not transplant; secondly, try to avoid the primary cultivation concept of "drying and wetting," and keep the plant roots slightly moist at all times, and keep them ventilated while moist, so that capillary roots will develop well and will not suffocate. Avoid frequent watering or exposing dry roots to the sun.
In some dry balconies, for most friends who are busy and lack watering, the cultivation medium should not be completely granular, but should contain some fibrous peat, coconut fiber, and perlite, which is very helpful for water retention and assisting root hair adhesion. Although some friends say that my cultivation is all granular and it is fine, this is also entirely possible because whether it is a granular medium or a non-granular medium, only when it is highly compatible with the cultivation habits and environment, it can achieve maximum efficiency.
2. The age of the plant is a decisive factor in the size of the plant form. Don't expect young plants to grow very large. Although some twelve-volume plants can be forced into a large size under the condition of high fertilizer and water, they are often fatigued and not truly large, and they quickly shrink in size. Only when the plant's age increases and the accumulation of "dry" substances is sufficient, optimizing cultivation can better increase the size, not just being fatigued.
3. Etiolation is not necessarily wrong. People who grow twelve-volume plants strongly dislike etiolation and think that strong light suppression and water control are the healthiest and best cultivation methods. However, such methods are often not conducive to the expansion of the plant's form because many twelve-volume leaves may not have enough space to expand due to the compact size, which can affect the increase in size and even cause deformation.
Therefore, it is said that etiolation and shape control should be organically combined, and only in this way can large plants be obtained. An experience is that at the beginning of the growing season, such as after the Spring Festival, you can water the plants more and provide appropriate shading, which helps the inner leaves to "etiolate," relaxing the compactness of the plant. Then, during the growing season, strong light and suitable temperature differences are given, and new leaves can emerge巨大ized and quickly squeeze the surrounding slightly etiolated leaves, making the plant form compact and thus "stretching" the plant's size, making it more beautiful and less prone to deformation.
4. Light should be evenly distributed. This is unnecessary to elaborate, especially for Wanshang and fans, regularly rotate the pot to evenly receive light.
5. The size of the pot should be gradually transitioned. Initially, young seedlings should use small pots and then be transplanted into a larger pot after the roots have exploded, gradually transitioning. Don't start with a large pot. Large pots are not easy to control water, and the roots of young seedlings constantly extend, dry up, or rot, which is not conducive to the development of root hairs. Often when the plant's roots fill the pot, the root hairs grow most vigorously, and this timing should not be missed. It is very beneficial to create a full-pot root state, which is very conducive to increasing the plant's form.
6. Be cautious with nitrogen fertilizer, which will severely promote plant fatness, and it is difficult to recover after shrinking. More phosphorus and potassium-rich organic fertilizers should be used to promote the accumulation of dry matter in plants. Chicken manure or soybean cake is highly recommended as a comprehensive and balanced fertilizer, especially suitable as a base fertilizer. Try to avoid using externally applied water-soluble fertilizers, which can disrupt the leaf development process of mature plants, affecting the form and pattern.
The requirement for fertilizer in growing twelve-volume plants is not high, and it is wrong to use various fertilizers randomly. It is better not to use fertilizer, and if used, it should be used appropriately.
The detailed explanation of how to grow plants with twelve volumes into a huge plant form mentioned above is for reference and suggestion only!